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The in-house police force at California's institutions for the developmentally disabled is searching for a new chief as scrutiny of its work on criminal investigations intensifies.
After two years in the top job, Corey Smith received a demotion to second-in-command for the force, the Office of Protective Services. David Montoya, police commander at the Porterville Developmental Center, is serving as interim chief, according to the state Department of Developmental Services' website.
The department, which oversees the centers and the police force, has repeatedly hired police chiefs with little to no background in law enforcement.
In its job posting, released Aug. 6, the department said applicants need "extensive management experience directing uniformed peace officers and investigative operations." However, the posting does not detail how many years of police work or what level of education the next chief must have.
The personnel moves come as state lawmakers last week ordered the California State Auditor to examine the police force's operations [PDF]. The Office of Protective Services is responsible for protecting nearly 1,700 patients with cerebral palsy, mental retardation and severe autism at five state-run centers in Los Angeles, Sonoma, Orange, Riverside and Tulare counties.
In an ongoing series of stories this year, California Watch has reported that detectives and patrol officers at the institutions routinely fail to conduct basic police work, even when patients die under mysterious circumstances.
Officers have delayed interviews with witnesses or suspects – if they have conducted interviews at all. In case after case, the force waited too long to collect evidence or secure crime scenes and has been accused of going easy on co-workers who care for the disabled.
Terri Delgadillo, the department's director, did not respond to calls for comment or emails with written questions regarding the chief's position.
Delgadillo selected the past three Office of Protective Services chiefs since becoming head of the Department of Developmental Services in late 2006. None of those hires had worked on criminal investigations for outside police agencies.
The first, Nancy Irving, was not even a sworn officer during her time as interim police chief in 2007 and 2008. Irving worked at the developmental services department for more than three decades as a labor negotiator and government manager, before and after her stint with the police force, until her retirement last year.
Jeff Bradley started as a security guard in 1998 and moved to the top of the force as an investigator and commander at the Lanterman and Porterville developmental centers. He succeeded Irving as chief in June 2008, but didn't keep the job long.
In February 2010, a Tulare County grand jury indicted Bradley for his alleged involvement in an overtime fraud scheme. A judge threw out the charges last year, saying investigators violated his rights under the California Peace Officers' Bill of Rights.
Smith, named chief in 2010, spent most of his career as a firefighter at the Sonoma Developmental Center. He hadn't worked on criminal investigations until 2006, when the department made him the Sonoma police commander, responsible for overseeing hundreds of cases each year.
It is unknown whether Smith stepped down by choice or by administrative force. He did not return calls for comment yesterday. On his voicemail message, Smith lists himself as supervising special investigator, one position below chief.
In response to California Watch's reporting, Sen. Carol Liu, D-Glendale, introduced SB 1051, which includes a provision mandating that the Office of Protective Services chief have significant law enforcement experience. The legislation has passed the state Senate and awaits a vote on the floor of the state Assembly.
Liu declined to comment on the developmental center police force's hiring standards. "She needs to talk to the department first," said Robert Oakes, Liu's spokesman.
Based on the published job requirements, Smith's successor is likely to come from another state agency, rather than a city or county police department.
Applicants should be current state employees, or have worked previously for the Legislature or governor, or have been honorably discharged from the U.S. military, the posting said. Officers at city or county law enforcement agencies can be hired only through a bureaucratic process called an "interjurisdictional exchange."
The exchanges take place when state agencies trade employees or one agency loans an employee to another department for a set period of time, according to the California personnel operations manual. And employees from local governments "gain no status in the California state service" while on loan to the state agency.
Tom Simms, a retired police chief who led the Roseville and Santa Rosa departments, said the requirement would eliminate the most qualified applicants from consideration.
If the Department of Developmental Services hires its new chief from the ranks of a city police agency, he or she would not become a state employee and would not earn retirement benefits.
"Oh yeah, that's really going to encourage people to come up," said Simms, who examined the developmental center force a decade ago for the state Department of Justice.
Simms and Loren DuChesne, former chief of investigations for the Orange County district attorney, in 2002 wrote a report on widespread problems within the Office of Protective Services. The report recommended the department "recruit and hire a highly qualified and experienced law enforcement candidate" for police chief.
Every commander, detective and patrol officer at the developmental centers underwent retraining in June. State officials, including Smith, also have been writing new policies and practices to upgrade the force's criminal investigations.
Montoya, the interim chief, started his law enforcement career with the Visalia Police Department in 1988, according to an Office of Protective Services internal memo.
He spent 13 years with the Tulare County Sheriff's Office, rising to the rank of sergeant, before joining the state Department of Mental Health as an investigator at Coalinga State Hospital in Fresno County.
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This story was produced by California Watch, a part of the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting. Learn more at www.californiawatch.org.


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Thanks to Humble Bundle and Steam sales, I'm pretty overloaded with games right now. A game really has to grab my attention right away to get me to play it through or I'm on trying the next one as I just have way more games than time.
Anyway, I'm currently playing Far Cry 3Far Cry 3 and think I will beat that one as it's a lot of fun (with some flaws I can go into at another time). Plus, I finally got a gaming mouse so I'm not using the touchpad on my laptop like a chump. Also, on my DS (well, technically, my 3DS), I'm playing The World Ends With You which is supposed to be really good as is just starting to grab me.
Games I've started and plan to get back to:
- Grand Theft Auto IV – I know it's a good game, it just annoyed me for some reason but I'll play it through eventually.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution – It will be a much more fun game when I convince myself not to be a tedious completionist and hack every single door I see. Also, the story was just starting to get interesting when I put it down for Far Cry. Oh, but the character models in it really annoy me for some reason; they're just so awkward and not real looking (large bodies, tiny heads) and make it seem like a ten year old game sometimes. A huge flaw for a dialogue heavy game where I'm not just gunning down these people.
Assassin's Creed II – I never played an Assassin's Creed game and this is the highest reviewed of them (and was $5 on Steam). I love the free run where you easily climb up buildings and definitely want to get back to it.
Dark Souls – At times extremely compelling with its difficulty and at other times I'm just like, "What am I doing here?"
Oh, and I keep telling myself one of these days I'm going to go back to Skyrim and finally beat the main quest in an Elder Scrolls game, but I last played it like a year ago (and put 93 hours in it).
And I still have countless games sitting in my Steam account that I haven't even started. Plus someone was kind enough to gift me DOTA 2 which I know nothing about other than it's really popular.
Man, I can't wait until I one day retire and can play video games all day again. With this economy, that's probably like forty years from now. Until then, I'll try to get my kids really into video games so I can multiplayer with them and that be family time.


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Thousands of residents who flocked to area churches on Sunday to try to make sense of the Connecticut slayings. How could God could let something so unimaginable happen? And where does society go from here?
Jeanne Govoni went to her Brockton church on Sunday to find comfort – and she began crying after a room full of children had assembled minutes earlier for a Christmas pageant.
In those young faces, which included her 2-year-old grandson, Govoni saw innocence. And she could think only of the 20 children shot and killed in a Connecticut elementary school by a gunman who also killed six adults, then killed himself.
"I can't imagine what would cause someone, even with a mental illness, to go after young children," Govoni, 52, of Kingston, said as she wiped away tears inside the First Evangelical Lutheran Church on Main Street. "Just the lives, the anticipation that they had for the holiday coming, and the joy."
She was among thousands of residents who flocked to area churches on Sunday to try to make sense of the Connecticut slayings. How could God could let something so unimaginable happen? And where does society go from here?
In Bridgewater, the Rev. Bill Devine looked out into a large crowd of parishioners, many of them young children, and tried to offer some direction and hope.
Devine, pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Bridgewater, told the religious story of the Israelites who were massacred 600 years before Jesus was born. So many of them were killed and the few who remained were exiled, he said.
"They wondered why would God allow something like this to happen, a thought that may have gone through some (minds) at Mass this morning," Devine said in his homily. "They wondered: had God abandoned them."
God knows that people are hurting and that they feel alone, said Devine, who then read biblical words of the Prophet Zephaniah. "The Lord is in your midst, fear not. Do not be discouraged."
God saw the suffering of his people, so he sent his son, Jesus, into the world, and experienced pain and suffering and death itself, Devine said.
"Jesus Christ gives us strength to face the challenges that we face whether it's in Connecticut or here in Bridgewater," Devine said. "He gives us the faith that we need to trust that He is with us and the hope that He will make things right, even in the most difficult of times."
Jason Hammond, a father of five in Bridgewater, said the tragedy has brought families closer together.
"The little things you take for granted, you start thinking about a lot more, and that's what we try to teach our kids," said Hammond.
In Whitman, the Rev. J. Craig, pastor of South Shore Pentecostal Church said his message to parishioners on Sunday centered around having God in their lives.
"If you have God in your life, then the Lord is going to protect and God is going to step in and He'll give us strength to deal with these things," Craig said.
Craig said he wrote a letter to U.S. senators Scott Brown and John Kerry on Friday night to share his concern about God being removed from schools and society.
"We took prayer out of the school and as we take God out of our society, we'll see more stuff like this," Craig said. "We've asked God to step aside, so that's why it's happening."
In Brockton, the Rev. Daniel Michel, pastor of the Haitian Church of God of Deliverance said he has tried to comfort local families, especially children, who are afraid and wondering if their schools are safe.
"I want to help them to remember not to worry about what's happening because we also believe that God is our refuge and protecting us," Michel said. "So we should not worry about those things."
At Grace Church Brockton, a Bible-based church on Main Street, Christina Dusel of Carver said she attended church for encouragement and hope.
"We can't answer all of the questions, but there are answers in the Bible," said Dusel, 24. "God is loving and He is all powerful, you struggle with how can He be both when you see such a tragedy happening."
Her pastor, the Rev. Steve Rahn, decried the violence in his sermon. Rahn said he doesn't want to see war in homes or workplaces.
"Doesn't it seem like there's been so many (tragedies) lately?" Rahn said as he addressed about 40 parishioners Sunday morning. "Just big tragedies where someone goes in and they just declare war on a whole bunch of people that haven't harmed them. They've done nothing to them."
"It just hurts us," Rahn said.
Maria Papadopoulos may be reached at email@example.com or on Twitter @MariaEnterprise.
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Another networking & sharing surprise. I wrote earlier about being taken on a trip in 1947 to see Jackie Robinson play baseball against the Cincinnati Reds along with my best friends. The brothers of my friends took us on the train trip from Piqua, Ohio to Cincinnati.
Well !!! .. I just received photos from the 1945 Yearbook of the Tuskegee Airman stationed at Godman Field in Kentucky and the brother of one of those friends is pictured in the book. S/Sgt. Dorsey Thorpe of Piqua, Ohio, the older brother of Kenny Thorpe was a Tuskegee Airmen. Dorsey was the chief for then Capt. Daniel "Chappie" James and his B-25 bomber crew. Kenny Thorpe is seen standing behind Toussaint Foston and I am in front of Chuck Andy in a picture of me and my best friends taken in 1944.
Thank you Mr. John Williams of California!!!!!! And thank you Facebook friends for allowing me to share my good fortune with you. Again, networking and sharing, isn't it wonderful?
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Dorsey Thorpe ..top row, far right
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For years, school officials have been pointing out the dangers of the science/vocational building on the Dolores High School campus.
The cinder block walls were not constructed properly and as a result, large cracks are starting to appear and the corners of the building are held together with steel plates. The roof is also failing and instructors inside the building regularly have to dry text books and put out buckets during rains.
Of the $6.09 million in projects, paid for by the $3.47 million 3C bond passed Tuesday and the $2.62 million BEST grant, the largest chunk of the money, $3.7 million, will go toward the construction of new science classrooms and vocational classrooms on the southeast corner of the campus. The current building will eventually be demolished and a parking lot will be constructed in its place.
Dolores School District Superintendent Scott Cooper said the district started taking action immediately once Measure 3C was approved.
The Dolores School District is already advertising for a owners representative, which will act as a general contractor of sorts.
Cooper said construction will start this summer with a targeted completion of Aug. 1, 2014.
But before construction can begin, the district has to work with design teams and hire construction crews.
Cooper said the school board is hoping to hire locally.
We hope it can be somebody qualified and local, he said.
I am so grateful for the communitys support. It took the whole community to pull together to get this and to get the BEST grant. Lets not forget that we get 43 percent of this paid for, Cooper said.


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Walker shakes off rust in Minor League outing
By Greg Johns / MLB.com
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Taijuan Walker threw 48 pitches in a three-inning Minor League outing Tuesday, as the Mariners' top prospect took another step toward returning from a sore shoulder that sidelined him early in Spring Training.
Walker, 21, is the No. 6 rated prospect in baseball by MLB.com and was expected to open this year in the Mariners' rotation. Instead, he'll open the year on the disabled list, but he's begun building back up his arm strength, having made two live mound appearance since being shut down for a week at the start of the month.
Walker gave up four hits and four runs (three earned) with two walks, three strikeouts and a wild pitch while facing members of Triple-A Tacoma. His first two innings were halted early to control his pitch count, so he wound up getting six outs in the three frames, including a 1-2-3 third on eight pitches.
"My arm felt good; I just got tired," Walker said. "But that's to be expected. I used my legs a lot today, which was a good sign. I wanted to use more legs, less arm. But my arm felt great."
As for his command?
"Ehhh, it was all right. Could be better," Walker said. "But it's something to work on. Again, my arm feels good, so I'll take the positives. It was my first time throwing the curveball, and I thought it was pretty good. It felt good coming out of my hand. A couple of them I got behind on, but for the most part I felt pretty good."
Xavier Avery opened the game with a triple off Walker that probably could have been a line-drive out, then scored on a wild pickoff attempt to first. He also gave up a double down the line to Cole Gillespie in the second, but looked better in the third while setting down Avery, Chris Taylor and Jabari Blash in short order.
"I looked over and [trainer Rick Griffin] told me, 'You've got 10 pitches," he said with a smile. "I said, 'All right, let's get it done fast.' It was definitely good to see how the arm reacted to setting down, cooling off and then getting back up and going out there. There was no problems with that. It felt real good. Everything has gone real well."
Walker will throw in another Minor League game on Sunday, likely going four or five innings, as he continues extending his work.
"He has a little rust, but that's OK," manager Lloyd McClendon said. "He just has to continue to get out there and work on it."
Endy signs Minors deal to stay with Mariners
PEORIA, Ariz. -- The Mariners declined to extend retention bonuses to outfielder Endy Chavez and catcher Humberto Quintero on Tuesday, making both veterans free agents, but Chavez agreed to a Minor League contract shortly after and will remain in Seattle's system.
Both players were in camp as non-roster invitees on Minor League deals, but Tuesday was the deadline to extend $100,000 retention bonuses for six-year veterans that would have added them to the 40-man Major League roster.
If they'd been added to the 40-man, both would have been able to decline being optioned back to the Minors since both have more than six years of Major League service time. So the deadline effectively forced the team's hand on decisions with both players prior to Sunday's 4 p.m. PT deadline for the final 25-man roster.
Chavez, 36, hit .267 with 10 doubles, two home runs and 14 RBIs In 97 games for Seattle last year after joining the team in mid-April. He was competing for the final outfield berth on the Mariners 25-man roster this spring, but instead now has agreed to a Triple-A contract and will begin the season again in Tacoma.
That leaves five outfielders in Seattle's Major League camp - Dustin Ackley, Abraham Almonte, Michael Saunders, Corey Hart and Stefen Romero. That figures to be the final five, unless the Mariners make any roster additions prior to Monday night's opener in Anaheim.
Maurer sharp in return to mound
PEORIA, Ariz. -- A bad back has kept starting candidate Brandon Maurer sidelined much of the spring, but the young right-hander returned to action Tuesday with an inning of work against Double-A hitters in a Minor League game.
Maurer threw in just two Cactus League games in early March before being sidelined because of tightness in his back and neck. So Tuesday's 19-pitch outing was an important step back for the 23-year-old who won a starting job with the Mariners with a strong spring last year.
He's not going to be ready for the start of this season, but he was encouraged by his work against the Mariners' Minor League lineup, working three outs around a two-out double by Julio Morban.
"I'm just trying to get the feel back for all four of my pitches, but it felt pretty good for the first time," Maurer said. "I'm finally pain free with everything."
Maurer said he'll likely throw three innings in his next outing this weekend.
Manager Lloyd McClendon again was impressed by the quality of Maurer's pitches and said his biggest challenge will be relaxing more on the mound as he works to improve on last year's 5-8 record and 6.30 ERA in 22 appearances, including 14 starts.
"It's just electric stuff," McClendon said. "His stuff is as good as anybody in camp. I think we all know he has electric stuff, he just has to some way find his inner peace for that stuff to work for him."
Worth noting
• Designated hitter and right fielder Corey Hart took some swings in the batting cage Tuesday as he worked his way back from a sore forearm. McClendon said Hart will likely play in Minor League games Wednesday and Thursday so he can get up to nine at-bats each game to get extra work in.
Is Hart a candidate to open the year on the disabled list?
"I hope not," said McClendon.
• Closer Fernando Rodney threw 25 pitches in two innings in a Minor League game to get in extra work on Tuesday, while lefty reliever Joe Beimel and rehabbing right-hander Stephen Pryor also tossed an inning on the backfields.
• Left fielder Dustin Ackley entered Tuesday's games tied with Toronto's Melky Cabrera for the most hits this spring with 24 and added another in a 1-for-3 night against the Royals.
• Erasmo Ramirez will start Wednesday's 12:05 p.m. PT game against the Rangers, James Paxton is scheduled to throw in a Minor League game Thursday when the Mariners are off, and Roenis Elias has been slotted into Friday night's game against the Rockies. No starter has been announced yet for Saturday's spring finale against the Rockies.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Numerous smartphone and desktop applications can make planning for the holidays much, much easier — and perhaps even enjoyable.
"Our company's mission is to help people have a good day every day," said Omer Perchik, founder and CEO of Any.do, a hugely popular task management app. Perchik's company, which he originally worked on out of Palo Alto, got its start with Android app Taskos, which eventually evolved into Any.do in November 2011.
Any.do is minimal but efficient. Users can add endless to-do items to four folders: today, tomorrow, upcoming or someday. Within those four seemingly simple categories unfold many, many options. Set alarms to remind yourself when and where to pick up that turkey you ordered for Thanksgiving; add a location for that Christmas party you don't want to go to, plus share a grocery list with your significant other for the dish you have to bring; keep your work and personal life separate with two designated folders.
Perchik said his company decided on the four overarching folders after getting feedback on an earlier iteration of the app, finding that the best and most frequent Any.do users usually open the app between 8 and 10 a.m. and have tasks across all these categories, rather than just "today."
"This basically means our best users ... use it more as a daily planner almost," he said. "They go every morning, prioritize whatever they need to do when they start their day. We took those two insights and productized them."
Perchik said Any.do tries to strike a delicate balance between overdone and oversimplified in the world of task-management apps.
"On the one hand, you have those over-simplified things, simple note-taking (programs) and on the other hand, things that have too many functionalities. They're cumbersome and provide too many features that people don't really use. We try to find the right balance between the two. So we took the approach of layers and it looks really simple, almost like a blank paper, but as you go there are more and more functionalities for the app."
Perchik is right — a white slate with simple blue text doesn't look like much, but as you add items, you get more and more prompts for further details to add. (Any.do also has an almost comedic inspirational tilt, with messages like "Good job" and "Take a moment to plan your day" popping up in response to certain actions.)
Any.do works on iPhones and Androids as well as PC and Mac desktop computers. For those who use Google Chrome as an Internet browser, download the Any.do add-on to seamlessly sync tasks from mobile phone to computer.
For Apple users, Any.do also launched a separate calendar app, which syncs with your Any.do to do lists, photos and more. Think Apple's iCal — but sleeker and more intuitive.
But for the holidays, Android users might have it best, with a feature so tuned into your tasks it can help point you in the right direction to get them done.
"In some cases, when someone writes down a task, we want to help people get something done," Perchik explained. "So you write down that you want to buy a flight ticket to Barcelona, you want to buy a present ... we will actually match you with some solution that will allow you to do that."
So Any.do will link you to Expedia.com to book a flight or to Amazon to purchase a gift.
"We're trying to streamline the whole process of getting things done that's a quicker way," Perchik said. "And in many ways that's the vision of Any.do — simplifying the complex and getting things in a more simple manner so you can invest time in the things you care about versus the things you need to do."
Another task management app, similar in name and features but with a different tilt, is AnyList, which was originally focused on providing a platform where users could not only organize grocery and shopping lists, but easily share them with other people.
AnyList co-founders Jeff Hunter and Jason Marr, who met in college, eventually both got jobs at Apple and lived together in California.
"We were looking for an app that would let us coordinate a shopping list because we shared purchasing paper towels and toilet paper and stuff like that for the house," Hunter said.
Nothing in the app store satisfied them — either apps didn't have sharing capabilities or were too cumbersome — so the two left Apple and created their own task-sharing app.
AnyList, which was initially funded by Y Combinator, a start-up funding and development company based in Mountain View, is free for both Apple and Android users.
And as its name indicates, the app is list-based. Create a grocery list and add items; they will automatically be placed into categories (Need a quart of milk? Any.List will file it under dairy. Crackers? Look under snacks.) Create your own custom categories if you don't like what AnyList has to offer.
Also originally driven by grocery shopping, there's a recipe section, and the app actually comes pre-loaded with a few recipes (cast-iron skillet salmon fillets and roasted sweet potatoes, anyone?). Each recipe comes with an ingredient list, and you can select items you need to buy to add them to your grocery list.
But Hunter said AnyList's crowning feature is its sharing function. To share a list or recipe, all you need is an email address, which will either prompt the recipient to download the app if they don't have it already, or notify him or her on the app. Shared lists can be viewed and modified by everyone involved. (Hunter said this is especially useful for restaurant owners who use the app to coordinate with staff or manage grocery shopping with a team of people.)
Lists can also be customized, so the app is useful not just for groceries, but also to-do lists or gift lists needed to coordinate holiday shopping, Hunter said.
A recent feature added also allows users to password protect lists — "a way to protect Christmas lists from getting snooped on," Hunter explained (useful for parents whose children use their iPads).
The holidays might get more and more stressful, but technology only gets better and better. Use it to your advantage this year.
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Keep it away from Melo please
Keep it away from Melo please
Damn .. did they say Melo is 6-25
Wish i was there to throw a bottle of water at pierce when he walks to the locker room
"I'm more concern how Melo is gonna play with Lin" Joe Budden
this is some bullllshaat .. Spike Lee look pisssssed
The Celtics could beat the Knicks all they want but their days of making it to the NBA finals are over. I can't wait to watch the Miami Heat destroy them in the playoffs.
Humility is a virtue and pride is a vice.
for the love of god that was such F*CKING SH!T
Melo fvck you right now and JR, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT LAST SHOT
Im really too pissed right now
I can't blame this on Melo because whenever Knicks play the Celtics, the refs dont let the Knicks play.
6-26.......Thats embarrassing dude.
100% selfish play by melo tonight.
He's my favorite player but damn dude, wake up.
Paul Goddamnedpierce. Cant stand him, but have to respect his game. He is "the truth" , as he's nicknamed. Old ****er.
Rare bad game from Melo tnite. Oh well.
Amare just needs to retire. I think I jump higher than him atm. We need Felton back pronto.
Refs killed us tonight.
Bradley. Green, Sullinger got hall of fame level respect from refs.


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It is our goal here at Born on Third to educate Cubs fans on the talent that sits at the minor league level. With the way that Theo Epstein has molded this franchise it's clear that the goal is to have as much talent as possible come from the draft and the farm system. Wouldn't you hate to be that one person that has no idea who just got called up to the Cubs? It makes you look stupid, so don't look stupid, and learn about the future of the Chicago Cubs here. Today we feature Austin Kirk.
Austin Kirk is a 21 year old left-handed pitcher out of Owasso, Oklahoma. The Cubs drafted Kirk in the 3rd round of the 2009 MLB First Year Player Draft. The Cubs think highly of Kirk as they gave him a $320,000 signing bonus. Because Kirk signed right away he was immediately thrown into the fire, pitching for the rookie League Cubs and the Low A Boise Hawks in 2009. Kirk made 7 appearances in 2009, including two starts. He finished 2009 with a 2-1 record and a 3.95 ERA in 13 innings of work.
2010 brought more opportunity for Kirk as he started the season at Boise (Low A) but was promoted to the Single A Peoria Chiefs by the end of the year. Kirk was working primarily as a starter at Boise and made three appearances out of the pen for Peoria. Kirk was good, finishing 2010 with a combined 5-6 record with a 3.36 ERA. In the 64 innings that Kirk pitched he only allowed 59 hits, that's impressive, especially for a starter.
Kirk's career continued in 2011 with the Peoria Chiefs. He pitched with the Chiefs for the full season and had his ups and downs. July 4th, 2011 – Independence day, but also the day Kirk tossed a no-hitter against Seattle. He was dominant going the distance only allowing two walks and striking out ten. If that was the up, the second half was the down as Kirk struggled to close out the year. My guess is that the innings started to get to him as I doubt he ever threw that many in one season. When it was all said and done Kirk logged 151 innings in 2011 and finished the season with a 5-12 record, but a respectable 4.29 ERA.
Austin has started 2012 with a new team as he has been promoted to the Daytona Cubs (High A). Much like 2011 he has started this season lights out. Kirk is seven starts into his 2012 campaign, currently he is 2-0 with a 1.75 ERA. More impressive is that Kirk has a WHIP of .974, and he continues to limit the hits against. In 51 innings so far this season he has only allowed 39 hits, only one of those being a home run. Hopefully he can continue this success into the second half unlike last season. I think he will, he has shown steady progress in his career and there is no reason to think that he won't be able to continue that trend. If he does, he will most likely be pitching for the Tennessee Smokies by the end of this season, and could be someone you and your friends go see at Wrigley soon, aren't you glad you know all about him now?
Here is the 2009 draft scouting video of Austin Kirk
Thanks for reading,
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Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Steven R. Blust today announced the designation of Irwin L. Schroeder as the Chief Administrative Law Judge for the Commission. Judge Schroeder, who has been an Administrative Law Judge with the Commission for more than a year, replaces Chief Judge Norman Kline who retired April 2, 2005.
Judge Schroeder was born in San Diego, California, and has an undergraduate degree from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, and a graduate degree from George Washington University. He earned his law degree from the University of San Diego School of Law and is a member of the California and District of Columbia Bars. Judge Schroeder came to the Commission from the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission where he served as a judge. Prior to that time, he served as a Hearing Office Chief Judge with the Social Security Administration. He also served as Regional Counsel and Assistant Chief Counsel for the Federal Highway Administration and as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.
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Europe's Highpoints > Carrauntoohil > Climber's Log
Carrauntoohil Climber's Log
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|Thanks Ireland
Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2017
|Cronin trail run to Devil's Ladder.
|Posted Sep 10, 2017 6:54 pm
|Cronin's Yard
Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2017
|Went up Devil's Ladder. Returned over Cnoc na Toinne and down the Zig Zag. Misted in on the summits. Be sure to watch for the cairn marking the top of the Zig Zag.
|Posted Jun 22, 2017 3:48 pm
|Sarah Simon
|Devils Ladder
Date Climbed: Mar 16, 2016
|What a beautiful mountain! We enjoyed the ambling walk through the fields to the lakes, and then the easy scamper up Devils Ladder. We had OK weather to / at the summit, then hell broke loose. Classic North Atlantic freezing mist and winds.
Scenery was fantastic. Of course we planked at the summit. With Laraine and Peter.
|Posted Mar 19, 2016 4:13 pm
|bruno baschung
|devil ladder
Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2014
|I climbed the devil ladder. Weather was so so, alas no view from the top (don't forget it is said there are on average +/- 300 days of rain on this peak / year!).
The devil ladder is not so bad as some say, and stonefall danger very limited (probably exagerated by some, whihc doesn't mean one should not take care of it of course). The hike is not so short as some say since there's quite a nice distance to approach the base of the ladder (approx 250 m to climb). Top of the ladder is about 730m, which means there are still 308 m left to climb from up there.
very nice peak in my view
bruno baschung
|Posted Aug 18, 2014 2:47 pm
|Climbed it first when I was 13, been up it innumerable times since then, from Caher side, Hag's Tooth, Devil's Ladder, Howling Ridge, Curved Gully Ridge, O'Sheas, Central Gully. Spectacular mountain. Wish we had more like it.
|Posted Feb 28, 2014 8:32 am
|Foiled by Fog
Date Climbed: Sep 30, 2010
|Not successful; probably made it half way up, but was unable to locate any cairns. Thickest fog I have ever experienced.
|Posted Sep 1, 2013 5:59 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2013
|I climbed the Hourseshoe trail, many peaks in 5 hours with fantastic views. Great views in the Caher Crest, what a wonderful mountains, love it! Even the wheater was peftect that day.
|Posted Aug 16, 2013 7:25 pm
|Sawtooth Scott
|Search and Rescue not needed
Date Climbed: Jun 28, 1984
|Made the summit in rain, very strong wind, and almost zero visibility via the Devil's Staircase route- a typical Carrauntoohl experience I am told. I intended to descend to the south towards Black Valley but I did not make it. I encountered an 80ish year old hiker at the summit, a woman from Devonshire. As the wet made returning on the staircase a challenge for her and I was concerned for her safety, we teamed up and slowly descended a ridge between Carrauntoohl and The Bone towards the road near Lough Callee. This intrepid survivor of the London Blitz proved to be a delightful companion and she had no trouble managing the alternate route. The local Irish S+R was on the road when we arrived prepping their gear as her hostel warden had called them out of worry for her. The leader, Con Moriarty, offered us tea and a ride back to Agadoe YH. Sometimes the people you meet outshines the climb.
|Posted Aug 2, 2013 11:46 pm
|Via Devil's Ladder
Date Climbed: May 26, 2012
|A nice little mountain, this. Said to be plagued by 300 rainy days per annum. We got sunburned.
|Posted Jun 18, 2013 10:28 pm
|Via Benkearagh Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2004
|Nice mountain and a cracking day out but it was a long time ago and I've got a lot more mountaineering experience under my belt since then so the next time I climb Carauntoohil I think I'll try Howling Ridge.
|Posted Jan 31, 2013 9:40 am
|nice one
Date Climbed: Dec 1, 2012
|Nice walk up the devil's ladder, descent by heavenly gates. The summit was covered by snow and weather was ugly - fog, rain mixed with snow, lot of wind. Lovely :)
|Posted Jan 18, 2013 11:53 am
|Bagged again.
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2012
|Up via the horseshoe this time dropping off a few geocaches along the way.
|Posted Oct 23, 2012 5:01 am
|Beenkeragh - Carrauntoohil - Devil's Ladder
|After my two longer stays in Belfast and Dublin in the previous years, in August 1999 I took my girlfriend (now wife) to the Emerald Isle for our first long car journey together, all the way from Poland and back. A hike to Carrauntoohil was one of the points of our trip.
We started from the north, hiked Beenkeragh and scrambled the ridge to Carrauntoohil in dense fog, high wind and rain. At the summit we met a nice party of Irish and English hikers who advised that in those conditions we better not descend via Caher as we planned. We descended together via Devil's Ladder as they kindly offered us a lift in their car to the place where our car was parked at the other side of the mountain. Afterwards we went to a pub together where we bought them a round of Guinness and whiskey :)
|Posted May 20, 2010 7:18 pm
|several ascends
|Because I'm living in Kerry a had ocassions to do it few times.In different condition including heavy snow and blizzard.
Highly recomended from high lake through the Curved Gully.
|Posted Feb 1, 2010 5:54 am
Date Climbed: Apr 11, 1995
|Not sure about the date actually, sometime around then, what self respecting Irish citizen wouldn't do it before setting his sights on higher pastures? No view, no luck with weather. I'm used to it, I lived there for 19years.
|Posted Aug 11, 2009 7:59 pm
|Clear Day
Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2008
|Perfect weather, making for a fantastic hike. Loved the Ladder! Actually the hardest part was finding the trailhead---I somehow took a wrong turn on those narrow, windy Irish roads!
|Posted May 14, 2009 9:11 pm
|regular route through Devil's Ladder
Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2008
|Day was dumpy (what a surprise :). Nothing but the clouds on the summit.
|Posted Apr 12, 2009 5:57 am
|Up to my knees in the bogs
Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2004
|Climbed before dawn most of the way sinking to my knees in the bogs as I was trying to find the route in the dark. I had to be back at the B&B by 9:00 AM to continue our road trip with my family. A very fun mountain!
|Posted Mar 14, 2009 8:20 pm
|Chris's 22nd Birthday
Date Climbed: May 1, 2007
|Chris, Dad, and I again.
|Posted Sep 2, 2008 12:14 pm
|My first national high-point
|Having admired Macgillycuddy's Reeks as my first intimate exposure to mountains as a wee tacker visiting the motherland, I eventually climbed Carrauntoohil (although I'm sure it was spelled differently then) from the north in July 1995 with my ex. I remember strong winds, a cross, and a sheep. (Jeez, for somebody who loves mountains and maps, I'm really drawing a bank on this one.)
|Posted Aug 28, 2008 11:27 pm


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School boards and professional educators in local districts are at the level of government where teaching and learning actually take place. They correctly stress the practical importance of maximizing local governance and flexibility in determining how to deliver programs, allocate resources, and set policies to meet students' educational goals. Unfortunately, the direction of educational governance is not headed that way.
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NSBA's bill restores that balance in three straight-forward ways. First, it clarifies that the department can't impose rules, regulations, programs, or conditions on districts that are not specifically spelled out by federal legislation. Second, the bill raises the standard that the Education Department must meet to demonstrate the local viability of its proposals based on a meaningful comment process -- regardless of the form the proposal takes. Third, local comments must be reported to the House and Senate education committees to enable more effective Congressional oversight of the department's implementation of legislation.
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Are you a liberal or a conservative? From reading your columns, it's hard to tell.
First, I'm glad to hear you say that. When I started writing for newspapers and, eventually, for websites -- 24 years and nearly 3,000 columns ago -- it was my goal to be unpredictable, hard to peg down, and known for calling balls and strikes regardless of who is pitching. Mission accomplished.
I'm liberal in some things (gay marriage, gun control, abortion, immigration, etc.), and conservative in others (death penalty, less government, lower taxes, accountability in public schools, etc.). Outside of politicians, partisan cheerleaders, and media commentators, that's how most people are. It's called being human.
You've been critical of both the Democrats and the Republicans concerning how they've dealt with immigration and other issues of importance to Latinos. Which party, do you believe, is better positioned to win Latinos' votes in 2014 and 2016?
There is no doubt -- zero -- that the Democratic Party is better positioned to win Latino votes in 2014 and 2016 ... and also 2018 and 2020. I know this because, in the 14 presidential elections since 1960 -- 14! -- the Democratic candidate for president has always won the majority of the Latino vote. [But] no one should assume that, just because Democrats are "better positioned" to win the majority of Latino votes (because of brand loyalty, tradition, and bad alternatives) that this means Democrats deserve those votes. Oftentimes, they don't. But they get them anyway.
Were you surprised by the outcry from Latinos after you criticized U.S. Olympic runner and 1500 meter silver medalist Leo Manzano for taking a celebratory lap with the Mexican flag in addition to the U.S. flag?
I was. The response was incredible. And I'm proud of that piece, for getting people to think and touching a nerve -- maybe not in that order. There were more than 11,000 comments, both pro and con, on the CNN website (a good showing is 2,000). The piece split the parties (some Democrats liked, some Republicans disliked), and split families (my Mexican-born wife hated the piece, but her Mexican-born sister and mother loved it). My basic point was that there is a time and place for that sort of display, and this was neither the time nor the place. Many people agreed with me, including many Latinos.
How can U.S. schools narrow the wide achievement gap that exists between black and Latino students and the general population?
Much of what I know about education I learned in the trenches, working for four years after college, as a substitute teacher in my old school district. There is lot of reasons that the achievement gap is there. Some, educators can control; some, they can't. The No. 1 thing they can control: low expectations. Not all kids are going to have my experience (become class valedictorian and go to Harvard), but all kids can learn. And it's not an unreasonable request that they all perform at grade level and not below it. So schools can do a lot to narrow the achievement gap between black and Latino kids on the one hand and whites and Asians on the other by treating kids equally and not letting prejudices about who can learn and who can't get in the way of setting high expectations for everyone.
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How can you create unity on your board?
Some Reader Panel members struggle with this issue, but others say it's possible
If Your Turn were an advice column -- that is, if you actually expected us to help you answer the question we pose each month -- we'd be hard-pressed to respond to one understandably frustrated board member from … we'll just say somewhere in the continental United States.
The anonymous reader is commenting on our question: "How can school board members help to create unity on their boards?"
"We have one newly elected member who has decided that it is 'his way or the highway,'" the board member writes. "He loves the media, hates at least two of the other members (there are five of us in total), and loves 'gotcha' moments at board meetings. Unity is one thing, but he is so toxic that this has become a nightmare."
That's a tough one, to put it mildly. And the results of this month's poll show this reader is not alone: More than 21 percent of you said unity is "an impossible dream" for your school board, and another nearly 11 percent said your board wasn't working toward that end.
Advice for those of you struggling with this issue can be found on Page 14 in the article, "Self-Fulfilling Prophecy" by David Moscinski.
Fortunately, most responders -- 68 percent -- say their boards are indeed working toward board unity. Here's what some of them had to say about what makes for a more unified school board:
• Listen and accept others' thoughts. Also, share your proposals and encourage discussion when they may not agree. Remember to put students first when you are deciding policy and procedures for your district. Always try to present what is best and will benefit all students. Reach out to the other board members and expect and accept different views and thoughts. Always pursue what will be the best direction. -- Larry McGinnis, board member, Kansas
• We have worked with a consultant to help us learn to listen deeply and speak respectfully. However, the good feelings lasted about a week, as old habits are hard to break. We do want this same consultant, a person we all value, to view a tape of a recent budget hearing that ended in a 4-3 vote, to see how we're doing and how we can improve. At least we all agree we need to work on our issues with each other. It is very difficult to achieve unity with one-issue trustees, or those with an agenda that does not include all our stakeholders. A lack of education on what it really means to be a school board member is a major problem. Also, the need for strong, experienced leadership from your superintendent and board president is essential. Mentoring new members should be required and formalized. -- Diane D'Angelo, board member, New York state
• Teamwork is the goal, not unity, and trust is the foundation. We will always have different opinions, and should, but board members and superintendent must work together as equals on a team and respect and value opinions and constituencies of others. They must work to trust one another and be trustworthy even while disagreeing. Developing both within-board and board-superintendent communications and procedures that ensure all constituencies are included is essential. Have outside facilitators (not district employees) work with the group (board and superintendent) to develop teamwork. Evaluate your board meetings. Have a self-evaluation at least annually. The board should evaluate its superintendent and the superintendent should evaluate his or her board by mutually acceptable standards. -- Ginny Moe, board member, South Carolina
• We have a new chair who is very careful to include all voices in discussion, always models politeness, and asks us to complete a survey at the end of each meeting to determine how satisfied individuals were with what we accomplished and how we worked together as a team. We have also started having more frequent "retreats" to allow us to become more informed on Common Core State Standards, evaluating district progress, etc. We set objectives in a fall retreat with 1. students' achievement, 2. parent and community involvement as top goals. Our progress toward these is at least mentioned and sometimes discussed more fully at every meeting. -- Jane Sharp, board member, South Carolina
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We found this on a beach on the Isle of Wight a couple of days ago whilst looking for fossils. It was washed up near a rockpool in amongst lots of seaweed. None of us have ever seen anything like it before! I think it's a type of sea slug but my husband isn't so sure as it's sole/foot isn't smooth? Any ID would be great please.
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Beef is high in saturated fat, but is it totally bad for you? No, not at all. The key to enjoying beef to choose leaner cuts of beef, such as round steaks and some parts of sirloin steaks.

Serving size is equally important. One serving size of beef is only three to four ounces, or about the size of a typical deck of playing cards. That big T-bone steak I mentioned earlier may be equal to three or four servings of beef.

Beef, Ground, 85% Lean, Broiled Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 3 oz

Per Serving	% Daily Value*

Calories 213

Total Fat 13g	20%

Saturated Fat 5g	25%

Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g
Monounsaturated Fat 6 g
Cholesterol 77mg

25%

Sodium 61mg	2%

Potassium 270mg	7%

Carbohydrate 0g	0%

Protein 22g	44%

Vitamin A 0% · Vitamin C 0%

Calcium 1% · Iron 12%

*Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Beef is a great source of protein, carnitine, zinc, selenium, iron, and B vitamins. If you choose a lean cut of meat you won't have to deal with too much fat, especially saturated fats that may be associated with increase inflammation. So, for example, a 3-ounce serving of beef steak has about 150 calories and 6 grams fat. That's a small portion or meat, but it gives you more than 20 grams protein.

Health Benefits of Beef

Protein is essential for building and maintaining muscle tissue and for various biological processes that happen in your body every day. Eating a diet high in red meat has been associated with cardiovascular and other health problems, including an increased risk of colorectal cancer, so it's probably best to limit your beef consumption to 3 to 4 servings per week. These health risks are increased with all types of red meat but are worse for processed red meats such as lunch meat and sausages, which may be made with beef or pork.

Common Questions About Beef

Is grass fed beef healthier than meat from regular cattle?

Maybe, but the evidence isn't clear yet. Grass fed beef appears to have a healthier fat profile than meat from cattle fed corn and soy feed. But, to be fair, there currently isn't much research available on the health benefits of grass fed beef.

What should I eat if I want to cut back on beef?

The decision to cut back on red meat is a great reason to try a few vegetarian meals. Legumes, such as lentils, chickpeas and dry beans, are high in protein but low in saturated fat so they make the perfect substitute. Legumes are also high in fiber so they're just as filling and satisfying as red meat.

Fish is another excellent substitute for beef, especially if you choose salmon, tuna, trout or other fish high in omega-3 fats. Chicken and poultry can be good too. Whatever you choose to replace some of those serving of beef, per sure to prepare them properly and stay away from dishes like fried chicken and fish sticks that are high in fat, sodium and calories.

I'm used to eating big steaks and burgers. How can I be happy with a 3-ounce portion?

You might be scratching your head right now, mentally comparing your favorite juicy 10-ounce T-bone steak to a little three-ounce piece of lean beef. Your taste buds may not thank you for giving up the T-bone, but your heart surely will. Enjoying low-fat beef isn't that tough (no pun intended), and you can make three ounces of low-fat beef really feel like a meal. Read on.

Does ground beef have a lot of calories?

The fat and calorie counts of ground beef differ based on the fat content that you'll see on the label. For example, 3 ounces of 80 precent lean ground beef has about 210 calories, while the same size portion of 85 percent lean has about 170. A serving of 90 percent lean ground beef has about 145 calories.

Healthy Ways to Prepare Beef

Try a beef stir-fry or sauté. Stir-frying and sautéing are both methods of cooking that use a small amount of hot oil in a large pan. A healthy stir-fried or sautéed meal would include three ounces of lean beef slices for each person plus lots of different vegetables, sauces, and seasonings. The vegetables will add volume to your meal, and the sauces and seasonings will add so many flavors, you won't even realize how little meat is in the dish.

Have a steak salad as a meal. Start with a big bed of your favorite lettuce and add lots of vegetables, maybe a little low-fat cheese, some nuts and even pieces of fruit. Thinly slice three ounces of leftover or cooked lean steak, and place the beef slices on top of the salad. Add a small amount salad dressing made with olive oil or canola oil. The fresh vegetables add lots of volume; the olive and canola oils add healthy fats.

Make a sandwich. The most popular beef sandwich is the hamburger. No, this doesn't mean you can trade in your T-bone steak for a big greasy hamburger. To make a healthy sandwich with lean beef, place three ounces of thinly sliced lean steak on a slice of hearty whole grain bread. It might look a little lonely, so add lots of lettuce, sprouts, tomato slices and maybe a slice of vegetarian cheese. Add some mustard or pickles and you have a healthy and delicious sandwich. The fiber from the whole grains will leave you feeling full and satisfied with just a small amount of beef.

Make beef stew. Beef stew is such a great comfort food and so easy to make at home. Start with a large pot or Crock-Pot. Brown pieces of lean beef and add non-fat, low-sodium beef broth. Next, add carrots, celery, potatoes and any other vegetables that you love. In a few hours, you will have a delicious stew. Serve a bowl of your stew with some whole grain bread and a green salad for a delicious, filling and healthy beef meal.

Make a casserole. Here's an easy way to stretch out a pound of ground beef. Choose the lowest-fat grade of ground beef you can find in your grocery store. Cook the beef thoroughly and drain all of the fat before proceeding with your recipe. On that note, choose your recipe carefully -- many casseroles are full of fat and calories and won't make a good choice for a healthy meal. However, you can try some healthy casserole recipes. Look for ones that use tomatoes and tomato sauce instead of cheese or cream sauces.

More Tips and Healthy Beef Recipes

Lean meats can be made more tender by using a marinade.

For ground beef recipes, use lean ground turkey, which is lower in fat and works well for burgers and chili.

Extend your ground beef by mixing it with other ingredients such as whole grain breadcrumbs, vegetables or mashed beans.

These healthy recipes feature beef. They're easy to make and delicious:

Crockpot Beef Burgundy

Beef Vegetable Stew

Beef and Heirloom Tomato Salad with Balsamic Syrup

Sources:

Daley CA, Abbott A, Doyle PS, Nader GA, Larson S. "Nutrients, Foods, and Colorectal Cancer Prevention." Gastroenterology. 2015 May;148(6):1244-60.e16.

Song M, Garrett WS, Chan AT. "A Review of Fatty Acid Profiles and Antioxidant Content in Grass-fed and Grain-fed Beef." Nutr J. 2010 Mar 10;9:10.

Wolk A. "Potential Health Hazards of Eating Red Meat." J Intern Med. 2016 Sep 6.


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Two very special friends at the Dallas Zoo are celebrating an important milestone: their first birthday.
Winspear the cheetah and Amani the black Labrador both turned 1 year old Thursday. They were treated to a chicken-flavored popsicle cake.
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The best friends live, eat and play together at the Dallas Zoo. Zookeepers have raised the duo together since they were two months old.
Zoo experts found the lab had a calming influence on the cheetah cub, which was important in his preparation for spending time in the public eye.
A second cub, Kamau, was also being raised with Winspear and Amani but sadly died of pneumonia in January.
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Courtenay enthused about the power of one last big sell
FOR a man who courted public attention in his professional life, the final chapter of author Bryce Courtenay's 79 years was a strictly private affair.
More than 300 mourners, including the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and her partner, Tim Mathieson, paid their last respects to Courtenay on Wednesday at an intimate funeral at St Mark's Church, Darling Point.
Courtenay, who had planned much of the service himself, requested that he be buried in a cardboard coffin in Canberra.
He had decreed it be a ''private'' ceremony, with only invited guests at the historic church.
Ranking as one of Australia's highest-selling authors - more than 20 million books in 18 languages - he was farewelled by mostly friends and family.
Courtenay's second wife, Christine, was surrounded by well-wishers, including the television personality Jennifer Byrne, the former Greens leader Bob Brown, the entertainer Kamahl, his former advertising colleague Alex Hamill and the publishing figures Robert Sessions and Julie Gibbs.
Scenes from two films based on his books, Jessica and The Power of One, were screened before the service, with the congregation singing a traditional African song Who Killed Cock Robin.
During the 90-minute service, billed as ''A Celebration'' in the order-of-service booklet, printed on what appeared to be a glossy book sleeve from one of his novels, mourners heard emotional tributes from his widow, sons Adam and Brett, former Sydney Olympics chief Simon Balderstone and Mr Hamill.
Mr Sessions, Penguin Australia's publisher, read the eulogy, in which he described Courtenay as man with a ''generosity of spirit'' and a keen eye not just for writing books, but selling them, too.
Courtenay announced in September he was battling stomach cancer. He died on November 22 but not before telling Mr Sessions his demise presented a marketing opportunity for his final book, Jack of Diamonds, published just weeks ago.
''When he told me why [about his cancer], I was speechless - but he wasn't. 'This is a great marketing opportunity … with my help Penguin can promote this as Bryce Courtenay's final book - we should sell twice as many as usual!'''
Mr Sessions said that Courtenay's most challenging book was the account of his youngest son Damon's death after contracting medically acquired HIV, inspiring the 1993 best seller April Fool's Day.
''Bryce said it was the hardest thing he had ever done, and the book deeply affected everyone who read it,'' Mr Sessions said.
Courtenay's first wife, the late Benita Solomon, was also acknowledged before the congregation heard about Courtenay's philanthropy and his love of teaching other writers, with a video screened of Courtenay at his ''Last Class'' writing workshop at the National Library of Australia in September.
Courtenay's passion for the plant world was expressed in a guard of honour by his former students who held aloft sunflowers as his casket left the church, draped in a homemade quilt and adorned with his beloved orchids.
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Bad start for Milan.Originally Posted by pauliec
The first leg of Man U - Milan in just about a half hour.
I believe Chelsea and Liverpool start tomorrow.
I think these semis are fantastic, 4 powerhouse squads with great players and tons of history.
Bad start for Milan.Originally Posted by pauliec
1-1 now, Kaka evens it up!
own goal by Dida to start things off
Dida really sucks sometimes.
damn, Rooney evens it up, 2-2
****, Rooney again, 3-2 Man U
that's going to be the match
I can't wait to see the replay with Dida's own goal
Paul Scholes, you are a little ginger genius.
the good thing for Milan is that they racked up 2 away goals
I'm surprised Man U kept up with Milan because there D was basically set up at the last minute.
I don't know how, but Milan played a good game
That was a helluva game....what a finish by Rooney!!!
Stand by for a boring 0-0 between Chelsea and Liverpoo
Originally Posted by wallstreet123456
thanks Steven! Those two goals by Kaka were awesome, and that last strike by Rooney was unbelievable... what a great game.
No problem. That is a great website to see highlights since Youtube does not seem to show them due to copy right restrictions.
I cant help but predict a Chelsea-Milan final with Shev against his former squad
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Chelsea - Liverpool started about 20 mins ago... o/u on total goals? Let's say 3, I'll take the under.
Chelsea goes up 1 on a goal from Cole.
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PHILADELPHIA -- AMI Entertainment Network has hired Dave Courington as a regional sales manager. He will headquarter in Dallas.
Courington comes to AMI from Valley Dynamo (Richland Hills, TX), after a long and distinguished career with that company and its predecessors. In his new post, he will work with AMI's southwestern customers. His new email address becomes firstname.lastname@example.com as of Nov. 4.
Courington became a professional foosball player during that game's initial surge of popularity in the United States in the 1970s and '80s. He then began operating foosballs, eventually placing more than 130 tables in the greater Houston region. He joined Tornado Inc. (Fort Worth, TX) in 1983 as vice-president of sales and promotions. Tornado was acquired by Valley Co. (Bay City, MI) in 1994, whereupon Courington joined the Valley National 8-Ball League Association (VNEA) and created the Valley International Foosball Association. He also worked with the Amusement and Music Operators Association on a number of programs, and assisted operators in setting up leagues for coin-op pool, foosball and darts.
Valley merged with Dynamo (Richland Hills) in 1999, and Courington became vice-president of sales for the new Valley-Dynamo organization. During this period, he played a major role in introducing the Great Eight table, which pioneered multi-price payment systems for table games and received an AMOA Innovator award. Courington's most recent post at Valley Dynamo was domestic sales manager, which he assumed in 2009.
During his lengthy career, Courington has been influential in the creation of such "industry-changing" products as the Panther, Top Cat, Short Shot, Blue Streak, Firestorm, Best Shot and the Tornado foosball table, AMI observed. In addition to his involvement in the VNEA, Courington has served as chairman of the American Amusement Machine Association and has served on many industry committees.
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The Lady Pirates (1-0) jumped to an 18-11 lead after the first period and continued on a 9-2 run for a 27-13 lead by halftime. Lavaca (0-1) outscored Dover 13-5 in the third period and nearly matched the Lady Pirates in the fourth, 12-11 to bring the final score close.
Kimbi Haston scored 20 points and had three steals during the game and Chesney Myers scored 12 and had four assists. Kaytlyn Rye led the team in rebounds with 7.
Brandi Little had four steals and four assists.
The Lady Pirates will be in action on Tuesday when they host Rose Bud.
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Dardanelle 10
The Russellville Junior High Eastside Lady Whirlwinds defeated the Dardanelle Junior Lady Sand Lizards 24-10 on Monday.
Emily Posey scored 7 points during the game. Ariston Gray scored six, while Abby Looper had five.
The eighth-grade team also won their match, 25-17 against Dardanelle.
Tamera Rhode scored 12 points during the match-up. Mary Katelyn Byrd scored eight points. Astrid Christiansen scored three points while Haley Hillis scored two points.
The Eastside Whirlwinds will play next on Thursday against Searcy.
PMS Lady Apaches 43, DMS Lady Pirates 9
DOVER — The Pottsville seventh-grade Lady Apaches defeated the Dover seventh-grade Lady Pirates 43-9 on Monday in the first round of the Pope County Tournament held in Dover on Monday.
Sophia Hampton led the Lady Apaches with 14 points and seven rebounds, followed by Emma Tedder with 11 points and eight rebounds.
Abby James, Gabby Thurman and Grace Braton each chipped in four points to contribute to the win.
"This is a great group of girls," Pottsville head coach Keri McAlister said. "They had a great season opener, they played hard, smart and together. I could not have been more proud of the calm confidence these young ladies played with on Monday night."
The Lady Apaches will face the winner between Hector and Atkins on Saturday in the finals of the Pope County Tournament.
Tip off is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
The Hector game against Atkins is scheduled for Thursday at 5 p.m.


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The Stars sign Jere Lehtinen to a one-year deal.
Here is their press release:
FRISCO, Tex. - Dallas Stars General Manager Joe Nieuwendyk announced today that the club has re-signed right wing Jere Lehtinen
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Jere Lehtinen
Lehtinen, 36, skated in 48 games for Dallas last season, notching eight goals and 16 assists for 24 points with eight penalty minutes. He missed 34 games in 2008-09 due to injury, but skated in his 800th career NHL game on Feb. 23 vs. San Jose, becoming just the fifth Dallas Star to do so.
Dallas' fourth-round selection (No. 88 overall) in the 1992 Entry Draft, Lehtinen has skated in 817 career NHL games, all with the Stars, registering 497 points (239 goals, 258 assists) and 202 penalty minutes. In 108 career Stanley Cup Playoff games, he has earned 27 goals and 22 assists for 49 points with 12 PIM, and was a member of the Stars' 1999 Stanley Cup championship club.
Among Stars franchise leaders, Lehtinen ranks third in game-winning goals (37), fourth in games played (817), seventh in goals (239) and power play goals (76) and ninth in scoring (497). His seven seasons of 20-or-more goals are third all-time in franchise history, trailing only Mike Modano
Lehtinen is one of just three players in NHL history to have won the Frank J. Selke Trophy as the league's best defensive forward three times (also Bob Gainey, 4, and Guy Carbonneau, 3). He has represented Finland at the Winter Olympics on four occasions (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006), winning a silver medal in Torino in 2006 and a bronze in Nagano in 1998. He also led his home country to a gold medal at the 1995 World Championships.
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