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The Motorola i1 melds expected smartphone features with business-geared applications and military-spec ruggedness. There's Android 1.5, a 3.1-inch HVGA touch screen with a virtual keypad, a 5-megapixel camera with flash and video capabilities, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, and built-in GPS-which can be used to geo-tag images, or paired with Sprint's Mobile Locator application to track and locate employees.
Other business applications, available through Sprint partners, include an Android version of the Xora TimeTrack workforce management solution, which allows for signature capture, photo barcode scanning, and the automating of payroll and other workflow processes.
Microsoft's Document Viewer is also included, so users can sync and access Word and PowerPoint files, and an Opera Mini 5 browser makes for easy Web browsing of Flash 8-enabled sites. Over the phone's WiFi connection, users can download business-geared apps from Google's Android Market, and there's also access to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
Then there are those military specs. Per Sprint, the Motorola i1 is compliant with Military Specification 810F-which means it should keep working in blowing rain, under extreme temperatures and dusty conditions, on bumpy rides, and even in salt fog and high humidity.
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"Motorola i1 is the only Android device to offer Nextel Direct Connect as well as the latest smartphone features and the ability to withstand some of the harshest environments," Fared Adib, Sprint vice president of product development, said in a July 19 statement. "This phone brings a new level of smartphone to our Nextel customers, making it one of the most efficient devices to get work done, and our customers who rely on Direct Connect will appreciate this feature-packed phone that doesn't miss on must-have features such as WiFi and a 5-megapixel camera."
With Direct Connect on the i1, users can see who's calling, even when using e-mail, calendar or other applications.
The Motorola i1 will get a soft rollout July 25, selling through Sprint sales channels, telesales and Web sales for $149.99, with a $50 mail-in rebate and a two-year service agreement. Come Aug. 8, it'll be available through all Sprint sales channels.
And because Sprint prides itself these days on its award-winning customer service, the i1 comes with Sprint's "Free Guarantee"-a satisfaction-guaranteeing policy that lets users return a phone within 30 days for a full refund, with all fees and taxes waived.
In addition, Sprint currently offers the only 4G-enabled phone in the United States, the HTC Evo 4G. However, shortages of the device, due to a dearth of parts on the supplier side, is hurting the carrier's ability to secure new customers while it still holds the competitive advantage of being aligned with the nation's only 4G network, through the WiMax-based Clearwire.
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Duality – Danielle Gillespie
My family is lurking around the table; two pans of dressing sit next to a ham bayoneted with little toothpicks holding pineapple slices. At seventeen, my Thanksgiving conversations cover all the usual topics: boys, college, sports—small talk while everyone glances impatiently at the bird roasting in the oven. I lean against the counter and watch Grandma stir the gravy on the stove. The other women make themselves useful, despite Grandma's assurances that she has everything well in hand, and the men acknowledge their place in this matriarchal society and make themselves scarce. My Uncle Richard and my Grandpa stand between the T.V. and the kitchen, their heads swiveling back and forth between them.
Richard spots me and waves. "Your grandpa showed me your painting the last time I was in Shipman. I took some pictures." He smiles behind his large glasses; standing face to face with him, I can nearly see over his wisps of greying hair. I grin back as he shakes his head. "That's really impressive."
"Thank you," I say. "I'm not quite done yet, but it's getting there. Bri's been working on one, too."
I glance around, searching for my younger sister, but she's flitting between rooms with my mom and grandma. Richard looks at me.
"Boy, she's pretty isn't she? She's such a pretty girl," he says.
I nod, glancing down at my sweater, and slide my fingers under the sleeve. I want to touch my mouth and make sure my smile is where it's meant to be.
"Yes," I agree. "Yes, she is."
My hands shake as I try to gather my things at the door. I fumble with my purse, knock my keys and phone off the arm of the couch. Tyler slides his fingers through mine and I pause.
"There's nothing wrong with you," he says.
I lean forward, pressing my mouth into his shoulder. My eyes shift from the oval rings in the wood paneling, to the multicolored specks in the grey carpet, the guitars hanging on either side of the fireplace. He leans back until he can look me in the eye. I blink, blink, blink and fixate on the image of my small black socks pressed into the carpet beside his large ones.
"Repeat after me," he says, gripping my elbows gently, "there is nothing wrong with me."
Wet. I wipe at my eyes and open my mouth, but the words are bashed, shoved back down my throat.
School starts in twenty minutes. I see myself in the mirror. Short glances—I never look too long. My eyes are two islands of green surrounded by a sea of throbbing red.
I hate it. Hate. Hate. Hate it.
My sister leans into the mirror dabbing little swirls of foundation onto her cheeks just like I am. The light catches the planes of her soft face, illuminating a pair of pale blue eyes, lingering on a bow of soft pink lips—I'd rather look at her. I stand behind her, waiting and watching and shriveling. She reaches to flip on the second light switch.
She gives me a look. "Why not?"
"Just don't," I say, and I smear on more makeup.
"It's too dark. Why can't I turn it on?"
"It's not too dark," I mumble. "I don't see what the big deal is."
"You're the one making it a big deal," she says. "Why can't I turn it—?" "Because," I say, clenching the jar of foundation, "the light makes everything worse and it makes me feel like shit, okay?"
Her body turns rigid, and she's silenced immediately, staring into the sink. "I'm sorry," she says, and I'm humiliated. Enraged. Not at her. Never at her. I want to shatter the glass with my fist, rip the scars from my flesh, and start again. Start fresh. I want to peel away layer after layer of myself until I can't remember, can't believe the things I've thought. I want to rewrite my own reality.
He's burning. Tyler's eyes are shut, and his fingers are gliding across and striking bronze strings. The features of his face smooth and he is lost in a place where he is King. Blue eyes flicker to my face every so often—it's as if he has to remind himself I'm still there. I hug a pillow to my chest, resting my chin against the armrest of Mom's couch.
"You made that song?" I ask. He nods and lets his fingers trail down the guitar. "You're really talented."
He smiles and looks away. "You're sweet," he says, but I mean it.
I shift until my cheek rests against the couch cushion, tilting my face towards him. He starts playing again and he becomes someone else. He knows exactly who he is and what he's doing—there's no space for doubt.
But I think of the boy who would say "hello" at work—then look at the ground, the one who hardly spoke that first date, the one who promised me his shyness would disappear with time.
I lean towards him. "Do you ever feel like you have complete confidence in your abilities—you believe in what you can do—just not in yourself?" I cringe, hating how it sounds aloud. "Do you know what I mean? It's like somehow what you can do and who you are are separate things."
I think of twenty-five girls and one coach crying and throwing their arms around me at a county track meet. I think of students stuffing votes in a crinkled paper bag for a drawing at the school art show. A room full of sophomores crying over an essay. A medal draped around my neck with the letters V-A-L-E-D-I-C-T-O-R-I-A-N etched into the surface.
He keeps playing. "I know what you mean."
Red metal, chipped and weathered, groans as we start spinning. Clouds of dust sling from my shoes and we're turning, turning, turning. My aunt sits beside me on the wooden bench of the merry-go-round. She's been telling me stories, recounting little family histories. Sometimes my sister stops arguing with my cousin long enough to sit with us as well. My cousin flails his arms, checking to see if we're paying attention while trying to balance on the middle of a yellow teeter-totter. The tips of my shoes dig into the ground, causing the merry-go-round to slow and eventually halt.
"Your mother had everything," my Aunt explains. "She was the smart one. The pretty one."
When she says this, I glance at her in surprise. Mom has never told it that way.
"Your Aunt Sherrie was the pretty one and I was the Brain," Mom would tell me. These were the characters in Mom's story.
I thought about my mother fighting to be the first in the family to go to college, working her way up in a company dominated by men. I thought about my aunt raising my cousins, and making sure she was bronzed—makeup and hair perfected— before she ever left the house. My aunt had her own story: the one where Mom was the star. But that wasn't the only story my aunt believed in. She could look in the mirror and see that she was beautiful. She could write another story—my mother's story— where she was everything my mother thought she was. This was the story my aunt chose to build her life upon. But my mom never looked in the mirror, never understood she was smart and beautiful, never realized there was another story besides her own.
I understood why she hadn't. All of those little moments building up and up until her truth was the only truth. She couldn't escape it. At her father's visitation, my mom's aunts were whispering their condolences when they noticed my aunt across the parlor.
"Is that Sherrie?" one of the women asked. Mom nodded and the woman stared after my aunt. "Look how pretty she is. Sherrie's so pretty."
"Oh my, what a lovely woman," said another. "Yes," Mom agreed. "Yes, she is."
"What don't you like about yourself?" Tyler asks. I'm exposed. I tilt my head back and stare at the pale ceiling, trying to pull away. Tyler won't have it. "Why don't you like yourself?" Heat travels from my face down my neck—even to the creases at the insides of my elbows. My palms feel damp.
"It's not that I don't like myself." I glance around grasping for an answer that makes sense. "I like myself, just not everything about me."
"What don't you like?" he repeats. Softer this time, and I know I should answer. I don't want him to know. I am ashamed. I am ashamed of being ashamed.
"My skin," I say, and trace the plaid pattern of his bedspread. "What's wrong with your skin?" he asks. I blink in surprise.
Seven years. Two dermatologists and one nutritionist. I have cut out bread and pasta and sugar. I have tried Proactive and Clearasil and Neutrogena. Tretinoin crème, Erythromycin-benzoyl gel, Sulfacetmide lotion, and Differin gel. Tazorac cream and Pronexin and witch hazel and aloe. I have taken Minocycline, Erythromycin, Septra, and Clyndamycin. Four antibiotics that I thought were going to miraculously cure my skin, but instead managed to make me sick for two months and accomplish nothing.
I had listened to a friend describe someone as having skin like mine: "a crater face." Worn makeup all night at sleepovers to avoid being judged. Spent a year and a half wearing high-necked t-shirts to cover my chest, back, arms when the problem escalated. Retreated so far into myself that I didn't know where I started and my insecurity began. Beat and bruised and bludgeoned myself for a problem I could never control and I am still trying to decide if the word "acceptance" is a victory or a defeat.
Tyler's fingers tighten around mine. "The scars and the—" I break off and press my face into his neck so I don't have to look at him. He shrugs and leans back, searching my face.
"I don't see anything wrong with it," he says. His eyes are kind, almost teasing, and I ache. My eyes ache. He stretches his hands above his head exaggeratedly. "Well, and you know," he says as though it's an afterthought, "I think you're beautiful."
I smile, and shake my head.
Ninety-eight degrees' worth of sweat dampens my tank top as Bri and I trail Mom through the crowds at the Shipman Picnic. Smoke from the barbecued pork chop and fried fish stands billow over the park. The pink monstrosity known as the Scat whirls and flashes, wrenching screams from excited preteens. There's a splash as a young boy hits the target on a dunking booth and his victim drops into the water below. I can never decide where to look and every few feet my mom is stopped by an old classmate.
Mom's friend Julie chats with us while we wait and sweat in the food line. For a moment Julie stops speaking and her stare lingers on me. She glances to my mom and then looks back at me. She grins. "You look just like your mother. I'm sure you get that a lot."
Mom's slim fingers push into the small of my back. I see myself in the green of her eyes and the lines of her smile.
"Yes," I agree. "Yes, we do."
Tyler's still waiting for me to say it. But we're standing at an impasse—me and myself, that is.
Something inside me starts to fissure; everything is wet. I knot my fingers in the back of his t-shirt and hold on tightly for a moment before breaking away.
He looks at me expectantly and I know what I need to say.
"There's nothing wrong with me."
The words are stiff in my mouth. There's a part of me that can barely force the phrase past my lips, but I think about my mother and her story, I think about the way Tyler looks at me and how "beautiful" sounds in his mouth, I think about every mean and terrible thing I've ever said to myself, and I think that maybe even if I don't believe it yet, it's good practice just the same.
Danielle Gillespie lives and writes in the Midwest. However, she is currently lucky enough to be studying and writing in an English manor resembling Hogwarts. While this is making her question living in the Midwest, it is not making her question writing. You can follow Danielle on twitter @DaniRaeGills or her blog at daniraegills.wordpress.com.

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With the Wilson Pickett hit "Mustang Sally" blaring over a loudspeaker, hundreds of employees and retirees cheered and hugged as they watched the final car — a crimson red Mustang convertible — roll off the line.
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The S.L.U.T. gives a disappointing ride.
Submitted by murph on 29 December 2007 - 2:02pm. planning | seattle | transportation
Seattle's easy mark for cheap jokes these days is the South Lake Union Trolley, a working name for the newly opened transit line put out in the latest round of failure to proofread by planners who should have learned their lessons after those flyers advertising "pubic input sessions", complete with snacks, that every beginning planner produces at some point. The official name is now the Seattle Streetcar, but I expect the "SLUT" won't stop.
Part of the basis for the teasing is that the trolley is apparently seen by the neighborhoods hipsters, punks, and just folks as a tool of the gentrifying developers who even west so far as to impose a new name on the neighborhood "South Lake Union"). But a transportation planner's vantage provides so much more room for criticism. The SLUT is a pretty poorly implemented transit line, which makes an easy example for future critics to use when attacking other transit proposals. Badly done transit really annoys me. But, hopefully, some of the problems can be fixed over time - the SLUT has only been running for three weeks now, so there's still time to fix the obvious failures of foresight.
The biggest issue was pointed out by a young child riding the SLUT with her family - "Daddy, why does it keep stopping and going?" Because, get this, the SLUT has to stop at stop signs. Come on, really? Stop signs? If you're going to spend $50m on a streetcar line, you can hopefully justify fifty grand per intersection to replace the stop signs with signals. But, if not, at least remove the stop signs on the streetcar's side of things!
Step two, signal preemption. A streetcar should never ever have to wait at a red light. (Unless there's an ambulance coming up the cross street.) Signal preemption is a pretty basic piece of equipment for a shared-grade transit system, which allows the streetcar to turn all the lights ahead of it green, clearing traffic out of its way and preventing congestion or waits for lights along the route.
Really, if a transit system is to be seriously seen as a commuting option, the speed, convenience, and cost have to be lower than driving. As Elias noted, parking costs the same all along the SLUT's route, it's hard to compete on cost here. Convenience is typically where transit is starting with points against in all cases (unless congestion and parking are much more difficult than they appear to be here). So speed's the only place to make up time (ha), and stopping at every stop sign and red light means that the streetcar's planners are totally missing the point.
The "honor system" pay-after-you-board fares seem strange to me - it makes sense to not have people queue up to pay fares as they board, in the name of time-savings, but, unless the fine for getting caught without having paid is sufficiently high, I don't see how this will work well. Also, I don't care for systems that rely on vigorous patrolling and enforcement to work - that's a sign that you didn't plan things out well enough to allow the system to Just Work. This seems to be a great place for Curitiba-style fare collection before boarding; all of the stop locations appear to have plenty of space for tube stations or similar structures.
Which brings up the final point of blatant failure of planning. The entire time I've been in Seattle, the weather has been chilly, windy, and, most of the time, raining or snowing. Yet the brand-new, skimpy, barely-there "shelters" that tease you while you wait to ride the SLUT provide very little actual shelter from any of these elements. Something like a tube station would be a welcome addition to most of these stops from the rider comfort point of view.
Oh, and, also, no trash cans at the "shelters"? Or on-board? What? I'm just going to go sulk now, and daydream about transit done well...
I'd take
Submitted by Dale on 29 December 2007 - 3:11pm.
stopping at red lights if they junked the stop sign mandate, based on my satisfaction with Toronto streetcars. The existence of stop signs more or less indicates that there's no real traffic at the intersection, or else they would have a light.
The stop signs are truly the
Submitted by murph on 29 December 2007 - 3:53pm.
The stop signs are truly the egregious bit of this. At one point, the trolley had to stop at a stop sign half a block after picking up passengers, then a block later, then a third block later. WTF? Elias commented that, at this rate, we could probably walk the route in as much time.
if a transit system is to be
Submitted by the macnab on 30 December 2007 - 1:56am.
if a transit system is to be seriously seen as a commuting option, the speed, convenience, and cost have to be lower than driving
I think you mean that the speed and convenience should be higher, and the cost lower, than driving. *Audible sigh.* I suppose that's another "in the latest round of failure to proofread by planners"...
And incidentally, these are fine points.
Submitted by murph on 30 December 2007 - 12:14pm.
How about, "The cost of using the transit option, as a function of farebox price, convenience, and time, must be lower than the cost of driving."
Riding the SLUT
Submitted by Cameron on 3 January 2008 - 2:40pm.
How much does it cost to ride the SLUT? I for one probably wouldn't be all that disappointed with a good ride on the SLUT if it was at the right price.
Also, is there more than one SLUT to ride? A bit of variety might make riding the SLUTs that much more enjoyable, no?
Also, they should consider a volume discount for those that want to ride the SLUTs more frequently. If they got enough repeat SLUT riders with that approach, they might be able to offer more SLUTS for the riding.
Screeching SLUTs
Submitted by the macnab on 4 January 2008 - 7:09pm.
Also, given the noise they can make, I always want to know how well the SLUT's skids have been greased.
by any other name
Submitted by cough on 8 January 2008 - 1:19pm.
> new name on the neighborhood "South Lake Union").
South Lake Union Manors
Sadly, "Manors" sounds like
Submitted by murph on 9 January 2008 - 9:58am.
Sadly, "Manors" sounds like a very realistic name for a low-income public housing project...


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Bud Bacon, loving husband, father, and grandfather joined his wife, Jeanette, in Heaven on Saturday, February 10, 2018 at the age of 89.
Bud was born in Frankfort, Indiana on August 26, 1928. He married Jeanette (Cooley) Bacon in Cloverdale, Indiana on December 25, 1954 and they were happily married sixty-one years until her passing on June 24, 2016. Bud worked as a lineman on the Monon and L&N Railroads for over 37 years. He was known for his strength, being able to carry a railroad tie on his shoulder with no help and working through many tough days. He loved his job but Bud also had an unwavering love for his family and their needs keeping him working no matter the obstacle. He was immensely proud of his kids and grandkids. Spending time with them meant the world to him. He served the Lord faithfully as a member of the Gosport Christian Church.
Bud leaves behind his daughters, Nancy Woodsmall and husband Gary, Mary Ann Bentley, and Tammy Bacon; grandchildren, Ryan White and his wife Karen, Matthew Bentley, and Kelsey Bentley and husband Jay; great-grandchildren, Kaden White, Kysen White, Lyden Hoversten, and Lydia Hoversten, all of Spencer; sisters-in-law, Kathy Smith, Jean Cooley, and Martha Kinser and brother-in-law, Tom Cooley.
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Fort Worth's Fortress Festival has announced the lineup for its second edition, and it's clear that landing big names that cross genre borders continues to be a big part of its focus. Sardonic balladeer Father John Misty and Australian indie songwriter Courtney Barnett will headline the festival in Fort Worth's cultural district on April 28-29.
This announcement means indie rock fans will be especially busy this spring. Jack White and British shoegazers Slowdive, who performed at Fortress last year, are both playing in Dallas that same weekend.
[Update on March 7, 2018: Here's one more late-breaking headliner: Chromeo will close out the concert on April 28.]
For its first edition last year, Fortress not only offered an impressive lineup with Run the Jewels and Purity Ring headlining, but also showed a ton of promise as it navigated tricky weather conditions and a smattering of logistical issues. This year's lineup may not be as bombastic on the surface, but the farther down you look, it's every bit as intriguing as last year's enjoyable bill was.
The only true hiccup last year pertained to navigating the considerable distance between the two main stages. According to the press release announcing the artist lineup, however, festival organizers "have addressed attendees' concerns from the inaugural year with regard to the distance and overall entry process between the main stages and will announce soon a new, unified layout to alleviate these issues for audiences."
Of course plenty of others will join Father John Misty and Courtney Barnett, highlighted by The Voidz, which is the rock project of Julian Casablancas from The Strokes, art-pop act tUnE-yArDs, Grammy-nominated, North Carolina emcee Rapsody, Wu-Tang Clan member RZA, featuring Stone Mecca, and Waxahatchee, who offered possibly our favorite album from 2017 with Out in the Storm, among several other artists from around the country.
New this year: A free performance will take place from noon to 3 p.m. on April 28 inside the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Performers include Juma Spears, Sammy Kidd and Francine Thirteen. To attend these free shows, RVP online on April 1. (Link is not yet available.)
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Ok, so ive been seeing this girl which is my 2nd love and i am her first for 19 months on and off..she has a problem with commitment and always gets scared and runs off and we dont talk for a month or so..then we randomly send a text and we start talking about and lust and love set in again and the cycle starts again..well she is a flirtaious girl and even more when she has been drinking. so yeah..the first time we were together a guy which was her best friend was obsessed with her..always called her always had to hear from her and if he didnt he would flip out. and she still had feelings for him..i put up with this for 5 months and then she left..and then she came back 3 months later..and we started talking..and about a month or 2 after that she started talking to another guy while we were together..and leaves me for him..and this cycle repeats..but the last time she leaves me..she sleeps with 3 new guys..and now comes back saying she has kissed 32 guys and and slept with 3 new people..and had a 3some and shit..and she always goes out with all these guys and drinks..but she swears she loves me and would never cheat on me..and that she has changed and will never leave..but 4 out of 7 days she is with someone else..her best friend is a guy..and most of her friends are guys..and she admits most of them like her..and she goes out and drinks with them and smokes with them WHICH ANNOYS ME. and i am like what the hell..and she says i am stupid to think anything is gonna happen..and all these guys text and call her all the, non stop..and she is on the phone and checks her phone every 5 minutes..ok i believe that is enough..do i have a right to be jealous?
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She is treating you like a piece of dirt and if you like it then fine. But if you are like most people you should give her a quick kick in the derriere and tell her to get lost and you don't want to ever see her again.
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The impressive programme for the World Famous Street Party was completed with today"s announcement that indie favourites, and the year"s biggest selling new band, The Vaccines will headline the Waverley Stage with special guests Kassidy while Wild Beasts will join Friendly Fires on the expanded West End Stage. Superstar DJ Mark Ronson, Peatbog Faeries, Capercaillie, Frisky & Mannish and The Cuban Brothers complete the Street Party headliners. Sons & Daughters will open for Primal Scream and special guests Bombay Bicycle Club at Concert in the Gardens. With seven music stages offering the very best live music and DJ sets this year"s Edinburgh"s Hogmanay has a stellar line-up, rivalling many of the summer Festivals, and will climax with the world"s largest Auld Lang Syne and spectacular midnight fireworks.
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WALPOLE, HENRY (1558–1595), jesuit, eldest son of Christopher Walpole of Docking and of Anmer Hall, Norfolk, by Margery, daughter and heiress of Richard Beckham of Narford in the same county, was born at Docking, and baptised there in October 1558. Michael Walpole [q. v.] and Richard Walpole [q. v.] were his younger brothers. Henry was sent to Norwich school in 1566 or 1567, where his master was Stephen Limbert, a Cambridge scholar of some repute in his day. He entered at St. Peter's College, Cambridge, on 15 Jan. 1575, but he left the university without taking a degree, and in 1578 he became a student at Gray's Inn, intending to follow in the footsteps of his father, who appears for some time to have practised as a consulting barrister, and of his uncle, John Walpole, a serjeant-at-law who would certainly have been promoted to a judgeship but for his early death in 1568. While Henry Walpole was at Gray's Inn he appears to have brought himself under the notice of the government spies by habitually consorting with the recusant gentry and the Roman partisans; and when Edmund Campion [q. v.] came over to advocate a return to the papal obedience, Walpole was a conspicuous supporter of the jesuit and his friends. Campion was hanged at Tyburn on 1 Dec. 1581, and Walpole stood near to the scaffold when the usual barbarities were perpetrated upon the mangled corpse. The blood splashed into the faces of the crowd that pressed round, and some of it spurted upon young Walpole's clothes. He accepted this as a call to himself to take up the work which Campion had begun; and under the inspiration which the dreadful scene had aroused he sought relief for this feeling in writing a poem of thirty stanzas, which he entitled 'An Epitaph of the Life and Death of the most famous Clerk and virtuous Priest, Edmund Campion, a Reverend Father of the meek Society of the blessed name of Jesus.' The poem, which contains many passages of much beauty and sweetness, and indicates the possession of great poetic gifts on the part of the writer, was immediately printed by one of the author's friends, Valenger by name, apparently at his own private press. It was widely circulated, and attracted much attention. The government made great efforts to discover the author. Valenger was brought before the council, was fined heavily, and condemned to lose his ears; but he did not betray his friend. Walpole, however, was under grave suspicion, and thought it advisable to slip away to his father's house in Norfolk, where he was for some time in hiding, till an opportunity came for passing over to the continent. He arrived at Rheims on 7 July 1582, and at the college there he enrolled himself as a student of theology. Next year he made his way to Rome, was received into the English College on 28 April 1583, and in the following October was admitted to minor orders. Three months later he offered himself to the Society of Jesus, and on 2 Feb. 1584 was admitted among the probationers. A year later he was sent to France, where, at Verdun, he passed two years of probation, acting as 'prefect of the convictors.' On 17 Dec. 1588 he was admitted to priest's orders at Paris.
About 1586 a staff of army chaplains had been organised by Belgian jesuits, whose business it was to minister to the Spanish forces serving under the prince of Parma. Among these were soldiers of almost every European nationality, and it was important that the jesuit chaplains should be good linguists. Walpole was master of many languages, and was exactly the man for this work, which was now laid upon him. He was eminently successful, and he did not spare himself; but on one occasion in the autumn of 1589 he fell into the hands of the English garrison at Flushing, and was thrown into prison among common thieves and cut-throats, and had to endure great sufferings, till his brother, Michael Walpole, managed to cross over to Flushing and pay the ransom demanded for his release. In January 1590 he was set free and was still in Belgium, apparently exercising his functions as a catholic priest among the soldiery, when in October 1591 he was removed to Tournai to complete his third year as probationer.
In July 1592 he was summoned to the jesuit college at Bruges. Parsons's famous 'Responsio ad Edictum,' written under the name of Philopater [see Parsons, Robert, (1546–1610)], was published in the summer of 1592, and it was deemed advisable that an English translation of the book should be circulated coincidently with the appearance of the Latin version. This translation was entrusted to Walpole, and while he was engaged upon it he received orders from Claudius Aquaviva, general of the society, to join Parsons in Spain. He was present at the opening of the chapel of the lately founded jesuit college in Seville on 29 Dec. 1592, and there he met his brother Richard, whom he had not seen for ten years. Richard had already volunteered to engage in the English mission, but Parsons could not spare so able a coadjutor, and Richard had to wait his time. Henry, however, was possessed by the longing to return to England and emulate John Gerard's success as a proselytiser in Norfolk [see Gerard, John, (1564–1637)]. In June 1593 Parsons told him that it was decided he should be sent to England. Next month he was presented to Philip II at the Escurial, and was very graciously received as a jesuit father about to start on the English mission. It was not, however, till late in November that he actually set sail from Dunkirk on one of the semi-piratical vessels which at that time infested the Channel, having bargained that he should be put ashore on the coast of Essex, Suffolk, or Norfolk, where he was sure to find friends or kinsfolk. With him went two soldiers of fortune who had been serving under the king of Spain and were tired of it. One of these was Thomas, a younger brother of Henry Walpole, now in his twenty-sixth year. The voyage was disastrous from the first; the wind was boisterous and adverse, the vessel could not touch at any point near the East-Anglian coast, and was unable to stand inshore till they had got as far as Bridlington in Yorkshire, where at last the three travellers were landed on 6 Dec. and left to shift for themselves. The little party had scarcely been twenty-four hours on English soil before they were all arrested and committed to the castle at York. Henry Walpole at once confessed himself a jesuit father. The other two allowed that they had served in Sir William Stanley's regiment in Flanders. This, it seems, was no offence in law, and the only charge which could be made against them was that they had connived at the landing of a jesuit in England, which was a much more serious matter. The two made no difficulty of telling all they knew. Thomas Walpole even pointed out the place where his brother had hidden some letters and other incriminating documents on his first landing. But Henry exhibited unusual stubbornness when under examination, and, following the example of his hero Campion twelve years before, declared himself ready to defend his religious convictions against a member of the Yorkshire clergy in a public discussion, in which he acquitted himself with only too great success and cleverness. In February he was committed to the care of the notorious Richard Topcliffe [q. v.], under whose charge he was carried to London and placed a close prisoner in the Tower. It was not till 27 April that he was subjected to his first examination upon the information which the government had been collecting against him. This was a preliminary to a long succession of similar attempts to extort from the prisoner particulars which it was supposed he only was qualified to furnish on the movements of the catholics abroad and the plots which were assumed to be hatching at home. Minute reports of these examinations were drawn up at the time which have come down to us. Walpole was put upon the rack again and again, and Topcliffe seems to have used his utmost license in torturing his victim. In July 1594 he was still able to write, but after this he was handed over to Topcliffe to treat as he pleased. There is some reason for thinking that there was a motive for keeping him alive. Henry Walpole was his father's eldest son and heir. His father was at this time in failing health, and in the event of his son surviving him a considerable estate would have escheated to the crown. In the spring of 1595, however, he was sent back to York for trial on the capital charges: (1) that he had abjured the realm without license; (2) that he had received holy orders beyond the seas; and (3) that he had returned to England as a jesuit father and priest of the Roman church to exercise his priestly functions. Of course he was found guilty, though during the trial he acquitted himself with great ability, and he was condemned to death. The sentence was carried out on 17 April 1595. The long and minute accounts which have reached us of his conduct during the last few days of his life prove the great interest that was felt in his case, and though the judicial murder of Henry Walpole and of Robert Southwell [q. v.] by no means brought to an end the massacre of the jesuits and seminary priests in the queen's reign, yet after this year (1595) the rack was much more sparingly used than heretofore, and something like hesitation was shown in sending the Roman proselytisers to the gallows.
A portrait of Henry Walpole, stated to be contemporary, was preserved in the English College at Rome till the general spoliation of the religious houses. A copy of this was made for the late Hon. Frederick Walpole of Mannington Hall, Norfolk. A collection of nineteen 'Letters of Henry Walpole, S. J., from the original manuscripts at Stonyhurst College, edited with notes by Aug. Jessopp, D.D.,' was printed for private circulation in 1873, 4to. Only fifty copies were struck off. Twenty-five of these were presented to the fathers at Stonyhurst.
[The career of Henry Walpole has been traced in detail by the writer of this article in 'One Generation of a Norfolk House,' 1878. The authorities on which the statements there made are based will be found in the notes. A short life of Henry Walpole was published by Father Cresswell at Madrid eight months after the execution of his friend. A French translation of this Spanish original was issued at Arras in September 1596, and it has been asserted that an English version was also printed. This, however, is very doubtful. There is a full account of Walpole's career, with some of his letters and details of his trial, in Diego de Yepes's Historia Particular de la Persecucion de Inglaterra, published in quarto at Madrid in 1599 (only four years after Walpole's death), and in our own times much valuable information has been brought together in Foley's Records of the English Province S. J.; Morris's Life of John Gerard; and in the Records of the English Catholics under the Penal Laws, edited by the London Oratorians, 1878, vol. i. The Official Reports of Walpole's examinations in the Tower are abstracted in Cal. Dom. Eliz. 1591–4; the originals are in the Record Office. The reports of the disputations at York, of the trial, and of the incidents at the execution must have been widely circulated. We find them quoted in unexpected places. Of course they were known to More (Hist. Prov. Angl.), but one is surprised to find extracts from them in the Kerkelyke Historie of Corn. Hazart S. J., folio, Antwerp, 1668, iii. 375. A devotional life of Henry Walpole, taken almost exclusively from Cresswell's biography, was published by Father Alexis Possoz, S. J., at Tournai in 1869.]


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How far is the gangster genre a creation of the necessity to promote civic responsibility and social contentment with ones society, through mass media? The Gangster genre is a creation of the 20th century as it originally took many of its plots and characters directly from the activities of those involved in the highly influential gang culture which developed in America during the 1920's. As such, by the subject matter they cover, Gangster films are restricted to portraying the negative aspects of society, as shown by the culture of criminality they project and the lax morals of the film's protagonists. Looking at the title question it becomes apparent that there are a few areas which must first be examined before a full and satisfactory examination of the overall question can be attempted. The factors which require this clarification are; what constitutes civic responsibility and social contentment? ; Why does this desire exist? ; How is this desire seen in other genres? Civic responsibility in this case could be seen as the politically preferable system of norms and codes of behaviour to which it is hoped the population of a country will ascribe themselves. This is the preferred situation for any governmental body as it means that the population of a country would be in consensus with the aims of the ruling body rather than opposing them. This opposition can take many different forms from criminal acts to full blown revolution. It may appear very obvious that it is in a governments best interests to promote this idea of Civic responsibility as it would help to decrease the number of social problems within a country such as crime, it also helps the members of the society to directly recognise actions which could be construed as anti-social and as such would allow local communities to police themselves through schemes such as neighbourhood watch, thus taking the pressure off the countries police force. ...read more.
Although Henry has avoided the ultimate fate of the Gangster he cannot better himself in the real world because of the restrictions he has placed upon himself as a result of the life style he originally chose. In this way the film seems to suggest that the Gangster will still be punished for their actions, they cannot simply be allowed to enter back into society freely as this would undermine the labour of the legitimate work force. As can be clearly seen there is a strong argument that Gangster films are used in the same way as cautionary tales told to children by their mothers, although in this case the mother is replaced by the censorship boards of the country and the studios which produce the film. However it can be said that there have been some films which do not seem to follow the idea that 'crime doesn't pay' to the contrary in fact, 'crime pays big, and it's cool!' 'The Godfather' is a film which inspired a generation of film makers (and a generation of gangsters if you believe the FBI), but it contains perspectives on the gangster life style which are not the traditionally accepted ones. If 'The Godfather' is taken as a stand alone film it does not include the traditional destruction of the main protagonist (although this aspect is examined in 'Godfather part III') on the contrary the film depicts Michael's meteoric rise within the family. Although this alone is a major break from tradition it is not the most drastic aspect of the 'Godfather' films. This comes in the form of the recent comparisons which have been drawn between the growth of Vito Corleone's crime empire and the ideological view of the 'American dream'. That is to say a penniless boy is able to come to America and make a success of him self, although in this case he achieves this power through ruthless acts of violence. ...read more.
In conclusion it would appear that the Gangster genre was indeed created in part from the political desire to promote civic responsibility within its people, however this in no way was the only influence on the early Gangster films. The stringent censorship laws around which the films were constructed may have played a major part in the formation of the early Gangster films, although the political aspect was still required as it was possible for early film makers to work around these censorship laws, by releasing the film un-rated for example. The idea of social contentment was promoted through the idea that the conformity with civic responsibilities would lead to this contentment, however in recent years it would appear that the happiness of the audience is being more directly approached through the entertainment value of the film its self. An excellent way to look at the out early gangster films would be to look at another James Cagney film, 'Angels with Dirty Faces', this films ending shows exactly what the classification boards were afraid of, they felt that a strong gangster character would cause members of the populace to follow in their footsteps, so both in the James Cagney film and in the eyes of the censors the Gangster could not maintain their dignity for the good of society. It would appear however that this belief has been lost some what by today's media savvy society and as such the Gangster can now stand proud, corrupt, but proud. Finally it is important to note that with the expanse in the range of mass media it is no longer necessary or viable to attempt to indoctrinate people through the use of movies alone, instead it is much easier to use movies to entertain the population and as such use these films as an escapist method of maintaining social contentment while other media out lets and institutions are used to promote civic responsibility. ...read more.
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One of the most popular flavours I make is the Caramel Crunch. It's sweet and tastes really indulgent but is packed with loads of whole food goodness and a whopping 12.6g of protein per jar.. Somebodies about to get those plant based gains! (P.s. It's you)
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Biog - Mark Regan MBE
Mark Regan MBE started his Test career against the Springboks 13 years ago, was a World Cup winner in 2003 and a finalist in 2007. He played an integral part in the most recent campaign, playing in five matches including the final and won 47 international test caps. To date, Mark is the oldest player ever to play for England in the 6 Nations.
Having played an essential part in England's early 2008 RBS 6 Nations campaign, most notably in Paris, he then led the Barbarians to a 22-5 victory over South Africa at Twickenham. He had retired from international rugby in 2004 but made himself available, and was rewarded with a call-up for the tour of South Africa, where he started both tests and secured himself a World Cup place. Introduced to the game when eight at Keynsham RFC, 'Ronnie' moved to St Brendan's Old Boys minis and then played through Bristol's age group sides.
- He has represented England 16 Group, 18 Group, Colts, Students, U21s, Emerging Players and England A.
- He played for the British and Irish Lions in the final Test against the Springboks in 1997.
- He returned to help rejuvenate his home city club of Bristol in 2005 from Leeds Tykes, where he had spent four years. During his spell at Headingley Carnegie he helped the Tykes to beat Bath, another of his former clubs, 20-12 in the Powergen Cup final at Twickenham in 2005.
- He helped Bristol finish third in the Guinness Premiership table.
Career Highlights
World Cup Winner 2003
World Cup Finalist 2007
Grandslam and Triple Crown winner with England
Captained the Barbarians to a famous victory over the World Champions South Africa at Twickenham 2007
British Lions series winner in South Africa 1997
European Heiniken Cup winner with Bath
Powergen Cup winner with Leeds
TV/Radio Presenting
Mark writes a regular rugby column that appears in the Bristol Evening Post, and has worked as a co-presenter on Radio 5 live. Mark has also appeared both as a mystery guest and panel guest on the sports programme "A Question of Sport".


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Directions to CHLP Bloomfield Office
From Parkway South
Take Exit 148 (Bloomfield). Turn right onto Bloomfield Avenue. After approximately 4 to 5 blocks, turn left onto Ward Street (in front of a Mobil gas station). Go one block (to end) and turn right onto Farrand Street. Turn right into the first driveway (650 Bloomfield Avenue). The building cannot be seen from Bloomfield Avenue. The office is on the second floor.
From Parkway North
Take Exit 148 (Bloomfield). Come down the ramp and straight ahead on the right is Hoffman BMW dealership. Bear left around the circle and turn right, back onto Bloomfield Avenue. Turn left onto Ward Street and follow the rest of the instructions above.


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And a baby makes four!
E! News can confirm that Kristin Cavallari is pregnant with her second child with NFL star hubby Jay Cutler.
The couple is already proud parents to baby Camden, who turned one over the summer.
K.Cav's pregnancy shouldn't come as a total shock, however, as she's been open for the last several months about wanting to expand her family.
In fact, in September she told E! News that she and Cutler were already trying to grow their brood.
"We want to have a second sooner rather than later," the 26-year-old told E! News at a Junk Food Vintage NFL event in New York. "We're working on it!"


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Joshua Tree National Park will offer a special slate of children's activities on April 25 for National Junior Ranger Day. All Junior Ranger activities are free and are open to children from ages 4 to 14. "Junior Rangers explore their national parks and discover all the amazing things that happen there," said Park Superintendent Curt Sauer. "We hope local kids will take advantage of Junior Ranger Day and find out more about what makes Joshua Tree such a special place."
The park rangers will conduct a variety of children's programs between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. at locations throughout the park.
Children taking part in the day's events will be able to become official Junior Rangers and receive a Junior Ranger badge by completing activities in the Junior Ranger booklet. The booklets will be available at park visitor centers and entrance stations.
Boy and Girl Scouts are eligible to earn unit certificates and individual Scout Ranger patches by completing the Scout Ranger program. Participation in a Junior Ranger Day activity counts toward meeting one of the requirements for earning the Scout Ranger patch.
National Junior Ranger Day is a special event for National Park Week, celebrated this year between April 18 and 26. Many parks throughout the country will offer ranger programs, interactive games, and special events designed to connect children with their national parks. Presidentially proclaimed, National Park Week is an annual celebration and recognition of National Parks.


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The 12-month exhibition programme featuring model brick-work by acclaimed LEGO artist Warren Elsmore will take place at Historic Environment Scotland (HES) sites across the country, including Aberdour Castle, Glasgow Cathedral and Stirling Castle, from Saturday 3 February.
The Brick Wonders and Brick History exhibitions, created by Elsmore's highly talented team of designers and artists, focus on pivotal moments and amazing sights from around the globe, featuring everything from the seven wonders of the ancient world, scientific discoveries from the Big Bang Theory to DNA, and recent history from mobile phones to the moon landings.
Creator, Warren Elsmore, said: "We love transforming the world around us into LEGO scenes. It's a fun way to translate history into a medium that everyone can understand and relate to, especially young people.
"Forget dry lists of kings or endless battle dates – this is history brought to life. It's great when we see visitors making that instant connection with our projects and hope it will inspire them to learn even more about our history."
The partnership between HES and Warren Elsmore follows the success of the Brick City exhibition at Fort George, which saw over 2,600 visitors marvel at the mini creation – a 41% rise in footfall from the previous year.
Rebecca Bailey, Head of Education & Outreach at HES, said: "LEGO bricks are unique in their appeal, having been a top-selling toy for over fifty years so it's great for us to be able to showcase history in such an engaging way.
"The artistic Brick City display instantly piqued the interest of our visitors at Fort George, and we're sure these eye-catching exhibitions will be a big attraction throughout 2018 for young people - and the big kids too."
Warren Elsmore's Brick Wonders and Brick History models are to tour HES sites throughout Scotland until January 2019:
3rd Feb-22nd Apr: Brick Wonders at Aberdour Castle
28th Apr-8th Jul: Brick Wonders at Arbroath Abbey
14th Jul-23rd Sep: Brick Wonders at Glasgow Cathedral
29th Sep-23rd Jan: Brick Wonders at Stirling Castle
12th Oct-6th Jan: Brick History at Fort George
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The Stakes Are High for The Old Oaken Bucket Game
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Not only are bragging rights at stake in Saturday's Old Oaken Bucket Game between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Purdue Boilermakers, so is bowl eligibility. Both teams are 5-6 and on the season and need that sixth win in order to punch their ticket to a bowl game.
It also pits two head coaches against each other for the first time in their careers as both Indiana head coach Tom Allen and Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm look to close out their first regular season at both schools on a high note.
"Not every place has this kind of rivalry game," says Allen. "We full understand the magnitude of the game and we know what is at stake for both sides."
The Hoosiers were victorious last year beating the Boilers 26-24 at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington. This year the game is at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, something that will play well in the Boilermaker's advantage says Jeff Brohm.
"We need to finish the season the right way. I know that's what our seniors want to do," Brohm continued. "It's be a great atmosphere. The fans have been great to this point and they've been loud when they're there and they've helped be the twelfth man to spur us to success."
Both teams are coming off key wins to get them to this point. The Boilers knocked off the Iowa Hawkeyes on the road 24-15 last Saturday. The Hoosiers blitzed Rutgers 41-0, a team that Purdue lost to earlier in the season 14-12.
Kickoff is a Noon tomorrow in West Lafayette and you can catch all the action as it happened on FM 107.5 and 1070 The Fan or on the Big Ten Network.
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Special props to the two girl who did "Harumonia" by Rythem, and also the Little Slugger cosplayer who did "Treat or Goblins" by Megumi Hayashibara. I tried to compliment you (being the latter) on your voice at the dance, but found that Chris' green-haired friend had 'borrowed' yet another costume! (In addition to the infamous Pyramid-Head-Dating-Game-Madness)


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• Kitteh Confusion? Man Takes In "Cat," Gets Rabies
Posted on 21/10/2016 by Chairman Meow | 0 comments
Chairman Meow Says: Apparently there haz been some confusion as 2 what iz a kitteh, and what iz not a kitteh. (Perhaps iz due in part to recent Fox News segment entitled, "Possums: Are They Just Liberal Cats?")
In any event Please allow Great Teacher Chairman Meow to clear up confusion.
Hmmm… It this a kitteh?
First, if perceived "kitteh" haz long nose & sharp teeth, wings, or more than 4 legs, animal may not be kitteh. Here iz approved diagram of what standard kitteh looks like:
December 19, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Chairman Meow;
Thanks for the kitteh identification chart. I am sure it will come in handy on my next visit to the big city;) Happy holidays!


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Defendants in DWI cases are supposed to be protected from being forced to submit to a blood test without a warrant unless they gave their consent to the test. The Supreme Court made clear it was a violation of the Constitution to force defendants to undergo a blood test unless police had first obtained a warrant.
Unfortunately, defendants do not always get this protection. This is because 13 states have made it a crime to refuse to take a blood test, and trends are moving towards other states imposing similar criminal penalties.
Now, however, the Supreme Court could put a stop to this trend (or exacerbate it) as the court has granted certiorari and has agreed to rule on cases affecting the rights of DWI defendants. The decision made by the court is an important one which could affect whether DWI defendants are actually protected by the constitution or whether their rights are abridged.
Supreme Court to Consider Rights of DWI Defendants
In 2013, the Supreme Court heard a case called Missouri v. McNeely. At issue in the case was the right of police to force a defendant to take a blood test even with no warrant, if the defendant didn't consent. While a warrantless forced blood test seemed to be clearly unconstitutional, the argument was made that exigent circumstances existed to justify a warrantless search. Police believed they should be entitled to take a test without a warrant, since the body was metabolizing the alcohol in the blood and destroying the evidence of a high BAC.
The Court fortunately ruled the body's metabolic processes were not an exigent circumstance justifying abridging the rights of defendants and forcing them to submit to a blood test. If police wanted to take a blood test, they'd either have to get a warrant or the driver would need to agree.
Unfortunately, the protections created in McNeely haven't always worked in practice because of the growing trend towards making refusal of blood tests a crime. Defendants are essentially told they must submit to a blood test or they will be charged with a criminal offense, so they don't really have an actual choice about whether to consent or not.
Defendants have been appealing and arguing the unconstitutionality of criminal statutes imposing penalties for blood test refusal. In Hawaii, the state Supreme Court recently held the criminal law in Hawaii was unconstitutional.
A defendant had been convicted of DWI for a BAC of .17, but his BAC was measured on a blood test taken with no warrant. The driver had only given consent to the blood test after he was told he could be sentenced to 30 days in jail otherwise. The court held the coerced consent wasn't real consent and the driver's conviction was thrown out.
The Hawaii case protects only defendants in Hawaii from criminal penalties- it doesn't protect defendants in other states with criminal laws or in states which could pass criminal laws for blood test refusal in the future.
If the Supreme Court holds it is unconstitutional to make consent to warrantless blood tests a crime, however, defendants will actually get real protection from being forced to take blood tests with no warrant. The two main cases being appealed to the Supreme Court are Bernard v. Minnesota and Birchfield v. North Dakota and the cases should be watched closely to see if DWI defendants are actually given the protections in the constitution.


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Clay Jenkins is in his fourth season as head baseball coach at Plymouth State in 2019, and his eighth season with the PSU baseball program. Jenkins took over the head coaching role after the 2015 season following five years as PSU pitching coach.
The Panthers posted a 20-22 record in Jenkins' first season in 2016, setting several program records along the way. PSU established new team standards for stolen bases in a game and season and pitching strikeouts in a season, and individual marks for doubles in a game and season, and stolen bases in a game and season.
In 2017 PSU finished an even .500 with a 19-19 mark, though the Panthers finished just one win shy of qualifying for the Little East Conference Tournament.
From 2011-2014, Jenkins helped lead the pitching staff from a 6.56 team earned run average to a 3.63 team ERA. The team qualified for multiple LEC Tournament appearances, including a conference tournament championship game for the first time in school history.
An Easton, N.H native, Jenkins was a standout pitcher at Profile High School and then Franklin Pierce University. During his collegiate playing career (2004-2007), Jenkins was a versatile pitcher used in a variety of situations. As a captain and Academic All-American his senior year, Jenkins helped the Ravens to the Division II College World Series for the second consecutive year by accumulating a 6-1 record and one save with a 1.88 ERA in 22 appearances. Among the all-time leaders in both single season and career appearances, Jenkins brings not only experience, but a strategic mind-set to the Panther baseball program.
Jenkins played professionally for a short stint in the Frontier League with the Kalamazoo Kings in Kalamazoo, Mich. In addition to his Bachelor's degree in Finance/Management from Franklin Pierce, Jenkins earned his Master's degree in Global Business and Project Management from Southern New Hampshire University in 2012. Jenkins serves as Project Manager for Portland Construction Services, Inc. out of Saco, Maine.