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Members of the St. James Catholic church make their way through St. James Wednesday, Dec. 12, singing, playing the drums and celebrating the Lady of Guadalupe.
Hispanic parishioners of the St. James Catholic Church had their Lady of Guadalupe celebration on Dec. 12. Many in downtown St. James were surprised to see a parade make its way through the streets from the downtown park to Jake's Pizza corner and finally working its way to the church.
The Lady of Guadalupe celebration is a tradition in Mexico and is a celebration of the virgin Mary. The date is chosen specifically to coincide with Mary's birth date.
For the St. James community, it is a chance for Hispanic residents to connect with the traditions of their past. But, the event isn't just for those with Hispanic heritage. Many members of the community also enjoyed the events that took place last Wednesday, celebrating along with the group as they paraded through town.


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Last week, I attended the Forum One Online Community Unconference in Mountain View, California, a gathering of online community practitioners - managers, developers, business people, and tool providers, - to discuss experiences and strategies in the development and growth of online communities.
There were about 150 people in 60 sessions, and the format was unconference, a conference where the content of the sessions is driven and created by the participants themselves on the day, rather than by the organizers in advance. For those who don't know what an unconference is, the process worked like this:
1. At the beginning, we all sat in concentric circles.
2. The facilitator briefly re-stated the theme of the gathering and the process we would follow.
3. Participants briefly introduced themselves – name, location, company and a "tag line" (a few words or a phrase that describing themselves – some were very humorous)
4. The facilitator invited attendees to identify any issue or opportunity related to the theme and reminded those that wanted to raise a topic of their responsibilities:
• The person who posts the session, was expected to have a passion for the topic
• They must show up and start the session.
• They must also make sure that a writer is appointed and a report of the discussion is done.
5. Then, those attendees willing to raise a topic
a. Stood up and announced their topic to the group
b. Came to the center of the circle
c. Wrote the topic on a sheet of paper (there was a whole bunch of paper and pens in the middle of the circle)
d. Posted the topic on the wall, choosing a time and a place for discussion.
The wall became the agenda for the meeting. Some duplicate or very similar topics were combined by the participants. Time slots and rooms were negotiated.
When all the topics had been posted, the sessions started and everyone went off to attend those individual sessions in the allotted rooms and times.
The sessions lasted about 45 minutes to an hour. If you were not getting anything out of a session, you could (and several people did) switch to another one. All discussion reports are to be compiled in one report and sent to participants sometime after the event.
We followed the principles of Open Space Technology, developed by Harrison Owen. If you want to know more, check out the Open Space Technology definition on Wikipedia.
The whole process worked very well and I think that it's an ideal vehicle for user group and community discussion. Rather than the organizers decide on the agenda, the membership decides. It's you who gets to set the agenda, take the session or meeting in the direction you want, and move on if you're not getting your needs met. Have others had success with unconferences or have you run into problems? I love them but have they in fact, NOT met your needs?

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Girls Zebra Bedroom Ideas is apparently the most private room of the house. It ought to be the place you look for asylum after a hard days worth of effort or just a terrible day. Use lighting that gives of a natural sunlit effect. Beddings should be neat and simple without any bursts of color or patterns.
Here is an example images for Girls Zebra Bedroom Ideas. This is some bedroom design ideas that will create a calming, relaxing space.


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I am not sure if I understand it right ...
I guess "website localization" means to translate an English website into a local language.
But what if we do it the other way round?
For example,
in order to expend its business internationally,
a Chinese website is translated into English.
What's this called then?
Sounds weird if I say website "localization"...
Market penetration?


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It was my own private Penn State scandal.
The bedroom was impossibly dark, so I didn't see it happen. What I felt and heard was a hand quickly slipping out from under the elastic of my boxers, and the rustling of sheets. Then it was over. Back to total stillness inside the blackness. Though I had just woken up, it didn't take me long to figure out what happened: Corey was up to something.
Although we didn't go to school together, Corey was one my best friends during elementary school. On Friday afternoons, we'd pick up Corey in the same department store parking lot, and he'd spent the weekend at our home. We'd call girls and talk to them for hours, passing the phone back and forth. We fished in the creek. We went to dinner at Sizzler. We crashed together in a queen-size bed, in a room with no door.
Then one night, out of nowhere, he was up to something. And that first occurrence went from strange anomaly to repeat offense. I'd be sleeping on my stomach, and wake up with a hand wedged underneath my hip. During another stay, Corey made four or five moves over the course of the night. Each time I'd toss or turn or roll over, only to feel his hand swiftly recoil. That was the last time he stayed over, and we never spoke again.
More than two decades later, I see his profile picture on shared friends' Facebook pages. He is married with children. He has an Important Job. He uses motivational quotes as status updates. He is everyone you know. Corey endures as the most puzzling, most embarrassing, least discussed part of my childhood. Before today, approximately eight people knew this story. My parents are not among them.
Jerry Sandusky and the rampant sexual abuse cases connected to the Catholic church have us on high alert for child predators. If asked to close our eyes and picture what a molester looks like, we're trained to see an older white man with grey hair. But what happens when the offender isn't that at all? What happens when the child predator is, well, a child?
Dana Dorfman is a psychotherapist and family counselor in New York City. She's treated many, many, many Coreys. "It comes up so often in my practice when I'm working with kids," she says.
"For young children, like preschoolers and kindergartners, sexual curiosity oftentimes comes out in play, like playing doctor or house," says Dorfman. "As adults, we erroneously assign sexual implications to it. If a kid wants to a friend to pull their pants down, we impose an adult meaning to it. But that curiosity is absolutely normal."
However, as children reach the prepubescent years, acting out in those ways becomes something else. I tell Dorfman about Corey, about the sneaky maneuvers, about the repeated, overt attempts. "If a kid that age crosses that line, it's likely that he previously experienced an anxiety-provoking situation of a sexual nature." Dorfman notes that an "anxiety-provoking situation" doesn't necessarily mean physical contact or abuse. However, the National Juvenile Justice Network reports that 40 to 80 percent of juvenile sex offenders have been sexually abused as children.
"When you've been the passive recipient, the mind's way of overcoming it is to become an active participant," Dorfman explains. "I believe Corey's actions were his attempt to own it."
Okay, so we're not dealing with sinister, devious grown men here. We're dealing with Cartoon Network's target demographic, with kids about the same age as my oldest son Jackson. Obviously our society doesn't encourage charging and incarcerating an 11-year-old. When a family brings a Corey into your office, how do you handle it? "The last thing you want to do is perpetuate feelings of shame," says Dorfman, who early in her career worked on sexual abuse investigations and interrogated alleged offenders. "You're not trying to teach a lesson in morality. You're trying to understand the child's history, and how they're processing the situation they're in. These are children, not adults."
According to Dorfman, Corey likely did not take this behavior with him into adulthood. The research underscores her point. In February 2010, the Florida Department of Children and Families released a report on child-on-child sexual abuse. It notes that children with sexual behavior problems and juvenile sex offenders have relatively low future sex offending rates, as low as 2 percent.
Corey is not Jerry Sandusky, and I am not Victim #1, #2, #3 or #10. There was no grey-haired boogeyman, no headlines, no grand jury, no chalky courtroom sketches, no prison time. He was a mixed-up fifth grader who alienated a buddy.
I've chalked up that experience as one of those weird childhood things, a nebulous blob of confusion you have no choice but to move on from. Obviously I can't speak for Corey. I don't know what that experience meant to him. As a boy evolves into a man, I don't know if or how a Corey evolves into a Sandusky. I like to believe he's the cheerful, optimistic family man he appears to be on Facebook.
I have moved on, and forgotten most of the good times we had together. (Maybe my mind did that on purpose.) Today, my memory of Corey is a taxidermied animal: a face that I clearly recognize, but nothing meaningful on the inside. Sadly, I'm okay with that.
What I'm worried about is being the father of two boys who will have friends and sleepovers, of having children who probably won't tell me about the weird things that happen when I'm not around. But thanks to my past, I'm on high alert. In a strange way, I owe Corey a debt of gratitude. From the grave of our friendship, a heightened vigilance blooms.


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Farmers who invest a little extra time and perhaps a few dollars to head off insect and disease problems may add as much as 10 to 20 bushels to yields and significantly more in forage production for those who use wheat for grazing.
At the least, follow a sound integrated pest management strategy, says Texas Extension Entomologist Chris Sansone, San Angelo.
Sansone says wheat producers need to watch out for several insect pests, including Hessian fly, greenbug and possibly fall armyworm. Less common but still capable of causing trouble is the wheat curl mite, a pest that transmits two virus diseases, primarily in the High Plains and Rolling Plains wheat production regions of Texas.
"One important aspect of implementing an IPM program is developing a strategy for managing a crop, including pest control," Sansone says.
The tactics may be different depending on the use of the crop. "For instance, some farmers who raise a dual purpose wheat crop have asked about delaying seeding wheat to avoid potential damage from fall armyworm, since conditions heading into late summer appear favorable for infestations.
"The easy answer is, no, don't delay planting," Sansone says. "The value of early planting to assure early grazing outweighs the concern for infestation," he says. "Farmers should scout the crop and be prepared to spray if necessary."
Hessian fly
For growers in West Central Texas and the Rolling Plains, Hessian fly and greenbug also pose early season threats. "We've seen Hessian fly in West Central Texas for about eight years," he says. "Producers in Texas east of I-35 have dealt with the pest a little longer. We have to learn to manage it."
Sansone says farmers who use wheat for grazing are most vulnerable. "If grazing is their primary goal and they are not interested in harvest, they might consider another grain," Sansone says. "Oats, rye and triticale are not susceptible to Hessian fly injury."
He says if growers do count on forage and grain, their next step is to look for resistant varieties.
"In this case the first consideration for variety selection should be forage production," he says. "Grain yield would be the second factor. And Hessian fly resistance would be third."
He says tolerant variety choices for Texas producers are limited and becoming more so because resistance breaks down as the fly develops new races. The old Pioneer varieties 2145, 2157 and 2180 still offer some tolerance in certain areas. "Coronado, an AgriPro selection, is the dominant choice," he says. "Also, TAM 400 (distributed by AgriPro) has Hessian fly resistance. All these have strengths and weaknesses. The biggest shortcoming is susceptibility to rust."
Treated seed
If growers can't find a variety with resistance that fits their agronomic needs, treated seed is the next best bet. "Gaucho or Cruiser seed treatments offer some protection," Sansone says. "We've had more experience with Gaucho."
He says treated seed provides benefits for both Hessian fly and greenbug. "With Hessian fly, treated seed will minimize the impact of the first two generations."
Untreated Hessian fly infestations may result in no forage and no grain. "Treatment allows a grower to make a crop," Sansone says. "In some cases, infestations have been so severe that untreated fields had no grazing left by January and no grain harvest. With favorable weather and a good wheat year, treatment can mean from a 10- to 20-bushel increase in grain production and considerably more in forage. One trial in Abilene resulted in a 10,000-pound forage gain with treated seed due to control of greenbugs."
The treatment can be "very economical," Sansone says.
Growers who do not graze wheat can delay planting and avoid the Hessian fly. "If we plant after Nov. 1 in West Central Texas, we can avoid damage."
Sansone says greenbug infestation may be a factor this year, considering average or better than average late summer moisture, which left a lot of weed hosts for the insects. "As those hosts begin to play out greenbugs move into wheat."
Scout and spray
He recommends producers be prepared to scout and spray. "We can't afford to lose a stand with wheat for grazing. As soon as it's up to a stand, start checking for greenbug infestation and make certain populations don't reach damaging levels."
Insecticide applications will knock populations back, he says. "In the pat few years, growers have needed from one to three applications for greenbug control. We have a host of products available and it's an economical decision to spray, especially if growers want to graze the wheat," he says.
Sansone says Rolling Plains wheat producers also should be aware of the wheat curl mite, which transmits two diseases, the wheat streak mosaic virus and the High Plains virus. "Symptoms are similar. We have no chemical treatment for the pest but growers should keep fields relatively clean prior to planting. About two or three weeks before planting, make certain to kill any volunteer wheat. That also helps with reducing greenbug and Hessian fly populations. Usually one application of Roundup will take care of volunteer wheat."
Sansone says the pests also use some weeds but the best host is volunteer wheat. "We can't do much about treating all the ditch banks, anyway, but we can take care of volunteer wheat," he says.
Sansone says rotation offers little advantage for reducing insect pest populations. "They move too much. Rotation can play a more important role with prevention of soil-borne diseases."
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ASHTON – Some candidates for Ashton-Franklin-Center School Board say the district's buildings need repairs, and they would support a 1 percentage-point increase in the sales tax to pay for them.
In November, 58.9 percent of Lee County voters rejected the tax. They will vote again on the issue Tuesday.
If the referendum again does not pass, the new school board likely will try again, candidate Chad Murphy said.
"I think that's probably what the elected board would try to do, is try to see if we could get it through again," he said.
Four candidates are vying for three open seats. Incumbents Michael Gittleson, 48, and David Meurer are running, along with Murphy, 39, and Galen Hart, 51.
The sales tax increase was not advertised the right way, and many people have misunderstood what the money would be used for, Murphy said.
People do not understand that the money cannot be used for teacher pay, or that the sales tax does not apply to food, he said.
All three buildings in the school district need some major work, especially the middle school, Murphy said.
The middle school needs work on the roof and windows, some of which allow snow into the classrooms when there are strong winter winds, he said, and the school's boiler is expected to break down any time.
Upping the sales tax would be better than increasing property taxes, Murphy said.
Gittleson also favors the sales tax increase as an alternative to raising property tax rates, he said.
"Our buildings are in need of repair because they're fairly old," he said.
Hart said he, too, favors the sales tax increase and agrees that the middle school needs work on its roof and windows.
Hart said he is concerned about the district's budget. The education fund has a deficit this year of $419,386 while the education fund has a deficit of $262,366.
Hart said he would look for grants and try to find ways to run the district more efficiently. He has been looking at other districts' budgets to get ideas, he said.
"Along with the taxpayers, it's all a team venture," he said.
The state's failure to send some payments, and its prorating of payments, has hurt the district, Hart said.
Murphy agrees, and said the transportation fund has been greatly affected.
The district also faces declining enrollment, Murphy said, which is hurting the district's budget.
"I want to get families moving into the district instead of moving out," he said.
The uncertainty of state payments has made it very hard for the district to even create budgets, Gittleson said.
"Not knowing if the district is getting paid, and how much and when, is probably the hardest part of it," he said. "You can't make a budget because you don't know if you'll get the funds from the state. It's kind of a blind budget."
The state cuts forced the district to make difficult cuts in its budget a few years ago, Gittleson said.
"Because of that, we're holding our own," he said. "Where other districts are having to make massive cuts, we've been lucky that we had to go through it a few years earlier."
The district cut some staff and made cuts on some extracurricular activities, he said. For a year, the district completely cut the lunch program except for students who were eligible for free or reduced lunches, he said.
Meurer did not return calls for comment.
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Age: 51
Family: wife, Debbie Hart, a fourth-grade teacher in Ashton-Franklin-Center school district; son Adam, 13; daughter Emily, 20, student at Eastern Illinois University
Occupation: Farmer
Education: Ashton High School, 1980
Government experience: 9 years on AFC and Lee Center school boards
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Age: 48
Family: wife, Traci Gittleson, 45; sons, Bret, 15, Bryce, 13
Occupation: Farmer
Education: University of Illinois, bachelor's degree in agriculture business administration, 1987; Ashton High School, 1983
Government experience: AFC school board for 12 years
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Age: 39
Family: wife. Kristy; two children, Zane, 8, Sawyer, 12
Experience: Operating Engineers Local 150, various positions from 1996 to present, currently maintenance foreman
Education: Ashton High School, 1991
Government experience: Trustee on the Franklin Grove Village Board, 2009 to present


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We're The Millers (US - DVD R1 | BD RA)
Warner Bros. will be releasing Jennifer Aniston's road trip comedy next month...
Starring: Jennifer Aniston
Released: 19th November 2013
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We're the Millers. There aren't any A/V specs yet, but there are a selection of extras and some Blu-ray cover art.
The Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray/DVD/UV Copy) and the 2-Disc DVD Combo Pack (DVD/UV Copy) will contain the following special features:
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- Getting Out of Sticky Situation
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- Rollin' in the RV
- Livin' It Up with Brad
- When Paranoia Sets In
- Deleted Scenes
- Gags & More Outtakes
Quote: David Burke (Jason Sudeikis) is a small-time pot dealer whose clientele includes chefs and soccer moms, but no kids – after all, he has his scruples. So what could go wrong? Plenty. Preferring to keep a low profile for obvious reasons, he learns the hard way that no good deed goes unpunished when he tries to help out some local teens and winds up getting jumped by a trio of gutter punks. Stealing his stash and his cash, they leave him in major debt to his supplier, Brad (Ed Helms). In order to wipe the slate clean – and maintain a clean bill of health – David must now become a big-time drug smuggler by bringing Brad's latest shipment to the U.S. from Mexico. Twisting the arms of his neighbors, cynical stripper Rose (Jennifer Aniston), wannabe customer Kenny (Will Poulter), and the tatted-and-pierced streetwise teen Casey (Emma Roberts), he devises a foolproof plan. One fake wife, two pretend kids and a huge, shiny RV later, the 'Millers' are headed south of the border for a Fourth of July weekend that is sure to end with a bang.
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text: Fuskie Posted September 8, 2013 Day Sixteen: It's Friday morning and for Bruce and Dustin, their last day in the CBB House. The talk of the morning was Louie's fake drunken meltdown last night, leaving some HG complaining about the waste of food and others wondering if they can trust anything he says. Lauren is looking for payback, Carol find the whole experience unreal and Abz decides he is having a beautiful day regardless what happens. Courtney wants to be a mother but not have a baby. She confesses to Dustin that she put wheat milk in his bed, getting conspirator Lauren in trouble as Dustin is rather put out. Lauren and Abz get grounded in the tree house.For today's task, Mario and Charlotte prepare Dustin and Courtney to play roles in an episode from MTV reality series Geordie Shore, including costumes, makeup and language lessons. The Tree house is converted into Lauren's Bar as the opening credits roll. Lauren's role is supposed to be silent but she can't help but create her own dialog. The scene is a complete success, despite the ad-lib.The house prepares for the evening eviction as the nominees reflect on their time in the house. After the eviction of Dustin and Bruce, the remaining housemates remember them in the house. Courtney, Lauren and Carol talk body size, how Courtney never wants to change and and how Lauren was once a skinny little boy. Louie joins the conversation to tell Carol she's butch. Abz watches Mario and Charlotte each drain a bottle while spinning around and just shakes his head. Courtney wants to learn from Carol and the conversation turns to Anna Nicole Smith.Coming Up: Nominations are coming up for the final Wednesday night eviction, and then the season finale of CBB UK comes on Friday, the 13th. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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ORLANDO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign chief, Jim Messina, has joined the Florida gubernatorial campaign of Charlie Crist in a sign that the Democratic party is gearing up for a big political battle to win the state in 2014.
"It signals that the national Democratic Party machinery is going to be behind Crist. It erases all doubts of that," said Susan MacManus, a longtime Florida political analyst and professor at the University of South Florida.
Crist, a one-time Republican governor of the state, is running as a Democrat.
Messina's title is senior adviser, according to campaign spokesman Kevin Cate. A campaign manager has yet to be picked, he said.
Crist's challenge to incumbent Republican Governor Rick Scott, one of 36 gubernatorial contests on the 2014 midterm ballot, is considered by many to be the one to watch.
As the only gubernatorial election in a big swing state, a Democratic victory in November 2014 would be a major upset for the Republican party heading into the 2016 presidential race. Florida's governorship has been under Republican control for 15 years.
"It's a national race. It's not just a state race," said Bob Poe, Obama's former Central Florida finance chairman who now manages Crist's fundraising political committee.
Crist's party switching and reputation for shifting positions on key issues have raised concerns among the rank-and-file about his ability to get the Democrats fully behind him.
Messina is by far the biggest name among several Obama operatives to join Crist, who can also tap into the president's impressive field operations which remained intact after the 2012 election, promoting the launch of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.
Teddy Goff, digital director for the president's re-election campaign, who oversaw its social media and online advertising efforts, is also joining Crist's campaign.
Crist leads Scott in the polls but lags well behind in fundraising.
Crist is expected to easily win the Democrat primary to challenge Scott on August 26 against former state Senator Nan Rich.
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OLIVET, Mich. – Albion College set up a meaningful game with Adrian College next Saturday after Cody Crawford scored on a 30-yard pass from Dominic Bona late in the fourth quarter to lift the Britons to a 21-15 victory over Olivet College.
While Adrian clinched a share of its first MIAA championship since 1997 with a win over Kalamazoo College, Albion can drop the Bulldogs into a first-place tie if it can win the Nov. 3 contest at Sprankle-Sprandel Stadium.
Albion's winning drive was remarkable – a 10-play, 93-yard march that took just 3 ½ minutes. Backed up at its 7-yard line, Darrin Williams got the Britons started with an 11-yard run. Bona completed a couple of 8-yard passes to Zach Brigham and Williams added runs of 7 and 10 yards to move the ball to midfield.
The Britons were in danger of turning the ball over on downs, but Williams broke off a 10-yard run on 4th-and-1 and Bona found Crawford for the touchdown on the next play.
Albion took its first lead of the day when Bona hooked up with Brian Spencer for a 46-yard strike 1:30 into the second half to make the score 14-7.
Olivet took advantage of a short field to score the first touchdown of the game. The Comets marched 48 yards, capped by Tyre Alexander's 23-yard run, for a 7-0 lead midway through the second quarter. Alexander tacked on a 1-yard touchdown run as the Comets seized a 15-14 lead with 3:11 left in the third quarter.
Albion sent the game to halftime tied at 7 when Williams scored on a 4-yard run in the final minute of the second quarter. Williams finished with 138 rushing yards on 30 carries.
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Local resident Bill Love and others have criticized the Grand County Council's move to develop suggestions about the long-term management of federal lands in the county.
The council began that process in mid-November by forming a three-person committee to develop a list of possible land use recommendations for future consideration.
Council members said at the start that they planned to present the group's ideas to the public in early 2014. Since that time, they've released a statement that reiterates the county's interest in hearing citizens' ideas on the matter.
But Love argues that the council's process should have been open to citizens from the first committee meeting onward.
"We should be hearing about these alternatives at the beginning … not at the end," Love said.
Rep. Rob Bishop's office has already heard from hundreds of stakeholders who have an interest in a sweeping public lands bill that the Utah Republican plans to introduce in Congress some time next year.
But Love believes that Grand County's feedback on public land designations will be especially crucial to Bishop, since it's supposed to represent the views of its residents as a whole.
"It's one of many different recommendations, but it's an important one," he said.
Love counts himself among residents who are concerned about potash exploration, energy development and other kinds of industrial activities on public lands – especially those along the state Route 313 corridor.
"We're looking at the industrialization of the third most important tourist area we have in this county," he said.
Bishop's initiative could ultimately determine whether those lands will be set aside as wilderness or recreation areas on the one hand, or opened up to development on the other, he said.
"This is an allocation of land to usages that will become law," he said. "People need to understand what this process will do."
Love said he's glad that the county council is actively reaching out to the community.
"I figured that they would get the public more involved as time goes on," he said. "That's good to hear."
As for the council's involvement in the process, Love, who initially alleged that council member Lynn Jackson had a conflict of interest and should not be involved in the committee, now says it's not his place to say whether Jackson should serve on it.
Jackson does consulting work for Del Fortner Consulting, which has represented American Potash in its dealings with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
He first declared his relationship with the consultant in October 2012, and he noted that American Potash has never sought the county council's approval on any matters. Jackson said that if the company does require the council's approval in the future, he would recuse himself from voting on any related action items.
Love said he was concerned that Jackson failed to disclose that consulting work when he spoke to an Environment and Energy Publishing reporter and others about Bishop's lands initiative.
Love subsequently asked Grand County Attorney Andrew Fitzgerald to determine if Jackson's work amounts to a conflict of interest. Fitzgerald was still looking into the matter as of press time Wednesday.
In the meantime, Jackson released a point-by-point response to Love's allegations. Among other things, he repeated his October 2012 declaration of his consulting work for Del Fortner.
Love said he's satisfied by the response.
"I'm very happy that he did state his conflict regarding his affiliation with Fortner," Love said. "That's fine with me. That's all I was really asking for."
Jackson, meanwhile, is ready to put the matter behind him.
"I'm glad he's done here and we're not running down this rabbit hole anymore," he said Dec. 17. "Let's move forward from here."
Jackson, who worked for the BLM for 32 years before he retired, said he's encouraged by the approach that Bishop is taking to resolve long-standing conflicts among public lands users.
"The Bishop lands bill is one of the neatest things and most positive things I've seen on public lands in decades," he said.
It may not satisfy extremists on either side, Jackson said, but it will work for the majority of people in Grand County who understand the importance of a compromise-driven approach.
As for Jackson's personal views on the matter, he noted that he has never made any secret of his support for the concept of multiple use management.
"I am very much for a balanced approach with how we work with Congressman Bishop's office," Jackson said.
As part of that balance, some public lands in Grand County should be protected, he said.
Ultimately, he said, he has the county's best interests at heart.
The Grand County Council is currently seeking written public comments and suggestions on potential land use designations through Jan. 17, 2014.
Comments should be sent in writing directly to: Grand County Council, 125 E. Center St., Moab UT 84532, Attn: Public Lands Bill.
Once the comments have been submitted and reviewed, the council's study committee will prepare a list of draft alternatives. The public will have a chance to comment on those suggestions during a February 2014 hearing at the Grand Center.
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Congressman David Valadao is a partner in his family's 1,700-cow dairy
operation. While his new job forced him to take a back seat on the dairy, he is
excited to represent us in Washington.
Whether he's making hay or policy, Congressman Valadao is comfortable getting the job done. It
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The dairy industry has friends in Washington, D.C. We also have bitter enemies. But it has been
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That changed November 6, 2012, when California's newly drawn 21st Congressional District went to
David Valadao with 60 percent of the vote. Congressman Valadao, a Republican, won a district where
registered voters are 47 percent Democrat and only 33 percent Republican. In fact, Representative
Valadao won his 70 percent Hispanic district as the only gain for the Republican Party in California,
according to a column in The Wall Street Journal. It was the first time that the area covered by much
of Valadao's new district went Republican in 20 years.
But this isn't Valadao's first entry into politics. His interest started 10 years ago when he served on
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by phone shortly after the election while driving around his family's ranch. He lives right on the farm
and continues to be a partner in the operation, although he was forced to give up active management
when his congressional campaign started. Hoard's Dairyman
It's been a while
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incumbent retired. At first, he thought people were kidding. But after several months of thought and
talking with his family, he agreed to run. David won that seat with 78 percent of the vote in the
Republican primary and 61 percent in the 2010 general election.
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Mooley Wooly and Pauline Wayne, President Howard Taft's Holsteins, grazed the front lawn of the
White House as the last cows to supply milk for the First Family. But as the active farming
population has trickled to less than 2 percent of all Americans, it's been difficult for a dairy producer
to gain a seat in D.C.
Former Colorado Representative and dairy farmer Bob Beauprez served Congress from 2003 to
2007. Beauprez served on the Holstein USA board of directors for eight years while managing his
home farm in Boulder, Colo., with his parents and brother. But his herd dispersed in 1990 to make
way for a golf course, and Beauprez went into banking.
Closer to active management, current Representative Devin Nunes was raised on a dairy farm in
California's Central Valley. Eventually he even moved into a management role on the farm. However,
he soon entered the political arena and left the farm. Nunes was picked as California's state director
of the USDA Rural Development Agency before being elected as a U.S. Representative in 2002.
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difference. You want to get involved. You want to do what's good for your community." Jumping to
the national seat, David feels he'll be able to make a bigger impact for the state since Republicans
have long been a minority in California state politics.
With the federal redistricting, there was a newly drawn district available. Incumbent Jim Costa (a
Democrat) chose to stick with the city of Fresno, leaving a very agricultural district open for a new
face. It should be noted that Costa was born and raised on a dairy farm, as well.
Congressman Valadao is moving from representing 465,000 in the State Assembly to about 700,000
in Congress. But his district was growing and reached near 500,000 towards the end of his term.
With that many people to represent, being an incumbent in many parts of the same district helped
give David the upper hand.
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"My dad started in the dairy business in 1975," David explained. One dairy currently includes David,
his father and his brother, while another facility is a partnership of David, his uncle and another
Valadao Dairy is made up of 1,700 cows with 90 percent Holsteins and the rest Jerseys and
crossbreds. It's a standard "H" style dairy with a double-30 parallel BouMatic parlor. They milk two
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Valadao's area. "Water affects everybody, and that's what I focused most of my attention on during
the campaign," he explained. Energy costs and government regulations (many of which are Hoard's Dairyman
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|2010-06-17, 19:34
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Let's get started.
It is proclaimed that Rokkenjima is a closed circle on many an occasion. No one should be able to influence the game. Whether or not there ever was a "pleasure boat," for someone to wash up completely alive is absurd in and of itself. Ryuukishi has no reason to be able to justify breaking the typhoon barrier except "Bernkastel put her on the board." That in and of itself makes her different from every other human. Furthermore, Erika is the most absurd sort of character. She's a complete Mary Sue, able to boss around every character on the island and has all the authority. No human would EVER act like Erika. Not only that, but she makes several references to meta characters like her master outside of fantasy scenes, and even calls Battler "a mere piece."
Next, the justification. This mostly comes from Episode Six.
During her final battle with Beatrice, Erika has a very interesting internal monologue. She says, the only time we ever get inside her head,
"I am...the Witch of Truth, Erika Furudo. The witch of truth...is a witch...who can endure the truth. I think I can...finally...face the truth...about myself."
Immediately afterwards, she proclaims in red, Nice to meet you, hello! I am Furudo Erika, a detective!! I may be an uninvited guest, but please welcome me!! I am the visitor, the eighteenth human on Rokkenjima!! Battler and Beatrice reply, "We're sorry, but even if we welcome you, it's seventeen people." Erika is killed. Her existence has been denied. While she is the theoretical concept of the "18th Person," she doesn't actually exist. She isn't there.
Don't believe me yet? Check the TIPS.
Erika's EXECUTE TIP:
"Fell from a pleasure boat and is currently missing. Due to the Rokkenjima Explosion Accident that occurred shortly after, her accident went completely forgotten. Her family says that she might have drifted to Rokkenjima and gotten involved with that accident, but no evidence suggesting she was ever on the island could be found. Forgers who know of this accident often theorize that she drifted to Rokkenjima and add her in as part of the Illusion of the Witch."
Finally, it makes thematic sense. Erika's purpose thusfar has been to show the bias of the mystery side. Erika's entire theory in Episode 5 was a lie based in mystery, not fantasy. If Episodes 1-4 dealt with the lies perpetrated by fantasy, then Erika Furudo is the lie of mystery. An ubermensch detective, superior to humans, whose only purpose is to "solve the mystery."
As for the reds?
They're all explained with one little proclamation, made during Erika's first scene.
I proclaim that Erika Furudo is the detective!
Erika Furudo is the title of the piece Bernkastel chooses as the detective! For example, in Episode Five, "Erika" is Eva Ushiromiya!
|2010-06-17, 20:01
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Battler is the detective in Ep1-4
The red you mention doesn't really explain anything, you just interpret it your own way. Its relevance for your cause is zero.
That red as in the case of Battler just means what it means.
There's no reason to think the implication of that red statement should be different than in the case of Battler.
|2010-06-17, 20:09
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...and anyway, your "Battler is the detective in Ep. 1-4" is never proclaimed in red. The exact red statement was "Until now, you have been the DETECTIVE!" Don't proclaim red that isn't ever stated exactly as such ingame.
|2010-06-17, 20:18
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The reason why Erika can't be Eva.
At 24:00, only Erika, George, Jessica, Maria, Nanjo, Gohda, and Kumasawa existed outside the mansion
If only those characters are outside the mansion, Erika should have to be one of those people in that group. Since 'Erika' can't be in two places at once. More proof.
From 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM, Erika, Nanjo, and Gohda spent their time in the lounge on the first floor of the guesthouse. Erika was with Nanjo starting at 1:00AM. In the guesthouse.
At 24:00, Natsuhi, Krauss, and Genji were in the corridor on the second floor of the mansion. The rest of them were in the dining hall on the first floor.
Of all the people in the dining hall, not one of them left the dining hall until 1:00 AM...! Now you can try and say that 'the rest' allows Eva to be outside of the dinning room and therefore in the guesthouse. But!
During the short break at 1:00 AM, the first two to leave the dining hall were Rosa and Eva. Until Eva returned, everyone in the dining hall remained there. After seeing Rosa off, Eva went to the waiting room and sealed it. Of course, she did not enter the room at all at this time. This proves that Eva was in the dinning room until 1AM. Which we know Nanjo is in the guesthouse at this time, and Erika joins him, right at 1AM. Eva can't be in two places at once therefore I proclaim.
Erika can not be Ushiromiya Eva.
|2010-06-17, 20:27
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Eh, I remember some theorycraft that made it possible, but I don't remember offhand. It isn't important to the point I was making; that's a whole other battle. That blue was to illustrate my point.
You accept my premise as viable, though? That was all I intended to start at the moment.
|2010-06-17, 21:47
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It doesn't work that way. You have shown that red as a way to prove your point, but it actually doesn't prove anything. It proves your point only if you already assumed your point is true, but then it's redundant.
Who cares if "it can be taken" in a certain way? You are already taking "in a certain way" a tons of reds. But that is a way to interpret reds and not a way to prove your point with reds. You have no red backing your theory.
Therefore as long as the meaning of the original is intact I feel entitled to write it the way I want.
|2010-06-17, 22:04
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My premise is that "Erika doesn't exist because she was killed when Battler denied the existence of the 18th Person."
My interpretation of that red is nothing more than everyone else's interpretation of reds to allow Shkanon to be true, ie "person = personality."
In Umineko, you absolutely cannot twist the wording of ANYTHING. One difference in wording can be the difference between a theory being possible and being impossible.
There is a difference between "a translation of a red text" and "my own red text based on my reasoning and interpretation of established facts." One of these did NOT come from the author. Whether it's true or not, you cannot and must not say it in red. Because we lack that ability. The only one who can is the author. As long as a translation of red is literal and adheres to the author's words, then they are valid. But you can't just throw your own red around.
|2010-06-17, 22:04
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|2010-06-17, 22:06
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|2010-06-17, 22:09
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|2010-06-18, 02:28
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For example, we can say now that there was a large explosion leading to a large geological event that changed the shape of the island. In red.
But this is because Ryukishi gave us the answer already.
Although I guess we shouldn't go around quoting new reds until the game is over to avoid confusion of whether Ryukishi wrote it or it's something we just wrote...
|2010-06-18, 07:37
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That's not how you said it
But that's not quite right. It's your interpretation that explains the reds.
you don't even need to bring up that "erika is detective" red, most ghosterika theorists do without it quite fine.
About the out of games red truths is the issue solved? Because I think it is a widely spread habit to use them provided we have a certainty of their validity and it's just too bothersome to copy and paste reds from the game every single time.
I don't get why we should start changing this now and why we should start from me.
I think Kylon made a good point, and as long as there isn't some authority to force me to write reds exactly as witch hunt wrote them or a general wide consensus that I should, I'll keep doing it as I always did.
|2010-06-18, 18:24
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...okay, can we please get off the out-of-game reds topic? I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought that up, can we move on? My particular problem was that you were using an out of game red and then using its wording to debunk my reasoning. You can't do that. Theoretically, if that WERE proclaimed ingame, "Battler" could be a title of the detective in 1-4. But since we know that Battler exists, as we've been inside his head while he holds an objective viewpoint, it wouldn't apply that way. With Erika, we never have.
And anyway. My premise is that she doesn't exist. My method of making it work is that that particular red assigns the title to the Detective.
Can we discuss the theory itself, and not the semantics of the way I wrote it? Because this isn't getting us anywhere. I messed up. I'm sorry. Can we discuss the game now?
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|2010-06-18, 20:03
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But, even granting that my red quote wasn't accurate, I think it doesn't change that much for the matter of this discussion. What I wanted to point out is that we have a red claiming that Battler was a detective. It doesn't matter where or when.
So in other words a red claiming that a certain person is or was a detective, doesn't necessarily brings us to think that person is just a title, because, if it did, then both Battler and Erika would be "just titles".
Then you can argue that in Erika's case it does and Battler's case it doesn't, but why bothering? Theories that Erika is just the tittle affixed to some other character can exist regardless of that "Erika is the detective" red.
So maybe you are claiming that this red works as a hint. So Ryukishi in the end could point out: "hey I gave you that hint!", but imho it wouldn't work that good because of the fact Battler was said to be a detective as well.
To put it in another way.
There is a chance that the ghosterika theory is true, and that "Erika" is just the name of the piece (one of the 17) that Metaerika is using, and that Ryuukishi never really thought that "Erika is the detective" should be interpreted as "Erika is a codename for the detective", but simply "Erika (the piece metaerika is controlling) is the detective".
So there isn't really a strong relation between your interpretation of that red and the ghosterika theory.
|2010-06-18, 20:39
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All that red is for is to satisfy the Knox's 8th requirement of "Erika" being used to refer to the piece in question. It really all comes down to the same thing.
Since this is the Dawn thread, I will say that Erika is much, much easier to pinpoint in 6 than 5. We have red denying several peoples' involvement in the crime, and we have several people whom she killed.
Krauss, Rudolf, Hideyoshi, and Gohda were not involved the the murders of the six people, Natsuhi, Eva, Kyrie, Rosa, Maria, and Battler.
[Request: I am not the rescuer.] Of course not!
So Erika flat out cannot be Krauss, Rudolf, Hideyoshi, Gohda, Natsuhi, Eva, Kyrie, Rosa, Maria, Battler, or Kanon.
This leaves George, Jessica, Shannon, Genji, Nanjo, and Kumasawa.
My gut says Erika is George. Just 'cause I don't see it being Nanjo, Genji, or Kumasawa...and Jessica is so unbelievably opposed to murder. Shannon is (probably) Beatrice...and I'm pretty sure she's the bomber, not the culprit. And a George culprit theory allows for so many possibilities in earlier episodes. But I can't say anything for sure at the moment. I would say it's fairly likely she is either George or Shannon, though. Any thoughts?
|2010-06-18, 20:48
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If you want consistency across both episodes, she can't be George. George is laying in bed with fake injures during a time when Erika's location is fixed, as is Jessica. Nanjo's location is also fixed during this time (he's with Erika).
So taking into account reds from both episodes, she must be either Shannon, Kumasawa, or Genji. Probably Shannon.
|2010-06-18, 21:04
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Plus Genji was one of the other victims in episode 5 was he not?
|2010-06-18, 21:44
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Ushiromiya Battler returned to the cousins' room at 3:00 AM and fell asleep. After that, until the discovery of the crime, absolutely nothing out of the ordinary happened in the room!
In other words, it was impossible for Battler to commit murder or damage the corpses.
If we assume that an ubermensch detective with super hearing is absurd, then logically whoever Erika is was inside the cousins' room. Therefore, George could very possibly be Erika.
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None of those four possible opponents mentioned have ever played a game in Sanford Stadium, and only one of them – Michigan – has ever appeared on UGA's regular season schedule. The Bulldogs have visited Ann Arbor twice in their history, losing 26-0 in 1957 and winning 15-7 in 1965.
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Nadira Janibekova is professor of Philosophy and Uzbekistan Culture at the Gulistan State University. Understanding trends in Uzbekistan's cultural perceptions requires knowledge of the roles individual citizens play in their country. It also requires processing large quantities of statistical data, and understanding the meaning behind that information.
These are some of the skills that Ms. Janibekova and 20 other teachers, students and professionals learnt during the UNDP in Uzbekistan's 3rd Summer School on Human Development, held this year in the ancient city of Bukhara.
Four three days from the 25th to the 27th of June the schools participants, some new and some veterans from previous annual programmes, enhanced their familiarity of the concept of Human Development, and how it can be better measured and recorded in Uzbekistan.
A concept utilised globally by the UN to measure development, Human Development states that a nation's development should not be measured only by economic measures, but also by the welfare of individual citizens. In this regard, Human Development suggests that citizens should have access to and benefit from a range of opportunities and chances for happiness and success.
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While this year's school is over, the participants returning to their homes and communities showed great interest encouraging greater awareness of the Human Development concept among their peers. Encouraging knowledge sharing is one of the school's most important outcomes, said school facilitator Anton Kostyuchenko.
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Human Development summer and winter schools have been conducted by UNDP in Uzbekistan since 2010, with the involvement of over 387 students (173 women), and have been an important means to raise awareness of the Human Development concept within Uzbekistan. Please visit the Human Development section of the UNDP in Uzbekistan website to learn more about Uzbekistan's progress in this field.


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Carrot, Raisin and Toasted Pecan Salad
I never was a fan of carrot-raisin salads. Why mix those ingredients with a mayonnaise-based dressing? This recipe rethinks that approach. Out with the creamy dressing and in with a fresh, citrus version. A generous portion of golden raisins boosts the sweetness naturally.
If possible, use a box grater for the carrots. The food processor won't grate as evenly.
Carrot, Raisin and Toasted Pecan Salad
Zest of 1 large orange
¼ cup fresh orange juice
1 tablespoon honey
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 pound carrots, grated
1 cup golden raisins, coarsely chopped (4 ounces)
½ cup toasted pecans, coarsely chopped (2 ounces; see note)
Whisk together the orange zest, juice and honey in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Drizzle in the oil while whisking to form an emulsified vinaigrette.
Add the carrots, raisins and pecans, and toss to incorporate. Taste, and adjust the seasoning as needed. Let the salad sit for 15 minutes, then stir before serving.
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Egypt Orders Arrest of Muslim Brotherhood's Leader Following Deaths
Egypt has ordered the arrest of Mohamed Badie, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, along with several other key figures from the party that was behind ousted president Mohamed Morsi.
Badie is being blamed by the state prosecutor for inciting violence in Cairo on Monday, where pro-Morsi supporters clashed with soldiers and members of the opposition in incidents that left 50 people dead, BBC News reported.
Egypt's military has been rounding up members of the Brotherhood since Morsi was removed from power last week. The former president was given a 48-hour deadline to respond to demands from millions of Egyptians unhappy with the lack of economic and social progress the country had made in the last year, but remained defiant. After the deadline passed, the military said they were removing Morsi from power and suspending the constitution.
Adly Mansour, the chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court, was sworn in as interim president on Thursday, a day after Morsi was ousted. He called it a "glorious event" that the nation's youth had taken the initiative to march out on the streets and make their voices heard.
Clashes between Morsi supporters and opponents continued this week, with the Muslim Brotherhood refusing to concede control of the country. Though Morsi was democratically elected, some close to the situation in Egypt say that the Muslim Brotherhood used voter intimidation to help him get elected.
"I know this firsthand because I know folks on the ground. In thousands of villages, during the election, they stood with guns outside the polling booths. And if a Christian wanted to go in to vote, they would say 'You go in, and we'll kill you.' And so hundreds of thousands of Christians couldn't vote," Dr. Michael Youssef, founding pastor of the 3,000-member Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, told The Christian Post in an interview on Monday.
The pastor added that Christians in Egypt are "very happy" with Morsi's ousting, noting that the Muslim Brotherhood has been pushing to have Sharia Law rule the Islamic country.
The Brotherhood, on the other hand, is claiming that last week's actions against Morsi were a military coup. Its supporters continue protesting outside the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in the capital, demanding the former president be released from detention and put back in charge.
"In a police state when the police force are criminals, the judiciary are traitors, and the investigators are the fabricators, what can one do?" Brotherhood spokesman Gehad el-Haddad told Reuters, insisting that the arrest warrants are "nothing more than an attempt by the police state to dismantle the Rabaa protest."
The Freedom and Justice Party, the Brotherhood's political wing which won Egypt's first free parliamentary elections, said that it has no intention of taking part in any cabinet unless Morsi is reinstated as president.


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James Jones has made quite an impact on the Yale basketball program. In nine seasons, Jones has guided Yale to success not seen in New Haven in 40 years. In 2001-02, Jones led the Bulldogs to their first Ivy League title since 1962-63 and the first postseason tournament victory in the 107-year history of Yale basketball. The team won 21 games, the second most in the modern era of Yale basketball, and reached the second round of the National Invitation Tournament. Jones' success did not go unnoticed. He was named the Ivy League Coach of the Year by Basketball America and CollegeInsider.com. Following Yale's weekend sweep of Penn and Princeton, Dick Vitale selected Jones as his Coach of the Week. Jones, the longest tenured coach in the Ivy League, earned his 100th victory at Yale when the Bulldogs beat Columbia on Feb. 9, 2007. He is only the fourth coach in school history with at least 100 wins. His overall record at Yale is 117-134, including a 69-57 (.548) mark in Ivy games. The Bulldogs have won at least 10 Ivy games twice during his tenure and have had a .500 or better record in league play in each of the last eight years, which hasn't happened at Yale since the official start of Ivy play in 1956-57. Jones was named Yale's 22nd head coach on Apr. 27, 1999, and he immediately put his stamp on the program as the Bulldogs more than doubled their Division I win total from the previous season and improved to fifth place in the Ivy League. In 2000-2001 the turnaround continued as Yale entered the final weekend of the regular season in the hunt for the Ivy League championship. The captain of that 2000-01 team, Neil Yanke, signed a free agent contract with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2004. Jones recruited Yanke to Yale as an assistant coach and then was his head coach for two years. In the 2001-02, Jones guided the Bulldogs to one of the most memorable seasons in school history. Yale finished 21-11 and earned a share of the Ivy title with Penn and Princeton. The Bulldogs upset Rutgers in the first round of the NIT before falling to Tennessee Tech at the New Haven Coliseum in front of the largest crowd ever to watch Yale Basketball in New Haven. In the process the Bulldogs set five school records. The 2,394 points scored was a new mark, topping the 2,089 scored by the 1948-49 team. The Bulldogs also set new records for three-pointers made (228) and attempted (671), and for most free throws made (558) and attempted (796). Several of Jones' players have gone on to play professionally overseas, including Ted Smith (England), Matt Minoff (Israel), Paul Vitelli (Italy), Dominick Martin (Spain) and Edwin Draughan (France). Draughan, who graduated in 2005, was one of the most successful players in Yale history. He finished seventh all-time at Yale in scoring with 1,413 points and second in steals and fifth in assists. One of Jones' goals when he took the job was to upgrade Yale's schedule, a promise he has delivered on. In 2001-02 the Bulldogs finished 1-0 against the Big Ten (Penn State), 1-0 against the ACC (Clemson), 1-0 against the Big East (Rutgers) and 1-1 against the Atlantic 10 (win over Rhode Island, loss to George Washington). In addition, Yale played in the inaugural Guardians Classic, a pre-season tournament. In 2000-01, Penn State became the first Big Ten school to play in the Payne Whitney Gym, and in 2003-04 Wake Forest came to Connecticut to play the Bulldogs at The Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport. Jones served as an assistant coach to Villanova's Jay Wright for the 2007 USA Basketball Men's Pan American Games Team. He helped tutor Georgetown's Roy Hibbert, Michigan State's Drew Neitzel and Indiana's D.J. White. In 2006, Jones was selected by the USA Basketball Men's Collegiate Committee, chaired by Syracuse's Jim Boeheim, as a court coach for the 2006 USA Men's U18 National Team Trials. In addition to his coaching duties, Jones has been active in the New Haven community. Each summer he runs the James Jones Bulldog Basketball Camp. In 2002 he was the recipient of the President's Award from the Greater New Haven NAACP at its 85th Freedom Fund dinner. As an assistant coach at Yale for two seasons from 1995-97, Jones gained a great understanding of Ivy League basketball. He returned to Yale as head coach after two years as an assistant coach at Ohio University, where he was primarily responsible for coordinating the Bobcats' recruiting efforts and developing the post players. In 1998-99 he helped guide Ohio to an 18-10 overall record and a berth in the Mid American Conference Tournament semifinals. At Ohio, he recruited Brandon Hunter, who was a second round pick of the Boston Celtics in the 2002 NBA draft. A Long Island, N.Y., native, Jones served as an assistant basketball coach for five seasons (1990-95) at his alma mater, the University at Albany (N.Y.). In his final two coaching seasons at Albany, he helped lead the team to a 44-11 record and two appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including reaching the Elite Eight in 1993-94. His primary responsibilities included recruiting, scouting, supervising the fall conditioning program and advising team members on academic matters. The team was 93-40 during his five seasons on the bench. Jones graduated from Albany in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in communications and in 1995 earned his master's in educational administration. As a player at Albany, Jones was captain of the freshman team and was selected as the team's Freshman of the Year. He played for and coached with the legendary Dr. Richard Sauers, one of only seven collegiate coaches to win more than 700 games. Jones is an active member of several organizations, including the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the New York State Basketball Coaches Association and the Black Coaches Association. Before entering the coaching profession, Jones served as an executive account manager at NCR Corporation in Albany, N.Y., where he managed a $1.5 million sales territory. James' younger brother Joe is the head coach at Columbia. The only other time in Ivy League history that two brothers simultaneously served as head basketball coaches was from 1924 to 1928. Basketball Hall of Famer Ed Wachter was the coach at Harvard while his brother Leonard coached at Dartmouth in the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, the forerunner of the Ivy League. The Jones brothers are one of two active brother duos coaching at the Division I level. Seth and Brad Greenberg are the head coaches at Virginia Tech and Radford. Research indicates that two brothers coaching within the same conference is extremely rare. The most notable tandem was Clarence and Hank Iba, who each coached in the Missouri Valley Conference from 1949 to 1957. Clarence was in charge at Tulsa while Hank coached Oklahoma State.


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Beale hints at league switch
Australia five-eighth Kurtley Beale has admitted he would like to make the cross-code switch to rugby league one day.
The 24-year-old played the 13-a-side code is his junior days and, while he is likely to remain a Wallaby until at least the 2015 World Cup, he conceded the chance to test himself in the NRL was appealing.
"It's always lingering in the back of my mind," Melbourne Rebels star Beale said, after completing a cross-code training session with NRL side the Storm.
"I'm a massive fan of rugby league and I played it all my junior career.
"I'm always switching channels to watch it on the weekend.
"Hopefully later on, in the years to come, I will be able to put my hand up and have a crack at it."
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Prank played on an intoxicated friend by which you spackle their hairy crack with peanut butter.
Damien came home in drunken stupor, chowed down on some peanut butter & jelly sandwiches then passed out. Afterwards, Jeff shoved the peanut butter knife down the crack of his hairy ass, giving him a Peanut Butter Wolf.
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Tuesday night's Tri-City Challenge underscored an unusual level of struggles on the Tri-Cities soccer scene this season.
This year's doubleheader – pitting Geneva against St. Charles East and Batavia against St. Charles North – showcased three teams with losing records, all but the surging Saints (11-2-1). By night's end, Batavia and Geneva still stood at only two wins apiece.
Coach Eric Willson's North Stars (6-7-2) aren't in quite as sorry shape, but Willson still had a hard time recalling a year that's been this difficult for an area that is usually a soccer hot spot.
"I don't think there has been [a year like this]" Willson said. "I don't have the stats or records in front of me but I don't think it's been like that. East is having a great year, but I think one thing you can count on when these teams are playing is that guys are going to be battling and guys are going to fight hard and, for the most part, you're going to get some pretty close games.
"So it's a fun night to be a part of. It's always good to see these teams getting after each other. I think we feel pretty lucky to be part of a night like this."
Although his team was fresh off a 4-0 loss to East, Vikings coach Ryan Estabrook still thinks his team is capable of a respectable finish.
"We've played some very good teams close," Estabrook said. "We played Hinsdale (Central) very close last week. We know we can play some very good teams, it's just a matter of being consistent."
Thrown into the fire
Geneva freshman goalkeeper Duncan Turnbull had a difficult debut assignments in contending with the Saints, who spent much of the match buzzing around their offensive end.
Turnbull was filling in for usual starter Joe Mozden, a junior who suffered a concussion during a recent match against Wheaton Academy.
"I think he did admirably," Estabrook said of Turnbull. "He was under a lot of pressure. You don't want to see a kid like that get rocked in his first high school start but I think it was a good experience for him, and I think it's going to be [helpful] going forward as well."
Estabrook said he expected Mozden, who took an inadvertent elbow while defending a corner kick, to be available for a return by the end of this week.
Plenty of time to party
East enjoyed a light workload this week. After Tuesday's win against Geneva, the Saints had no more games scheduled, allowing ample time to partake in the school's homecoming week festivities.
"I told the boys, listen, I'm asking for 80 minutes this week," East coach Paul Jennison said. "I'm not asking for anything over the top, nothing too serious. I'm looking for 80 minutes – take care of business, and then you can go and enjoy yourselves. It makes it a lot more worthwhile when you've put in the hard work, and then you get the reward after it."
Next week's pace offers a sharp contrast. The Saints are scheduled to play four matches, starting with Monday's home tilt against Plainfield North and concluding with a crosstown showdown against visiting St. Charles North on Oct. 6.
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What he did: Morton scored three goals against Belvidere at last week's St. Charles Invitational and also tallied in Tuesday's Suburban Christian Conference win against St. Edward.
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What it did: The Saints had Geneva on lock-down throughout Tuesday's 4-0 Upstate Eight Conference River win against the Vikings, with senior Ben Womac, junior Jake Sterling and sophomore Brandon Villanueva among those keeping Geneva's scoring threats in check.
St. Charles East will be the top seed in the 18-team IHSA Class 3A York Sectional.
St. Charles North (8) is part of the same sectional, while Batavia and Geneva are both included in the 18-team West Chicago Sectional, where Geneva is seeded 16th and Batavia 17th.
Kaneland, meanwhile, is the top seed in the five-team 2A Burlington Central Regional.
How Suburban Christian Conference rivals St. Francis and Wheaton Academy fare when the teams meet in what should be a quality matchup on Wednesday night in West Chicago.
Sure, things have been looking bleak for Batavia and Geneva, but Sly refuses to believe these teams are going to go out with a whimper.
Not predicting anything too crazy here, but look for at least one if not both of these teams to muster some kind of winning streak before the season is through.
Otherwise, we're looking at the high school soccer equivalent of the 100-loss season the Cubs are flirting with, and Sly refuses to believe that's going to be the case.


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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Dreamland: Thoughts on Poetry in America
I'm trying to figure out what sounds better? Saying, "I'm a poet" or saying "I write poetry." They both require me cowgirl up if I want to be honest about it.
When someone asks you what you do, is it hard for you to come up with an answer?
I definitely need a normal response without feeling as if I need to go into my whole life history to prove that I am serious and not a writer for Hallmark cards (not that there's anything wrong with that, those folks get a paycheck for writing). But here's how it always plays out--
Person: So you're a writer?
Me: awkward silence then a yes.
Person: What do you write?
Me: (long pause as I go through my head): "what have I written? Should I say the poetry book first or something a little more mainstream like that article I wrote or even better, that essay on motherhood, yes, that's a good one...
Me: I edit a literary journal. (then thinking, that doesn't make sense to his question or make me a writer, just tell him you write poems.)
Me: And I write poetry.
Person: awkward silence. How about those Huskies on Saturday?
My perfect conversation would go something like this--
Person: You're a writer.
Me: Yes, I'm focused mostly on poetry, but also write essays and reviews. Sometimes a little fiction.
Person: I just read Beth Ann Fennelly and found her work to be a very accessible yet complex writer.
Me: She's a favorite poet of mine. Her first book, Open House, was my favorite. I'd love to read another collection by her.
Person: I find there are so many wonderful and well-known poets in America. I've been reading Field, 5 am, and Crab Creek Review and just keep finding more.
Me: Those are my favorite journals as well. In fact I edit Crab Creek Review so I'm thrilled to hear you like it.
Person: Yes, it was wonderful how it was featured on the Conan O'Brien show. And it was lovely how he had you and the other editor come out and discuss the work in your journal, that was how I learned about it.
Me: Yes, that was a lovely night. My dress was Prada, they give women poets free designer dresses you know? The men get Gucci shoes.
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When people ask me what I do, I tell them I write poems. Not, usually, "I'm a poet" or "I write poetry," but "I write poems." People don't seem to be quite as pulled up short by "poems" as they sometimes do by "poetry."ReplyDelete
It depends a little on the context. If I'm at some writing event I'll usually say I'm a poet. If it's the middle of the day and it's a random conversation with someone, mentioning where we work, I'll just tell them where I work at my day job.
The last time someone asked me if I'm a writer, it was a guy sitting at the next table in a local coffeehouse, and I said yeah, I'm a poet, and it turned out he edits a small local poetry magazine I'd never heard of before. (That much isn't unusual -- Minneapolis and St. Paul are crowded with poets.)
it isn't often i am even asked the question. i usually reply "i do freelance writing" and, in general, no one asks beyond that. i think i like it that way :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous3:27 PM, September 19, 2009
Last month, I stumbled onto a copy of Open House in a used book store. I didn't know anything about Beth Ann Fennelly, but I was intrigued enough to buy it. I ended up loving it, so it was a great accident. The Impossibility Of Laguage and Mother Sends My Poem To Her Sister With Post-its were immediate favorites.ReplyDelete


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From slow food to high-speed adventure, a houseboat holiday down Australia's mighty Murray River has something for everyone. Kids and captains alike will love discovering the Murray, which winds between New South Wales and Victoria, then through South Australia to the ocean. Moor at secluded beaches or at historic riverside towns such as Echuca-Moama, Mildura, Swan Hill, Renmark and Loxton. Enjoy leisurely indulgence at the restaurants, wineries and golf courses. Or embrace one of the Murray's many natural adventures. Learn to water ski, canoe the lagoons, bird-watch in the wetlands and bushwalk through the red gum forests.
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