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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) has a statewide, toll-free number for a list of meeting schedules. Call (800) 333-5051, or visit www.aawv.org.
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Districts 11 and 15, Area 73, holds open meetings for anyone interested in AA programs at various locations in the Panhandle:
Shepherdstown Big Book Study group meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at St. Agnes Parish Center, 108 Duke St.
Shepherdstown group meets at 8:30 p.m. on Fridays at New St. Methodist Church.
Scrabble Road group meets at 7 p.m. on Sundays at Mt. Wesley United Methodist Church.
Harpers Ferry Alibi group meets at 7:30 p.m. on Mondays at Mt. Community Center, Mission Road.
Harpers Ferry New Serenity group meets at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays at Mt. Community Center.
Harpers Ferry Grape Seed group meets at 10 a.m. on Saturdays at Mt. Community Center.
Al-Ateen meets at Jefferson Memorial Hospital at 8 p.m. every Friday in the third-floor conference room. Al-Ateen is a program to help children under the age of 18 recover from the effects of living with the problem drinking of a friend or relative. For more information, call Mary Ford at 728-0709.
Al-Anon meets at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Ranson, every Friday at 8 p.m. in the third-floor classroom.
Al-Anon is a program to help families and friends of alcoholics recover from the effects of living with a loved one or family member's drinking problem. For more information, call 1-888-4AL-ANON.
A support group for people who have problems and issues relating to food will meet every Tuesday evening at Entler Hotel in Shepherdstown. For more information, call Cathy Polonchak or Sabrina Adams at 876-3022.
Overeaters Anonymous meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at New Street United Methodist Church in Shepherdstown. For information, call Wendy at 876-6130 or Bill at 1 (304) 676-9145. Also in Charles Town, Saturdays at 10 a.m., at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, 3rd floor classroom. For information, call Joanne at 728-2511 or Teri at 728-4832. Also in Martinsburg on Sundays at 5 p.m., at City Hospital in meeting room 1. For information call Ginnie at 274-6114.
Christians Against Substance Abuse, a 12-step support group for those struggling with alcohol, drugs and addiction, will meet from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays. The group is open to all denominations. For more information, call 262-8662.
City Hospital's Alzheimer's caregiver's support group offers empathy, assistance and education to caregivers. Meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in City Hospital's fourth-floor Transitional Care Unit. For more information, call 264-1DOC.
La Leche League of Jefferson County meets the second Wednesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at the Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church. Members welcome all women and babies interested in learning more about nursing and mothering. For more information, call the La Leche League Leaders: Laurie at 876-6181, Tiffany at 728-4068, Mendy at 260-0456 or Sheila at 1 (301) 432-4062.
Cancer patients, survivors, families and friends meet the second Wednesday of each month to learn about cancer and related topics, as well as, to offer encouragement and support to all. The meetings are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the Dorothy A. McCormack Center second-floor conference room of City Hospital. For more information, call 264-1DOC.
Jefferson Memorial Hospital's Diabetic/Cardiac Healthy Lifestyles support group meets the last Tuesday of every month from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the third-floor classroom in Ranson.
A diabetes support group for individuals with diabetes, their families and friends is hosted by City Hospital on the third Monday of every month. Meetings are held at 7 p.m. in the Hospital's Meeting Room 1. The group provides encouragement, education, the latest information on research and much more for individuals who face the daily challenges of living with diabetes. For more information, call 264-1DOC.
A children with diabetes support group is offered by City Hospital at 10 a.m. the second Saturday of every month to help children with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. The meeting is designed so that children and their families can address their concerns, discuss issues and support each other. For more information, call 264-1383.
Narcotics Anonymous has several area meeting times, dates and places.
For more information, call 1-800-777-1515. Helpline Beeper is 1-800-733-9950, pager No. 069.
Fresh Start Ministry, a program for alcohol, drug and other addictions, meets from 7 to 8 p.m. every Tuesday at the Sylvannah Baptist Church in Rippon.
For more information, call 262-8787.
Gamblers Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. every Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church, side chapel, corner of German and Church streets, Shepherdstown. Enter on Church street.
For more information, 876-8491, leave message if unavailable.
A parents support group will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Hospice of the Panhandle office. This group will offer support for those who have lost a child.
For more information, call Larry Crawley-Woods at 264-0406.
A suicide survivors support group will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Hospice office.
For more information, call Larry Crawley-Woods at 264-0406.
Mended Hearts, a support group, for those who have had heart surgery or have a chronic heart condition, meets on the second Monday of each month to discuss nutrition, exercise and other daily living activities. Meetings are held in City Hospital's meeting room 1 at 7 p.m.
For more information, call 264-1DOC.
Grief support groups are offered by Hospice of the Panhandle on a weekly and monthly basis. Offerings include groups for people who have lost a spouse, a parent or sibling, groups for people whose loved-ones committed suicide or were murdered, and groups for parents who have lost a child.
For dates and times, call Larry Crawley-Woods at 264-0406 or 1-800-345-6538.
Coping with Challenges support group meets every other Wednesday at 3 p.m. in the conference room at War Memorial Hospital. This group was created for patients, family members and care providers of people who have experienced lifestyle changes as a result of health problems.
For more information, call Beth Layman at 258-6509.
NAMI Eastern Panhandle, a support group for people with mental illness and their families, meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 220 W. Martin St., Martinsburg.
A multiple sclerosis support group, sponsored by City Hospital, meets the third Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Dorothy A. McCormack Center's third-floor conference room.
For more information, call 264-1214.


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BROOKFIELD – The Brookfield Village Board made several minor moves to add to the town's coffers at their public meeting Sept. 9.
The Village Board unanimously approved a new tax to raise the Library Tax by 0.02 percent, from its current rate of 0.35 percent to 0.37 percent. In accordance with village laws, if 10 percent of the village's registered voters, about 1,000 people, sign a petition within 30 days, the issue will be decided by voters during the next election.
The Board also approved a media buy of approximately $28,100 for a series of radio advertisements to be played during broadcasts of Bears games on WBBM radio.
The ad touts Brookfield's business-friendly environment.


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Sniper Elite V2 - PS3
Release Date:May 02, 2012
Also on:PlayStation 3 PC Wii U Xbox 360
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Sniper Elite V2 will leave you thoroughly impressed by the fun you can have with some of the features and you might even learn something in the process. The great thing about history games is they teach you as you play them.
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Sniper Elite V2 PS3 will definitely have you sitting on the edge of your seat from start to finish. This game is refreshing because it is anything but a Call of Duty clone, it is a smart shooter game that requires careful strategy and planning in order to accomplish your goals.
The game allows you to play multiplayer missions or solo missions. The multiplayer missions are best played with a friend versus a complete stranger, because communication between partners is essential for these missions to be a success. The one thing that this game received criticism for was the missions being too brief. Also some people thought there should be better stealth options because it was somewhat difficult to be stealthy at certain points in the plot.
The great thing about this game is that there is more than one way to complete a mission. Another nice touch is the ability to fire a bullet so that it will kill two enemies at once. Another is the use of x-ray vision to show the kill, with the sniper's bullet in slow motion. The advantage of x-ray vision is that it will show you exactly where the bullet hits your enemy, even the vital organs. It's all very gory and there is a lot of tension because there is always some sort of danger lurking around the next corner. The game is of course perfect for those who like the accuracy of the sniper's art.
Another complaint is the fact that enemies often seem to have superhuman vision. They can spot you from unrealistic distances. The enemies also have poor AI, which can make it easy to get past them. What is good about this game is that you are rewarded for having patience. Not many games reward players for their patience.
Overall, this is a great game to add to your collection. You will be thoroughly impressed by the fun you can have with some of the features and you might even learn something in the process. The great thing about history games is they teach you as you play them.


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It has been five years since a commission made up of prosecutors, defense lawyers, judges and others presented its startling report detailing holes in California's criminal justice system and making recommendations on how to mend them. One of the biggest problems the experts found was dozens of false confessions — assertions by people under interrogation that they had committed crimes when in fact they had not.
The same panel reported that some jurisdictions, including some California counties and cities, had successfully responded to the surprisingly common phenomenon. They videotaped the custodial interviews. The recordings could be examined later for clues that confessions were a result of police or prosecutorial badgering, or that suspects were psychologically unfit or in a condition that made their statements unreliable.
The solution made sense not just to defense lawyers but also to prosecutors, who are honor-bound not to simply rack up wins at any cost but to make certain that the defendants they are prosecuting really did commit the crimes. Recording is also good for the interviewing police officers, who would have a ready defense against any false claims of misconduct.
But California failed again and again to require the video recording of confessions, sometimes because prosecutors didn't want to be told that they might be wrong, sometimes because the state just didn't have enough money to make its justice system work properly. And it's true that requiring recording would mean spending for equipment, maintenance and monitoring, and the Legislature has been correctly wary of any bills that would result in new spending.
But false confessions are costly too, not just for those who confess to things they did not do but to their families, to the families of victims and to the court system that proceeds with trials on the incorrect assumption that it has the right defendants. Moreover, of course, false confessions result in real perpetrators going free, imposing a public safety cost as well.
Lawmakers this year considered SB 569, a narrowly tailored bill that would require video recording of custodial interviews with minors, whose rate of false confessions is higher than that of adult suspects. The bill was sent to the Assembly's suspense file, and it has just a week before it can be revived or else join the slew of bills that have been voted down or vetoed.
This is not the only bill stuck in suspense, and lawmakers will have to judge carefully what to do with all of them in the coming week. This one deserves passage. It's a modest step with costs that are also modest, when compared with the unacceptable damage to a justice system that doesn't know or care whether it has the right defendant on trial.


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If that is the case (which I seriously doubt it is), then the youth need to expand their horizons.
In Malaysia they don't have many alternatives.
All the TV stations are controlled by BN (the majority party). Likewise every English and Malay-language newspaper with any significant circulation. The party selects the editors, and fires them if they report any interesting news. The party's acquiescence is required in order to get a printing licence (yes, you really do need a licence to operate a printing press
The people affected by this aren't running to lead Malaysia (and eventually be assaulted by Derek Zoolander). It's roughly equivalent to the Young Republicans or College Democrats adopting such a policy.
Unfortunately, no serious politician, Malaysian or otherwise, is really going to put their unedited musings online.
http://carlbildt.wordpress.com/ [wordpress.com]
It's in Swedish, but in short it's the Swedish foreign minister's blog and it's written from a personal perspective on current foreign issues, international meetings, government meetings, etc.
Of course it's not unedited (one might even doubt Bildt is the actual writer), but it's musing, highly democratic and extremely controversial.
The current definition? The first definition I heard for blog was "um, you know, like Slashdot."
A semi-regularly updated online journal was always called a "diary" since the earliest days of the web. It's the commenting ability that defined a blog, although as you say the definition seems to keep changing, much to my annoyance. What these candidates are supposed to have sound more like just an official webpage to me.
Unfortunately, no serious politician, Malaysian or otherwise, is really going to put their unedited musings online.
Jeff Ooi [jeffooi.com], Penang MP, has blogged regularly for many years and continues to do so. His political career started on his blog.
And Lord, if he has an editor, they ought to be fired. I more or less like Jeff, but he posts some really incoherent, raving, and ill-informed rants sometimes. He runs the comments section like BN exercises the ISA - with swift and sometimes pre-emptive attacks on detrac
Ahhh, Lim Kit Siang... For the Malaysian politician whose opinion I respect, the front page of his site always struck me as an unfortunate 'own goal'. An image declares 'Lim Kit Siang - for Malaysia', and the reader is invited to read his blog in one of two languages: English or Chinese. No mention of the official language of Malaysia.
As for Teresa Kok [teresakok.com], titling her site 'Sassy MP' seems a little out of touch to me - wouldn't 'Hawt MP' be more contemporary?
Don't think for a minute that any of the candidates will actually ever sign-on and write content themselves - unless of course it's in the context of an on-line chat "ooooh, how trendy!". Even then they will have a full complement of spin-doctors examining every keystroke for nuance, mis-comprehension and sub-text.
The basic problem all over the world is that
This is Malaysia we are talking about.
0930 Go to work
1000 Wake up
1030 Step out for nasi lemak before the stall shuts
1200 Lunch
1330 Ask for the bill
1430 Go out for teh tarik
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2000 Arrive home after sitting in the jam on Old Klang Road for one hour
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- Premier League
City weigh up January Suarez swoop - reports
Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is hoping to prise striker Luis Suarez away from Liverpool in the January transfer window, according to widespread reports.
Mancini hopes the club will back him with a bid for the Uruguay international despite the recent appointment of former Barcelona sporting director Txiki Begiristain to oversee the Premier League champions' transfer policy.
A report in the Daily Express, since picked up by most of England's other national newspapers, claims Mancini wants the 25-year-old despite already having Sergio Aguero, Carlos Tevez, Edin Dzeko and Mario Balotelli on his books.
Mancini is under pressure following a poor Champions League campaign which looks destined to end in failure to qualify for the knockout stages for second successive season.
Backing him with an audacious and sizeable bid for Suarez would be seen as a clear sign that the City hierarchy are fully behind the Italian.
Suarez is on a long-term contract at Anfield, which runs until 2018, meaning City could have to stump up a British record fee to sign him.
He has been in sparkling form for the Reds this season, scoring eight Premier League goals to put him alongside Manchester United's Robin van Persie at the top of the scoring charts.
Liverpool would understandably be unwilling to sell their star man, who is currently their only dedicated striker with Fabio Borini out injured and Andy Carroll on loan at West Ham with little prospect of a return to Merseyside.
Reds manager Brendan Rodgers has called for further investment in the squad at the next available opportunity. However, Liverpool have previously been persuaded to sell their main striker midway through the season if the price is right, having sold Fernando Torres to Chelsea for £50 million in January 2010.
City are the only side still unbeaten in the Premier League this season but are currently in second place, two points behind Manchester United. United have scored 29 league goals so far compared with City's 20, while Chelsea, Everton and Fulham have all scored more than the defending champions.


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Monday, July 13, 2009
Kool & The Gang to Perform at Suffolk Downs on August 22
EAST BOSTON, MA - Classic R&B recording artist Kool & The Gang, whose prolific resume of hits includes party favorites Celebration, Ladies Night and Get Down On It, will be performing live at Suffolk Downs at the track's "Commitment to Community" concert on Saturday, August 22, which is also "East Boston Day."
The concert is the culmination of the track's 2009 "Commitment to Community" program which celebrates individuals and organizations that make a positive difference in eight surrounding communities: East Boston, Revere, Winthrop, Chelsea, Everett, Lynn, Saugus and Salem. Each of these cities and towns is being recognized with its own day at the track this summer.
Kool & The Gang's performance will follow an afternoon of live racing. Special first post time will be 3:00 p.m. with the concert slated for 7:30 p.m. In addition to a full card of racing, the track will provide free family entertainment, including pony rides, carnival games, face painting and a balloon artist. Patrons can have their picture taken with a racehorse and jockey at the track's "Fan Photo Experience." Oldies 103.3 FM in Boston will be broadcasting live from the track throughout the day.
Kool & The Gang has sold over 70 million albums worldwide and influenced the music of three
generations. They have earned two Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, 25 Top Ten R&B hits, nine Top Ten Pop hits, and 31 gold and platinum albums. Kool & The Gang has
performed continuously for the past 35 years, longer than any R&B group in history. Additional hits include Jungle Boogie, Fresh, Too Hot, Joanna and Cherish.
Suffolk Downs boasts a rich musical history, which includes the final Boston-area appearance by the Beatles in 1966, a performance by Aerosmith in the 1970s, and a variety of shows and festivals in the last decade featuring acts such as Elvis Costello, Hootie and the Blowfish, the Goo Goo Dolls, and the Dropkick Murphys.
The entire schedule of "Commitment to Community" days at Suffolk Downs is as follows: Everett (June 13), Chelsea (June 20), Salem (July 11), Lynn (July 18), Winthrop (July 25), Revere (August 1), Saugus (August 8) and East Boston (August 22).
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A referendum on the death penalty...
38 comments:
- MadisonMan said...
It seems like the legislature is shirking its duty when it does something like this. Aren't the elected to lead? Yet when they get a tough question (read: one that could get them booted from office) they say "Hey! Let's have the public decide!"
- Ann Althouse said...
I think it's more about attracting more people to the polls and making something an issue in the campaign. It's about Doyle, isn't it?
- Jack Wayne said...
Yeah, we wouldn't want the people of Wisconsin to be asked to exercise democracy or anything dangerous like that would we, madisonman?
- Too Many Jims said...
I understand it is about politics but I would think that, if they were serious about it, proponents of a revived death penalty should lay out a procedural framework for ensuring that safe guards are in place to avoid some of the problems that Illinois has been grappling with.
- Simon said...
I share what I take to be MadisonMan's hesitancy about direct democracy as tending to short-circuit the process of representative government (believe it or not, this is precisely what one of the men now seeking the Democratic nomination for the Presidency wants to see. Between Sandy Levinson and Mike Gravel, it's getting harder and harder for Democrats to pretend they aren't basically at war with the U.S. Constitution). However, if a state's constitution makes provision for a referendum, and the politicians think it will call "the contending sides of a national controversy to end their national division by accepting a common mandate rooted in" the expressed will of the majority, I don't see the harm in it.
As with the gay marriage referendums, I choose not to believe that those who are opposed to these referenda are actually opposed to the basic principle of self-government and participatory democracy, but rather, that they oppose the referenda for the far more practical reason that they are sure they will lose. After all, a referenda that rejected the death penalty would make it much harder to reinstate it any time soon, and a referenda showing overwhelming support for gay marriage would essentially take that issue out of play, just as overwhelming rejection at the ballot box has damped down the ID debate. A referendum lends an air of "this is what the people really think," because it asks a narrow and direct question, rather than the plethora of issues entailed in choosing which party to vote for. Hence, the only real reason to oppose it is if you think it will lend that air of legitimacy to the side that you aren't on.
If you disagree, what is the argument you'd make that in America, the people should not govern, that they should be led by elites who know what's best for them?
- Bissage said...
Overall, I think the statewide advisory referendum is a good thing. Still, I miss the old days when we used to have the statewide advisory rumble.
Ah, so many memories. So many happy memories.
- MadisonMan said...
we wouldn't want the people of Wisconsin to be asked to exercise democracy
The people won't be doing anything. The voters will.
Ann is right -- this is an effort by the Republicans to get their people to the polls. This and Gay Marriage should do it, I suppose. Unfortunate that they can't get people to the polls for something basic like good clean governing or small government or lower taxes or balanced budgets, or anything remotely close to a traditional republican idea.
Nope. The Republican Party is strictly the anti-gay, kill 'em after they're born Christianist party nowadays.
- Glenn Howes said...
Jim. The article says the death penalty would only apply when DNA evidence linked the convict to the crime. Is that what you mean by safeguard?
Regardless, I'm sure the state supreme court would throw out the death penalty. They have moral certainty and power.
- Ann Althouse said...
" I'm sure the state supreme court would throw out the death penalty."
Which will play very well in the coming judicial elections.
- Too Many Jims said...
One of the big problems (for me) with government by plebiscite is that most of the proposals are less than precise. Also, there is the potential to have conflicting proposals passed at the same time. I am waiting for the day when the following 3 propositions make it to the ballot in CA: 1) the State must balance it's budget, 2) abolishing all state taxes and 3) every student gets a gold plated education.
After all don't we suspect that a majority would vote yes to all 3.
- MadisonMan said...
The article says the death penalty would only apply when DNA evidence linked the convict to the crime.
Can anyone say what that means, precisely? I can certainly envision a plausible scenario where DNA evidence would put a suspect at the scene of a crime he (or she) did not commit. What does link mean here?
- Simon said...
MadisonMan - don't you think it's a bit of a dodge to complain about why this question will be on the referenda as a substitute for actually engaging with the substance of what Jack, Jim and I have said? As an abstract matter - that is, forget for a moment that it's actually happening - what's your argument that this SHOULDN'T go to a referendum?
"I'm sure the state supreme court would throw out the death penalty. They have moral certainty and power."
Interesting - democrats aren't so keen on conjoining moral certainty and power when it comes to President Bush, are they?
It seems to me that moral certainly and power are a very potent mixture for a judge to resist. One can readily see the tension in Justice Blackmun's last few terms as he struggled to reconcile his moral disagreement with the death penalty, his awareness that it was constitutional, and the fact that he yet had in his power to abolish it. It takes a monumental effort of self-restraint to resist the temptation, and as we all now know, see Callins v. Collins, 510 U.S. 1141 (1994) at 1143-59 (Blackmun, dissenting from denial of cert), Justice Blackmun was not equal to the task. It remains to be seen if the Wisconsin Supreme Court is made of sterner stuff, but sadly, Justice Sykes - whoops, got ahead of myself there: Judge Sykes) has given us reasons to be doubtfull that they will.
- Joe said...
I just love it when Democrats call the democratic process "despicable." That usually means they will lose at the polls again and have to rely on courts to legislate their agenda from the bench.
There are so many layers of appellate review in this country that I have serious doubts as to whether an innocent person could be executed today. I suppose anything is possible, but the odds are strongly against it.
- me said...
Joe -- there are many layers of appellate review, but the standard for reversible error is VERY high, as is the deference to the trial court's decisions. Trial court lets questionable evidence in - appellate courts asks if they abuse their discretion. Trial court's makes a questionable finding of fact -- appellate court reviews to see if it was clearly erroneous. To find reversible error you must ask "is there a high likelihood that the result would have been different without the error?" If there was a lot of evidence against the defendant, the answer is NO, and the error is harmless. But, there can be a lot of evidence against someone and they could still be innocent. Appellate courts reverse convictions quite rarely and legislatures and Congress are hemming them in more all the time (see the AEDPA).
- Bissage said...
MadisonMan asked whether anyone can explain precisely what it means to have DNA evidence "link" a defendant to a crime.
Sure, I can. When an authority figure declares that DNA evidence links a defendant to a crime, our brains all shut off and we do what we're told.
I jest in earnest because it's all about plausible deniability.
- Too Many Jims said...
Mea culpa. The DNA would take care of a lot of the problems Illinois faced. I must have skipped over that sentence, though I supposed there still is the question of how prosecutors choose which defendants the death penalty is sought against.
- Joe said...
At least here in NY, the intermediate state appellate court can review sufficiency of the evidence de novo, and can even reverse if the verdict, supported by legally sufficient evidence, is against the weight of the evidence. AEDPA reined in federal habeas jurisdiction to a degree by instituting a statute of limitations, but I don't believe their standard of review was so altered as to make the execution of an innocent any more likely.
- David said...
I always enjoy the rhetorical yoga positions people go through when justifying abortion as opposed to lack of support for the death penalty.
It seems logical for me to understand that some people give up their right to live among us. The opposite side of that is abortion is unacceptable because the fetus is a tabula rasa with potential before it is destroyed.
It still costs close to $75,000 dollars a year to incarcerate a convicted criminal.
I think if the public were allowed to vote on these subjects, common sense would prevail. Certain states would vote against capital punishment and for abortion. Most other states would vote the opposite.
The inevitable appeal would find the SCOTUS would vote yay or nay on the state's rights issue. We are a nation of laws and sometimes, however inconveniet these laws are, they are the will of the majority.
Recent cases in point are the antics of Mckinney and Kennedy who don't believe the laws apply to their exalted position.
I see a pattern here!
- Ann Althouse said...
Joe: "I just love it when Democrats call the democratic process "despicable." "
And I just love it when Republicans prefer direct democracy to "a Republican Form of Government." (The quote is from the U.S. Constitution.)
- MadisonMan said...
what's your argument that this SHOULDN'T go to a referendum?
Why is a referendum needed? Why can't the legislature just pass something allowing the death penalty, and if the Governor vetoes it, use that veto as a cudgel? I guess I'm saying advisory referenda waste time.
If Legislators really meant to enact the death penalty, they'd amend the constitution directly to allow it. That takes the State Supreme Court out of the equation. It's not like Republicans are afraid of tampering with the Constitution -- but now suddenly they can't?
I vaguely recall that it's not too far past that a Republican was in the Governor's Mansion here (when he wasn't flying all over the state, that is). Why didn't the Legislature pass the death penalty then?
- me said...
I see we can't go very long without bringing up abortion.
To Joe:
"At least here in NY, the intermediate state appellate court can review sufficiency of the evidence de novo, and can even reverse if the verdict, supported by legally sufficient evidence, is against the weight of the evidence."
Wow, that is amazingly liberal! I wonder if many other states have those sorts of provisions --- I assure you in KY we don't.
"AEDPA reined in federal habeas jurisdiction to a degree by instituting a statute of limitations, but I don't believe their standard of review was so altered as to make the execution of an innocent any more likely."
From the AEDPA wiki:
"One provision of the AEDPA, not previously applied by federal courts, prohibits federal judges from granting a petition for writ of habeas corpus unless the state court's adjudication of the claim resulted in a decision that was (1) contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States; or (2) resulted in a decision that was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the evidence presented in the state court proceeding. This provision, and its subsequent interpretation by the federal courts, essentially allow convictions and sentences -- even death sentences -- to be upheld by federal courts even if they were concededly obtained in violation of the United States Constitution. With the AEDPA, not unless a state court resolves a claim "unreasonably" may a federal court intervene and protect the inmate's constitutional rights."
I think it does change the standards quite a bit -- I think its wrong, but I don't think its illegitimate -- the law is just saying as a society we are willing to decrease review of criminal convictions. States don't even have to allow appeal from the trial court level -- now that would be a brave new world.:)
- Joe said...
Ann, as someone pointed out, WI permits referendums, so why shouldn't it be used. Believe me, I am in favor of the republican form of government, the electoral college too (not to open THAT can of worms).
Poster Me, I am aware of the new standards of AEDPA, my position is that they are functionally - in practice - not all that different from pre-AEDPA.
Let's face it, a court that wants a certain result in a particular case will find a way to reach that result, despite any minor differences in new and old standards of review.
- me said...
"a court that wants a certain result in a particular case will find a way to reach that result, despite any minor differences in new and old standards of review."
That certainly is true -- but then why pass the AEDPA in the first place? Why even have standards of review? Good judges follow the law, even when the law produces disagreeable results. Bad judges can do whatever they want -- they just get out the law wrench when writing their opinion. I think AEDPA does increase the likelihood of an innocent being executed if it is applied correctly, simply by virtue of its high standard to get into federal court.
- Joe said...
Me, I think we are mostly in agreement here. AEDPA (Answer Every Damned Petition Anyway) was passed because of the explosion in federal habeas litigation. Courts sympathetic to petitioners will still find ways around it. It is not designed to be a new level of plenary appellate review, it is supposed to be a final resort for a federal constitutional violation only. Constitutional violations should determined by the Supreme Court, not, for instance, the 9th Circuit.
- Ann Althouse said...
AEDPA is the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act. That's how it got passed. The terrorism that produced the momentum was the Oklahoma City bombing. Before that, bills to limit habeas had been kicking around for years and were fended off.
- Joe said...
Ann, you are correct.... the habeas reforms really were tacked on and have nothing to do with the anti-terrorism provisions. Since my job concerns federal habeas review of state convictions, that is the only portion of the statute I deal with, and the other stuff is out of sight, out of mind.
- brian said...
I wouldn't call the democratic process "despicable," because I don't think that what happened in this instance could even be considered a form of representative democracy.
Democrats fumed that three Republican lawmakers who opposed the death penalty - Reps. Sheryl Albers of Reedsburg, Jerry Petrowski of Marathon and Judy Krawczyk of Green Bay - were asked to leave during the vote so it could pass without a majority.
"This is the most unbelievable and despicable maneuver in the 36 years that I've been here," said Rep. Marlin Schneider, D-Wisconsin Rapids.
It was not immediately clear why the three were excused before the vote.
It seems to me that what happened wasn't very "representative" or "democratic" by any stretch of the imagination.
- Richard Dolan said...
In reading this thread, I'm struck by how quickly the discussion sinks into assertions about the motives of players on either side. Those pushing the referendum are doing so because it's "about Doyle" or are trying to get out their base voters or something else. Presumably the opposition to the referendum oppose it because it's not "good for Doyle" or it's not good for them if the other side's voters show up and vote. I take it as a given that politicians have political motives for what they do. But here's a heretical thought: perhaps even politicians are sometimes driven to do what they do because they actually think it is the right thing to do.
Putting that little heresy aside, let's all just agree that (1) all of the political players have political motives (whether or not they have other ones), and (2) those of us with an interest in politics tend to look kindly on the motives of the home team and not so kindly on the motives of the opposing team.
Now that we're done with that, what's wrong with invoking a procedure, evidently made available by the Wisc state constitution, to put an important issue before the voters in a referendum? Nothing that I can see. Frankly, it's a nice contrast to see the voters consulted on an issue that, at its core, is all about moral values -- should the state ever take a life, is "eye for an eye" an unacceptable standard in today's world, does the incontestable fact that fallibility is the hallmark of every human institution including courts deciding capital cases make the imposition of capital punishment immoral? On all of those issues, it seems to me that the instincts of ordinary citizens are at least as reliable a guide as any pronouncement from a robbed priesthood. Good for Wisconsin that something important will be presented to the voters. Here in NY, the only ballot referenda we get to vote on typically relate to bond measures -- where the politicians ask us to approve, say, a Clean Water Act bond without disclosing that none of the money will be used to clean up any waterways -- but almost never anything like this Wisc referendum.
- David said...
The debate is not about the tangential issues of capital punishment and abortion. It is about the value of life and the concommitant responsibilities for judgement that naturally follow from that value.
The virtue that follows from a value based life enhances us all. Many of the laws written today remind me of the monster created by Dr. Frankenstein in the book written bt Mary Shelley.
The monster is inherently flawed because it was created by imperfect human beings. Fortunately, most human beings are imbued with common sense that is the strength of direct democracy and the bane of those opposed to it.
- Bissage said...
Richard Dolan: Damn, that was excellent!
- Danny said...
Perhaps we should have this referendum every year until the death penalty is made legal again. And after that we can have an annual referendum to abolish it again. And anyone who is against this plan is against democracy!
- Joe said...
Democracy is messy, Danny. Taking an issue away from the voters - see Roe v Wade - does not make it go away.
- Danny said...
Three members of the State Assembly were "asked to leave" from voting because of they oppose the death penalty. As a Wisconsinite, should I ignore that lapse of democracy in our legislative branch and be happy that I might get to vote on another referendum in November?
- Joe said...
I don't see that as a lapse of democracy, it was a parliamentary maneuver to enable democracy - the referendum.
- Danny said...
I'm a novice when it comes to political theory but I would argue that the act of electing officials who then vote in the State Assembly embodies the represenative democracy of the United States far better than a public vote on the death penalty. The referendum greatly resembles an exercise of direct democracy, a system better designed for smaller institutions and organizations (I think...feel free to correct me as I haven't studied this).
- Abraham said...
The referendum greatly resembles an exercise of direct democracy
I disagree, precisely because it is a nonbinding referendum. This means it is really nothing more than a poll of actual voters, commissioned and conducted by the government. I don't see that as inconsistent with representative government at all.
- Simon said...
Joe said...
"Democracy is messy, Danny. Taking an issue away from the voters - see Roe v Wade - does not make it go away."
Precisely. "It used to be said that libraries filed French Constitutions among periodicals. The [proposed 500+ page] EU Constitution will someday seem as dated as a yellowing newspaper, because it gives canonical status - as fundamental rights elevated beyond debate- to policy preferences, even to mere fads, of the moment." George F. Will, The Slow Undoing: the assault on, and underestimation of, Nationality in THE NEOCON READER (I. Stelzer, ed.) (2004), pp.129-139, 133. Our Constitution has endured in a way that few other constitutions have endured precisely because - until very recently - we resisted such temptations. We understood that not every right or activity must be protected by the Constitution in order for it to be protected in some manner (which is precisely what I argue the ninth amendment's injunction against disparaging other - i.e. not constitutionally protected - rights means), but rather, that the Constitution set a floor and a structure for the American polity. We abandon such thinking at our peril, but in recent decades, a compulsion that was once a worrying aberation (see, e.g., Lochner) has become comonplace.
- Daryl Herbert said...
I don't understand what is meant by that the lawmakers were "asked" to leave so the vote could "pass without a majority."
Is it as simple as: the pro-death penalty side saw that they wouldn't have enough votes, so they lobbied 3 representatives to sit this one out, so they could get their way?
So the 3 reps chose not to vote, of their own free will? If that's all there is to it, why is this a scandal/the subject of complaints? How does this threaten our democracy? Even if they were threatened with "consequences," that doesn't change anything. Legislators are always being threatened/cajoled/lobbied/etc.
They chose not to vote. Am I missing something, or is this a completely artificial scandal manufactured by liberal media types who oppose the death penalty?


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The defendant's failure to submit a written waiver and the judge's failure to have a colloquy do not nullify a jury waiver under M.G.L. c. 123A. The better practice, however, is to have the Commonwealth ensure that there is a colloquy and a written waiver.
The defendant was committed as a sexually dangerous person after a jury-waived trial. On appeal, the defendant claimed that his right to a jury trial under G.L. c. 123A, § 14(a), was not affirmatively waived.
The trial record suggested that a jury trial was waived as evidenced by 1) trial notices indicating "trial without jury;" 2) a writ of habeas corpus indicating a "jury-waived" trial date; 3) defense counsel stating that the defendant was "prepared to be tried jury waived;" and 4) the trial commencing without objection by the defendant. Under the circumstances, no more is required. However, the court noted that:
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With more than 5,000 flights into or out of the nation canceled today and hundreds more delayed because of the snow and ice storm moving up the East Coast, it's time once again to point to FlightAware.com's "Misery Map."
As All Tech Considered has explained before, the map "combines weather and flight data into a live map that lists which airports are being struck by storms, the number of delays and cancellations, and graphs that show flight destinations and the chances they'll actually make it on time."
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Should SUVs such as the Chevrolet Suburban, a longer version of the Tahoe, be extinct? Faced with gas mileage in the teens, dimensions that hug both lines of a parking space and an outmatched V-8 that huffs more than it hauls, most shoppers will laugh their way to anything else. But for the few who need its capabilities, the Suburban has few peers.
For many, the 2012 Chevrolet Suburban is yesterday's dinosaur, but if you need an SUV of its ilk, it's actually the efficient choice.
The Suburban comes in regular-duty 1500 and heavy-duty 2500 versions, though the 2500 is hard to find. Both versions have LS and upscale LT trims; the 1500 gets a top-of-the-line LTZ trim, too. Click here to compare them.
For 2012, the Suburban adds trailer-sway control, but little else has changed. Stack up the 2012 and 2011 Suburban here. Beyond the Tahoe relation, the Suburban 1500 has upscale siblings in the GMC Yukon XL and Cadillac Escalade ESV. We tested a four-wheel-drive Suburban 1500 LTZ.
Efficient, for a Barge
The Suburban 1500 packs a curb weight of nearly 3 tons, for which GM's familiar 5.3-liter V-8 is no match. The SUV picks up speed at a leisurely pace, needing a good prod on the gas for enough passing oomph. In city driving, pronounced accelerator lag plays into the torpor: Things start off gradually, and any call for immediate power is met with initial hesitation. It's curious because our last Tahoe, by contrast, had no such accelerator issues.
The Suburban's standard six-speed automatic finds the right gear more often than not, but even as the V-8 roars to its highest revs, the acceleration is modest. At least it's a consistent sensation, regardless of load: Five adults and a few weekend bags invoked similar performance. So would, I suspect, ditching four-wheel drive, which saves 152 pounds — a sliver of the SUV's tonnage. Either way, GM needs to mix a stronger drink next time around. This 'burban is weak.
Of course, the Suburban's only direct competitor — the extended-length Ford Expedition, called the Expedition EL — is pretty weak, too. Lead-footed haulers should look to the 5.7-liter Toyota Sequoia, which is a closer competitor to the Tahoe but far swifter in the passing lane. The Suburban's passing torpor is forgivable, given the drivetrain's best-in-class EPA rating of 15/21 mpg city/highway with rear- or four-wheel drive. That beats the others by 1 to 3 mpg, which is nothing to sneeze at when mileage is in the teens. Still, make sure you need the truck-based Chevy's towing capacity. If not, car-based crossover SUVs and minivans are rated 2 to 6 mpg better in combined driving, with lower starting prices to boot.
Towing capability comes out to 8,100 pounds in the Suburban 1500, which beats the Sequoia but loses to the Expedition EL by 1,100 pounds. The Suburban 2500, meanwhile, beats the group with 9,600 pounds of capacity. It has a 6.0-liter V-8, which cranks out 352 horsepower and 382 pounds-feet of torque — 32 more hp and 47 more pounds-feet than the 1500's V-8 — and returns 12 mpg in combined city/highway ratings.
Less forgivable is the Suburban's tentative composure. Boatlike handling comes with the territory, and the SUV corners like its nautical full-size SUV peers. But in other situations, the steering still disappoints. At low speeds, the power assist finds pockets of sudden stiffness; on the highway, it feels over-assisted and jittery. Ride comfort — a longtime strength in GM's trucks — is excellent in the 1500 LTZ, which gets an optional adaptive suspension, but the need for constant, fidgety corrections brings its own brand of road-trip fatigue.
See our Tahoe review for major impressions of the interior. The Suburban gets an extra 14 inches of wheelbase and nearly 2 feet of length, which goes toward the third row and cargo area. Third-row legroom increases a huge 9.3 inches, making it habitable for adults, if not as generous as the Expedition EL's legroom. Cargo room behind all the seats, meanwhile, totals 45.8 cubic feet. That's comparable to the EL's, and nearly three times what the Tahoe has. Remove the 50/50-split third-row seats — a hefty 50 pounds for each section — and fold down the second row, and maximum cargo volume is a crossover-beating 137.4 cubic feet. Most minivans have upward of 140 cubic feet, but achieving that often requires removing second-row seats, which is an equally onerous task: The captain's chairs in a Honda Odyssey weigh 55 pounds apiece.
The Suburban seats seven to nine, depending on the layout. The first and second rows come as bucket seats or a three-position bench, while the third row has the bench only. We recommend against the front bench, however, as the center position lacks frontal airbag coverage and gets only a lap seat belt. It's odd because the second- and third-row center seats have three-point belts.
Safety, Features & Pricing
The Suburban hasn't been crash-tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rates the 1500 four out of five stars overall. The SUV earned top ratings in frontal and side impacts but just a three-star rollover rating. (Three stars is the norm for truck-based SUV rollover resistance, but the Expedition and Sequoia buck the trend with four-star ratings.) The Suburban 2500 hasn't been crash-tested.
Standard features include head-protecting side airbags for all three rows, plus the required antilock brakes and electronic stability system. Click here for a full list or here to see our evaluation of child-seat provisions in the Tahoe.
The Suburban 1500 starts just over $43,000 (including a destination charge of $995), with the 2500 running another $1,610. Standard features include tri-zone manual climate control, partial power front seats, a USB/iPod-friendly stereo and Bluetooth cellphone connectivity but not audio streaming. Heated and cooled leather seats, fully powered seat adjustments, a heated steering wheel, rear DVD entertainment and a navigation system are optional. A factory-loaded 2500 LT tops out near $60,000, and the 1500 LTZ can reach around $65,000.
Suburban in the Market
The justification behind full-size SUVs has worn thin over the years as buyers have switched to more-efficient crossovers: In the early 2000s, GM was pushing more than 115,000 Suburbans a year. Last year, the automaker sold 49,427. Still, the Suburban is the best-selling full-size SUV, with sales in the first five months of this year up 18 percent, outpacing the market's gains. In fact, if you were to combine the Suburban with its Tahoe sibling — as Ford does for the Expedition and Expedition EL — they would be 45th best-selling vehicle in America through May.
No doubt some full-size SUV shoppers are buying more car than they need, but the sales tell an undeniable truth: A certain chunk of drivers still need V-8 towing capacity with a minivan's appetite for people and cargo, and enough of them exist for the segment to stick around.
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"Over 1,057,000 people have been killed by guns in the USA since John Lennon was shot and killed on 8 Dec 1980," Ono, the former Beatle's widow, tweeted.
Below the message she included a photo of what appears to be Lennon's blood-stained eyeglasses, perched on a ledge with the Manhattan skyline as a backdrop.
Lennon was shot and killed outside the Dakota apartment building in Manhattan as he and Ono returned to their home. Ono still lives there.
The bold text above the graphic photo is black, except for the words "Over 1,057,000" and "John Lennon," which appear in bright red.
Ono posted several more messages, including: "The death of a loved one is a hollowing experience. After 33 years our son Sean and I still miss him. Yoko Ono Lennon," and "31,537 people are killed by guns in the USA every year. We are turning this beautiful country into a war zone."
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OSWEGO, NY (July 14, 2013) – In a mayhem filled event at Oswego Speedway on Saturday night, JJ Andrews had a run fit for a King, leading all 35-laps of the Pathfinder Bank SBS feature on route to his third career victory at the Speedway as a part of 'King of Wings V' presented by Burke's Home Centers, Fleet Pride, and Ponderosa Steakhouse.
Andrews started the event from the fourth position, but several early accidents would hand the lead to the driver of the Billy Whittaker Cars & Trux No. 93 before a single lap could be completed. From there Andrews dominated, charging to as large as a full straight away lead, before having to fend off Russ Brown on a late race restart for the victory.
Brown, Chris Proud, AJ Bernys, Kreig Heroth, Dan Abt, Jason Simons, Jeremy Pitcher, Mike Bond, and Tim Gareau would complete the top ten order of the SBS main event on Saturday night.
"This feels so good, I can't catch my breath," said Andrews in Turning Stone Resort Casino Victory Lane. "I need to give all the credit to Corey (Norton), he has been with me for as long as I have been doing this, he does all the work on the car and helped a lot this week with me out of town. He (Norton) owns at the go-kart track on Friday nights and he comes here and helps me get ownership on Saturdays."
Andrews was not at all happy to see the late race caution fall at lap 31, giving Brown a chance at the lead.
"I said plenty of bad words," said Andrews. "I figured Brownie was going to be there, I guess he was, but I don't know how close he was, but this is so exciting and I am so unbelievably happy. Who would have thought an old guy like me with high blood pressure, amazing hair, could win a feature at Oswego Speedway."
Rookie Scott Shafer and Mike Bruce would start on the front row of the 35-lap Pathfinder Bank SBS main on Saturday, but it would take several attempts to get the main event on its feet.
A major pile-up would occur in the third turn on one start involving at least seven cars with Jack Patrick making heavy contact with the outside third turn foam. As the field dove into the third corner, several cars jammed up, sending Patrick around and into the outside fence. Patrick would be ok, but the car was hooked off the Speedway.
On the next try, another multi-car accident would take place, this time in the second corner.
Front row starters Shafer and Bruce made contact in front of the entire field exiting turn two sending both cars around, forcing several more cars to take evasive action behind.
Andrew Schartner's No. 18 and Greg O'Connor's No. 90 would both pound the outside second turn steel, with Cameron Rowe, Jason Simmons, and Dalton Doyle also involved in the accident.
Doyle and O'Connor's racecars would be hooked off the Speedway with Schartner requiring a flatbed to get his mangled machine off the race track.
A fourth start would see several cars already out of the event with Andrews now the race leader ahead of Bernys, Proud, Pitcher, Brown, Heroth, Abt, Dennis Rupert, Gareau, and David LaTulip.
As the Cam's NY Pizzeria green flag waved yet again Andrews, Bernys, and Proud would check away from the field leaving Brown, Heroth, and Abt to do battle with Pitcher further behind.
Proud, driving a brand new SBS racer built by his brother Tim, was fast moving on the Speedway and quickly dove underneath Bernys in turn one on lap 3 to move into the runner-up spot.
Initially it looked as though Proud may be able to reel in leader Andrews, but as the laps ticked away it was clear that Andrews was the class of the field as he continued to build a sizeable lead over the rest of the field.
Brown would be the main on the move in the No. 13 next moving by Pitcher in turn one on lap 9 to take over fourth. Pitcher would back slide a touch as both Heroth and Abt found room underneath as well, dropping last week's feature winner to seventh on the Speedway.
At the halfway point Andrews continued to hold a commanding margin over Proud who had built a nice lead on both Bernys and Brown as they battled further back.
At lap 18 Brown continued his pursuit of the leader, sliding underneath Bernys in turn three to take third with Prould now in his sights.
It took only eight circuits for Brown to chase down Proud, this time using the outside of the Speedway to drive by the No. 3 into the second position going into turn three, using lapped traffic to his advantage. Brown started 11th on the grid and now sat second, but leader Andrews was nowhere in sight.
That was until caution waved at lap 31 for Bruce, who spun in the first corner trying to make his way by Gareau in the No. 17.
The caution allowed Brown to have one last shot at the No. 93 as both drivers were in search of their first victories of the 2013 season.
The restart order showed Andrews, Brown, Proud, Bernys, Heroth, Abt, Simmons, Pitcher, Bond, and Gareau in the top ten as the green flag waved.
As it turned out over the final four circuits that is exactly how they would stay with Andrews collecting win number one of 2013, the second victory of the year for Team Tapout, and the third career victory for the always entertaining Andrews.
Brown, who continues to lead the Pathfinder Bank SBS point standings, admitted he had nothing left for Andrews but was happy with his best finish of the year.
"That was a done deal," said Brown. "They were faster than us tonight. I just have to thank the crew, they have been busting their butts on the car, and we are getting closer. Thanks to all the fans for showing up and we're just going to keep digging and try to get one more spot. At least a Hedger car won, I guess that is all that matters."
Just like Brown, Proud had his best finish of the year in the No. 3 machine.
"It was pretty good, we just didn't have anything for Jay," said Proud. "We missed the set-up a hair but we are happy with third after our season so far."
A total of 25 Pathfinder Bank SBS machines were in the pit area Saturday night with Bruce, Andrews, and Jon Tesoriero collecting Shell Shock Custom Helmet Paint heat race challenge victories. For Tesoriero, it was his first career checkered flag at Oswego Speedway.
Andrews would go on to collect the Sherwood Racing Wheels Lap Leader award as he paced all 35-laps on his way to victory.
Abt would take home the Nice Price Auto Sales Up & Comer award with Gareau the D&S Landscaping Hard Charger.
AJ Bernys was the White's Car Care 4th place finisher.
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Shea Concrete 'Steel Palace' ISMA SuperSeries Round #3
July 19th & 20th – Race of Champions Weekend
Feature (35-laps): 1. 93-JJ Andrews, 2. 13-Russ Brown, 3. 3-Chris Proud, 4. 24-AJ Bernys, 5. 04-Kreig Heroth, 6. 57-Dan Abt, 7. 98-Jason Simmons, 8. 14-Jeremy Pitcher, 9. 74-Mike Bond, 10. 17-Tim Gareau, 11. 27-David LaTulip, 12. 07-Rob Humphries, 13. 47-Jon Tesoriero, 14. 44-Zach Amo, 15. 99-Dennis Rupert, 16. 22-Mike Bruce, 17. 77-Cameron Rowe, 18. 76-Scott Shafer, 19. 1-Anthony Losurdo, 20. 01-Dalton Doyle, 21. 2-Rob Pullen, 22. 18-Andrew Schartner, 23. 9-Jack Patrick, 24. 67-Mark Castiglia, 25. 90-Greg O'Connor
Lap Leaders: Andrews (1-35)
Sherwood Racing Wheels Lap Leader – JJ Andrews
D&S Landscaping Hard Charger – Tim Gareau
Nice Price Auto Sales "Up & Comer" – Dan Abt
White's Car Care 4th Place Award – AJ Bernys
1st Heat (10-laps/All Qualify): 1. 22 – Mike Bruce, 2. 76 – Scott Shafer, 3. 24 – AJ Bernys, 4. 14 – Jeremy Pitcher, 5. 04 – Kreig Heroth, 6. 9 – Jack Patrick, 7. 74 – Mike Bond, 8. 90 – Greg O'Connor, 9. 67 – Mark Castiglia
2ndHeat (10-laps/All Qualify): 1. 93 – JJ Andrews, 2. 3 – Chris Proud, 3. 98 – Jason Simmons, 4. 18 – Andrew Schartner, 5. 1 – Anthony Losurdo, 6. 57 – Dan Abt, 7. 99 – Dennis Rupert, 8. 27 – David LaTulip, 9. 17 – Tim Gareau
3rd Heat (10-laps/All Qualify): 1. 47 – Jon Tesoriero, 2. 01 – Dalton Doyle, 3. 2 – Rob Pullen, 4. 13 – Russ Brown, 5. 77 – Cameron Rowe, 6. 07 – Rob Humphries, 7. 44 – Zach Amo


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iPad 2: Thinner, Lighter, Faster, Available March 11
Todays iPad 2 event didnt disappoint. While there were no real surprises for people following the iPad 2 rumor mill, iPad 2 looks like a great upgrade over the original iPad. iPad 2 is thinner, lighter, and faster than the original iPad. Perhaps the biggest surprise is that it is going to be available in just 9 days.
How much thinner is the new iPad? 33% thinner. The iPad has gone from 13.4 mm to just 8.8 mm. The iPad 2 is now even skinnier than the iPhone 4 which is 9.3 mm thick.
Up to 15 percent lighter claims Apple. This should come as a relief to those who felt the original iPad was too heavy.
The iPad 2 is getting a new dual core processor dubbed the A5 (just as we predicted). Apple says this makes the processor twice as fast and the graphics performance 9 times faster. A ninefold increase is graphics performance is pretty crazy for one generation of improvement. Early hands on reports claim the new iPad is blazingly fast.
The new iPad comes into line with the rest of the iOS family by getting front and rear facing cameras. The front camera is a VGA camera that can be used for facetime chats with other iPad, iPhone, iPod, and Mac users. There is also a neat photobooth app that allows you to take photos of yourself using the front camera. The rear camera can shoot 720p HD video.
iOS 4.3
The new iPad will come with the newest version of Apples mobile operating system iOS 4.3. This update enables better performance while using the Safari Internet browser, iTunes home sharing, Airplay improvements, and you can now turn the iPad mute switch back into the rotation lock if you so wish.
Other stuff
The iPad 2 also gets a gyroscope and will now be available in black or white (as reported earlier this week). Apple demonstrated new apps for iMovie and GarageBand for iPad. Both apps looked very impressive and both will be available the same day iPad 2 releases. I have been expecting iLife apps for iPad for awhile now. The only thing oddly absent was iPhoto for iPad. Finally, Apple announced a new smart covers for the iPad which act as a screen protector / case.


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"We know that's probably our goal -- I respect San Antonio, the Clippers and Oklahoma City are probably too far away from us," Nuggets coach George Karl said after Tuesday's practice. "Four is our goal."
Finishing fourth in the West would give Denver (28-18) home-court advantage in a first-round playoff series against the No. 5 seed, and thus avoid the Big Three in the first round.
Entering play Tuesday night, Denver was tied with Golden State for fifth, two games behind fourth-place Memphis. Denver, which nearly blew a 14-point fourth quarter lead in Monday's victory over Indiana, is finding ways to win, with an 11-3 record in January.
If Denver can nab a four seed, it would have home-court advantage, something the Lakers took advantage of last spring, when L.A. beat the Nuggets in a Game 7.
"I don't think there's any question, the home-court in a Game 7 is historically a high percentage (for a home team)," Karl said. "When you play someone seven times, the little things become more and more paramount for success. Home-court advantage is part of that confidence, maybe being able to play a guy off your bench who's not as good on the road, all of that becomes part of the game.
"And the altitude, I think it's in
teams' heads. Sometimes they don't feel comfortable here.
Injury update
Forward Wilson Chandler (groin) practiced Tuesday and said he'll play against the Rockets on Wednesday, while center JaVale McGee (shin) is questionable. An MRI confirmed there is no stress fracture in his left tibia.
Both reserves had huge games against the Rockets last week. Chandler had 20 points and McGee had 14, while the two reserves combined for plus-33.
Guardin' Harden
Rockets shooting guard James Harden averages 26 points per game but just 19 in two games against Denver this season. "If we can keep him in the low 20s, make him take a lot of shots and turn it over, we'll be (in a good place)," Karl said.
While Corey Brewer and Chandler will get some time on Harden, the primary defender will be Andre Iguodala, Denver's starting shooting guard and Harden's pal.
"He's getting to the foul line a whole lot, getting a lot of calls," Iguodala said Tuesday. "With James, it's just getting there early on him, being there before the action happens, making him go to his second or third options. It's trying to make him adjust to our defense and not make us adjust to him."


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When you see among the captives a beautiful woman… (Deuteronomy 21:11)
If a soldier should happen to take a beautiful woman among the captives in battle, he must treat her according to a specified procedure. He is to take her into his house, where she shaves her head and lets her nails grow for a month, during which time she mourns the loss of her parents. (If they weren't killed in the war, she's certainly separated from them by circumstance.) All of these serve to make her less attractive.
The reason for this mitzvah is that it's entirely possible that the soldier doesn't truly love this woman; he may only have lust for her. Had the Torah prohibited her altogether, human nature would be to simply violate the law in the heat of the moment. By providing a permissible way for the soldier to marry this woman, he's more likely to try to do it permissibly. (An analogous example would be the way in which online music piracy dropped sharply once they created an easy way to legally download songs.) This permissible course, however, includes a 30-day "cooling off period," during which time a soldier might overcome a mere infatuation.
The law of the "beautiful woman" applies even if the woman in question is not objectively beautiful. All that matters is that she's beautiful in the eyes of the soldier. (See Talmud Kiddushin 22a.) A soldier is limited to treating one captive according to the laws of the "beautiful woman," no more. The "beautiful woman" must be converted and the soldier must marry her with the standard marriage contract, just like any other woman. If a year goes by and the woman has not consented to be converted, she must be released. (Compare with Talmud Yevamos 48b.)
This mitzvah applies at a time when the Jews occupy their land. It is discussed in the Talmud in tractate Yevamos (47b-48b) and in Kiddushin (21b-22a). It is codified in the Mishneh Torah in the eighth chapter of Hilchos Melachim and is #221 of the 248 positive mitzvos in the Rambam's Sefer HaMitzvos.


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In recent years, comics have grown into a legitimate - and big money - business. Yet, some in the industry haven't felt the impact of the popular success of the now ubiquitous form. More often than not, it's the female-identified creators who aren't being encouraged to submit work, aren't being sought out and aren't getting books turned into big movie deals. In comics and elsewhere, women creators of all sorts of media are starting to ask: Why? Ladydrawers, a new semimonthly comics collaboration, will look at a few possible reasons and impacts in comics form.
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It's not all moms. My mom didn't do it; I don't do it.But moms *do* feel that we are judged by how our children dress. And we are.
Bwahahaha! Good thing I don't feel that way, since I once took DS to school in nothing but his underwear! He refused to get dressed, so I put him (and clothes for him to wear) into the car and headed to school When we were pulling into the parking lot, he did decide he would get dressed after all.
I have some of the same issues with my mom. I am a bit fluffy, so I prefer to wear black, brown, navy, etc. on my bottom half. I also like black, but certainly don't wear it every day. I like bright colors as well! Yet it seems like she's always looking at what I have one, and either commenting "black again?" or "so nice to see you in colors!" She also doesn't get that things have changed since I started working 25 years ago. Back then, I dressed up more for work, nice skirts and pants, jackets, and sweaters. and an occasional suit. Now, its all business casual, but that doesn't stop her, when we're shopping, on looking at suits for me. Even though I've told her over and over no one where I work wears them, so I don't NEEEED one.She is also funny about jeans, and also about "looking nice" for holidays. I got her one year though. We used to go to friends every thanksgiving, and they have two daughters about my age. She was insistent that I "look nice" so I wore nice wool pants, with a top and jacket. The other two? Khakis and a nice tee, and the other had jeans on! So after that I finally put my foot down and said you know waht, as long as its not ripped, stained, showing too much, if Iwant to dress more casually, I'm going to so I don't look like an idiot.
It's not all moms. My mom didn't do it; I don't do it.But moms *do* feel that we are judged by how our children dress. And we are.(I always wanted to give my little kids a button to wear that said, 'I dressed myself'--first to motivate them to do it, and then to point out that THEY get the blame for wearing stripes with plaids, etc.)As for how to respond, I like Oh Joy's suggestion.I also suggest you be affectionately amused. She loves you; she feels tightly linked to you--those are good things. She's mentally stuck in her image of you--that's sort of funny. (Or, it can be if you LET it be, if you let go of it.)
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Submission + - Adafruit Raspberry Pi Educational Linux Distro (adafruit.com)
ptorrone writes: "Open-source hardware company Adafruit released a Linux Raspberry Pi distro for hardware hackers and teaching electronics. This distro comes with SPI, I2C, & OneWire WiFi. It also has some things to make overall hacking easier such sshd on startup (with key generation on first boot) andBonjour (so you can simply ssh raspberrypi.local from any computer on the local network. It's called Occidentalis v0.1. Rubus occidentalis(the black raspberry) derived fromRaspbian Wheezy and available for download here."


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History Quotes and Sayings
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
History happens twice because people don't listen at the first time.
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
– Lord Acton
History is written by the winners.
– Napoleon Bonaparte
What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.
– Victor Hugo
The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes.
– Adolf Hitler
What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on…
– Voltaire
Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
– Franklin D. Roosevelt
History will keep repeating until the lessen is learned..learn well
There's an old saying about those who forget history. I don't remember it, but it's good.
– Stephen Colbert
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
– Winston Churchill
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
– George Orwell
History is only a confused heap of facts.
– Lord Chesterfield
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
– Rudyard Kipling
Half of writing history is hiding the truth.
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There's an interesting documentary being put together now, called Less Car, More Go, a crowd-sourced look at use of bikes for cargo transportation and car replacement. One little snippet of it has been released thus far, giving some insight into the history of longtail cargo bikes–at least in their Xtracycle form.
Birth of an American Cargo Bike from Liz Canning on Vimeo.
If you haven't seen it, it's worth a look.


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When Your Teen Is Having a Baby
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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
This site offers information on numerous health issues. The women's health section includes readings on pregnancy, labor, delivery, postpartum care, breast health, menopause, contraception, and more.
This site examines all aspects of adoption and the adoptive process.
Birthright International
Birthright International is an independent, nonprofit group that provides resources and support for pregnant teens. It has local chapters throughout the U.S. and Canada. It is not affiliated with any religious or governmental organization.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Planned Parenthood offers information on sexually transmitted diseases, birth control methods, and other issues of sexual health.
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - better known as the WIC Program - serves to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, & children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
The AAP is committed to the health and well-being of infants, adolescents, and young adults. The website offers news articles and tips on health for families.
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
This U.S. government agency is charged with promoting and improving the health of mothers and children.


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I Still have Nintendo 64 and currently believe it is still the best game system ever created! I often wish they would bring games like Mario 64 and Mario party to the newer systems. I would love to see what the enhanced graphics of all the classic character's would look like :D
What do you all think about this idea?
In my opinion, the N64 is the weakest of Nintendo's home consoles. There just aren't enough great games that are still great today, especially in comparison to its predecessor, the mighty SNES. The only games I really like to revisit on the N64 are Conker's Bad Fur Day, Banjo Kazooie/Tooie, Ocarina/Majora, and Mario 64 (which hasn't aged remarkably well). I still will play the N64 from time to time, but early 3D gaming in general has not aged well at all. Only a few titles have stood the test of time, like those previously mentioned, and a few PS1 games, like Crash Bandicoot, Metal Gear Solid, and Spyro.
Mario party is getting new versions every two or three years so that's enough for me. Mario 64 got a DS version with a few new levels and playable characters and even though I liked that game as much as anyone else I would prefer Nintendo to focus on new Mario plataformers like 3D Land and the next console one.
Aside from the Virtual Boy, I've always felt the N64 was by far the worst system Nintendo ever made. It had the smallest library of any Nintendo console, and the quality titles on the system were limited almost entirely to titles from Nintendo and Rare.
It was forward-thinking to find a way to smooth out the pixelation found in most games at the time (given the technology), but the anti-aliasing incorporated in the system instead gave the majority of the graphics on the system an ugly, muddy look that was often inferior to technically weaker systems like the Playstation.
The lack of a CD-ROM drive managed to drive away most third party developers as cartridges cost a fortune to mass produce and had microscopic storage space compared to CD's at the time.
The controller introduced the analog stick to modern gaming, and then Sony showed everyone how it should really be done.
I was a full-blown Nintendo fan for years, but the N64 sucked. That was the first era where I bought a second console--that being the Playstation. It had some great, classic games, but it had very few of even those. I almost stopped being a gamer during those days.
Honestly i really agree with you on those aspects , i guess it is just consumer's choice.
I also compare game play to the new consoles and the older ones. The older generation game console we much more of a challenge due to their in experience in time and development. :) I have a hard time beat most of the games now on the old consoles , compared to the new when i used to beat those like a piece of cake. Maybe it is because of the different styles of the controller's, Or maybe it is just the buttons on the controller's? Seems something is different but i can not put my finger on it lol.
The N64 goes down in my history as one of the greatest systems of all time. Yes it didnt have the biggest library when it comes to titles but it did have great titles that had endless replay value. Mario64 is a game that most credit as setting the stage for 3d gaming. Along with that you have Ocarina of time which is the greatest game ever. Goldeneye was amazing in the time before network gaming, I remember my brother, dad, and best friend would all play multiplayer on that game for hours. Starfox, Donkey kong, Mario Kart, and Pod Racers (which was re-released on star wars kinect recently) are some more great titles. Just like Turok. Really the N64 was a great console with great titles. If you get a 3ds you can play Mario64 (came out the Ds years back), Ocarina of Time 3D, StarFox 3d. But yeah, the N64 is great and while the playstation 1 was fun (I had them both) the N64 was better with more memories made with it. OH who could forget Rush and Rush 2, those games were great as well!
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Mourinho: I'm Real coach, not Di Stefano
VALENCIA - Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has responded to criticism of his tactics from honorary club president Alfredo Di Stefano by pointing out he is the one who makes the decisions about the way the team plays.
The 84-year-old Di Stefano, who won five consecutive European Cups with Real between 1956 and 1960, made scathing remarks about Mourinho's strategy of instructing his players to sit back against Barcelona in Saturday's 1-1 La Liga draw at the Bernabeu and try to catch the league leaders on the break.
"He is one of the most significant people in the history of Real Madrid and I am nothing in the history of Real Madrid," Mourinho told a news conference at Valencia's Mestalla stadium where Wednesday's Kings Cup final with Barca will be played.
"But I am the coach and the coach is the one who decides.
"I am the coach," he repeated. "What do you want to do? It's me. The decisions are mine."
In his Monday newspaper column, Di Stefano described Barca as a lion toying with a mouse and called for different tactics in Wednesday's final, the second game in a four-match sequence of "Clasico" confrontations to be played over 18 days.
"Saturday's game should give pause for thought on how to face up to the next because trying to play Barcelona on the break clearly isn't the most adequate," Di Stefano wrote.
"Barca treat the ball with respect, adoration, they almost pamper it. To watch this team in action is a delight.
"Barca play football and dance, Real just dashed from here to there constantly. It's clear that Barcelona are superior. Real were a team without personality."
Di Stefano's criticism of Real's playing style and his florid praise for their arch rivals carries extra weight given his celebrated status within the club.
However, Mourinho gave no indication he was about to change tack and deploy a more attacking formation on Wednesday.
Gone were the days when Real had six players doing all the work at the back and four forwards who were not expected to muck in and help defend, the Portuguese said.
"I know that this will be a problem for many of you," he said. "But I think that the fans, although they are not professionals, are opening their eyes little by little and that's why they'll be behind their team tomorrow."
Barca and Real also meet in the semi-finals of the Champions League, with the first leg at the Bernabeu in Madrid on April 27 and the second leg at the Nou Camp in Barcelona on May 3.


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In this week's promo for GENERAL HOSPITAL, "just when you think you know someone, this week will make you think again." Check out the latest promo for GH below featuring Franco in a black t-shirt and leather jacket (Roger Howarth) and Sam (Kelly Monaco) calling him a "twisted freak".
- Michael Easton: 'Everyone Is Doing The Best They Can With The Cards They've Been Dealt'


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From the revolutionary Where The Wild Things Are that I read as child, studied at university, and now read to my children, to the preschooler's quirky fave, In the Night Kitchen, we in the baby space place pretty much indulge in a little Maurice magic every day. Yesterday Mr Sendak died. Today I wanted to post that we are all so grateful for what this man has brought to children's literature.
Adiós Mr Sendak, you have brought our family so much joy.
What is your favourite Maurice memory or favourite book? I'd love to hear!