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In the News (Thu 16 Feb 12)

  
  Joseph Mazurek And His Dilemma
Joseph Mazurek is confronted with a series of revelations that are rattling the foundations of the state and may send dozens of attorneys, politicians, and law enforcement officers to prison.
Mazurek knew that a new inquiry into the death of Bob Krop was turning up evidence that Krop had been assassinated after he declined to act as a go between for a $50,000 bribe to the Montana Supreme Court.
Mazurek knew that litigation around an attorney feud in the small town of Sidney was starting to expose newly hired MCIB investigator David Schettine, as being involved in drug trafficking in Sidney.
www.copi.com /articles/montana/970610.html   (976 words)

  
 CMT.com : Rob Mazurek : Biography
Mazurek's Orchestra would spawn a number of spin-offs including a Duo (with Taylor), Trio (with Kupersmith), and a Quartet (with Parker), all of which wore the Chicago Underground banner.
A disorienting mix of jazz flourishes, muscular funk, hip-hop reductions, and minimalist electronica, the group was a collaboration between Orchestra members (Mazurek, Parker, and Smith), veteran Chicago bassist Matt Lux, and Tortoise's Dan Bitney and John Herndon.
Mazurek had discovered the music of Morton Feldman and Vladimir Ussachevsky as well as visual artists like Mark Rothko, all of which seemed to find a way into the music.
www.cmt.com /artists/az/mazurek_rob/bio.jhtml   (717 words)

  
 Janet Mazurek - Janet L. Mazurek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mazurek handles cases in all areas of family law, including pre- and post-dissolution matters, child custody, paternity, adoption, pre-nuptial agreements, and financial resolution.
Mazurek is a member of the Lake County Bar Association, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, and Chicago Bar Association, where she was the former co-chair of the Matrimonial Law Fees and Ethics Subcommittee.
Mazurek is also a recognized lecturer on family law issues at continuing legal education seminars for the Chicago Bar Association.
www.rosinglaw.com /profiles/attorney/janetmazurek   (124 words)

  
 Victoria C. Mazurek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mazurek was born in Manchester, N.H., and had lived in Lawrence and Methuen.
Mazurek had worked as a mender at the Arlington and Wood Mills in Lawrence for many years.
Mazurek was a member of the Lawrence Senior Citizens Center.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/19981003/OB_005.htm   (89 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mazurek pleaded guilty last month to one count of animal cruelty just as jury selection in her trial was set to begin.
Mazurek was convicted of beating her roommate's cat, Adonis, and repeatedly throwing him into a lake until he died.
Mazurek told NBC 30 in February that her pets are so important to her that she would rather spend more time in prison in exchange for keeping the animals.
www.officer.com /news/IBS/wvit/news-2067000.html   (337 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mazurek said that over the past decade the state's share of public school funding has declined to 62 percent this year from 71.4 percent in 1991.
Mazurek's press release did not say specifically how much money he wants to pump into the school funding program and how he would raise the funds.
Mazurek said that as state funding has declined, the costs of public education has shifted more to local taxpayers.
www.billingsgazette.com /region/20000331_r3mazurk.html   (491 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Instead, Jill Mazurek, 19, and her co-defendants, Michael Oziomek and Michael Pajak, both 20, must stand trial for the death of Adonis, an 11-month-old cat that was shaved, painted, tossed into a Berlin lake and battered.
Mazurek and two friends were charged last spring with torturing and then killing her roommate's pet, a cat named 'Adonis.' Eyewitness News was in court as mazurek sought accelerated rehabilitation.
Mazurek and the two men charged as accomplices are out on bond, awaiting the start of their trial.
crittersite.com /protest.html   (2632 words)

  
 State Representative John "Corky" Mazurek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
John "Corky" Mazurek (D-Wolcott, Southington) was elected to his first term as the State Representative from the 80th Assembly District in 2003.
Mazurek is a graduate of Central Connecticut State University where he received his Master of Science Degree in Industrial Management.
Mazurek is looking forward to his first term in office.
www.cga.ct.gov /hdo/HDO080.asp   (186 words)

  
 Rob Mazurek : Amorphic Winged : Pitchfork Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mazurek's cornet dominates the first few minutes, though soon all that's left is post-delay residue that swirls gently around Tania Bower's vocals.
She never sings anything in particular, but her voice is lush enough that it much doesn't matter-- at least not until it too falls under the control of that conniving laptop.
Mazurek's greatest strength is often the patience and understanding he has toward other musicians.
www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/m/mazurek_rob/amorphic-winged.shtml   (666 words)

  
 Pet-Abuse.Com - Animal Abuse Case Details: Shaved, wrote on, and beat cat (Adonis) with log and beer bottles - New ...
Mazurek was arrested Friday for cruelty to animals and conspiracy to commit criminal trespass in the third degree.
Mazurek and two friends were charged with beating and drowning the cat, Adonis, at Silver Lake in Berlin in February 2002.
Mazurek pleaded guilty last month to one count of animal cruelty, accepting a plea deal the same day that jury selection in her trial was to begin.
www.pet-abuse.com /pages/cruelty_database/case_details.php?case_id=569&print=print   (398 words)

  
 * Dusted Reviews - Rob Mazurek *
Chicago's Rob Mazurek is largely known as the cornetist for the Chicago Underground Duo, Isotope 217, Tigersmilk and various post-rock groups.
On "Body Parts (Spectral White)," the longer track of the two, Mazurek solves the problem of how to organize a half hour of sound by dividing the piece into a number of discrete ideas that don't obviously have anything to do with one another and are interrupted by silences.
Most of Mazurek's ideas hold up well to repeated listenings because they're deceptively complex: the loudest parts of the mix are usually very simple, but there's typically a layer or two of tricky, busy noise underneath.
www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/1353   (421 words)

  
 Joe Mazurek
Mazurek will concentrate in the areas of commercial, real estate, administrative law, as well as government relations, including legislative affairs.
Mazurek was raised in Helena and received Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Montana in 1970.
Mazurek served in the Montana State Senate from 1981 to 1993 during which time he was Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee for two sessions and was elected as President of the Senate from 1991 to 1993.
www.crowleylaw.com /Bios/JoeMazurek.htm   (242 words)

  
 The Herald - News - 10/23/2004 - Incumbent Mazurek looking at everyday issues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mazurek had previously served on the Wolcott Planning and Zoning Commission and was appointed in 1999 to the Wolcott Sewer and Water Commission.
Now, as the Democratic incumbent representing the 80th District, Mazurek, 51, said his job experience working as a manufacturer for Pratt and Whitney and traveling around the world has introduced him to unique ideas and opportunities that are applicable on the state level.
In his first term in office, Mazurek was named chairman of the General Law Committee where he assisted in doing away with the expiration dates on gift certificates, working on the liquor industry’s licensing bills and increasing consumer protection within consignment shops.
www.newbritainherald.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=13208693&BRD=1641&PAG=461&dept_id=10110&rfi=6   (851 words)

  
 Robert Mazurek | Playground
Mazurek, whose main ax is cornet, has plowed under his hard-boppin' roots and started afresh on a Playground that more closely conforms to his evolving musical perspective.
Mazurek is accompanied on the odyssey by his Chicago Underground Orchestra, whose members double (or triple) to help provide the proper ambiance.
Mazurek, who wrote five of the tunes, seems more concerned with form and color than he is with splash or bombast.
www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=2706   (326 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mazurek said he would use a combination of powers to ensure Montana colleges receive the funding they deserve and act as the cohesive, integrated system they are intended to be.
Mazurek also said he would advocate for providing a continuous source of money to ensure that colleges can provide matching grants that are usually required to obtain research grants.
Mazurek said he would use his office to convene additional meetings, if necessary, of the joint Board of Education, made up of the separate Board of Regents and the Board of Public Education, which sets policy for the state's K-12 schools.
www.billingsgazette.com /region/20000321_r4maz.html   (424 words)

  
 CATALYST, December 1999: Focus on literacy pays off in the long run
Mazurek points out that new LSC members have six months in which to take the training classes, and by then it will be April, time for LSC elections.
Mazurek wrote a letter to the board in September of 1998, asking for help in upgrading the landscaping around Casals.
Mazurek checks them periodically, making comments on a separate page and sometimes meeting with teachers if the plans are not to his liking.
www.catalyst-chicago.org /12-99/129chron.htm   (4921 words)

  
 Rob Mazurek: Sweet and Vicious Like Frankenstein: Pitchfork Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Rob Mazurek's Sweet and Vicious Like Frankenstein takes another approach, stitching together a number of discrete sections, each with their own character and mood, into loosely connected patchwork pieces that go on for a while.
Mazurek mixes field recordings, primitive sound machines, and loads of computer-generated sound into pieces that seem a bit like travelogues.
Mazurek evidently spent a fair amount of time with a DAT capturing the sound of industry, because all sorts of chugging machines can be found here, mixing with his comparatively tiny, computer-generated squall.
www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/m/mazurek_rob/sweet-and-vicious-like-frankenstein.shtml   (612 words)

  
 Rob Mazurek - Sweet And Vicious Like Frankenstein - Stylus Magazine
Mazurek’s breadth of instrumentation–including found sound, keyboards, and the electronic disintegrations of computer music–color Frankenstein’s first song, the 37-minute long "Body Parts (Spectral White)," with the subtle coalescing of sound coming together in the night.
As in Shelley’s novel, in which Dr. Frankenstein attempted to animate the lifeless patchwork of his rag-doll with electricity, Mazurek seems hell-bent on capturing the gradual animation of music–and the way that animation can suddenly yield to silence, or be overcome by nightmarish chunks of distortion.
During the scattered passages within the piece in which Mazurek attains melodic and thematic unity, his vision becomes well-represented, and is sort of admirable.
www.stylusmagazine.com /review.php?ID=1801   (636 words)

  
 Illinois Finds A Closer :: Dave Mazurek Steps Up for Illini Pitching Staff
Mazurek held the Illini's one run lead for two innings to lead them to a 5-4 win.
Although Mazurek is looked to in the pen when Coach Jones wants to finish off a game, he wasn't always the answer.
Mazurek's growth as a player has been clearly seen throughout this season, where he has been the most dependable player out of the bullpen.
fightingillini.collegesports.com /sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/050202aab.html   (655 words)

  
 Press Releases - Rep. Mazurek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
State Representative Corky Mazurek (D-Wolcott, Southington) is furious about a note sent from the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) to the town of Wolcott that stalls Wolcott and Southington bond projects already approved in the state budget.
Mazurek said, “We all know the Bush Administration’s No Child Left Behind initiative is a well-intentioned stab at education reform with a giant flaw – The President forgot to open the federal checkbook.
John "Corky" Mazurek (D-Wolcott, Southington) was first elected as the State Representative from the 80th Assembly District in 2003.
www.cga.ct.gov /hdo/080/pr080-05.asp   (1031 words)

  
 Maine House Democrats - Representatives
Representative Edward Mazurek, of Rockland is serving his first term in the Legislature.
A retired teacher and coach in Rockland, Rep. Mazurek is a graduate of Xavier University with a BSBA degree, as well as, receiving a MA from Fairfield University.
Mazurek has also served on the Recreation Advisory Board, Board of Assessment Review, was a Planning Board Member and Past Pres.
www.state.me.us /legis/housedems/emazurek   (368 words)

  
 Mazurek "Playground"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Cornetist Mazurek and his Chicago Underground Orchestra collective have achieved a solid balance between tight melodicism and outwardly unrestrained group interplay...They prove composition is as adventurous as extended improvisation.
Mazurek has spent a number of years in various hard-bop units, and the results of these expereinces are clear in his sharp intonation and expert use of a minimal amount of notes.
That Mazurek and Parker's songbooks blend in on the same disc as Ellington and Hancock says a lot for the future of the Chicago Underground Orchestra.
www.delmark.com /delmark.503.htm   (340 words)

  
 PETA - Action Alerts
Mazurek will reportedly be placed on probation for three years after she is released from prison.
On March 25, Judge Handy will decide whether Mazurek will be allowed to have contact with animals¯including the three cats, two birds, and one guinea pig she possessed when she was sent to jail¯during her probation.
To ensure that no more animals fall prey to Mazurek’s violent disregard for life, please respectfully urge Judge Handy to prohibit her from all future contact with animals and to order authorities to immediately seize the animals in her custody.
www.peta.org /Automation/AlertItem.asp?id=956   (270 words)

  
 Illinois Baseball Gets By Eastern Illinois, 5-4 :: Mazurek Saves Fourth Game for Illini
The play turned disastrous for the EIU rally, however, as Mazurek was able to field the play and throw to catcher Patrick Arlis who tagged out the Eastern runner attempting to score from third.
Illinois failed to add an insurance run in the top of the ninth but Mazurek was able to retire the top of the EIU order in the bottom of the ninth without any damage to record his fourth save of the season.
Mazurek picked up his fourth save after throwing two innings without allowing a run or a hit.
fightingillini.collegesports.com /sports/m-basebl/recaps/041602aaa.html   (589 words)

  
 CATALYST, May 1996: The Casals Chronicles (1)
Mazurek has passed out a sheet of paper that lists some of his own ideas, which include: eliminate programs, eliminate staff, work for free, adopt flex time, don’t do it.
Mazurek later calculates that cutting the interns wouldn’t begin to pay for 20 extra minutes, which would cost $86,000 and require deep cuts in spending on computers, supplies, textbooks and other staples.
Mazurek steps into the hall, talks with a couple of kids and then approaches a parent who’s a regular volunteer.
www.catalyst-chicago.org /05-96/056chron.htm   (3186 words)

  
 Rob Mazurek
Rob Mazurek is a Chicago-based sound abstractivist, cornetist, improviser, composer and multi-media artist with a unique style drawing from free jazz, hard-bop, experimental electronica and minimalism.
Mazurek has toured extensively and established himself as a performer and recording artist throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan with his various ensembles.
Most recently, Mazurek has been working on an installation incorporating computer- manipulated sounds with high definition scans of details from his paintings.
centerstage.net /chicago/music/whoswho/RobMazurek.html   (346 words)

  
 PPI: Jan Mazurek
Prior to that, she analyzed federal laws and programs to control pollution at Resources for the Future, a D.C.-based "think tank." Mazurek also has served as a consultant for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris.
Mazurek is the author of numerous articles and papers about environment and energy policy.
Mazurek graduated with Highest Honors in economics from the University of California in 1987 and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
www.ppionline.org /ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=87&subsecID=112&contentID=3715   (245 words)

  
 Outward Introspection
In 1983, when Mazurek arrived in Chicago at age 17, he started listening to classic Blue Note bop records.
In 1997, Mazurek met Chad Taylor and their collaboration began immediately.
Mazurek applies the same method to his playing stints with Isotope 217 and Sam Prekop, which graft lush layers of keyboards to complex rhythms, creating an electronic samba.
www.citypaper.net /articles/031199/mus.jazz.shtml   (546 words)

  
 Mazurek v. Commonwealth - Pennsylvania DUI Lawyers
The sole issue presented is whether Mazurek's Mentor City Ordinance 71.01(A)(3) conviction is substantially similar to Article IV (a)(2) of the Compact.
It is undisputed that pursuant to the Compact the Department of Transportation (Department) suspended Mazurek's operating privilege for one year upon receiving notice from the Ohio Department of Transportation that Mazurek had been convicted in Ohio on December 30, 1996 of the offense DUI-Alcohol/Liquor (DUI).
The Department asserts that Mazurek's contention that the Mentor City Ordinance 71.01(A)(3) is not substantially similar to Pennsylvania's DUI statute, 75 Pa. C.S. §3731(a)(4), lacks merit.
www.dui1.com /DuiCaseLawDetail16194.htm   (558 words)

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