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Village attorney says town can't replace Al Soluri
by Joshua Maloni
Al Soluri is back in as a Lewiston police commissioner.
At least for now.
Soluri said Town of Lewiston Supervisor Steve Reiter informed him via a Feb. 15 letter that he was being replaced as one of three police commissioners. Reiter, Soluri said, was intent on appointing Town Councilman Ronald Winkley (the former Lewiston Police Department chief) to serve as a commissioner alongside Town Councilman Ernest Palmer and Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Acting Board Chairman Henry Sloma.
"Mr. Reiter, on his own, replaced me," Soluri said at Tuesday's Village of Lewiston Board meeting. He said he didn't know if the supervisor could make such a decision, and he told trustees, "I'm in no man's land right now. ... This should be rectified one way or another."
At the Town of Lewiston's Jan. 9 re-organizational meeting, Councilman Alphonso Bax moved for the appointment of Winkley, Palmer and Sloma as police commissioners. Councilman Mike Marra seconded the motion. The council voted 4-0 to approve the measure. Winkley was absent from the meeting.
Village of Lewiston Attorney Edward Jesella took umbrage with that decision and, in no uncertain terms, told Soluri he is still the village's representative.
"As far as I'm concerned, you're a commissioner," Jesella told Soluri. "He had no right to appoint someone else."
Jesella, who was the town attorney when the village and town police departments were consolidated into the current Lewiston Police Department in 1995, said the decision to remove Soluri was "ill advised," and contrary to the initial agreement.
"There's nothing in the contract that allows the town to take such action," Jesella said.
He suggested recent requests to discuss the current police contract have fallen on deaf ears. Jesella said he sent a letter to the town on Nov. 14, 2011.
"I never even got the courtesy of a reply," he said.
Jesella said one commissioner is appointed by the town, one by the village, and one by mutual appointment.
Soluri said the commissioner shakeup was unfair to Lewiston Police Chief Chris Salada, whom he said was caught in the middle.
To that, Jesella said, "I'm telling you, Mr. Salada, he (Soluri) is a commissioner."
When reached by phone Tuesday night, Reiter said, "I don't want to talk about personnel issues."
He said the Village Board is "entitled to their opinion, I guess," and said the Town Council would meet with village trustees to discuss the commissioner positions.
Reiter said part of the issue is that "they (the village) haven't paid their full share this year" of the police budget. The village was charged 23 percent (or $276,710) of the total cost. Moreover, he pointed to more recent contract negotiations and said it's his understanding the town is to handle police and administrative decisions.
He added, "We think there's some issues in the police department," and said, "We just figure that they (Winkley and Palmer) have more experience. We just think that's the better way to go."
Reiter said Winkley and Palmer have almost 50 years of police experience on the Lewiston, Youngstown and Niagara Falls police departments.
Winkley, he noted, is a village resident.


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The USS TOLEDO (CA-133) was a heavy cruiser, of the Baltimore class, built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey.
It was the second ship to bear the name TOLEDO, following the USS TOLEDO (PF-33), a patrol frigate, which was renamed Dearborn, on August 8, 1943. The heavy cruiser TOLEDO was named in recognition of cities with the same name in the states of Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and Oregon.
The keel for the USS TOLEDO was laid down on September 13, 1943 and she was launched/christened, on May 6, 1945.
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TOLEDO was commissioned at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on October 27, 1946,
with Captain August J. Detzer as its first commanding officer.
TOLEDO displaced 13,600 tons, with a length of 674 feet, 11 inches, a beam of 70 feet, 10 inches and a draft of 20 feet, 6 inches. It was capable of speeds up to 33 knots and carried a crew of 1,142 officers and enlisted men. Its armament included a main battery of nine 8" guns, a secondary battery of twelve 5" guns and an anti-aircraft battery, which included forty 40mm guns (replaced by 3" guns in 1953) and twenty-eight 20mm guns (which were subsequently removed). Incidentally, the newly installed 3" guns proved effective as both an anti-aircraft battery and for shore bombardment.
On January 6, 1947, the heavy cruiser TOLEDO got under way for a two-month training cruise off the balmy waters of the West Indies. After completing shakedown training out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, she visited St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands; Kingston, Jamaica and Port-au-Prince, Haiti before returning north to Philadelphia and a three-week post-shakedown availability.
On April 14, she departed Philadelphia and shaped a course across the Atlantic.
TOLEDO steamed through the Mediterranean, transited the Suez Canal, crossed the
Indian Ocean, and arrived in Yokosuka, Japan on June 15th. Port
visits during this cruise included; the island of Gibraltar; Port Said, Egypt;
Bahrain, Persian Gulf; Ras at Tanura, Saudi Arabia; Bombay, India; Colombo, Ceylon;
Manila, PI; and Singapore, Malaya. While at Bahrain and Ras at Tanura, TOLEDO flew
the flag of Admiral Conolly, Commander Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and
Mediterranean. She arrived at Yokosuka, Japan on June 15,1947, and relieved USS
FALL RIVER as flagship of Rear Admiral A.M.Bledsoe, Commander Support Group,
Naval Forces, Far East. After June 16, 1947, she operated out of Tokyo Bay and
visited ports of Shiogama, Honshu; Otaru, Hokkaido; Kobe, Kyushu; Kogashima,
Nagasaki, Sasebo, Jinsen, Korea, Saishi, Quelpart Island. TOLEDO remained in the
Far East visiting Japanese and Korean ports in support of occupation forces
until October. On October 21st she steamed out of Yokosuka for her
first trans-Pacific voyage and steamed via Pearl Harbor to Long Beach,
California, where she arrived on November 5th.
TOLEDO made two more peacetime deployments to the western Pacific before the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. On April 3, 1948, she departed Long Beach in company with USS Helena (CA-75) and shaped a course for Japan. She arrived in Yokosuka on April 24th and began her second tour of occupation duty patrolling for contraband smugglers. Later that spring, the cruiser made a goodwill cruise to the Indian Ocean during which she stopped at Karachi, Pakistan; Singapore, Malaya; Trincomalee, Ceylon; and Bombay, India. After her return to the northwestern Pacific, in early summer, TOLEDO operated out of Tsingtao, China, during evacuation of Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Chinese forces to Taiwan. On September 16th, the warship departed the China coast and headed for Yokosuka, Japan before heading for Bremerton, Washington. She entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on October 5th for her first major overhaul.
The cruiser's refurbishment was completed on February 18, 1949; and she headed back to Long Beach for six months of training along the coasts of California, Mexico, and the Isthmus of Panama. The training cruises included NROTC (Midshipman) training cruises to Acapulco, Mexico and to Balboa, Canal Zone via the Galapagos Islands and Equator. Among exercises, she participated in Operation "Miki", a simulated air-sea assault on Pearl Harbor. On October 14th, TOLEDO stood out of Long Beach to participate in Operation "Miki", on completion of that exercise; she resumed duty in the Far East. For eight months she cruised the waters between Japan, China, the Philippines, and Marianas.
returned to Long Beach on June 12, 1950. Less than two weeks later, at 0400
hours in the morning of June 25th, forces of North Korea's communist
regime burst across the 38th parallel and streamed south to engulf
the Republic of Korea (ROK). Ten days later, TOLEDO pointed her bow west once
more and embarked upon her fourth cruise to the Orient and her first tour of
combat duty.
TOLEDO was one of the first United States warships to arrive on the scene from the mainland. She and Helena departed Long Beach for Pearl Harbor on July 6, 1950. TOLEDO commanded by Richard F. Stout, forged on alone to Sasebo, where on July 18th, Rear Admiral J.M. Higgins Commander Cruiser Division 5 and Commander Korean Support Group, Task Group 96.5, shifted his flag aboard from the anti-aircraft cruiser Juneau. On July 26, 1950 she departed for Korea. The cruiser took up station off the eastern coast of Korea a few miles north of Pohang, near Yongdok. She teamed up with Destroyer Division 91 to form one of the two alternating East Coast Support Elements of Task Group (TG) 95.5. From July 27th to 30th, TOLEDO, Mansfield (DD-728), Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), and Collett (DD-730) bombarded North Korean communication arteries, which started at Yongdok and ran north between the mountains and the sea to the 38th parallel. At about noon on August 4, 1950, Communist troops and horses could clearly be seen on the beach, and TOLEDO opened fire, starting so many blazes in a native village that the troops were lost in the smoke. Two hours later, they could be seen fighting fires. TOLEDO's guns barked again. "The first salvo landed in the middle of the troops. The results were bigger fires and no more troops." The following day, her 8-inch guns, directed by airborne controllers, rendered call-fire for the front-line troops.
TOLEDO then moved some 70 miles north to the area around Samchok where she cruised along a 25 mile stretch of coastline and shelled a number of targets. During that interdiction run, she demolished a bridge, chewed up highway intersections, and generally wreaked havoc on communist supply lines. On August 6th, Helena relieved TOLEDO, enabling her to return to Sasebo for upkeep.
The warship resumed station off the Korean coast on August 15th and
operated with Rochester (CA-124), Mansfield, Collet, and Lyman K. Swenson, along
a 40-mile length of coast from Songjin south to Iwon. After a number of
bombardment missions, she returned to Sasebo again on August 26th and
remained there until August 31st when she headed for a week of duty
off Pohang Dong.
TOLEDO's next important mission was the landing at Inchon in mid-September. The heavily armed and fortified island, Wolmi Do, located in the harbor, threatened the success of the operation. Therefore, TOLEDO and her previous consorts, augmented by Gurke (DD-783), DeHaven (DD-727) and Royal Navy warships HMS Jamaica, and HMS Kenya, entered the harbor to silence the islands guns on September 13th. The destroyers led the way through the mine-infested channel and moved in close to draw enemy fire while the cruisers stood off waiting for the North Koreans to betray their positions. By early afternoon, the artillery duel had begun, and the enemy suffered most. That evening the cruisers and destroyers retired for the night. They returned the next day to finish the job. Then after two days of preparatory bombardment the marines of the 3rd Battalion Landing Team, 5th Marines, stormed Wolmi Do's defenses. Meanwhile, TOLEDO redirected her fire to support the 1st Marines who were about to land on Blue Beach just south of Inchon proper. After reportedly destroying three gun emplacements and a number of machine gun nests, closing two tunnels, hitting trenches and mortar positions, TOLEDO shifted to support troops mopping up bypassed pockets of enemy resistance. On October 5th the Commanding General of the 10th Corps, U.S. Army, sent the following message: "I desire to express my appreciation for the outstanding support rendered the Tenth Corps by the gunfire support ships of your command. The effective and accurate fire greatly assisted the advance of the troops ashore. The USS Rochester and the USS TOLEDO provided the only heavy fire support available to them in the capture of Kurnod Peninsula, and in order to provide maximum range and support, placed themselves in highly vulnerable positions. Their fire was of great assistance and undoubtedly hastened the advance of UN Forces and prevented many casualties." On October 6th, TOLEDO left for Sasebo.
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The cruiser returned to the Korean coast at Chaho Han on October 13th, conducted shore bombardment in preparation for the amphibious operation at Wonsan, and re-entered Sasebo the following day. The warship got underway again a little before midnight on the 18th and arrived off Wonsan early the next morning. For the next three days, she supported the Marines during their advance inland from Wonsan.
On October 22nd, TOLEDO departed Korea and after stops at Sasebo and Yokosuka, headed to the United States on the 27th. Steaming via Pearl Harbor, she arrived in Long Beach on November 8th and remained there until the 13th when she headed for San Francisco. The following day she entered the Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard and began a three-month overhaul. Refurbishment completed, TOLEDO left the yard on February 24, 1951 and returned to Long Beach the next evening. Following a round-trip voyage to San Diego, the warship weighed anchor on April 2nd to return to the western Pacific. She stopped at Pearl Harbor from the 7th to the 9th and then continued on to Sasebo, where she arrived on the 18th.
TOLEDO began her second tour of duty in the Korean combat zone on April 25th. For the next month, she cruised off the coast near Inchon where she provided gunfire support for the front-line troops of the I Corps, guarding the Han River line during the communist spring offensive of 1951. Throughout that month, however, the enemy generally remained well beyond the river, out of range of the cruiser's 8-inch batteries.
On May 26th, she steamed north to Kansong and joined Task Element 95.28 to conduct an interdiction bombardment of the area. Then, between May 28th and 30th, the enemy did venture close enough to the Han to allow TOLEDO to bring her main battery to bear, but only at extreme range. The cruiser spent the first ten days of June at Yokosuka, and then returned to the Korean coast on the 12th. On June 18th, she teamed up with Duncan (DD-874) and Everett (PH-8) to pummel the important enemy logistics junction located at Songjin, a conversion point with the coastal railroad for roads from Siberia.
The warship made a brief visit to Sasebo before heading back to Wonsan. At Pusan, June 27, 1951, a special task element was formed with the TOLEDO and Bradford for firing missions in Wonsan. On the evening of the 28th, while carrying out this mission, TOLEDO received her first enemy fire, when shore batteries scored several near misses. During the first part of July she moved to within a few miles of the Russian border to hit Songjin.
Her helicopter picked up a downed Boxer pilot from within enemy territory on July 2, 1951, and on the same day shore batteries again took her under fire, but scored no hits.
The helicopter from TOLEDO went into Wonsan harbor again on August 7, 1951 to pick up a pilot from Boxer, who turned out to be the same one rescued on July 2nd. TOLEDO continued gun strikes at Wonsan and along the coast with various units, and October 23, 1951, provided gun support for the First Marine Division at Kansong. Her helicopter rescued an Antietam pilot from Wonsan on November 8, 1951 in the face of enemy fire and two days later picked up an Air Force pilot from deep inside enemy territory.
tour of duty along the eastern coast of Korea lasted until late November. She
bombarded Wonsan, Songjin, and Chongjin in addition to rescuing the several
downed pilots. On September 25th, aboard the TOLEDO, flagship for
Task Force 95, in Pusan Harbor, President Syngman Rhee, President of the Peoples
Republic of Korea presented the Korean Presidential Unit Citation to Commander
Task Force 95, Rear Admiral George C. Dyer, on behalf of the officers and
enlisted men attached to Task Force 95.
While conducting shore bombardment on November 11th, TOLEDO again came under fire from an enemy shore battery, which scored some near misses. On November 24th, TOLEDO completed her deployment to the western Pacific and stood out of Yokosuka to return to the United States. After a pause at Pearl Harbor, December 1st to 3rd, she continued on to Long Beach, where she arrived on the 8th. After a month of leave and upkeep, TOLEDO began seven months of duty operating out of Long Beach, conducting drills and training exercises along the west coast of the United States until mid-August. During this period TOLEDO was afforded the opportunity to again display her expertise in the rescue of downed airmen. On May 13, 1952 while operating 10 miles from San Clemente, TOLEDO and her crew witnessed a mid-air collision between a U.S. Marine Corps Corsair and a U.S. Air Force B29. TOLEDO steamed at high speed to the location of the collision wreckage. The TOLEDO was able to recover five survivors and one body. There were a total of eight lives lost, including the Marine pilot of the Corsair during this tragedy. On August 16, 1952, the cruiser stood out of Long Beach to return to the western Pacific. After the customary stop at Pearl Harbor, she arrived in Yokosuka on September 8th.
TOLEDO embarked on her third combat tour along the coast of Korea on September 12th when she stood out of Yokosuka. During the latter part of the month, her 8-inch guns aided the American 10th Corp and the ROK I Corp. She supported the United Nations forces limited offensives and holding actions while armistice talks dragged on. Periodically, she departed that area to concentrate on gun strikes near Wonsan and in the coastal patrol areas. TOLEDO arrived at Long Beach on December 8, 1951. Shortly thereafter, Captain George G. Crissman took command. On August 16, 1952 she steamed from Long Beach for Korea.
mid-September 1952, TOLEDO arrived off Nan Gang on the Korean East Coast to
provide support for the First ROK and the Tenth U.S. Corps, who were engaged in
holding operations, with limited offensive action against North Korean and
Chinese forces. This duty, interrupted by patrols and gunstrikes, along the
coast and at Wonsan, continued until September 29, 1952. An attack by the enemy
during the early morning hours of September 24th resulted in the loss
of several front line positions. TOLEDO provided continuous illumination and
fired on 122 millimeter howitzer batteries until the positions were recaptured.
One shell was fired at her on September 28th, but missed by 1,000
yards. She made an overnight port call at Sasebo on the 29th and 30th,
visited the Bonin Islands from October 2nd to 4th, stopped
at Yokosuka on the 5th and 6th, before taking up station
on the bomb line once more on the 8th. On October 11th she
joined the carriers of Task Force 77 and, for the next three months, frequently
alternated between that duty and shore bombardment assignments. On October 12th
an enemy 75mm gun managed to straddle her with eight rounds before 48 rounds
from her 5-inch battery silenced it. Just before 0200 on the 14th, a gun opened
fire from the same spot, scoring three near misses but no hits.
Other than those instances and some long range snooping by MIG 15's, little action came TOLEDO's way during her third and final Korean War deployment. In December of 1952, Captain F.B.C. Martin, USN relieved Captain George G. Crissman, USN. In mid-January, TOLEDO visited Hong Kong for rest and relaxation before resuming patrols off Wonsan and Songjin and fire support duties for the American X Corp and ROK I Corp. On February 28, 1953, TOLEDO departed Yokosuka and shaped a course to the United States, following a brief stop at Oahu on March 10th and 11th, the cruiser moored at Long Beach on St. Patrick's Day, 1953. She departed Long Beach on April 13th and, after a two-day call in San Diego, arrived in San Francisco, for a five-month overhaul. Upon completion of the overhaul on September 10th and, after operations along the coast, headed for Pearl Harbor on October 20th.
The cruiser
reached Yokosuka on November 7th and began her seventh deployment to
the Far East. Though the Korean conflict had ended the previous summer, American
forces continued to patrol the waters along the Korean peninsula, and TOLEDO
joined them in the endeavor. In fact, she spent the next six months operating
out of Sasebo and Yokosuka in the waters between Japan and Korea and in the East
China Sea. She visited Pusan, Inchon, and Pohang as well as Okinawa and Hong
Kong. In addition to patrolling the neutral waters off the Korean coast, she
periodically conducted exercises with the carriers of Task Force 77.
On April 13, 1954, the warship entered Yokosuka for upkeep following exercises in the Sea of Japan and preparatory to her return home. Three days later, she began her trans-Pacific passage. She made the usual call at Pearl Harbor and tied up at Long Beach on May Day.
With one exception, TOLEDO's eighth deployment to the Far East set the pattern for all those that followed. After almost five months of normal operations along the western coast of the United States, the cruiser cleared Long Beach on September 14th flying the flag of Rear Admiral Ralph E. Wilson, Commander Cruiser Division Three. She stopped at Pearl Harbor on the 21st for five days of rest and relaxation and then continued her voyage to Yokosuka where she arrived on November 7th. For the most part, her deployment consisted of training operations, goodwill calls at a number of ports, and general patrol and show-the-flag duties. Shortly thereafter she joined the Seventh Fleet as a unit of Task Force 75. During the first three months of this cruise, TOLEDO made visits to the Japanese ports of Kobe, Nagasaki and Beppu; and, to the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. On December 10, 1953, Captain W. A. Cockell, USN, relieved Captain F.B.C. Martin, USN, as commanding officer.
spending Christmas 1954 and New Years 1955 in Yokosuka, TOLEDO visited Subic Bay
and Manila, Philippine Islands. The single exception: In January 1955, while in
waters off Korea, TOLEDO was ordered to rejoin Task Force 77 and in February
1955, in company with the fast carrier Task Force 77, she steamed into the
Tachen Islands to take positions for the evacuation of Chinese Nationalist
personnel. Taking a position 1,500 yards from the Islands, TOLEDO served as
flagship for the Naval Gunfire Support Group, which provided close-in support to
the amphibious craft engaged in the evacuation. She then sailed to conduct shore
bombardment exercises off Okinawa.
On March 5, 1955, she departed Japan in company with USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) to return to the United States and arrived in Long Beach 17 days later.
April and May 1955, TOLEDO conducted operations off the coast of Southern
California. On May 6, 1955, Captain Theodore A. Torgeson, USN, relieved Captain
W.A. Cockell, USN, as commanding officer. In June 1955, TOLEDO visited Portland,
Oregon, for the annual Rose Festival and on June 16, 1955, arrived Puget Sound
Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, for a four-months period of overhaul.
TOLEDO's active Navy career lasted four more years. During that period, she made four more deployments to the western Pacific. All except one consisted of routine operations, conducted out of bases in Japan and in the Philippines. The one exception came early in 1958. The cruiser cleared the west coast on February and reached Japan early in March. However, after visiting Sasebo and Yokosuka, she headed south to Australia, rather than to normal 7th Fleet operations. She reached Sydney on April 30th and remained there for five days as a guest of the Australian government during the anniversary celebration of the Battle of the Coral Sea. After Sydney, TOLEDO also visited Melbourne before returning north to Japan via Okinawa to resume 7th Fleet operations. The deployment ended on August 26th, 1958, when TOLEDO steamed back into Long Beach.
After various training and shakedown cruises plus visits to various cities on the West Coast of the United States, the TOLEDO departed Long Beach on June 9, 1959 for the Far East (WestPac) and duty with the 7th Fleet. A few of the jobs assigned to TOLEDO and TOLEDO men during the cruise was to guard the seaways, "show the flag," and carry the friendship of the United States to our Asian allies.
While in the Western Pacific, TOLEDO visited Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Buckner Bay, Okinawa; in Japan visited Yokosuka, Nagasaki, Sasebo, Toyama, Hakodate, Sendai, Yokohama; Hong Kong, B.C.C.; Subic Bay, Philippine Islands; Saigon, South Viet Nam in Indo China and Guam. The TOLEDO arrived back in her home port of Long Beach, California on November 25, 1959.
On January
5, 1960, she entered Long Beach Naval Shipyard to begin inactivation overhaul.
TOLEDO completed preparations and was placed out of commission at Long Beach on
May 21, 1960, after 14 years of service in the cause of world peace. The TOLEDO
was replaced by a light cruiser that carried 6" guns and a more modern missile
system. She was moved to San Diego soon thereafter and remained there, in
reserve, for the next 14 years. On January 1, 1974, her name was struck from the
Navy list, and she was sold to the National Metal and Steel Corporation on
October 30, 1974. National Metal and Steel Corporation started the actual
dismantling and cutting up of the heavy cruiser USS TOLEDO (CA-133) on April 25,
1975, just two weeks short of the 30th anniversary of TOLEDO's
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"I'm beyond excited about the fresh approach we're taking with this show. The challenges we have created are so visual, layered and unique that even I have to admit I'm jealous I'm not competing," Berkus said.
The contestants will be evaluated by Berkus and his team of experts to determine which team did the best. The winning team will be safe from elimination and the losing team will have to choose who to send home. Viewers will be able to tour the homes virtually and purchase specific items that are featured in that episode. In addition, weekly prizes will also be given away to viewers, ranging from luxury household items to home makeovers to cold, hard cash. The series will culminate in the live finale where the final two contestants will each pull off a complete home rebuild and design on their own - implementing their own unique visions for a spectacular dream home. America will vote for the winner, and those same two homes will then be given away to two viewers at the end of the live finale.
Berkus began his career at the age of 24 when he opened his own design firm, Nate Berkus Associates, in Chicago. It has grown to a staff of 15, servicing residential and commercial properties across the country and around the globe. After eight years as a design expert on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," Berkus spent two years hosting his own daily syndicated talk show, "The Nate Berkus Show." Most recently, he became a New York Times best-selling author for the second time with his book "The Things That Matter," brought his brand of home products to Target stores, launched his line of fabrics into Calico stores and executive produced the Academy Award-winning film "The Help."
To learn more about Nate Berkus, visit www.nateberkus.com.
For casting information, visit: http://www.nbc.com/casting/#renovation-nation.


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Shorts have definitely become the fashion story of the summer, a trend that kicked off last year but is still gathering momentum. At MACHO CITY last night bare calves were definitely the norm, with pleated chino shorts and cut off denims (worn by the likes of Henry Holland) vying for top spot. In the on-going search for the wildest shorts of the summer, pattern and colour have stepped into the fray.
In New York, where a steamy summer is to be expected, Debonair reports that the psychedelic Batik-print shorts by Nolita store Unis are stealing the limelight. Cut high on the thigh and light enough to be worn as swimming shorts, I can see them working here too allowing for an easy transition from lido to London Fields picnicking. For an Anglo take on the trend, seek out wild prints from Liberty, Paul Smith florals or run up a pair in toile de jouy! Eyes and minds will boggle.
Source: Debonair
Unis is at 226 Elizabeth Street New York NY


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AAPT Named David Pines as the 2013 John David Jackson Excellence in Graduate Physics Education Awardee
This prestigious award will be presented to Pines at a Ceremonial Session of the 2013 AAPT Winter Meeting in New Orleans, LA. Pines was selected to receive the Jackson Award in recognition of his authorship of "The Many Body-Problem" and "Elementary Excitations in Solids" and the two-volume text/monograph, "The Theory of Quantum Liquids," written with Philippe Nozieres.
These publications served to define and describe significant sub-fields of physics. Additionally, he is recognized as the founder of the innovative series, Frontiers in Physics, containing over 100 volumes, for which he has served as Editor since its inception in 1961. The series has been a significant source of knowledge and inspiration for graduate students in all fields of physics. To quote from the Editor's Foreword: "The series has made it possible for leading physicists to communicate in coherent fashion their views of recent developments in the most exciting and active fields of physics—without having to devote the time and energy required to prepare a formal review or monograph."
In accepting the award, Pines noted, "I am most pleased to receive this quite unexpected honor and recognition, and very much look forward to attending the AAPT Winter, 2013, meeting in New Orleans and giving the Award lecture, not least because David Jackson is a former colleague and friend of long standing."
Pines is Distinguished Research Professor at UC Davis, Research Professor of Physics and Professor Emeritus of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and retired last year as the Founding Director of the Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter, a global partnership connecting scientists who study emergent behavior in matter in its 71 branches representing 111 institutions.
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Previous winners of this award are Kip Thorne and Eugene Commins. Additional information about the award is available at http://www.aapt.org/Programs/awards/jackson.cfm.
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Mike Cote's Business Editor's Notebook: After 43 years, barber not quite ready to put down his scissorsBy Mike Cote
April 07. 2013 1:39AM
From buzz cuts to Beatles hair and back to buzz cuts, Nelson Charest has been cutting hair long enough to see fashions come and go, only to return as if they were brand new. But the city native, who received his master barber license after graduating from Manchester Memorial High School in 1963, has seen some changes become permanent.
Like selling the business he has owned for 43 years.
Charest opened Nelson's Hair Cutters at 691 Somerville St. in December 1969, after apprenticing at his father's barbershop at Granite Square. Back then, men almost exclusively visited barbershops while women went to see their hairdressers. After buying the business, Charest added men's hairstyling, coloring and hair replacement. And by the mid-'70s, he was also serving women and children as family salons came into vogue.
Along the way, he hired Debbie Poulin, who recently took over ownership of the shop.
Longtime customers still will be able to see Charest, who plans to keep working Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. (Expect him to cut that down to two days in the summer.)
"Everybody retires and they think they'll get a little job on the side doing something. And I'm like, well, I can probably make more money here doing a couple of days a week than driving for a bank as a courier," Charest said one afternoon last week while waiting for one of his regular customers to arrive.
Over the years, Charest has tried other fields - he went to school to study engineering, but never finished. He also got his securities license and sold insurance and dabbled in TV and radio repair, but ultimately he stayed with the salon business. He realized he liked talking to people.
Charest cites the decline of the local manufacturing industry as the biggest change he witnessed during his career. Decades ago, ?many of his clients worked for Sibulkin Shoe, J.F. McElwain Shoe Co. and Felton Brush Co. as well as the Veterans Administration recruiting center. In their heyday, the factories supplied customers for barbershops like his as well as the neighborhood diners that were scattered around town.
But when they went away, his business continued to thrive.
"I had a pretty good clientele, and I went from just being a barber to being a hairstylist," said Charest, who updated his skills through classes paid for by hair product companies. And as those factory workers scattered, doctors, lawyers, accountants and ministers became his customers.
Poulin began working for Charest in the '80s. "I was 20 years old, and I answered an advertisement in the newspaper. I was broke. I was just out of school. I didn't even have a car. I would take the bus to work every day."
In those days, the business attracted more families with young children than it does now, which Poulin attributes in part to salon customers tending to stick with people of their own generation. She'd like to serve more young families, but she has no plans to change the name of the business.
"I've worked for him for 33 years. I can't even imagine another name or me having to remember another name," said Poulin, who considers Charest an older brother. "I left for pregnancy and cancer, and I came back both times."
Charest and Poulin like to kid that they've known each other longer than they've been with their spouses. She's glad he'll remain while the business is in transition.
"I like the idea he is still here while the process is going on," said Poulin, who recently remodeled the business, the
fourth time it's been updated since Charest bought it.
While Charest has spent time traveling over the course of his career - he owned a sailboat for 20 years and belongs to a motorcycle club - the 68-year-old says he's met people from all over the world without leaving his shop.
"How do they find me on Somerville Street?" Charest asked.
It's a good question since Nelson's Hair Cutters is hardly located in a bustling business district. It sits catty-corner from Gosselin's Superette and is next door to Metro City Records, a tiny music store. The thing is, once they find him, they tend to come back. Charest and Poulin say 80 to 90 percent of their business is from repeat customers.
People like Steve Johnston, who has been coming to Charest for at least 30 years.
"Nelson gives a good haircut," said Johnston, 59, as Charest trimmed his hair in a small room set off in the back of the store. Seems like the men and women still like a little segregation. "We've become friends over the years. We know a lot of people in common."
Johnston, who like most of the shop's customers is always booked in advance, shows up every seven weeks.
"Every time I leave here, I say, 'Nelson did a good job making me look good,'" said Johnston, whose father owned one of those bygone diners, Bobby's Lunch, on Tarrytown Road (now the home of Billy's Sports Bar and Grill.)
Charest, who has long known his people skills are just as important as his way with a razor, didn't miss a beat: "You've got good material to work with," he said.
Mike Cote is business editor at the Union Leader. Contact him at 668-4321, ext. 324 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Wed 4 May 2011
HAARP I: "Owning the Weather" - Elitist Made Climate Disasters to Order
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Summary: You can see the CO2 climate hysteria with elite accusations against humanity for producing harmless CO2 in minimal amounts, an atmospheric CO2 increase of 0.00037% since industrialization began, as a circus performance with tragic clown numbers. Serious scientists have long turned their backs on this scam. But the case has a more serious side: The elite does what it can to create climate changes and weather disasters with the most advanced techniques of physics: nanoparticles and particles (chemtrails), particle radiation, and especially with HAARP, a fearful military weapon that is now directed against- all mankind. HAARP weapons are held by both the United States, Russia and China. The Press Core maintains that the US is waging a weather war on Russia and China - a dangerous game.
The official U.S. HAARP website has published its activities for years. But since the Press Core began writing about the short-term pattern changes that could be associated with violent weather changes, the U.S. government ordered the site closed for 3 weeks - and then ordered the HAARP pulses to be removed, which does leave visible traces, however.
In 1996, US military persons presented a paper to the US Airforce, "Owning the Weather 2025″, which states electromagnetic heating of the ionosphere to be a means to change the weather in order to harm the enemy and his communications in war. This weather change is part of the U.S. security policy.
In 1999, the EU Parliament issued a report on HAARP. It is described as a weapon that could cause catastrophic climate and weather change and eco-environmental abnormality, is in violation of international law and therefore should be prohibited. The U.S. is said to have made centuries-lasting disruption of the Van Allen Belt and large holes in the ionosphere (and Earth's magnetic shield) with increased radiation on and incalculable consequences for humans. The U.S. has consistently refused to send representatives to EU hearings thereon.
But apart from this, the EU Parliament wants HAARP to be banned because it can affect the brain and manipulate people. HAARP is said to affect everyone's mood and thoughts - and can thus be used to control peoples´ minds, which today could be in the EU's interest! I.e., the elitists are using the CO2 climate lie as a scapegoat for the weather disasters that their HAARP, chemtrails, etc. are causing. Their motive besides military superiority: Possibly declared depopulation
My latest post showed the deeply tragic clowning over the CO2 climate hoax. One tragic aspect is that the elite is permanently accusing mankind of being guilty of raising atmospheric CO2 from preindustrial 0.027% to now 0.037%, this being used for arguments to loot us through CO2 taxes and fees, grabbing dictatorial world government, which acc. to EU Council Pres. van Rompuy exists since 2009, and arguing for world population reduction. Of this very small quantity of CO2, only 1 percent is derived from human activity. But as will appear from the following, this accusation may very well be a cover-up for a real manmade climate change – brought about by the elitists! Thus, on April 28, 1997 Secretary of Defense William Cohen revealed that there are those who are "engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves." About what specific terrorists was he talking, and how could they use electromagnetic waves to set off earthquakes and change climate?
Weather Modification
Press Core Updated April 21, 2011 - The HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) website has been down for the past 3 weeks. It was ordered taken down by the US government to conceal US weather modification. HAARP's waterfall charts and magnetometer charts gave evidence of an ongoing weather war between the United States government and foreign states. Evidence from HAARP's own website revealed that the US government was acting in violation of the ENMOD treaty – use of weather modification techniques (HAARP) for the purposes of inducing damage or destruction. HAARP broadcasting data published on the HAARP website coincided with a number of recent major catastrophes such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the 2010 Heat wave in Russia , the major floorings in 2010 in China and Pakistan and the major earthquakes in Haiti and Japan – all occurred since US president and commander-in-chief of the United States military Barack Hussein Obama took office.
Look at the HAARP waterfall chart for April 20, 2011 (left). The chart is missing data for approximately 1 hour. Since Press Core has been studying and writing about HAARP and how to recognize a weather modification incident HAARP data is being censored in exactly the same manner as seen by the chart for April 20, 2011. The HAARP waterfall chart for July 28, 2010 (right) shows what a HAARP weather modification broadcast looks like. The tight color band from 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM is evidence of a HAARP weather modification broadcast. That type of data is being deleted from the waterfall charts – see chart for April 20, 2011.
Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025 – A Research Paper Presented To Air Force 2025 by Col Tamzy J. House Lt Col James B. Near, Jr LTC William B. Shields (USA) Maj Ronald J. Celentano Maj David M. Husband Maj Ann E. Mercer Maj James E. Pugh (1996).
The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense, or the United States government.
In 2025, US aerospace forces can "own the weather" by capitalizing on emerging technologies and focusing development of those technologies to war-fighting applications. Such a capability offers the war fighter tools to shape the battlespace in ways never before possible.
In the United States, weather-modification will likely become a part of national security policy with both domestic and international applications. Prior to the attack, which is coordinated with forecasted weather conditions, the UAVs begin cloud generation and seeding operations. UAVs disperse a cirrus shield to deny enemy visual and infrared (IR) surveillance. Simultaneously, microwave heaters create localized scintillation to disrupt active sensing via synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems. Other cloud seeding operations cause a developing thunderstorm to intensify over the target, severely limiting the enemy's capability to defend.
Communications Dominance via Ionospheric Modification
A number of methods have successfully been explored or proposed to modify the ionosphere, including charging via electromagnetic radiation or particle beams. Ground-based modification techniques employed by the FSU include vertical HF heating, oblique HF heating, microwave heating, and magnetospheric modification. 46 Significant military applications of such operations include low frequency (LF) communication production, high frequency ducted communications, and creation of an artificial ionosphere.
Nanotechnology also offers possibilities for creating simulated weather. A cloud, or several clouds, of microscopic computer particles, all communicating with each other and with a larger control system could provide tremendous capability. They could also provide an atmospheric electrical potential difference, which otherwise might not exist, to achieve precisely aimed and timed lightning strikes. One major advantage of using simulated weather to achieve a desired effect is that the results of deliberate actions appear to be the consequences of natural weather
European Parliament 14 Jan. 1999 PE 227.710/fin. A4-0005/99
7. Considers HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project) by virtue of its farreaching impact on the environment to be a global concern and calls for its legal, ecological and ethical implications to be examined by an international independent body before any further research and testing; regrets the repeated refusal of the United States Administration to send anyone in person to give evidence to the public hearing or any subsequent meeting held by its competent committee into the environmental and public risks connected with the high Frequency Active Auroral Research Project (HAARP) programme currently being funded in Alaska;
29. Calls on the Commission, in collaboration with the governments of Sweden, Finland, Norway and the Russian Federation, to examine the environmental and public health implications of the HAARP programme for Arctic Europe and to report back to Parliament with its findings;
30. Calls in particular for an international convention for a global ban on all research and development, whether military or civilian, which seeks to apply knowledge of the chemical, electrical, sound vibration or other functioning of the human brain to the development of weapons which might enable any form of manipulation of human beings, including a ban on any actual or possible deployment of such systems.
HAARP - a weapons system which disrupts the climate
On 5 February 1998 Parliament's Subcommittee on Security and Disarmament held a hearing on the subject of which included HAARP. NATO and the US had been invited to send representatives, but chose not to do so.
The Russians, (left) too, have HAARP weapons as have the Chinese. The Russians openly market a small version of their weather-engineering system called Elate, which can fine-tune weather patterns over a 200 mile area and have the same range as the GWEN unit. An Elate system operates at Moscow airport.
As indicated by the EU paper of 14 Jan 1999, HAARP is said to also be able to influence every ones mood and even thoughts and here– mind control of the unconvinced. Maybe that is the reason why all Danish politician submits to, even loves , the NWO and its commandments. Or could it be due to Rothschild´s money? Right: HAARP clouds – seen on a daily basis in Denmark.
HAARP is run jointly by the US Air Force and Navy, in conjunction with the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Similar experiments are also being conducted in Norway, probably in the Antarctic, as well as in the former Soviet Union.(22) HAARP is a research project using a ground based apparatus, an array of antennae each powered by its own transmitter(23) The energy generated heats up parts of the ionosphere.
It is a weapon. The project would also allow better communications with submarines and manipulation of global weather patterns, but it is also possible to do the reverse, to disrupt communications. By manipulating the ionosphere one could block global communications while transmitting one's own. Another application is earth-penetrating, tomography, x-raying the earth several kilometres deep, to detect oil and gas fields, or underground military facilities. Over-the-horizon radar is another application, looking round the curvature of the earth for in-coming objects.
From the 1950s the USA conducted explosions of nuclear material in the Van Allen Belts (24) to investigate the effect of the electro-magnetic pulse generated by nuclear weapon explosions at these heights on radio communications and the operation of radar. This created new magnetic radiation belts which covered nearly the whole earth. The electrons travelled along magnetic lines of force and created an artificial Aurora Borealis above the North Pole. These military tests are liable to disrupt the Van Allen belt for a long period. The earth's magnetic field could be disrupted over large areas, which would obstruct radio communications. According to US scientists it could take hundreds of years for the Van Allen belt to return to normal. HAARP could result in changes in weather patterns. It could also influence whole ecosystems, especially in the sensitive Antarctic regions.
Another damaging consequence of HAARP is the occurrence of holes in the ionosphere caused by the powerful radio beams. The ionosphere protects us from incoming cosmic radiation. The hope is that the holes will fill again, but our experience of change in the ozone layer points in the other direction. This means substantial holes in the ionosphere that protects us (from cosmic radiation). This kind of research has to be regarded as a serious threat to the environment, with an incalculable impact on human life. Even now nobody knows what impact HAARP may have. We have to beat down the wall of secrecy around military research.
A series of international treaties and conventions casts considerable doubt on HAARP on legal as well as humanitarian and political grounds. The Antarctic Treaty lays down that the Antarctic may be used exclusively for peaceful purposes.(25) This would mean that HAARP is a breach of international law.
As seen from the above, HAARP is not "conspiracy theory": It is a dreadful weapon as stated by the US Air Force and the EU against mankind – maybe even worse than nuclear weapons, because – as stated by the US Airforce – the results of a HAARP attack simulates natural catastrophes. The EU points out the secrecy surrounding HAARP, which is an offence against international law. The Press Core delivers probability that the US is waging a secret war against foreign states like Russia, China, Pakistan with drought and floodings.
Of course, it is problematic to decide if natural diasters are HAARP related or not. But due to the lack of transparency there now is a trend to connect any natural disaster or earthquake with HAARP attacks – excepting climate change - which seems so unfavourable to the US that it would be advantageous to open their HAARP activities to the public. But they don´t. Do they actually have HAARP crimes to hide?
As for the holes in the Ionosphere, NASA has recently discovered a gigantic hole in the magnetic shield around the Earth – which increases the cosmic radiation at the same time as we have radioactive fallout from Fukushima and the US bombs with depleted uranium in Libya. It takes a good health to survive now.
The elite has tried to make mankind guilty of CO2–"pollution" with incredible energy – and shamelessly continue doing so although a large part of mankind have found out about the CO2 hoax. Something does indicate that a small elite are bringing about climate disorders, that a small clique of super rich one-worlders are the real climate crooks – although there is no global warming.
And they have a motive: They want population reduction and here and here and here. To the right the Georgia Guidestones admonishing the elite not to let mankind exceed 500 mio. persons.
I see a parallel between the Air Force military writing about using nanoparticles for cloud formation/seeding and the chemtrailing being coordinated by the Royal Society of London and supported by national governments and the EU. Chemtrailing spreads barium, arsene, Strontium etc. particles. For weather modification? For depopulation in the service of the 4 riders of apocalypse?
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Civic pride. That unconditional love for the place you call home.
If you've lived in your hometown long enough, you've felt it.
In these parts we are definitely a proud bunch.
We're proud to live in the Pacific Northwest. We're proud to be Canadian. Most of all, we're proud to call Vancouver home.
So when intruders visit from evil empires such as Montreal, Toronto, Seattle, and Portland, we defend our city.
But how does that pride resonate with someone who was not born and raised in Vancouver? Someone who was not always well acquainted with this city, but has been tasked with representing it with the utmost passion?
If you ask Vancouver Whitecaps FC captain Jay DeMerit, motivation is not hard to find.
"The thing I love about this city is that it can really grip you in a lot of different ways," says DeMerit, a native of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
And it certainly has gripped the 'Caps All Star centre back.
It was here in Vancouver where he met the love of his life, Canadian Olympic Ski Cross Gold Medalist Ashleigh McIvor. The two got together after mingling at a Canucks game, at the Bell Box – "a big thank you to our partner on that one" smiles DeMerit.
Falling in love with a local hero has blossomed his love for British Columbia and all it has to offer.
"In my opinion, BC has the best outdoor playground in the world. Ashleigh has been a fantastic tour guide to introduce me to the nature of beautiful BC. You can be in the hot springs one afternoon, go ski the next day, and surf the day after that. There are few places in the world where you can do that and I'm happy to call this home."
Late last year he proposed to Ashleigh on a beautiful hike in Pemberton, and he couldn't be happier – something he notes as key to performing well on the field.
"I met my fiancée here and I've been able to take my life to the next level," says the World Cup veteran. "That's what we all want in our lives and our careers, and this city has allowed me to do that on both ends."
In talking to DeMerit – who lives in Gastown – you can easily tell that he has developed a deep respect for Van City. He describes the strong character of the city in terms of design, and people. In his own words, "It's nice to come home and feel comfortable in a place."
"You have all the different parts, from Yaletown, to Gastown, to the downtown core. All of these areas give you different elements, but its all part of a city that seems to be very together."
And having a united city is exactly what DeMerit wants to see.
"I came here to help Vancouver Whitecaps FC grow and to be an organization that is not only successful, but one that is renowned throughout the world, and I think we have the makings of that with the people behind us."
Building a successful club is a big responsibility, and the American takes his role as captain very seriously. He has no doubts about the future though, one in which the support of Vancouverites continues to grow.
"It's an amazing place to be a part of," continued DeMerit in his praise. "To be two years in and to be among the best attended clubs, and to see the stadium fit to the environment, that's been incredible.
"And still yet to have room to grow, that means that we're all in the right place."


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And, no, it probably isn't Donovan McNabb, when you get down to it. But McNabb is neither as good as his worshipful legions would suggest nor as bad as his detractors insist.
Everyone else has had a swing, so you can read, judge and react to my take on McNabb/Super Bowl Failure/Last-Minute Drives/And So On in Friday's editions of the Inquirer and online at Philly.com.
Doing the research I came across some interesting things about other quarterbacks and their Super Bowl histories. It's true that nine Super Bowl MVPs are quarterbacks who went on to make the Hall of Fame (Starr, Namath, Dawson, Staubach, Bradshaw, Montana, Aikman, Young, Elway), but this list was also the SB MVP: Jim Plunkett, Phil Simms, Doug Williams, Mark Rypien.
Overall -- not just on that one day, because Simms and Williams had career days in the Super Bowl -- would you take any of those four over McNabb? I wouldn't. But they not only won the SB, but were considered Most Valuable. That is the line missing from McNabb's resume, and, until he fixes it, that is all that matters.
How often does a Super Bowl win require a last-minute drive? Only nine Super Bowls in the last 25 years were decided by seven points or less, but six of those occasions came in the last 10 years. So, perhaps as a result of greater parity, the games are getting closer and teams are within a late drive of becoming champions. It happend that way for the Giants last year, obviously, and both Kurt Warner and Ben Roethlisberger were up to the challenge this past Sunday.
Guys who didn't get it done late in games, along with McNabb, include Jim Kelly (1991) and Brett Favre (1998). Kelly got the Bills close enough for the 47-yard field goal that Scott Norwood famously missed, but McNabb would have been ripped for not moving the ball further.
Jim Kelly and Brett Favre. That's not terrible company. Better than Jim Plunkett and Mark Rypien. Right?


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The No. 12/15 Yale men's lacrosse team (8-3, 3-2 Ivy), on a five-game winning streak, takes on No. 4/4 Maryland (8-2, 2-1 ACC) this Saturday in its final non-league contest of the season. The Bulldogs square off with the Terrapins at noon in a game that airs live on ACC Live and Terps TV.
Yale last played Maryland at home in 2009, falling 10-6. The Bulldogs won the first game but the Terps have taken the last seven.
The Bulldogs, in what has become an Eli signature, turned in another come-from-behind victory topping Stony Brook 11-10 in overtime. Down a pair with four minutes left, Brandon Mangan halved the Seawolves' lead before Conrad Oberbeck sent it to extra time. In overtime, Harry Kucharczyk took on the role of hero and planted one into the back of the net. Overall, Mangan led the offense with his second consecutive three-goal, five-point performance, and surpassed the 100-point mark for his career. Nine other Bulldogs scored goals. The Blue outshot Stony Brook 47-26, and Eric Natale stopped 10 shots.
The Blue took its fourth-straight, topping Brown 11-8 for their second consecutive come-from-behind win. Down one with eight minutes to go, Kirby Zdrill sent one past the goalie to tie the game. Two minutes later, Brandon Mangan followed suit and gave the Bulldogs the last lead they would need. Mangan ended the day with three goals and five points, Zdrill improved upon his nation-leading shooting percentage, scoring on three of four shots, and Ryan McCarthy dished out a team-high three assists. Eric Natale stopped nine shots, four in the second and five in the fourth, while Dylan Levings won 11 of 20 faceoffs. Harry Kucharczyk had an all-around great performance, scoring a goal, picking up five ground balls and causing three turnovers.
Maryland, Yale offensive coordinator Graham Niemi's alma mater, rattled off six straight wins by a combined score of 90-41 to open the season. The perennial powerhouse has since cooled off, winning only two of their next four matchups, including last Saturday's 7-4 loss at home to Johns Hopkins.
All-American candidate Brandon Mangan received his second Ivy League Player of the Week honor this week after scoring three goals and five points in the come-from-behind victory over Brown. The junior's third goal put the Bulldogs ahead for good with 4:39 to play in the fourth.
Colin Flaherty received last week's Ivy League player of the week award after a four-goal, six-point performance over a pair of Bulldog victories. The sophomore truly shined against Dartmouth, providing three fourth period scores to complete another Bulldog comeback.
Brandon Mangan's first Ivy League player of the week honors came after he led the Bulldogs with six points and four goals in the 7-6 overtime victory over No. 13 Penn.
In its first seven games, Yale faced five nationally-ranked opponents, including No. 19/20 Albany, No. 17/17 Fairfield, No. 11/13 Penn, No. 10/11 Princeton and No. 2/2 Cornell.
Last season, the Bulldogs lost their first two Ivy League games, caught fire and won their next nine games en route to an Ivy League tournament title and their first NCAA tournament appearance in 20 years.
In 2010, the Bulldogs lost their first two Ivy League games, before winning out and capturing a share of the Ivy League title.
The class of 2013 boasted 31 career wins over its first three years, the most by a class heading into its senior year since 1993. Adding their eight 2013 victories thus far, the seniors hold the fifth most victories (39) by a Yale class in the 131-year history of Bulldog lacrosse.
D Michael McCormack (West Islip, NY.), an All-America candidate, has caused 14 turnovers and scooped up 39 ground balls this season. Last spring, he led Eli defensemen with 55 ground balls and 34 caused turnovers. McCormack, the captain, was second-team All-Ivy League and first-team All-New England last season after averaging 2.16 caused turnovers per game, good for sixth nationally. He has been selected for pre-season All-Ivy League and All-America squads by insidelacrosse.com.
Senior Peter Johnson (Minnetonka, MN), an All-America candidate, has been selected as a finalist for the 2013 Senior CLASS Award. The award is given to Division I student-athletes who show notable achievement in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. Johnson is first on the team this season with 23 turnovers. A first-team All-Ivy and honorable mention All-American, he caused 1.81 turnovers (16th in D1) per game last season. Johnson has been selected as pre-season All-Ivy League and All-America by insidelacrosse.com.
Junior Dylan Levings (Massapequa, NY.), an All-America candidate, won 17 of 19 faceoffs against Providence and 22 of 25 against Cornell this season. He ranks fifth in the nation in faceoff percentage this season, taking 62.9% of his battles, and fourth in ground balls per game, with 8.40. Levings, a huge factor behind Yale's 2012 success, won 62.9% of faceoffs, and an even better (.701) in league games. Against Harvard last year, he won the first six face-offs and nine of the last 10, which earned him New England (NEILA) Player of the Week honors. He had 10 double-digit win outings last season and was ninth in ground balls (6.63) in Division I.
Junior Brandon Mangan (Wantagh, NY.), an All-America candidate, leads the Bulldogs in points (49), goals (28) and assists (21), and is sixth in Division 1 in points per game with 4.40. The Wantagh native recorded his 100th career point against Stony Brook and has been named Ivy League Player of the Week twice this season. Yale's active career goal leader, Mangan started 28 games over his first two years, earning Ivy Honor Roll twice last spring before catching fire in the postseason and tallying seven goals. His biggest goal came early in his career, Mangan drained a game winning overtime goal against Princeton his freshman year.
Conrad Oberbeck, a sophomore from Greenwich, Conn., scored six goals (one short of the school's sophomore record set in 1958) against Albany earlier this year. He is second on the team lead with 24 goals. Last season, he scored in 10 of the 16 games, and finished atop the Yale class of 2015 with 20 goals and 26 points. He received Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors on March 12 for his five goals in two games. Oberbeck, an attackman, played at Brunswick School before coming to New Haven.
Kirby Zdrill is the most efficient scorer in the nation. The explosive senior has connected on 61.8% of shots this year, placing him first in Division 1. The Edmonton, Alberta native is third on the team in goals scored with 22 and has hit the net in all of Yale's games played.
Goalie Eric Natale (Westminster, Md.) ranks eighth in the nation in goals-against average (7.82). The sophomore has made a career-high 12 saves twice this season, once in the 15-8 win over Albany and again in the 12-8 victory against Fairfield. Last season, he started two games (both wins) and played five games overall. He made two saves in a 2012 start against St. John's and stopped six shots in a win over Albany.
Sophomore Colin Flaherty scored the tying, go ahead and insurance goals in a 7-5 come-from-behind victory over Dartmouth.
Sophomore M James Tjarksen is the son of a former Yale football player, Michael Tjarksen '86 and Yale women's lacrosse captain and All-American Connie Ambler '88… Junior M Jackson Logie's dad, Scott Logie '85, played hockey at Yale… Freshman Jonathon Reese is the son of Jon Reese '90, the school's all-time leading lacrosse scorer and captain of the 1989 Football team.
Three Yale players have been named to the 2013 Tewaaraton Award Men's "Watch List." Brandon Mangan, Michael McCormack and Peter Johnson have all been included on the pre-season list for the top male lacrosse player in the U.S.
The eight New England head coaches vote each week on the top teams in the region.
1. #12 Yale
4. Providence
5. Fairfield
3. Harvard
2. Brown
6. UMass
7. Bryant
8. Dartmouth
A season full of accomplishments, Yale had its…
- most (11) wins since 1992
- longest (9) win streak since 1990
- most (3) first-team All-Ivy picks since 1990
- first Ivy Tournament title
- third straight Ivy Tournament appearance
- third straight 10+ win season
Yale has played in all three Ivy League Tournaments and has an overall 2-2 record. The Elis, 2012 champions, are 1-1 against both Cornell and Princeton. The Bulldogs played at Ithaca twice (2010, 2011) and were at Princeton last May.
After last season's NCAA berth, Yale has played in the NCAAs four (1988, 90, 92, 2012) times and are 2-4 overall. The best run came in 1990 when the Blue beat Princeton in the quarters before falling in OT to Loyola at Rutgers Stadium in the semis.
Both Michael McCormack and Peter Johnson were selected in the seventh round of the 2013 Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft. The Rochester Rattlers bit on McCormack at 51, the Charlotte Hounds barked at Johnson for the 52nd pick. Former Yale standout Matt Gibson '12 was named the 2012 MLL Cascade Rookie of the Year after leading all rookies with 33 points, including 18 goals. Taken with the 33rd pick of the 2012 draft, Gibson's strong performance helped lead the Long Island Lizards to the playoffs.
Andy Shay, who in 2012 finished his ninth season of his first collegiate head coaching job, has engineered a 31-13 mark over the last three seasons and has three consecutive 10-plus win seasons. He also directed the Bulldogs to three straight Ivy League Tournament appearances, a 2012 Ivy Tournament Title, a 2010 regular-season Ivy League Championship and Yale's first NCAA appearance in 20 years. His position was endowed after the 2012 season and he is now the Ryan and Forst Family Head Coach. The Bulldogs' 2010 season marked the first post-season appearance since 1992 and the first Ivy championship since 1990. Shay's squad was ranked as high as No. 9 at one point during that campaign. Shay, whose defenses have been ranked in the nation's top 10 the last three seasons including 2012, coached his eighth consecutive top 10 ranked face-off unit. Shay (74-61 overall, 10th year), named Yale head coach on June 25, 2003, helped guide the University of Massachusetts to the 2002 and 2003 NCAA quarterfinals as an assistant coach for four years under Greg Cannella. During his tenure, the Minutemen won two ECAC championships and three New England titles. UMass posted an impressive 37-9 overall record in his last three seasons.
Yale, which shared a league title in 2010, has won six Ivy League Championships, including the first one handed out in 1956. The others came in 1969, 1988, 89, 90 and 2010. The outright titles were in 1956 and 1989.
Here are the names that might be challenging to pronounce.
No. Name Pronunciation
20 Michael Bonacci bo-notch-ee
26 Alirio DeMeireles ah-lerio da-meer-les
16 Mark Glicini gle-SEE-nee
30 Harry Kucharczyk ka-char-ZICK
34 Jackson Logie low-gee
22 Brandon Mangan MAN-gan
37 Eric Natale nuh-TAL-ee
1 Reilly Naton nay-tin
17 Alex Otero OH-tear-o
38 James Tjarksen JARK-son
47 Kirby Zdrill zuh-DRILL


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|2011-09-30, 15:42
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I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
Looking for high school romance
I already found a thread that would appear similar to mine: http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=106985 but since i don't know those titles, and cba to go look what they are about, here we go:
(TL: DR version at the very end of the post)
I'm looking for an anime, that is about the relation between a boy and a girl, that are very bound to each other, but don't not notice it untill the end. Just to give out examples, i seek something like "The melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" or "Toradora": the first one is a bit lighter, but evolves around Kyon and Haruhi, both jelous of each other(that will more likely end up together). The latter is about a boy and a girl, that at the beginning help each other conquering their own beloved girl/boy, but in the end notice to be very linked and end up together.
So, the idea is of a boy and a girl that at the beginning don't show any kind of love, but with the story that evolves around them, they'll discover their feeling towards each other.
If there is some sci-fi background is ok, but i would like that the main theme was the love between 2. Toradora is only about it, while haruhi evolves around it. I liked most the latter, because i liked the protagonist and shared his same thoughts, but Toradora was more the story i was looking for. Basically, i wanted The melancholy of Haruhi S." to play more about love, and on the other side i wanted that Taiga wasn't little tittied (that disappointed me DDDDD: )
Oh, it has to be funny on one side, but not demential. I found Haruhi's series little demential, because there weren't stupid memes appearing here and there, with huge round faces crying/smiling/other-retarded-emotion. To be even more clear, i hate "Toradora SoS", where the characters are all made "small", with huge faces, and super demential. No kids bullshit, but not even too serious.
Oh ye, the protagonists have to be appealing: no depressed stories of horrid guys with skinny girls. "Normal£ would be what i seek. Tbh ryuuji looked like a mongol with those eyes. A story where the boy somehow takes care of the girl (that isn't yet mature), and that discover their feelings at the end, after several fights, jelousy episodes and so on.
Once again, i'm seeking something "serious" as Haruhi Suzumiya, but more about love like "Toradora". Oh ye, dramas are welcome, but i don't have to get depressed, so well...
Anime about a boy and a girl, in the period of high school (from 16 to 18 years), no demential things, and tits. Yes tits, but no hentai. Some boobs bouncing sometimes is ok
Suggest me what would be more appropriate, and make some sort of classific (Eg: X vote 9, Y vote 8.2, Z vote 7, W vote 2.1) so that i understand what i shouldn't waste my time in. Thanks
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|2011-09-30, 18:07
|Link #2
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: U.S.
Haruhi Suzumiya isn't much of romantic series other than some jealousy shown by Haruhi and Kyon still shown more interested in Mikuru...
I'll just go with my three staple series for recommendation:
Kimi ni Todoke => The girl didn't notice her feeling until very end, while the guy was interested in her since beginning, he was too worried about scaring her off due to her personality. The series shows how they both matures.
personal rating: anime/manga=9.5
Kaichou wa Maid-Sama => The buy is obvious about his attraction to the female lead, but the girl didn't realize her feeling until the end and initially finds the the guy annoying and irritating.
personal rating: anime=8.0, manga=9.0
Lovely Complex => Main couple dislike each other at first before the girl realizes her affection and goes after the guy who slowly falls in love with her.
personal rating: anime=8.8, manga=9.3
Another that would fit is:
Ouran High School Host Club => Neither character realizes their own feeling until the very end, while a fun series, the romance/feeling between the two are as developed as the other three.
personal rating: anime=8.0, manga=8.5
|2011-09-30, 18:24
|Link #3
I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
thanks for your suggestions, i'll look into them since i got so much free time lately (finished any exam), especially Kimi ni Todoke. Anyways, i'm a male, so remove from any list any anime that has as protagonist a girl or only girls (Yes, because under the voice "haruhi" the suggested anime was lucky star, which has only girls as protagonists)
Anyways, i also used that website in the sticked post, http://www.anime-planet.com/anime/toradora and under the voice "Toradora", suggestions about other animes would be:
Zero no Tsukaima
Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi
and Haruhi ofc
I would like to know, if you ever saw the first three, or if anyone ever saw the first three (without counting lovely complex, because i don't like the main characters), if they would suit me well; from the first screenshots i'd say yes, but i don't know if some are too demential, or retarded or just girl-oriented. I wouldn't like to spoil myself the stories, that's why i'm not searchin for them in the web.
Thanks again for your attention
I think to somehow like the Tsundere type, but too much tsundere isn't good; just as additional info.
|2011-10-01, 16:14
|Link #4
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: U.S.
Lucky Star is a parody/comedy anime, since you look through voice actress the result is going to list the work she has does and the more famous one at that. and Lucky Star is a very popular series but not the romance anime you are looking for.
Zero no Tsukima is a harem anime with magics and sword and fantasy world. It does have romance in it, but as all harem anime, it is in a constant loop between jealousy, bickering and interrupted confession. Though both did confess to each other later on, the loop continues. Once again it's a very good series but probably not what you're looking for as far as pure romance go.
Clannad is a romance series, but it was the more tragic/sad type of romance. A nice series if you are looking forstuff like that.
Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi does have romance in it but being a light novel adaption and a 1-cour series, the series didn't really resolve the romance aspect of show. It was an enjoyable series, but if you are watching it for the romance it's probably not what you are looking for either unless you are fine with series ending with unresolved status quote of the pair.
BTW, what do you mean by that you don't want protagonist a girl? Most true romantic comedy have the couple as main characters, and the ones with girl as "main" PoV are usually the best ones story-wise.
|2011-10-01, 17:05
|Link #6
I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
I exactly mean what i said:
i'd like a romance with a boy as protagonist and with his pov. Both melancholy and toradora had the guy's pov, and i liked it. When i started watching Kimi ni todoke, and noticed it was the girl's pov, it immediatly stopped appealing me. It is probably as you said, the best stories are with the girl's pov, but i just don't like that: cba to hear the girl thinking and desperating about "how cute that guy is, hope he picks me up, noway i look like death". You get what i mean? I prefer the guy's stupid comments about girls, and how he feels when he's near to one in particular, and all the equivocations when he's caught in lame situations with other girls. I also like when it's the boy the more mature one, that has to correct the girl that is a bit tsundere, and that at the beginning doesn't give a shit about him.
Anyways, watched the first 13 episodes of Zero no Tsukima, but as you said, was harem. One guy popped from nowhere, that discovers to be some sort of lame hero, and is circumdated by big titted girls (even tho he ends up with the no-breast one).
As far as the 4th you named is concerned, by saying " series ending with unresolved status quote of the pair." you mean something like "the melancholy of haruhi"? In that case it might be ok. I'd have preferred if somehow it ended, but it's exactly that what made me an addict to Haruhi's series: the fact that it hasn't still ended. On one side tho, melancholy is still being continued, but i don't know if this one stops there :/.
I'm sorry for the confusion i have in mind, it's only that i recently started watching/reading this kind of novels, so i'm not exactly used to the genres and what they are about.
Anyways, toradora and zero no tsukima got the stories i somehow look for: the latter appealed me less because was too much fantasy, while i prefer more high school days (miss them too much, this is some sort of "swim in the past"), but still was ok. Oh, they both lacked tits, as far as the main girl is concerned, but anyways...
i'll search something under the Tsundere genre, maybe i'll find something; if you come up with any idea, do not hesitate suggesting.
Thank you again for your attention, you gave me good descriptions without spoiling much, i'm really grateful.
Currently watching Kaichou wa Maid-Sama, and even tho the pov is mainly of the girl, i'm liking it (maybe because the whole couple is at the center of the anime).
Also gave a chance to Clannad, but stopped it to finish the above one ^. Will get back to it, but seems a very sad story.
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|2011-10-02, 23:07
|Link #7
Highschool of the DEAD! hmm one word to sum up this show would be ZOMBIES... Two words would be ZOMBIE apocalypse! Oyea and it has a romantic element..
|2011-10-04, 15:04
|Link #8
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: U.S.
@Classified Info
So it seem you just don't like the girly girl as the main PoV. Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi is a bit like Haruhi that that at the end the feeling is mutual, just no kisses or confession. So give it a try it you want.
In that case also try Mayoi Chiki, which just ended. While the series is a harem, there is an obvious couple (or triangle) that is the center of the series and has nice progression.
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Stephanie Gutmann calls the media war adjunct of the killing war in the Middle East The Other War. Several readers have written to alert us to the "Milking it" post at EU Referendum. Lucianne links to the post and comments: "Suffer the little children and let savages use them for their own sick purposes…save viewing for after lunch."
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Spending on Ballot Question 300
Longmont Taxpayers for Common Sense/Main Street Longmont: Total spending: $336,467; total contributions: $447,500
Our Health, Our Future, Our Longmont: Total spending: $9,938; Total contributions: $21,241
Source: Longmont City Clerk's Office. Full reports available at http://tinyurl.com/c9yap6m
Other area races, to date
Colo. Senate District 17
Ken Bray (Libertarian): Spending: $0; Contributions: $0; In-kind: $0
Matt Jones (Democratic): Spending: $24,564; Contributions: $79,462; In-kind: $322
Charlie Plagainos (Republican): Spending: $2,505; Contributions: $2,718; In-kind: $0
Colo. Senate District 18
Rollie Heath (D): Spending: $36,742; Contributions: $49,670; In-kind: $50
Barry P. Thoma (R): Spending: $929; Contributions: $1,291; In-kind: $265
Colo. Senate District 23
Lee Kemp (D): Spending: $8,539; Contributions: $14,534; In-kind: $847
Vicki Marble (R): Spending: $47,243; Contributions: $64,550; In-kind: $250
Colo. House District 10
William Eckert (R): Spending: $2,706; Contributions: $3,718; In-kind: $0
Dickey Lee Hullinghorst (D): Spending: $22,788; Contributions: $30,592; In-kind: $0
Colo. House District 11
Ellyn Hilliard (R): Spending: $24,675; Contributions: $53,672; In-kind: $1,014
Jonathan Singer (D): Spending: $24,962; Contributions: $44,689; In-kind: $0
Colo. House District 12
Mike Foote (D): Spending: $50,072; Contributions: $67,030; In-kind: $892
Russ Lyman (R): Spending: $3,913; Contributions: $4,645; In-kind: $685
Matthew A. Webber (L): Spending: $0; Contributions: $0; In-kind: $0
Colo. House District 13
Howard P. Lambert (L): Spending: $0; Contributions: $0; In-kind: $0
Claire Levy (D): Spending: $18,829; Contributions: $21,145; In-kind: $0
Adam Ochs (R): Spending: $6,830; Contributions: $9,181; In-kind: $136
Colo. House District 33
W. Earl Allen (L): Spending: $0; Contributions: $0; In-kind: $0
David J. Pigott (R): Spending: $13,443; Contributions: $69,227; In-kind: $964
Dianne Primavera (D): Spending: $106,627; Contributions: $126,335; In-kind: $2,067
Colo. House District 63
Tim Erickson (D): Spending: $2,119; Contributions: $2,431; In-kind: $0
Lori Saine (R): Spending: $5,297; Contributions: $10,029; In-kind: $25
RTD District I
Cheryl Hauger: Spending: $2,764; Contributions: $50; In-kind: $0
Jeff Ilseman: Spending: $2,189; Contributions: $3,477; In-kind: $1445
Judy Lubow: Spending: $1,516; Contributions: $2,132; In-kind: $71
Seth L. Patterson: Spending: $1,572; Contributions: $2,115; In-kind: $0
Boulder County commission District 1
Shane Hampton (L): Spending: $0; Contributions: $0; In-kind: $0
Elise Jones (D): Spending: $62,942; Contributions: $57,215; In-kind: $1,240
Boulder County commission District 2
Audrey Bray (L): Spending: $0; Contributions: $0; In-kind: $0
Maureen Denig (R): Spending: $2,809; Contributions: $2,364; In-kind: $50
Deb Gardner (D): Spending: $7,080; Contributions: $9,376; In-kind: $195
Source: Colorado Secretary of State's Office
LONGMONT -- Oil, gas and energy companies have given $447,500 so far to defeat a local anti-fracking measure, a new record for a Longmont political campaign.
The money, received by Longmont Taxpayers for Common Sense, was reported online Tuesday night by the Longmont City Clerk's Office. But being able to use that record sum may take some work due to a reorganization.
In September, the group changed its name to Main Street Longmont, due to objections from the federal budget watchdog organization also known as Taxpayers for Common Sense, based out of Washington, D.C. That meant the ballot issue opponents had to refile with city clerk Valeria Skitt as a "new" group. That, in turn, meant it couldn't touch the "old" group's money.
"Longmont Taxpayers can't just give it to Main Street Longmont because they're registered as separate entities," Skitt said. "They could give it back to their original contributors and (the original contributors) could give it to Main Street Longmont, but they can't just give it from one entity to another."
By whatever name, the group opposes Ballot Question 300, which would amend Longmont's charter to ban hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," within city limits and prevent the storage of fracking waste. Fracking uses high-pressure fluid to crack deep layers of rock and break into hard-to-reach oil and gas deposits. Supporters of a ban claim the practice risks air and water pollution and threatens the health and safety of those nearby; opponents charge that the claims of danger are overblown and that a ban would invite lawsuits.
The question was put onto the ballot by the group Our Health, Our Future, Our Longmont, which reported $21,241 of contributions. Of that, $8,368 was "in kind," given in services rather than cash, including $7,741 of in-kinds from Food & Water Watch of Denver, for attorney fees, administration and mileage.
The reports for both sides cover all gifts and spending through Oct. 13.
Longmont's record for campaign spending was set in 2011, when the group Look Before We Leap spent $419,629.69 to oppose a fiber-optic ballot question. The measure passed with about 60 percent of the vote.
Donations to Longmont Taxpayers for Common Sense include $55,000 from the Colorado Oil and Gas Association; $50,000 from the American Natural Gas Alliance; $30,000 each from KP Kaufmann, Halliburton, PDC Energy, Encana, Bill Barrett Corp., Chevron and Noble Energy; and $20,000 each from Bonanza Creek Energy and the Colorado Petroleum Association.
Altogether, 28 companies donated to the group, all of them connected to the energy industry. The report showed no individual donations.
"It's shameful that they believe they can buy votes and subvert the democratic process," Our Longmont spokesman Michael Bellmont said. "Longmont will not be bought. ... It's not money that will move this particular issue."
Main Street Longmont spokesman Bill Ray said it wasn't subversion and was far from surprising.
"It's an oil and gas issue and it's an important oil and gas issue, so the industry is supporting the drive to oppose 300," Ray said. "If this was an election to ban soda pop within Longmont, Coke and Pepsi would be supporting a campaign to fight that initiative." The Longmont Taxpayers report shows $71,516 of actual spending, while Main Street Longmont lists $264,951 of accrued spending, expenses that have yet to be paid. All together, this includes:
$264,951 to Colorado Media & Mail for advertising ($196,618), research ($22,000), graphic design ($14,000), contractors ($12,800), yard signs ($8,143), a website ($7,000), photography ($3,190), and voter file development ($1,200).
$33,860 to Hill Research Consultants of Auburn, Ala., for research and polling.
$36,625 for campaign consulting to: WR Communications of Denver ($18,000), Katy Atkinson & Associates ($9,000), Evans Consulting of Denver ($5,625) and Brenna Wieker of Aurora ($4,000). Part of Evans' fee is listed for "compliance/reporting."
$752 to JDS Professional Group of Greenwood Village for accounting.
$266 to Intuit QuickBooks of Mountain View, Calif., for envelopes and checks.
$12 to Wells Fargo of Denver for bank fees.
Our Health, Our Future, Our Longmont has $3,505 of nonitemized contributions, gifts that were $50 or less. Another $9,368 came from 58 Longmont residents, five Boulder residents, and one person each from Littleton; Nederland; Lakewood; New York; Burlington, Iowa; and Bethany, Conn. Two Longmont companies also were among the givers: Health Solutions ($100) and Globaltechbroker.com ($50).
The largest contribution listed was from Don and Jerilyn Wilson of Longmont, who donated $720 to the Our Longmont campaign. Among the better-known names on the list were former Longmont city manager Gordon Pedrow ($100), Regional Transportation District board candidate Judy Lubow ($65) and Boulder County Commissioner Deb Gardner ($50).
According to the Our Longmont report, $9,938 has been paid out so far, on the following:
$6,224 to Redwall Communications of Longmont for fliers, handouts and promotional material.
$2,100 to Sam Lopez Jr. of Westminster for a petition drive.
$1,074 to the Times-Call for advertising.
$495 in filing fees to the city of Longmont ($295) and Boulder County ($200).
$45 to Office Depot for supplies.
In-kind contributions, besides the $7,741 from Food & Water Watch, included $320 of supplies and food from Marilyn Belchinsky of Longmont, $159 of supplies from Joan Peck of Longmont, $90 of data, supplies and copies from Joan Blackburn of Longmont and $58 of business cards from Redwall Communications.
Scott Rochat can be reached at 303-684-5220 or email@example.com.