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CRESTVIEW � Life for Danny Parker is much like that for anyone else. He gets up, sometimes takes a spin on his four-wheeler, reports to work and comes home to his family.
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CRESTVIEW � Life for Danny Parker is much like that for anyone else. He gets up, sometimes takes a spin on his four-wheeler, reports to work and comes home to his family.
Having Down syndrome hasn't deterred him, Parker's family members say. To his customers in the Wal-Mart garden center, he's another helpful employee.
"I never thought about it much," Paige Parker, his older sister, said. "There's five kids in the family and we didn't treat him any different than anyone else. He was aggravating at times and loving at times, just like any other brother."
Danny Parker has worked at Wal-Mart for 20 years, and is well known to many shoppers. With a restricted driver�s license, he is often able to drive himself to and from work.
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MILAN (Reuters) - A group of Chinese investors will buy a minority stake in Inter Milan, becoming the second-biggest shareholder of Italy's top football club, and a deal has been reached with China Railway Construction Corp to build a new stadium for the team.
China Railway Construction would pay $600 million (386.3 million pounds) for a 15 percent stake in the club, Caixin reported on its website on Thursday. The Chinese financial news magazine did not say if the company was part of the group of Inter investors.
Chinese investors, encouraged by the government, have been actively pursuing overseas assets in recent years. Some high-profile purchases have included the takeover of cereal maker Weetabix by China Bright Food and an agreement by Dalian Wanda Group to buy the U.S. movie chain AMC Theatres, both in May.
The Moratti family would keep control of the football club, according to a statement posted on Inter's website late on Wednesday. The statement did not disclose the financial details of the deal nor the size of the stake.
"F.C. Internazionale welcomes the new shareholders," the statement said, without identifying the Chinese investors.
Inter also said the new stadium to be built by China Railway Construction will be completed by 2017.
The stadium would have a capacity of 60,000 and construction would start next year, according to Caixin. That compares with the 80,065 capacity of the current San Siro Stadium.
Company officials could not be immediately reached for comment.
China Railway Construction has actively pursued overseas investment this year, signing two projects in Africa with a total contract value of 9.1 billion yuan. In November last year, a consortium involving the Shanghai-listed company announced a deal to develop an iron ore mine in Guinea.
China Railway Construction shares were down about 2 percent at 6:40 a.m. British time.
The Inter Milan deal appears to represent the first time investors from the Chinese mainland had successfully snagged a chunk of a major foreign sports team, although it was not the first attempt.
The Los Angeles Times reported last year that the Dodgers had received an $1.2 billion offer to buy the city's troubled Major League Baseball team, funded, in part, by Chinese investors.
Chinese investors launched an attempt to buy the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team in 2009, Thomson Reuters data showed, and in 2010, news reports said investors from China bid for the Liverpool football club.
In 2009, Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung bought English football club Birmingham City.
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Through a commitment to teaching excellence and innovation, continued faculty development, student success and exceptional scholarship, the UT Tyler faculty fellows will assist the center in achieving its branded initiatives: academic innovation, data analytics, service learning and undergraduate research.
They will be available for consolation and provide active learning opportunities to assist other faculty, adjunct faculty and teaching assistants. The fellows also will be responsible for promoting excellence, innovation and student success across the university. Fellows were selected from a blind review process by three external higher education institutions.
"Here at UT Tyler, we want to establish a community of scholars dedicated to teaching excellence, innovation and student success, as well as promoting excellence in scholarship," said Dr. Scott Marzilli, assistant vice president for academic innovation and student success. "This inaugural group of faculty fellows will help us with that goal under the center's Faculty Fellowship Program."
The 2014 inaugural faculty fellows are listed by the distinct initiative areas.
Academic Innovation: Dr. Colleen Swain, professor and School of Education director; Dr. Julie Delello, assistant professor of education; and Dr. Barbara Ross Wooldridge, associate professor of marketing.
Data Analytics: Dr. Venugopal Gopalakrishna-Remani, assistant professor of management.
Service Learning: Dr. Nary Subramanian, assistant professor of computer science; and Dr. Colleen Marzilli, assistant professor of nursing.
Undergraduate Research: Dr. Christina Graves, assistant professor of mathematics.
Each received a $2,500 developmental stipend and an award in the amount of $1,500. The appointment is renewable for up to three years.
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Culebra is a small Caribbean island, mostly covered in nature preserve that lies about 20 miles east of Puerto Rico. Culebra is part of the self governed commonwealth associated with the USA.
Get In
You can reach Culebra via daily ferry from Fajardo or on week days from Vieques. Maritime Transport Authority website for schedule and price information Average price is about $2.25 for a ferry ride and it takes about one to one and a half hours from Fajardo. However, reaching Fajardo from San Juan by taxi costs $80-100. You can also reach Culebra via daily airplane service from San Juan, Fajardo, Vieques or nearby Saint Thomas. This option is the best and easiest way to travel. Air Flamenco and Vieques Air Link has a service that leaves from Isla Grande Airport to Culebra. San Juan Isla Grande airport(SIG) is approximately a $25 15 minute cab ride from San Juan International airport. These are small 8 passenger planes. The plane ride may cost $60 one way and take 35 minutes. If you are 1 adult this is the better option. If you are two people traveling the taxi from San Juan to Fajardo might be your better option. For 2 adults it would cost approximately $45 per person with cab and ferry one way.
For a budget traveler, you may also want to consider taking one of the local buses to Fajardo. Prices may be negotiated if you speak Spanish, and $10-$20 per person should cover the two to three hour ride. This highway tends to get busy. Check what time the last ferry leaves Fajardo. I believe it is 3pm. The buses are vans that depart sporadically, do not have air conditioning, and primarily serve locals. Tourists may have difficulty persuading taxi drivers that you want to go to the bus station.
It is important to note that although the ferry is a cheap option it is extremely busy during the high season (holidays and summer months). During these times the ferry will be extremely hard to use as people camp out as early as 4 in the morning for tickets. I would recommend taking a flight to avoid the hassle of the very and the chance of not being able to get to the island.
Get Around
There are several native-run taxi services on the island, ferrying tourists around town, to the airport, and to Flamenco Beach. They charge a very reasonable $2 per person. There are several businesses on the island that rent scooters or cars at the airport. You can rent a jeep for $60 a day at the small airport in Culebra. You can take the shuttle from the ferry dock. Jerry's Jeeps is right across the street. He has older vehicles for $50 a day. If you want to see the many beaches on all sides of the island you can rent a car for 1-2 days and pretty much cover the entire island.
There are several small restaurants on the island as well as small hotels which have restaurants. Reservations are recommended if you plan on going to a hotel restaurant.
Several food vendors hawk their wares daily at the entrance to Flamenco Beach. The grilled meat-on-a-stick is both delicious and cheap. Lots of bottled water and other cold drinks from vendors with ice chests.
Mamacita's bar and restaurant, [13], in the heart of the town is popular but quite pricey. El Eden's laid back decor may fool you but make no mistake, this is a 5 star restaurant worthy of NYC. The lobster risotto is to die for! They serve dinner only 3 nights per week (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) but you absolutely must experience it. From the gnocchi with pesto, fresh eggplant lasagna and swordfish dinner to the prime rib, there is something for everyone. They have a great brunch on Sundays and delicious sandwiches made with fresh bread every day (closed Tuesday and Wednesday) this place should not be missed. They do accept reservations and it is advisable during the busy season. 787-742-0509 The Chinese restaurant in town sells some liquor, but the proprietor speaks no English and only some Spanish, so good luck there.
There are half a dozen or so guest houses, such as the Palmetto Guesthouse, [14], and small hotels on Culebra.
The term "resort" is a bit misleading as the average facility will be 2-3 stars at best. This is a small island after all! Some of the older hotels are barely a one star. Service is typical laid back (i.e., slow) island style. There are also plenty of houses and villas for rent on the island. Camping is permitted for up to four months at a time on the beautiful government-run Flamenco Beach, just a few miles outside of the main town.
Many private apartments are also available on the island, most can be book through Culebra Vacation Planners [16].
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"They say faith is their evidence."
Faith is belief without evidence, never stop pointing out that they admit this.
"...think that it's crazy to believe we "came from monkies".
It is crazy, it's a misrepresentation of "common ancestry". Aside from this, evolution isn't a belief, it's a scientific fact. Point out that they aren't "disbelieving evolution", they're refusing to accept a fact backed by evidence; because it conflicts with their "belief without evidence".
My favorite counter-apologetics argument has nothing to do with science, it has to do with the theist concept of "free will".
Atheist's Question: Why did god punish Adam and Eve?
Theist's Answer: Because they ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Atheist's Question: Why is knowledge of good and evil bad?
Theist's Answer: Because god forbade them to eat from that tree!
Atheist's Question: How could they know it was wrong to defy god if they had no knowledge of good and evil?
Theist's Answer: Free will!
Atheist's Question: If they had no knowledge of good and evil, how could they have free will?
Explaining evolution to creationists is tough, even when you have a firm grasp of it. Most of the possible counter-arguments to creationists are listed here at Talk.Origins. A lot of the "basics" are in the FAQ
If monkeys get involved just say "Well, studies have shown that 4 out of 5 primates don't want to be related to you either."
Keeps 'em quiet for a bit anyways.
The Bible says modern man has been here for only 6,000 years (we have an exact accounting from Adam to Abraham). Science has proven that modern man (emphasis-MODERN- just like us)- has been here for at least 200,000 years (we have the bones to prove it). I have also read that apes have 24 chromosomes- while we have 23- wait! there's the difference!-not so fast, it turns out that that 24th chromosome is actually fused into ours (again, we have the evidence to prove it).And how did that happen? It EVOLVED- and made us- well, us. Now ask them to: A.) Fill in the 194,000 year gap and B.) explain who Adam's son's were having kids with (unmentioned sister's??). It amazes me that people still want to hold on to a silly childish fairy tale just because they don't want to study the evidence because they don't like what the truth suggests (we're related to monkeys! gasp!). We have to go where the truth takes us, whether we like the answer or not.
I think in conversations like this its important to ask yourself what you want to get out of it.
That is: Do you just want them to know you better as a person? Do you want them to at least respect your views? To "agree to disagree"? Do you want them to reconsider their own views?
In this case, what advice i'd give on both if and how i'd explain evolution would depend on your goals with your parents.
As an aside, i just noticed someone posted this timely cartoon on your dilemma in the Atheist Humor group!
Hey Joe,
Thanks for taking a step back in this debate and getting to the heart of the matter. You are right, in that Tyler needs to first consider the bigger questions that this debate raises between he and the parents. Where does he want the debate to go, indeed? I am having the same struggles with my Christian wife on this same subject, from time to time, and I realize that I do not respect her beliefs, because they seem based solely on her desire to believe in Creationism, on faith alone, and reject evolution only because it contradicts her beliefs. It is very frustrating to deal with someone who you know is being irrational, but at the same time,I also know that we simply have to "agree to disagree" in order to make the marriage work. But how does one respect the person and at the same time, not that person's beliefs? That, at least for me, is the hard part. I hope this does not cause a wedge in Tyler's relationship with his parents. Sometimes i think you just have to let it go.
The problem is, (I think), that people who believe via faith, fear that without it life is meaningless, and would be chaotic. People of faith need to be helped to understand that a godless universe is OK - they can have values, and be moral people. They need to know that atheists are generally good people. It may also help, if they realise that "God" is a god of the gaps - that in days gone by, so much was attributed to the active intervention of "God". Now we have science which shows that in many, many, many cases, the god hypothesis has been shown to be redundant. Yet all of this does not make humans any less human or any less special to one another. Probably most of the values which people of faith hold, are also held by people without faith or belief in any god(s).
Of course the key values which will be lost, if a person were to lose their faith, and become atheist, is that "God" must be the centre of all living, and that Jesus is the way the truth and the life, and the sole soul redeemer, who will get you entry into heaven.
Since heaven is a non-entity for atheists, a deconvert would also have to accept that they will not have everlasting life, so they would be wise to make good use of the life they have. What we do in this life can have positive benefits on the world, even after we die, so such a finite life need not be pointless.
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Android 2.2 (Froyo, as the update)
LOVING THE WCDMA ONLY OPTION TO MAKE MY PHONE FORCE ITSELF TO 3G and NOT SWITCHING BACK AND FORWARD WITH EDGE DATA, with TMOBILE EL PASO, TX, GREAT QUALITY!
Battery life is great.
Screen could have been larger.
no option for trackball to light up in different colors unless you download an app for that.
Speaker can be louder.
Capacative touch buttons
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The Nexus One far surpassed my high expectations for it. I waited a long time after its release to purchase, carefully reading and analyzing all reviews, contemplating their next move with the phone, possible price drops/increases, etc.. to this was not an impulse purchase. Very little bad information that appeared legitimate was written on this phone, anyway.
Call quality
Available Application for free or little $$$
Google Earth
Car Navigation
Easily configure with Google Email, Voice, Calendar etc..
Every feature of this phone, detailed anywhere has been useful and functioned as intended.
Fingerprints (as with any touchscreen)
Overall I really have no complaints about the phone at all. I am uncomfortable with having purchased a phone from Google, that was manufactured from HTC and utilizes T-Mobiles cellular service. It would make "passing the buck" easy and convenient. Based on my research I've not read any reports of that happening. The phone is reasonably priced all things considered. T-Mobile is excellent service in my area as well as the most feasible.
I've limited experience using this phones camera and have had mixed results while doing so. The video does quite well in adequate lighting but the camera has produced both low quality and superb pictures. I have yet to determine why the inconsistency.
Otherwise a near perfect phone, easy to access and fast due to processor and memory as well as the layout of the OS/programs.
Nexus, the shizztaculairity
This phone makes all other phones out there look like fools.The amount of stuff this phone is capable of makes this phone absolutely and unquestionably the best on the market its lightning fast, has google backing (a definite plus), and is fully touch screen with a phone like this you will never go wrong.
I bought this phone online through google and i was very uneasy and unsure about it. Google ships it to you over night with no extra cost associated! Ten min after turning the phone on i fell in love, the screen is outstanding, screen is responsive and the onboard keyboard user friendly. Also its the most customizable phone on the market!
-Beautiful LED screen(high res to date)
-5* touch screen responsive
-Pan background as well as live
-Processing speed is outstanding
-Android apps(no need to say more)
-Everything! lol
-Guess what.......There isnt any!
Buy this phone and support one of the great American companies! Google rocks!
This phone is blazing fast,it's as fast as a laptop!!It can blaze through web pages at lighting fast speeds and operates them smoother than any other phone,even the 3gs.It also is compatible with tons of apps from Google.And I love that it comes unlocked,that is one of favorite things about it. It is also an amazing media phone,it can store a ton and plays music and video better than any iphone.And it streams off the internet well,too.It also has great battery life. It also has the most beautiful screen ever.But, I'm going to wait to buy this phone after the Microsoft phone comes out with windows mobile 7.Because I'm a huge Microsoft fan and I think that phone could possibly be better than the Nexus One.
Overall a great phone!
I have had this phone for a few weeks now and it is by far one of the best smartphones I have ever had! I am usually a blackberry person myself but the Nexus One incorporates business and pleasure into one sleek device that fits well in the palm of your hand.
- Push Email
- The amount of apps (They have all the ones you need)
- Messaging is threaded (Easily check messages)
- Everything loads quick and easy
- Runs Android 2.1 (The only phone that does so far!)
- IM runs in the background!
- Live Wallpapers! (They move!)
- 5 megapixel camera with flash and zoom
- 3G capable
- Tough if you don't use Google resources
- Trackball doesn't change colors
- Ringtone selection is horrible
- Battery life is ok, have to charge every night from moderate use
- Flexes between 3G and EDGE, depending on where you are at
To sum it up, the Pros outweigh the Cons any day! Of course with every phone you are going to have your likes and dislikes but this is one phone you will be happy you bought. Even though it's only for T-Mobile, their coverage is sufficient and I haven't had any problems for the most part.
- Tom
This is one of the best phone I've ever had. My brother has iphone 3gs and I had a chance to detailed comparison - screen is bigger, smoother and apps start much faster than Iphone 3gs. I wasn't pleased to shell-out close to $600 bucks but now I know it was well worth it.
I looked at this phone and did the online tour walk through thing on google. I couldnt call from it but it gave me the walkthrough if u looked through all of the applications. It was very fast and responsive, and its lightweight. I'm happy to see this phone on the the market.
REALLY LIKE THIS PHONE and I am not going to get it though. I have to be careful of dropping a touchscreen phone because i used the LG Voyager and the touchscreen front broke. I cannot believe this phone because it is TOTALLY insane sooooo yeah ok bye
Fast and efficient
The phone is a beast. It blazes through web pages and has the hardware to kill most phones out there. I like it and it gets the job done really fast. As i started using it, it became a sort of hassle to do anything on it. The battery is a bit worse than the Iphone 3gs' battery, it has a snapdragon processor, but the phone lacks the smooth and elegant internet experience you get on the Iphone, though it loads pages very fast, the phone also has a 5 megapixel camera with the quality of a 3.0 megapixel camera.
Overall it is an amazing phone if you love android and it is certainly a contender against the Iphone 3gs, but it's not the phone for me. :)


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Team Fortress isn't just a multiplayer shooter — it's a multiplayer costume extravaganza. Besides great gameplay, the Team Fortress games feature wonderfully designed characters. No wonder they're fan favourites.
And no wonder fans love to cosplay as Team Fortress characters. But who wore their outfits best?
This is like when the same people show up at a party wearing the same outfit. Who wore it best?
While Kotaku prefers to have cosplayers face off as a single character (see Chun-Li), Team Fortress is very much the sum of all its parts, and today we'll be looking at multiple characters.
These aren't all the TF cosplays (and there might be better ones out there), but from this sample, let's see who pulled it off the best.


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Beaufort County, North Carolina Extension Coordinator Rod Gurganus stepped to the microphone at last week's Blacklands Farm Managers Tour and gave the message every Extension agent in America would like to give.
To paraphrase: "The crowd is huge, we don't have enough wagons to get everyone to the field, but we'll get you there, even if some of us have to walk."
And, walk we did, literally hundreds of us, most shunning the covered wagon pulled by trucks and tractors. The weather was great, the fellowship was rewarding and the exercise no doubt did us all some good.
At the end of the day, the 43rd annual Blackland Farm Managers Tour was the biggest in recent memory. Not only was it big in scope, but it was big in timely information, delivered by an array of state and county Extension leaders.
On this day it didn't matter whether corn, soybeans, cotton, wheat — even grain sorghum was at the top of the list, because there was good information on all those crops and more.
Galen Ambrose wasn't in charge of this year's tour — the first time in a long time, but his legacy remained. Galen retired a while back from the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, having worked on many of the 43 annual tours.
His replacement, Rod Gurganus, is significantly 'shorter in the tooth' than Galen, but comes armed with a bevy of old and new communication tools, including tweets, blogs and likely others that I don't know about. The combination of word of mouth all the way to social media had a positive effect on farmers and agri-business leaders in the black lands of eastern North Carolina — they came out in the hundreds.
Likely, the real key was all the time and hard work an army of folks put in to get research plots just right and to identify timely topics and well-respected state and county Extension leaders to deliver comments.
By the time opening ceremonies began, the crowd had already far exceeded the capacity of the spacious equipment shed provided by host farmers Clay and Charly Respess.
The field day consisted of three stops, each packed with big hitters, from North Carolina State, like Ronnie Heiniger and Jim Dunphy, even a guest appearance by Virginia Tech Soybean Specialist David Holshouser. Some of the lesser known county agricultural leaders, like Frank Winslow and Lance Grimes got plenty of attention because of their knowledge of challenges particular to farmers in the blacklands of eastern North Carolina.
Packed with big hitters
Though the Blacklands Farm Managers Tour is the oldest event of its kind in North Carolina, it's not the only one. The 18th annual Northeast Ag Expo was held the last week in July, and it too produced a large crowd of farmers and agri-industry people.
Next year there will likely be even better correlation between the two events. Communications people from North Carolina State University were working away at both field days to produce a promotional piece for the events.
I don't know the specifics, other than it will be a promotion for both tours, Whether or not that means there will be some coordination among the dozen or so county agents in both parts of North Carolina, who are primarily responsible for putting on these field days, I don't know. I hope so.
I also hope the administrators back in the Ivory Tower in Raleigh recognize and reward the folks who work so hard to put North Carolina State's best agricultural foot forward to their constituency. Having worked at a Land-Grant institution most of my working life, I know how these kinds of efforts can be over-looked.
Knowing the folks who are at the helm of the Department of Agriculture and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in North Carolina, I'm confident that won't be the case.
So kudos to the North Carolina State Cooperative Extension System, especially to all the men and women in the county offices up and down the coast, who worked so hard to make the Northeast Ag Expo and the Blacklands Farm Managers Tour big successes this year.
More from Southeast Farm Press
North Carolina kudzu bug migration nearing peak
Heavy rains cause Florida Panhandle farmers, ranchers problems
Peanuts, corn, soybeans highlight upcoming South Carolina field day
USDA to survey Southeast small grains growers in early September


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In preparation for Easter fun, lifestyle gift creator, Douglas Co., has 10 new, silky-soft bunnies. Each bunny ranges in size from seven to 18 inches and in price.
The springtime line includes: Stella the Floppy Ivory Bunny, which has an antique flare because of her longer fur style; Lopsy the Tan Bunny, which is a boy bunny with a tan coat of fur; Penelope Lop the Tan Bunny and Basil the Tan Sitting Bunny, which look even better together; Laurel the Floppy Pink Bunny, which has pretty pink short fur; Pixie the Floppy Lavender Bunny, which is a whimsical lavender-colored bunny with polka dot ear lining; and Clover the Pink Bunny, which is the tinniest and pinkest bunny of all.
Douglas Co. has also introduced new Puffs to their Easter line. These 8-inch tall animals with plush heads, arms, and legs and a powder puff center. Brooke Puff the Yellow Duck, Skippy Puff the Cream Lamb, Dolly Puff the Pink Bunny, and Duffy Puff the Green Frog are all available.
The new bunnies and new Puffs will be on retail shelves in the U.S., Canada, and Europe in January. Douglas products are sold at specialty gift and toy stores.


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It's one of the most anticipated bikes of the year, and with all the hype that surrounds it , boosted hugely by Ben Spies' outstanding early success in World Superbike, I couldn't wait to ride the superbike. Feeling jaded suddenly felt very much a thing of the past!Seeing the R1 for the first time in the flesh didn't really get my heart racing. It's a decent looking bike for sure, but nothing exactly outstanding. Its aggressive 'face', build quality and general shape are all attractive, but I'm not sure whether there's enough different about it to turn heads.Fire it up and the unique growl from its pipes is unlike anything else on the market, though it is very similar to the noise made by one of the most famous race bikes out there , Valentino Rossi's M1 racebike. That shouldn't be any surprise really as the R1's 'crossplane' crankshaft has been inspired by the Italian's Grand Prix machine. The uneven firing order it generates is the reason the road bike sounds very similar to his racer. But more importantly, the crank arrangement is also why the R1 delivers its power in the special and very effective way it does.
Add more revs and that acceleration becomes harder, as the effort of all four pistons combines to deliver their real meat. On this year's R1 though, there's already a noticeably harder edge to the delivery at low revs. Not quite as strong or explosive as a big V-twin's, there's still definitely a tempered version of the immediacy typical of those engines in evidence. And thanks to the civilised manners, you can get on the power earlier and not fret about it. It's a truly superb engine that pulls with just the same useful strength in the rest of the gears. Make no mistake though, even though the motor might sound and feel lazy, it's always capable of making some serious speed.It's a sharp, yet friendly pick up that's easily good enough to fire the Yamaha strongly from a standstill, even considering the very tall first gear ratio.
Along with the distinctive sound and manners, the in line four still has the same rush when you do rev it a lot harder. And when the tacho hits 10,000rpm, suddenly all the lazy, easy-going performance is replaced by a very strong charge so typical of a four cylinder. There's a super-thrilling buzz on offer when you cane it this hard, and instantly creates a 'god, I love this bike' feeling. And that's the real beauty. The R1 might now have the shortest stroke engine in the big sportsbike class, but in no way is it peaky. It's utterly fantastic to sample at all rpm. And if you ever want or need to tame things a little, there's a three-position power mode switch that can alter the pace at which all the potential is delivered. 'A' is very sharp, 'Standard' is how I tried it virtually all the time, and 'B' is softer; useful to the less experienced or in poor weather.
Just as brilliant as the engine, is the Yamaha's chassis which seems to easily cope with all the horsepower the motor makes. Given just how potent it is, all components are expected to do a hell of a lot. But in the same, almost relaxed and highly commendable way the engine produces the goods, the chassis also lets you explore its considerable capabilities without ever generating any panic.


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Seven Deaths Confirmed in Arkansas
Authorities have now confirmed seven deaths in Arkansas after a severe storm
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Category: General News
Category: General News
North Cascades Highway
The Rainy Pass part of the North Cascades Highway is still closed and probably won't open until next week. A 10 mile section of Highway 20 got covered in mud, trees and rocks after a slide triggered by a thunderstorm. That's bad news for tourist areas like Winthrop. Travelers can still reach Winthrop from the east side of the mountains and can get quite a ways into the mountains before the closure but business is down because they can't be reached by tourists from the west side of the state.


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Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN) today announced the completion of the
sale of its III-V assets to IQE plc (LSE: IQE), a leading UK-based
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in escrow for working capital adjustments. In addition, the Company will
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"Closing this transaction is a transformation step for Kopin as we focus
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investments, the goal for our Golden-i program is to develop a fully
integrated reference system capable of providing an entirely new family
of mobile devices. Our Golden-i business model is a licensing-based
model driven by patenting the innovations and processes that emanate
from these significant research and development initiatives."
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
16th and Wazee
The first floor of the Henry Lee Building at 16th and Wazee is better known as Dixon's Restaurant in the modern day. But while doing research on Wazee Street, I stumbled across some old pictures showing the evolution of this building over time.
There is a Lower Downtown Walking Tour plaque stating that the building's origins date back to 1870 which would make it one of the oldest buildings in all of downtown Denver. However, Babs Gibson, in her book The Lower Downtown Historic District, gives the date of construction as 1886. Both sources agree that in 1907, the building was joined with the adjacent Chester S. Morey Mercantile Building via an elevated corridor that is still in use in 2010 (see below). Mr. Morey needed more space for his growing grocery business. Henry Lee's name remains associated with this building however since he had it constructed to house his farming implement business.
This picture shows the Henry Lee Building on the left, circa 1935. Also apparent is the 16th Street Viaduct rising past the main Morey Mercantile Building (where the Tattered Cover Bookstore is located today). The corridor is also visible as is the old elevated doorway into the Morey Building. Now you know why there is an elevated door at the Tattered Cover. It was not part of the original building but was installed after the viaduct was built!
In 1954, the Morey Mercantile Company went to considerable expense to reface the Wazee Street facade of its building. They replaced it with a modern metal covering. Research indicates that the building was in need of reinforcement on that side and it is assumed that the company felt 'modern' was the way to go. I am almost certain that their changes removed the window frames and brick work and completely replaced it with metal. So there is no chance just to remove the metal to reveal the old building underneath.
Even during this renovation, the Morey Company was under growing competition from the likes of Lloyd King's King Soopers and from Safeway. By 1956, Morey Mercantile was no more. Luckily, if that word can be used in this case, the Morey Mercantile Company left the 16th Street facade alone. Although it was painted white, the picture above shows the modern facade with the old. Today, the building's 16th Street facade has been restored to its original brick color. And the only other hint of the building's association with the Morey company is the decals in the windows of Dixon's advertising Morey's Solitaire grocery line. Click here to see part of the building today!
For more information on Block 16, home of the Henry Lee Building, click here to be taken to DenverInfill.com
All black and white historic photos are from the Denver Public Library's Western History Collection.
Posted by Shawn Snow at 3:04 PM
2 comments:
- Jeff Smith said...
Shawn, Thank you so much for the continued history of Denver.
- 1/31/2010
- Ann said...
Thanks for your blog! It has been very helpful for us for social studies this year. :)
- 11/06/2010
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The Secrets and Lies of Joe Paterno
His final season began with wins—lots of them—and for a while it seemed as if he might retire at the top of his sport, an unblemished icon. It ended with TV cameras surrounding his house, a dying old man at his kitchen table writing a forced letter of resignation—and leaving the rest of us to wonder if we ever really knew Joe Pa at all. An exclusive excerpt from a new biography
Editor's Note: In the summer of 2011, Penn State football coach Joe Paterno allowed the journalist Joe Posnanski, then a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, to join him in State College, Pennsylvania, to spend the upcoming season writing his biography. This afforded Posnanski access to Paterno and his inner circle as the Jerry Sandusky scandal engulfed the campus and the nation. What follows is the story of Paterno's final days as head coach, and of how he presented himself to his family and intimates during that period. The Freeh report—former FBI director Louis Freeh's July 2012 inquiry on behalf of the Penn State board of trustees into why Sandusky's crimes were not reported earlier by Paterno and other senior university officials—is addressed elsewhere in Posnanski's biography and adds vital new information to the recollections in this excerpt. As a result, GQ has inserted footnotes at various points to contextualize facts that had not yet come to light at the time.
Joe Paterno began the last football preseason of his life feeling great. Anyway, that's what he told himself. During the previous two seasons he had been ill and looked gaunt; now he had the strength to walk again, and he walked all over State College. People spotted him miles from his home. "You need a ride, Joe?" they would shout through the car window, and he would wave his hand, smile, and keep walking, as he had as a young man, focusing on the road ahead. He was 84 years old, but he announced to anyone who would listen that he had not felt this good in years.
Television cameras surrounded the Paterno house on McKee Street.
Later he would tell friends and family that he knew, even then, that this would be his last year as a coach. But he mostly kept such thoughts to himself. First, it was nobody's business. Second, the last thing in the world Paterno wanted was one of those "We'll Miss You, Joe" celebrations that he called a "living funeral." Third, he wanted the freedom to change his mind. He would joke, using a line he said was from Tennessee Williams: "I knew no one was immortal, but I thought I was the exception."
The 2011 season was an odd one even before the tragic ending. Although the team kept winning, there was intense and persistent criticism of Paterno and his unwillingness to retire. There was something surreal about that. Coaches who win football games do not usually have people calling for them to step down, and after nine games Penn State was 8-1, their only loss to an Alabama team that would win the national championship. They were undefeated in the Big Ten. In December, Penn State won the Academic Bowl for scholastic excellence among the best football programs in the nation.
Still, the calls for Paterno to step down were widespread and fierce. It was true that Paterno seemed out of sorts. He coached from the press box because of an injury, and he hated it; he did not even have time to go down and speak to his team at halftime. He was less available and less forthcoming than ever. Reporters who had long felt slighted pushed back. "It probably shouldn't be this way," one told me. "But I think everybody just wants something to change. It's been the same here for so long that Joe's sick of us, we're sick of him. It would be nice to just move on to something new."
When Penn State beat Illinois on October 29, it was Paterno's 409th victory as a coach. He already had the record for Division I-A so this wasn't exactly a record. But he had passed Grambling's Eddie Robinson for the top spot on the Division I list for victories. It wasn't an official record, but it gave Penn State the opportunity to celebrate Paterno one more time.1 President Graham Spanier and athletic director Tim Curley showed up to give him a plaque. Paterno sounded tired. The reporters' questions sounded tired too. It wasn't much of a celebration.
Nobody knew it then, but that was the last game Joe Paterno would coach.
1. _In late July 2012, the NCAA announced that its punishment of Penn State for the Sandusky scandal would include the vacating of all wins by the football program dating back to 1998. As a result, Paterno no longer holds either of these lifetime coaching records; officially, he now ranks twelfth in Division I. _
Scott Paterno was the first in the family to understand that the Pennsylvania grand jury presentment that indicted Jerry Sandusky could end his father's career. This wasn't surprising; Scott tended to be the most realistic—or cynical, depending on who you asked—in the family. He had run for Congress and lost and along the way tasted the allure and nastiness of public life. He had worked as a lawyer and as a lobbyist. He would sometimes tell people, "Hey, don't kid yourself, I'm the asshole of the family." When Scott read the presentment, he called his father and said, "Dad, you have to face the possibility that you will never coach another game."
Joe thought his son was making too much of it. But he had not yet read the presentment. Scott had been getting word for weeks through his sources that the indictment was coming down, and that it was unimaginable. But even going over in his mind what might be the worst-case scenario didn't prepare him for the twenty-three-page firebomb. It told a hideous story of a famous former coach, philanthropist, and community leader who used his access to troubled children and Penn State football resources to commit unthinkable crimes against children. As Scott struggled through the details, he grew angrier and angrier. He had known Sandusky for much of his life. He had showered in those athletic showers as a boy, with Sandusky undoubtedly in the same room. How was this possible? And the angrier he became, the more he understood that his own anger would be multiplied by the explosive reaction of millions of Americans who had never heard of Jerry Sandusky.
Those millions, most of them, had heard of Joe Paterno.
"Dad," he asked his father again, "did you know anything about Sandusky?"
"Other than the thing Mike told me, no," Joe answered.2
"Nothing? No rumors? The coaches never talked about it?"
"No. I don't listen to rumors. Nothing."
"Dad, this is really important. If there is anything you heard..."
"I didn't hear anything, why are you badgering me? What do I know about Jerry Sandusky? I've got Nebraska to think about, I can't worry about this." Nebraska was the next game.
"I had to do everything I could to not cry right then," Scott recalled.
Jay Paterno was on the road recruiting when he got the call from Scott. He asked, "How bad is it?" Scott said, "It's worse than anything." Jay sat in his car in an Ohio gas station and stared into the darkness.
Still, Jay and others in the family clung to some hope that people would conclude Joe had been fooled like everyone else. After all, Joe was not a target of the investigation. Two other Penn State officials, Curley and the head of campus security, Gary Schultz, had been indicted on counts of perjury and failure to report. Shortly after the presentment came out, there was a story in the online edition of the Harrisburg Patriot-News with the headline PATERNO PRAISED FOR ACTING APPROPRIATELY IN REPORTING JERRY SANDUSKY SEX ABUSE SUSPICIONS. Multiple sources told reporter Sara Ganim that "the deputy state prosecutor handling the case said that Paterno did the right thing and handled himself appropriately in 2002 [later changed to 2001]."
Paterno was fired over the phone, sitting at his kitchen table late at night.
This, in the end, was what the family believed: that Joe Paterno had been told a vague story about a former football coach he didn't particularly like or trust.3 Then, following the law and university policy and his own guiding light, he had reported what he was told to Tim Curley. He had not been charged with lying to the grand jury. If Jerry Sandusky was guilty, then hundreds of people had been fooled: child-care professionals, law-enforcement officials, co-workers at his charity, parents, judges, close friends of Sandusky, and many others. Those closest to Paterno believed that when he went public with what he knew and what he did, most people would understand he was fooled like everyone else. Joe Paterno believed the same thing.
Of course, there were those among the Paternos and their closest friends who wished Joe had followed up with more vigor after reporting to Curley and made sure there was a resolution. Penn State's official response—not to call the police and merely to tell Sandusky not to bring children on campus—was sickeningly inadequate if McQueary had seen and described a rape. Many of the people who had come to admire Joe Paterno believed that, no matter his own legal role, he should have made sure the incident was reported to the police.
As reported in late June 2012, interoffice e-mails suggest Paterno had been told more about Sandusky than he recalled and had followed up, at least unofficially, with Curley.4 When some of the e-mails were released, there was a strong backlash against Paterno; many now believe he was involved in a Penn State cover-up.
2. _Paterno is referring here to the 2001 sexual assault by Sandusky on an adolescent boy at a Penn State athletic facility, an incident that was witnessed by a graduate coaching assistant named Mike McQueary, who subsequently alerted Paterno about what he'd seen. Paterno insisted until his death that McQueary's account was the flrst time he had ever heard about Sandusky behaving improperly with children. According to the Freeh report, however, and possibly in contradiction to his sworn grand jury testimony of January 2011, Paterno appears to have known about a 1998 police investigation into another incident involving Sandusky; no charges were flled in that case. _
3. _By the time of Sandusky's retirement in 1999, Paterno and Sandusky's relationship had deteriorated for a number of personal reasons. Their estrangement was an open secret on campus and among reporters covering the team. _
4. _According to the Freeh report, internal e-mails between Curley, Spanier, and Schultz suggest that the three men had initially agreed to alert child services about Sandusky until Paterno persuaded them to reconsider. _
On the Saturday that the grand jury presentment went public, Penn State University president Spanier came to the house, sat at the kitchen table, and read to Paterno the statement he was going to release. Paterno told him the statement would do more harm than good: "I just didn't like it. It struck me as a mistake." Spanier released it anyway.
The allegations about a former coach are troubling, and it is appropriate that they be investigated thoroughly. Protecting children requires the utmost vigilance.
With regard to the other presentments, I wish to say that Tim Curley and Gary Schultz have my unconditional support. I have known and worked daily with Tim and Gary for more than 16 years. I have complete confidence in how they have handled the allegations about a former University employee.
Tim Curley and Gary Schultz operate at the highest levels of honesty, integrity and compassion. I am confident the record will show that these charges are groundless and that they conducted themselves professionally and appropriately.
Paterno was right. The statement, particularly the part about "unconditional support" for Curley and Schultz, would set off a media already motivated to wonder what the heck was going on in Happy Valley.
The night he was fired, Paterno spoke to the students gathered outside his house.
On Sunday, Guido D'Elia, a close family adviser, returned from an out-of-town trip and went to the Paternos' home. Like Scott, like millions, D'Elia had felt overwhelming rage when reading the presentment, and he had come to the conclusion that Joe would probably lose his job. Those feelings were confirmed when he learned that the university had cut off communication with the Paternos. There would be much back-and-forth later about who stopped talking first, who would not return whose phone calls, but in interviews almost every member of the Paternos' immediate family said that they tried to start a dialogue with the university trustees and were rebuffed. Joe's wife, Sue, said she called a couple of trustees. His daughter Mary Kay said she called three. And so on. Nobody responded. D'Elia saw the break as a terrible sign.
The Paternos decided to release a statement. It revealed their state of mind at the time: what Joe knew, when he knew it, what he tried to do about it. It was substantially the statement that several of Paterno's advisers had wanted him to release back in March when the Sandusky investigation first broke. D'Elia deduced that it was probably too late now.
If true, the nature and amount of charges made are very shocking to me and all Penn Staters. While I did what I was supposed to with the one charge brought to my attention, like anyone else involved I can't help but be deeply saddened these matters are alleged to have occurred.
Sue and I have devoted our lives to helping young people reach their potential. The fact that someone we thought we knew might have harmed young people to this extent is deeply troubling. If this is true, we were all fooled along with scores of professionals trained in such things, and we grieve for the victims and their families. They are in our prayers.
As my grand jury testimony stated, I was informed in 2002 by an assistant coach that he had witnessed an incident in the shower of our locker room facility. It was obvious that the witness was distraught over what he saw, but he at no time related to me the very specific actions contained in the Grand Jury report.
Regardless, it was clear that the witness saw something inappropriate involving Mr. Sandusky. As coach Sandusky was retired from our coaching staff at that time, I referred the matter to university administrators.
I understand that people are upset and angry, but let's be fair and let the legal process unfold. In the meantime, I would ask all Penn Staters to continue to trust in what that name represents, continue to pursue their lives every day with high ideals and not let these events shake their beliefs nor who they are.
But D'Elia's fears were confirmed: It was too late. Sunday was the day that television cameras began to surround the Paterno home on McKee Street.
On Monday, the family tried to persuade Paterno to read the presentment. He objected that he already knew what was in there, but they told him there was no room left for illusion. D'Elia would remember telling him, "You realize that the people out there think you knew about this? They think you had to know because you know about everything."
"That's their opinion!" Paterno shouted. "I'm not omniscient!"
"They think you are!" D'Elia roared back.
Later, D'Elia described watching Paterno read the presentment: "What did he know about perverted things like that? When he asked Scott, 'What is sodomy, anyway?' I thought my heart was going to break."
The attorney general of Pennsylvania, Linda Kelly, had been in office for only a few months. Her predecessor, Tom Corbett, had initiated the grand jury investigation of Sandusky more than two years earlier. He was now governor and would play a substantial role in what was to follow. On Monday, though, Kelly held a press conference to discuss the Sandusky indictment. When Paterno's name came up, she was clear about his meeting his legal responsibility.5
However, the question had shifted: It was no longer about Paterno's meeting his legal responsibility; it was, as one Paterno family member bitterly called it, "the Joe Paterno morality clause." Had Paterno done enough beyond the law? Had he used what so many people saw as his immense power to stop Jerry Sandusky? One of the people on the podium with Kelly was state police commissioner Frank Noonan. After the press conference ended, Noonan made his way out to the reporters. He had something to say: "Somebody has to question about what I would consider the moral requirements for a human being that knows of sexual things that are taking place with a child.... I think you have the moral responsibility, anyone. Not whether you're a football coach or a university president or the guy sweeping the building. I think you have a moral responsibility to call us."
The story was charging toward Paterno at warp speed. Even if Noonan had not said anything at all, the question of whether Joe Paterno lived up to his moral responsibility would have been asked again and again, in offices and bars and churches across America. It would have been argued ceaselessly because he was Joe Paterno, the all-time winningest coach, and he had been celebrated for almost a half century as a man of integrity.
On Monday, Paterno coached practice while the media swarmed his home. He had a regularly scheduled Tuesday press conference, and when he got home he prepared what he would say. He intended to use that press conference to explain what he did and when he did it.
On Monday night, Penn State sent out a press release to the media stating that Paterno would answer questions only about football. Paterno said they never talked about it with him.
Scott Paterno told his mother, "I think you need to brace yourself. They could fire Dad."
"Scotty, that will kill him," she replied.
5. Kelly's conclusion preceded the Freeh report. Because of its revelations about Paterno's likely familiarity with the 1998 accusation, some legal experts have speculated that Paterno, had he survived longer, might have been subject to perjury charges for his January 2011 grand jury testimony, in which he said he was unaware of the incident.
Irate over Paterno's ouster, students rioted on campus, overturning a TV truck.
Journalists began to line up outside the football stadium three hours before the press conference on Tuesday morning. On one side of the stadium, students rested and studied in the tent village they called "Paternoville," waiting for front-row seats to one of the biggest games of the year. Around the corner from Paternoville, journalists were camping out for front-row seats to the biggest press conference the school had ever had.
Back at the house on McKee Street, the family prepped Paterno for the press conference. It was not going well. He had never developed the talent for being concise. His whole life he had rambled. This was a charming quality when people were asking him about, say, Al Davis, and he started to talk about all the people who had grown up in Brooklyn. In this case, though, his ramblings made him sound unsure. Even in the short time he had spent before the grand jury, he had rambled. Here is his answer when asked if "fondling" was the right term to describe what McQueary had told him:
Well, I don't know what you would call it. Obviously, he was doing something with the youngster. It was a sexual nature. I'm not sure exactly what it was. I didn't push Mike to describe exactly what it was because he was very upset. Obviously, I was in a little bit of a dilemma since Mr. Sandusky was not working for me anymore. So I told—I didn't go any further than that except I knew Mike was upset and I knew some kind of inappropriate action was being taken by Jerry Sandusky with the youngster.
One simple question led to all sorts of twists and turns of thought; there was a hint in there about his feelings toward Sandusky as a former employee, a bit about how McQueary hadn't really gone into any detail, a suggestion that Paterno didn't really know what had happened. Each of these could lead to a dozen other questions. Family and friends play-acted as reporters and fired questions at him: Did you know about 1998? What did McQueary tell you? Why didn't you go to the police? Why didn't you follow up? Paterno answered, got upset, answered again, rambled a bit more.
The reporters who knew Paterno best understood that this press conference was going to be a fiasco of the highest order. With his hearing problems, his age, his crankiness, and his susceptibility to talking around his answers, along with the blood-in-the-water media frenzy that was building, they knew this press conference would make things much worse for him. "It will be a living funeral," one reporter predicted, echoing words Paterno had used through the years.
About an hour before the scheduled time, a university representative called D'Elia and said the press conference had been canceled by order of the board. Later, a rumor surfaced that the university was going to have its own press conference.
"That's it," D'Elia told Paterno family members. "They're going to take Joe out."
McKee is a quiet, tree-lined street just off campus. The Paternos' house is the last house on the left; it backs up into Sunset Park. For the next few days, the parking lot of Sunset Park was crowded with satellite trucks. Media people stood across the street, on a neighbor's lawn, and pointed their cameras and their notepads at the front door of the house. Family members remembered looking out the window and seeing their neighbor raking autumn leaves in between the legs of camera tripods.
That night they called consultant Dan McGinn, whose job, in his own words, is "to help our clients solve their most complex problems." He had worked with Coca-Cola, Texaco, and General Motors. "I know why you're calling," were the first words out of McGinn's mouth.
When McGinn arrived at the house, the Paterno family and friends were almost physically holding Joe back from giving a press conference right then and there. McGinn made a couple of quick assessments: First, Paterno was in no shape to speak to the media; with the atmosphere this toxic, anything he said would make the situation much worse. Second, Paterno was going to have to retire; the damage had been too great.
This is when McGinn learned just how far Paterno's influence and reputation had fallen. He asked D'Elia for the name of one person on the Penn State board of trustees, just one, whom they could reach out to, to negotiate a gracious ending. D'Elia shook his head.
"One person on the board, that's all we need," McGinn said.
D'Elia shook his head again. "It began in 2004," he whispered, referring to an old clash Paterno had with Spanier. "The board started to turn. We don't have anybody on the board now."
That's when McGinn realized that this was going to be the worst day of Joe Paterno's professional life. The family released the statement in which Paterno attempted to retire at the end of the season, but within an hour the news stories were reporting that the board might not give him the chance.
Fran Ganter, who had played for Paterno at Penn State and coached with him for more than thirty years, showed up at the Paterno house just before 10 p.m. Wednesday night with a single piece of Penn State stationery. Later Ganter would tell friends he did not know what was written on it.
Printed on the paper was a single name, John Surma, and a phone number. Surma was the CEO of U.S. Steel and the Penn State board's vice chairman. Paterno picked up the phone and called the number.
"This is Joe Paterno."
"This is John Surma. The board of trustees have terminated you effective immediately."
Paterno hung up the phone before he could hear anything else.
A minute later, Sue called the number. "After sixty-one years," she said, her voice cracking, "he deserved better." And then she hung up.
The campus was overrun with emotion. A riot broke out, several students were videotaped overturning a television truck, more than thirty-five people were charged. Penn State students would be mocked for, as one news site put it, "rioting over the firing of a child-molester enabler." Students gathered in front of Paterno's house, and Joe and Sue came out briefly, he in a gray sweatshirt, she in a red bathrobe. His short speech to the students was quintessential Paterno, filled with raw emotion and winding roads:
I want to say hello to all these great students who I love. You guys are great, all of you—when I say "guys," you know what I mean, you know I mean girls, too. Hey look, get a good night's sleep, all right? Study, all right? We've still got things to do. I'm out of it, maybe now. That phone call put me out of it. We'll go from here, okay? Good luck, everybody. Thanks. Thank you! And one thing: Thanks. And pray a little bit for those victims.
On Thursday, Paterno met with his coaches at his house. He sobbed uncontrollably. This was his bad day. Later, one of his former captains, Brandon Short, stopped by the house. When Brandon asked, "How are you doing, Coach?" Paterno answered, "I'm okay," but the last syllable was shaky, muted by crying, and then he broke down and said, "I don't know what I'm going to do with myself." Nobody knew how to handle such emotion. Joe had always seemed invulnerable. On Thursday, though, he cried continually.
"My name," he told Jay, "I have spent my whole life trying to make that name mean something. And now it's gone."
When Friday came, though, Joe was different. The crying was over. Nobody would ever see him cry again. Nobody would see him discouraged again. "It was like a transformation," Mary Kay said. "He had one bad day. But after that, he was positive."
"You know what?" Joe said. "I'm not going to feel sorry for myself. Are you kidding? I've lived a great life. Healthy children. Healthy grandchildren. Loving wife. I look around the world and see people who have real problems, serious problems. I'm the luckiest guy."
A few days later, it was announced that Paterno had lung cancer. He had not felt well for a few weeks, but he would not have gone to see the doctor had he still been coaching. In their press release, the family described it as "treatable." They always did hope for the best.
"We had been through so much," Sue Paterno recalled. "And I always thought, in the end, we would win."
From the forthcoming book Paterno by Joe Posnanski, to be published by Simon Schuster in August 2012. Copyright © 2012 by Joe Posnanski. Reprinted by permission.


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Mark Zachares was sentenced today in the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. to 12 weekends in jail, four years probation, 200 hours community service and a $4,000 fine.
Prosecutors requested a light sentence due to his cooperation in other Abramoff-connected investigations. Twelve weekends in jail seems far too light. Twelve months may have been a fairer sentence, considering his acts were not victimless.
From McClatchy:
With his mother and wife looking on in the courtroom and his lawyer Edward MacMahon by his side, a tearful Zachares told the judge that he embraced the worst of the capital's culture when he moved to Washington. That included alcohol abuse, other substance abuse, and paying little attention to his wife and daughters.Zachares worked in the CNMI from 1994 until January 2002, first as an attorney in the Office of the Attorney General and then as Secretary of the Department of Labor and Immigration (DOLI). His connections with Abramoff go back to the time he was DOLI Secretary.
He said had no one to blame for himself for being swayed by Abramoff's influence, adding that his moral compass was "non-existent." Not a day has gone by that he doesn't anguish over his decision, Zachares said.
"The person who stands before you today is not that same person," he told the judge.
His lawyer said that Zachares didn't have the means to continue to fight the case, including possibly seeking its dismissal in light of the recent decisions in the honest services cases. He is not upset that he was sentenced even as other more powerful people were not charged in the case, or their cases fell apart in the wake of the Skilling decision.
"Mark genuinely has come to grips with taking responsibility for what he did himself," MacMahon said.
Some say his Alaskan ties to CNMI Department of Labor's hearing officer, Herb Soll landed him the position in the CNMI, as both Soll and Zachares came from Alaska to the CNMI. Soll worked in the Office of the Attorney General at the time Zachares was hired. In 2000, Soll was appointed Attorney General by Governor Pedro Tenorio after the Maya Kara appointment as acting attorney general was ruled unconstitutional since she served in that position for more than 30 days.
At 902 talks in January 1999 Zachares repeated the Abramoff-CNMI mantra that "there has been reform, the abuses are old news, and there is no need for a federal takeover." Edward Cohen proposed having employers pay their workers through a third party straight into the workers' bank accounts. Zachares rejected that idea. Perhaps if it had been approved there would not be $6.1 million in unpaid wages and other monetary judgments. Like all Abramoff soldiers, Zachares was a truth bender and defended the CNMI's agenda to maintain local control of labor and immigration, no matter who would be hurt in the process.
Zachares testified at the September 1999 House Hearing defending the CNMI's labor policies. It was the Abramoff-run hearing with Abramoff foot soldiers Rep. Don Young (R-ALASKA), former Rep. John Doolittle (R-CA), and former Rep. Bob Schaffer (R-CO) controlling the direction and flow of the hearing that was referred to as a sham. Correspondence from Abramoff to Fitial, Willie Tan and Eloy Inos that preceded the hearing indicated it would be held for the purpose of vilifying federal officials, and to push the agenda of Abramoff's client, the CNMI. Zachares was obviously part of the scheme judging by the transcript of the hearing. Rep. Schaffer addressed him as "Mark."
From: Mark Zachares (mailto:41MMWMWA
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 5:59 AM
To: abramoff]OIMMONNO
Subject: Re: Zack
Jack: I was told today that the people who applied for the Ombuds job were told by Interior that the position would not be filled. Interesting? The woman I thought got it is hired, is now doing legal research for Interior out here. So right now, the CNMI has no Ombuds and there are just case/workers, former hacks of Pam Brown, finishing up their contracts. I just thought that this tidbit would be of interest to you. I saw Richard Pierce today and he was heading out to play golf with Diego, Pete A., and of course James Lin. He's such a whore. Hope to see you, Jordan, and the Caps soon, in that order of course. Take care. zack
2/9/01 2.0 hours Kevin Ring Continue drafting outline for J. Abramoff remarks to CNMI leaders; phone conversation with D. Stephens regarding Zachares candidacy
2/13/01 4.0 hours Tony Rudy Contact numerous congressional offices to help Mark Zachares; deliver materials to Hill; obtain signatures on letters
The initial position that Abramoff and his team hoped to place Zachares was in the DOI Office of Insular Affairs where Zachares could manipulate policy to be favorable to the CNMI as this email from Kevin Ring to Abramoff indicates. Even though the attempts to land him that Insular Affairs position went as high as the White House, as correspondence between Abramoff and White House personnel indicated, he did not get the position.
Abramoff, who had hired Reed in 1999 and 2000 to run anti-gambling drives in Alabama to fend off threats to the Choctaws' casino profits, was looking for more help. This time, Abramoff was trying to secure a job at Interior for Mark Zachares, a former secretary of labor in the Marianas government.
On January 11, 2001, Abramoff e-mailed Reed. "I was thinking about this appointment" to the Office of Insular Affairs at Interior, Abramoff wrote. "I know it is perhaps a bizarre request, but considering how quickly I was named to the transition advisory team thanks to your request, perhaps it would be possible to ask Karl [Rove, the president's chief political adviser]... that they should appoint Mark Zachares to head the Office of Insular Affairs.... Do you think we could get this favor from Karl? It would be my big ask for sure."
Reed replied quickly: "It never hurts to ask. What's the next move?" Later that day, Reed sounded even more eager. "Just let me know who to call, when to call, and what to say. And while you're at it get me another client! NOW!"
On March 6, Abramoff met with Rove for about half an hour and pushed for Zachares, according to Abramoff's former lobbying colleagues at the firm Greenberg Traurig and to Secret Service logs released earlier this year. But Rove didn't come through, and Zachares didn't get the job.
One former Abramoff colleague said he wasn't surprised that the effort failed, because Zachares was "too radioactive" and had "the worst possible profile" for the job. Zachares had received $10,000 from an Abramoff-run charity, getting half of the money before he held his Marianas job and half after. What's more, Democrats in Congress, with help from some GOP members, had mounted a bruising but unsuccessful fight to impose U.S. minimum-wage laws on the Marianas. The islands, a U.S. territory located in the western Pacific Ocean, paid immigrant workers in their garment industry wages of just $3 an hour.
Governor Fitial was close to Zachares. As Speaker of the House it was Fitial who landed Abramoff his government contract during this time period. In fact, Zachares attended the governor's inauguration in 2006, flying in all the way from Washington D.C.
On or about June 2002 and through November 2004, ZACHARES served in various
positions on the staff of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the United States House of Representatives; specifically, ZACHARES served: (a) from June 2002 through December 2002 as Legal Counsel to the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee; (b) from January 2003 through December 2003 as Staff Director for the Coast Guard & Maritime Subcommittee; and (c) from January 2004 through November 2004, as Special Counsel to the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
The Lobbyists and Their Clients
3. Jack Abramoff was a Washington, D.C. lobbyist representing numerous clients, including the government of the CNMI, which Abramoff represented from 1996 to 2001, receiving fees in excess of $7 million.
4. Beginning in the mid-1990s, ZACHARES came to have extensive contact with Abramoff during ZACHARES' tenure as an official of the CNMI, and ZACHARES and Abramoff became personal and professional acquaintances.
6. On repeated occasions from late 2000 through in or about April 2004, ZACHARES communicated with his coconspirators, including Abramoff and his lobbyists, in furtherance of the below-described conspiracy to defraud using interstate electronic mail transmissions and interstate telephone calls.
8. It was a purpose of the conspiracy for ZACHARES to enrich himself by using and agreeing to use his official positions within the House of Representatives Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, and by performing and agreeing to perform official acts in return for a stream of things of value.
9. It was a further purpose of the conspiracy to enrich Abramoff and his lobbyists by providing favorable official action to them and their clients, and by referring prospective clients to Abramoff and his lobbyists.
10. The conspiracy was carried out through the following manner and means, pursuant to what ZACHARES and Abramoff came to call their "two year plan":
a. ZACHARES would and did take a stream of things of value from Abramoff and his lobbyists, including the prospect of future employment as a lobbyist by Abramoff and of salary enhancements in that prospective employment, an overseas trip, monetary gifts, meals and drinks, golf, and tickets to professional sporting events and concerts.
b. In exchange for this stream of things of value, ZACHARES would and did provide a stream of favorable official action to, and would and did use his influence on behalf of', Abramoff, his lobbyists, and their clients.
20. ZACHARES took a stream of official action benefitting Abramoff, his business interests, his friends, and his lobbying clients. The stream of official action included, but was not limited to, the following:
a. On or about July 30, 2002, ZACHARES sought, at Abramoff's request, a United States Department of Justice Threat Assessment Report concerning Guam and the CNMI that was not then available to the public.
Meanwhile, a Texas jury is now determining the outcome in Tom Delay's money laundering case.


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12:40 p.m. update: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Framingham and Hopkinton untul 1:15 p.m. The storm moving in has heavy rain, hail and strong, damaging winds to 60 mph. Take cover now!
11:30 a.m. Update: The National Weather Service has posted a flash flood watch for most areas of the state south of the Mass. Pike from noon to 9 p.m. today. Any storms that develop could have torrential downpours and damaging winds. Areas north of the Mass Pike could see those storms as well. Stay safe!
It will be warm and sunny for the first part of today, reaching the mid-80s and then the afternoon and evening gets problematic with the risk of thunderstorms with heavy rain and damaging wind.
Here's the advisory from the National Weather Service:
"There is the possibility for heavy rainfall in any thunderstorms that may develop today into tonight. Some localized urban and poor drainage flooding may result. Some thunderstorms may produce local strong wind gusts mainly this afternoon and evening. There is a low risk of localized wind damage."
So, be careful if you are outside later today. There's a 10k race in Marlborough this evening at 6:30 so runners should be prepared to possibly get wet!


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