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Read first, write later.
The first time I saw him, he was wobbling along on a too-small bicycle, listing to one side. He stood on the pedals as he approached a hill, swerved, then righted himself as we, the trail crew, putted behind him in an F-250 waiting for a safe place to pass. The guy was about my age, clean-shaven with a shock of black hair and a white button-down shirt worn -- get this! -- over a white undershirt. Rumor had it that he was also, by his own admission, a writer.
It'd be hard to overstate how out of place he looked. The rest of us, the under-35 crowd in the valley, were outdoorsy, in shorts and sandals, often unshaven, and always outdoing each other in feats of athleticism in the mountains. Thirty miles in two days! Thirty miles in one! We spent every free minute outside: scrambling up scree, glissading down snow, swigging beer around a campfire.
The writer, meanwhile, was reading the dictionary.
Or so I heard. I never asked him. I never even approached him though we had mutual friends, not to mention mutual interests. Back then, I rarely mentioned writing to anyone, and I never, ever, called myself a writer. Instead, I clung to my trail crew persona, all grubby attitude and cynical toughness. I had a chip on my shoulder the size of, well, the Oxford English Dictionary.
Chad didn't. Or he was, at least, less threatened by the writer. He worked trails with me and nurtured his own persona. A West Point grad, he now sported a furry beard and wild sun-bleached fro and honed his native Texas drawl to mask his keen intellect.
"He's reading the dictionary," Chad said.
"What do you mean?"
"He started with A. Now he's on G."
I was stunned.
"So he comes to this gorgeous place at the height of summer so he can sit in a dark cabin reading the dictionary?"
Chad shrugged.
"I bet he learns a lot of cool words," he said.
By that summer, I'd taught English composition for a couple of years. I didn't talk about it much, but when I did, I always told the same fable. You gotta watch out for students who love to write, I'd say. They'll wax poetic. They'll resist revision. On the other hand, students who claim they can't write almost always can. Often quite well.
It was true, to a point. Wannabe writers could take banal topics and strangle them with words while the I-can't-write crowd could sometimes bring real experience alive on the page. But the wannabe writers could also turn a phrase neatly or catch an idea mid-flight in ways the non-writers couldn't. So why did I keep telling the story? What was my take-away message?
In a nutshell: Live first, write later. Like a lot of Westerners, I admired writers who lived large. Jack London in the Yukon, Jack Kerouac on the road. Abbey with the rattler, Peacock with the griz. And the women, too. Pam Houston and Ellen Meloy -- sun-baked and sinewy, gutsy and game -- ran the rapids and skied the chutes. They wrote about it only as an afterthought. Didn't they?
They didn't, of course. Sure, Kerouac composed On the Road on a 120-foot-long scroll of paper, but then he revised it, over and over, for seven years. Pam Houston lived in Park City and skied plenty, but she also commuted to the University of Utah to pursue a master's degree in, yep, creative writing. They lived to write and wrote to live. They struggled and sometimes failed, something that the wannabe writer in me was apparently deathly afraid of.
Now the dictionary reader had called my bluff.
I wondered what he did during those long sequestered hours. Did he memorize the words? Take notes? It didn't matter much, I thought. The definitions would seep in like osmosis, and someday he'd be jotting down a story when a word would appear on the page, and in that moment all that tedious time would pay off the same way spending hours with a hand tool did. In time you'd know without thinking how to flick your wrist to toss away a shovelful of duff or when to extract the chainsaw for the undercut. Or, it turned out, which word to use when and where.
I met him only once at a potluck. Chad introduced us as exuberant hacky-sack players leapt across the lawn.
"This is Ana Maria," he said. "She's a writer."
I didn't argue. For the first time in my life, I didn't even flinch. I reached out to shake his hand and looked him in the eye.
"I hear you're reading the dictionary," I said.
He nodded.
"I bet you learn a lot of cool words."
Ana Maria Spagna's next book, Test Ride on the Sunnyland Bus: A Daughter's Civil Rights Journey, comes out in March.


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The Real Housewives of New Jersey star, Danielle Staub's life has been filled with controversy following the show's first season. On a much brighter note, her daughter Christine Staub recently signed a modeling contract with IMG Models – the same agency that represents super models including Gisele Bunchen, Heidi Klum, Kate Moss and Taylor Momsen.
Though the 15-year-old high school sophomore is taking test photos, she is expected to hit the catwalk as early as September during the New York Fashion week, according to IMG.
"She came into our offices and we were blown away!" Ivan Bart, SVP and Managing Director of IMG Models Worldwide, tells PEOPLE. "She has an amazing amount of potential as a model. If we had seen her on the street we would have signed her on the spot."
"This is all very new to me," Christine told The Daily . "I've never really done any modeling before, so I'm just learning while I have a chance and being guided by the best in the business. I'm also getting used to industry people looking at my face so closely!"
We certainly hope that her life is nothing like her mother's past. From watching the show, she seems like a smart young lady.

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Why Faith?
In our justification, we are like beggars before God. All we present is an open hand, asking the Lord for His mercy and grace. Justifying faith is conscious that we deserve nothing but condemnation and does not try to make ...Read More
Not by Any of Our Works
Justification is by faith alone. We must be clear on that word alone, for without it we do not have the gospel. If we try to add one work of ours to Christ, then we are accountable to do all ...Read More
Justification and Sin
Nothing can change the fact that we have sinned. But what can change is our status before God's judgment seat. In justification, our sin and guilt are removed and we are covered by Christ's obedience, enabling God to declare us ...Read More
Faith and Righteousness
On an earthly level, we consider it unjust for a person to be tried for the same crime twice. So it is in our justification by God. It would be unjust for Him to declare us righteous and then go ...Read More
Faith and justification
t is easy to look at the wickedness in the world and believe that since we are comparatively more righteous, God approves of us based on our works. In reality, however, none of us has met the perfect standard, so ...Read More
God's Initiative in Justification
God uses Word and sacrament, according to His good pleasure, to create and sustain faith in His elect. We will benefit from God's promises only by faith, so merely hearing God's Word preached and receiving baptism and the Lord's Supper ...Read More
The Obedience Of One
The good news of the gospel is that Christ obeyed for us. He took upon Himself the yoke of the law, fulfilling it perfectly on our behalf. There is no righteousness of any creature that can be added to the ...Read More
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With Augustine before them, the Protestant Reformers insisted that we are not born neutral but rather are born guilty and corrupted. This is what the Apostles taught, and it is what we must remember lest we give unbelievers hope that ...Read More
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The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) presents "SAH in Paris: Modernist Masterworks," a fundraising event that takes places on July 11-12 and includes visits to the Maison de Verre, the Villa Savoye and the Maison Louis Carré. The highlight of the event is a supper inside the iconic Maison de Verre, a private residence rarely open to the public. The special event benefits SAH Archipedia, the Society's online encyclopedia of American architecture, and is limited to 25 people. Tickets are $2,500 (tax-deductible portion $2,000) and may be reserved by calling 312-573-1365. More information is available at sah.org/paris.
The Maison de Verre was designed by Pierre Chareau and Bernard Bijvoet as a residence and medical office for the doctor Jean Dalsace and his wife. Completed in 1932, the house transformed domestic space with its use of modern materials including glass block, exposed steel beams and metal fixtures. Access to the house is usually only granted on a limited basis to architects and architecture students, but owner Robert Rubin, a former SAH board member, is opening his glass house to help raise funds for SAH Archipedia.
"SAH's work is very important to me and to all of us engaged in the history of architecture," said Rubin. "My wife and I are pleased to open our home with this unprecedented degree of access because we believe in SAH's educational mission, which includes organizing transformative experiences in the world's great buildings."
After a day spent exploring two other iconic Modern masterpieces just outside Paris—Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye and Alvar Aalto's Maison Louis Carré—participants will arrive at the Maison de Verre to enjoy supper, wine and conversation. Rubin and Mary Vaughan Johnson, the curator of the house, will give a seminar the following morning and share details of their meticulous conservation work. The group will be treated to lunch in the house's garden, a spot not usually open to visitors.
"SAH is very grateful to Robert Rubin for opening his iconic Modern house for us this July not once, but twice," said SAH Executive Director Pauline Saliga.
"Robert felt it was important to have our visitors experience the house at different times of day so they could see firsthand how the house's character changes in the glow of sunset, in diffused morning light, and in the bright noontime sun," said Saliga. "This is the quintessential architectural experience of a lifetime."
The event benefits SAH Archipedia (sah-archipedia.org), a media-rich, peer-reviewed online encyclopedia of American architecture developed by SAH in collaboration with the University of Virginia Press. In 2013, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) granted SAH $450,000 for the expansion and development of SAH Archipedia. In order to secure the entire NEH grant, SAH must raise $150,000 in matching funds. SAH Archipedia currently contains over 13,000 building histories, photographs, maps and essays from the Society's award-winning Buildings of the United States series and is available to members in SAH Archipedia and to the public in its open-access counterpart, SAH Archipedia Classic Buildings. The Society's goal is to add more than 4,000 histories of the most significant and representative buildings from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, providing a comprehensive online resource for American architecture. About SAH
Founded in 1940, the Society of Architectural Historians is a nonprofit membership organization that promotes the study, interpretation and conservation of architecture, design, landscapes and urbanism worldwide. SAH serves a network of local, national and international institutions and individuals who, by vocation or avocation, focus on the built environment and its role in shaping contemporary life. SAH promotes meaningful public engagement with the history of the built environment through advocacy efforts, print and online publications, and local, national and international programs. Learn more at sah.org.
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Soho House/Grey Goose Part 2
Ryan Phillippe and Amanda Seyfried were both at Soho House last night. All coy and sh-t. Lingering around each other like no one would know they were something. You know how it is. When she was talking to someone else, you could feel that she was keenly aware of where he was, what he was doing, and whether or not he cared. Did he? Well, Rihanna wasn't around. Or anyone else who responds to his particular brand of carb Casanova.
Anyway, whatever, like it wasn't obvious when they left together, his hand was on her ass.
It's still happening.
At least last night it was happening.
When is she going to figure out there's so much more?
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"It is irresponsible for voters to just give a vote to his or her party's candidate without knowing anything about that candidate."
— State Rep. Peter Schmidt, D-Dover
On Tuesday, Dover State Rep. Peter Schmidt gave one of the simplest and most cogent reasons for opposing a bill to bring back straight ticket voting.
Party over policy is not a solution; it is a problem — if not the problem.
Straight ticket voting is a leftover notion from the days when voters weren't given credit for being able to make decisions for themselves. Before it was eliminated in many states, one-check voting was fiercely defended by party bosses who relished the notion that a strong candidate at the top of the ticket could sweep weaker candidates into office.
Those same party bosses also used straight ticket voting to ward off opponents of the two-party system. By simply checking off a single box over a single party it became nigh on impossible for fledgeling third party efforts to take root — beyond an individual candidate here or there. Unfortunately, even without straight ticket voting New Hampshire continues to make it difficult to successfully mount third party efforts.
As noted by WatchDog.org, state law requires third party candidates for governor or senate to earn ballot access for their party in the next election by getting four percent of all ballots cast in a statewide election. Meanwhile, only the Republican and Democratic Parties are recognized as major parties in New Hampshire, which pays for each party's Primary Election every other September, and guarantees their nominees a spot on the General Election Ballot. The state also funds the First in the Nation Presidential Primaries every four years. Third-party candidates or political organizations wanting to get onto the November ballot need to collect signed petitions totaling three percent of all votes cast in the last General Election.
Another prime argument in favor of reinstituting straight ticket ballots also falls short.
On Tuesday, bill co-sponsor Rep. Jeanine Notter, R-Merrimack, told the House Committee on Election Law straight ticket voting would reduce lines at the polls that reportedly delayed counting ballots on many communities last November.
We would suggest that there are myriad ways to otherwise improve the efficiency of the voting processing. In addition, much of the slowdown in November was due to the new voter ID requirements which, as expected, demanded more time on the part of voters and election officials. In future elections we expect that process to move along in much faster fashion.
But even with delays, it is hard to believe that voters should not be asked to put some time and effort into the process of deciding who leads their local community, state or nation. It strikes us as somehow incongruous that in nations around the world voters will risk their lives to vote. Yet, in the United States convenience seems more important.
Again, Schmidt was right on target when he told the committee, "Convenience of the voters as a determining factor is not a useful factor to override what should be a careful selection" — an understatement if we've ever heard one.


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Suffolk University finished in the top 17 percent nationally, and fourth among 24 schools statewide, in RecycleMania, an annual waste-reduction and recycling competition.
The University moved up two positions statewide compared to last year.
"In recent years, our consistently strong performance has solidified us as a regional and national leader in campus waste reduction and recycling," said Campus Sustainability Coordinator Erica Mattison.
Competing against 272 other colleges and universities, Suffolk achieved a ranking of 46 in the "Grand Champion" category, which is based on the percentage of overall waste that is recycled.The University has a recycling rate of 45 percent.
In addition, Suffolk finished:
- Number 1 in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC)
- Number 2 in Massachusetts for Waste Minimization (pounds of material generated per person)
- Top 16 percent nationwide for recycling rate among schools in Suffolk's size classification
"At Suffolk, employees and students work together to identify and act on opportunities that make our university more environmentally responsible and cost effective," said Mattison. "We are in good company – hundreds of schools across the country participate in RecycleMania and send a message that we can do better than the status quo."
Participating schools collectively recovered over 90 million pounds of recyclables and organic materials, preventing the release of more than 120,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere.
Suffolk has participated in the eight-week RecycleMania challenge since 2007
The University has more than doubled its recycling rate since 2007, mainly by investing in equipment and educational outreach and changing business practices.


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HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is sending two spill experts to Hawaii to help clean up some 1,400 tons of molasses that spilled into Honolulu Harbor this week.
U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz said Friday he plans to work with the state to make sure federal resources and expertise are used to help respond to the spill.
Schatz says the situation is serious and requires a coordinated, aggressive response to help minimize damage to natural resources, marine life and businesses.
Crews have collected about 2,000 dead fish near the harbor.
The spill was caused by Matson Navigation Co. A senior executive for the shipping company says it hadn't planned ahead of time for the possibility of a spill.


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For Immediate Release: March 25, 2009
New Jersey Wins National Award for Excellence in International Education
New Jersey has been awarded the Asia Society's 2009 Goldman Sachs Foundation Prize for Excellence in International Education by a state.
Commissioner of Education Lucille E. Davy accepted the prestigious national award on behalf of Governor Jon S. Corzine and the New Jersey Department of Education at a ceremony today the Asia Society's headquarters in New York.
The annual awards program, launched in 2003, recognizes outstanding achievement by educators and others in promoting cultural awareness, world history and a global curriculum as crucial to the development of students as they prepare to enter the 21st century workforce. Awards are presented in four categories: State, Elementary/Middle School, High School and Media and Technology.
"We no longer operate in a regional or even a national economy, and our students need to leave high school with a set of skills that allows them to function internationally," said Commissioner Davy in accepting the award. "They have to know other languages, they have to understand other cultures and they have to be ready to work with people from other countries in order to create their own shared future.
"Governor Corzine understands this better than anyone, and he insisted on making it one of the key elements in New Jersey secondary school transformation efforts," the Commissioner said. "He has been the department's staunchest supporter in our efforts to develop a world-class workforce by helping our students attain the skills and education they need to compete in a global economy."
Commissioner Davy noted that New Jersey received the award because of the state's efforts in making international education a state policy priority, especially with respect to curriculum and student standards.
"The hallmark of our revised 2009 core standards in all nine curriculum areas is the infusion of international and global knowledge and skills, 21st century skills and use of technological tools as well as cross-curricular integration in all content areas," the Commissioner said.
In choosing New Jersey for the award, the judges also cited the state leadership efforts apparent in Governor Corzine's Economic Growth Strategy for the State of New Jersey 2007, which identified global education as one of its six priority areas.
Also noted were New Jersey's numerous programs to enhance educators' understanding through teacher preparation and professional development on the integration of 21st century knowledge and skills and the infusion of global perspectives and dimensions into instruction in all content areas.
The state will also be launching a program in partnership with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and the Foreign Language Educators of New Jersey to increase the number of students achieving a higher level of language proficiency, and is working to increase teacher capacity for critical need languages, such as Chinese.
The following New Jersey schools and school districts are among those with outstanding international education programs in a variety of areas. Reporters and editors should contact the schools directly.
Bergen Academies
Contact: Superintendent Robert Aloia, 201-343-6000
Vernon Township High School
Contact: Peggy Stewart, Social Studies Teacher (2005 New Jersey Teacher of the Year)
973-764-2960 Ext. 2294
Passaic Valley Regional High School, Little Falls
Contact: Matthew Conforth, Director of Education Technology
973-890-2500 Ext. 2541
Edison School District
Contact: Martin Smith, World Languages Supervisor
Glassboro High School
Contact: Patricia Yanez, Spanish Teacher
Click on http://www.glassboroschools.us/7672046145819420/site/default.asp to find out more about international education at Glassboro High School.
Woodcliff Lake School District
Contact: Superintendent Peter Lisi
Click on http://www.woodcliff-lake.com/woodclifflakeschools/site/default.asp and scroll to the Journey to Japan or China Adventure to see how the Woodcliff Lake School District is integrating international education into their curriculum.
Princeton Regional and West Windsor School Districts
Contact: Priscilla Russel (Princeton) 609-806-4320
Rosanne Zeppieri (West Windsor) 609-716-5300 X5282


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Following the events of September 11, 2001, many local, state, and federal agencies initiated efforts to improve information sharing and intelligence gathering. Throughout the nation, numerous states developed new workgroups to develop these efforts. Indiana was among these states and in 2006 created the Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center (IIFC).
The purpose of IIFC is to collect, integrate, evaluate, analyze and disseminate information and intelligence to support local, state and federal agencies in detecting, preventing, and responding to criminal and terrorist activity. The IIFC co-locates representatives of these agencies to share information and to facilitate joint efforts to prevent and solve crimes to protect the public.
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No good deed goes unpunished
To the Editor:
As Catholics, we grow up with Easter as our High Holy Day. Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for us. In his honor, Catholics give up something each year during Lent. We are raised in the belief that it is good to give up something, especially if it can help someone else. This is a lesson that the educators at Kellenberg Memorial High School should learn.
On March 24, my nephew shaved his head to help support the St. Baldrick's Foundation. For those of you who do not know, St. Baldrick's is the largest childhood cancer charity in the country. In the last nine years, this wonderful charity has made over $103 million in grants to help defeat this hideous disease. My nephew raised more than $2,600 this year to help out, bringing his three-year total to just over $10,700. I understand that he will continue helping out each year going forward, he is that nice.
The punishment for his good deed showed up on March 25, when he arrived at Kellenberg. He was asked to go see the dean, who gave him five demerits for his sacrifice. If you receive 10 demerits you are expelled from the school. I am searching for the message that the good teachers at the school are trying to impart on this nice young man. You have to stop and ask the question, who wants to be bald? Certainly not the young victims of childhood cancer. What would happen if a student got cancer? Would they be expelled for losing their hair?
In my opinion, it takes great inner strength and courage to do something you don't want to do, but you do it anyway because it will help out someone else. I am glad that the 47,637 heroes that have shaved their heads this year do not or did not attend Kellenberg. Otherwise, under the threat of an unjustified punishment, childhood cancer research would be $20,690,310 poorer, and that's just this year so far.
Instead of discouraging such brave acts by their students, the administration at Kellenberg should be holding my nephew up as an example and encouraging other students to participate. I hope they see the errors in their ways and remove the five demerits from his record.
Michael Lynch
No politics at the parade
To the Editor:
The St. Patrick's Parade is a great day for the Irish: the sun is shining and it's a great parade. The bagpipers are marching, the fire departments are all cleaned up and participating, the Irish step dancers are performing and the crowd is in a festive mood. Then, towards the end, comes a small group holding a sign representing the Tea Party. I have heard of a block party, house party and even a Tupperware party, but Tea Party? Then it dawned on me: this is that obstructionist group with a political agenda. But it's the St. Patrick's parade. Should I have to think about this group of angry people pushing their politics when I am enjoying this fine day? It's bad enough that we have to put up with it in our political process, but not today.
I thought the parade was to be void of politics and political statements. At least I did not want to deal with it on such an event. Oh well. A pint of Guinness and this too shall pass, but wait until Monday.
Frank Gordon
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An attempt by Chevron Corp. to unfreeze its assets was dismissed Wednesday by an appeals court in Argentina, where the winners of a $19 billion environmental judgment in Ecuador are suing to force the oil company to pay.
Plaintiffs' attorney Pablo Fajardo told The Associated Press that the court refused to lift an embargo that a lower-court judge imposed in November in the case, which involves oil contamination left after Texaco Corp. pulled out of the Amazon decades ago. Chevron later bought Texaco and inherited the problem.
"Chevron respectfully disagrees with the court's decision" and will pursue all available legal remedies to reverse the interim measure, spokesman Kurt Glaubitz said.
Chevron has no assets in Ecuador, so the plaintiffs have filed suits in Canada, Brazil and Argentina.
Chevron has refused to pay, saying that if the accusations had been legitimate, the plaintiffs would be seeking relief in the United States, where the company is headquartered.
Each side has accused the other of committing fraud during the long judicial process, which began in the United States but moved to Ecuador with Chevron's consent at a time when the country was led by interests more sympathetic to foreign oil companies than its current president, leftist Rafael Correa.
Associated Press Writer Frank Bajak in Lima, Peru contributed to this story.


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By Keith Michael Fiels, ALA Executive Director
Welcome to the Library Budget Presentation website!
Creating and presenting a library budget is not just a matter of assigning numbers to line items on an Excel spreadsheet and presenting it to a group of officials. Far from it!!! Library budgeting is an ongoing activity, with many parts and many people involved. It is a cyclical process of listening to the community, working with decision-makers, telling compelling stories about your library – and bringing all these elements together in a budget presentation….and then starting all over again.
The purpose of this website is to give you tools, examples and perspectives to make presenting a library budget easier, and to help make your budget presentations more compelling..
In creating this website, we have tapped into the wisdom of veteran librarians with years of experience drafting and presenting budgets in "good times and tough economic times". The examples offered in this website are from "real budgets". We have included everything from a Glossary of Terms for those new to library budgeting to the "Do's and Don'ts of Making a Budget Presentation". There is a great feature on library budget presentations from the perspective of a decision-maker with years of experience listening to presentations and helping librarians hone their budgeting skills.
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Iowa is in the peak of hunting activity with pheasant, deer, and turkey seasons open, and, beginning Nov. 3, the furbearer season opens, putting tens of thousands of hunters in the field.
With all those hunters pursuing a variety of quarry in different settings at odd hours, safety is an important part of the equation.
"We want hunters to be safe out there with the way they handle their firearms, how they interact in the field and by wearing blaze orange, beyond the minimum that is required," said Steve Dermand with the DNR's law enforcement bureau. "Hunters should be cognizant of other hunting parties in the field, especially if something doesn't look right, like a lack of blaze orange or if they shot a hen pheasant."
Dermand coordinates the Turn in Poachers hotline for the DNR and while poaching is a year round activity, 80 percent of the calls come in this time each year.
Dermand said the TIP line receives 250 to 300 reports each year and state conservation officers receive additional reports directly. Of those cases, 15 to 20 percent result in an officer writing a ticket.
"Timeliness of reporting is number one. The longer you wait, the less likely we are to make a case," he said. "The illegal deer hanging in the shed today could be gone tomorrow."
The TIP number 1-800-532-2020 is a 24 automated system that guides callers to the local officer. The online reporting at www.iowadnr.gov/tip will send the report directly to the local officer. Dermand encourages hunters to program their conservation officer's phone number into their phone for the county where they are hunting.
"We need as much detail as possible about what happened that will give us something to work with," he said.
Descriptions of the vehicle [color, make, model, type, license plate, if there was a toolbox or topper, any logo on the vehicle, if the muffler was loud], person involved, location, time of day, number of individuals and activity witnessed. He said to make note of any suspicious vehicles driving back and forth in rural areas or any other activity that just doesn't look right.
"Poachers are game thieves stealing from hunters who follow the law and are doing it right," Dermand said.
In cases where officers investigate and write a ticket, the individual who reported the violations can be eligible for a reward.


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In a matchup sparse on offense, the Los Angeles Dodgers managed just enough to pull themselves back into the NL championship series.
They snapped a stretch of 22 innings without a run scored in the fourth inning Monday night, and went on to beat Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals 3-0 in Game 3.
Runs have come at a trickle through the first three games, with the nine combined runs the fewest ever through the same span of a league championship series. Los Angeles hadn't scored since the third inning of Game 1.
It hasn't been a good series for pitching aces either. Los Angeles started its pair — Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw — in Games 1 and 2, and lost in St. Louis. The Cardinals went with Wainwright on the road, and were beaten.
"It's the great thing about the game of baseball that you can talk about this is what should happen, but it never does play out that way," said Adrian Gonzalez, whose RBI double ended a 1-for-17 drought for the Dodgers with runners in scoring position.
Los Angeles trimmed its deficit to 2-1 in the best-of-seven series.
Game 4 is Tuesday at Dodger Stadium, with Ricky Nolasco scheduled to make his postseason debut against St. Louis right-hander Lance Lynn.
"Everybody's trying to do the best they can to get to the World Series," Dodgers rookie Yasiel Puig said through a translator.
Rookie Hyun-Jin Ryu outpitched Wainwright with seven innings of three-hit ball, and Puig celebrated twice on his RBI triple for the Dodgers. An ailing Hanley Ramirez added a run-scoring hit as Los Angeles handed Wainwright his first postseason loss.
"The playoffs are one-day momentum swings," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "Right now I feel like we've kind of grabbed it."
Puig's youthful exuberance, which energized the Dodgers as they surged from last place to first during a torrid midseason stretch, was on full display in the fourth inning.
The 22-year-old Cuban defector was so excited when he connected that he raised his arms immediately and stood in the batter's box to watch the flight of the ball toward right field, clearly thinking it was going out of the park.
Once he realized it wasn't, Puig started charging. He roared into third base and clapped his hands before raising them again as the sellout crowd of 53,940 cheered.
Puig had reason to exult, having struck out seven times in the series before getting his first hit.
"He brings unbelievable energy every day," Ramirez said. "When we spoke to him, he told me, 'I got it today,' and he did. He's a great player."
Los Angeles got Ramirez and center fielder Andre Ethier back in the lineup after both proved in batting practice they were healthy enough to play. Ramirez — hit by a pitch from Joe Kelly in Game 1 — wore a lightweight flak jacket to protect his broken left rib, while Ethier has been bothered by shin splints. He went 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
"This time of year you can't let down," Ramirez said. "You got to keep going all the way."
Ramirez singled his first time up off Wainwright and then helped the Dodgers extend their lead to 3-0 in the eighth.
Ramirez hit a soft single off Seth Maness over the head of second baseman Kolten Wong to score Carl Crawford. The speedy Crawford, on second base after a one-out single, rounded third and never stopped running when the throw from the outfield went to second base.
On a close play at the plate, Crawford barely beat the tag by catcher Yadier Molina.
"We just had a lot of balls in the air tonight that hit the ground that normally don't," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "We're a better club than this."
During the rally, retired Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda, whose 1988 team won the franchise's last World Series title, stood up and waved his white rally towel to raucous applause.
"We just knew we had to scratch away and get a win," Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis said. "We needed a great starting pitching performance from Hyun-Jin, and we got that. You knew it was going to be tough sledding against a guy like Adam. He's so good, especially on the big stage, so we were fortunate we scratched a couple of runs across."
Wainwright entered 4-0 with a 2.03 ERA and four saves in 15 career postseason games, including six starts. He pitched St. Louis past Pittsburgh in the division series, going the distance in a decisive Game 5 last Wednesday.
The right-hander tossed seven strong innings this time, allowing two runs and six hits with five strikeouts and no walks. Ryu, however, was even better.
"I hate to lose," Wainwright said. "I felt like tonight if I had got a couple of balls in there, we win the game. I think you just have to tip your hat and move on."
The two pitchers were nearly even through the first three scoreless innings, with Wainwright giving up one hit. Ryu, who struggled in his first postseason start in the division series against Atlanta, retired 12 of his first 13 batters, yielding only a walk.
"I just zoned in," Ryu said.
Ryu was much improved after lasting just three innings as the first South Korean pitcher to start a playoff game last week against the Braves. He allowed four runs on six hits for a no-decision in a game the Dodgers won.
The left-hander didn't permit a Cardinals runner past second base. David Freese's single to right leading off the fifth was their first hit of the game.
Freese was replaced by a pinch-runner because of tightness in his right calf. He is day to day.
Ryu struck out four and walked one.
Kenley Jansen pitched a perfect ninth for a save.
After the first two games in St. Louis were decided by one run, the Dodgers got to Wainwright in the fourth and took a 2-0 lead.
Gonzalez's double down the right-field line scored Mark Ellis, who doubled leading off. Gonzalez smacked his hands together in a celebratory gesture resembling an explosion.
"I saw Adrian doing some Mickey Mouse stuff at second," Wainwright said.
Gonzalez replied: "I did what I always do. Mickey Mouse is only an hour away so, you know, it fits us."
With two outs, Puig tripled off the wall in right to snap his 0-for-11 skid in the series.
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Friday, December 21: Abled
Friday, December 21: Abled
Jay Blake owns a drag racing team and runs the pit crew. Brendon Hildreth edits a television show. Tammy Rayess plays soccer for fun. Nothing that sounds extraordinary – except they've all overcome physical challenges to do these everyday tasks. Tonight Ted Reinstein profiles individuals who are changing the definition of disabled.
Show Resources:
Beep Baseball documentary info
Power soccer/Massachusetts Red Steam Rollers
Contact info: Tammy Rayess: firstname.lastname@example.com
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Jay Blake serves as crew chief and owner of a competitive drag racing team, called Follow A Dream. It was a dream he realized after losing his vision in a near-fatal accident.


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When was the last time you and your guy got busy together?
(And not busy as in assembling Ikea bunk beds or doing your taxes.) Still thinking? Cheer up: You are so not alone. The majority of parents don't resume a "normal" sex life for years—and even then not without a little work. "When a couple starts a family, their whole life changes. There are diapers everywhere, and then toys, and then science-fair projects and carpooling and summer-camp applications. It's hard to feel sexy in that environment," says Lori Buckley, Psy.D., director of the Center for Relationship, Marriage and Sex Therapy in Pasadena, CA. "Couples with kids are no longer just lovers, they're parents, and they tend to identify more as the latter. Sometimes making the shift back to being lovers happens organically, but for most couples, it requires intention and effort."
That said, you know you're still a hot mama (how'd you end up with those kids, after all?). Revive your drive, and your whole relationship will be better for it. Take it from Lisa*, a mom of three who lives in New Jersey. "When my husband and I go without sex for too long, it can get ugly: strained, snappy and worse," she says. "In our case, sex is cheaper and more effective than therapy." So is spending the next ten minutes reading this article. It doesn't include instructions for performing the "Crab" or the "Mare's Position " (you'll have to check out The Kama Sutra for that!), but you will find some basic truths about putting more va-va-voom into your love life from sexperts and moms who've managed to reclaim their own.
Just kiss
You're six weeks postpartum and your ob has given you the green light to have sex. This doesn't mean you necessarily want to. You may be healed, but you're still sore and exhausted. And yet, for your own sake as well as your husband's, find some time for just one simple romantic act: locking lips. There's actually a biological explanation for why it works, says Stella Resnick, Ph.D., author of The Pleasure Zone: Why We Resist Good Feelings. Giving your kids all the cuddling they require (even grade-schoolers need plenty) increases your levels of oxytocin, a bonding hormone. This makes you feel totally close to them—but it also decreases testosterone, which plays a huge part in revving up your sex drive. Since women tend to spend more time with kids than men do, and have less testosterone in the first place, their levels of this horny hormone tend to drop even more after children come along. The result: By bedtime, the last thing you may feel like is even more physical contact. Men usually don't get this, though, and may feel petulant, pissed, bewildered or way too determined to try to bring you around, brushing up against your boobs at inopportune moments, for example, which can make things worse.
Kissing—like clockwork—may be a tonic. Swapping saliva is a way to increase testosterone and bring your bodies into sync, says Resnick. It's something you can do every day, and not just when you're having sex. So pucker up with pleasure. "If you only kiss as a part of intercourse, then intercourse will become just another chore on your to-do list," she says. "Eye contact is key, too. Lock eyes with your spouse, smile at him, maintain a few seconds of contact, take a few deep breaths at least once a day." And when your body is off-limits no matter what, gently and lovingly say so—then offer him a little thrill. A hand job here or a blow job there will go a long way toward keeping him physically satisfied and the pilot light (for both of you) smoldering.
Engage in choreplay
Ask your man to sweep the kitchen floor, and you may well find yourself swept off your feet. That's because pitching in together can spark passion. Splitting the household to-do list helps fend off the special kind of libido-killing exhaustion that stems from an unequal division of labor. Not only does this nonstop activity tire you out, when it's your sole responsibility it can also tick you off, till you're in no mood for any adult entertainment.
By the way, this sort of tiredness is different from the usual type of sleep deprivation (though you'll have that, too, long after your newborn starts sleeping through the night, due to your kids' bad dreams, late-night potty trips, vomitous viruses and your own worries about why your 6-year-old isn't reading or your 12-year-old Googled "jugs" on the family computer). A garden-variety snooze deficit is fairly straightforward to deal with: Squeeze in a nap or sleep late on Saturday morning and you'll be right as rain. This other form of slacker-partner—fueled fatigue produces a chronic case of the low-energy blahs and sends desire down the drain. Sylvia, a mom of two in Westchester County, NY, uses a direct approach to make sure both she and her husband get what they want. "I'll say to him, 'Take out the garbage and clean up the kitchen and then I'll be in the mood,'" she explains. Don't be shy about politely delegating to Dad—he may have no idea that you're shouldering more of the load.
Lock in some lovin'
For many privacy-deprived couples, a simple bedroom-door lock is a sanity—and sex-life—saver. And no, it is not, repeat, not cruel to make it physically impossible for your kids to come into your room anytime they please; in fact, it can help you all avoid some truly awkward moments. Take it from Marilyn*, a mom of two in Los Angeles: "It was late one night and my kids, then seven and four, had been asleep for hours. We locked the door, turned on some music and it was all heat and fireworks—until my daughter tried to open the door. She kept asking, 'Mom, are you okay?' and trying to barge in, but she couldn't, thanks to the lock. In seconds I went from ravaged woman to Mommy, got dressed and put her back to bed."
As Marilyn's story so vividly illustrates, while many things get easier after your kids are out of diapers, it can be even harder to find the opportunity to make love with anything resembling abandon. Says Pamela Goldsteen, whose children are 4, 7 and 10, "Now that the kids are older, the sex window is actually narrower. Logistically, the only time we can do it is when all three of them are out of the house, which is practically never." One solution is to channel your inner lusty teenager and be sneaky. "We sometimes resort to 'going to the basement to check on the furnace,'" says Lisa. "Once we even had a quickie while putting out the garbage—romantic! These occasions tend to be more fulfilling for my husband, but they create a shared playful, sexy memory that keeps things going."
Use your words
It doesn't matter what's going on with the offspring, most men manage to get it up anytime, anyplace. Not so women. "My husband is one involved father, but it doesn't hit him in the same way when things are happening with the kids," says Goldsteen. "In fact, for him, sex is a solution; it's stress relief. For me, it's the opposite." Adds Resnick, "When women have young kids, they're very distractible. It may be nature's way of making sure Mom is attentive to baby. But when a woman is so focused on what needs to be taken care of, she doesn't value her own pleasure."
What's more, studies have shown that women's bodies can be physically turned on in response to suggestive stimuli without their even being aware of it. In other words, you have to get your head in the game before you can enjoy that you're aroused—and the way to do that is with wordplay, not foreplay. "I'm running around all day, juggling schedules, problem solving and my husband will jump into bed and want to have sex after we've been dealing with our own stuff and not talking to each other," says Margarit, a mom of two school-age boys. "He doesn't understand that I need him to touch base first." The pillow talk doesn't have to be sexy or provocative, either. "It can just be who drove us nuts at work today, or dang, what he thought of the pork roast," says Margarit. "As long as he touches base before he touches boobs."
Believe in your beauty
Start treating yourself like the desirable woman you are. Who cares if kids changed your body a little? Sure, pregnancy did its number on you, your diet consists of leftover chicken nuggets, and your gym pass is lost in the depths of your tote bag. But time and gravity take their toll on everybody. Know that to your man, you're positively beautiful. He doesn't care if you're a bit softer here and there; in fact, he might like it. Even if you're still carrying around some baby weight (five, ten years later), you'll still feel nice to him. Make the most of it by buying some pretty underthings: During the day, lacy panties or a thong underneath your jeans (you can find comfy, not-too-skimpy ones at Hankypanky.com) will be a reminder that you're still a sexy thing. Get some exercise, too, even if all you can manage is stepping up your pace when you walk the dog, or a ten-minute date with the kids' Wii. A recent study found that simply working out was enough to boost body image, without any significant physical changes. If you think of yourself as hot, you will come across as hot.
Once again, words can save the day. Let your partner know what you need to hear, whether it's "You're beautiful" or "You're smokin'," and then wallow in the praise. Next thing you know, you might find yourself grabbing his ass while he's doing the dishes; in fact, it might not be a bad idea to put a lock on the kitchen door, too.
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College Roundup: UNH men ousted from hoop tourneyStaff report
March 08. 2014 9:02PM
No. 1 seed Vermont turned back a first-half challenge from No. 8 New Hampshire on the way to a 77-60 win in an America East men's basketball quarterfinal game at Albany on Saturday.
The Catamounts extended their winning streak to 11 games and move on to today's semifinals with a 22-9 overall record. UNH closes out the season at 6-24.
The Wildcats were on fire early and jumped into a 27-19 lead.
But the Catamounts ran off the last 16 points of the first half to take control of the game.
UNH managed to stay within 10 points much of the second half, but could not get closer than nine points.
Vermont had a whopping 40-19 advantage in rebounds and had 16 offensive boards.
Senior forward Patrick Konan led New Hampshire with 19 points, senior guard Jordon Bronner had 14 and freshman Daniel Dion added 10. Senior center Chris Pelcher led the Wildcats with six rebounds and added six points.
Vermont senior Brian Voelkel had a triple-double with 10 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists.
The America East men's and women's semifinals will both be played today in Albany.
Vermont plays the winner of a game between No. 4 Albany and No. 5 UMBC in one semifinal.
Winners of the men's games will meet at the site of the higher seed still in the tournament on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. for the title.
The No. 3 UNH women play No. 2 Stony Brook today at 1:15. The winner advances to the championship game in Albany on Monday at 4 p.m. against either No. 1 Albany or No. 5 Hartford.
The Wildcats beat Vermont, 85-79, in the semifinals on Friday. UNH and Stony Brook split their regular season series, each winning at home. UNH beat Stony Brook, 71-68, in overtime on Jan. 11 and Stony Brook won the rematch, 76-63, on Feb. 9.
Men's ice hockey
Salem State 5, Plymouth State 1: At Salem, Mass., the Panthers led 1-0 on a goal by Londonderry's Ryan Callahan, but Salem State took control of the MASCAC championship game with three second period goals.
The Panthers finished the season with a 14-11-2 record.
Women's lacrosse
Albany 13, Dartmouth 7: At Hanover, the Great Danes and Big Green were tied at 7-7 in the second half and Albany scored the last six goals to stay undefeated at 4-0. Dartmouth fell to 3-2.
UMass 12, UNH 6: At Amherst, Mass., Taylor Hurwitz recorded a career-high 16 saves but the Wildcats fell against 10th-ranked UMass.
UNH is now 2-4. UMass improved to 6-0.
UNH's Nicole Grote and Laura Puccia both scored two goals apiece and and Laura McHoul had three points. Becca Graves had a goal and an assist.
UMass was led by Sam Rush (five goals) and Erica Eipp (one goal, four assists.
Keene State 14, Franklin Pierce 9: At Keene, Kaitlin Nolan scored five goals, Kelly Chadnick had three and Eliza Witherbee and Julie Trombetta two each for the Owls, who are 2-1. Nicole Dale and Madeline Shopshire had four goals each for the Ravens, 1-1.
Men's lacrosse:
University of New England 11, Plymouth State 9: Freshman Dan Auger of Nashua scored three goals to help lead the Nor'Easters past the Panthers. Senior Chris Annunciata had five goals to lead Plymouth State in its season opener.
Tufts 17, Keene State 16: At Keene, Tyler McKelvie scored nine goals for the Owls, but they came up just short. Keene State, 1-3, was down 10-4 and rallied with nine straight goals but could not hold into the lead. The school record for goals belongs to Bob Bonnes, who had 10 against Clark University on April 8, 1999.
Franklin Pierce 17, Dominican 5: Junior attack Kevin Dargin scored a school-record eight goals and added an assist to lead the Ravens, 1-1. Sophomore attack Casey Burnett had three goals and two assists.


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i am grateful for all those who came before me and those who continue to serve and make the sacrifices in their service.
i have so many questions and as of yet have nothing in the way of answers tho i realize this process will take a long time, as it has been festering for many years
my questions now is has anyone ever heard of migraines being associated with a traumatic event? (ie, in my case, the mst)
and where can i find vets who have been thru what i have? i ve not found anyone yet and tho i am treating at the VA, i have yet to see one single female there, ever, other than the providers, etc.
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i am grateful for all those who came before me and those who continue to serve and make the sacrifices in their service.
Depending on your location, I met a scientist who is now treating my migraines and trigemional neuralgia with magnet therapy and Evening Primrose Oil. Acupuncture does wonders as well. Sometimes eastern medicine is best. It's worth a try.
Depending on your location, I met a scientist who is now treating my migraines and trigemional neuralgia with magnet therapy and Evening Primrose Oil. Acupuncture does wonders as well. Sometimes eastern medicine is best. It's worth a try.
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Lois Berry Crocker Judd - 1860's
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Hello Deb! Paul here in Sweden. I was wondering if you could reply asap to the inquiry that I posted on the Green Mount Cemetary post:
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November 16, 2005
"A fat bass drum, four bright copper timpani, and a tall, elegant set of chimes are new inhabitants in the music room at Hood River Valley High School (HRVHS).
"They are expensive pieces of equipment that are hard to budget for that needed to be replaced," said Mark Steighner, vocal and instrumental director for HRVHS. "We've never had chimes, ever," he said.
But with a recent effort by a local fund-raising organization, HRVHS and other schools around the county are likely to see more of such upgrades in arts programs, sports, academic enrichment, extracurricular activities and other programs that are difficult to pay for out of the normal school budget.
In early October, the Hood River County Education Foundation (HRCEF) sent out a direct request for funding in a mailing to 11,000 households. Local resident and donor George Selfridge funded the "Bright Futures" campaign, and Pageworks Design Inc. donated the cost of layout.
The mailing included a letter, in Spanish and English, outlining the goals of the foundation, a summary of the 2004 annual report and a contribution envelope. The fund-raising project, which has been almost one year in the planning, is a first for the foundation, according to Pat Evenson-Brady, superintendent of Hood River County Schools.
"We had never just asked people to give us money. It seemed like a worthwhile cause," she said.
Founded in 1992, HRCEF is a nonprofit corporation that helps raise money to support county schools. In the past, the foundation has received its money exclusively from two sources: bequests in local residents' wills and the annual Oregon Trail Band concert.
"That's been it. That's been the whole fund-raising plan for the foundation," said Evenson-Brady.
Last year the foundation received more than $400,000 in donations from estates. Historically, the money has gone to post-secondary education scholarships for students and to special projects grants for teachers.
In 2004, 38 county students received scholarships managed by the foundation totaling $40,600, and 10 area teachers won grants totaling $5,873. "We probably have three-quarters of a million dollars in scholarship money that can only be used for that purpose," said HRCEF president Mike Schend.
"Hood River Valley High School has had the largest per capita scholarship donation from the community for the entire state of Oregon," said Evenson-Brady.
While student scholarships have been well funded, the Bright Futures campaign is an effort to broaden the reach of the foundation. As outlined in the mailing, the foundation has added a "contribution menu" so that donors can earmark their money for particular use.
In addition to teacher grants and student scholarships, choices include academic enrichment, the arts, sports, extracurricular activities and area of greatest need for the year. "(Donors) can tell us where they want the money to go and we will abide by that," said Schend.
"This is just a way for folks to support some programs they think need support," said Evenson-Brady.
The new fund-raising effort is also intended to help shelter the school district from economic hard times, like those that hit schools across the state in 2003, following the recession. Evenson-Brady said Hood River County, which serves about 4,000 students, did not feel the pinch in the 2003-04 school year because it had reserve funds to spend.
Last year, the district was not so lucky. "We ended up cutting a total, in 2004-05, of $1.3 million from the budget, "she said.
The county reduced all music and PE positions in the elementary schools, reduced teaching staff at the middle schools and high school, unfunded six high school sports and all middle school sports. "It was a very difficult year for our teachers. They did a very good job trying to make everything work," she said. Almost all of that funding has returned to the district this school year, thanks to a local option levy passed last November.
The idea for the Bright Futures campaign was born during those tough times in 2004. Hood River County School Board Chair Jan Veldhuisen Virk started calling other districts to find out if they had been able to keep their PE and music programs. She discovered that many schools were funding those programs through their education foundations.
"So we asked ourselves, 'Is there a way to gather donations that would go to items other than scholarship grants?'" said Evenson- Brady.
"We were ignoring the obvious," which was just asking people for money, said Schend,.
Evenson-Brady said the current foundation fund-raiser could serve as a cushion during tough times and also creates the possibility of expanding programs in the system. "It allows us to think about things that we could not afford otherwise," she said. For example, the county has never had an elementary school art teacher.
Sitting in the HRVHS music room, Mark Steighner attested to the benefit of economic support focused on a particular program. "I think it's a good idea," said Steighner of the Bright Futures campaign. "Everyone has their preference that they really want to support."
The money for HRVHS's new instruments came from a $100,000 endowment from the estate of Larry Haney in 2004.
"Larry was always very supportive of the kids," said Steighner.
The money will be split between the music and drama departments and, according to Steighner, will only be invested in items that will have a long-term benefit for students. The new bass drum, for example, replaced one that had been at the school for 20 or 30 years.
"We are only spending money on things that will benefit kids for a long time. (Haney's) intention was to support our programs. To me, that seems like the best way to support the programs," said Steighner.
Steighner said he is working against the perception that, with the Haney endowment, HRVHS music and drama programs don't need any more funding. But none of that money will go to cover regular operating costs, like sheet music and general repairs, so the school still has a need.
"The money would be spent very quickly if we used it for those sorts of things," he said.
As for the Bright Futures campaign, money started to come in almost immediately following the mailing, but organizers still don't know what kind of response they will get. "We don't know. The foundation has never made this sort of direct appeal," said Evenson-Brady.
Schend hopes the philanthropic-minded will react soon. "We are hoping they will do it quickly or they will forget," he said. "Time is of the essence here."
If you did not receive the mailing or misplaced it, call 386-2055 or stop by the Hood River County Schools administrative office to pick up donation information. And if you miss the mailing, organizers say any time is a good time to donate to the foundation. "The need is year-round," said Evenson-Brady.
The Hood River County Education Foundation (HRCEF) mailed out packets in early October in a first-ever direct request for donations. The gold envelopes were sent to 11,000 homes in the county. The money will be used to broaden the mission of the HRCEF, which raises money to help local schools.
If you lost your packet and would like more information about the program, call (541) 386-2055 or go to www.hrcef.org
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (CBS/AP) — The Civil War saga "Lincoln" leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honors for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field and Tommy Lee Jones.
Read: The 2013 Oscar Nominees
Also among the nine nominees for best picture Thursday: the old-age love story "Amour"; the Iran hostage thriller "Argo"; the independent hit "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; the slave-revenge narrative "Django Unchained"; the musical "Les Miserables"; the shipwreck story "Life of Pi"; the lost-souls romance "Silver Linings Playbook"; and the Osama bin Laden manhunt chronicle "Zero Dark Thirty."
"Life of Pi" surprisingly ran second with 11 nominations, ahead of "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Les Miserables," which had both been considered potential front-runners.
More surprising were snubs in the directing category, where three favorites missed out: Cambridge native Ben Affleck for "Argo" and past Oscar winners Kathryn Bigelow for "Zero Dark Thirty" and Tom Hooper for "Les Miserables."
WBZ NewsRadio 1030 spoke with arts and entertainment critic Joyce Kulhawik after the announcement.
"I haven't been this worked up about anything in a long time," Kulhawik told WBZ. "I am totally freaked out about Affleck and Bigelow not being nominated for best director."
Kulhawik, a friend of Affleck, said we all have a soft-spot for our "hometown guy" and he has matured as a director.
In terms of best picture nominations, Kulhawik says one oversight was not nominating "The Sessions."
Kulhawik's predictions?
"Lincoln" will win best picture and Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis will win in their categories.
Two-time winner Spielberg earned his seventh directing nomination, and also in the mix are past winner Ang Lee for "Life of Pi" and past nominee David O. Russell for "Silver Linings Playbook." The other slots went to surprise picks who are first-time nominees: Michael Haneke for "Amour" and Benh Zeitlin for "Beasts of the Southern Wild."
Chronicling Abraham Lincoln's final months as he engineers passage of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, "Lincoln" stars best-actor contender Day-Lewis in a monumental performance as the 16th president, supporting-actress nominee Field as the notoriously headstrong Mary Todd Lincoln and supporting-actor prospect Jones as abolitionist firebrand Thaddeus Stevens.
Joining Day-Lewis in the best-actor field are Bradley Cooper as a psychiatric patient trying to get his life back together in "Silver Linings Playbook"; Hugh Jackman as Victor Hugo's tragic hero Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables"; Joaquin Phoenix as a Navy vet who falls in with a cult in "The Master"; and Denzel Washington as a boozy airline pilot in "Flight."
Nominated for best actress are Jessica Chastain as a CIA operative hunting bin Laden in "Zero Dark Thirty"; Jennifer Lawrence as a troubled young widow struggling to heal in "Silver Linings Playbook"; Emmanuelle Riva as an ailing woman tended by her husband in "Amour"; Quvenzhane Wallis as a spirited girl on the Louisiana delta in "Beasts of the Southern Wild"; and Naomi Watts as a mother caught up in a devastating tsunami in "The Impossible."
Along with Field, supporting-actress nominees are Amy Adams as a cult leader's devoted wife in "The Master"; Anne Hathaway as an outcast mother reduced to prostitution in "Les Miserables"; Helen Hunt as a sex surrogate in "The Sessions"; and Jacki Weaver as an unstable man's doting mom in "Silver Linings Playbook."
Besides Jones, the supporting-actor contenders are Alan Arkin as a wily Hollywood producer in "Argo"; Robert De Niro as a football-obsessed patriarch in "Silver Linings Playbook"; Philip Seymour Hoffman as a dynamic cult leader in "The Master"; and Christoph Waltz as a genteel bounty hunter in "Django Unchained."
The Oscars feature a best-picture field that ranges from five to 10 films depending on a complex formula of ballots from the 5,856 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Winners for the 85th Oscars will be announced Feb. 24 at a ceremony aired live on ABC from Hollywood's Dolby Theatre.
"Family Guy" creator and vocal star Seth MacFarlane — a versatile performer whose work includes directing and voicing for the title character of last summer's hit "Ted" and a Frank Sinatra-style album of standards — is the Oscar host.
Thursday's nominees were announced by "The Amazing Spider-Man" star Emma Stone and MacFarlane, the first time that an Oscar show host has joined in the preliminary announcement since 1972, when Charlton Heston participated on nominations day.
MacFarlane also got his own nod for writing the lyrics to "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from his movie "Ted."
"That's kind of cool I got nominated," MacFarlane deadpanned. "I get to go to the Oscars."


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POLI 214 (US) International Politics (1)
Analysis and evaluation of the contending paradigms that inform the study of international politics. Examination of the relevance of these paradigms for understanding the nature and dynamics of the contemporary international system with special emphasis on selected international issues, e.g., nationalism, race and gender, global political economy, human rights, international law, national security and the global environment. Closed to seniors except with consent of instructor.
- General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Understanding Society
- Offering: Annually
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By Bruce Weinstein
It's 6 p.m. on a Thursday evening in early fall. My class at Sit-N-Knit, a spacious and welcoming yarn shop in Bloomfield, Connecticut, is filling up—ten women have come to learn how to knit sweaters from the top down. Each one is knitting a sweater for herself, and each seems to have a sad story to tell about her experiences knitting for a man in her life. None of them are eager to try again; I'm hoping to change a few minds.
I always bring food to class. It helps everyone relax, gets people talking, and ensures they'll all come back week after week no matter how frustrated they might be with their sweaters or how little progress they may have made. On the menu this week is a three-layer coconut cake from my latest cookbook.
Around the table everyone is eating, casting on, and sharing their stories. Mary says she's hesitant to make anything for her husband since the first sweater she knitted for him ended up at the Salvation Army. I don't know how, but she recounts the story with a smile and great humor. Irma says her husband begs her to bake cakes like mine, but she's on strike since he doesn't appreciate her knitting. Barbara is wearing a sweater she made for her husband. I hear their tales and encourage them to keep knitting for their guys. But regardless of their talent, I realize that these women have some homework to do before they will be able to create garments the men in their lives will want to wear: They first have to understand the male psyche.
Over the years, many women have knitted beautiful items for their boyfriends, husbands, sons, brothers, fathers, and uncles, only to have the goods packed away in drawers never to see the light of day.
Disappointing? Yes. Frustrating? Certainly. But is a man who does this being intentionally insensitive? Is he trying to push his girlfriend's buttons? Is he holding out for something more exciting from his wife in bed? Not at all.
When men don't wear what women make them, they're just being men—with their own quirky likes and dislikes and an inability to express them. When they abuse the garments knitters make them, they're still just being men—hardwired not to think about feelings, not to think about how much work went into making them, and not understanding why their behavior is so upsetting. Women can't expect to change these male characteristics, but they can change what they choose to make for the men in their lives.
As a rule, most men don't read Vogue, window shop, or care about fashion. They don't know what's in style and, in most cases, they don't care. While women know that fashions change and that beauty has its price, men don't pay attention to any of it. Men like three things: simple designs, muted colors, and soft fabrics. And to hell with what the magazines, fashion columns, and yes, even their women, tell them they should wear. What this means is that your man will rarely pick out the same pattern and yarn for himself that you would pick out for him. And what makes this situation even more challenging is that men don't communicate as well as women do, so you'll rarely get him to tell you up front what he likes. But if women want to succeed at knitting for men, they're going to have to find a way to extract this information from the male brain.
Now, before you give up on knitting for men altogether, know that help is on the way. As a man, I know what men like and don't like, which gives me a genetic edge that most knitters don't have. And as a knitting instructor, I am equipped to be your translator, and to help you match your knitting skills with what the men in your life really want. (For starters—here's an easy one—nix the knitted iPod, golf club, and beer cozies.)
I learned to knit from my grandmother, a dressmaker by trade. She worked for top designers in New York City, creating samples from sketches. Her creations were exclusively for women and always au courant. During her off hours, she knitted exclusively for men: me, my brother, and my cousin. These creations were anything but trendy. They were dark, simple sweaters that we wore and loved. My grandmother knew what worked for men and it had nothing to do with her personal taste or what she created for runway models.
Only once did my grandmother knit me a sweater that I refused to wear, and in all honesty, I asked for it. On my first day of college, I befriended the woman sitting next to me in graphic design class. Her name was Rainey Day (yes, that is her real name). I fell in love with her Bing-cherry tinted hair and her hip-length tunic sweater with wide horizontal ribs that started at the bottom hem and went all the way up to the oversized turtleneck. She told me she designed and knitted the sweater and I immediately asked to borrow it. I took it to my grandmother and begged her to make me one.
"Nice work," she said, "but why do you want a woman's sweater?"
I was young, thin, and in art school, and it seemed like a good idea at the time. Looking back, I realize that I wanted that sweater as a work of art, not as a piece of clothing. My grandmother made the sweater in my size and by the time she'd finished it I had to admit that, despite my bohemian attitude, I would never wear it. I've kept that sweater to this day, partly because I feel guilty all these years later that I made her work so hard on a sweater that I never put on and partly because it's my own personal time capsule of the late 1970s. But it's also a good reminder for me of how easy it is to veer off course if you aren't careful.
The truth is that women often make sweaters that their guys are not comfortable wearing. They use colors that are too bright, make the cables too wide, or choose buttons and zippers that are just too flashy. How does this happen? Well, some women have told me that they find most men's patterns boring, so they adapt them from women's patterns to add a little more interest. The "interest" that is added, however, is often totally inappropriate, like feminine stitchwork and edgings. Other women insist that they won't touch dark, drab colors, period. So they choose bright colors that are more fun to knit with. But the fault doesn't just rest on the knitter here. Many women claim that they can't get their guy to turn away from a football game long enough to look at yarn samples. And men love to rely on revisionist history—when asked if they like something, guys will say sure, sure without even looking up, only to complain later that they don't remember being offered a choice. The first trick to finding the right pattern for your guy is striking a balance between patterns that are fun and interesting to knit while still being simple and classic enough for a man to wear. The second is learning to communicate what you intend to make for him every step of the way.
To that end, in the book I share ten rules that will help you knit successfully for all the men in your life. Some of these rules may strike you as overgeneralizations, but I assure you that men, no matter their lifestyle, are fairly consistent. Following each rule is a corresponding pattern that should please you and your guy, such as a two-tone cotton baseball jersey with a wide saddle shoulder, and a basic hooded sweatshirt that is so soft yet easy to take care of, your man can roll it in a ball and shove it under the bed and it will still look great when he takes it out to wear.
The patterns are written to be worked in multiple gauges for almost any yarn to fit nearly every man. So you can knit the same sweater for your guy whether he's tall and skinny or built like a linebacker. And why only ten patterns? Because when it comes to fashion, that's all any man wants or needs. When a man finds what he likes, he sticks with it. It's not uncommon for a guy to have three or four of the same sweater crammed into a drawer. If he wants variety, he might have it in black, navy, and dark gray, and when one sweater wears out, he's likely to buy the same exact sweater to replace it. And while this book may not erase the pain of handknits past, I hope that these insights and patterns will add joy to your knitting—and to your relationships with men—from this page forward.


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