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Former NFL player, Beaumont native Bubba Smith dies
According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, former NFL star and actor Bubba Smith died on Wednesday. He was 66. There was no immediate determination of death, but officials believe he died of natural causes.
Born Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith in Orange on Feb. 28, 1945, Smith attended Beaumont Pollard High School and played football under his late father, the legendary Willie Ray Smith.
Bubba received a football scholarship at Michigan State and was selected first in the 1967 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts and he won a Super Bowl in 1970. Smith also played for Oakland and Houston and two Pro Bowls. His jersey No. 95 was retired by Michigan State and he was also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Many know Smith from his movie and television roles. He played the lovable 6-foot-7 Moses Hightower in the Police Academy series.
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Bruce Browne, half-brother of ex-senator, pleads guilty to impersonating federal officer
Bridgeport — Bruce W. Browne, the estranged half-brother of a former U.S. senator, wanted to impress his fiancée during an outing in Old Lyme last summer, so he commandeered a boat and pretended he was a U.S. Coast Guard agent.
Browne pulled over a Jet-ski driver and ordered him to return to the dock because he did not have a boating license, according to testimony Monday in U.S. District Court.
In March 2013, Browne volunteered to help a woman he knew dissuade her teenage sons from using marijuana, so he impersonated a federal agent and went to the family home, wielding a gun and putting one boy in handcuffs during a so-called "scared straight" intervention.
Browne, 47, of Wolcott, admitted to those crimes Monday in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport, where he waived indictment and pleaded guilty to two counts of impersonating a federal officer.
He also pleaded guilty to altering his 2002 discharge form from the U.S. Coast Guard reserve when he applied for a Connecticut pistol permit in February 2013. He had been discharged "under other than honorable conditions," according to U.S. Attorney Ray Miller, but Browne obliterated the words "under other than" when submitting the discharge form to state authorities.
He is now a convicted felon facing up to 18 months in prison, a fine of up to $30,000 and a year of supervised release when he is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill on May 19. Browne was released on a $200,000 bond, ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation and to have no contact with the victims or witnesses of his crimes.
Browne is the half-brother of former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts, although they spell their last names differently. Scott Brown has said they are not close. Browne owns a security company, Northeast Surveillance & Communications, and will be permitted to travel along the East Coast for business while awaiting sentencing.
Browne had initially been charged by Old Lyme and state police following the Aug. 8 incident in Old Lyme, but federal authorities, including agents from the U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security, undertook an investigation due to the nature of the charges. The state charges are still pending.
In the Old Lyme incident, Browne initially told local police he was a Coast Guard agent, then admitted he was trying to impress his fiancée, according to Miller, the U.S. attorney. The police searched Browne's car, a Ford Crown Victoria outfitted as a police vehicle, and seized numerous law enforcement items, including a bulletproof/tactical vest with police insignia and a Transportation Security Administration badge, multiple sets of handcuffs, three handguns, loaded gun magazines, significant quantities of ammunition including hollow point bullets, a knife, and a police tactical baton.
Released on bond, Browne threw four other law enforcement badges in his possession into the Chestnut Hill Reservoir in Wolcott. He subsequently informed federal authorities of his actions and, on Sept. 27, 2013, a dive team from the Connecticut State Police recovered the badges.
During Monday's court proceeding, Browne, wearing a white dress shirt, sat between defense attorneys Richard Cramer and William Gerace and quietly answered a series of questions posed by the judge. Underhill told Browne he would not be able to vote, serve on a jury or own firearms.
"If you pleaded guilty today, you cannot ever have a gun in your house, a gun in your car," the judge said. "You can't be around people who have guns."
Browne said he understood.
Browne was visiting his fiancée's vacation home in the Point O' Woods section of Old Lyme last summer when a resident called police to report a man was walking on Sea View Road wearing a "SWAT-like uniform" and carrying a gun, according to police.
The resident said Browne identified himself as a member of the Coast Guard's security team who was going to take photos of the barque Eagle, which was returning to New London from its summer cruise. The witness wrote down Browne's license plate number, and officers located the car at 32 Sea View Road, where Browne was attending a cookout, police said.
The police learned that Browne's fiancée asked a friend to take Browne out on the friend's boat. As the boat was backing out of the slip, Browne informed the boat owner that "I am commandeering your boat. Your boat is now a U.S. Coast Guard vessel." The boat owner thought Browne was kidding, according to Miller, the federal prosecutor, but he wasn't. At Browne's direction, the boat owner approached two boats operated by private citizens. In each instance, he required the boat operators to produce their boating licenses.
In the "scared straight" incident in March 2013, he offered to help an acquaintance who believed Browne was a federal law enforcement officer with experience in narcotics matters, according to the government. Browne arrived in a Crown Victoria that resembled a police vehicle, displayed a badge and had a holstered gun and handcuffs secured on his belt. He introduced himself to the 15- and 17-year-olds as "Agent Brice" and "Detective Brice" and escorted them to their rooms while ordering their mother to stay downstairs.
The mother later learned from her son that Browne had drawn his gun and handcuffed her son while searching the room. Eventually, Browne walked downstairs with one of the minors and entered the garage, pointing the unholstered gun in the boy's direction. He returned with a backpack that contained about $200, a small amount of what appeared to be marijuana and a pipe. After confirming with the mother that the money was from a legitimate source, Browne gave her the money and took the backpack and all of its contents. He told the boys he had conducted surveillance on the boys in the prior week and related several incidents to them that seemed to authenticate that claim.
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Two Spatial Cognition Conferences and SILC Participation
David Miller, Northwestern University and Steven Weisberg, Temple University
Spatial cognition researchers from across the world flocked to Europe this September for two international conferences: Spatial Cognition (Bavaria, Germany) and International Conference on Spatial Cognition (Rome, Italy). The former which occurs bi-annually and the latter which occurs tri-annually overlap once every six years and provide complementary venues for the presentation of spatial research. SILC was well represented at these conferences, which together included 26 presentations of SILC-affiliated research. Attendees found the conferences to be exciting opportunities for forming international collaborations and learning about the latest spatial cognition research.
Spatial Cognition 2012, Bavaria, Germany
If we don't include spatial ability into models of psychological diversity, we will never come to a full understanding of human consciousness.
–David Lubinski, Professor at Vanderbilt University, Keynote Address at the 2012 Spatial Cognition Conference in Bavaria, Germany
With the above powerful quote, David Lubinksi concludes his fascinating talk about the unique role of spatial thinking in learning, work, and creativity. His talk was one of three keynote addresses at the intimate and lively 2012 Spatial Cognition conference in Bavaria, Germany, co-chaired by SILC professor David Uttal. Reflecting the conference's intellectual diversity, other keynote speakers were Bastian Leibe presenting about robots that can understand dynamic visual scenes and J. Kevin O'Regen presenting about computational models of detecting spatial features of environments.
A distinguishing feature of the conference was the ample time given to networking and socializing. All participants stayed and ate together in a converted monastery in the secluded town Seeon, Germany. Conference registration included catered meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) of authentic, delicious Bavarian food such as Weisswurst (white sausage) and Frikadeller (meat dumplings). These meals and extended coffee breaks allowed all participants to connect with each other including early graduate students with top distinguished spatial cognition researchers. For instance, lunch breaks were an hour and a half long and coffee breaks were half-hour long, with no other events scheduled at those times.
The conference was intimate with ~100 participants, 43 presentations, 11 posters, and 5 workshops. Presentations were single-track, meaning that everyone attended the same talks that provided a common ground among all participants. The poster session was two hours long allowing for rich, extended discussions. Participants' backgrounds were extremely diverse including expertise in computational modeling, education, linguistics, psychology, and robotics to name just a few fields!
Both beginning and experienced researchers gained methodological training at the pre-conference workshops. Participants learned from each other on topics such as how to use virtual reality environments or linguistic data to advance spatial cognition research. SILC professor Ken Forbus organized a half-day workshop on how the SILC-developed CogSketch tool can help gather rich, interesting sketching data.
The conference and attendees were extremely welcoming towards graduate students. For instance, doctoral researchers presented and discussed with each other in a special doctoral colloquium event. This colloquium, chaired by SILC professor David Uttal, occurred over two mornings and featured the research of ten doctoral students. Six out of these ten presenters were SILC-affiliated! Students benefitted from presenting their research and talking with the colloquium's discussant, SILC advisory board member Marcia Linn.
The conference ended with a social dinner event at a nearby beer garden restaurant and tour of the monastery. At the end of the monastery tour, the tour guide treated attendees to a beautiful rendition of Ave Maria accompanied by the harpsichord stored inside the monastery's chapel. In addition to hearing this beautiful music, everyone left the conference with full stomachs and fresh new insights about spatial cognition research.
International Conference on Spatial Cognition 2012, Rome, Italy
On a rainy Tuesday afternoon in Rome, in the first three hours of the International Conference of Spatial Cognition (ICSC), attendees were treated to a microcosm of the conference to come. First, Dr. Marta Olivetti Belardinelli set the stage for the variety of the research that would be presented by tracing the development of ICSC over the past 12 years. What started, she said, from a small, local meeting of mostly European cognitive researchers has exploded into a cross-disciplinary, international convention. Next, in an hour long, data-infused keynote address, Dr. Alain Berthoz guided the audience through his long career of work on the neuroscience of spatial orientation. Finally, attendees schmoozed and noshed around a crowded foyer, sipping Italian wine and eating porchetta. These themes – interdisciplinarity, detailed discussions of data, and social engagement – discernible in the first three hours, played out over the rest of the conference.
Hosted by the Psychology Department of La Sapienza University of Rome, the 5th ICSC brought together researchers from a wide disciplinary and geographic range. Over five packed days, graduate students, post-docs, and faculty members presented and attended talks related to the conference's theme of "Space and Embodied Cognition." The conference, which was double-track except for the keynotes, included 18 organized symposia, 12 oral sessions, 74 poster presenations, and approximately 250 attendees. Geographically, 192 participants came from European universities, 42 were from North America, 9 from Asia, and 3 each from Oceania and South America.
Dr. Berthoz's talk was one of 5 keynote presentations which were as diverse as the rest of the conference. Dr. Karl Friston showed how mathematical models could be used to simulate how the perception-action system works to minimize surprise. In a talk that spanned psychology and philosophy, Dr. Michael Spivey presented his definition of embodied cognition as mind-centered, but environment-extended. The final two keynotes were focused on neuroscience at different levels. Dr. Marc Ernst discussed multi-sensory integration in the human brain. Dr. Luciano Fadiga described single-cell recording s from premotor cortex that respond, remarkably, to visual stimuli in peripersonal space.
The social centerpiece of the conference was an elegant dinner drawn out, Italian-style, over 5 hours on Thursday evening. Aperitifs and appetizers were the prelude to a sit-down 4-course meal that included Italian classics like prosciutto and canteloupe, risotto, artichokes, and veal. The dinner provided a relaxed contrast to the hectic conference schedule where colleagues chatted over wine about their latest research findings, new directions for the field of spatial cognition, or their indulgences in local Roman sites and culture.
SILC Participation
Across conferences, attendees included 6 professors, 2 postdocs, and 11 graduate students from SILC institutions as well as 5 SILC alumni. Below is a list of these people showing the rich diversity of SILC attendees.
Northwestern University
- ♦ Professor David Uttal: attended both, was co-author on talks at both, co-chair of Spatial Cognition
- ♦ Professor Dedre Gentner (SILC Co-PI): presented at ICSC, attended both, was co-author on talks at both
- ♦ Professor Ken Forbus: presented at both
- ♦ Postdoc Erin Wilkerson: presented at ICSC, attended both
- ♦ Graduate Student Lei Yuan: presented at both
- ♦ Graduate Student Nina Simms: presented at both
- ♦ Graduate Student David Miller: presented at Spatial Cognition, attended both
- ♦ Graduate Student Linsey Smith: presented at Spatial Cognition, attended both
- ♦ Graduate Student Anja Jamrozik: presented at ICSC, attended both
- ♦ Graduate Student Jon Wetzel: presented and helped organize workshop at Spatial Cognition
- ♦ Alumnus Andrew Lovett: presented and helped organize workshop at Spatial Cognition
University of Chicago
- ♦ Professor Susan Goldin-Meadow (SILC Co-PI): presented at ICSC
- ♦ Professor Susan Levine (SILC Co-PI): attended both, presented at ICSC
- ♦ Postdoc Raedy Ping: presented at ICSC
- ♦ Graduate Student Carly Kontra: presented at ICSC
- ♦ Graduate Student Gerardo Ramirez: presented at ICSC
Temple University
- ♦ Professor Nora Newcombe (SILC PI): attended both, was co-author on talks at both
- ♦ Graduate Student Kinnari Atit: attended and was co-author on talk at Spatial Cognition
- ♦ Graduate Student Steven Weisberg: presented at both
- ♦ Alumnus Daniele Nardi (now at Sapienza University): presented at ICSC
- ♦ Alumnus Andrea Frick (now at University of Bern): presented at both
- ♦ Alumnus Victor Schinazi (now at University of Oregon): presented at both
- ♦ Alumnus Mark Holden (now at University of Western Ontario): presented at Spatial Cognition
- ♦ Alumnus Alexandra Twyman (now at University of Western Ontario): presented at Spatial Cognition


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TORONTO – Olivia Chow says she hopes an upcoming CBC biopic about late New Democratic leader Jack Layton inspires viewers to "live in a hopeful and loving way."
Layton's widow made the remarks following an advance screening of the film "Jack" at a Toronto theatre.
Friends and dignitaries in the audience included Layton's children Mike Layton and Sarah Layton, and 2011 federal campaign team members Brad Lavigne, Karl Belanger, Brian Topp and Anne McGrath.
"Jack" traces Chow and Layton's love affair, as well as his run through Toronto municipal politics, his emergence onto the national stage, the NDP's triumphant federal election campaign and his death from cancer just weeks later.
Rick Roberts stars as Layton, while CBC Radio personality Sook-Yin Lee plays Chow.
"Jack" premieres Sunday on CBC-TV. Special pre-screenings are also planned Tuesday in Ottawa and Thursday in Winnipeg, where the film was shot.
"Now, it's a movie, so Jack and I actually didn't kiss that much," Chow said to laughter as she took the microphone after the screening, which included a racy bedroom scene.
The federal MP noted that she's often asked why she gave her blessing to the film. She said she hopes it can inspire viewers to know they have the power to make a difference.
"Life is actually quite short and temporary," said Chow, joined at the front of the theatre by about 20 cast members, family and party faithful.
"If we can seize the moment and do as much and live as full a life as we can and make a difference (that's worth knowing). And we can make a difference … So if we could get people to get a sense that: Yes, they can make a difference, yes they can live in a hopeful and loving way and change the world or change the community, change the neighbourhood, a little bit at a time. And that's worth the movie and all of us coming together."
Co-stars at the theatre included Wendy Crewson, who played McGrath; Zachary Bennett, who portrayed Lavigne; Joel Keller, who was Belanger and Judah Katz as Topp.
McGrath said she was so excited when she learned Crewson would play her, chuckling that "she's smarter and prettier than me but she did a fantastic job."
"One of the great things that I have liked about this whole process is how much respect I think there was between the producers and director and people that were working on it to talk to us and to find out how things were," said McGrath.
"To have been involved for the period of time that we had with Jack, to have had the privilege of working with him and with all of the people that he was able to inspire and bring around to him was a once in a lifetime opportunity.
"It was an awesome experience and what I love about this is that we get to relive it and remember it and it can sustain us to keep going."


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"Tómasson" Surname
Surnames That Sort Like "Tómasson"
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Frequency of "Tómasson" Surname in the US
2000 US Census
The surname "Tómasson" is not included in the US Census Bureau's ranking of surnames with 100 or more people. Since fewer than 100 people with this surname were included in the 2000 Census, it is relatively uncommon.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000", US Census Bureau.
1990 US Census
Accoring to the US Census Bureau, "Tomasson" ranked #77,089 in frequency out of 88,799 surnames for which statistics were released from the 1990 Census.
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Advent season anticipates End to come, despite Mayan prediction
The Bangor Daily News recently ran a pretty extensive article on the often-cited approaching doomsday of December 21st, 2012 as set forth by the Mayan calendar. While most scoff at the possibility of there being any credibility to the Mayan prediction, there are conspiracy theorists and "doomsday preppers" that aren't taking any chances- stocking up on everything from nonperishable food items to guns and ammo.
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Syphilitic myelopathy is a complication of untreated syphilis that involves
Alternative Names
Locomotor ataxia
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Syphilitic myelopathy is a form of
The condition called tabes dorsalis includes syphilitic myelopathy and other symptoms of nerve damage.
The infection damages the spinal cord and
Syphilitic myelopathy is now very rare because syphilis is usually treated early in the disease. Blood tests can identify the disease in its silent (latent) form. People who donate blood and pregnant women are given these tests.
- Abnormal sensations (
paresthesia), often called "lightning pains"
- Difficulty walking
- Loss of coordination
- Loss of reflexes
- Muscle weakness
- Wide-based gait (the person walks with the legs far apart)
In syphilitic myelopathy, there are also symptoms of nervous system damage, including:
- Mental illness
- Stroke
- Vision changes
Signs and tests
- Damage to the spinal cord (myelopathy)
- Pupils that react abnormally to light
- Reduced or absent reflexes due to nerve damage
Tests may include the following:
CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) examination Head CT, spine CT, or MRIscans of the brain and spinal cord to rule out other diseases Serum VDRLor serum RPR(used as a screening test for syphilis infection -- if it is positive, one of the following tests will be needed to confirm the diagnosis):
The goals of treatment are to cure the infection and slow the progression of the disorder. Treating the infection helps prevent new nerve damage and may reduce symptoms, but it does not reverse existing nerve damage.
For neurosyphilis, aqueous penicillin G (by injection) is the drug of choice. Some patients with penicillin allergies may have to be desensitized to penicillin so that they can be safely treated with it.
Symptoms of existing neurologic damage need to be treated. People who are unable to eat, dress themselves, or take care of themselves may need help. Rehabilitation, physical therapy, and occupational therapy may help people who have muscle weakness.
You may need
Expectations (prognosis)
Progressive disability is possible if the disorder is left untreated.
- Complications of late-stage syphilis infection, which may include:
- Inflammation of the aorta (aortitis) with
aortic aneurysm
- Disease of the heart valves
- Damage to bones, skin, and other organs
- Inflammation of the aorta (aortitis) with
- Complications of neurosyphilis, including dementia, stroke, eye disease
- Difficulty with walking and balance
- Paralysis
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if you have:
Loss of coordination
- Loss of muscle strength
Loss of sensation
Proper treatment and follow-up of primary syphilis infections reduces the risk of developing syphilitic myelopathy.
If you are sexually active, practice safe sex and always use a condom.
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, Florida '66
College Football Hall of Famer and 1966 Heisman Trophy winner. A two-time All-American quarterback, he passed for 4,848 career yards and 36 TDs before a 10 year NFL career with the San Francisco 49ers (1967-75) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1976). Head coach of the USFL Tampa Bay Bandits in 1983-85 (35-19), he has since been head coach at Duke and Florida, posting a 12 year record of 113-31-2 with nine bowl game appearances (prior to 1999).
, Washington State '52
American Sports Broadcasters Assn. Hall of Famer who started at stations in Seattle and Los Angeles before joining ABC-TV. The first play-by-play voice on "ABC's Monday Night Football", he also covered the World Series, was on "Monday Night Baseball" (1976-83) and has specialized in college football for two decades. He returned to ABC-TV's college coverage this fall after a one year retirement.
, Purdue '55
Pro Football Hall of Famer and 1956 All-American quarterback. Played 19 NFL-AFL seasons (1957-75), primarily with the Kansas City Chiefs. He threw for 28,711 career yards with 239 TDs and was 1962 AFL Player of the Year and 1973 NFL Man of the Year. He was an All-AFL first teamer in 1962-66 and All-AFL second teamer in 1964-68. He was an NBC TV commentator (1978-82) and hosted HBO's "Inside the NFL" show for 10 years.
, Occidental '54
Pro football quarterback for 10 AFL-NFL seasons, primarily with the San Diego Chargers and Buffalo Bills. He threw for 21,218 career yards and 114 TDs; played in seven AFL All-Star Games; and was All-AFL first team in 1960-65 and All-AFL second team in 1961-63-66.
, Occidental '55
Pro football head coach since 1983. After serving his alma mater as head coach in 1964-66, he was a Division I college assistant until joining the Seattle Seahawks in 1978 as defensive line coach. He was head coach of the USFL Philadelphia Stars, winning two titles and posting a 48-13-1 mark in 1983-85. After serving as New Orleans Saints head coach from 1986 to 1996, he became Indianapolis Colts head coach in 1998.
, Indiana State '64
Major league baseball lefthanded pitcher whose career lasted 26 seasons, despite arm problems. Pitching for the Indians, White Sox, Angels, Dodgers, Yankees and Athletics, he was in 760 games, posting a 288-231 record, 3.34 ERA and 2,245 strikeouts. He had three 20 win seasons, capped by 22-9 for the Yankees in 1980 (to earn AL All-Star Team status) and was in three World Series. Ranked by the 1999 book Total Baseball as one of the 400 greatest players.
, Ohio State '43
Pro Football Hall of Famer (kicker-offensive tackle) and the first player to score more than 1,000 career points and kick 200 career field goals. A Cleveland Browns player for 21 years in AAFC (1946-49) and NFL (1950-59, 1961-67), he was named to the NFL 1950's All-Decade team, won All-NFL honors six times and played in nine Pro Bowls.
, Florida '85
Eight NFL seasons as wide receiver with Cincinnati Bengals (417 receptions for 6,658 yards, 38 TDs); All-NFL 2nd team, 1981-82-83; TV analyst for HBO, NBC and "Fox NFL Sunday" (1998-99).
, Purdue '72
All-American defensive tackle, 1972, 16 NFL seasons with St. Louis Cardinals (1973-74) and Washington Redskins (1975-88). He was All-NFL first team in1983 and All-NFL second team in 1984.
, Kentucky '48
Head basketball coach at Regis (1960-64), Central Missouri (1965) and Kentucky (1973-85). He won the 1978 NCAA title and had a 373-156 record (70.5%) over 19 seasons.
, San Jose State '63
UCLA head football coach from 1976 to 1995, posting a 151-74-8 record and 13 bowl games. After three seasons as a TV analyst, he is currently San Francisco 49ers Director of Player Personnel.
, Delaware '74
Major league switch-hitting second baseman for 13 seasons with the Cardinals, Twins, Phillies, Mets and Giants. Batted .271 in 1,514 career games and posted 1,450 career hits. Named to the 1985 National League All-Star team and hit .302 with 110 runs batted in.
, Rose-Hulman '46
Auto Racing Hall of Fame executive who purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1945 and helped make the Indy 500 the greatest spectacle in auto racing. He also guided the sport through a transition to USAC supervision and served as racing's "good will ambassador" on trips to Canada, Mexico and overseas.
, Florida '71
College Football Hall of Famer (as a defensive end). He was MVP in the Senior Bowl before starting a 15 year career with the Los Angeles Rams (1971-1984). Elected to the NFL 1970's All-Decade Team, he was twice named NFC Defensive Player of the Year and went to seven Pro Bowls. After retiring, he joined the Rams front office in 1986 and also served as a radio color analyst.
, Baldwin-Wallace '48
International Tennis Hall of Famer who has been a player, coach, sportswriter, sportscaster and author. Wrote for the Boston Herald and Boston Globe in 1950's and 1960's, then began his TV career in 1963. Has covered tennis for CBS (1968-73), PBS (1974-77) and NBC (since 1978). Coached at Brandeis (1958-63) and won U.S. indoor mixed doubles title as a player in 1961. Author of Bud Collins' Modern Encyclopedia of Tennis.
JOHN McKAY
, Oregon '48
College Football Hall of Famer (as a coach). Served as head coach at Southern California from 1960 to 1975, posting a 127-40-8 record, winning four national championships and going to nine bowl games. He became the first head coach of the NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1976 to 1984, then served as team President in 1985 before retiring.
, Wyoming '39
Baseball Hall of Famer (as a broadcaster), Sports Broadcasters Hall of Fame. A collegiate basketball star, he worked as a regional sportscaster prior to two years on the Yankees radio team. After 15 years as the voice of the Boston Red Sox, he worked for NBC, CBS and ABC covering major sporting events over three decades, including seven Super Bowls and 14 World Series. He also hosted "The American Sportsman" for 19 years.
, Indiana '18
Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, American Baseball Coaches Hall of Famer; All-American center as a collegian; head basketball coach at Carleton, Indiana and Stanford (374-217 record over 28 seasons); won 1942 NCAA title while at Stanford; also head baseball coach at Indiana and Stanford.
, Michigan State '51
College Football Hall of Famer (as coach) and All-American guard (1952). Became head coach at Arizona State in 1958 and was 176-54-1 over 22 seasons. Earned AFCA Coach of the Year honors in 1975. Later served as head coach of the CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats (1981); Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts (1982-84); and USFL Arizona Outlaws (1985).
, Washington & Jefferson '16
Pro Football Hall of Fame charter member, College Football Hall of Famer; All-American tackle in 1917,1919; won four letters in four sports as a collegian. He played eight NFL seasons as a two-way tackle, punter and kicker and was named to the NFL 1920's All-Decade Team. Returned to W&J as assistant coach in 1929, became head coach in 1942 and was athletic director until his death in 1952.
, Missouri '30
Playwright and novelist who had many of his best-known works produced on stage, television and film. His first Broadway play (later a film) was "The Glass Menagerie" in 1945, followed by Pulitzer Prize winners "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1948) and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1955). Other well-known films based on his novels included "The Rose Tattoo", "This Property is Condemned", "Baby Doll", "Suddenly Last Summer", "The Fugitive Kind", "Summer and Smoke", "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone", "Period of Adjustment" and "Sweet Bird of Youth".
, Washington State '52
Sports broadcaster who won sports Emmys in both 1995 and 1997 in the Outstanding Sports Personality—Host/Play-by-Play category. He was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame in 1994. Best known for his ABC-TV college football broadcasts, he also did numerous events for "ABC's Wide World of Sports" and "Monday Night Baseball" (1976-83). After a brief retirement, he is back on ABC's college football coverage this fall.
, Northwestern '53
Producer, director, writer and actor over five decades. Starting as an episode writer for Lucille Ball, Danny Thomas and Dick Van Dyke, he then created, produced and directed successful ABC-TV shows "The Odd Couple", "The Brian Keith Show", "Happy Days", "Lavern and Shirley" and "Mork and Mindy". His shows were nominated for 16 Emmys and nine Golden Globe Awards. In the last two decades, he was director and executive producer of "Runaway Bride", "The Other Sister", "Dear God", "Pretty Woman", "Beaches", "Nothing in Common", "Frankie and Johnny" and "The Flamingo Kid", among others. His acting roles include "Murphy Brown" plus films "A League of Their Own" and "Soap Dish". Among his awards are the 1990 American Comedy Awards Lifetime Achievement Award and the 1992 Publicists Guild Motion Picture Showmanship Award.
, Arizona '83
Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated actor for 1998's "As Good as It Gets" and winner of a 1999 Blockbuster Entertainment Award as Favorite Supporting Actor for the same film. His other recent roles include "Mystery Men", "Nurse Betty", "You've Got Mail", "Dear God", "A Smile Like Yours" and "Sabrina". He served as a TV host for "Movieline", "Talk Soup" and NBC-TV's "Later" before starting his film career.
, Florida '68
TV newscaster/host who earned Emmys in 1992-93-94 while with ABC-TV's "Day One" and "Nightline". After starting in radio, he moved into television with the Atlanta CBS affiliate (1980-85) then took over as anchorman on "The CBS Morning News" from 1985 to 1987. He joined ABC-TV in 1988 as anchorman on "World News This Morning" and also hosted "World News Sunday" before leaving the network this spring.
, San Diego State '51
Television personality whose "Art Linkletter's House Party" ran on CBS-TV for near 20 years (1952-69). He also hosted "People Are Funny" on NBC-TV (1954-61), "Haggis Baggis" (1958-59), "The Art Linkletter Show" (1963) and "Art Linkletter's Hollywood Talent Scouts" (1966-66). His book Kids Say the Darndest Things was a popular best seller.
Film producer/director who has worked on many of Hollywood's biggest films since 1973.His most recent films as producer are "The Sixth Sense" and "Snow Falling on Cedars". Starting as location manager or associate producer on such films as "The Last Picture Show", "Paper Moon" and "What's Up Doc?", he next worked on "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" and received producing credits on the "Indiana Jones" trilogy, the "Back to the Future" trilogy, "The Color Purple" (Best Picture nominee), "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", "Empire of the Sun" and "Poltergeist". He made his directorial debut in 1990 with "Arachnophobia" and formed the Kennedy/Marshall Company (with his wife Kathleen Kennedy) in 1991. Other recent projects as a director include part 6 of "From the Earth to the Moon", "Alive" and "Congo".
, Wyoming '39
Sports broadcaster for over five decades with NBC, ABC and CBS. He did play-by-play at seven Super Bowls and 14 World Series and earned two Emmys as host of "The American Sportsman". A Peabody Award winner in 1970 for television entertainment, he was elected to the National Sportscasters/Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1981 and the broadcasters wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.
, Baldwin-Wallace '48
Tennis commentator for over 30 years on CBS (1968), PBS (1975-77) and NBC (since 1978). He has also been a sports columnist for two Boston newspapers and has authored four books, including Bud Colins' Modern Encyclopedia of Tennis.
, Denison '69
Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated screenwriter for his 1979 screenplay "The China Syndrome". He also received a 1996 Emmy nomination (Outstanding Writing in Mini Series or Special) for HBO's "Tuskegee Airmen". Served as production supervisor/screenwriter for the "Airwolf" TV series in 1984-85 and also wrote scripts for "Baretta", "The Paper Chase", 1995 mini-series "Texas Justice" and "Scared Straight—Another Story".
, San Jose State '65
President of USA Network Entertainment and Executive Vice President, Programming for several years, overseeing overall programming strategy, development and production. While at CBS earlier in his career, he was a key figure in bringing David Letterman and Tom Snyder to the network's late night lineup.
TV actor best known as Jake Hanson on "Melrose Place" from 1992 to 1997 and in guest roles on "Beverly Hills 90210". He began his career on "Ryan's Hope" for three years and has starred in a number of made-for-TV movies including the "Texas" mini-series, "Ice", "The Price of Heaven", "Mother Knows Best", "Pretty Poison" and "Between Love and Honor".
, Indiana '82
Co-host of TBS Superstation's "Dinner & A Movie." Comedian who also served as a writer for the "Emmy Awards" and "Dennis Miller Show." Has appeared on A&E's "Caroline's Comedy Hour," "MTV's Half-Hour Comedy Hour," Showtime's "Comedy Club Network," "HBO Comedy Showcase" and Comedy Central's "Short Attention Span Theatre" and "Comics Only."
, Southern California '83
TV actor who is a regular on "Suddenly Susan" this fall after previously starring in "Melrose Place" (1996-99) and "Silk Stalkings" (1991-95).
, St. Lawrence '49
Television producer who handled the first two Super Bowl telecasts, six racing Triple Crown telecasts, NHL hockey and skiing events. Directed sports telecasts for both ABC and NBC before becoming senior producer for CBS (1963-69). He was Vice President of Programming for ESPN when the network debuted and has continued as an ESPN consultant.
, Michigan '49
Film and TV character actor best known for his role on "MacGyver" (1985-91). He was also a regular on "Baretta" (1975-78) and "Baa Baa Black Sheep" (1976-78) while appearing in such films as "The Sting", "The Boston Strangler", "All of Me" and "2010".
, Colorado '11
Screenwriter who did films "Billy the Kid", "Big Jack", "Call of the Wild" and White Fang". His book Beau James became a 1957 film and he wrote biographies of Jimmy Durante and John Barrymore.
, Minnesota '20
Actor who first gained fame on Broadway in 1937's "Golden Boy". After going to Hollywood, he appeared in 39 films including "The Song of Bernadette", "The Best Years of Our Lives", "Of Mice and Men", "Joan of Arc" and "Two Years Before the Mast".
, Nebraska '25
CBS executive for many years and President of the network in 1957-58. He also was Vice President in charge of CBS-owned TV stations and President of the owned stations division from 1958 to 1968.
, Pennsylvania '42
Broadway producer whose "Sweeny Todd" won the 1979 Tony Award as best musical. Other major shows included his New York debut "Johnny No-Trump" (1967) followed by "The Boys in the Band", "The Front Page", "The Grass Harp", "P.S. Your Cat is Dead!" and "Home Front" (1985), among others.
, Nevada-Las Vegas '88
Winner of the second season of The Next Food Network Star. Fieri now has multiple shows on the Food Network, including Guy's Big Bite and Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.
, Occidental '54
Representative from 1971-89, Presidential nominee, Vice-Presidential nominee in 1996, special assistant to the chairman, Republican National Committee in 1969, and Secretary for Housing and Urban Development under President George Bush.
, Purdue '46
Senator from 1963-81. Wrote and sponsored the 25th and 26th Amendments. Chairman of the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution. Was the only lawmaker since the Founding Fathers to write two Constitutional Amendments. Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence (Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses). Indiana House of Representatives from 1954-62, serving as minority leader in 1957 and 1961 and as speaker in 1959.
, Montana '38
Representative from 1943-53, and Senator from 1953-77. Senate Assistant Majority Leader and Democratic Whip from 1957-61. Senate Majority Leader from 1961-77 is the longest tenure in history. Chairman, Special Committee on Campaign Expenditures (Eighty-first Congress). Chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration (Eighty-seventh Congress), Select Committee on Secret and Confidential Documents (Ninety-second Congress), and Special Committee on Secret and Confidential Documents (Ninety-third Congress). Ambassador to Japan 1977-88, longest for the post. Among his best achievements was lowering the voting age from 21 to 18.
, Wyoming '50
Senator from 1979-97. Appointed Assistant Majority Leader in 1985. Republican whip from 1985-95. Chairman, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (One Hundred Fourth Congress). Assistant attorney general of Wyoming from 1958-59. United States Commissioner from 1959-69.
, Florida '49
Governor of Florida from 1990-98. Senator from 1971-89. Member of the Florida State senate from 1966-1970. Florida Law Revision Committee from 1968-70. Florida House of Representatives from 1958-66. Chairman of the Special Committee on Aging (Ninety-Sixth Congress), Committee on the Budget (One Hundredth Congress).
, Monmouth '89
26 combat decorations, Congressional Medal of Honor, Chairman of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships, Vice-Presidential nominee in 1992.
, Wyoming '18
Senator from 1962-67. Wyoming Governor from 1955-59. Member of the National Association of Governing Boards of State Universities and Allied Institutions in 1950 and served as president in 1952 and 1953.
, DePauw '49
Representative from 1965-99. Chairman, Select Committee on Intelligence (Ninety-ninth Congress), Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran (One Hundredth Congress), Joint Economic Committee (One Hundred First Congress); Committee on Foreign Affairs (One Hundred Third Congress).
, Wyoming '57
Legislative Assistant and Council to Senator Milward L. Simpson from 1962-66. Principal Spokesman for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. First Deputy Assistant Secretary with the Department of the Interior from 1969-75. Vice-Chairman of Federal Power Commission from 1975-77 under President Gerald Ford, Secretary of Interior under President Ronald Reagan from 1981-83.
, Washington & Lee 1874
The first Senator from Oklahoma from 1907-25. Of Cherokee descent, served as an Indian agent before the Indian Territory achieved statehood. Chairman, Committee on Indian Depredations (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Pacific Railroads (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Banking and Currency (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on the Five Civilized Tribes (Sixty-sixth Congress. Organized and served as chairman of the National Popular Government League from 1913 until his death in Washington, DC, on July 19, 1947.
, Emory '09
Senator from 1963-77. Governor of Florida from 1941-45. Distinguished Service Cross (World War I). Sponsor of the twenty-fourth amendment to the Constitution outlawing the poll tax in federal elections.
, Newberry '70
Manager of George Bush's 1988 presidential campaign and former chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1988-91.
, Vanderbilt '15
Secretary of Treasury under President Harry S. Truman from 1946-53, served on the NATO Council and National Security Council advising U.S. delegations to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, and helping to administer the Marshall Plan.
, St. Lawrence '60
Assistant to the President from 1986-87, and, prior to that, as Deputy Assistant to the President, Special Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Advance under President Ronald Reagan beginning in 1982.
, Nebraska '13
Senator from 1952-54. Governor of Nebraska from 1940-46. Director, Division of Internal Affairs and Communications, Military Government of Germany 1947. Chief, American Mission for Aid to Greece from 1947-48.
, Nevada-Reno '56
Senator from 1989 to present. Governor of Nevada from 1983-89. Attorney General of Nevada 1978-83. Member of the Nevada Senate from 1972-78. State Legislator and state's first and youngest, public defender at age 29.
, Vanderbilt '26
Senator in 1941 and from 1942-79. Served a record 22 years as Judiciary Committee Chairman, becoming the youngest ever assuming that post when named in 1959. Senate President Pro Tempore from 1972-79.
, Southern Methodist '35
Ambassador to Austria from 1990-93). Winner of the Ambassador of the Year in 1992 from the Diplomatic Club of Vienna. Winner of the "Grosse Goldene Ehrenzeichen" (Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold) for services in the Republic of Austria.
, Washington & Jefferson '30
Representative from 1963-85. Associate task force director of the first Hoover Commission in 1948. Senior staff member of the Council of Economic Advisers to the President in 1953-54 and 1956-57. Acting chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee of Maryland in 1961-62. Author of numerous books and articles on unemployment, wages, labor force, and economic fluctuations.
, North Carolina '07
Representative from 1925-40. chairman, Committee on Accounts (Seventy-second through Seventy-sixth Congresses); appointed Comptroller General of the United States for a fifteen-year term, serving from November 1, 1940, until his retirement on May 1, 1954.
, Michigan State '60
General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters since 1999. Practiced law in Michigan from 1968-1993 representing Teamster Joint Councils, Local Unions and members. Served as Executive Assistant to Michigan Teamsters Joint Council #43 in September 1993.
, Texas '49
Owner of the Minnesota Vikings National Football League professional football team. Owner of the San Antonio Spurs National Basketball Association professional basketball team. General Manager, Partner and Sole Owner of Red McCombs Ford. Inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame with its Distinguished Service Citation. Founder, Board of Directors Member and 5% Owner of Clear Channel Communications.
, Cornell '60
CEO of Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates. Former President, CEO (1992-98) and Chairman (1993-1999) of Hewlett-Packard Company. Advisory Committee on Trade Policy Negotiations and Chairman of the World Trade Organization Task Force. Member of The Business Council and The Business Roundtable. American Electronics Association Medal of Achievement. Member of the Board of Directors of Boeing Corporation.
, Rensselaer '24
Founder, Former Chairman and President of Texas Instruments Incorporated. Member of the Fortune magazine Hall of Fame for Business Leadership. Former Mayor of Dallas, Texas.
, Wisconsin '24
Co-founder and Former President of Harley-Davidson Motor Company.
, Oregon State '50
Vice Chairman of the Board of Novell since April 1997. Young was acting Chairman of the Novell Board of Directors from August 1996 until April 1997. Young retired in 1992 from his position as CEO of Hewlett-Packard Company, an international computation and measurement company, a position he held for fifteen years. He has had a long association with competitiveness issues, having chaired President Reagan's Commission on Industrial Competitiveness and founded the Council on Competitiveness in 1986. Young is also a director of Affymetrix, Chevron Corporation, International Integration, Inc., Lucent Technology, Smith Kline Beecham plc, and Wells Fargo & Co., and is a member of The Business Council.
Former President, CEO and COO of General Motors Corporation.
, Georgia '86
Chairman of the Board of Directors Member of Excalibur Technologies and a Director of the Company since June 1996. Chairman of Allen & Company Incorporated, a New York investment banking firm. Past President and COO of The Coca-Cola Co. Keough serves on the boards of H.J. Heinz Company, The Washington Post Company, The Home Depot and McDonald's Corporation. He is immediate Past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Notre Dame. His tenure with the Coca-Cola Co. dates back to 1950. He held the office of President of Coca-Cola USA and was later given the responsibility for the Company's business in North and South America. Keough was elected to President, COO and Director of The Coca-Cola Co. in 1981. From 1986 to 1993, he served as Chairman of the Board.
, San Jose State '65
Director of the Marvel Enterprises since October 1998. Perth has been President of Jim Henson Television Group Worldwide at the Jim Henson Television Group Worldwide at the Jim Henson Company since May 1999. From October 1994 until July 1998, Perth was the President of USA Networks Entertainment at USA Networks. At USA Networks, Perth was responsible for the development and production of programming including programming for the Sci-Fi Channel. Prior to joining USA Networks, Perth served as Senior Vice President of late night and non-network programming at CBS Entertainment, where he was instrumental in the resurgence of the CBS Late Night franchise and was a key member on the team that brought the "Late Show with David Letterman" to CBS. Perth joined the CBS Entertainment division in 1989 as Vice President of Late Night Programs. Perth is also a Director of Big-Hub, an e-commerce Internet business.
, St. Lawrence '57
Hockey Hall of Famer who was President/general manager of the New York Islanders when they won four straight Stanley Cups (1980-83). After a stint as vice president of the Oakland Seals, he became the expansion Islanders' first employee. In 1989, he became chairman of the board, serving until the start of the 1992-93 season. He then became President of the expansion Florida Panthers in April of 1993.
, Purdue '55
Chairman, President and CEO of American United Life Insurance Company. Director Emeritus for the Million Dollar Roundtable Foundation. Director of the American College of Sports Medicine.
, Lamar '57
Vice Chairman of the Board of Texas Instruments Incorporated until his retirement in December 1996. Mitchell joined TI in 1961, was elected a Corporate Vice President and President of Defense Systems and President of the Defense Systems and Electronics Group in 1984. Executive Vice President and President of the Systems and Equipment Sector in 1991 and Vice Chairman in 1993. He is a director of Curtiss-Wright Corporation and a trustee of Mitre Corporation. Mitchell has served as director of PRIMEX Technologies since January 1997.
, Southern Methodist '35
Chairman and CEO of Roy M. Huffington, Inc. and Former Ambassador to Austria (1990-93). Secured a production-sharing contract for oil and gas with the government of Indonesia. Won Ambassador of the Year in 1992 from the Diplomatic Club of Vienna. Member of the Texas Business Hall of Fame.
, Lamar '57
Served in various capacities with Texas Instruments Incorporated from 1962 until his retirement in April 1998. From December 1986 until December 1993, he served as the President of Texas Instruments worldwide semiconductor operations; and from December 1993 until his retirement in April 1998, he served as Vice Chairman for TI. He held a number of executive positions in TI's semiconductor, international, defense, digital systems, consumer, materials and controls businesses. He is a director of Kmart Corporation and Micron Technology, Inc. He has served as a director of Unigraphics Solutions since June 1998.
, Vanderbilt '71
Executive Vice President and CFO for Hilton Hotels. Former Senior Vice President and Treasurer for the Walt Disney Company. Former Executive Vice President and CFO for Host Marriott Corporation.
, Georgia '56
Senior Vice-President of the Coca-Cola Company since 1983. Member of the Board of Directors of Special Olympics International. Former Press Secretary to U.S. Senator Richard B. Russell and was a founder of the Senate Press Secretaries Association.
, Georgia '58
Principal in 40 Wendy's restaurants, two Flakey Jake's and President and principal of Smaha Family Restaurants, Inc., a franchisee of 13 Papa John's Pizza restaurants located throughout Georgia. He is also a principal in the Forman Group, Inc., the Purchasing Association of Private Clubs, Inc., (which currently has 350 country clubs as members nationwide) and four Buckhead's Mountain Grills. Former Vice President of Long John Silver's Seafood Shoppes and former Senior Vice President for development, President and COO of Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurants.
, Pennsylvania '51
Chairman Emeritus, The Equitable Companies, Inc. Former President and CEO of both The Equitable Companies Incorporated and its principal insurance subsidiary, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Melone served as President of The Prudential Insurance Company of America. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Foster Wheeler Corporation, a publicly held engineering and construction company, has served as a Director of BISYS since August 1999. Melone also sits on the Board of Overseers of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
, Emory '61
General Counsel of The Coca-Cola Company. Was appointed a Director of CCA following the retirement of Dean Wills, Florida '65, at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of CCA held on April 16, 1999. Gladden, 56, a lawyer, served as Chairman of Coca-Cola Beverages (Canada) until 1997 and is currently Vice-Chairman of Coca-Cola Enterprises, the largest anchor bottler of Coca-Cola products in the world.
, Illinois '54
Former President and CEO of The Rockerfeller Group. Chairman of the Business Council of the United Nations.
, San Jose State '59
Founder, chairman and chief executive of The Crown Worldwide Group. With a net worth of $1.06 billion as of January 2013, Thompson ranks in at No. 44 in Hong Kong's 50 Richest list and is No. 1,008 in the world. He was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star, which is presented to eminent persons in Hong Kong who have given distinguished service to the community or who have rendered public or voluntary service of a very high degree of merit. After his chapter (Epsilon Chi) returned to campus in 2010, Thompson generously donated money to buy back the original chapter house at San Jose State.
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U.S. Army Col.(ret.) Van Barfoot defiantly unfurls the Stars and Stripes from a 20-foot pole in Sussex, Virginia. A national hero and recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Barfoot was told by his neighborhood homeowners association that the pole violated local standards. Barfoot flew the flag anyway -- saying there was nothing in the local rules against his patriotic act ... and even if there was, he'd do it anyway! In the face of scathing national scorn, the association backed down and Barfoot continued flying his flag daily until his death in 2012.


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Sylvia Plath influenced my work immensely, I would love to be like her (but avoid the suicide if possible)
Most of my poetry is the result of the death of my father when I was 18 years old, he is still the centre of my universe. I don't think that will ever change.
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Despite the economic downturn drug discovery jobs within the pharmaceutical industry are coming to the fore, at the cutting edge of new findings like genomics and proteomics.
Paid well, drug discovery is potentially an area of research with long lasting, positive effects on society. It enables new products to be created by pharmaceutical companies, for the good of people with challenging illnesses and conditions. Employment in this area might comprise of project management, team leader roles and target validation, as well as the main role of researcher.
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SAN JOSE --Police announced Wednesday night the arrest of a man suspected to be responsible for a series of up to a dozen fires in downtown San Jose since last week.
Officers with the Police Department's Covert Response Unit found and arrested the suspect at about 8:10 p.m. He will be booked into Santa Clara County Jail, police Officer Albert Morales said.
The suspect's name and how he was arrested has not been released.
Most of the fires were set between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between Santa Clara Street and William Street and between 17th Street and 33rd Street, according to fire officials.
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Because you asked, here's my blog post from last year with my 3 favorite Apple Brown Betty recipes. At the end there's an EZ recipe, and I have served this and no one had any idea it took me 5 minutes to make (well, until I told them!)
Here's my post from last year minus the part about me being cold and wearing wool in August--
I'll include my 3 favorite apple BB recipes. And if you're not so great in the kitchen, try the last one, the EZ recipe that uses instant oatmeal. I swear, it's simple, fast, and yet, tastes so good.
Here are the my favorite Apple Brown Betty recipes--
From my Fannie Farmer Cookbook--
Classic Apple Brown Betty
(You won't need the lemon juice if your apples are flavorful.)
2 cups fresh dry bread crumbs
5 tbsp. melted butter
1 1⁄2 lbs. tart apples, peeled, cored, and cut into
1⁄4" slices
1⁄2 cup brown sugar
1⁄2 tsp. cinnamon
Juice and grated rind of 1⁄2 lemon (optional)
Heavy cream (or ice cream)
1. Preheat oven to 350°. Butter a 1 1⁄2-quart casserole or a 9" baking dish, preferably with a lid.
2. Lightly toss crumbs and melted butter together in a medium bowl. Spread about one-third of the crumb mixture in the baking dish.
3. Combine apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice and rind (if needed) in a medium bowl. Fan out half the apple mixture over crumbs. Add another layer of crumbs, a layer of the remaining apples, and a final layer of crumbs.
4. Pour in 1 cup hot water. Cover with lid or with foil, and bake for 25 minutes. Uncover and bake 20 minutes more. Serve with heavy cream.
Basic Apple Brown Betty
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup oatmeal
1 Tsp of cinnamon
5 tart baking apples
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat together butter and sugar. Add oatmeal to make a stiff batter/dough. Peel, core and thinly slice apples. Lightly butter a casserole large enough to hold the apples. Place all of the apples in the buttered casserole. Spread the topping over the apples. Sprinkle cinnamon on top. Bake one hour.
Serve with vanilla ice cream & whipped cream.
This is one I saw on the Food Network & is super easy esp. when apples aren't in season. I'm typing this one off the top of my head... Basically, you just keep adding layers in a baking dish of filling, brown sugar, oatmeal, cinnamon, and butter. Also, I'm guessing you can use fresh apples for this as well.
EZ Apple Brown Betty
2 12 oz. cans of Apple Pie Filling
1/2 stick of butter
1 cup of brown sugar
4-6 instant oatmeal packets (like Apple & Cinnamon from Quaker Oats)
Preheat over to 400 degrees.
Pour one can of applie pie filling in the bottom of a baking pan. Open and spread 2-3 oatmeal packets over the apple filling. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of brown sugar over the oatmeal. Sprinkle with cinnamon Cut four pats of butter and place on top of oatmeal/cinnamon. Layer 2nd can of apple filling over the butter, oatmeal, and cinnamon. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup of brown sugar over apple filling. Cover with the remaining 2 or 3 oatmeal packages. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Add 4 pats of butter on top.
Cook for 40 minutes or until brown.
Serve with vanilla ice cream and whipped cream.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Apple Brown Betty Recipes (from scratch to easy!)
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Thanks for this. I am going to make a combo recipe I think. I want to use oatmeal for this and fresh apples. Thanks!ReplyDelete
I AM SO EXCITED! I was looking for my Fannie Farmer Cookbook to bake with my teenage daughter and could not find it. She asked to cook the apple brown betty my dad and I used to cook when I was younger, only we used pears. Couldn't find it and was devastated...until I found you! Thank you for the Thanksgiving Gift! I am adding you to my Thankful List. God Bless!ReplyDelete
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P.S. I am having my other daughter check you out, she is an author, at the young age of 16.
Thank you! This is one of my favorites too and glad I could help.
Glad to hear you're raising an author-- we could use a few more of them in the world--creativity is such a gift.
Thank you for your kind words, I am thankful for them.


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Two official game guide writers, Stephen "SGibs" Gibbons and Zach "ZFarls" Farley, for the upcoming Madden NFL 25 will be playing the new game for 25 straight hours leading up to its launch on August 27. The authors are scheduled to begin playing Madden NFL 25 on Monday at 11 p.m. EST. The marathon gaming session will be viewable online at www.twitch.tv/maddentips.
The two will take on virtual challenges from professional athletes, including Ryan Hollins of the L.A. Clippers, select media, and developers for the game's publisher EA Sports.
Gibbons and Farley write for Prima Games, an imprint of Random House LLC. They had spent several months in Orlando, Fla., working with EA Sports developers and learning the nuances of the new game.


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The Catalans showed impressive character in coming from behind to triumph at Camp Nou, thanks to David Villa and Lionel Messi, but their defensive frailties were again on show
Just as they did against AC Milan at San Siro on Wednesday night, the Blaugrana looked largely devoid of ideas for long periods and their defensive deficiencies were exposed once more when Rojiblancos defender Alberto Botia silenced Camp Nou just before the break.
David Villa and Lionel Messi turned the game back in Barca's favour by the hour mark but they would not have held on to all three points had it not been for some dreadfully wasteful finishing from both Ivan Rakitic and Alvaro Negredo.
While Real Madrid initially left star man Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench for their meeting with Deportivo La Coruna earlier in the evening, with Tuesday's Copa del Rey Clasico at Camp Nou very much in mind, Barca opted to risk starting with Messi up top, which was just as well, really.
One imagines that the diminutive Argentine would have been dead against a rest, anyway, given that he had effectively taken a night off against Milan in midweek. Messi certainly looked a different player against Sevilla, creating an opening for Andres Iniesta inside the first five minutes, only to see his team-mate ultimately crowded out after cutting inside on to his right foot.
The mercurial duo combined again midway through the first half when Iniesta nonchalantly picked out his team-mate in a couple of yards of space on the right-hand side of the box. However, Messi's low strike from an acute angle was easily dealt with by Beto.
Truth be told, Sevilla were coping quite comfortably with everything that Barca were throwing at them. Admittedly, their most effective tactic was taking it in terms to chop down Messi every time he attempted to build up a head of steam, but their defensive shape was excellent and they stunned their hosts with a classic sucker punch just before the break.
Rakitic floated a free kick from left to right and, after controlling it beautifully, Coke lofted the ball into the area for Botia to beat Victor Valdes with a downward header. Camp Nou was stunned - and yet it was wholly unsurprising given their side's woeful defensive record of late.
It was clear that the Blaugrana needed a swift riposte to restore their fragile confidence - and they got one five minutes into the second period, Villa cushioning a sublime cross from Dani Alves past a helpless Beto.
The goal, coupled with the half-time introduction of Cristian Tello in place of the typically ineffective Alexis Sanchez, transformed Barcelona and they took the lead just before the hour mark. Messi started and finished the move, passing wide to Tello before losing his man, Botia, in the area and then coolly sidefooting the return-ball home.
Messi went close to netting a second goal in as many minutes but his long-range effort flew just over. However, Sevilla had not gone away and Rakitic really should have restored parity on 69 minutes but he dragged his shot wide after being the recipient of a terrific cut-back from the impressive Navas.
If that was profligate, what followed five minutes later was far worse, Negredo lifting the ball over the bar after being put straight through on goal by Rakitic's slide-rule pass. They would not get a better chance to salvage what, on the whole, would have been a deserved draw.


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CHIMING IN: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is proposing that all electric and hybrid vehicles make a sound when traveling under 18 miles per hour. Automakers will pick the sound from a range of noises, and pedestrians have to be able to hear it over background noise.
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Hollywood's action star Sylvester Stallone, who has spent years on gruelling workout sessions, has quit gyming.
The 67-year-old spent a chunk of his career following a rigorous fitness regime to stay in shape for his signature roles in "Rocky" series, but now he wants to age gracefully, reports contactmusic.com.
Stallone told talk show host Graham Norton: "I'm trying to avoid going to the gym. I ended up doing a lot of action films and you have to be in shape. I swear I was in the gym so often that if I'd had another daughter, I would have called her Barbella!
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This past sports year saw several teams, at least one from each local high school, enjoy historic seasons.
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In the winter, the Vergennes boys' basketball team went undefeated and won the D-II crown, a feat nearly matched by the 23-1 title-winning Mount Abraham girls.
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Since diving into the publishing world, I've met a lot of fellow writers. We all use social media sites in some way. A good bit of them not only publish under their real name but have Facebook accounts where numerous people can friend them. I've seen a lot of worms wiggling out of the can because of it. One friend in particular keeps getting photos reported as breaking the rules set by Facebook even though there is no nudity. I wonder why someone would befriend her only to turn around and do that? Especially when she makes no bones about what type of writing she dabbles in.
It's a bit of a tricky business. We want to connect with readers yet there is always an element just waiting to holier than thou you into a blackout for a couple of days or whatever the ban hammer layeth on you. Plus, a more ugly side if you ask me, is the numerous creeptards who think we live the lives inside our books. I get this under my normal account and I don't broadcast what I write on my wall. Or at least the extent of it.
So, since I use a pen name, I decided to create a page instead. Now this was also because I didn't want to log in and out between accounts mainly. Yeah, I'm lazy like that. Plus, it gives the reader an option to 'like' my page instead of wading through the waiting list for me to friend back. So, I can interact with readers in a friendly environment. Unlike groups and personal pages, by clicking the 'like' button on my page you're understanding what that page is intended for. While I haven't had the 'pleasure' of getting ban hammered yet, I think it decreases my chances. Not to say I can't see someone douching out and 'liking' an author page just to report them.
18 or older, folks. That's what my page is marked. So by wary, my fellow writers just starting out or those who have been jogging around the block for a while. While we love sharing our personal life with our readers to be more 'human', beware that there are going to be people who don't like what you do. They will find ways to rain on your parade. Protect yourself and use the pages option on Facebook. It's free and nearly troll free.


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Digicam cheap but quality?
I appeal to those of you with more digital camera experience.
I'm hoping to buy a digital camera when I get a job in the next little while. I'd kinda like to keep the price somewhere under about $300 maybe $350 tops. It doesn't have to be one of those super "I do everything but upload the pictures by myself" cameras but I'd like a decent one.
Any ideas? Looking for sorta the best quality for the amount I'd like to spend.
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I looked on Consumer reports before buying mine and we love it. it's a Canon Powershot A510. It's a relatively small 3.2 mega pixels and 4x lens, but it's perfect for the doggy shots. We got it at Costco for $220 (while we're waiting to be able to afford the Rebel SLR digicam). It's cheaper than the $300 you wanted to spend, but it is just a great value in a camera. It's one of the quickest ones too (still kinda long with the flash, but fast without it) and it has a lot of settings to choose from. You can also take movies in different sizes with sound and you can edit them a bit on the camera. We researched like madness and tried out a few before settling on this one. It's simple, easy and CHEAP!
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We have an ancient HP Photosmart Digital Camera. It has been chewed on by a huge dog, dropped on the floor by me (oops) and tossed by our kids. Darn thing just keeps working and working. We've had it about 5 years now so for me, this camera is obviously great. They are reasonable priced as well.
"For every animal that dies in a shelter, there is someone somewhere responsible for its death".
I bought a Sony Cybershot 6.0 Mega Pixels,with a larger screen and a Carl Zeiss lense(whatever that means ) at $349+tax,but you can now get them for under $300
"The cruelest animal is the Human animal"
3 kitties,Rocky(r.i.p my boy),Chico,Vinnie
I know this thread is a few weeks old.. But I just spent a month doing research... Best buy, Future shop and Henry's all suggested to me for all around cameras canon, Nikon and Fuji.. and if I was more worried about print quality than online quality to go with HP.
Consumer Reports listed a camera above the one I bought as the number 1, and 2 below mine as the number 10..
I ended up with the Canon Powershot A530 5.0 MP..
For basic features with barely flipping through the book I'm loving it so far. Lot of people on another forum are jealous cause it's taking nicer pics than theirs do.. I paid 246 for mine + tax..
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I'll put my , I got the Fuji f30 and I really like it, it was on sale as was the sony something w50 (I think).
It has enough settings to keep me amused, the video is nice but I'm just playing with that as a gimick. The photo's that I take correctly are good, the other ones (on the wrong settings) are poor, but thats because I wanted to see if it did really make any difference.
The memory cards were cheaper for the 1g than the Sony, the things takes some 580 shots on one charge highest quality with the screen flashing the pic for 1.5 seconds after the shot (so far I have not needed to recharge it), and it has a nice screen.
It has poor covers on the charge port and doesn't have an optical view finder (the sony does), the battery/card cover has a nice solid feel (why the other cover is so poor I don't know).
I'm happy with it but considering how old my last one was, a box brownie would have been better. I will keep my SLR but I don't think I'll ever be in a position to use it again, and the cost of the Digi SLRs is making them look viable.
Oh the Fuji also had lens adptors and the provision for a slave flash, 2 things I will probably end up with.
Oh forgot to mention, fuji at future shop just dropped to 299.99, and the Sony was 299.99 at Henry's (Fuji was 309.99), I went to Barrie as Japan camera had the cheapest deal, but the sales girl was the rudest B1tch I have ever met, so Henry's got my money. They were pretty good but I could have picked either and felt it was good, I do like the additional battery life and cheaper memory though.
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