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Palo Alto resident finds woman rummaging through car
Original post made on Oct 2, 2012
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a resident of Mountain View
on Oct 2, 2012 at 1:36 pm
maybe this could be a car that is occupied by a palo alto homeless individual. how do people explain to people who grew up in palo alto about the sky-high cost of living? no one in the schools taught that this kind of fate would be realized by native palo altans. how unfair. now where are all of the 1% people living and is there any trickling down?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 2, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Randy - the resident found this woman going thru HIS car - not a homeless person's "personal residence".
a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland
on Oct 2, 2012 at 1:51 pm
The owner of the car left his keys in the ignition? Now that's really smart. I hope he wasn't a product of the PAUSD.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Oct 2, 2012 at 2:07 pm
Daniel - the article doesn't say the owner left the keys in the ignition. She had 50 vehicle keys w/her. It's a common tactic to easily break in. I've had car keys which worked in another car. My old house key also used to open my office door.
I'm glad this parasitic thief was arrested.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 2, 2012 at 2:07 pm
[Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
The article doesn't state clearly if the car was open, or she used one of her many keys to gain entry.
Altough peripheral, the article doesn't mention how she got to Palo Alto? Did she drive, our get here via other means?
It's a little too soon to ask, but will the police document if her fingerprints were found at other South Bay robbery sites?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 2, 2012 at 3:03 pm
I have just read this article having come back with groceries. It took me three trips back and forth from my car to bring in these groceries and often I bring back more groceries. During this time, my car was not only unlocked, but the trunk was open. Apart from this, my car is always locked on my driveway.
This is scary.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Oct 2, 2012 at 3:37 pm
Had her name been Annabel Lee, I would have expected her on Poe Street.
a resident of Esther Clark Park
on Oct 2, 2012 at 7:41 pm
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a resident of Greenmeadow
on Oct 2, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Well at least they caught her and it is proof we do have a police department. We had someone go through our neighborhood last week, and go through the two cars parked in front of our house, but the thieves didn't take enough to make it worth the Palo Alto Police to come by and take a report, it is more convenient for residents to go to police station and fill out a report. They broke a neighbor's car window to get into their car the same night. I guess we should all be grateful that the police actually came. These are the petty crimes that the criminals are hoping we will all ignore and we won't do anything about. It is frustrating that most of the people caught doing these crimes, don't get punished. It's just ignored.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Oct 3, 2012 at 12:58 am
Will a stand against the death penalty be interpreted by some that we are getting softer on crime? (I know that's a different thread, but is there a trickle down effect to lesser crimes like this one?)
a resident of Downtown North
on Oct 3, 2012 at 8:38 am
To Anonymous in Greenmeadow,
Petty street crime is indeed an unfortunate and troubling aspect of urban life, although it could certainly happen anywhere at anytime, even here in Palo Alto. I truly don't believe however that anyone, especially the police department, is hoping that we citizens will ignore these crimes so they don't have to do anything about it. In fact, especially in the case of violent or more serious crimes like house burglaries, the police actively solicit our support and implore us to be more aware and call in suspicious activity.
Our police department has a long standing policy that if a citizen calls in a suspicious person, or reports a potential crime occurring where the perpetrator has been seen, or is believed to still be in the area, the police will respond. No matter how minor the offense, the police will respond if the incident is in progress. That is why this woman was arrested. It involved a combination of an alert citizen who interrupted the crime, and the police responding to the call which was most definitely still in progress.
In the case of lesser of property crimes, like the car break-ins you mentioned, the police would not respond if by all indications the crime took place several hours ago and was considered cold. What drives the police response, at least in the case of less serious crimes, is whether or not the crime is in progress and a perpetrator is likely to still be in the vicinity. It has nothing to do with them being disinterested or not wishing to be bothered.
At one time, going back several years, our police department would indeed have officers respond to cold car break-in or petty vandalism cases that included no suspect information. From what I've learned about the policy change, the decision to limit the response was due to the very low statistical chance of gathering suspect information from a hands-on police investigation ie: fingerprints, physical evidence, etc. The reality of police work is nothing like we see on TV or in the movies. Additionally, budget cuts and the subsequent elimination of positions and specialized enforcement units have left the police department having to do much more priority work with much less personnel and resources. Many people don't realize that the department as a whole is operating with approximately 15-20% less staffing than they had even a decade ago. Bottom line, something has to give.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Oct 3, 2012 at 10:53 am
Bravo Phil! Very well put.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 3, 2012 at 12:29 pm
> What drives the police response ..
Well, that's nice.
But what about fingerprints? Do fingerprints evaporate after a few hours? Without fingerprints, there is really not a very easy way to link these sorts of crimes to criminals that eventually get caught.
Right now, there is really no good reporting in place for the actual number of property crimes in PA. Overheard a conversation in a public place recently where a man claims he came home and found some in his place. The perp fled. The man didn't mention calling the police during his rendition of the incident. Maybe he did, but there's every reason to believe he didn't. Why not? Well, if people get the impression that the cops are going to come, then what's the point?
Phil often makes a lot of claims about "long standing policies" of the Palo Alto Police. It's nice that he knows about this policies, but all of this information should be on the police web-site. Every one should have access to this information--not just friends of the police--like Phil.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 3, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Dear Wondering,
This information is publicly available to any citizen who bothers to read a city newspaper, read the city budget, or listen to city council meetings, or read staff reports, or talk with employees of the PAPD. You don't have to be a friend of the PAPD. I find them to be very open with information, and I'm just a regular citizen who attends meetings and asks questions.
Involvement in government used to be something citizens did more regularly. This information has been in the local papers. Is this blog your only source of "news"? If so, no wonder you feel uninformed.
You can find City Council agendas here Web Link Agendas and staff reports are posted weekly, usually on Thursday afternoon for the following Monday's meeting. Watch the agendas for issues that interest you. Be an active, informed, involved citizen. Democracy is not a spectator sport. Online blogs are not "news". Most of what is printed by commenters here is ill-formed opinion based on little fact. Be a good citizen. Do your homework. The information is public in all the forms it has always been available and more, but no one is going to spoon feed you.
a resident of Barron Park
on Oct 3, 2012 at 2:47 pm
How soon will she be out on bail or on OR? Do we get to pay for a public defender now?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 3, 2012 at 2:54 pm
> This information is publicly available to any citizen who bothers
> to read a city newspaper, read the city budget, or listen to
> city council meetings, or read staff reports, or talk
> with employees of the PAPD
Really? You're really going to say something silly like this, in public?
Let's start with the "long standing policy about not coming to a robbery scene if it is "cold". Let's start with the notion of "cold". How long does it take for a scene to go "cold". Given that you have identified a number of sources where you claim this information can be found—please provide us with a few links.
Most of the police "policies" are codified in Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The police have guarded these from public view. That little bit of information has popped up in the papers from time-to-time. Lynn Johnson was very adamant that the public had "no need to know" what was in those documents. She even went so far as to deny access to SOPs dealing with noise ordinance enforcement, if memory serves.
So—where in the list of documents that you've mention can one gain access to the SOPs that document the police policies that we all ultimately depend upon, in one way or another?
a resident of Mountain View
on Oct 3, 2012 at 4:47 pm
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Since the SCOTUS ruling on Castle Rock vs Gonzales, the po-po DOESN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SORT OF CRIME! They think that doing the job of protecting the citizens who pay them is way too hard. That is why you have to do their job in Palo Alto.
Out in the rest of Colorado, the ARMED CITIZEN ( Open carry is legal except in the Californicated cities like Boulder or Denver ) and licensed CCW gun owners do this police ( former ) job.
That is why there is almost NO burglars casing jobs in Colorado. The life expectancy of a burglar can be very short, so the easy pickings are in the disarmed cites of Boulder and the Denver area.
The Landmark Theater shootings were in a theater with NO WEAPONS ALLOWED. The Landmark Theater is being sued because THEY were supposed to keep their patrons safe; That was THEIR job.
Aurora is one of the East Palo Alto like cities; that was why the NO WEAPONS policy notices were posted in the first place.
The cops know this; it is part of the SOPs they have. How do I know this?
When I was living in Mtn. View, some of the great LEOs were on the P.A. beats.
In CO, I worked on several contract jobs that involved working with the lowest form of LEO: the JAILERS. You had to really fail a regular beat or P/R with regular citizens to be assigned to be a jailer. ( yes, the job is handed out as a punishment for a screw up ).
Since the jobs required personal contact, I got the inside look at what REALLY happens in the jails. Eyes and Ears open; mouth shut.
The really scary part: ALL the cop shops I worked in had the same POS.
The citizens will NEVER get these SOPs. A newspaper might, if they have clout. Maybe this paper will break that solid blue line.
a resident of Mountain View
on Oct 3, 2012 at 5:04 pm
the_punnisher is a registered user.
P.S. One of the jobs I worked on was with the " ankle bracelet " people at BI. Another was with the Jeffco Sheriff's Department. I had a working relationship with the sheriff BEFORE the Columbine incident.
I was almost offered a job in IT and the maintenance crew; I was given a walk through and the typical lunch from the ( inmate ) cafeteria.
a resident of Downtown North
on Oct 3, 2012 at 5:06 pm
No need to speculate about relationships Wondering, and I express my thoughts and opinions not out of a friendship with the police, but as an informed and concerned life long Palo Alto resident.
In the case of fingerprints, they can certainly diminish over time, but the reality is that only a very small percentage of property crimes like car break-ins would result in the capture of a useable fingerprint. The odds of obtaining such a print are slight at best. To utilize police resources and time on these type of cases would neither be efficient or wise, and would prevent officers from handling greater priorities. Additionally, the county crime lab and fingerprint analysis personnel, who are not employed by the police department, place non-violent property crime cases at the bottom of their priority list. Why? Because they are overwhelmed with the analysis and follow-up work on serious, violent crimes. Again, the reality of police work is not what you see on TV or in the movies. Unfortunately many of us in the public draw our opinions from what we see in those venues.
You also stated that the PAPD has a long standing policy of not responding to a robbery scene if it is considered cold. Absolutely not true, unless you have confused robbery with burglary. Why? Because robbery is considered a violent crime. It involves the taking of property from one person to another by means of "force or fear". The PAPD responds to and fully investigates all robbery cases even if late-reported by several days. The crime of burglary may occur at many different levels. It could involve a more serious offense like a house break-in, which the police investigate in every case by the way, all the way down to cold car break-ins, or even certain shoplifting cases. So if you're certain that the PAPD does not respond to robbery reports as you claim, then I can assure you that nothing could be further from the truth.
As for the issue of labeling a call or report as being "cold", from what I've learned the overall circumstances and suspected time elements dictate. For example, if someone walks out to their car in the morning and finds their car window smashed and property missing, what if anything took place to lead them to believe that this incident just took place. Did they see anyone suspicious running from the scene? Did they see a suspicious car speed away? Had they heard any glass breaking prior to discovering the break-in, etc. In these cases, I can assure you the police would have enough credible information to believe the case had a fairly recent time element and would respond. If common sense dictates that the break-in took place some time ago, and thereby considered cold, then I question whether or not direct police resources need to be utilized in a non-violent case that is unlikely to possess any useable evidence or chance of being solved. That is why it is so critical for our citizens to be alert and call in suspicious activity. That public support along with the police response is what leads to an arrest like in this case.
a resident of Mountain View
on Oct 4, 2012 at 6:27 pm
the_punnisher is a registered user.
FYI and to prove my point, here is the latest news out of Boulder, CO.
Web Link
Think of the burglar's life expectancy in any other place in Colorado outside the Denver-Boulder area..
Just think of how easy it would be on the PAPD if everyone was armed and allowed a CCW permit...
They might have to start investigating burglaries to justify their expensive lifestyle and existence...( we don't do burglaries, we don't protect and serve, the list goes on & on )
a resident of Downtown North
on Oct 5, 2012 at 3:35 pm
You might be a bit overly critical Punnisher. Arming citizens with concealed weapons permits would certainly lead to a lively debate, but to excuse the PAPD of living an expensive lifestyle, not investigating burglaries, and not protecting or serving is ludicrous.
First of all, the PAPD is in the lower third for pay as compared to the 16-18 similar size bay area police departments used as a benchmark for labor negotiations. I don't think anyone enters the police business to get rich, or as you put it, to live an expensive lifestyle. If that were the case everyone would be doing it. I would venture to say that most people wouldn't take on that job even if it paid triple what they actually make. I believe it takes a special person to be a police officer, and for the very best of them it's more of a calling than a career choice.
To suggest that the PAPD doesn't investigate burglaries is also false. They fully investigate all reports of residential or house burglaries. They fully investigate all reports of commercial burglaries. They fully investigate all reports of car burglaries, and for that matter any report of a property crime, even the lowest level, that is tied to any potential suspect information. Again, you make a blanket statement that is not true or accurate. The only burglary case that PAPD refers to a counter or self report would be in the case of a cold car break-in that has no suspect information attached.
You also accuse the PAPD of not protecting or serving. Again, that is an unjustified blanket statement that borders on being disrespectful at best. The department has made numerous high profile arrests in the past year alone for many serious, violent crimes. Not to mention the dangerous situations they have had to manage with mentally unstable people and a myriad of other circumstances. Just in tackling the rash of house break-ins that Palo Alto has experienced over the past few months, Palo Alto Online reports that the department has made upward of 25 arrests in connection with many of those cases. They have also been very proactive with crime prevention efforts and informing the public on how they can safeguard their property and themselves from crime, but also how to work with the police in a collective effort in doing so. Keep in mind as well that the PAPD is continuing these efforts, all while operating with approximately 20% less personnel than they had even ten years ago.
I'm not really sure where you draw your opinions and perceptions on the police department from, but you might want to take the time to become better informed on the facts. Have you attended a citizen's academy? Have you been on any ride-alongs with a local police department to get some first hand exposure? If not, then I think you're opinion might change.
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On the misleading...It's misleading because you never provided a source for the original interview you are talking about. This can be misleading because people will expect you to support THAT statement.
To take another example, that I'm half making up, but using because he is a very famous foreign player who got his American citizenship. I can say "Hakeem Olajuwon is American", and provide a link to an article, playerfile, whatever kind of legitimate basketball/news site could provide such evidence. It wouldn't be hard. But, if I said "Hakeem Olajuwon said on the radio he considers himself American", I should provide a link to that interview, or transcript of the interview. And it is not quite the same to instead provide an interview of Rudy Tomjonavich (who coached him professionally) or Lenny Wilkens (who coached him for Team USA) talking about Olajuwon's status and statements regarding them.
Right, that makes a lot of sense.............
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*And if so, wouldn't this be the very definition of prejudice, a thing you are accusing many people of being as you call them racists?
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I am not saying for example that Calathes or Koufos is not American. They are. They are also Greek. One does not trump the other.
So, I am being misleading according to you, for not having a link to something said from Greek radio, even though I totally backed up that it was true with an article that was talking about it........................OK... Wow, that's just absurd.
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I think that if you had come on here and said that you view Stojakovic as both Greek and Croatian, because he holds dual citizenship, most people would have respected that. But the tone that you took made it sound more like you were arguing that he was Greek and not Croatian, even if that's not the argument you were trying to present.
Again, I tried to point it out using Olajuwon for a different example. You didn't say "Peja is a Greek citizen", you said something like "he was quoted in an interview as saying he considers himself Greek". And then instead of providing a link to that interview or a transcript, or even a different interview with Peja, anything where he is in fact saying what you speak of directly, himself, firsthand to the writer or radio/tv interviewer, you provide an interview of a separate person who make a reference to how Peja considers his culture Greek. If this was a paper, and you were being graded for references, this one would be invalid and you would lose points.
*And it is not crazy to expect to get a link to a radio interview. You can frequently find the interviews from the Toronto sports radio station after they take place. Or if it's a short interview on any website, it is not unusual to see a transcript, or limited pieces quoted in an internet story.
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-My daughter was born outside of canada, when i went to file for paperwork i said i wanted to apply for citizenship, they corrected me and said you're not applying for citizenship,she already has it what you want is a proof of citizenship. That's with her never stepping foot in canada.
-Proof of citizenship gives you access to all the rights and privileges of a citizen like working and applying for a passport.
-She still needed a valid canadian passport to get in the country, citizenship is not a traveling document, which is a why a PASSPORT is needed, its a travel document not a proof of citizenship.
-Steve Nash was not born in Canada, played for the canadian team, and is considered the best CANADIAN bball player in the NBA history.
-My parents are from country X, but i was born and raised in canada, i identify with both cultures because both those cultures contributed in the person i am today. And the same goes for my friends of arabic, haitian, greek, italian, etc decent. we always identified as Canadian/X
So to sum it up.
Citizenship =/= Passport.
Place of birth =/= National identity.
Dual citizenship is legal on paper and in peoples heart.
Us arguing about who should be considered what, is not a factor in the final verdict no matter how we skew our views.
In Greece they have strict rules on nationality. 6 of the 12 active players in any game have to be Greek. And you can't just make someone Greek, or "naturalize" them, like you can in FIBA. No, they have to be actually Greek citizens.
The only way that happens is if they are born in Greece, live there, and go through all the processes to be a full citizen, or if they have Greek blood and are natural born citizens at birth, or if they are not born in Greece, but as KIDS lived in Greece and went through all the path to citizenship.
And just so you understand this, take the issue of Kurt Rambis.....when he played in Greek League, NO ONE was allowed to play there unless they were a natural born Greek citizen. So, by any measure imaginable, Rambis is Greek.
I also never claimed that Peja was not Serbian (should be Serbian, not Croatian). I never said any such thing. I only disputed those falsely saying that he isn't Greek. Of course he is Serbian. He's a Serbian-Greek.
I am disputing the people that are saying he isn't Greek, which is almost every single person here. That's not true. And the people claiming he can't be Greek, because he's Serbian, are obviously being absolutely ridiculous.
It's like saying that anyone that is Italian American, or Irish American, or whatever, is in no way in hell actually American at all. It's just freaking stupid and is complete nonsense.
On the topic of what the individual themselves identify with, Peja always has been very clear that he's a Greek in his mind and opinion, and that is why he has lived in Greece since he was 16, married a Greek, his kids were born in Greece, etc.
This is the point about Seikaly....he has always said he's a Greek in his mind and viewpoint, and nothing else. He lived in Greece even when he was playing in NBA. In fact, you want to know how freaking ridiculous some people are being here? I mean really know how absurd their comments here are?
The NBA and the Miami Heat both officially recognized Rony Seikaly as a GREEK player. For YEARS, he was listed as a Greek player by them. The even used to call him "Greek Heat" as his nickname. Oh yeah, but in this forum it's being seen as lying, trolling, craziness, whatever, to say he was Greek.
I mean, Seikaly was called Greek everywhere. EVERYWHERE in USA, he was known as a Greek player. So what in the hell are these people here even talking about?
Last edited by Basilis; Sun Apr 14th, 2013 at 09:13 PM.
Let's just nuke Greece and get it over with.
Yeah, I'm done too. I agree with you and give you a suggestion about how you can make your point better, and you respond with a very angry essay that has nothing to do with my post. Hope you have better luck on the next basketball forum you end up on.
Wasn't he going to leave?
holy shit I come back to this forum after God knows how long and find some 12 year old throwing temper tantrums trying to prove who's Greek and who isn't? Time definitely well spent...
Give us back our Lithuanian STAUSKAS!!!!!!1111!11!!!!111!!!
I kid.
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In the first draft script of "Where No Man Has Gone Before", Kelso's first name was given as "Leroy" ("Larry" for short), he was referred to as a lieutenant junior grade, and was described thus; "He is in his late twenties, pleasant-looking rather than handsome." In the final draft of the script, Kelso had the first name "Lee", had the rank of full lieutenant (no j.g.), and was described as "late twenties, a sharp and intelligent professional," details which remained the same in the revised final draft of the script.
Decades after portraying Kelso, Paul Carr remembered how he was cast in the part; "I had worked for [Gene] Roddenberry and for [Director] Jimmy Goldstone before, and they called me to do ['Where No Man Has Gone Before']." (Starfleet Access for "Where No Man Has Gone Before", TOS Season 1 Blu-ray special features)
Regarding Lee Kelso's death, a humored Paul Carr remarked, "I was – I guess, officially – the first person killed on Star Trek [....] If it hadn't been for [Mitchell actor] Gary Lockwood, I'd probably still be on that series." In fact, just before the filming of the death scene, Carr spoke to Lockwood about how he wished to remain on the series. While then being lifted in the air and violently shaken by Gene Roddenberry, the actor was told some plans for his character that, ultimately, were never realized. "[He said] 'Don't worry about it, kid. We're gonna freeze you and bring you back!' And they never did." (Starfleet Access for "Where No Man Has Gone Before", TOS Season 1 Blu-ray special features)
Herbert F. Solow expressed his judgment of the Lee Kelso role, saying it "wasn't much of a part." (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, p. 75) Dave Rossi, VFX Line Producer for Remastered TOS, disclosed similar feelings, stating, "I think that a character that really gets a short shrift on the show [i.e. 'Where No Man Has Gone Before'] is Lee Kelso." Rossi also said of his fellow makers of Remastered TOS, "We really like Lee Kelso and, moreover, we really like Gary Mitchell's reactions to him." (Starfleet Access for "Where No Man Has Gone Before", TOS Season 1 Blu-ray special features) Chief Kelso, from TNG: "The Quality of Life", was named by writer Naren Shankar as an homage to this character. (Star Trek Encyclopedia)
It was popular belief that Kelso was the helmsman of the Enterprise while Mitchell was the ship's navigator, as suggested by their positions at the conn. However, on-screen evidence suggests otherwise. Firstly, Mitchell's responsibilities aboard the Enterprise – neutralizing warp speed and piloting the ship, for example – are those of a helm officer. Secondly, when Mitchell was knocked out of his chair after being "zapped" by the energy barrier, Kirk yells out, "Helmsman!", an exclamation aimed at Mitchell. Third, Kelso himself was credited as "Navigator" in early cuts of the episode. In this early episode, the stations are reversed: Mitchell's post was the navigator's station and Kelso's the helm station. It was never explained – either on-screen or from behind the scenes – why their positions at the conn were reversed. Kelso wore an operations division beige Starfleet uniform, even though helmsmen and navigators usually ended up wearing the gold uniform of the command division in the rest of TOS. The division insignia on his assignment patch was the stylized globe symbol that was later used exclusively for sciences division personnel.
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DC Comics' non-canon biography of Kelso in Who's Who in Star Trek 1 stated he was born in San Francisco, California, and studied at the Palo Alto Technical Institute and at Starfleet Academy, where he was a classmate of James Kirk.
In IDW Star Trek: Ongoing comic "Where No Man Has Gone Before, Part 2", the Lee Kelso (β) native to the alternate reality, like his prime universe counterpart, died as a result of the alternate-reality Gary Mitchell's transformation. Instead of being strangled, however, Kelso was forced to shoot himself with his own phaser after confronting Mitchell with the weapon.


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Final Thoughts on the Dynamics of the Vancouver Canucks
First of all it starts at the ownership level which is the Aquilini's. Being hockey fans as well as owners they will not be happy with the sudden exist in the first round. It's estimated that for each home game in the playoffs the team makes about $1 million plus in profit. Besides that, after getting so close last season, the Aquilini's like the rest of the 'Nucks Nation want to win.
With President and GM Mike Gillis, along with Coach Alain Vigneault having one more year remaining on their contracts, I don't see ownership terminating their services before their contracts expire. With that said, both will have to make sure the Canucks get back to the Stanley Cup final in order to receive a new agreement. Anything less will be viewed as a failure.
After yesterday's news about Roberto Luongo waiving his no-trade clause of his contract if he was asked by management, this opens the door to move this asset for some much needed cap space in order to acquire some of the missing pieces. Cory Schneider needs to be locked up for as long as he's willing and I think that will happen in late May or early June.
I don't think it will be a long term contract and here's why. Schneider, as most fans know, is from the Boston area and like most players wouldn't mind playing close to home. Now if he were to meet someone or his present girlfriend and him get married, settle in, have some children that may change their perspective. But I think Schneider will sign a short term contract so that when it expires he will be an unrestricted free agent, and then revisit his options.
Let's not forget that his agent will bring up the fact about this team's core getting older. The Sedin's will turn 33 next season and only have a couple of years remaining on their contracts. By then they will be entering into the twilight of their career and a stride slower.
Both Kevin Bieksa and Alex Burrows will be 32 next season. So why would Schneider sign a long term deal with a club that might be in a rebuilding stage in a couple of seasons.
As far as this club being built with skill and speed, this doesn't look like it will work in the playoffs. Who knows which way the officiating will go next season, but with the defensive system the teams are playing in these playoffs, and if they go to the Stanley Cup final, every other team will want to mirror that image
This team does have the goaltender in Schneider but it does not have enough of those types of defensemen. It also does not have a key shutdown D-man like I've been writing about for three seasons. Throw in the fact that they have about five forwards that are also not of the playoff mould, and you can see that Gillis has a lot of work to do.
I don't see him blowing up the ship, because everything will fall into place once the goaltending decision is made, and that will be done sooner than later. I'm sure Gillis will be swayed by what takes place in these playoffs and from there he will start to piece together the team that he needs. There will be very few untouchables as he moves through this process.
This may mean buying some contracts out, trading some away, or not offering others new ones. A complete evaluation of the assets on the farm team will weigh heavenly on the fore-mentioned.
Is Eddie Lack ready to become a backup goalie? Can D-men Yann Sauve, Kevin Connauton or Adam Polasek replace any of the current line-up? Nicklas Jensen, from what he did in the playoffs with the Wolves, looks like he will make a push for someone's spot, but I don't see any other forwards from the farm making an impact.
In Gillis' final year of his contract this will be his most difficult one because so much will be riding on the decisions he makes, and what type of team evolves from it.
After 42 years of "wait till next season" I know I have paid my dues and I don't know if I have any passion left to give. Let's remember this team has only gone on a long run in the playoffs three times in 42 years which is only a 7% ratio. Many of you newer fans have never known the agony of long losing seasons.
Anyways, I will always be a fan, but for now I think I will enjoy the golf and see if I can recharge my batteries.
Ice Bits – Good to see at least one remaining Canadian team in Ottawa, trying forge ahead. They will be tough tomorrow playing the Rangers. It would be sweet to see the Bruins knocked off by the Caps.
So far in these playoffs I am 3 for 4 in the West having picked Nashville, St. Louis and Phoenix and in the East, I won't know till the other series are finished. But with Pittsburgh out, I'm already down one.
I still think that Nashville with its trade deadline acquisitions and the defensive core of Weber, Sutter and Rinne, will represent the West and do away with Phoenix. Blues with the bigger tougher forwards will do what the Canucks couldn't and get to LA's Quick and knock them out. They will them move on to lose to Nashville in seven.
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RMS beefed up security Monday after a parent notified the district of threats made on the site over the weekend. Monday evening, Rms Gosip Girl posted: "I put bombs in the lockers" prompting a police search of RMS lockers.
A Russellville Junior High School student was also arrested and charged with communicating a false alarm. The juvenile was not directly involved in the Rms Gosip Girl threats, but was arrested following conversations she allegedly had with an informant involved in discussion on the Rms Gosip Girl page.
Drew Latch, public information officer with the Russellville Police Department, said the department received aid in the investigation from state and federal agencies. Attempts to determine the origin of the Rms Gosip Girl posts were complicated because the ask.fm site originates in Latvia and is not subject to U.S. jurisdiction.
Eventually, through cooperation with federal agencies, the company released information that allowed the poster to be identified and apprehended.
Both girls were transported to the Juvenile Detention Center in Danville.
Of the 792 enrolled RMS students, only 233 attended Tuesday and 344 on Wednesday.
Latch said there was no evidence to indicate an ongoing threat, but would provide extra security if needed for peace of mind.
"As long as the school district wants us to, we will (provide extra security)," Latch said.
The Russellville School District stated in a release on their Facebook page that classes would resume as normal on Thursday.


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The son of John Killer and Judy McGlaun, he was born March 30, 1978, in Russellville. He was a forklift driver with Tyson Foods and a member of the Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church in Oak Grove. He enjoyed football, hunting, fishing and especially spending time and coaching his three children. He was preceded in death by his sister, Melissa Ann Killer; paternal grandmother, Louise Killer; maternal grandparents, Wilma Jean Crowe and Odes Ray Crowe.
Survivors include his two daughters, Emily Brooke Killer and Olivia Grace Killer; one son, Dawson James Killer, all of Atkins; father, John Killer and wife Linda of Dover; mother, Judy McGlaun and husband Paul of Greenbrier; two brothers, Jonathan Killer and wife Brenda of Russellville, Paul Ray McGlaun of Greenbrier; half-brother, Caleb Godinez of Dover; two nephews, Cooper Goodall of Atkins and Logan Killer of Russellville; niece, Lacee Killer of Russellville; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
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By Chris and Jim Guld
Options for connecting to the Internet have changed a lot in the six years we've been motorhoming. In 2004 we had to convince people that high-speed was better than dialup. The main high-speed option was Wi-Fi. Cellular data cards didn't exist, and satellite was pretty new.
Now, dialup is unheard of, Wi-Fi is taken for granted, cellular data cards are mainstream, and satellite is old hat.
What is a data card?
You get it from a cellular provider, and it "connects" to a nearby cell tower. It receives and transmits data. Think of it as a cell phone for your computer.
Some data cards fit into the Express Card slot in your laptop computer. Be sure your laptop has an express card slot before purchasing the card!
Other data "cards" connect to your computer's USB port. Every laptop has a USB port.
Cellular data cards are also referred as Mobile Broadband Modems. A modem is a device that connects your computer to a communications network. In this case, the communications network is one of the cellular carriers such as Verizon, Sprint, AT&T or TMobile.
Why are data cards so popular?
In the short time they have been available, cellular data cards have become a primary way for travelers to connect to the Internet. They are SO easy. The first time you use it you will need to install some simple drivers from the disk provided. From then on, getting online can be as simple as plugging in the device and booting up your computer. If there is a cell tower within range, you're online. You may have to click on a button to "connect," but even that can be set up automatically.
Coverage has improved dramatically. The cellular providers have been busy adding towers all over the country. If you tried this method in 2006 or 2007 and didn't like it, you should try again. We talk to RVers all the time who say they've traveled the entire country and almost always are able to get online with their cellular data cards. They love their data cards.
How fast are they?
The speed of your Internet connection will depend on the cell tower that you're connecting to. If you're close to a fast tower, you'll be thrilled with the speed you get -- it's as good as the DSL you're used to at home. If you're not in a digital coverage area, you'll be lucky to get dialup speed.
How do you know you're in a high-speed area? We use Verizon, and when we see a Verizon Wireless, 1X-EVDO indicator on our phone with more than two bars, we know we're in a high-speed area. If we're on "Extended Network" or see 1X without the EVDO indicator, we can connect but it will be slow.
My litmus test is to watch a video. I am currently connected with Verizon (tethered cell phone) and I just watched a five-minute video on Youtube.com without a hiccup. That's a good connection. For those of you who like numbers, here is a speed test (right) I just performed at TestMy.net.
You'll have to learn what the indicators are for your provider and equipment. Other terms that indicate high-speed include HSPA (AT&T's network) and 3G. Actually, 3G is used to describe high-speed mobile Internet in general. It means 3d Generation. You may already be hearing rumors about 4G!
Why would you use anything else?
Price is the first limiting factor. Mobile Broadband services usually cost $60/month and require you to commit to a two-year contract. Wi-Fi is $1 to $5 per day with no commitment required, and in many places it's even free.
Usage limits is the other specific factor. Most plans limit you to 5 gigabytes per month. This has nothing to do with minutes but everything to do with what you're doing on the Internet. If you read e-mail, browse Web sites, upload and download pictures, 5 gigabytes is more than enough for a month. If you share your connection with one or more other people, and any of you watch videos online, you could exceed your limit. A full-length movie is often 2 gigabytes.
There is a charge per megabyte of overage. We know people who have been billed $1,000 and more in a month when they were over and didn't realize it.
On the other hand, rarely does a Wi-Fi hotspot have any bandwidth limits. When you're at a good Wi-Fi hotspot, that's when you can get those big downloads like Windows service packs and full-length movies.
Coverage is still limited. If you want to boondock in the middle of a national forest in Wyoming, odds are you will not be within range of a cellular tower. Satellite is still the only way to ensure that you have an Internet connection just about anywhere.
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Yes, and no. We have a Datastorm Internet satellite dish, and we love our satellite dish. Last fall, our 5-year old system needed some new parts. We planned to spend the winter in a park with good Wi-Fi, so we opted to turn off the satellite service.
Since we got back on the road this spring, we have been able to make do with a combination of Wi-Fi and our Verizon phone "tethered." So, we are using Verizon for an Internet connection, but we don't have a data card. The cell phone cannot connect at the highest EVDO speed -- Rev A -- but we do get Rev 0.
We're getting by with the combination of Wi-Fi and tethered cell phone, but we do miss our satellite Internet. We find that some of our itinerary is based on knowing where there is good Wi-Fi, or a good Verizon signal. When our dish was active we could go wherever we wanted.
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This technology is a fast-moving field. There is plenty of recent news:
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2. Verizon's price for tethered cell phone Internet access has lowered from $59/month to $49/month.
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China's economy will surpass the U.S. in 2016
The International Monetary Fund has just dropped a bombshell, and nobody noticed.
For the first time, the international organization has set a date for the moment when the "Age of America" will end and the U.S. economy will be overtaken by that of China.
IMF sees China topping U.S. in 2016
According to the latest IMF official forecasts, China's economy will surpass that of America in real terms in 2016 — just five years from now. Brett Arends looks at the implications for the U.S. dollar and the Treasury market.
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According to the latest IMF official forecasts, China's economy will surpass that of America in real terms in 2016 — just five years from now.
It provides a painful context for the budget wrangling taking place in Washington right now. It raises enormous questions about what the international security system is going to look like in just a handful of years. And it casts a deepening cloud over both the U.S. dollar and the giant Treasury market, which have been propped up for decades by their privileged status as the liabilities of the world's hegemonic power.
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According to the IMF forecast, which was quietly posted on the Fund's website just two weeks ago, whoever is elected U.S. president next year — Obama? Mitt Romney? Donald Trump? — will be the last to preside over the world's largest economy.
Most people aren't prepared for this. They aren't even aware it's that close. Listen to experts of various stripes, and they will tell you this moment is decades away. The most bearish will put the figure in the mid-2020s.
China's economy will be the world's largest within five years or so.
But they're miscounting. They're only comparing the gross domestic products of the two countries using current exchange rates.
That's a largely meaningless comparison in real terms. Exchange rates change quickly. And China's exchange rates are phony. China artificially undervalues its currency, the renminbi, through massive intervention in the markets.
The comparison that really matters
In addition to comparing the two countries based on exchange rates, the IMF analysis also looked to the true, real-terms picture of the economies using "purchasing power parities." That compares what people earn and spend in real terms in their domestic economies.
Under PPP, the Chinese economy will expand from $11.2 trillion this year to $19 trillion in 2016. Meanwhile the size of the U.S. economy will rise from $15.2 trillion to $18.8 trillion. That would take America's share of the world output down to 17.7%, the lowest in modern times. China's would reach 18%, and rising.
Just 10 years ago, the U.S. economy was three times the size of China's.
Naturally, all forecasts are fallible. Time and chance happen to them all. The actual date when China surpasses the U.S. might come even earlier than the IMF predicts, or somewhat later. If the great Chinese juggernaut blows a tire, as a growing number fear it might, it could even delay things by several years. But the outcome is scarcely in doubt.
We have lived in a world dominated by the U.S. for so long that there is no longer anyone alive who remembers anything else. America overtook Great Britain as the world's leading economic power in the 1890s and never looked back.
And both those countries live under very similar rules of constitutional government, respect for civil liberties and the rights of property. China has none of those. The Age of China will feel very different.
Brett Arends is an award-winning financial columnist with many years experience writing about markets, economics and personal finance in Europe and the U.S. His latest book, "Storm Proof Your Money," has just been published by John Wiley & Co.


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Yadier Molina is thinking offense
Cards catcher came up big from the plate in 2006 playoffs
Already one of the top catchers in the National League, Yadier Molina is hoping to become known just as much for his hitting prowess as his defensive capabilities.
Molina took a step in that direction during the 2006 postseason, when he hit .358 for the Cardinals. First baseman Albert Pujols understands how hard it is to be a young player getting advice from so many people.
"Sometimes when you're in that position, it's real tough," Pujols told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "I'm saying something. Hal (McRae) is saying something. (Third base coach Jose) Oquendo is saying something. Jimmy (Edmonds) is saying something and somebody else is saying something. It's tough for a young kid to go through that."
Backup catcher Gary Bennett says that Molina, in his eyes, is the total package.
"Some guys throw well. Some guys have a feel for calling a game and handling pitchers. Some guys block pitches well. Yadi does all of that. It's rare to find that in one catcher, believe me," said Bennett. "To find it in somebody that young is incredibly rare.
"What's most impressive is he's still trying to get better. He works. He doesn't take his talent for granted. I'm not saying it because he's my teammate. If it wasn't true, I'd say nothing at all."
While St. Louis skipper Tony La Russa and third base coach Jose Oquendo say that they think Molina who picked off seven runners and caught 41 percent of would-be base stealers last year is the best catcher in the National League, someone very close to Yadier takes it a step further. Jose Molina said his little brother deserved to be the NL's Gold Glove winner in 2006.
"He's the best catcher in both leagues. I mean right now," insists his brother Jose. "He deserved the award last year. A lot of time voters get into one name. They just see a name and don't realize who really had the best numbers. They realize who already has Gold Gloves in his career. I think Yadier should have won it, no problem. But there's nothing he can do about it. He was the true Gold Glove winner last year and he will be in years to come. He's going to win a lot of them. I don't say that because I'm his brother. I look at his game. I feel like the managers and the coaches have to evaluate it a little more closely."
Pelfrey ready to make the jump: Mike Pelfrey may or may not begin the season as a member of the New York Mets' starting rotation. That is a decision the coaching staff will have to make.
However, the prize pitching prospect made a good case for himself during his first spring outing against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Pelfrey unleashed a 94-mph sinking fastball and threw in some sliders and changeups as well. Pelfrey allowed only one hit and faced six batters in two innings of work.
"He's got as good a stuff as I've ever caught," catcher Paul Lo Duca told Newsday.
Closer Billy Wagner has also been impressed by what he has seen from Pelfrey.
"Pelfrey's a special kid," Billy Wagner said. "He's really going to be able to dominate hitters when he gets comfortable out there.
"He doesn't have that deer-in-the-headlights look. Mentally, he was probably not ready for that opportunity [last season] but his talent is overwhelming. He knows why he's here. Not to pitch and get paid, but to pitch and win a championship."
For now, Pelfrey is just trying to show he is ready to take a spot in the rotation when the Mets break camp at the end of the month. All he can do is pitch well. The rest, he said, is out of his hands.
"In the end, I don't make that decision," Pelfrey said. "Guys like me, with four (career) starts, haven't done that much. I just go out there and try to be the best Mike Pelfrey I can be in trying to win a job."
Papelbon adjusts back to starter's job: After a breakout season in 2006 as the Boston Red Sox closer, Jonathan Papelbon is making the adjustment to being a starter for the 2007 season. The move, however, is fine with Papelbon, despite the success he had coming out of the bullpen last season.
"I just feel I'm better as a starter," he told the Boston Globe. "The reason why this team drafted me in '04 was to be a starter. I'm going to take this opportunity and run with it."
Papelbon was a full-time starter in 2004 and 2005. But he began the 2006 season in the pen for the Red Sox after showing he could perform well there when he threw four scoreless innings of relief in the 2005 Division Series against Chicago.
Papelbon stepped into the closer's role during the 2006 season. He believes he can be just as effective as a starter as he was as a reliever, just in a different way.
"Dominant as a starter is different than dominant as a closer," Papelbon said. "As a starter it means getting to the seventh and eighth inning every time. It means rolling through a lineup day after day, week after week."
Now that he is a starter again, Papelbon has to work on a variety of pitches as he prepares for the start of the season. However, he knows there is one pitch he has to be effective with first.
"For me, my fastball is first, my split is second, my slider is third, and my curve is fourth," he said.
Burnett looks for a change: Toronto pitcher A.J. Burnett can throw a fastball 96 mph. He also has a nasty curveball opposing hitters hate to see. But Burnett is using this spring as a chance to work on a third pitch -- a changeup.
During his first spring start against Tampa Bay, Burnett threw the changeup and appeared to have good control of the pitch.
"I think I threw five changeup, which is maybe more than I threw all of last season," Burnett told the Toronto Sun.
Manager John Gibbons was impressed with Burnett's changeup and thinks it can be an effective pitch for the right-hander.
"That could turn into a huge pitch for him," Gibbons said. "He's just got to buy into trusting it. Sometimes you get those guys with the big fastballs who are so afraid to get beat with (the change). But it can make him even more effective."
After two great seasons, Wheeler looks to three-peat: Only once in Dan Wheeler's career had he posted an ERA below 4.00 during a season. But in 2005, Wheeler had a breakout season for the Houston Astros, as the reliever went 2-3 with three saves and a career-best 2.21 ERA.
Wheeler entered last season with a chip on his shoulder, however, as he wanted to prove that 2005 was no fluke.
"It (2006) was kind of a big year for me," Wheeler, 29, told the Houston Chronicle. "Coming in, I had never done what I did the year before, ever. I wanted to come in and stay the same player to prove the year before wasn't a fluke. It's a drive for me as a player to show the team I'm a guy they can go to and for me to have confidence in myself."
Wheeler proved 2005 was not an aberration. Last season, the right-hander went 3-5 with a 2.52 ERA and recorded nine saves, stepping into the closer's role.
"Dan has a real good drive," Brad Lidge said. "The last thing he wanted people to think was that 2005 was an accident. So what does he do? He goes back about his business and does it again. Dan's the best at what he does in the Major Leagues right now.
"He's the best setup man in the majors, and he can also close. And you know what? That'll push me a little, too. I can't stand to listen to Dan when he's doing well and I'm not."
Catcher Brad Ausmus said Wheeler's secret is that he has a great amount of determination and focus on the mound.
"He's got some intensity on the mound. That's why he gets short with himself," Ausmus said. "He never shies away from or is intimidated by a situation, which is important when you're pitching at the back end of the bullpen or even closing."
Zambrano delivers big expections for 2007: Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano has high expectations for the 2007 season -- for both himself and the Cubs.
"I believe this year I will win the Cy Young (Award) and I will enjoy that," Zambrano told the Chicago Tribune. "And besides that, we will win the World Series. I guarantee you that. I have faith."
But does he have faith enough to make that a guarantee?
"Almost sure," he said. "I promise I will do the best I can. I feel very good this year, better than my last five years. And I will work on that."
Meanwhile, new Cubs manager Lou Piniella is looking forward to watching the emotional Zambrano work this year.
"You have an emotional manager, for God's sake," Piniella said. "Sure, I like an emotional pitcher. I like some emotional players on my team. Why not? You can't have 25 Stepford Wives. What you want is basically a combination of different personalities on a team, and that's what makes it a team."
Wilson's focus is performance: Cincinnati Reds pitcher Paul Wilson is glad to be able to spend this spring worrying about his performance on the mound, not how his arm feels.
"At this point I'm thinking about what I need to work on, fine-tuning things. Not, 'Oh my God, I need to get treatment on my arm because I can't pick it up,' " Wilson told the Cincinnati Post. "It's things that I'm supposed to be thinking about."
After his first outing last Thursday, Wilson could be content with just being healthy -- but he's not willing to do so.
"I can't be happy yet," Wilson said. "That's when the freakin' floor falls out. I can't let myself be happy. Happy to me is going to be 150-200 innings, 70 relief appearances, six months in the big leagues. Then I'm happy."
Manager Jerry Narron is glad to see Wilson out there competing again.
"First of all, I'm happy for him," said Narron. "He worked hard this winter. I thought he pitched well (Thursday). It'd really be awesome if he could come back and make the club. We all know what kind of person he is and how hard he competes. We all want competitors around here. We'll see."
Since the start of Spring Training, Wilson has been out there working as hard as anyone.
"Nobody works harder and he's as competitive as anybody. Those are two qualities you have to have," said Reds right-hander Matt Belisle, one of the other pitchers vying with Wilson for the fifth spot in the rotation. "He does it with class; it's a good thing to see. If you have trouble keeping yourself in check, you just look at him and see how you should be getting after it. It's great to be around the guy."
For Wilson, competing is better than quitting.
"I love (baseball) too much (to quit). I love it," Wilson said. "It's the only thing I know how to do well. It shouldn't define who we are as people, but it does. It shouldn't make me a winner or loser because I play baseball. I do play baseball, but deep down it does."
Crede stays underrated: With the likes of Jermaine Dye, Paul Konerko and Jim Thome in the Chicago White Sox lineup, third baseman Joe Crede can sometimes get lost in the shuffle. But after hitting .343 with runners in scoring position last year, people are beginning to take note -- even though he did only have five round-trippers in those situations.
"There are certain situations where you'll sacrifice power for getting a guy over," Crede told the Chicago Tribune. "But early in games, you want to drive the ball. Late in games you do what you have to get that guy over. You might see a guy take a hack to get a guy over."
Manager Ozzie Guillen has high praise for Crede.
"I think he's the best third baseman in baseball, and nobody cares about it," said Guillen. "That he's underrated is unbelievable. Maybe it's because he's surrounded by Thome, Konerko and Dye. But this kid, (general manager Ken) Williams knows how good he is and how good he's going to be.
"To watch this kid take batting practice is unreal. He takes that BP plan to the game. Little by little, I give credit to (computer scouting analyst) Mike Gellinger and (hitting coach Greg) Walker by working with him more mentally than physically to turn the corner."
Walker agrees with Guillen. "The way I look at Joe, he's one of our big guys," Walker said. "In the past, he was one of our young guys with a lot of potential, but what he has done over the past 1 1/2 years, he really could be in the middle of our lineup. Joe really could be a 3-4-5 hitter for a lot of teams in this league."
Adjustment to trade over, Kearns ready to produce: Armed with a new three-year contract, Austin Kearns is ready to put the past behind him. Last year's mid-season trade from the Reds to the Nationals caught Kearns off-guard. It was the first time in his professional career that Kearns, a native of Kentucky, played more than four hours from his hometown.
"You get so spoiled playing close to home," Kearns told the Washington Post. "You can go home whenever you want to. You're around the people you know. Your family can come visit you.
"But then you get farther away, and you realize what most guys go through."
However, there were some people in the front office who knew Kearns, including director of player development Bob Boone and general manager Jim Bowden, who both had ties with the Reds. Bowden, who drafted Kearns, still saw what could be if Kearns could stay healthy for an entire season.
"The sky's still the limit," Bowden said.
Kearns, who enters the season completely healthy after suffering through numerous injuries in his time in Cincinnati, shares the same view.
"I feel like what I'm supposed to do," Kearns said, "has just been postponed."
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Letter Box
Trust local Editor of the Reformer:
A recent ad from a local funeral home states "Our families serving yours since 1901." That simply is not true. Sure, that funeral home has been in Brattleboro for generations, but the firm that bought those names and the people running it are not familiar to Brattleboro. In fact, there has been a revolving door there for several years. Remember the recent embezzlement?
I know when it comes to my family, I will only trust and rely on a family owned, family operated, independent funeral home. People who grew up in Brattleboro, who send their children to our schools. People who care about our community and their families who live here.
We recently lost a hometown independent funeral director, Bernie Fleming. Bernie was from the "old school" of funeral directors. Bernie worked for the families he served. He was always putting the needs of the family ahead of the almighty "bottom line." Bernie and his dad, Joe, began servicing our family in 1961 when my grandfather passed away. I remember my dad approached Mr. Fleming after one of our many funerals to arrange to make payment for the just completed service. Mr. Fleming said "John, come in whenever you're ready, there's no rush." Try that with a big corporate funeral home. I remember Joe and Bernie would always take time to greet you, shake your hand and always call you by name, even just walking down Main Street. They knew their town. Rest in peace, Bernie.
So just remember, only the names on the sign have been around since 1901. The current owners of the name, a large corporation, only care about the past to promote their future. They wouldn't stand a chance in town if the name out front said "The Keystone Group Funeral Home" or " The SCI Corporate Funeral Home," and they know it.
Think family owned, family operated, independent funeral homes.
John Nebelski,
Vernon, Sept. 27
Pointing the finger of blame
Editor of the Reformer:
Though I rent a storefront in Brattleboro, I don't have a horse in this race: I don't live in Brattleboro, or Windham County, or Vermont, so the conflict over a skatepark in Crowell Lot is none of my business or concern. But I have read the local news accounts almost since its beginning and have come to anticipate a level of civility that has vanished in the furor erupting over the location of a proposed skatepark.
It appears that the skatepark is going to be built within Crowell Lot come hell or high water, but this decision comes at what cost to the social fabric of the community? Is it really worth the enmity generated by the selection of the Crowell location? One wonders if Brattleboro's much-celebrated conciliatory friendliness and charm will ever be restored -- or how it can be.
This issue, like a classical brother-against-brother struggle for dominance, could have been nipped in the bud had the Selectboard chosen to welcome free and open debate on the location and proven to everyone's satisfaction that there was no other viable alternative site. Instead the members dug in, banned discussion, and created a committee (BASIC), which they then packed with individuals biased toward the location they wanted. Apparently they expected the thwarted opposition to surrender and fall into line, but in fact, the opposite has happened. As the issue festered the opponents organized (SOPC) and gathered data about the site's drawbacks and the very problematic selection process, and now, for their part, have dug in, too.
So, looking back over the sorry months expended on the thrust-and-parry over this site selection, it's important to determine who is to blame. It isn't BASIC, it isn't SOPC -- it's the Selectboard. Three members have terms expiring next spring; whether the incumbents run again or new candidates come forward there are some questions to ask the candidates. How -- and at what point -- would they have voted differently, in order to avoid the present donnybrook? How will they find reconciling common ground to heal these wounds to the community? And finally, how, looking to the future, will they take the personal responsibility to see to it that this lapse in democratic leadership never happens in Brattleboro again?
Danna D'Esopo
Bloomington, Ind. Oct. 1
The lucky and the not
so lucky
Editor of the Reformer:
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. At least that's what Mitt Romney wants. What does he care? He'll never have to worry about where his next meal comes from. He won't be cold in the winter, or homeless because he can't find affordable housing.
He doesn't have to worry about having to have a child because of no Planned Parenthood to provide counseling or birth control. He won't have to worry about unwanted children due to rape or incest.
He doesn't have to worry about losing money because he's elderly or disabled and depending on Social Security. Lucky him.
Unfortunately, too many of us are not that lucky. We fall into the middle to poverty levels. The ones he wants to hurt the worst. Small businesses will be taxed so much they will have to close. Leaving more unemployed, homeless, uneducated Americans. Our children won't be able to get funding for college and the parents won't be able to "lend" them the money they will need for an education.
He wants seniors to lose thousands a year. Money they already don't have.
It is no wonder there is so much "depression" and suicides, crimes, etc. People are fearful of how they and their families are going to "make it."
My husband and I are both disabled and with so many "cuts" we are living on less than before Social Security gave the increase in January. We are not looking for handouts, but after working for so many years we would just like to be able to live and raise our nephew.
People may not like President Obama, but do you really want Mitt Romney taking away what little you have? I'm sure the rich won't mind, but if you are not that fortunate be very careful how you vote. Just listen and be very clear what we will lose.
I, for one, am very concerned about the future of my family and friends.
I almost forgot, some of the most important people are going to be hurt by him. Our veterans, men and women who fought so he is free. Now he wants to rob them too. How is this right?
Dorothy Parker
Bellows Falls, Oct. 2
Our sincere apologies
Editor of the Reformer:
Vera Harrington had a lovely 101st birthday on Oct. 8. Some people stopped in to wish her well. Unfortunately, many people didn't know about it as we had made plans to have it announced in the Reformer on Oct. 6, paid for it and were promised that it would run. That didn't happen. Then we thought it might appear on Oct. 8. Again, it didn't happen. We were very disappointed in the Reformer. Obviously they don't keep their word. Will we dare to put it in the paper next year when she celebrates her 102nd birthday?
Bruce Harrington,
Newfane, Oct. 10
Editor's note: The Reformer apologizes to the Harrington family for the failure to print the paid notice. The Reformer has reimbursed Mr. Harrington.
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Perry Farrell's aura seems to be present in every aspect of Lollapalooza. (There's even a giant LED rendering of his first name on Columbus Drive inside the festival grounds at Grant Park, announcing the dance-music stage called simply "Perry's".) But this year the Lollapalooza founder and figurehead opted to go offsite to make an appearance in the flesh. Late Saturday night — or, to be accurate, early Sunday morning — he and his band Jane's Addiction took the stage at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom to perform an intimate after-party for a few thousand fans lucky enough to score a ticket to the last-minute show.
And the band put on a show indeed, inhabiting a stage populated with gyrating ladies, giant TV screens and even, at one point, what appeared to be a human dressed as a monster. They opened with "Underground," an electronic-tinged goth-rock cut from their most recent album, The Great Escape Artist, with Farrell singing from out front and the rest of the band, including guitarist Dave Navarro, hovering in the shadows behind him.
And this was clearly Farrell's show. "Chicago, do you love me?" he asked rhetorically before his bandmates plowed into "Mountain Song," the first of several tracks played from their seminal 1988 major-label debut, Nothing's Shocking.
Though the band stayed faithful to their classic material in a structural sense, in terms of musical approach the Jane's Addiction of today is a much different animal than the one that helped spearhead the alternative rock movement in the late Eighties and early Nineties. Songs that were once sinewy and open-sounding are now thick and throttling. And the band seems to go more for atmosphere than attack. The shift in tone has certainly modernized their sound. But something also seems to have been lost, in particular in faster material like "Ain't No Right" and "Stop," both from 1990's Ritual de lo Habitual, in which rhythms were often reduced to a rumble of guitar, bass and drums, with Farrell's reverb-drenched vocal soaring high above the murk.
Last night, it was often the lighter and more mid tempo material that worked best. Navarro imbued "Ocean Size" with massive riffs and a regal, wah-drenched guitar solo, and set closer "Summertime Rolls" was rendered in exquisitely hazy fashion.
In general there was a celebratory tone to the show, with Farrell honoring the coming of yet another Lollapalooza and hinting at what lay ahead—"I'm already thinking about next year," he commented at one point. There were also surprises. Near the end of the evening Farrell introduced to the stage Peter DiStephano, the former guitarist in Porno for Pyros, the band Farrell formed following Jane's Addiction's initial split in the early Nineties. Together, they all tackled the Porno for Pyros song "Cursed Female."
Farrell also related a story to the audience about how he knew DiStephano was a loyal friend. In short, it involved a girl who cheated on the singer and the man she cheated with, whom DiStephano, in an act of revenge, stabbed in the buttocks.
"He's mishbukah to me!" explained Farrell of the guitarist, employing the Yiddish phrase for family.
He then motioned to the thousands in attendance, many of whom had come to the Aragon directly from Grant Park. "You're all mishbukah to me!"
— Richard Bienstock, CBS Local


text: Just like to say THANK YOU to everyone for a great time at the rally. My son age 8 who was the little guy riding around next to me on his red honda qa50 could not stop smiling all weekend. Also my friend Matt with his 1941 R12 rig , it was his first bmw event and he could not stop talking about all the fun and the great time he had. I have to say I had one awesome time, it was awesome for me to be on my r100/2 cafe bike, my son next to me on his qa50 and my dad behind us on his r100rt riding around the grounds. Again thanks everyone for a great time.


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Superintendent Walt Davis recommended tabling contract discussions for licensed employees, which the board approved 4-0.
Davis said he "didn't feel comfortable offering contracts" because of ongoing plans related to being placed on the fiscal distress watch list.
"It has nothing to do with job performance," he said.
In other business, the board approved:
• Adding March 24, March 25 and April 18 as students days to make up days missed because of recent inclement weather.
• Using Arch Ford Educational Co-Op for professional development services for the 2014-15 school year.
• The 2012-13 audit. Davis said there were "no major findings" during the audit.
All actions except personnel matters were approved 3-0 because President Terry Epperson arrived during the executive session. Vice President Gary McDonald was absent from the meeting.
The Lamar Board of Education approved renewing all teachers' contracts and Kaylynn Holland's contract as federal programs/curriculum coordinator for the 2014-15 school year during its regular meeting Monday.
In other business, the board approved:
• Accepting Harold Monroe's resignation as custodian effective May 30.
• Expelling two students for the remainder of the school year for violations of school policies.
• Two student transfers from Lamar to Clarksville and a student transfer from Lamar to Russellville.
• The 2014-15 school calendar.
• Adding June 2 and June 3 as student days to the 2013-14 calendar to make up missed days.
• The audit report.
All actions were approved 5-0. All board members were present.