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Next year, Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School will welcome a new group of students onto its Midtown Memphis campus: 2-year-olds.
Officials at the private school for students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade recently announced the addition of a new program for 2-year-olds and young 3s at its Miss Lee's Preschool. The Little Lukers program will open in 2013, and applications are being accepted through Jan. 15.
"We've been doing careful study and have put a lot of thought into Little Lukers," said Thor Kvande, head of school. "We really feel like this is an opportunity for us to respond to parents and prospective parents who have been asking for this type of program."
Little Lukers will be a five-day program with half-day (8 a.m. to noon) or full-day (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.) options. Free early-morning care beginning at 7 a.m. will be available, and after-school care until 6 p.m. will be offered for an additional monthly fee.
The program is one way the school is attempting to assist parents juggling full schedules, Kvande said. Seventy-five percent of Grace-St. Luke's student body comes from dual-working families.
"I think one of our strongest points as a school is our sense of community. We support each other here," he said. "We hope Little Lukers will meet the needs of our working families who are looking for a quality, co-ed academic environment for children of all ages."
The role of early childhood education is becoming increasingly important in the lives of American families. Before 1960, fewer than 10 percent of the nation's children attended preschool. Today, that figure has increased to nearly 60 percent, according to a report from the Child Trends Databank.
Kvande says a 2009 expansion and renovation of the school's existing Miss Lee's Preschool facility helped make Little Lukers possible. Jennifer Vest, head of the preschool, will oversee the program, which will be based on best practices developed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
Founded in 1926, NAEYC is the world's largest organization for professionals working with and on behalf of children from birth to age 8. Its NAEYC Academy sets and monitors research-based standards for high-quality early childhood education programs and accredits programs that meet those standards. In particular, the organization emphasizes a philosophy of play-based learning and developmentally appropriate instruction methods.
According to the NAEYC, students in the 3- to 6-year age group should have the opportunity to spend the majority of their time playing, working with hands-on materials and interacting with their peers. Early childhood educators also should strive to work with individuals and small groups throughout the day instead of leading whole group sessions.
"Miss Lee's has been NAEYC-accredited for many years, giving us a strong background to develop a program reflective of best educational practices for young children," Kvande said.
Currently, approximately 100 students are enrolled in the preschool, with a student-teacher ratio of 9-to-1.
Kvande says other characteristics that set the initiative apart from other early childhood education programs in the area are the qualities that make Grace-St. Luke's a distinctive learning environment as a whole.
"Our Episcopal faith tradition is at the core of everything we do here," Kvande said. "It gives us a sense of community and creates a supportive environment for our students."
In addition, the school's co-ed nature allows parents to keep siblings together in its private-school environment, and parents often express appreciation for this benefit.
"We also have excellent teachers who are fully invested in our students' education," Kvande said. "We're extremely proud of what they bring to the table."
School officials announced the Little Lukers program Tuesday, Dec. 11, in an email to parents and faculty members. Since then, Kvande says the response has been tremendous. Initially, the program will consist of a class of 12 students, although the school may add an additional class if demand merits it.
Grace-St. Luke's will host an open house at 10:45 a.m. Jan. 12 at Miss Lee's Preschool for parents interested in the preschool as well as Little Lukers. Parents seeking more information on the program also can visit gslschool.org.
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Anderson Cooper has been consoling himself over falling ratings by living it up in Jaipur, India, at one of the world's most opulent hotels. The CNN star was spotted Tuesday with his muscular friend, Benjamin Maisani, an owner of East Village bar Eastern Bloc, at the Rambagh Palace, named the best hotel in the world by Conde Nast Traveler. Cooper's $3,200-a-night room features a four-poster mahogany bed and views of the gardens of the former Maharaja palace. Our source said, "Anderson's room has a large round bathtub. On the first night it was filled with bubbles and sprinkled with red rose petals." CNN declined to comment.
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Alofa Tuvalu,the French-Tuvaluan NGO, handed out "Tuvalu Marine Life" a publication symbolically printed in 100 copies, to Tine Leuelu, Ambassador of Tuvalu to Belgium, to IUCN, UNESCO and to its partners. The event took place, early June, at the Paris Tropical Aquarium.
Lost in the middle of the Pacific, North of Fiji, Tuvalu is an archipelago of nine low-lying islands, spread over 900,000km2. With a total landmass of 26km2 - 1/2 of Manhattan, 1/4 of Paris - this young nation finds itself at the forefront of a planetary issue: climate change. And there can be no mistaking that unless existing trends are addressed immediately, the very future of Tuvalu is at stake. And with it, the future of humanity.
Changing and increasingly erratic weather patterns, flooding due to sea level rise, increasing ocean temperatures and longer droughts are already putting Tuvalu's vulnerable environment under pressure. Freshwater supplies and local food production are affected. Traditional root crops have become difficult to cultivate due to the infiltration of saltwater. Providing the nation's nutritional base, marine resources are, more than ever, vital for Tuvalu. The first marine biodiversity inventory of the archipelago: "Tuvalu Marine Life" is a new emblematic action, part of the NGO's «Small is Beautiful » plan and in turn, part of the UNESCO 2004-‐2014 Decade for Education in Sustainable Development.
From 358 fish species referenced in 1991, "Tuvalu Marine Life" inventoried 607 fish and brought the studied marine species total to 1,526. At least 79 fish species of interest are listed in the IUCN Red List, of which 29 are included in Near Threatened or Threatened categories.A stock evaluation of 85 species selected by Tuvalu fisheries for their value to island communities, completed the study.
"Tuvalu Marine Life" aims to be a starting point not a conclusion. In contributing critical new knowledge to the international community, "Tuvalu Marine Life" will assist Tuvalu in managing its natural heritage. In the meantime, the publication represents a unique history and testimony of Tuvalu's marine environment as of 2013. "Tuvalu Marine Life" is also the start of awareness campaign toward a wide audience, especially the young. A first picture exhibition and children's workshop opened on June 4th at the Tropical Aquarium in Paris. This edition of the monthly event was devoted to Pacific biodiversity.
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Using HPD and DOB data, this article has declared that 245 Sullivan Place (between Nostrand and Rogers in Crown Heights) gets the title for the worst maintained building in NYC:
Umm, wow! Doesn't housing court prorate the rent in situations like this? And after six years she is unable to find another place? Really?
Based on being awarded "the worst building in NYC", I believe it is safe to assume that all of the apartments are similarly maintained, and occupied by people who have the same limited options (or, if you prefer, "skill sets").
HPD and DOB have to follow a very long arduous process before they can actually take ownership of such buildings, a process they are hesitant to do because few landlords are willing to buy such buildings from the city once they auction them.
...they are disasters in terms of physical condition, and income vs investment.
Given the two choices, the city would rather continue to poorly repair the building than actually take it over and have this mess under its name.
Cynics like me believe in the "short term" such buildings are mostly just put on a list of Worst Buildings and Landlords.
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Umm, wow! Doesn't housing court prorate the rent in situations like this? And after six years she is unable to find another place? Really?
Its a family of four living in what is at least a two bedroom apartment paying $800 per month. Where is she going to go? Even if she picks up and moves to the far corners of East NY, Brownsville, etc, she's definitely looking at anywhere from a 50-100% increase in rent.
Moving itself is also not cheap.
You have to have money and labor for the truck, the ability to put down a new deposit before you get your existing deposit back....
You have to overcome the resistence of the kids, whom want to stay in their current school...
Good news is that the owner will probably be dead soon. Hopefully a less-horrible person takes over.
It is tempting to jump to the conclusion that the 94 year old landlord is not just a horrible landlord, but also horrible person.
...but I think we need to put some thought into the state of this building first:
1. It is inhabited by tenants who are barely able to pay a very low rent. They can not be evicted due to rent stabilization laws. Lawyers wait to pounce on landlords who try to force them out, because the legal fees and penalties are real.
2. It is in a state of disrepair. The building sounds as if it has its original electrical, plumbing and heating infrastructure.
When these are combined, the building has a very low value to potential investors. Even if a sale is made, the first step of the new buyer is often to give the tenants "voluntary" payouts to leave.
...these payouts allow the new buyer to empty the building. The building is then either sold to another entity and renovated, or simply renovated.
Afterword, "New tenants" fill the "new building". As Homeowner hints, the "old tenants" go to very low income neighborhoods, and their payouts don't last very long.
Less horrible?
One thing is certain: Regardless of what type of landlord you are, you do not want to invest money in a building occupied by people who will never allow you to recoup your investment.
Other things are less certain: What did the landlord do with his revenue from this building for decades? Why didn't he invest any of the revenue in repairs and maintenance, so he could constantly improve his tenant base as he improved his building?
P.S. Anyone actually believe the landlord is getting rich in this present scenario?
Also, keep in mind that the business model for these types of buildings have changed significantly. I bet at one point there was a live-in super who was responsible for daily maintenance and upkeep and making all but the most significant repairs himself. The super did everything including, in many cases, collecting rent on behalf of the landlord.
These types of building started to switch over to management companies that didn't have daily on-site staff, but one or two people that covered a portfolio of properties. The staff showed up for things like replacing light bulbs, cleaning common areas, trash removal, etc. Management is no longer on site 24/7 and shows up only a couple of hours a week for specific tasks.
With an elderly, absentee landlord, no daily staff on-site, and an older building that needs TLC, it's pretty much a recipe for disaster.
Once you have the above recipe, the tenants add ingredients of thier own.
Basically, it becomes clear to them that the landlord does not give a Flying F about them or the building, and the city does not either, so many (but not all...) of them conclude that they should not give a Flying F about it or each other either:
-They leave trash in the hallway and the courtyard, which attracts rats.
-They don't go to the hardware store to preform even the simplest repair on their own
After concluding they signed a lease with the worst landlord in Brooklyn, they try to break the lease, but can't. They then sublet the apartment to someone really desperate: Like the not-very-close relative who has a cocaine addiction, and is about to be kicked out of their mother's apartment or released from jail.
maybe MySpace should buy the building and fix it up???????
I'm not sure the immediate area the building is located in is attractive enough to attract a company that specializes in flipping.
When you flip a rental property, there needs to be a pretty substansial difference between the amount the current tenants pay, and the amount the future tenants will pay.
This difference covers:
- the payouts to rent stabilized tenants
- the renovations
- the revenue lost during the renovations, and
- the cost of finding the better off future tenants.
The article states the building presently has 20 of its 40 units vacant.
This leads me to believe there is no bank mortgage on the property, and that it will eventually be taken over by HPD, and then auctioned with the residents intact.
Another option is that the building may be auctioned after the owner's death. In order to maximize the value of the estate, the executor will vacate the residents prior to disposing of it.
I'm not sure the immediate area the building is located in is attractive enough to attract a company that specializes in flipping.The Plex is at the end of the block. The Sterling Street station on the 2 line is nearby. The Associated at the end of the street on Nostrand seems like a halfway deecent supermarket (as opposed to Western Beef).
The Plex of course is new construction with amenities that can't be easily be added to the exisiting structure, if at all. This building is attached to a few other buildings that is of similar construction. It's also adjacent to a small city-owned playground.
Maybe whoever started the recent Ebbets Field thread should be petitioning for Medgar Evers to take over this building for dorms instead.
While it isn't perfect, Medgar Evers has done nothing wrong to the degree that it should be punished with this building.
It is pure speculation, but I predict the city may have to take over this building, do a lot of repair$, and then sell the the building with the explicit benefit of it having been "magically" awarded Project Based Section 8 Vouchers for the next 10 years.
These vouchers would ensure its ongoing viability, and
thus ensure that prospective bidders see the property as worthwhile. This would no only allow the city to quickly recoup its investment, but allow everyone to say the building continues to serve very poor people.
....no one wants to be accused of engaging in "Urban Renewal".
I think Pratt Area Community Council is one of the strongest organizations we have locally.
I suspect PRACC (or another, similar entity) could be induced by DOB and HPD to take over this building in the way that Banana Kelly took over this one:
The landlord is old and in ill health. The tenants will eventually be relocated and higher income tenants will come in. I'm sure an investor will come along and scoop up this distressed property
Given the amount of money they have put into the property, the city may end up owning it when the landlord dies.
They will then vacate it, and hopefully someone will renovate it and get it back on the market.
...but I agree, the present tenants are going to get kicked out unless a non-profit is induced to take it over.
I walked by this building the other day. It doesn't look terrible from the outside, but if you look closely, you can see a few apartments that appear to be boarded up.
Yes, the article said about half of the apartments were vacant.
I do wonder whether apartments are being boarded up as they become vacant, or whether the ones boarded up are in EVEN WORSE shape.
...Sadly, I don't think the DOB is able to prohibit a landlord from renting new apartments until existing code violations IN THE BUILDING are fixed. Such a freeze on new renters would be very effective, but also very difficult for DOB to enforce.
I do believe that they are able to condemn certain apartments, while leaving others available.
There is a distinction between these two "abilities".
While I consider myself pretty knowledgeable on such topics, it should come as no surprise that some people do this work for a living.
Curbed put out a pretty good guide to finding them today:
Wish Brooklyn Ink had the reportorial drive to present more about the new management company that asks for the check to be sent to the same address as before. Can't help but be curious about that aspect of this awful situation.
I walked down this pleasant-seeming block the other day--coming from the halfway-decent Associated —and could see people with money attracted to the streetscape - lots of family homes, Dodger Playground.
The Plex is at the end of the block. The Sterling Street station on the 2 line is nearby. The Associated at the end of the street on Nostrand seems like a halfway deecent supermarket (as opposed to Western Beef).
The Plex of course is new construction with amenities that can't be easily be added to the exisiting structure, if at all. This building is attached to a few other buildings that is of similar construction. It's also adjacent to a small city-owned playground.
Maybe whoever started the recent Ebbets Field thread should be petitioning for Medgar Evers to take over this building for dorms instead.
Here is an instance in which the DOB felt the conditions were so bad that they involved the court system:
I'm not the fire department, but this situation in Queens does seem to be at a much more urgent level than the one we have been discussing in Brooklyn.
Here's a "pro-tenant" blog that discusses the limited amount of power held by DOB, and hints at some of the complexities involved:
I do wish someone could tell us why advocates for the tenants (or HPD) has not initiated 7A proceedings to get an administrator appointed.
This article discusses how much money agencies such as HPD have spent making emergency repairs to privately owned, decrepit buildings:
I wonder if HPD (etc) have fully spent the money that have available to them, and now are forced to "look the other way" in all but the absolute worst situations...
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After earning a pair of third place finishes at the New England Division III Regional Championships over the weekend, the No. 16 men's cross country team and the No. 4 women's cross country teams received at-large bids to the 2013 NCAA Division III Championships, which will take place at Hanover College on Saturday, Nov. 23. The last time both squads qualified for the same national championship was in 2010.
At the University of Southern Maine this past Saturday, the men's team wrapped up the day in third out of 50 teams with 113 points, improving on its ninth place finish from last year. Earning All-Region honors for finishing in the top 35 were senior Roy Wedge (Lawrence, Kan.), junior Allen Leung (Arcadia, Calif.), sophomore Matthew Deyo (Manlius, N.Y.) and freshman Rory Beyer (San Mateo, Calif.).
On the women's side, the Engineers ended up with 127 points, finishing behind nationally ranked Williams College and Middlebury College. Many of MIT's highly ranked rivals also earned bids to the Championships. Seniors Louise van den Heuvel (Nashua, N.H.) and Kaitlin Allen (Bedford, N.H.), and juniors Elaine McVay (San Ramon, Calif.) and Kali Benavides (Miami, Fla.) all earned All-Region honors.
Tech's women finished in sixth place at last year's NCAA Championships at Rose-Hulman, while the men's team did not qualify.
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Massachusetts health insurers' reluctance to join a national experiment to improve care for disabled lower-income adults has forced the state to scale back the program even before it starts.
Massachusetts is among the first states to roll out the national program, but half the insurers that were expected to participate backed out because they feared losing money. That will mean fewer options for patients when enrollment opens for the voluntary "One Care" program in October.
Enrollees in most Massachusetts counties would have had four or more insurers to choose from under the original plan. Now, about half of eligible enrollees will have just one choice. Five counties — Bristol, Berkshire, Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket — will be excluded because no insurer signed on to serve customers there.
Insurers and policy makers in other states have faced similar challenges, in some cases delaying start dates and shrinking expectations for the program, which aims to provide intensive services and cut costs for up to 2 million people across the country with the most complicated and expensive medical needs.
"Not too many people thought it would be easy," said Kevin Prindiville, executive director of the National Senior Citizens Law Center, who has tracked the program in each state, "but it's turning out to be even harder than people even thought."
Some patient advocates say a smaller, slower start may be better for vulnerable patients, allowing time to work out the inevitable kinks of any new initiative.
The program will serve low-income and disabled people, ages 21 to 64 in Massachusetts, whose health care bills previously have been covered by two government programs — federally run Medicare and state-run Medicaid — making it difficult to track and manage their care for the lowest cost and best results.
Up to 90,000 people will be eligible, down from the 109,000 who would have been eligible if more insurers had signed up, allowing coverage in all Massachusetts counties.
Three health plans have signed on: Commonwealth Care Alliance, Fallon Total Care, and Network Health. The organizations will receive one payment to provide all mental health, medical, substance abuse, dental, and long-term support services. The goal is to encourage investment in preventive services and intensive case management to avoid expensive hospitalizations.
As it became clear that the program would require more up-front investment than some policy makers and insurers had expected, the government sweetened the deal, promising to cover more of the insurers' expected losses between the October launch date and the end of next year. In future years, the insurers hope to earn a surplus, even as the government reduces what it pays them.
But the offer wasn't enough to keep some insurers in the program.
Boston Medical Center HealthNet, Neighborhood Health Plan, and the state's largest insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, had won a bid to participate but said in recent weeks that they would opt out, citing inadequate pay rates and expected losses.
Several patient groups have expressed concern that the program could result in cuts to personal care attendants or other nonmedical support services that allow people with severe needs to continue living on their own or in a community setting.
"We are OK with the fact that they're trying to do an experiment here," said Leo Sarkissian, executive director of the Arc of Massachusetts, an advocacy group for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. "We would rather see it grow slowly and see what the issues are."
The cost of those support services became one major roadblock for Blue Cross, said chief operating officer Bruce Bullen. The proposed pay rates did not explicitly factor in personal care attendants or dental services, he said. And, unlike others in the program, Blue Cross does not serve people on Medicaid today, so it was "more of a leap" for the insurer to create a system to serve the dually eligible, those on Medicaid and Medicare.
Representatives of BMC HealthNet, whose revenue helps to support Boston Medical Center, and Neighborhood Health Plan, owned by Partners HealthCare, also said the risk of losing money on the program was too high.
Acting state Medicaid director Kristin Thorn said she thinks the remaining insurers, all with Medicaid experience, are the right ones to launch the program.
"These three in particular have shown a high degree of collaboration, inventiveness, and a commitment to serving the complex needs of these members," Thorn said.
Commonwealth Care Alliance, which will serve the most counties, already contracts with the state to manage care for disabled seniors. Through its clinical network, it serves other adults, many of whom probably will enroll in the new payment system come fall.
Among the alliance's current patients is Jamal Lee, who provides a good example of the kind of patient the new program is designed for. He used to run out of his catheter supplies regularly while he or his doctors wrangled with government health insurance programs. So the 42-year-old from Quincy, who lost the use of his legs when he was shot at age 17, suffered recurring urinary tract infections, sometimes requiring a hospital stay.
That changed when Lee began getting his care through Commonwealth Care Alliance, which takes a more comprehensive approach to patient care. A nurse practitioner guided him around the bureaucratic roadblocks to get more supplies, cutting his infections from nearly monthly to three or four a year. A social worker helped him move out of a rooming house with stairs and into an apartment where he can more easily maneuver in a wheelchair.
"It's not like dealing with a business," Lee said. "It's like dealing with family."
Dr. Bob Master, chief executive of Commonwealth Care Alliance, said the program has required major investments in staff and a new electronic records system.
The group now serves about 5,000 seniors eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, but could grow five-fold in the next three years under One Care. Master expects losses next year of several million dollars, which the state and federal government will share, but he believes the investments will pay off over time.
"We absolutely believe that we will turn this around in 2015," he said.
One looming question is whether programs such as the one pioneered by Master's group will be as effective when they serve many more patients. "Where we have these good models," said Prindiville, of the national law center, "are they good because they are small?"Chelsea Conaboy can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @cconaboy.


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Hello there and seasons greetings to you all,
I'm a student cartoonist of a japanese cartoonist who made spirtedaway ,
I come here to make friends and share my work with you all,
and soon I be getting readdy to copyrighting,
if any one has any questions feel free to ask ok
I do have some holiday anime charcters that I did and I be showing soon.
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I have been posting theards and stuff like that, but I forgot to introduce myself
well, the basic facts about me are:
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I was in japan at childhood
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Just joined yesterday, and the atmosphere is nice, so I think I'll stay around.
I'm a college student who watches anime in his spare time. Rurouni Kenshin is probably my favorite anime (not including the third arc), with nods to Gundam, NGE, and the recent Fate/Stay Night.
I'm generally both sarcastic and analytical, so I'll try not to be abrasive.
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I'm erryyu10 (on the Web). I'm a 4th year high school student, but they say I'm too solemn and quiet for my age. But I get by.
As you'd know, school life is a drag! (I have to bear it, though.) But in my spare time, I just let my imagination fly away with animation. I watch what the great gurus make, and I do a little bit of creating myself, though my works will probably never sell. But I get by.
Well, I'd say that pretty much wraps it up. I'm so glad to be part of this community, and so glad that you've accepted me. Thanks. Really looking forward to more fun even with my limited online time.
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900-plus pay respects to Tyler Giuliano
NEW FAIRFIELD -- More than 900 mourners packed the pews at St. Edward's Church on Sunday to pay their respects to Tyler Giuliano, the 15-year-old New Fairfield High School student who was shot to death last week.
Authorities said the boy's father fatally wounded the youth, whose face was obscured by a ski mask at the time.
A somber silence settled when one of the boy's uncles got up to speak about the mild-mannered teen who friends said loved flying.
"We would also like to thank this beautiful community for their support, compassion and prayers during this difficult time," he told the overflow crowd, according to New Fairfield First Selectman John Hodge.
"So many people have rallied behind this family in a way that touches our hearts and gives us strength. Thank you from the depths of our hearts," the uncle said.
Hodge said that the mood in the church was "very somber."
Giuliano was buried Monday during private ceremonies at Mountain View Cemetery in New Fairfield, Hodge said.
The circumstances surrounding his death remain cloudy, as authorities have not provided details about the events of that night.
"We never put a time limit on how long an investigation is going to take. We certainly we have a lot of background, a lot of legwork to do on this case," State Police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance said Wednesday.
Police have said that on the night of the shooting, Jeffrey Giuliano received a call at his home from his sister next door because she suspected someone was trying to break into her residence.
The community had been on edge after a woman was reportedly sexually assaulted in her home earlier that week, police said.
Arming with a handgun, Giuliano went to his sister's house to investigate. What happened next is at the focus of an ongoing state police investigation.
What has been reported is that Jeffrey Giuliano confronted his son, whom he took to be the burglar, and then shot him. Neighbors reported hearing multiple shots.
Giuliano later said he felt threatened when the person he encountered lunged at him with a knife, authorities said. No criminal charges have been filed.
On Tuesday, Jeffrey Giuliano's lawyer, Gene Zingaro, said investigators found "additional items" on Tyler Giuliano's body, but would not say whether they shed more light on the teenager's motives for showing up at this aunt's house in the middle of the night.
"I think Tyler's motives will remain a mystery," Zingaro said by telephone. "You know I can't say what was on his mind or in his heart."
Zingaro said the teenager had no history of anti-social behavior and had not been diagnosed with any mental problem.
Among the unanswerable questions haunting his family is whether he died knowing who his shooter was.
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PRINCETON, N.J. - In the fourth meeting between the two Cambridge rivals this season, MIT water polo lost to Harvard, 10-7, in its final game of the Eastern Championship. The Crimson evened the season record following a 19-7 loss and a 13-12 win during the regular season. At the Northern Division Championship, the Engineers won, 15-14, in sudden death overtime. MIT wraps up its season with a record of 11-14.
MIT jumped to a 2-0 lead early in the game when junior Craig Cheney (Sherwood, Ore.) and freshman Kale Rogers (Newberg, Ore.) scored within three minutes of the start of the first quarter. Harvard was able to score one goal to close the gap but freshman Ory Tasman (Orlando, Fla.) scored with one minute left on the clock, giving the Engineers a 3-1 lead going into the second period.
The lead was increased further when Cheney scored another goal at the start of the second period. Harvard scored another goal, which was answered by freshman Matthew Orton (Los Altos Hills, Calif.), taking the score to 5-2. This was met by two Harvard goals scored a minute apart, making things a little more interesting with a score of 5-4 in MIT's favor with just 16 minutes left in the game.
Just 35 seconds into the third quarter, Rogers rocketed in a shot, but was answered by two Harvard goals to draw even at six-all. MIT's final goal a minute into the final period was courtesy of Cheney, but was met by three unanswered Crimson goals, scored with four minutes remaining in the game.
Harvard's keeper Colin Woolway made ten saves throughout the game, while senior goalie Kevin Hsiue (Alamo, Calif.) made nine saves in the final game of his MIT career.


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Olympic Committee Confirms It Will Punish Athletes Who Support LGBT Rights In Russia
The International Olympic Committee has confirmed a fear that has overcome the LGBT and sports communities this month: a provision in the IOC charter that calls for the punishment of athletes who make political or religious displays will be enforced during the 2014 Winter Olympics.
When asked if the IOC planned to create a "safe space" of sorts for LGBT and allied athletes, journalists, contractors and other foreigners visiting Russia for the Olympics, officials told Gay Star News, "Regarding your suggestions, the IOC has a clear rule laid out in the Olympic Charter (Rule 50) which states that the venues of the Olympic Games are not a place for proactive political or religious demonstration."
While we're on the subject of rule 50 in the Olympic Charter (which states "no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas"), the IOC has confirmed that it will indeed enforce it against displays of support for the LGBT community at the games in Sochi.
"This rule has been in place for many years and applied when necessary," the IOC told GSN. "In any case, the IOC would treat each case individually and take a sensible approach depending on what was said or done."
Gay Olympic speed skater Blake Skjellerup has already pledged, along with other athletes, to show Pride during the Opening Ceremonies by wearing a rainbow pin, a display that now may have him in trouble with Russian authorities and the Olympic Committee.
Or how about the games shouldn't be about your sexuality but about your ability to excel at said sport. What does your sexuality have anything to do with your ability to compete? I am gay and I am sick of others in the gay community CONSTANTLY making everything a damn political statement. You don't like the rules? Don't compete. No one is forcing you to. You want to compete? Then abide by the rules and show how great of an athlete you are since that is what the Olympics are all about anyway.
@Jason - you might be gay but you are still Ignorant and uninformed. Your inability to feel compassion is astounding especially that you say you are gay. We are fighting this because our gay brothers and sisters are being killed and abused. So your point is for us to keep silent and who cares if they keep abusing and killing our LGBT family. Pathetic fool.
And by you resorting to name calling you are clearly an example of why the gay community is looked at as a joke. Just another child throwing a temper tantrum and calling names instead of coming up with real solutions. I simply stated that if you don't like it then don't go. Pretty sure that is the same as everyone saying to boycott. I strongly believe that your sexual identity should have nothing to do with your performance as an athlete. It is just another identifier to cause division. So now instead of athletes we have gay and straight athletes. Then it will be black gay or straight, white gay or straight, Latino gay or straight...etc. Do I think the new laws in Russia are disgusting and ridiculous? ABSOLUTELY! So to assume I don't have compassion because I said if you don't like it then don't participate is ridiculous. I never said to keep silent. Some gay athletes have asked for us to support them in their decision to put their sexuality aside and support them as they compete. So are you going to not show compassion for these men and women who have worked their entire lives toward this goal and then not support them because they won't throw a lifetime of work out the window? When does it stop? Just because our views and methods differ, it does not mean that our hope and goal for equality for everyone is different.
Ok...since the point clearly went way over your head, allow me to elaborate Its not about wearing Pride clothes or being decked out in rainbow gear. You can be arrested on suspicion of being gay. Any athletes which have come out/are openly gay are unsafe in the whole of Russia. I don't know about you, but I'd rather not get sodomized with beer bottles and then killed because someone suspects that im not 100% hetero. So, in short, it is a human rights thing and nkt just "ugh them gays and their political statements". One should be able to go places wihout fear of, you know, DEATH.
So travel to any slum or ghetto in America and then repeat this same rhetoric and see if it has the same affect. I do agree that people should be able to live or travel places without fear of death but a little common sense tells you to not go to dangerous places. So if you don't want to get sodomized by beer bottles then don't go to Russia where we clearly know that their laws currently do not protect our LGBT family. I feel like I am speaking to my niece by repeating myself over and over on such a simple point. If you don't like it then don't go. It really is that simple. This generation of "No child left behind" and everyone gets to participate crap is just ridiculous. I live in the real world where that is just a day dream. Bad people exist. Everyone can't win. We don't always get our way.
Do you have any suggestions on how to end it here in the US? I have a friend who was beaten and raped by "straight" guys because they found out he was gay. He is a soldier in the US Army. I have another friend who gets threatened by his redneck neighbor almost on a daily basis and the police won't do anything about it. I am pretty sure my worries are a little closer to home. Speaking from an international view I ask you this: Are our current methods working? I can say without any hesitation that is a resounding NO. So if everyone would stop shouting for ten minutes and come together and have a real conversation where we don't resort to name calling and our emotions don't get the better of us, I honestly believe that we could come up with real solutions as a community that would work.
Do you have any suggestions on how to end it here in the US? I have a friend who was beaten and raped by "straight" guys because they found out he was gay. He is a soldier in the US Army. I have another friend who gets threatened by his redneck neighbor almost on a daily basis and the police won't do anything about it. I am pretty sure my worries are a little closer to home. Speaking from an international view I ask you this: Are our current methods working? I can say without any hesitation that is a resounding NO. So if everyone would stop shouting for ten minutes and come together and have a real conversation where we don't resort to name calling and our emotions don't get the better of us, I honestly believe that we could come up with real solutions as a community that would work.
The IOC is correct we must abide by the laws of the host Nation, it may be unjust to us but it is their laws not ours. You all would expect other Nations to obey our laws, even though they may not be correct to them!!(think about it). The games are just that; games to show different people and nationalities and their talents. No Politics NO Religion, that is what the games are designed to be.
Human rights are not political or religious! And a Rainbow is a rainbow, or will the arrest the rainbow, if it rains? So what if I like things rainbow colored and I am so nervous, that I must hold hands with a friend. How the hell do they want to know if I'm gay or not by just looking at me? o.O
What about rule 4 which states the IOC will "Cooperate with the competent public or private organizations and authorities in the endeavor to place sport at the service of humanity and thereby to promote peace" or rule 6 which states the committee will act against any form of discrimination affecting the Olympic Movement? Seems they are picking which of their rules best suits them.
What I don't understand is why is everyone trying to make a stand in Russia? That doesn't make sense...It would be much easier and "cleaner" and make a better point just to boycott them all together. It would certainly minimize the violence which is sure to occur.. So what if Russia gets all of the medals... It won't mean anything if they are uncontested... Sometimes it is better to make a statement by not protesting, by choosing your battles wisely...Why not hold an unofficial winter games in a country that has already hosted them, so that the cost to do so would be minimized, for all of the athletes who do not wish to participate in the Russian BS? It would still increase sales for that city, the athletes and coaches would still have to pay for plane tickets and lodging..Nothing lost, but everything gained.


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Stephen Maguire held his nerve in a final-frame shoot-out to beat Stuart Bingham 9-8 in a thrilling BetVictor Welsh Open final in Newport and claim his first ranking event title since 2008.
Maguire, the world number six, had led 4-2 at one point during the afternoon session, only for Bingham to hit back by winning five of the next six frames to lead 7-5.
Maguire dug deep and won a critical 13th frame where his opponent missed a shot to move within one of victory, and went on to take an 8-7 advantage.
Bingham, who won the last two frames to win his semi-final against Ding Junhui, set up a decider but Maguire's 82 sealed his fifth career title.
The Scotsman had made a fine start as he surged into a 2-0 lead with breaks of 71 and 62.
The players shared the next four frames, with Maguire posting two century breaks, but Bingham managed to take some momentum into the evening session as he levelled the scores at 4-4 by winning the final two frames of the afternoon.
Upon the resumption Maguire showed signs he was feeling the pressure as a loose long pot gave Bingham the opening to piece together a break of 73 to take the lead for the first time.
Bingham had a chance to extend the advantage in the next frame, but he rattled the jaws with a thin cut on a red along the bottom cushion, and Maguire capitalised with a clearance of 71.
Bingham did not let the miss bother him, however, and he responded in emphatic fashion with a superb clearance of 118 for his first century of the final.
Maguire then missed several chances to level the scores. First failing to guide the black past an awkwardly placed red by the bottom-left pocket, before missing a straightforward red when Bingham had let him back in.
The 13th frame was a tight and tense affair, with both players guilty of several unforced errors. But Maguire admirably held his nerve to pot the pink and black and edge it by a point, after Bingham had missed a pot on the pink to take an 8-5 lead.
The Scotsman's recovery gathered momentum as he took advantage of a long miss from Bingham to tie the scores at 7-7, and he regained the lead with a break of 77 which showed some of the fluency he had displayed at times during the afternoon session.
Maguire looked to be on his way to the title when he was twice among the balls during the next frame.
However, a miss and a poor hit-and-hope safety shot allowed Bingham in to brilliantly clear up with a 58 to take the match to a decider, but Maguire was not to be denied.


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Politics with Sober Senses: Conditions for Labor Renewal
Sam Gindin
"The Myth of American Decline"
Tuesday, April 14, 4pm, 206 Ingraham Hall
"Barriers to Union Renewal"
Wednesday, April 15, 6pm, Madison Labor Temple
Open Seminar for Students, Faculty & Public
Thursday, April 16, 12:20pm, 8108 Social Science
SAM GINDIN is a Canadian who got his MA in Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the early 1970s and spent most of his working life (1974-2000) as the Research Director of the Canadian Auto Workers (and since 1985 as an Assistant to the President). From 2000-2010, he led the position of Visiting Packer Chair in Social Justice at York University. He remains active in the labour and social movements. His writings have focused on the CAW, the auto industry, the crisis in organized labour in Canada and the US, and the political economy of American capitalism. His most recent and most ambitious project was, with his co-author Leo Panitch, of The Making of Global Capitalism: The Political Economy of American Empire.
Sports, Labor and Social Justice
David Meggyesy
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"Sports, Labor, & Social Justice in the 21st Century: Contemporary Issues & Future Directions"
Wednesday, April 23, 7pm, Room 7191 Helen C. White
Co-sponsored by the UW History Department
DAVID MEGGYESY played linebacker for seven years with the St. Louis Cardinals, now the Arizona Cardinals. Meggyesy's best-selling football autobiography, Out of Their League, was honored by Sports Illustrated as one of the best 100 sports books ever written. He has written articles for many publications including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune and Heartland Journal. During his NFL career, Meggyesy was actively involved in the civil rights and anti-Vietnam war movements, and was co-founder of the Esalen Sports Center. Meggyesy served as western director of the national football league players association (NFLPA), the NFL players union, and is board president of athletes united for peace.
The Labor & Working Class Studies Project Presents
Rev. William Barber II
Thursday, March 13, 7pm, Bethel Lutheran Church, 312 Wisconsin Avenue
Featuring a music and cultural event, with Gospel song powerhouse Yara Allen and the Solidarity Sing Along.
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REV. DR. WILLIAM BARBER is President of the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP and co-founder and leader of the Moral Monday Movement, a multiracial, multi-issue social justice movement that has mobilized thousands of North Carolinians in mass protests. Rev. Dr. Barber, along with local, state, and national NAACP leaders, has helped to lead the fight for voter rights, just redistricting, health care reform, labor and worker rights, protection of immigration rights, and reparation for women survivors of Eugenics, release of the Wilmington Ten and educational equality. Rev. Dr. Barber has been arrested three times for civil disobedience as he stood for educational, economic and equal justice. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Paul Wellstone Citizen Leadership Award and the Long Leaf Pine, North Carolina's highest citizenship award. Rev. Dr. William Barber Jr. is a graduate of North Carolina Central University (NCCU) in Durham, N.C and holds a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University and a Doctoral degree from Drew University. He is the former executive director of the North Carolina Human Relations Commission.
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The Fight For Immigrant Rights And The U.S. Labor Movement
Kent Wong
"Organizing Immigrant Workers: Building a New Labor Movement for a New Working Class"
Tuesday, September 24, 4pm, 206 Ingraham
"Immigration Reform and the Immigrant Youth Movement"
Wednesday, September 25, 4pm, 8417 Social Science
Open Seminar for Students, Faculty and Public
Thursday, September 26, 12:20pm, 8108 Social Science
Co-sponsored by Global Studies, the Labor & Working Class Studies Project and the School for Workers
KENT WONG is director of the Center for Labor Research and Education at UCLA, where he teaches Labor Studies and Ethnic Studies. Kent was previously staff attorney for the Service Employees International Union, representing Los Angeles County Workers, and the first staff attorney for the Asian Pacific American Legal Center. Kent served as the founding president of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO, and has also served as the national president of the United Association for Labor Education, and the University and College Labor Education Association. He is a vice president of the California Federation of Teachers, a co-chair of the California Speaker's Commission on Labor Education, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the National Labor College. Kent has published numerous books on the labor movement, union organizing, and immigrant workers and students. He regularly addresses union, community, and student conferences throughout the country.
Fighting Forward! A Labor and Working Class Summit
2013 Conference of the Working Class Studies Association
Madison College Downtown Education Center
Madison, Wisconsin • June 12-15, 2013
Join us at the epicenter of the "Wisconsin Uprising" for a gathering of working people, community and labor activists, students and educators focused on building a revitalized movement in support of labor and the working class.
Since the start of the Uprising, we have witnessed an historic response by working people to the decades-long assault on our rights and livelihoods. Now is the time to reflect, strategize, and build connections, as we not only continue to fight back against this assault but also move forward in building a better future for labor and working class people. It is time for Fighting Forward!
For more information, visit www.fightingforward.org
At Work with Bourdieu
Rick Fantasia
"Reign of le Terroir: French Gastronomy in the Age of Neo-Liberalism"
Tuesday, March 19, 4pm, 206 Ingraham Hall
"Labor Solidarity: From Social Drama to Practical Myth"
Wednesday, March 20, 4pm, 8417 Social Science
Open Seminar for Students, Faculty and Public
Thursday, March 21, 12:20pm, 8108 Social Science
RICK FANTASIA is the Barbara Richmond 1940 Professor in the Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. His research has been driven by questions of labor and of culture, and their interpenetration, both in the U.S. and in France. He writes periodically for Le Monde Diplomatique and is the author of Cultures of Solidarity and co-author (with Kim Voss) of Hard Work. His recent research has concerned the symbolic economy of French gastronomy and the dynamics of its transformation as a cultural field.
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From Wisconsin to Wall Street: Challenging the Power of the Super Rich
Stephen Lerner
"From Wisconsin to Wall Street: Challenging the Power of the Super Rich"
Tuesday, April 10, 7 pm, Pyle Center Auditorium, 702 Langdon Street
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STEPHEN LERNER is a labor and community organizer who has spent more than three decades organizing hundreds of thousands of janitors, farm workers, garment workers, and other low-wage workers into unions. He is the architect of the justice for janitors campaign, which has organized and helped win a union for hundreds of thousands of immigrant janitors. He has helped lead the work challenging the power of wall street and big banks, and is part of a growing movement in the us that is using non-violent civil disobedience and direct action protests to challenge corporate power. Stephen is a member of SEIU's international executive board.
Immigrant & Workers' Rights: The Occupy Movement in California
Alejandra Juárez
"On Immigrant and Workers' Rights: The Occupy Movement in California"
Monday, November 14, 4 pm, 206 Ingraham
Co-sponsored by the Teaching Assistants Association (TAA) and the Student Labor Action Coaliton (SLAC).
ALEJANDRA JUÁREZ was born in the Central Valley of California. Both her maternal and paternal grandfathers were braceros during the 1930s. Her own parents began migrating in the 1970s following the harvest seasons in California, providing her with a bi-national upbringing. At the age of 15 she began working alongside her parents and older siblings as a farm worker during school breaks. After earning her BA at California State University, Stanislaus, she worked assisting immigrant adults learn English. Since then, she has also worked as a women's advocate against violence and sexual abuse, on campaigns to end the U.S. blockade on Cuba and on issues of food security among Latino immigrants, and has traveled to Venezuela, Mexico, and Paraguay as part of solidarity delegations. In 2007 she returned to university for a Masters in Public Policy from Oregon State University. There she wrote her thesis on Mexican agricultural policies. In the process of writing, she became aware of the inextricable link between NAFTA, the WTO, IMF, and OECD policies and the displacement of Mexican workers and campesinos who then are forced to migrate North. In early 2010 she began writing for El Organizador and joined its editorial board shortly thereafter. More recently, she organized for the March 4th (2010) and March 2nd (2011) State-wide Day of Action in defense of public education and against the budget cuts in California. She has been involved in organizing in the immigrant/Latino community for several years as part of a grassroots coalition known as the Alianza (or Alliance for a Just Immigration Policy). She's on the road today sponsored by the Emergency Labor Network (ELN) and Alianza por una Política Migratoria Justa to build a network of grassroots Worker-Community Committees where the struggles for workers' and immigrant rights -- women, Blacks, Latinos, and other oppressed sectors -- can unite and stand firmly based on politics of independence from the dominating parties and corporations.
The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class
Guy Standing
"The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class"
Tuesday, November 8, 4pm, 206 Ingraham Hall
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GUY STANDING is Professor of Economic Security at the University of Bath in the UK. He was previously Director of the Socio-Economic Security Programme of the International Labour Organisation, where he worked for 30 years. He has been involved in numerous research and advisory projects, in developed and developing countries and, in the early 1990s, in the "transition" countries of Eastern Europe. He has written and edited books on labor economics, labor market policy, unemployment, labor market flexibility, structural adjustment policies and social protection policy. Recent books include: The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class (Bloomsbury Academic, 2011); Social Income and Insecurity: A Study in Gujarat, with Jeemol Unni, Renana Jhabvala and Uma Rani (Routledge, 2010); Work after Globalization: Building Occupational Citizenship (Edward Elgar, 2009) and Promoting Income Security as a Right: Europe and North America (Anthem Press, 2005).


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Study Being Promoted As 'Redbox Kills Jobs' Actually Shows That Hollywood Jobs Will Grow
from the not-what-they-said... dept
Hidden within the report are claims that the industry will continue to grow nicely for the next decade and that alternative business models will develop that more than compensate for any loss of revenue from reduced rental prices. But that's not what the headline of the press release says. No, it reads:
Study says low-cost DVD rentals could lead to $1 billion, 9,280 jobs lostBut, deep in the actual report? Why, it says the following:
The shift to digital delivery will provide new revenue streams for the industry and new opportunities... Increased availability of all types of digital content and media have changed lifestyles and will continue to contribute to demand for video products. Indeed, SNL Kagan forecasts continuing growth in overall industry revenues as alternative streams compensate for this loss of revenue. In total, SNL Kagan projects an increase in distributor revenues from all sources worldwide from $51.3 billion in 2008 to $67.6 billion in 2017. While the composition of these revenues will clearly change, distributors will continue to experience revenue growth into the next decade.So how does it get from that to the headline? Well, it assumes that Redbox is decreasing revenue from traditional rental, and seems to assume that these other alternative revenue streams are not influenced by Redbox or other forms of distribution that are more convenient and cheaper and attract a new or different audience -- which seems like a dubious assumption. Another way of looking at this: it's as if the horse and buggy industry put out a report just as automobiles were coming to market that said, yes, the auto industry will be huge and will create millions of new jobs, but because a much smaller number of jobs are lost due to downsizing the carriage market, we can release a report saying that the auto industry is "killing jobs." Logically, that's ridiculous.
On top of that, it makes some odd assumptions throughout the report, continually throwing out the idea that Redbox itself might increase the revenue for the industry, repeatedly suggesting that the industry is mature and if there were a way to get more revenue out of it, it would have already been discovered. Of course, considering that the market has long been dominated by a single player, not prone to innovating, and with close ties to studios that have limited some of how it could act -- that assumption is highly suspect. In fact, the very reason that Redbox has been so popular (and which also explains the rise of Netflix) has been consumer dissatisfaction with the old Blockbuster model, which was designed to squeeze consumers.
To the authors' credit, they do try to be fair on other numbers and assumptions, recognizing that effects go in multiple directions and that there are other issues at play, but the press release headline claiming that Redbox costs the industry a billion dollars and nearly 10,000 jobs, when the actual report claims that revenue is increasing and will continue to do so, just seems hard to swallow. Unfortunately, every single press report covering this study seems to only take the PR headline from the report and repeat it, without anyone appearing to have read the part of the report that says the exact opposite of what the headline claims.


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Although winger Daniel Carcillo is set to return to action, the Chicago Blackhawks were without three other players when they took the ice for practice Tuesday at the United Center.
Winger Patrick Kane, center Marcus Kruger and defenseman Steve Montador didn't practice for a variety of reasons. Kane has the flu, Kruger suffered an upper-body injury during the Hawks' 4-1 victory over the Blue Jackets on Monday night and Montador sat out for what coach Joel Quenneville called "maintenance."
Quenneville said it hasn't been determined if the three will play Wednesday night against the Kings at the United Center.
The real concern is Kruger, who missed a game last week with a concussion suffered when he was illegally checked into the boards by the Penguins' Deryk Engelland on Dec. 20. The rookie took several big hits against Columbus, including by Aaron Johnson, Rick Nash and Derek MacKenzie, but remained in the game. Quenneville said he's not sure if this latest injury is the result of a particular hit.
"It's hard to say," Quenneville said. "I don't know if there was a defining blow or not."
Meanwhile, Carcillo practiced for the second consecutive day and said he's ready to return to action after missing five games in a row with what is believed to be a concussion suffered Dec. 14 against the Minnesota Wild.
"My lungs are burning a little less (Tuesday), which is nice," Carcillo said after practice, his second after not skating for 10 days. "Other than that I feel good."
Carcillo added that in his mind he's good to go against the Kings but isn't sure if Quenneville will give him the call.
"I have no idea," Carcillo said. "The team's playing well and winning. I just have to kind of work hard and get back in shape and just wait until they tell me."
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The telephone rang Sunday afternoon, and the caller ID said it was a cell phone in Pennsylvania. I didn't recognize the number. For just a moment, I considered not answering. I was about to leave the house and had my camera bag in hand. But I picked up the phone anyway.
"Hi, Ed, this is Patty." My heart sank. Patty is Karl's ex-wife, and the two of them are some of my oldest friends. This call would not be good news. Karl passed away on Friday after a long fight with lung disease. He was a few years older than me. He was one of those larger-than-life characters who lived to the maximum. Loudly passionate about the people and causes he cared about, Karl spoke whatever was on his mind, holding little back. We had intense arguments sometimes, but always as friends.
We first met over 40 years ago when I was a sophomore in college. Karl rode his Triumph Bonneville back and forth between Pittsburgh and Clarion in order to visit his girlfriend. The bike was a typical Triumph of the period, that is, notoriously unreliable. It had recurring electrical and ignition problems, leaving him stranded on more than one occasion. He traded it for a Ford Pinto, and we learned the intricacies of having a German-made engine in an American car, as well as a practical introduction to metric tooling.
We went camping and trout fishing. Karl moved from Pittsburgh to Grove City and eventually settled into a tiny house near Jackson Center. In the summer, we swam and fished in a pond across the road. In the winter, I went cross-country skiing through the strip mines. He met Patty and they were married in late fall. I was married too, and while we didn't get together often, we were still close friends.
In the early eighties, both my marriage and my job fell to pieces. I was emotionally and financially wrecked, less than a hundred dollars from being homeless. Karl said there was a job opening where he worked and offered me a place to stay in an unheated bedroom at his farm house. I was glad to have it. I told Patty that it was the lowest point in my life, and that she and Karl helped me get through it. That's a debt I'll never be able to repay in full.
Karl wasn't a saint. He drank and smoked to excess, both leading to health problems later in life. Even after his doctor told him to quit drinking and smoking, he continued for another two years. His lungs were ravaged and he looked far older than his years, shuffling around the house while tethered to an oxygen generator the last time I visited. Shortly later, he received a lung transplant and did better for a time, but his marriage came apart.
Patty told me that he'd spent most of the last couple of years in the hospital and a nursing home. I know he hated that. Last week he had a series of strokes. When the doctors told Patty there wasn't any hope, she and her daughter elected to turn off the respirator. Karl was gone in a few minutes.
Losing a friend hurts. We know it's inevitable, yet the emotional impact is no less painful. We think there will be another chance to talk, another opportunity to sit at the table over a meal, or just spend some time together, but that may never happen. When Karl and I last talked, we argued, and that's something I truly regret.


text: MachineryJournal: Expansion Provides a Wider Reach December 8, 2012 02:17 PM Tweet Apache Plus II TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Margy Eckelkamp Director of Content Development, Machinery Pete Email Since 1997, Equipment Technologies has had one focus: to manufacture Apache self-propelled sprayers. In the past decades, the company has doubled its business every three years. In October, it set a new record of 70 sprayers built in a month. The momentum is due to the company widening its attention to other areas of the application business. In April 2010, Equipment Technologies launched SpraySmarter.com, an online application parts store. One year later, the company purchased 100 acres just a half-mile from its factory in Mooresville, Ind. That site features the new 60,000-sq.-ft. ET Ag Center, the hub for SpraySmarter.com as well as Equipment Technologies' testing and training. As a result, the company has reorganized into two divisions: Apache Sprayer and ET Ag Center. "There are many ways to define innovation, but for this company, it means simple ways to improve the value proposition. Our goal is to provide the greatest value to our customers," says Matt Hays, CEO of Equipment Technologies. The ET Ag Center is the hub for SpraySmarter.com as well as the training center for Apache sprayers. It includes dedicated areas for field testing. New facility. The company aims to provide programs that dealers need in the field. Four application specialists travel the country to host spray clinics. "We are looking to combine equipment, parts and training to be the thought leader in application. The ET Ag Center is a facility where we can deliver training at a facility conducive to learning. In addition, we're adding capacity to our parts business and more space for research, development and testing," Hays says. The building features three classrooms, one of which is a precision ag lab with 23 stations that offer hands-on training with Trimble and Raven precision ag components. A full-size gymnasium doubles as an indoor training space and is large enough for a sprayer with a 120' boom fully extended. High-tech support. Today, 70% of Apache sprayers leave the factory with precision ag components. Equipment Technologies is the only manufacturer able to factory-install Trimble and Raven precision ag components. SpraySmarter.com leverages the purchasing power Equipment Technologies has with its manufacturing division. The online store has grown beyond just the Apache brand and now carries a wide variety of application parts. Powerful sprayers. With updated features and Power to the Ground (PTG) technology, the 2013 lineup of Apache sprayers was recently introduced by Equipment Technologies. PTG technology delivers 98% of the engine's horsepower to the sprayer's wheels. All Apache AS1025 models come with a 173-hp Cummins Tier 4 Interim engine with exhaust gas recirculation and a variable-geometry turbocharger. Models AS720, AS1020 and AS1220 are powered by Cummins Tier 3 engines. The Plus II Package boosts the machine's horsepower to 275 hp and is available on the AS1020 and AS1220 models. All-New Combine and Updates Under the Hood Challenger MT755D Tractor Outfitting its machinery with improved power options, Challenger introduces new models to its MT700D Series tractors and 500C Series combines. The Challenger MT700D Series includes two models: MT675D, rated at 285 PTO/350 engine hp, and MT755D, rated at 260 PTO/327 engine hp. Both are outfitted with AGCO Power 8.4-liter diesel engines that are Tier 4 Interim compliant, with AGCO e3 clean-air technology that varies the diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) rate based on real-time emission measurements. The engine features a single-piece, cast-iron block with wet cylinder liners. This enables the engine to handle high-horsepower loads without overheating and extends its service life. Four valves per cylinder, improved fuel regulation and combustion from a new pump and injectors, along with increased common rail pressure and Sisu electronic controls, help maximize engine efficiency. The Challenger Mobil-trac five-axle undercarriage system, with oscillating midwheels, minimizes compaction while maximizing traction and pulling power to work efficiently in demanding environments. Standard polyurethane midwheels provide longer life in abrasive environments and heavy transport. Gauge settings range from 72" to 160", in addition to a wide selection of track widths. With 110 cu. ft. of space, the new cab provides top-notch visibility and comfort and enhances the smooth Mobil-trac ride. Other features include a 59 gal. per minute (gpm) hydraulic pump option and 37 gpm flow per hydraulic remote to provide the hydraulic capacity needed for large planters and tillage equipment. Challenger 500C Combine More harvesting power. The new 500C Series combines include two models, the 540C (Class 7) and 560C (Class 8), MachineryJournal Written by Margy Fischer All-New Combine and Updates Under the Hood that offer 350-bu. bin capacity and a peak unloading rate of 4.5 bu. per second. To improve harvesting power, the engine has been turned 90°. The 500C Series is outfitted with AGCO Power 9.8-liter, seven-cylinder diesel engines with AGCO e3 technology that uses DEF. At 2,100 rpm, the 540C has a rating of 370 hp with an unloading boost of 426 hp. The 560C is rated at 460 hp with an unloading boost of 502 hp. The new engine alignment also makes room for the V-Cool cooling system, which draws air into the system from the top of the combine. The variable-speed, reversing fan blows chaff and dirt off the inlet screen. The combines feature an all-new multizone crop inlet that improves capacity and control of crop material in the segmented rotor and concave sections. The redesigned threshing system includes 12 modular concave sections, which allows one person to change out the individual sections. Consistent threshing is delivered by the new H-frame-designed concave support system, which keeps concaves concentric with the rotor throughout the adjustment range, and also includes a unique suspension system to allow large "slugs" of material to pass through without plugging or damage. Challenger 500C Series combines are guidance-ready from the factory. Options include AgCam cameras and LED lights. For more information, visit your local Challenger dealer or www.challenger-ag.com. Watch a video of the new 2013 Apache sprayer models, including details about the Plus II machines. www.FarmJournal.com/Apache Back to news


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I never seem to produce budget recipes at their advertised price; perhaps the cost of living in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area makes it more of a challenge. (Published total for this one: $3.97, using home-cooked beans.) But this one-pot dish is inexpensive to make. More importantly, it's a light, not-too-spicy kind of chili. There's lots of spinach and just enough bacon to produce a smoky flavor.
Leftovers would be good for a thermos lunch. You could make a double batch and freeze half. Serve with warm French bread.
4 strips uncooked bacon
30 ounces (2 cans) home-cooked or canned, no-salt-added kidney or pinto beans
12 ounces lean ground beef
15 ounces (1 can) no-salt-added crushed or diced tomatoes, such as Muir Glen fire-roasted brand
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon chili powder, from preferably ancho chilies
5 to 8 ounces fresh baby spinach
1 cup hot water
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Line a plate with a few layers of paper towels.
Place the bacon in a large, deep saut� pan. Cook over medium heat until browned and crisp, then transfer to a plate lined with paper towels to drain.
Meanwhile, if you're using canned beans, rinse and drain them.
Add the ground beef to the pan; cook for a few minutes just until no trace of pink remains. Transfer to a colander to drain. Wipe out the pan and return it to medium heat. Return the ground beef to the pan.
Crumble the bacon into the pan, then add the tomatoes and their juices, the drained beans, onion powder, garlic powder and chili powder, stirring to incorporate. Increase the heat to medium-high; once the mixture comes to a boil, add the spinach (to taste) and the hot water. Stir until the spinach begins to wilt.
Return the chili to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring once or twice.
Divide among individual bowls; serve hot.
Servings: 4, or about 6 cups
� Adapted from "The $5 Dinner Mom One-Dish Dinners Cookbook" by Erin Chase (St. Martin's Press, 2012).


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The Palace released a statement today that Prince William and Kate Middleton "are delighted to confirm they are expecting a baby in July." Note the emphasis on "a" as in one -- no twins this time (and the couple will reportedly keep the gender a secret).
So what do we know about the royal baby? Here's some just-for-fun trivia:
- A July birth means the baby could have the same birthday as Princess Diana: July 1.
- The baby will be a Cancer or Leo. Our mom-and-baby astrology tool says sporty mom (and Capricorn) Kate will get along swimmingly with an athletic Cancer babe, and a little Leo will be comfortable in the spotlight (perfect for a mini royal).
- Boy or girl? The couple's keeping mum but we have some ideas based on our favorite old wives' tales. The Mayan even/odd trick says girl (both the year of mom's birth and baby's conception are even), and Kate's Hyperemesis Gravidarum points to a girl, too. Our Chinese Gender Predictor, however, tells us it's a boy, given that William and Kate likely did the deed in October or November.
- Class of 2035: That's the expected year of Kate and William's child's college graduation. Our guess: the kid will go to Scotland's University of St. Andrews, where Wills and Kate met.
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Editor, the Record:
Editor, the Record:
As F.D.R said, "We have nothing to fear except fear itself."
Fear clouds the minds of reasonable people. It is a highly explosive element of the human psyche used to protect the body from harm. But, it is also used in many unscrupulous ways.
A dictator uses fear to control his people. Fear is in every facet of our society. Is it any wonder that using fear to further cloud the minds of reasonable people in the ongoing gun debates by both sides of the argument is the weapon of choice?
The N.R.A uses fear to enflame its members "� fear of losing their Second Amendment rights. The gun industry uses fear to sell weapons, masking it as a sport, yet at the same time telling buyers they need such weapons to defend themselves.
So, is it any wonder a reasonably intelligent person is caught between fear for protection of family and property and fear of the very weapon in the hands of a deranged individual? Then the weapon itself has long been a pacifier, a romantic throwback to the Wild West. But the weapon has grown into more than a old-time "six shooter." Now it is an assault weapon; how and which breed of the weapon you determine is an "assault " one is subjective.
Does the common person need such a weapon to protect himself? No, but fear says different. Fear that the person/persons breaking into your home has such a weapon drives the sale of them. Of course using them for sport is what they were intended for. Fear keeps the politician in line with the N.R.A: fear of losing support, then job.
Is there any fear in regulating the sale, use, size and capacity of such a weapon? I think not.