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GENEVA — Secretary of State John F. Kerry demanded Thursday that the Syrian government keep its pledge to give up its chemical weapons arsenal and warned that talks with his Russian counterpart cannot become a delaying tactic.
Appearing before reporters alongside Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Kerry said that "achieving a peaceful resolution is clearly preferable to military action" to degrade Syria's chemical weapons capabilities. But he said it was "too early to tell whether or not these efforts will succeed."
The United States is serious about "engaging in substantive, meaningful negotiations," Kerry said, even as the U.S. military maintains pressure on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Kerry spoke after Assad said in a Russian television interview that he was willing to cede control of his country's chemical weapons — but only if the United States stops threatening military action and sending weapons to Syrian rebels.
The Syrian dictator, who is accused of authorizing a poison-gas attack last month that killed more than 1,400 civilians in rebel-held or contested areas, also seemed to link any relinquishing of his arsenal to a requirement that Israel give up the nuclear weapons that it is widely believed to have — but does not acknowledge possessing.
No country in the Middle East, especially Israel, should possess weapons of mass destruction, Assad said in the interview with Rossiya 24 television.
Assad even blamed the United States for last month's chemical attack. "The threats were based on a provocation," he said in the interview. "It was carried out using chemical weapons in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus. That provocation was carried out by the U.S. administration."
"When we see the United States really wants stability in our region and stops threatening, striving to attack, and also ceases arms deliveries to terrorists, then we will believe that the necessary processes can be finalized," Assad said.
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He pledged that Damascus would begin handing over information on its chemical weapons stockpiles one month after it joins an international convention outlawing such weapons, as is the standard practice.
Reacting to Assad's position, Kerry said in Geneva, "We believe there is nothing standard about this process at this moment" because of what he called the Syrian regime's "massive" and "unacceptable" use of chemical weapons to massacre its own citizens on the outskirts of Damascus on Aug. 21.
Syria became a full member of the global anti-chemical weapons treaty Thursday, the country's U.N. envoy said.


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Taft Police had to cope with an outbreak of automobile thefts involving vehicle coming and going from all directions in a 24-hour period last week.
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Ready for some creative competition? Weekends on All Things Considered is launching Round 8 of its Three-Minute Fiction contest. Here's what we look for: original, short fiction that can be read in less than three minutes — that's no more than 600 words.
Each round, we have a judge who gives us a writing challenge. For Round 8, our judge is Luis Alberto Urrea, the award-winning author of 13 books, including The Devil's Highway, The Hummingbird's Daughter and his most recent release, Queen of America.
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"She closed the book, placed it on the table, and finally, decided to walk through the door."
"The key being, of course, that 'finally,'" Urrea tells weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz. "There can be an infinity in what's going on with that 'finally.'"
"I'm a book person, and honestly, I wanted the sense of life change that comes from a good reading experience," he says. "I can't wait to see where people go with it."
Urrea says his editors at Little, Brown and Co. inspired his challenge. "My editor is often telling me, 'You know what? Stop clearing your throat. Stop clearing your throat, don't hesitate — get in the story,'" he says.
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For your story, you must use that full sentence exactly as it is. Those 17 words are included in the 600-word limit, too, but all the other words are up to you. Each and every story will be read, and once again, we're lucky enough to still have creative writing graduate students from New York University and the Iowa Writer's workshop on board as our first readers.
The deadline for submissions is Sunday, March 25, at 11:59 p.m. ET. After that date, we'll post some of our favorites on the website and read highlights during weekends on All Things Considered. Meanwhile, you can keep up with the latest posts on our Three-Minute Fiction Facebook page.
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It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz.
RAZ: Ah, the sound we have come to love on this program, the ticking and the bell that could only signify one thing: Three-Minute Fiction is back. It's Round 8 of Three-Minute Fiction, and we have a new judge, a new challenge, and we're ready to launch the contest.
Now, if you're not familiar with the contest, it's pretty simple. We're looking for original short fiction that can be read in about three minutes, so no more than 600 words. In each round, we have a judge who comes up with a writing challenge. With me now is that judge to decide your fate, novelist Luis Alberto Urrea. He's the award-winning author of books including "The Devil's Highway," "The Hummingbird's Daughter," and his most recent release, "Queen of America." Luis, it's great to have you back on the show. And thank you so much for coming onboard to be the judge of this round of Three-Minute Fiction.
LUIS ALBERTO URREA: So thrilled. I couldn't not do it.
RAZ: Well, we spoke to you on the program a few months ago about "Queen of America," which is an amazing novel. And anybody who has not read it should go pick it up. What have you been up to since then?
URREA: I've been on the road, brother. I am the literary Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
RAZ: And I should say you're speaking to us from Tucson, Arizona. You normally - you live in Illinois.
URREA: Yeah. I used to live here in Tucson for a while working on "Hummingbird's Daughter" and "Queen of America." But I'm here for the spectacular Tucson festival of the book, and it's going to be really cool.
RAZ: Now, this is different from what you normally do. Of course, you publish poetry and nonfiction and memoirs. But, I mean, essentially, you write long-form fiction. And we're asking listeners - we've been asking listeners for almost three years now, to write stories in under 600 words, which is - which actually is a bit of a challenge, especially for somebody like you, probably, right?
URREA: Well, you know, I got started doing poetry and short stories. So - I have a book of short stories out called "Six Kinds of Sky." And I'm still showing up out there with short stories, so I'm thrilled. I think this is a great challenge. And perhaps, it'll make me write some short stuff too.
RAZ: Well, Luis, we have not had a Three-Minute contest since late last year, and I know a lot of listeners have been writing and saying when is this going to come back? When are you going to bring it back? It's back, and everybody wants to know what the challenge is so they can go to our website and submit their stories. So go forward with it, Luis. What is the challenge this round?
URREA: All right, brothers and sisters, gather round, because this is it. I love me some books, and I know you do too. So here's your first line--see where you go with it: She closed the book, placed it on the table and finally decided to walk through the door.
RAZ: Wow. That's awesome. That can go anywhere. That can go in any direction. So, basically, the first sentence of every story has to start: She closed the book, placed it on the table and finally decided to walk through the door.
URREA: That's right. The key, of course, being that finally. There could be an infinity in what's going on with that finally.
RAZ: Yeah. Oh, my. I cannot wait to see how people take that - like, where they go with that story. I mentioned earlier that these stories have to be 600 words long. You have given us 17 words, so I should say that the stories that people submit now, I guess, they're now left with 583 words.
URREA: Oh, sorry.
RAZ: But let me ask you about that sentence, especially that first part: She closed the book and placed it on the table, and I'm just picturing that. Tell me about the inspiration behind that.
URREA: Well, you know, I'm a book person. And honestly, I wanted the sense of life change that comes from a good reading experience that happens for somebody. And it seem like this implies all kinds of possibilities after this reading experience has ended.
RAZ: What I love about it is it basically throws the power and the control into the hands of our listeners. I mean, they can - you can go anywhere with this. It can be anywhere, it can be anyplace, any time, and you can introduce anybody you want to in this story.
URREA: Yeah. I hope so. I can't wait to see where people go with it, you know? I'm sure somebody's going to go through an airlock on a spaceship, you know? Who knows? Who knows where we're going? Or to step, you know, through the doorway at Hampton Palace and see Henry XIII. I just don't know.
RAZ: You know, a lot of people write in, and they want to know, you know, what are the judges looking for in the story? We've had, you know, Michael Cunningham and Ann Patchett and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, I mean, amazing writers. And, of course, now we have you. I always say, you know, the best place to go is the website, npr.org/threeminutefiction, 'cause you can find all the previous winners, and we have more than 100 stories on there that were finalists. But in this case, what kind of advice, you know, could you give to listeners who, you know, who want to write a story?
URREA: Oh yeah. Well, this exercise or challenge actually comes a bit from my own editors at Little Brown. My editor is often telling me, you know what, stop clearing your throat. Stop clearing your throat. Don't hesitate. Get in the story. And so I thought, though this is a challenge, I intended it as a bit of a gift to tell somebody, look, you're in the middle of the story and you cannot stop. All stories happen when the old way of life doesn't work any longer. So let's jump right in, right to the moment of change.
RAZ: Well, there you have it. That is the launching of Round 8 of our Three-Minute Fiction contest. It is now open, and we'll be accepting submissions until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday, March 25th. You've got quite a bit of time, so get writing. We have to be able to read your stories aloud in about three minutes. It means that the stories cannot be longer than 600 words, and that includes the words that Luis just gave us. And, Luis, remind us of that sentence once again.
URREA: Why, certainly. The sentence says: She closed the book, placed it on the table and finally decided to walk through the door.
RAZ: And remember to use that full sentence as it is to qualify, because if you miss one word, unfortunately, we've got to move on to the next story. There's just one entry per person. To send in your story, go to our website. It's npr.org/threeminutefiction, and Three-Minute Fiction is all spelled out with no spaces. Each and every story will be read. We are lucky enough, Luis, once again, to get help from the creative writing students at NYU and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. They're sort of the first lines of defense, and then we post our favorites on the website. And over the course of the next several weeks, we're going to be reading excerpts from some of those stories. We're going to be sending the standouts to Luis, and then the winning story will be read on the air in its entirety.
The winner will receive a signed copy of Luis' book, "Queen of America," and also come onto the program and appear with Luis and me. Luis, any last-minute tips before we begin?
URREA: Be bold, baby. Just jump in there and let us have it.
RAZ: That's the author Luis Alberto Urrea. He is the judge of this round of our Three-Minute Fiction contest, and he joined us today from member station KUAZ in Tucson, Arizona. Luis, thank you so much. We're going to be checking in with you over the coming weeks. And I can't wait. It's going to be so fun.
URREA: Yeah, I'm excited, Guy.
RAZ: And once again, if you wanna submit your story, go to our website. That's npr.org/threeminutefiction, and Three-Minute Fiction is all spelled out with no spaces. Good luck.
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I can't speak for everyone, but I'm guessing the vast majority of football fans had no idea how important the last BCS national championship game was for the 1995 Nebraska team, which can still call itself the most dominating college football team of all time. Florida State's 34-31 win over Auburn may have stopped the Southeastern Conference's streak of seven consecutive national championships, but it fell far short of being included in the same sentence with the '95 Huskers, who remain in a league of their own as the only college football team in history to win every game by a minimum of 14 points. The Seminoles fell a combined touchdown, 2-point conversion and field goal short of that hallowed ground.
I wish I could have watched the Florida State-Auburn game with Tommie Frazier, Aaron Graham and Jared Tomich. Those three 1995 first-team Husker All-Americans had to be rooting for Auburn to keep the game close from opening kickoff to final gun. Second-team All-American Terrell Farley and third-team All-Americans Grant Wistrom and Aaron Taylor undoubtedly were in the same camp, along with Ahman Green and Christian Peter, who were honorable mention All-Americans on that 1995 Fiesta Bowl championship team that steamrolled second-ranked and previously unbeaten Florida, 62-24, in the most lopsided national championship game ever played.
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"It was very gratifying to work with a group of players who had the kind of focus and drive to carry them through the season at such a high level," Nebraska Coach Tom Osborne said. Thirty-three players on that team earned a chance to play professional football, including 27 who connected with NFL teams. Frazier, the MVP of two national championship games and Nebraska's MVP in an 18-16 national title loss to Florida State in the Orange Bowl his sophomore season, had an abbreviated stint with the Montreal Alouettes in the Canadian Football League. Blood clots forced him to give up football. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame last month.
Let the record show that even if Florida State's 2013 team found a way to beat Auburn by at least 14 points to buy its way into a conversation about the most dominant college football team of all time, the Seminoles would need a hometown judge to win a debate against Nebraska's 1995 model. Even in a mock courtroom, Mark May would fall asleep listening to Lou Holtz count the ways that Nebraska would be superior before he'd let May give his closing argument. Whether you're a Nebraska fan or not, let these eight power points speak for themselves:
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3) Question: With an offensive line anchored by 1995 All-America center Graham, guess how many quarterback sacks Nebraska gave up in that remarkable 12-0 season? Answer: If you said zero, you would be right.
4) Want to talk special teams? Kris Brown, one of college football's and one of the NFL's best kickers ever, connected on 13 of 16 field goal attempts whenever Nebraska's offensive juggernaut hit a skid mark. And get this, the Huskers tied an NCAA record in '95 by allowing only five punt returns all season for a grand net total of 12 yards. Yikes!
5) Nebraska's average margin of victory in 1995 was more than 38 points, the largest average of any Division I-A team since World War II. The margin exceeded a six-touchdown average despite Nebraska resting its starters in the second halves of most games.
6) Here's something to chew on: Nebraska averaged 29.8 points per first half in 1995. That's a higher scoring average in one half than at least three national championship teams averaged in a whole game – Alabama (1992), Ohio State (2002) and Florida (2006).
7) For the 1995 season, Nebraska averaged 53.2 points per game and allowed only 14.5 points per game. When you think about making a big deal out of Florida State's 2013 team having the possibility to win every game by at least 14 points like Nebraska did, this particular stat screams rather loudly that the Huskers should stand alone in this spotlight.
8) I saved my best stat for last. In the final rankings from the 1995 season, Nebraska beat four teams that finished in the final AP Top Ten rankings – national runner-up Florida (62-24), No. 5 Colorado (44-21), No. 7 Kansas State (49-25) and No. 9 Kansas (41-3).
There they are – eight crystal-clear facts that frame a Big Eight powerhouse as the most dominant college football team of all-time. The Huskers did, after all, beat four schools in the '95 final Top Ten by an average of more than 30 points a game. If that's not living in a league of your own, what is? Yes, I know what you're thinking. Someday, someone will make another serious run at Nebraska's lofty status, but let's hope that doesn't happen in the next seven years. Why? Because we think this '95 team deserves a Silver Anniversary celebration in 2020 – a vision that seems not only realistic, but highly probable.
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Another great article. I agree with everything you wrote about the 1995 Huskers. Even though no Husker won the Outland in 1995, the '95 offensive line was dominant. As you pointed out, the line allowed no sacks. Your article reflected all of the thoughts I was thinking about during the Florida State/Auburn game. I did not want people putting FSU in the same sentence with the '95 Huskers. Jonathan Ladner, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Great job on the 1995 Husker article, but a couple of facts always seem to get forgotten and they could really cement our all-time juggernaut status. In 1995, we put 77 points on Arizona State and 62 on Florida, which won the national championship the next season with one loss and a total annihilation of Florida State in the Sugar Bowl. It's one thing to beat some good teams. It's another thing to blast teams that would become national championship caliber the very next season with most of the same players. That also applies to our '97 team. We beat Peyton Manning and a team full of NFL players when we destroyed Tennessee in the Orange Bowl. The next season, Tennessee won the national championship by upending Florida State. It's no secret that the SEC changed its style of play because of the beat-downs Florida and Tennessee suffered at our hands. Ben Eicher, Rapid City, South Dakota
I have something else to add about the '95 Nebraska team and the Big 8 Conference. 1995 is the only time in the history of any poll that one conference had four teams all finish inside the Top 10 final ratings. All four finished the season with 10 or more wins and 2 or fewer losses, and all four teams won their respective bowl games. Andy Purvis, Grand Island, Nebraska
Great article on the '95 Huskers, but I'd like to add a few more reasons why that Husker team was the greatest of all time. First, the '95 Florida Gators were recently rated the third best offense in SEC history. All four of Florida's starting defensive linemen were drafted four months after giving up 62 points to Nebraska. Second, the most recent contenders for Nebraska's "Greatest of All-Time" claim are the 2001 Miami and the 2013 Florida State teams. Both had 85-player scholarship limits and Nebraska had a 100-player limit in 1995. Bottom line, the Huskers were so much deeper, particularly in the o-line and the d-line. Osborne loved to stockpile depth at both positions and nobody's done that better than he has. Third, both the '01 Hurricanes and the '13 Seminoles struggled to win at Boston College. Miami even needed a miracle interception returned for a TD with no time left. In contrast, the '95 Nebraska team had every game under control before the end of the first quarter. Fourth, Colorado lost only 10 games that season and had five players drafted the next spring. Nebraska destroyed the Buffs on their home field and high altitude air in '95. Fifth, Nick Saban, the master, the great one, the guru, had no answer for the '95 Huskers, which beat his Michigan State team, 55-10, in East Lansing. It was complete domination. Matt Hagood, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
You make excellent arguments for the '95 Huskers being the most dominant Nebraska team. You are probably right. But I want to make a case for the '71 Huskers. The final rankings for 1971 were: 1) Nebraska; 2) Oklahoma; 3) Colorado; and 4) Alabama. Bear Bryant paid the ultimate tribute to Nebraska that Saturday night after a humiliating Orange Bowl defeat. "I surely think they are one of the greatest if not the greatest team I've ever seen. We were beaten soundly by a far superior team. At times they seemed to just be toying with us," Bryant said. When comparing the greatest Husker team, you have to consider the competition of the era. You can't compare the 1971 team to the 1995 team or the 2013 Florida State team because it is a different game in each era. Remember the '71 team finished #1 but played and beat the #2 Oklahoma, #3 Colorado and #4 Alabama. That had never happened before and is unlikely ever to happen again! Nebraska also never scored fewer than 31 points (vs. Colorado 31-7) that season. The Blackshirt defense had only three teams score more than one touchdown on Nebraska and the Huskers shut out three teams in '71! The only game that was even close, of course, was "The Game of The Century". Everyone in the country was watching that game. I know because I was living in Pennsylvania at the time. Everyone there agreed the Huskers were the most dominant college football team they had ever seen. There will never be another "Game of the Century" because it was the only game televised that week and everyone was watching it. Again, you can't compare other eras. Today we can see almost any team on television, and a 52-48 game is now common. It's a different game. Thanks! Bill Simic, Woodruff, Wisconsin
Great article on the '95 Huskers. My favorite part of that team: Phillips, Green, Benning, Childs and Sims – five quality running backs. Wow! Go Big Red! Tommy Thompson, Mascoutah, Illinois
My name is Greg Heim, and I live in South Plainfield, N.J. I have been a
diehard Husker fan since 1982 (junior year of high school). I am also a lifelong New Jersey resident and never set foot in Nebraska until the 2001 Notre Dame game. My maternal grandfather was on morphine dying from congestive heart failure the night of the 1996 Fiesta Bowl. The guy across the hall from me was a Florida fan, and his wife was also on morphine from terminal ovarian cancer. We were both wearing our team's respective gear that night and doing a little trash talking before the game. When Florida took a 10-6 lead after the first quarter, he was getting feisty. The nurses told us we had to keep it down a bit, to which the other guy replied. "I don't think it really matters. I think my wife and his grandfather would like that we have something to keep us occupied!" When Nebraska scored 29 second-quarter points, I chose to go home (I only lived three miles from the hospital). I gave the other guy a hug, and he said: "I think the Gators are toast!" I received a phone call around 2:30 a.m. on January 3rd that my grandfather had passed away. When I got to the hospital waiting for my mother and aunt, I saw the guy. His wife passed away 15 minutes after the game was over. We just looked at each other, and the first words out of this mouth were: "That's the greatest football team that I have seen in my life." Half of the Big 8 finished in the top 10, and all of those teams won their bowl games. Colorado, K-State, and Kansas had two losses each: One to Nebraska and one loss within that group. In all but one of those Top 10 games, Nebraska won by an average of 49-18. Don't give me this 2001 Miami bull. They had some tight games late. The Hurricanes' first-round NFL draft pick argument holds no water. You measure a team with regard to how they play against other teams, and the strength of those teams that line up against them. Warm regards. Greg Heim, South Plainfield, New Jersey
Great article on '95 team. Brings back wonderful memories. All that was missing was Tommie's Heisman. John Bruns, 1981 UNL grad, Overland Park, Kansas


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After starting flat on Thursday against Mulvane and bouncing back to give the #4 ranked Newton Railers all they wanted and more, including Devon Willard's exhilarating pin of #3 ranked Garrett McEachern that really got our crowd rocking, the Greenback wrestlers were primed and ready to wrestle their home tournament on Saturday.
After starting flat on Thursday against Mulvane and bouncing back to give the #4 ranked Newton Railers all they wanted and more, including Devon Willard's exhilarating pin of #3 ranked Garrett McEachern that really got our crowd rocking, the Greenback wrestlers were primed and ready to wrestle their home tournament on Saturday.
Preseason #6 in 6A Wichita NW, #3 in 4A Andale and #8 in 4A Buhler made the 47th Annual Pratt Tournament, a tournament of great matchups. In addition to the ranked teams, Pratt hosted perennial rivals Ulysses, Hugoton and a very tough Augusta squad to have yet another memorable home tournament.
Head coach Tate Thompson said, "Our wrestlers wrestled outstanding in spots and made some early season mistakes in other spots, but they are right where we want them to be at this point in the season.
It was good to see the marquee matchups develop as we had predicted they would and when we wrestle against the best, we know exactly where we stand and where we need to be by February."
106 Trae' Foreman, jr. was 2-1 on the day for 2nd place, beating the wrestler who defeated his preseason #5 in 6A ranked teammate for his slot on the team for the Pratt Tournament. After defeating said opponent, Justin Omwugbufom of Wichita Northwest 2-1, Trae got the matchup that would help him measure how far he has come and how far he needs to go to catch the returning State Runner-up, Jake Goldenstein of Augusta. Trae' wrestled extremely well, eventually losing by fall at the end of the 2nd period.
113 Cesar Regalado, jr., went 2-1 on the day for 2nd place. Cesar, who is currently tranked #1 in 4A at 113 lbs., started the day with the momentum of his pin of the #6 ranked 4A wrestler, Levi Carver of Mulvane at our Thursday home dual. Cesar continued that trend today as he won by pin and major decision in order to earn the right to face defending 6A State Champion, Mikey Lindlar of Wichita Northwest. The match was very exciting as Lindlar went up early with a takedown and near fall to go up 5-0. Cesar battled back with an escape and takedown later in the match to get within three as Lindlar held on for the 6-3 win. Cesar is right there with Lindlar and Cesar will see him at least two more times before the year is up.
120 Dalton Prosser, fr., started his day off with a bang as he pinned Ralph Caggiano of Augusta before losing to Joey Alberts of Wichita NW and Andy Davis of Sublette. Dalton looked solid on the day and with a few minor adjustments, he will be on track for a very good freshman run.
"Dalton is always in every match and if you loosen up on him, he will pounce like a caged animal and end the match," said C Thompson, "And as a coach that makes me very happy."
126 Gabe McAbee, so. was 1-2 on the day with a pin of Sublette's Laramie Mosley as the highlight of his day. Gabe is wrestling up at 126 since he lost his challenge match to Dalton at the Expo last Tuesday. Coach Thompson said, "Gabe came to us from Chaparral and is very easy to work with and coach. Gabe is quickly picking up what we do in Pratt and fits in very well with our team."
132 Hudson Swift, so. was 2-1 on the day for 3rd place. Hudson had a personal best day in his short high school career. Hudson drew into the #1 seed, losing his 1st match to Dylan Beckner of WNW before winning his next two matches, taking 3rd on the day with a consolation pin over Larned's Gage Studea ater a close consolation semifinal against Augusta's Kalaeb Bratton 5-4. Hudson has made vast improvements since last season and is starting to reap the rewards of the hard work you have to put in to be a part of Pratt High School Wrestling.
138 Joshua Ash, so. placed 4th on the day after defeating Chaparral's Major Weiss and losing to Joangel Cortez in his first match and consolation finals match. Josh is always tough and continued that trend at the home tournament. Josh has made a lot of adjustments since last season and should only get better as the season progresses.
145 Cooper Crump, jr. was 0-2 on the day, losing two close matches. Cooper took awhile to warm up and after losing his 1st match 0-4, Cooper sparked his old self around the 2nd period of his next match against Marcus Gaeddert of Buhler 7-9. Cooper had his opponent turned and was not awarded the 2 points that would have taken his match to OT, but Cooper is back and hungry to start winning again.
152 Mitchell Baird, sr. Mitchell pinned his first opponent Juan Anguiano of Ulysses before landing awkwardly against Zack Duwe of Chaparral and injury defaulting his remaining match to be safe and make sure he is healthy for the rest of the season. Losing Baird put a damper on PHS' team score, but the decision was made to err on the side of caution.
160 Taylor White, jr. was 2-2 on the day for 4th place. Taylor lost his 1st match to eventual champion, #2 ranked 4A wrestler, Kyle Armstrong of Andale before reeling off 2 wins against Paul Hernandez of Ulysses by fall and Wichita Northwest's Tyler Watson by a 5-2 decision before losing in the consolation finals match to Augusta's Quentin Spainhower.
182 Weston Riner, sr. was 0-2 on the day. Weston has still had limited practice time and is getting better week by week. This is his 2nd year as a wrestler and he is learning, but Pratt faces a tough schedule and on-the-job training can be tough. Coach Thompson felt it wouldn't be long until Riner was clicking on all cylinders.
195 Chance Henke, so., lost two tough matches on the day and it will take him a while to find his groove as he has been away from wrestling for a year and is in his first year at PHS. Chance is coming back to wrestling in a difficult weight class and there is no easy go at 195.
220 Austin Gates, sr., won his first match easily before losing two tough matches in which Austin got caught making an old mistake and we will get that turned back around before next week.
Wichita NW won the 11 team event with 197 points. PHS finished in the middle of the pack, 6th with 79.


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Report: Dropout rate up at three Manchester high schoolsBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
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Union Leader Correspondent
March 31. 2013 8:57PM
The three Manchester high schools have dropout rates that far exceed nearly every other high school in the state, according to data released by state education officials.
Manchester West High School had the highest dropout rate in the state - a four-year cumulative rate of 18 percent in 2012. The rate represents what will happen to the freshman class of 2011-12 over four years if nothing changes.
"It's tragic. It's not acceptable," said John Rist, the retired principal who took over at West on a part-time basis after MaryEllen McGorry resigned in January.
Another Manchester principal blamed the economy.
"The one thing we find, the economy has forced people to make decisions that were more financial than educational," said Arthur Adamakos, principal at Memorial High School, which saw its one-year dropout rate double. Adamakos also blamed the increase on a one-time adjustment.
Last week, the state Department of Education released dropout rates for the 2011-12 school year. Overall, state officials said they were pleased. Although the New Hampshire rate went up slightly - the one-year rate for 2012 was 1.26 percent, up from 1.19 percent in 2011 - the state continues to have one of the lowest dropout rates in the country.
"The data contained in this report shows the schools continue to make progress in ensuring more of our young people receive their diploma. It also shows our intensive efforts to identify and reach those most at risk have been successful," Education Commissioner Virginia Barry said in prepared remarks.
She said it provides clear evidence of the effectiveness of dropout prevention programs put in place when the state raised the dropout age to 18.
Losing ground
Those programs don't seem to be working in Manchester. For the 2009-10 school year - the first year the higher dropout age went into effect - the city's four-year cumulative dropout rate was 9 percent. Last year, it was 13 percent.
Superintendent Thomas Brennan said he is "disturbed" by the Manchester numbers.
"I am upset, as anyone would be," said Brennan. "I wish I had a solid answer why, but I've said there should be more done in terms of reading and math work at younger age levels, before third grade. That can help a student later, what they learn at that younger stage. I'm also hoping the audit that's going to be completed will point to some areas that we can work on. But it's very disturbing, and I'm very concerned about it."
A telephone message left for Mayor Ted Gatsas was not returned.
Paul Leather, the state's deputy education commissioner, said "it's fairly clear that Manchester has lost some ground."
He said he recognized Manchester has challenges, including "the transitional nature of many families living in poverty, one-parent families. They move around a lot (or don't have homes)."
Manchester had 129 dropouts for the 2009-10 school year, rising to 166 the following year and 197 for the 2011-12 year. New Hampshire, by comparison, had 778 for the 2009-10 year, 751 the following year and 778 again for 2011-12.
Franklin, Raymond, Monadnock Regional
The West rate was followed by Franklin High School at 13 percent, Central High School at 12 percent, and Memorial at 12 percent. Only two other New Hampshire high schools had four-year cumulative rates in double digits - Monadnock Regional and Raymond high schools, both at 10 percent.
The rate is adjusted not to count students who took the GED or enrolled in college without graduating.
Rist said socio-economic factors and language problems play a part in the West dropouts. But he said he needs a third assistant principal; part of the job is to track the 1,165 students at West.
In the meantime, Rist said he is trying to foster a climate to encourage success and urge students to attend school. He meets with parents whose children skip school. Some promise their children will be in school; others throw their hands up, he said.
Rist said core standards and curriculum need to be adopted and modified for the school. A team of experts was in the school Thursday to see how it can be restructured.
"We're having a conversation of how to do a better job," he said.
The Central rate actually dropped slightly from the previous year, but Memorial's shot up. In fact, the one-year dropout rate at Memorial doubled, to 3.2 percent.
Principal Arthur Adamakos blamed it on the increase in the dropout age. When the law went into effect, some dropouts older than 16 never returned to school. They were carried on the books for a while as students, but last year they were taken off and counted as dropouts.
"We knew there was one year we'd have to take the hit," he said.
Nashua schools
Despite rising dropout rates that were already above the state average, Nashua Schools Superintendent Mark Conrad said he is proud of the work the Nashua School District is doing to ensure as many students graduate as possible.
Nashua's dropout rate increased from 5.71 percent in 2010 to 6.21 percent in 2011. The state average is 4.95 percent.
"As a community we have 42 percent of our students eligible for free and reduced (price) lunches, and some of those students are living in significant poverty, and dropout rates correlate with socio-economic demographics unfortunately," Conrad said.
However, Conrad said, Nashua's dropout rate is lower than most other municipalities in New Hampshire with similar levels of poverty.
"It reflects well on Nashua that we are all working hard to develop strong education environments to keep students in school and keep them successful," Conrad said.
Even with all the Nashua School District does to keep students in school, including offering multiple types of diplomas, Conrad said he's concerned that dropout rates in Nashua, along with the entire state, will start to go up at an alarming rate.
Conrad said the impetus for his fear was the elimination of the Children In Need of Supervision program by the previous state legislature.
"The elimination of that program has had a significant impact on student attendance, with a 30-percent increase in student truancy from last year to this year, and we think attendance plays a big role in dropout rates."
New Hampshire Union Leader Staff Reporter Paul Feely contributed to this story.
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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a landmark case about race and college admissions. In 2008, a white student named Abigail Fisher was denied admission to the University of Texas, Austin.
Fisher sued the university, claiming she was denied admission because of her race. Her suit, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, could mean the end of admissions policies that take race into account.
The key argument in favor of affirmative action policies is the notion that diverse campuses benefit everyone. In previous cases, justices have ruled that a campus with a diverse student body promotes cross-racial understanding and a robust exchange of ideas, while also helping to break down stereotypes.
Today, University of Texas students say their diverse campus of 52,000 students does provide opportunities for students of different backgrounds to interact. But, some note, despite the racial and ethnic mix, divides and stereotypes still exist.
Minority Students Strive To Find A Niche
On a recent day at the university's Gregory Gymnasium, teams are playing intramural volleyball on four courts. On one court, a team comprised entirely of Hispanic students is squaring off against a group of mostly white players, in a matchup between the Hispanic Student Association and students who staff the school's Student Activity Center.
"It's a really good opportunity, I think, for people of different races and different backgrounds to come together for one sport," says sophomore Allison Killian. "We're actually interacting with each other through athletics."
For freshman Thomas Pena, opportunities like this are something of a first. Thus far, he says, his interactions with non-Hispanic students at the university have been limited. "I've talked to a few, but I haven't branched out completely yet," Pena says.
Sophomore Karina Ramos understands feeling overwhelmed — and sometimes lonely — at such a large university. "It's a big campus. You need to connect with somebody like you — it's really helpful."
Ramos has found a niche of sorts in dance classes, which are also helping her connect with more diverse students. This year, she's learning about African-American history through dance. And in a class of white, black and Hispanic students, she's learning about differences.
"You understand [other groups] better, you understand what they do better, why we don't connect as much," Ramos says. "And you can change that."
Many Different Groups, Not Always Mixing
That's not something Ramos, Pena and Killian experienced much before attending the university. All three say they went to high school with classmates who overwhelmingly looked like them.
They've found a much more diverse student body at the University of Texas. The demographic breakdown is just under 50 percent white, 18 percent Hispanic, 15 percent Asian and 4.5 percent African-American.
Ashley Reed, a freshman studying Radio, Television and Film, is hanging out at the campus' Malcolm X Lounge after a meeting of the Texas Gospel Fellowship, a predominantly African-American group. Despite the diversity on campus, she says students of different ethnic and racial groups tend to keep to themselves.
"Mostly, the black people hang out with other black people, Asians hang out with other Asian people," Reed says. While she loves her program at the university, she says that lack of mixing is a shortcoming. "I never was one of those people who was like, 'I'm definitely just going to hang out with black people, I don't fit in with other people,' " she says.
Jason Watt, an officer with the Asian American Culture Club, also notices the self-segregation. "White frat guys are with white frat guys," he says.
Watt says his club's events are open to all students, but members have been disappointed that turnout among non-Asians isn't higher, like at a recent event featuring Olympic speedskater Apolo Ohno. But the group hasn't given up, Watt says; it's now dreaming of getting NBA star Jeremy Lin to visit from Houston.
Achieving A 'Critical Mass'
The university argues that it's important to achieve a critical mass of students of different backgrounds on campus.
"Unfortunately for some groups, particularly African-Americans ... [they still] can be isolated in class. Maybe one, or maybe a small handful, in a class," says Gregory Vincent, vice president for the university's Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. "And until we can get that worked out, I think it's going to be an important goal to achieve."
Freshman Ashley Reed says she's felt discomfort being the only black student in class. In one class, she recalls, students were discussing different genres of music videos. "Then we get to documentary [style video], and it's Snoop Dogg's 'Nuthin But a G Thang,' " Reed says.
Reed suddenly felt like all eyes were on her. "I'm the only black person in that class of 15, and I'm like, 'Ooh — awkward," she says. "I definitely felt people were looking at me [thinking], 'What should I do? Would that be offensive to her if I started bopping my head?' "
Other students report that there are still stereotypes yet to be broken on campus. "People think all Asians get good grades," says Asian-American student Vicky Nguyen. "That's so not true."
Nguyen never really had Asian friends growing up in San Antonio. Her schools, she says, were predominantly black and Hispanic. It was only after enrolling at the University of Texas that she started hanging out with other Asians. Now, she says, she misses the loud, outgoing, slang-slinging person she was in high school.
"Everyone always says, when you come to college you change, you can totally reinvent yourself," Nguyen says. "And I think that's something I tried to do — and [now] I kind of just want to revert back to how I was."
So this year, Nguyen has joined a few other student groups — in hopes of building a more diverse group of friends.
Controversial Incidents Stoke Tensions
On the eve of arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas, students paint a picture of a campus with its share of racial tensions. But they also describe a place where people are hungry for more genuine interactions — in the classroom and in every area of campus life.
This fall, emotions have run high over several incidents on and off campus. Campus police are investigating reports of bleach-filled balloons being dropped on minority students who feel they were targeted because of their race.
In a separate incident, a sorority hosted a controversial "fiesta party," at which students arrived dressed in T-shirts that read "illegal" and "border patrol."
Vincent, the University of Texas vice president, says it's imperative that all students understand how hurtful their behavior — even pranks — can be.
"Unfortunately, we mirror society. And we're still working through issues, even though things are getting better," he says.
In Fisher v. Texas, the key argument for affirmative action lies in the notion that a diverse campus benefits everyone. NPR's Andrea Hsu went to the University of Texas at Austin this week to see how those ideals shape up in real life.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Good job. (Unintelligible).
ANDREA HSU, BYLINE: In the Gregory Gymnasium, it's intramural volleyball on four courts - no uniforms, but there is a unifying look of many of the teams. Take this court: on one side, all Hispanics; on the other, mostly whites. Turns out it's a matchup of the Hispanic Student Association and the SACsquatches, a team of students who work at the SAC, the Student Activity Center. As Allison Killian, a sophomore, explains, anyone can form a team.
ALLISON KILLIAN: So it's a really good opportunity, I think, for people of different races and different backgrounds to get together and kind of come together for one sport. We're actually interacting with each other through athletics, so I think it's a really great opportunity for that.
HSU: For Thomas Pena, a freshman, it's something of a first. In his time at the University of Texas, his interactions with people who aren't Hispanic have been limited.
THOMAS PENA: I've talked to a few, but I haven't branched out completely yet.
HSU: Karina Ramos understands feeling isolated in this campus of 52,000 students.
KARINA RAMOS: I mean, it's a big campus. So, like, you need to connect with, like, somebody like you pretty much. It's really helpful.
HSU: Now a sophomore, Ramos has found a niche - dance. She's learning about African-American history through dance. And in a class of white, black and Hispanic students, she's learning about differences.
RAMOS: You understand them better, like you understand what they do better or why we don't really connect as much and, like, you can change that.
HSU: Karina Ramos and the two others we heard from all went to high school with people who overwhelmingly look like them. At UT, not so much. White students make up almost 50 percent of the student body; Hispanics, 18 percent; Asians, 15 percent; African-Americans, 4-1/2 percent.
ASHLEY REED: I never was one of those people who was like, oh, I'm definitely just going to hang out with the black people. I don't fit in with other people.
HSU: I find Ashley Reed in the Malcolm X Lounge on campus. She's been at a meeting of the Texas Gospel Fellowship, a predominantly African-American group. Reed was born in Texas to a military family, grew up all over the place and now is a freshman studying radio, television and film. One day, students were examining different genres of music videos.
REED: And so, we're watching videos like Madonna's "Material Girl" and then R.E.M's "Losing My Religion," which is like the experimental video. And then we get to the documentary video, which is Snoop Dogg's "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang," and, like, I'm the black person in that class of, like, 15. And I'm like, ooh, awkward.
HSU: Now Ashley Reed loves UT. But a shortcoming of the school, she says, is that communities of color stick to themselves.
REED: Mostly, like, the black people hang out with other black people and Asian people hang out with other Asian people.
JASON WATT: White fat guys are, like, with white fat guys.
HSU: This is Jason Watt, an officer with the Asian-American culture committee. Though the group's events are open to all students, they've been disappointed that turnout among non-Asians isn't higher. They dream of bringing in Jeremy Lin now that he's playing basketball for the Houston Rockets. They believe there are still many stereotypes yet to be broken.
VICKY NGUYEN: People still think all Asians get good grades.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: That's so not true.
HSU: Vicky Nguyen never really had Asian friends growing up in San Antonio. Her high school was predominantly black and Hispanic. It was only after getting to UT that she started to hangout with Asians. Now, she says, she misses the loud, outgoing, slang-slinging person she was back home.
NGUYEN: Everyone always says when you come to college, you change, like you can totally reinvent yourself. And I think that's something that I tried to do and just - I kind of just want to revert back to how I was.
HSU: So this year, she's joined a few other student groups in hopes of building a more diverse group of friends. Students I spoke with here paint a picture of a campus that has its share of racial tension, but also where people are hungry for more genuine interactions in the classroom and in every area of campus life.
Andrea Hsu, NPR News, Austin. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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A thief stole electronic devices, a gas card and a credit card from an unlocked car in the 1600 block of Mandan Court either late Tuesday or early Wednesday, according to a police report.
Police say a Garmin GPS system valued at $200 and a JVC radio faceplate valued at $150 were stolen from the car�s dash. A MasterCard credit card and a gas card were also stolen.
The owner reported the burglary at 10:35 a.m. Wednesday, telling officers it took place sometime between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m. Wednesday.


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Jeff Kearns and Craig Torres
Monday, 01 October 2012 09:46 PM
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke defended the Federal Reserve's unprecedented bond buying in his first comments since the Fed renewed the purchases last month, saying the program will spur growth, cut unemployment, help savers and support the dollar.
The central bank will sustain record stimulus even after the expansion gains strength, and policy makers don't expect the economy to remain weak through 2015, Bernanke said today in a speech in Indianapolis. The U.S. probably won't fall back into a recession even with growth too weak to reduce a jobless rate stuck above 8 percent since February 2009, he said in response to an audience question.
"We expect the economy to continue to grow," Bernanke said to the Economic Club of Indiana. "Our concern is not really a recession. Our concern is that growth will continue but at a pace that's insufficient to put people back to work."
Bernanke, 58, stood behind his unconventional policies by saying the late Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman "would have supported what we are doing." The Federal Open Market Committee said last month it will keep the main interest rate near zero until at least mid-2015 and buy $40 billion of mortgage debt a month in a third round of quantitative easing until the labor market shows "sustained improvement."
"We expect that a highly accommodative stance of monetary policy will remain appropriate for a considerable time after the economy strengthens," Bernanke said in the speech. Still, policy makers' forecast for the main interest rate "doesn't mean that we expect the economy to be weak through" mid-2015, Bernanke said.
Main Indicators
While payrolls are expanding, economic growth of 1.5 percent to 2 percent "is not fast enough to lower the unemployment rate" because it only keeps up with the number of new entrants into the labor force, he said.
Central bank policies to boost growth should not damage the value of the dollar on foreign currency markets, Bernanke said. The dollar "is about where it was before the crisis," and pursuing maximum employment and low and stable inflation will make the U.S. currency attractive, he said.
Also, Fed easing, including the zero-interest-rate policy, will help savers by fueling the expansion, Bernanke said. "Only a strong economy can create higher asset values and sustainably good returns for savers."
Bernanke, a scholar of the Great Depression, has deployed the most aggressive monetary policies since the Fed's founding nearly a century ago as he battled the financial crisis, helped pull the nation out of the worst recession since the 1930s and sought to keep the expansion going.
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Bernanke expanded the balance sheet to $2.8 trillion from around $877 billion in August 2007. He also changed the composition of the Fed's balance sheet, purchasing mortgage- backed securities to help lower yields for housing finance.
The Fed has taken "very much to heart" the conclusions of Friedman and Anna Schwartz, whose 1963 book, "A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960," said the Depression was triggered by monetary tightening and the collapse of the banking system, Bernanke said.
"We were aggressive early on, we didn't allow the fact that interest rates were very low to fool us into thinking that monetary policy was as accommodative as it needed to be, and we were aggressive, as you know, in trying to prevent the collapse of the banking system," Bernanke said. "Those are all things that Friedman would have supported."
Bernanke's reference to Friedman aligns with decades of his research into monetary policy during the Depression. He once called a proper understanding of the Great Depression "the Holy Grail of macroeconomics."
Bernanke's Theories
In a book of essays on the economy of the 1930s published in 2000, Bernanke embraced much of Friedman and Schwartz's methodology while developing his own theories on the impact of credit on the duration and magnitude of business cycles.
As a Fed governor in 2002, Bernanke told Friedman during a speech: "Regarding the Great Depression. You're right, we did it. We're very sorry. But thanks to you, we won't do it again."
Bernanke applied his own scholarship and the analysis of Friedman and Schwartz to the financial crisis. Rather than allow large financial institutions to collapse, Bernanke and other U.S. regulators bailed them out with taxpayer-funded capital injections.
After the emergency capital was paid back, the Fed through annual stress tests forced the largest banks to hold more capital, both to avert future bailouts and to strengthen confidence banks could lend in times of stress.
Emergency Steps
Fed emergency measures, including five years of low interest-rate policies, "have not led to increased inflation," and the public's expectations for price gains "remain quite stable," Bernanke said today. Fed officials have the necessary tools to tighten when needed to prevent "inflationary pressures down the road," he said.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index maintained gains after Bernanke's comments, adding 0.3 percent to 1,444.49 at the close of trading in New York. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell 0.02 percentage point to 1.62 percent.
The benchmark for American equities tumbled the most in almost four months last week, losing 1.3 percent to 1,440.63 on concern Europe's debt crisis is worsening and stimulus measures may not be enough to boost economic growth. The S&P Supercomposite Homebuilding Index slid 7.3 percent for the biggest drop since June amid worse-than-expected housing data.
Stronger Growth
The Fed chairman said last month he wants stronger growth and improvement in the labor market, which he characterized as a "grave concern." The U.S. economy added 96,000 jobs in August, less than forecast by economists and down from a 141,000 increase in July. The Oct. 5 jobs report may show employers added 115,000 jobs in September, according to the median of 80 economist estimates in a Bloomberg survey.
The economy grew less than previously forecast in the second quarter, the Commerce Department said Sept. 27. Gross domestic product expanded by 1.3 percent after expanding at a 2 percent rate from January through March. The revision compared with a prior estimate of 1.7 percent.
At the same time, the Institute for Supply Management's U.S. factory index rose to 51.5 in September from 49.6 a month earlier, the Tempe, Arizona-based group said today. Economists in a Bloomberg survey projected a reading of 49.7 for September, according to the median of 76 forecasts. The dividing line between expansion and contraction is 50.
Third Round
The Fed's third round of quantitative easing, announced Sept. 13, has no end date or fixed total amount, unlike the first two programs of bond buying. In the first, starting in 2008, the Fed bought $1.25 trillion of mortgage-backed securities, $175 billion of federal agency debt and $300 billion of Treasuries. In the second round, announced in November 2010, the Fed bought $600 billion of Treasuries.
Some Fed officials disagreed with the new asset purchases. Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker, who has dissented from every FOMC decision this year, said in a Sept. 15 statement that he opposed new easing in mortgage-backed securities because allocating credit should be the province of fiscal authorities such as the U.S. Treasury or Congress.
Charles Plosser of Philadelphia said in a Sept. 25 speech that more easing probably won't boost growth or hiring and may jeopardize the Fed's credibility. James Bullard of St. Louis said in a Sept. 27 CNBC interview that policy makers should have held off on new bond buying until they had a clearer picture of the global economy. The two regional Fed bank presidents don't have a vote on the FOMC this year.
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DIY addition draws city's, neighbors' ireMARK HAYWARD
June 25. 2014 10:47PM
Two years ago, Stephen Walsh launched an ambitious do-it-yourself home project. Any guy has these kind of desires. Hammers and power tools fit naturally in our hands; we're hard-wired to build shelter.
So it seemed simple enough for Walsh. He and a contractor buddy would add two stories of space above the garage to his rather modest home in a North End neighborhood.
That project has since divided the neighborhood, and it's put Walsh at odds with city officials. In April, the city's chief building inspector ordered Walsh to tear down what he had built. He had taken too long to finish the job, the city said.
Now, he's under a slight reprieve. The city Zoning Board of Adjustment has told Walsh to get the exterior buttoned up by July 10. You could say he's under the hammer.
"I thought this was the Live Free or Die state," Walsh said at his home at 343 Sagamore St. this week. "I should be able to build something at my own pace in my own yard."
Not so, said the chief city inspector. Walsh has taken too long on his DIY project and violated too many procedures and codes, said David Albin, the city's chief code enforcer. The work has sat untouched for months at a time, while neighbors complained and the framing was exposed to the elements.
"The city bent over backwards to accommodate Mr. Walsh," Albin said. "You can build incrementally as long as you move along. You just can't let it sit."
Walsh is no longer sitting. He's abandoned the DIY approach. He's hired a contractor to do the exterior work. All this week, a crew of about a half-dozen have been working on the addition.
To say the city came down on Walsh is an understatement.
• Over the last two years, building inspectors twice revoked his building permit. Walsh obtained his most recent permit June 18, but only after he had to take the unusual step of hiring an engineer to certify the half-built addition was not damaged over the winter.
• Alderman Ron Ludwig told the Zoning Board the matter has been going on for three years (an exaggeration) and that Walsh should have to take down the addition. He said a half-built addition hurts the values of surrounding property.
• Agreeing with Ludwig is Walsh's next door neighbor, Robert Leonard, who is a former school board member. "It was a beautiful neighborhood, and we have a three-story eyesore in the middle of it," Leonard told the Zoning Board.(Another neighbor had a lawyer write the city to complain about Walsh, but four neighbors have signed a petition in support of Walsh.)
If anything, the Zoning Board came to his rescue two weeks ago, when it overruled the inspector's order and set the July 10 deadline.
"I'm not saying we were fast," Walsh said about the past two years. A divorced dad of four and a bread-truck driver, he said money's been tight. He said gall bladder surgery sidelined him at one point. And he said the city put a halt to the project after he made minor revisions to the building permit.
"It's been a David against Goliath thing," Walsh said.
Walsh's house is a testament to the proud New England tradition of house adder-ons. His plans call for a two-story addition that will dwarf the original home — a flat-roofed, two-story ranch that is puny in a neighborhood of 1 1/2- and two-story capes and raised ranches.
The gabled addition will give him a view to the west with lots of space to live in. (His current permit is for storage space, so he will likely have to wage a fight in the future.)
Walsh was working alongside contractors when I visited this week. He and contractor Cale Houston were confident they will meet their deadine.
Albin, the chief code enforcer, is far from apologetic. He faults Walsh for putting a bump-out in the design, which wasn't part of the original plans.
In the buiding trades, everything is interconnected, and altering the length of one wall can throw off the centerweight of a project.
"You can't go off and do what you feel like doing," he said. He said the city is not against the do-it-yourselfer. In fact, city inspectors give a lot of advice to the DIY guy about products and structural requirements, he said.
But the city building code, which is based on international standards, gives a year for a project to be completed, he said.
"It went on and on and on. At least four neighbors called," Albin said. "It was a mess."
So Walsh remains busy these next couple of weeks. And while he'll gripe about the city, he said he wants peace with his neighbors.
"I want to forgive my neighbors," said Walsh, who attends a local Christian church. "I want to be loving to them. I don't want to return evil for evil."
Mark Hayward's City Matters runs Thursdays in the New Hampshire Union Leader and UnionLeader.com. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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A multi-state dairy research and extension group, including dairy specialists with the University of Idaho and Washington State University, is surveying dairy producers on their knowledge and opinion of genomics testing for breeding purposes.
The group is investigating new fertility traits for which genomics technology might be used. Because the technology is a new tool that could be used for herd improvement, the team is interested in what producers have heard think about genomics testing and whether they've used it.
Responses to the survey will help the team understand dairymen's position and educational needs related to genomics testing, according to the survey notice.
Participation is voluntary, and all responses are anonymous. The survey takes about 5 minutes to complete and can be accessed at
For more information, e-mail Joe Dalton, University of Idaho extension dairy specialist, at


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Happy New Year. Like many, I find it is a good time to reflect on the year passed and make resolutions for the upcoming year.
First, lets be thankful the 2012 presidential election is over. We have been bombarded by enough economic nonsense to last us until 2016. Ideology seemingly won over economic reality.
We also should be appreciative of moves made by the Federal Reserve, though less hopeful about its impacts. The Fed made increasing employment a priority and publicly stated so with adoption of increased transparency. Sure, the Feds dual mandate is inflation moderation and maximizing employment, but most of its policies historically have stressed the former.
Just as we applaud the Fed, lets deride the European Central Bank and the European governments that fiddled while the eurozone burned, though less poetically. The ECBs token gesture of buying European debt to lower interest rates is too little, and, possibly, too late.
Be thankful, too, that Superstorm Sandy has come and gone. But it was only one of many natural disasters of 2012.
While the horror of Sandy is real, the real economic cost has been the drought, the worst since 1836, that affected U.S. agriculture. Food prices are expected to rise sharply this year in response to dwindling supplies.
In the West, a large number of fires cost property owners $150 billion, and that is only part of the true cost.
So, I resolve to:
No longer listen to politicians when they discuss economic policy. Well, I will, to search for clues to their true intent. Are they, for example, in pockets of big business/labor/banks? Slaves to anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist (what are bona fides anyway?) Or, sadly, pandering to their left/right custom-made voting districts? Etc.
No longer be surprised by European economic policy: Go all in with real estate (Spain), state spending (France), low taxes (Ireland), profligacy (Greece), corruption (Italy), dissolution (Belgium), price-setting (Portugal), and/or austerity (all of the above).
No longer wonder about the pace of Chinas economy which has been driven by state spending (about 50 percent of gross domestic product), and, instead, I will, more importantly, question the fate of said economy when the Chinese government inevitably reduces expenditures.
Keep an eye on Mexicos recovery. As the United States second-largest trading partner, it behooves all of us to cheer its success. Canada, our largest trading partner, endured a mild recession, but it was never really a concern.
Assume more natural and human-made disasters are forthcoming and speculate how policymakers will respond in their aftermath more bad incentives or perhaps forgo political expediency and actually lead.
No longer use sayings such as fiscal cliff and debt ceiling to exaggerate reality.
Adopt a gluten-free diet ... mostly.
Join us at the 2013 Southwest Business Forum on Wednesday at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. A reception will begin at 3 p.m., and presentations will be at 3:30 p.m.
firstname.lastname@example.com Robert Tino Sonora is an associate professor of economics at Fort Lewis College and the director of the Office of Business and Economic Research at Fort Lewis College.


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Obama's 2nd term: Will the governing ever start?
March 13. 2013 4:47PM
Former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said of Obamacare, "we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it." Maybe the same idea applies to President Obama: The American people have to elect him twice to find out how awful his policies are.
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows the President's approval ratings falling "as Americans take a dimmer view of his economic policies," The Post wrote. In December Obama had an 18-point advantage over Republicans on the question of whom Americans trusted more to handle the economy. Now it's a four-point gap: 44 percent to 40 percent. Having run through George W. Bush, "Wall Street" and Mitt Romney, Obama is running out of scapegoats.
It is becoming increasingly clear that this President has no interest in actually governing. Nor has he any interest in doing things he campaigned on and was elected to do, such as halve the federal debt and eliminate unnecessary and wasteful spending.
He said on Tuesday, "My goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance." It sure isn't. His goal is to build a legacy to himself in the form of an entitlement state larger than FDR or LBJ ever imagined. Enjoy.


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October 30. 2013 10:58PM
Affidavit reveals details of violent episode at Elliot ER
By KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
New Hampshire Union Leader
Friends, family of man paralyzed after hospital attack, night in jail left with questions
Governor steps in on emergency room violence, sets up team to review recent incidents
Benefits planned for Fern Ornelas
— It took at least three Elliot Hospital security officers and a Manchester police officer to restrain psychiatric patient Fern Ornelas after Ornelas allegedly began punching a guard repeatedly in the head in the hospital's emergency department Oct. 16, court records show.
"We were able to restrain Ornelas with a substantial amount of force to counter his resistance," Manchester police Officer Paul P. Rondeau wrote in the affidavit supporting Ornelas' arrest.
The event left hospital security guard, Lawrence Bolduc with serious facial injuries — including lacerations, trauma to the eye socket, scrapes and bruises, the affidavit alleges. Ornelas, 54, of 54 Lancaster Ave., also suffered "significant," unspecified facial injuries. Both men were treated in the emergency room, according to hospital and police accounts.
According to Bolduc and Lisa Cutrer, a nurse in Elliot's secure psychiatric evaluation unit, Ornelas was very agitated all night, wandering through the unit. He especially upset a female patient by walking into her room several times, the affidavit alleges.
When Bolduc, 49, told Ornelas to return to his room about 7:25 p.m., Ornelas allegedly sucker-punched Bolduc as he passed him in the doorway to his room.
Ornelas kept punching Bolduc, a retired state trooper, in the face as the officer tried to shield himself from the blows and forced Ornelas to the floor. Ornelas pulled the officer on top of him as he continued to fight and pummel Bolduc in the face, the affidavit alleges. Bolduc used pepper spray and exchanged blows to restrain Ornelas as additional security officers and Rondeau arrived. Together they were able to restrain him, according to the affidavit filed Friday in court.
Ornelas was medically evaluated and "walking and talking" when hospital staff released him to the custody of Manchester police, who said they booked and charged him at headquarters without incident.
Broken neck
Ornelas went to Hillsborough County House of Correction about midnight Oct. 17. Later that morning, jail medical staff checked on Ornelas and sent him back to Elliot Hospital by ambulance. He arrived there about 9:30 a.m. requiring medical treatment for a "serious" medical condition, the hospital said.
Ornelas had a broken neck when he returned to Elliot, friends and family say. He went to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston that day where he remains in intensive care unit paralyzed from the neck down and unable to talk.
Hillsborough County Attorney Patricia LaFrance is leading the investigation into what happened to Ornelas from the time his twin sister and guardian, Anna, brought him to the emergency room Oct. 15 for a mental health episode to when he returned from the county jail with a broken neck Oct. 17.
LaFrance said she is working in conjunction with the state Attorney General's office on the case. The investigative team includes Manchester and New Hampshire State Police detectives.
Asked if there is a potential conflict of interest in having Manchester police investigate their department's actions along with those of Hillsborough County corrections staff, LaFrance stressed state police are leading the probe.
She said some thought was given to transferring the case to another county — which often happens to avoid having law enforcement agencies within the same jurisdiction investigate each other. But she said her office decided against that approach when the AG's office and State Police became involved.
Waiting for a bed
Elliot Hospital said it does not know how Ornelas sustained the injuries that resulted in his being returned to the hospital in serious medical condition Oct. 17. They have defended the actions of security officer Bolduc, saying Bolduc followed his training and protected the lives of patients and staff.
Ornelas' friends and family say Ornelas does not have an aggressive or violent personality, and have described him as "friendly" and "mild-mannered." Ornelas, who suffers from a disabling mental illness, went to the emergency department Oct. 15 after going off his medications and was waiting for a bed to open at New Hampshire Hospital, the state's acute psychiatric facility.
AG handling probe
Meanwhile, Hillsborough County House of Corrections Superintendent David Dionne appears to have abandoned his plans to conduct an internal investigation and time line of events.
The Hillsborough County Commissioners and Dionne agreed that the investigation should be done by the Attorney General's Office, said Toni Pappas, who chairs the three-member board that met Wednesday.
"It's important for the three organizations that are involved — Elliot Hospital, the police and the county jail — to come up with answers so everyone is satisfied," she added, noting she was told investigators were at the jail Wednesday.
Ornelas initially was charged with three misdemeanor counts of simple assault. The charges later were altered to one count of misdemeanor simple assault.
The portion of the daily court docket prepared by Manchester police for Oct. 18 shows police planned to upgrade the charge against Ornelas to felony second-degree assault and drop the misdemeanor assault charge. Police later said this was an error. There is no record in Manchester District Court of a felony charge being filed against Ornelas.


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State trooper hurt when motorcycle hits new pavement bump on Route 101
June 26. 2013 2:40PM
CANDIA -- A state trooper conducting speed enforcement on Route 101 was sent to the hospital Thursday after the motorcyle he was operating hit a lip on a section of fresh pavement and he fell over the handle bars, police said.
Trooper First Class Timothy Stearns was transported to the Concord Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries and was released, according to state police.
Stearns was operating a 2007 Harley Davidson when he entered the crossover at mile marker 109.2 on Route 101 just after 10 a.m. Once traffic eastbound was clear, Stearns began to exit the crossover and enter the eastbound left lane, authorities said.
That section was freshly paved, resulting in a substantial lip between the new pavement on the highway and the old pavement in the crossover.
As the trooper negotiated the changes in pavement height, the front wheel spun on the lip, causing the wheel to spin. Stearns fell over the handlebars as the motorcycle slid onto its side.


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After a record-setting regular season, Coach Joe Kissel and the Goldey-Beacom College women's tennis team have earned a berth in the 2013 NCAA Division II Women's Tennis East Regional Championship and will face Queens College on Saturday, Apr. 27, it has been announced by NCAA officials.
After a record-setting regular season, Coach Joe Kissel and the Goldey-Beacom College women's tennis team have earned a berth in the 2013 NCAA Division II Women's Tennis East Regional Championship and will face Queens College on Saturday, Apr. 27, it has been announced by NCAA officials.
The winner of the match between Goldey-Beacom and Queens will face either second-seeded Concordia or seventh-seeded Southern New Hampshire on Sunday, Apr. 28.
All three matches in the four-team bracket will take place on the campus of Queens College in Flushing, N.Y.
In the other portion of the East Region bracket, fourth-seeded Stonehill College will host fifth-seeded Chestnut Hill College on Apr. 27 with the winner facing top-seeded New York Tech on Apr. 28.
The Lightning, who will be making their third NCAA appearance in the last four years, have won a school-record 14 matches this year and advanced to the semifinals of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Championship in October.
In addition, the Lightning set a school record this year with nine shutout victories.
A two-time selection as the CACC Player of the Year, sophomore Stephanie Puentes Robinson (Bogota, Colombia) has been the Lightning's top singles player this season. She has posted a 19-3 record this year, including a 16-2 mark at number one singles. In addition, she has won 9 of her last 10 matches, including the last four in a row.
With 19 singles wins this season, Puentes Robinson ranks second on the Lightning's all-time single-season list and can tie the school record set by Luciana Pereira in 2009-10 with a victory in the NCAA Tournament.
In her two-year career, Puentes Robinson has won 31 singles matches, which ranks fifth in school history. In addition, her .838 winning percentage in singles matches is the third-highest mark in program history.
Meanwhile, junior Rocio Cabanillas Moreno (Sevilla, Spain) has been a solid addition to the lineup with a 12-4 record at number two singles. She has won 7 of her last 10 matches and enters the NCAA Tournament with a 13-5 overall singles record.
A trio of seniors have provided a great deal of leadership for the Lightning. Senior Melanie Bonomo (Maracay, Venezuela) set the Goldey-Beacom career singles wins record earlier this year and has posted a 45-27 record in her career.
Meanwhile, senior Vanessa Leon (Caracas, Venezuela) has posted 40 singles wins in her career, which ranks third in school history. However, she holds the Goldey-Beacom career record with 53 doubles victories, including a school-record 16 wins during the 2010-11 season.
A four-year letter winner for the Lightning, senior captain Blanca Sancho (Zaragoza, Spain) has posted a career-high 12 singles wins this year while contributing 11 doubles victories. Entering the NCAA Tournament, Sancho has posted a 38-31 singles record along with a 39-25 mark in doubles play. She ranks second on the Lightning's all-time doubles wins list.
The Lightning will be trying to earn the first NCAA Tournament victory in the program's history. In 2010-11, they lost to Stonehill by a 5-3 margin in the first round after a 5-0 setback against Stonehill in the 2009-10 NCAA Tournament.
The Knights and the Lightning will be facing each other for the second time this season. On Apr. 7, Queens earned a 7-2 victory over Goldey-Beacom.


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UNH vs. Maine, times four, starting in 2014
August 16. 2013 7:53PM
The men's hockey teams from the universities of New Hampshire and Maine will play each other only two times in the upcoming regular season.
They will double that number the following year.
UNH and Maine are putting together a deal that will have them face off four times in both the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.
Each season, they will play one Hockey East league game in Durham and one in Orono. They will also play one non-conference game at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester and one at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, according to an official in the UNH athletics department.
The dates are still being sorted out.
Hockey East teams have traditionally played three league games against each other. That number has been cut back to two this year as the league expands to 11 teams with the addition of Notre Dame. Teams will now play each other twice a year.