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HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Congressman Hal Rogers has a new office location in Hazard.
It's in a building off Highway 15 next to CVS Pharmacy.
Rogers says the new location will be more visible and convenient for people.
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Llanelli have been drawn to play top seeds Bedford Blues in the quarter-final on Saturday 6 April.
Bedford finished 19 points clear of their nearest rivals Stirling at the top of Pool 2 after going through the pool stages without dropping a single point.
Bottom seeds Llanelli got through at the expense of Moseley on points difference. Llanelli managed to hold Bedford to a 25-all draw on their last visit to Goldington Road in the B&I Cup on December 17, 2011.
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The kicker is when they describe the plaintiff: "a Florida trailer park resident"
Who didn't see that one coming?
Sadly, some trailer homes cost more than the average house (property value not included in either).
Those are called RV's not trailer homes.
RV's are a whole different ball of wax.
These [sandhhomes.com] are not RVs, they're mobile homes. Only they call them manufactured homes now as mobile homes have the negative stigma mentioned above.
Wouldn't be the first time someone's used a phrase thinking it was appropriate without first making sure they knew what it meant. FWIW, I think it makes perfect sense to describe what people were saying about Palin, and if I hadn't seen all the furore about the proper meaning of the phrase, I would probably have thought it quite a good description.
According to several Jewish Rabis on TV last night, she not only used the phrase correctly, but its use was not offensive unless you're idiot. They said it more PC than I did but the point remains.
I believe she has no place in politics. She doesn't seem to be well informed, just the same, far too many people seem to be on a irrational witch hunt which seems to highlight their own prejudices and ignorance more-so than hers.
"Blood libel" makes perfect sense? I never heard the phrase before yesterday, and I couldn't make any sense of what it could mean when I read it.
I had to look it up, and the most generic definition I found was from http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Blood_libel [wordiq.com]
Blood libel - Definition
Blood libels are allegations that a particular group kills people as a form of human sacrifice, and uses their blood in various rituals. The alleged victims are often children.
I really can't fathom how she came up with that phrase.
It is a fact that Palin put out a map with crosshairs over Gifford's district. It is a fact that Giffords spoke publicly about where that could lead.
Palin brought gunsights to the fight. Now she's facing criticism. If she can't take it, she shouldn't start it.
You and everyone else already know this. Please quit.
It will be hard for anything else to beat this for the dumbest thing I've seen on the internet today.
This one will be hard to beat. I am no Assange fan, but this is just stupid.
yeah. but not surprising. Yey trailer parks, the bring out the best of this wonderful country...
Seriously, how the hell can it be treason if he isn't a US citizen (or otherwise legal resident)?
I think the sad thing is that when you look at American polls this seems to be a pretty accurate description of a major percentage of public opinion regarding Wikileaks in the US.
It will be hard for anything else to beat this for the dumbest thing I've seen on the internet today.
Canada bans Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" [thespec.com]
Sorry, that's just "run-of-the-mill Canada" crazy. It's not even close to "over-the-top crazy old man Florida" crazy.
There are radio version that leaves out or change those lines.
It will be hard for anything else to beat this for the dumbest thing I've seen on the internet today.
Canada bans Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing" [thespec.com]
Your title suggesting "Canada bans..." is misleading. The first sentence says, "The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has ruled that Dire Straits' 1980s [unedited] hit Money for Nothing is too offensive for Canadian radio." Now try and tell me that this is is very far from the kind of crap we get here in the US with the FCC.
Which is just downright stupid, anyhow... radio stations I've listened to here in the US always play a radio-edit version which completely removes the "faggot"-lyric verse. I
If he wins, I'll sue Stephen King's ass off.
no. "shoot the messenger" is a time honored tradition in society. why stop now?
No, because before h was operating on the "what I don't know can't hurt me" principle, which, as we all know, really works...
He should be suing Fox. I'm sure it was Fox News that inspired this fear of Wikileaks within him. Plus, they did all this after they convince him that if he steps outside of his trailer animals are going to attack him from all directions.
He should be suing his parents for coddling him and not raising him as a flesh eating abomination who kills and devours without any fear or remorse.
It's all very well saying he's suing the middle man, and should be going after the government as wikileaks only revealed what they had done.
but you're STILL going after the middle man then,
sue the doctors who gave names to "hypertension," "depression", "heart attack" and stroke" so that you may be in fear of them, they're clearly the real monsters here.
I knew this would happen when I heard that Walmart was putting in self-serve legal departments.
Luckily, nuclear war is a cure for depression, hypertension, heart attack and stroke.
Well, living in a trailer park in bumfuck FL he probably doesn't realize who Assange actually is, or where he is, or what he actually does.
It sounds to me like someone put Pitchford up to this. And has the court thrown this complaint out with gales of derisive laughter yet? If not, may I volunteer to provide the laughter?
It's a free country. You certainly may.
In fact, I think a flash mob would be most appropriate in this situation. Have a bunch of people show up at the courthouse entrance. No anger, no signs, no threats, no speeches, no derision. At a pre-determined time, everyone simultaneously points at Pitchford, puts on a big red clown nose, and spends 20 seconds having a good belly laugh. At the end of 20 seconds, everyone walks off nonchalantly. Then go home and try desperately to forget that idiots like this ex
Don't you have to be a citizen in order to be charged with treason?
No, not in a Florida trailer park.
From the summary: "in fear of being on the brink of another nuclear [sic] WAR."'
From the article: "in fear of being on the brink of another nucliar [sic] WAR".
It would help if posters didn't correct spelling for words which are followed by [sic].
Not to mention the title says he sues wikileaks, and the summary says he sues Assange. What a piece of shit.
Everybody knows it's nucular, our last president said so. And he was white so he must have gone to school.
(this is a joke, don't take offense)
"David Pitchford, a Florida trailer park resident..."
this really gets me mad. why does living in Florida matter? why does living in a trailer park matter? that's wrong with people, this sort of prejudice...
come to think of it, yeah, carry on. this is a good prejudice
I'm not in the least surprised that this fine example of human rational superiority lives in Florida. I read Fark, after all, and have seen no shortage of this kind of mind-boggling idiocy. More to the point, I think the this guy's anxiety is more likely caused by the fact that trailer parks attract tornadoes.
But this guy is merely a risibly hyperbolic instance of a much broader, more common, and (in alarmingly many circles) respected position: Namely, that the person who reveals wrongdoing is somehow guiltier of that wrongdoing than the person who commits it.
Yup. This is the bit that confuses me...
Granted, some of that stuff probably shouldn't have been leaked. And I'm sure various people broke various laws by leaking it. And there may very well be court cases and punishments and whatever else...
But the scary stuff that this guy is stressing about? Wikileaks didn't do that stuff. The US Government did that stuff. Wikileaks just let you know about the scary stuff.
I think it's extreme tribalism. Some folks need to ascribe a purity to the tribe they identify with. It keeps their world stable and helps them sleep at night to know that their country stands for Truth and Justice. It's something good they can be sure of.
So when someone comes along and disrupts that feeling of security, the disruptor is blamed. People aren't so much pissed off that their country does questionable things (to put it lightly), as they are angry at being forced to confront and acknowledge
count me in! Can we say class action? Oh yeah!
The centers of Class Action suits are: Cleveland, OH, Beaumont,TX, and Orlando, FL.
When he gets there he should look for the law firm of Uriah Ketchum and Isaac Cheatham, who have been defending gatored communities for years.
how exactly does one commit treason against a country you have no affiliation with? Given that Assange is Australian, it'd be a pretty bizarre contortion of the law to conclude that he's committed treason against the US government. Espionage perhaps, but by definition: only Australia can charge him with treason.
Apparently they can. How else would they extradite him? If Federal prosecutors can convince a grand jury to indict Assange (not hard to do...the grand jury system is rigged heavily in favor of prosecutors) they can ask whichever country he is in to arrest and extradite him. Even if Assange has never stepped foot on U.S. soil.
They just have to show he committed a crime against the U.S. over the internet...such as 'conspiracy to commit espionage'. After giving Manning 'protective solitary confinment' (aka coercive torture) for enough time, they'll get Manning to claim that Assange and him worked together to get those government documents. Manning will be offered a deal for a limited amount of prison time if he serves as a 'government witness' against Assange. Given the last 7 months have been hell on earth for Manning, turning such an offer down would be incredibly difficult. Even if there is no actual communication logs showing this, the mere testimony of Manning (under duress) is a "witness statement" that a grand jury can use.
Once they get Assange dragged into U.S. custody, they can lock him up in jail for years while federal prosecutors file motions for extensions and things. Then, finally, they can give him a show trial where the jury is stacked with people who hate sex criminals. (even though Assange would not be accused of such crime, the jurors would think of him as a rapist).
Even if he were acquitted (the case as I outlined it is very weak) he would be out hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal defense fees and years off his natural lifespan. The Federal government cannot be sued to reclaim either of these things unless Assange were able to show that the government KNEW he was innocent. (which if they have a coerced statement from Manning, above, the government doesn't have to pay)
So in a nutshell : they can punish Assange severely for his actions even if they are never able to convict him of a crime. And imagine the mental anguish : Assange won't know for months or years during this process if he is going to be convicted and made to rot in prison for decades.
This kind of thing happens day in and day out in the U.S. We make more people rot in confinement than the worst despotic regimes in history. And there are many effective ways to get around the protections offered by your 'rights', making them nearly meaningless in practice.
Well I think he should start a Class Action lawsuit against his government because Assange only posted facts. It was his government that scared him.
As opposed to what? The correct spelling, which is nukular?
The submitter doesn't know how to properly use [sic]. The article spells it "nucliar". Submitter corrected it for some reason and added [sic] anyway.
What is even more scary was some dipsheit professional lawyer actually took the case on for this moron. Talk about who's the biggest idiot - the lawyer or the trailer park resident?
Not necessarily - he could have filed the papers all by himself. It makes for a funny headline on a slow news day, but won't see the light of day in court.
Nuts with lawyers are better. At least he's only hurting his own financial future and wasting the court's time.
An U B scarin me, I wont muny fer mah hort utacks!
Conservatives, scientifically, are more scared of loud noises and scary pictures [dailymail.co.uk], were described as being frightened and easily offended as three year olds [psychologytoday.com], and have a larger 'fear' center and smaller 'anticipation and decision-making' center [independent.co.uk]
This isn't spin, it's established science. So seeing fear, anti-government sentiment, and a parroting of the Glenn Beckesque rhetoric that's unfortunately a large part of the news here in the US right now doesn't surprise me one bit.
So let me get this straight.
The problem is not that bad shit is happening,
but that we now know it's happening.
May I suggest a set of horse's blinkers and noise-cancelling headphones,
to ensure blissful living.
Of course, then, you'd have to sue your own imagination.
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"I can tell you today that we will not reduce court services in Ten Mile Court as planned. I hope you heard the last two words, 'as planned,'" Judge Rick Henderson told an overpacked Town Hall Nov. 29. "The main reason was the strength and breadth of the objections that we got from all of you."
With all seats full, several people stood on their toes in not-so-great weather outside Town Hall, trying to hear what was happening inside.
The community-wide response started almost immediately after Mendocino County Superior Court's Oct. 30 announcement that the Fort Bragg Ten Mile Court branch would face several reductions and "no longer conduct hearings in criminal felony and juvenile matters." Jury trials and in-custody matters were also slated for elimination.
Judge Henderson, presiding Judge of Mendocino County court, spoke for county judges and staff. Judge Dave Nelson was in San Diego at a meeting, but judges Ann Moorman, John A. Behnke, David Riemenschneider, Cindee Mayfield, Jeanine Nadel and Clayton Brennan were at the meeting.
In his opening comments, Judge Henderson incited laughter and applause by saying, "If any of you wanted the judges to experience, firsthand, the problems of driving over the hill during ... (applause). It rained solidly all the way from Ukiah until about Camp 19."
The motive behind the cuts
"We knew from the beginning that it would impose some hardship to people on the Coast," Judge Henderson said. "We knew the decision would be unpopular,"
According to Judge Henderson, none of the judges wanted to close the Coastal courts, and that budget cuts were made for financial reasons.
He said budget and cash flow are the two foremost problems faced by the court system. He explained the governor and state Legislature set aside a flat amount of funding for the judicial branch and is used to run 58 county courts, the appellate court, supreme court and court administrative offices. The funding is divided into categories and allocated to each of the 58 counties.
"Our court is not involved in the discussions that result in the amount of money we get in Mendocino County," he said. "When we do get that amount of money, it's up to the eight judges and the court executive officer to set a budget for the court."
Noting that all the information is available online, Judge Henderson said the current fiscal year budget is $5.6 million.
"We do get some additional money that comes from grants or miscellaneous sources," he said. "That might account for 5 to 10 percent of our budget." Using slides, Judge Henderson showed that from 2008 to 2011, the court budget was reduced 26.9 percent and 9 percent more in 2012/2013. The court has already received its 2013/2014 budget, which came in at 4.5 million, making a total reduction of 46.8 percent since 2008.
"That's the nature of the problem we're faced with," Judge Henderson said. "So we sit down and try to figure out, as judges, where we can cut."
Salaries come to 81.2 percent of expenditures, he explained.
He said it would be hard to realize any savings by cutting security, general expenses facility operations or information technologies from the budget.
"If we make budget cuts, which we have to do, we almost have to go primarily to the area of personnel," Judge Henderson said, explaining a diagram showing cuts made since 2008. "Our aim has been to not reduce services in court, so what we've done is cut people from administration and cut people with higher salaries." Full-time positions were reduced from 78 in 2008 to 55 presently, a 29 percent reduction. This year alone, the court realized $491,289 in reductions through eliminating and reclassifying certain positions. Judge Henderson said those cuts resulted in a small positive balance of $380,000.
"The reason we have that is that we're looking at the 20 percent reduction we have to make next year," he said. "We don't want to have to wait until the first day of the budget year next year and have to cut around $1 million. We are trying to keep a reserve to help carry us over."
Regarding said cash flow, Judge Henderson explained that until last year, the courts have always been able to keep a positive cash flow, allocated in several payments.
"Sometimes those payments [were] so late, we could not make payroll if we did not have a reserve," he said. "The Legislature, when they were trying to save money, prohibited the courts from maintaining a reserve of more than 1 percent, which is not sufficient to cover these shortfalls."
He said the judges are trying to meet budget expectations without restricting the level of judicial services to the community.
"When we made this decision to reduce services in Ten Mile Court, we were aware of the problems you all have in driving back and forth between Ukiah to Fort Bragg," he said. "Based on the storm of protests from individual citizens, from lawyers who practice before the court, from law enforcement, the District Attorneys Office, the mayor, City Council and the Board of Supervisors, we think we stubbed our toe on this decision."
Henderson continued, following a round of applause, saying he's received over 200 emails and many letters and phone calls opposed to the proposed reductions. He said the court has been able to secure a cash advance and some other funding.
Judge Henderson said he is, at this point, unsure how the court will make necessary reductions of about $1 million in the coming fiscal year, and that more evaluation of the situation will occur during the governor's May revise of the budget.
Response swayed
the verdict
"I've never seen so many citizens concerned about the court system,' he said smiling, "Usually we only hear from law enforcement and lawyers because our changes affect them and their scheduling."
He said the court wants to work with the community to make state legislators aware of the impacts to county courts.
"They're coming from every court in the state," he said about the notices sent out notifying residents of proposed reductions. "Almost every one are reducing services, closing courtrooms and closing branch courts so this is not something that is isolated to Mendocino County. I'm just asking that you work independently to contact our state legislators or work with the 'Save our Coast Courts" group and contact Jeff Tyrel, representative for Senator Noreen Evans and Ruth Valenzuela, representative for Assembly Member Wes Chesbro. We need to keep the legislators involved."
Judge Henderson recalled the issues of State Parks proposals to charge for parking and the public outcry that shut it down.
"That's what we want," He said. "We're going to work on it and we want to work with all of you."
More information about the county court system can be found online at http://www.mendocino.courts.ca.gov/index.html
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Wildfire agencies in Nevada said they hope to more than double the number of single-engine air tankers this summer and increase the use of helicopters to battle wildland fires.
The latest strategy, prepared by the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and Nevada Division of Forestry, is a response to the recent grounding of 33 large air tankers due to safety concerns.
It has received preliminary approval from the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, said Kevin Hull, fire management officer for the BLM's Reno office.
"I'm comfortable we're going to get the air resources we have requested," Hull told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
On May 10, the Forest Service and Department of Interior terminated contracts with private companies owning the nation's fleet of heavy air tankers, many of them at least 50 years old, amid concerns by the National Transportation Safety Board that aircraft safety couldn't be assured.
Loss of the tankers, which can drop up to 3,000 gallons of chemical slurry on a fire, was described by fire officials as a potentially dramatic blow.
The heavy tankers are particularly effective during an early attack on a wildfire and often prevent blazes from growing large, experts said.
Single-engine air tankers, or SEATs, have been used in parts of Nevada for years, but their role would be expanded under the state's new fire plan.
Also called air tractors, the planes are essentially heavy-duty crop dusters. They drop red clouds of fire retardant just like the heavy tankers, but their load is limited to 800 gallons.
Officials said they were impressed with the effectiveness of the SEATs last summer, even with their limited retardant load.
"They were more effective than I think some of us thought they were going to be," said Gary Schiff, chief of the Forest Service's Carson Ranger District.
This summer's air strategy would increase the number of SEATs across Nevada from six to 15. Three would be based in Stead, another three in Minden. By directing several of the smaller aircraft to a fire, officials hope to closely match the capability of the bigger tankers.
"They would work in tandem. You'd bring them in one right behind the other and then you'd somewhat equal what the big tankers can do," said Steve Robinson, natural resource adviser for Gov. Kenny Guinn.
The fire plan would also increase federal and state firefighting helicopters based in Nevada from seven to 12, Hull said. They battle wildfires by dousing flames with buckets of water.
Other aerial resources can be tapped from the Nevada Air National Guard, which operates heavy helicopters that can drop thousands of gallons of water.
Backup can come from California's Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which owns 23 twin-engine air tankers unaffected by this months grounding of the big privately owned tankers.
With the region's wildfire season coming early and looking potentially severe, Robinson acknowledged loss of the nation's aging fleet of heavy air tankers is viewed with concern.
"I think anybody in the business is concerned," Robinson said.


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Why does black always have to be the base color? Orange with black trim would be light speed.
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Ya can't polish fertilizer...
LOL!!Market-Place is Booming with people selling there other vehicals.I'm guessing to buy the 1/10 Rally.I just pre-ordered mine. I'm going with BLUE.
All you can eat marketplace buffet!!! (I still like non rally vehicles!)
Ya can't polish fertilizer...
Yesterday I called my LHS to pre-order my Black & Blue Rally and... they had no idea what I was talking about. But this is nothing new, they usually have no idea what I'm talking about when it's "out of the box" thinking.
I said no not the 1/16 Rally I want to order the new 1/10 Rally and they had never heard of it and claimed Traxxas hasn't notified them about the new Rally.
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
I wish hobby shops paid what I make I'd be all over working at one. I haven't been in the hobby near as long as many of you guys, but I sure have picked up a wealth of knowledge from yall. My dream would be to work at one and help people out. I've so thought of opening one up in the area, I just don't know what the demand would be. Plus i'm sure it would need more than just RC stuff to keep it rolling.
Anyways back to topic. O.G. that's a bummer they didnt know of it. They could have at least tried looking it up and seeing if it was something they could get pre-ordered for ya. I'm not sure if you are a Tower member, but I got a good deal on mine. I'm a Gold Member so that helped even more. No not the one off of Austin Powers either. LOL
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Does it count if I have a Pre-Order with my person on Ebay?
I've bought my last three Traxxas cars from him as complete rollers for around half the asking price of a new one. Traxxas really should sell these as rollers without the electronics so I could cut out the middle man.
Either way I'm getting the first roller he gets his hands on and we've already agreed on a price. Should hopefully have it about a week after they're released.
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I ordered from a different shop, but they hadn't heard about it either... Is this a widespread problem?
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
'We' are more likely the ones to educate our local shops on products that interest us, I am sure they bring in many new products we have not heard of that don't interest us, works both ways.
I hope Traxxas does their job in assisting the promotion of new products to the local brick and mortar stores as they often are the ones we run to when we have problems and concerns so their support is important to us in my opinion. I would think some energetic Traxxas store would love to have all of us that want to order the new Rally place our orders with them
I still want a 'car only', no Tx or Rx or battery or charger. Ship it to me in kit form, sooner or later I will learn it all anyhow! LOL
Maybe they are actually in stock at the stores and have been told to hold for release date so you can walk in on the 17th and own one!
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It did include a vxl3s system(which does not belong in this car) and all the alum goodies for around 425$ out the door at my local Hobbytown.
Kit form is just a plain ol' fantasy, get it out of your head lol...
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FTW, what do you mean, "whats the deal" with these items? They were adapted to fit the now lower profile battery and motor mount. Looking at the battery hold down, some 3s packs will fit without a battery expansion kit. My spc 3s pack fits my pede 4x4 with the stock mounts.
Ya can't polish fertilizer...
I just hope they ship them pretty soon and its not like months away. LOL
I went to the HS in Sugarland and talked to a couple of the guys there and they havent even heard about the new 1/10 Rally 4WD. The dude asked if I wanted to pre-order it. I said nah not right now. While I was there in Hog Heaven checking out the stuff on the shelves the guy called me over and said he looked it up and said man that thing is really sweet. I said yeah. But doubt i'll keep the stock ESC & Motor in there. He looked at me like I was some sort of goofball. I told him i'm a Castle Creations guy and want more P-O-W-E-R and laughed. He said your crazy dude. I said UH HUH!!!
I ended up buying a handful of things and went back to the car. Then my little guy woke up (wife was in there with the kiddos, while they was catching some ZZzzzzz's). I asked him if he wanted to go inside and his eyes lit up and said YES SIR. So we ended up going in there and browsing for another 20. LOL Fun times there!! Oh and he dig'd the Traxxas Funny Car, and said it has baby tires.
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so what we need to convert slash 4x4 to LCG is chassis, motor mount, motor plate, front and rear bulkhead?
SL4SH Mamba Monster-Rustler Mamba Max 2400kv
1/10 Rally ***NOW AVAILABLE***!!Wonder if mine will ship tomorrow from Towers.
Mine is on order at my LHS in St. Louis... hope it arrives soon. Problem is, I'm getting the first that arrives and they don't know what color it will be...
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
Dig, didn't you read my Sig?? Lol
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!Now TowerHobbies is saying late Oct.
Not that it surprises me.It wouldn't surprise me if it was late Nov before it ships.I'm just like a little kid and can't wait.OOOOH the agony of waiting lol.
UK availability was the very end of November. We'll be lucky to get them in 2012
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Tower just charged my card so that means they must be shipping! WOOT!
Yes!!!Tower says IN-STOCK!!
My lhs says 'ol Black and Blue will arrive Wednesday.
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
Let the upgrades begin!!!
My Black & Blue Rally is faster than your color...
WooHoo!!! It does show in stock. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!!!!!!!!!
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Called Tower and says the first pre orders should ship today!
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I have cancel my order from amain and order from tower the green rally
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures settled lower Tuesday, marking the first decline in four trading sessions, with investors eager to hear the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision on monetary policy Wednesday. February gold gcg3 shed $4.80, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,709.60 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. "Investors are exhibiting confidence in the Fed's commitment to continued stimulus through mortgage and treasury bond purchases," said James West, portfolio adviser to the Midas Letter Opportunity Fund. "That, and a growing sense that a deal is near on the fiscal-cliff issue, are creating an exuberance in the markets at gold's expense."
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D.C. United will hope to build upon its second victory of the season when it welcomes Vancouver Whitecaps FC to RFK Stadium on Saturday.
United put an end to its abysmal 13-game winless run last weekend by picking up a 1-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes.
The club has not had much to celebrate this season as it comes into the weekend at the bottom of the Eastern Conference on nine points.
But after further examination, D.C. appears to be heading in the right direction; United has lost just once in its last five outings across all competitions. Ben Olsen's men followed up Saturday's defeat of San Jose with a 3-1 victory over the New England Revolution on Wednesday to advance to the U.S. Open Cup semifinals.
"I'm excited about the last couple of weeks, and we've seen (the team) moving in the right direction," Olsen said after the Open Cup win. "These guys deserve a little bit of joy right now. It's been a tough time, and we seem to have (regained) our health. Some young guys are also stepping in and doing the job. Conor Shanosky gets another win, (Taylor) Kemp comes in and helps us, Casey (Townsend) comes in and helps us, (Lionard) Pajoy comes in and helps us, so everybody's contributing right now, and I think the spirit is good.
"Can we turn it around now against Vancouver (on Saturday)? Again, putting so much into (the Open Cup) to get a result - we're going to have to make some changes. But I think our spirit right now (will allow us) to start doing a little bit better in the league."
United's task of improving its league form starts with the objective of containing a surging Whitecaps offense.
Vancouver has won two straight league contests by a combined score of 7-4 with strikers Kenny Miller and Camilo Sanvezzo playing starring roles worthy of back-to-back Player of the Week honors. Miller bagged a brace in Vancouver's 4-3 victory over the Revs on June 15 while Sanvezzo produced two goals and an assist for the 'Caps in their 3-1 defeat of Chivas USA on June 19.
The victory over Chivas was a positive sign for head coach Martin Rennie, who was pleased to see his side avoid a hangover from the defeat of New England.
"Coming off a big game on Saturday where it was such a lively game with a lot of energy used, sometimes the next game can be a bit flat especially when it comes so soon but we didn't succumb to that so in the end I thought it was an excellent win, fourth in our last six, so with a few days off we can enjoy those days a lot more after (Wednesday night)," Rennie said.
Vancouver comes into Saturday's fixture off of a short break having not played since last Wednesday's win over Chivas. United, by comparison, has played twice since the 'Caps last took to the pitch.
But according to Whitecaps midfielder Russell Teibert, a break during a good run of form is not always ideal.
"I'd rather keep playing, to be honest," Teibert said. "I'm working hard and putting myself in the right places. As a team we're on a roll - but I'll take the rest."


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Group Opposed to Paolino Casino Proposal in Newport
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Following the revelation that former Mayor of Providence Paolino, along with an investor team including Peter de Savary and Paul Roiff, signed an agreement with Newport Grand owner Diane Hurley, a new video opposed to the effort was unveiled on the site's website on Monday, less than two years after Newport voters defeated a tables game measure in 2012 by a vote of 52.9% to 47.1%.
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"Citizens Concerned About Casino Gambling is made of members who oppose gambling for a number of various reasons," said group member and Newport City Councilman Justin McLoughlin. "We're not uniform -- we're kind of like Unitarians. It's people who oppose casino gaming on moral grounds, those who don't see as good for community, some who don't see it as good economic policy, those who oppose it because it doesn't appear to make sense."
McLoughlin continued, "Are you buying a pretty pig, and just to dress and sell it? A pretty rendering does not make a successful outcome for a community."
While not with the "concerned citizens" group, Mike Stenhouse with the Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity voiced his opposition.
"The insatiable appetite for revenues by our political class, whether in the form of higher taxes, new fees, or gambling proceeds is what has been strangling our state's economy for decades," said Stenhouse. "It must stop. No matter how they take money out of the pockets of families and businesses, and then spend it on their priorities or their friends, it's bad for economic growth, and the cycle only perpetuates itself. We must cut spending - and taxes - to save our state."
Paolino said that he has had communication with those opposed to expanded gaming in Newport, including the Concerned Citizens group.
"I said to them that even though we may have a disagreement, we don't have to be disagreeable," said Paolino. "If anyone states that they want to stop gaming, there has already been gaming in Newport for years."
"This is just another form of gaming -- once you see with Foxwoods, what they plan to do in Fall River, we're talking 200 people out of jobs," Paolino continued, referring to the potential impact from competition in Massachusetts for Newport Grand just over the state border, with Rhode Island expected to lose $422 million in five years from Massachusetts casinos.
Paolino Unveils Plans
Paolino noted that the lobbyist for the effort would be current Newport Grand lobbyist Chris Boyle, and paid for by Newport Grand. Newport Grand owner Diane Hurley did not respond to request for comment on Monday.
"Over $3 million has been invested already to bring up the facility up to code," said Paolino. "We're concerned that how it looks, it's just not attractive. What we want to see it become is a Monte Carlo. It's not going to compete with big casinos-- it's a boutique facility. It will have entertainment. We'll work with Newport Jazz Festival, folk festivals, not just in the summertime, but for winter, fall, to use our facility."
Paolino addressed what he perceived would be a major distinction in 2014, as opposed to 2012.
"We're encouraged, because the people of Newport voted for Twin River last election," said Paolino. "We believe it was voted down in Newport last time because [voters] believed there would be satellite facilities," noting that the investor proposal would be for the current Admiral Kalbfus Road location -- and nowhere else. "It would be only that site," Paolino said.
English international entrepreneur, yachtsman and philanthropist de Savary spoke to the economic impact of the facility -- as well to points made by opponents.
"[Newport] receives $1 million a year [from Newport Grand], and the state, $20 million," said de Savary. "It's important that this is maintained, hopefully by what we plan on doing -- creating a full entertainment venue. If we spend $40 million to improve the facility, you'll attract more people, and range of people from all over."
de Savary addressed the argument that an enhanced casino could take away from the existing business base. "We think it's compatible with the character of Newport, to the grand mansions, the attractive Tennis Hall of fame... I think we can create something here that looks attractive coming over the bridge."
"It's like saying we've got 25 shops in town, we better not add another. I don't think that's in the best interest of Newport. Two plus two won't come to four -- there are people who are afraid it's 3, but it's actually 5."
Twin River, whose table games ballot effort, unlike Newport Grand, was successfully approved in 2012, is among those who support the Paolino group efforts in Newport.
"As was the case two years ago, we support the addition of table games at Newport Grand. A competitive, strong Newport Grand is good for the State from a revenue and jobs perspective, particularly as we brace for the eventual impact of casinos in nearby Massachusetts," said Twin River spokesperson Patti Doyle.
Looking Forward
"I anticipate that the one distinguishing factor in a proposal moving forward is that there would be unequivocal language that any facility would be located its current location and no where else," continued Paiva-Weed, who added that it was "premature" to discuss terms prior to the Newport City Council voting on a resolution requesting that the question be placed on the November ballot.
Senator Lou DiPalma, whose district includes Little Compton, Tiverton, Middletown, and Newport has been part of the Citizens Concerned About Casino Gambling Group in the past -- and said he will continue to oppose efforts to expand gaming at Newport Grand.
"[Newport Grand owner] Diane Hurley has been looking for buyers for a while, and she's doing the best she can with the facility she has," said DiPalma. "My take is this. I don't knock anyone who likes going to a casino. I've been to Las Vegas, I've been to Twin River twice. If it's how people chose to entertain themselves, power to them."
DiPalma continued, "However, we need development that adds to the GDP of our state, which isn't gambling. I don't have the silver bullet. Growing the economy is hard work. We need the residuals of say tech companies, something that contributes to the GDP from a products or services perspective."
"Lottery's the third largest revenue source for Rhode Island. We'll certainly be impacted by Massachusetts," said DiPalma. "Our challenge is our reliance in the state on casino gambling. We're addicted to it."
Related Slideshow: 7 Strategies for Rhode Island Economic Development in 2014
What will it take to move the Rhode Island economy forward in 2014? GoLocal talked with elected officials, candidates, and leaders for their economic development plans in the coming year.
Below are key elements of the economic priorities for Governor Lincoln Chafee, Speaker of the House Gordon Fox, Senate President M. Teresa Paiva-Weed, House Minority Leader Brian Newberry, gubernatorial hopefuls General Treasurer Gina Raimondo and Ken Block, and RI Center for Freedom and Prosperity's Mike Stenhouse.
Governor Lincoln Chafee
Speaker Gordon Fox
"Among the many pieces of legislation the House will address will be issues of higher education affordability, expanding apprenticeship opportunities, and offering help to our manufacturers. We will also look closely at our tax structure to make sure we are competitive with our neighboring states, including the corporate tax and the estate tax, and I will carefully review the recommendations of the commission studying our sales tax."
Senate Pres. Paiva-Weed
Greg Pare, spokesperson for the Senate President, said that the Senate is planning to issue recommendations soon on workforce development initiatives to address the skills gap among Rhode Island job seekers.
"An example of a proposal anticipated in that report is the elimination of state's Indirect Cost Recovery on the Job Development Fund, which is about $1.2 million this year. Those funds would be directed towards job training and skills development programs to provide immediate impact and help workers gain the skills necessary to succeed in today's economy."
Gen. Treasurer Raimondo
"To grow our economy, we need to make Rhode Island a leader in manufacturing again. Great things can happen at the intersection of government, higher education, and the private sector. Rhode Island is lucky to have thriving institutions in each of these three sectors, and we need to foster collaboration among them to find solutions to our challenges, and spark our economy.
By promoting partnerships in high-growth areas, [Rhode Island Innovation Institute] will help grow our manufacturing base, and create new, high-quality jobs."
Ken Block
"First, we need to fix Rhode Island's broken Unemployment Insurance program. The state's Unemployment Insurance tax, paid by employers, is ranked worst in the country by the Tax Foundation. It is one of the factors that makes Rhode Island an uncompetitive place to do business. Also, it is inherently unfair that a large group of businesses are effectively subsidizing the payrolls of a small group of businesses who misuse the system. There is a simple change to state law that can fix this problem."
"Rhode Island's temporary disability tax (TDI) is broken, and places an unnecessarily high tax burden on Rhode Islanders. This tax, paid for by employees, will be reduced by changing the way we manage the program. As Governor, I will substantially reduce the cost of purchasing this insurance by requiring that Rhode Island's program adhere to national norms."
"To best encourage new job creation, I propose the following tax incentive: exempt from future capital gains taxes any new investments in Rhode Island-based businesses. This change would create a powerful incentive for investors who are deciding where to locate a new business, or where they relocate an existing one. This proposal has the potential change the economic playing field for Rhode Island."
Minority Leader Newberry
"It would be overly ambitious to set being #1 as a goal right now, but we think 25, the middle of the pack, is a reasonable goal to set, one we think we should pursue, and one we can achieve," said Newberry. "One of the initiatives is a requirement that every bill receive a fiscal evaluation before it can be heard by committee, better insuring that legislators know the real cost of the legislation they are acting on."
"Another proposal would exempt social security income from RI state income tax, making Rhode Island more tax-friendly for our seniors and keeping them here rather than migrating to more tax-friendly states."
"Strong action is way overdue here. Nearly 60% of Rhode Islanders now believe that the state is headed in the wrong direction. We think they're right, and our central goal is to get it turned around."
Mike Stenhouse
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FOXBOROUGH — Like most Ivy League students, James Develin had thoughts of a successful professional career motivating him as his college days drew to a close.
Armed with a degree in mechanical engineering from Brown, Develin began lining up interviews with companies he felt might best be suited for the technical skills he had learned. His head might have been preparing for life in the corporate world, but his heart couldn't let go of an athletic dream, far-fetched as it was.
Develin, an All-Ivy defensive end for the Bears, wanted to continue playing football. He wanted to switch from defense to offense — fullback seemed like a good fit — and play in the NFL. Despite the fact he had really never played fullback, and despite the fact he wouldn't be getting drafted by any NFL team.
Talk about long odds.
"Football is something that is not around your entire life. I've got that degree in my back pocket, and that will be there with me until the day I die," Develin said. "I knew if I didn't give it my best shot to play football as a career, that I'd always regret it. I took a little bit of a risk, and luckily it worked out."
Develin was saying this from inside the Patriots' locker room, a place he's quietly called home for two seasons. It required a route that wasn't exactly direct, with stops in the Arena Football League and the now-defunct United Football League, but Develin somehow made it to the NFL. As a fullback.
Prior to Sunday, there likely were some Patriots fans who didn't know who Develin was, or what he looks like, or what number he wears. But then he scored on a 1-yard touchdown run against the Texans, when he seemingly made contact with all 11 defenders on the field before barreling across the goal line. Develin caught a 12-yard pass, too, in the Patriots' 34-31 win, and has spent much of the time since answering questions about his star turn and the legendary touchdown run.
Develin had never been given a rushing attempt in the NFL before Sunday, and had caught two passes in his career. But he was a vital piece to the Patriots' win, which is rare; usually, Develin spends most of his time blocking and playing special teams. Anonymous roles, far from the spotlight. You know, the dirty work.
He is a trained mechanical engineer, after all.
"It's a very selfless position. You're not going to get a lot of carries or catches. It's really about springing holes for other people, and whether that's the running back or protecting for the quarterback so you can drop back and throw it to the receivers, it's all about the team at that position," quarterback Tom Brady said. "He brings it. He's earned that spot."
Develin joined the Patriots at the beginning of the 2012 season, after he spent more than a year on Cincinnati's practice squad. That's also where he started with New England, before earning a promotion to the active squad late in the year, when Develin was inactive for three games but appeared in one, making his NFL debut and playing on special teams against the 49ers.
He's been in uniform for all 12 games for the 9-3 Patriots in 2013, and is expected to be out there again on Sunday, when the Browns visit.
There might not be any rushing attempts or carries, but whatever Develin is asked to do against Cleveland, he'll embrace.
"I don't think he's ever going to be out there for every play offensively, that's not his role, but when we do have him out there or when we have him out there in the kicking game, he works hard at what he's asked to do and he's been a good contributor for the team," offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels said. "He's smart, he's tough, he works hard, he's a very dependable guy, and there's an awful lot to be said for that."
There's a lot to be said about Develin's football journey, too. After graduating from Brown in 2010, he briefly latched on with the Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz (who have since been put down) in the Arena Football League, then played for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. Before any of that, though, he needed to convince his parents that exploring the professional football business and letting his Brown degree collect dust was in his best interests.
"My parents were kind of doubting that choice, but I knew I wanted to play football somewhere, didn't matter what level," Develin said. "They knew I would make the smart choice for me. It was a personal decision, I needed to try to see what I could do with football, because that was my dream."
He's done more than most would have imagined so far. Despite only getting five touches on the season — two carries, three catches — Develin has personified what a good role player is: dependable, versatile, and opportunistic. His touchdown run against the Texans may have had teammates doing a double take twice — once in the huddle when the play was called, then in the film room watching the replay — but it's the kind of hard-nosed determination play that coaches like to hold up as a model for the effort they'd like to see from everybody, especially with the playoffs fast approaching.
"We were so happy for him," fellow running back Shane Vereen said. "We watched it again and gave him a little more praise, but he's a humble guy, so he just took it as what he's supposed to do."
That's the career path Develin has selected, perhaps unconventionally, when common sense might have sent him toward regular work. He's paid his dues in lower leagues that many laugh at, but there Develin was, scoring a highlight-reel NFL touchdown on Sunday.
"You really can never doubt yourself when you're trying to accomplish your dream, you just have to take the right steps to get where you're trying to go," Develin said. "If things didn't work out, so be it, but I wanted to fight and do everything that I could to put myself in the best position for this to come true."
And if this football thing ever stops working for him in the near future, Develin still has that mechanical engineering degree from Brown. It's a nice fall-back option. He'd certainly have some interesting stories to tell at a job interview.
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KNOXVILLE - His assistant coaches wore coats and ties and chose their words carefully, as one might expect of first-year employees. After all, if you promise nothing, it's hard to disappoint.
But new Tennessee head football coach Butch Jones was sans tie and all smiles Friday afternoon.
"I think I speak for everyone in Tennessee when I say I'm looking forward to our first spring practice," he said.
Then Jones referred to something that was the cornerstone of his successes at Central Michigan and Cincinnati.
"Before we throw a lot at them, we're going to teach them how to play," he said. "I believe in execution."
Precise execution never seemed all that important to the previous regime, which once had to burn a timeout to get a punter on the field. There were too many penalties, too many third-and-short snaps becoming fourth-and-longers, too many failed fundamentals on all fronts.
This is not to say former UT coach Derek Dooley did nothing right. Behind the scenes, where too much had been ignored for far too long regarding discipline, Dooley and his staff did good work, which might be one reason both Jones and offensive coordinator Mike Bajakian proclaimed on Friday, "Our players have been outstanding. They've done anything and everything we've asked of them."
Everything. From losing weight to academics to winter workouts in the weight room.
Said Jones: "I was talking to our nutritionist the other day and she said, 'I've never seen anything like this. [The team] has lost so much body fat but gained so much muscle.'"
Added junior linebacker A.J. Johnson: "The first couple of weeks [of winter workouts] you could already see changes in our bodies."
But it's their minds that seem to be undergoing the biggest changes to this point.
"Last year, we didn't finish games well," said junior quarterback Justin Worley, no doubt mindful that the Vols often were awful in the fourth quarter, collapsing against Florida and Missouri and committing game-losing turnovers against Georgia, Mississippi State and South Carolina.
"We need to focus our attention on the details. Little things led to losses last year."
Attention or aversion to details almost always determines success or failure over a long period of time. But energy and enthusiasm also play a role, especially with a new coaching regime.
Part of Dooley's failure could be traced back to a seeming lack of trust and commitment from the juniors and seniors he inherited -- players he didn't recruit and never seemed to win over.
If that's the case with Jones, rising senior Ja'Wuan James kept it well-hidden during Friday's news conference.
"You could see he was genuine," James said. "Everybody is starting over with a clean slate. I know I feel like I still have a lot to accomplish ... go to a bowl game, win a bowl game."
Said Worley: "We're trying not to look back at last year. We're moving on now."
Hard as it may be for some to digest, the Vols haven't gone to a bowl since the 2010 season and they lost that Music City Bowl to North Carolina, just like they'd lost to Virginia Tech in the Chick-fil-A Bowl the year before. The Vols haven't finished with a winning season since Lane Kiffin's lone year in 2009, and that was a 7-6 campaign.
But Jones believes the leadership he's seen from James and the rest of the senior class could change all that.
"I've never had a successful season that didn't include a strong senior class," he said. "The hourglass has turned over for them. They've got 12 guaranteed opportunities left. They must work to get 13, work some more to get 14. I think this is a hungry football team."
Given the pounds they've shed, they could be hungry for nothing more than food. But the Vols are at least sounding like an emotionally hungry football team ready to deliver its victory-hungry fan base more wins than losses come autumn.
Then, and only then, will the Big Orange Nation be able to truly move on from its recent unsatisfactory past.


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Every time he started to fall asleep and heard the house creak, Eric Mace thought it was his daughter, Ryanne, coming back to their Carpentersville home from a date.
It was always followed by the heartbreaking realization that it couldn't be her.
"We had to get out of the house," Mace said. "That was where Ryanne had grown up for a large portion of her life."
Life had led Ryanne to be among the approximately 120 students in an oceanography class the afternoon of Feb. 14, 2008, in a lecture hall in Cole Hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Shortly after 3 p.m., numerous lives were changed by the person who emerged from a door near the classroom's stage.
That's where former NIU student Steven Kazmierczak entered the room and opened fire. His act left five people – Gayle Dubowski, Catalina Garcia,
Julianna Gehant, Ryanne Mace, and Daniel Parmenter – dead and 21 others injured. He then took his own life.
Today marks five years since that day. And at 3 p.m., as it has done for the past four years, the university community will honor those killed by laying memorial wreaths at the Forward, Together Forward Memorial Garden located next to Cole Hall.
Remembering his daughter is a daily occurrence for Eric Mace. His family's move a few years ago from Carpentersville to the quiet Lake Petersburg neighborhood where they are the youngest people on the block provided an escape from some of those memories.
It also relieved him of something else: He had been bothered by children in his old neighborhood who would play outside by screaming as loud as they could, describing it as irritating before he lost his daughter, and maddening afterward.
"I went out there and screamed back at them," he said. "If they are not hurt, they should stop screaming like that. ...You're making everybody think you're hurt and you're not, stop it. Kids are going to be kids – but I needed to be not in that situation. It got to be too much for me."
The shooting sent numerous people down unexpected new paths. Joe Dubowski, who lost his daughter Gayle, decided to pursue a master's degree at NIU in applied family and child studies.
Gayle's death was one of several factors that led him to pursue what he has described as a long-standing interest in psychology and helping people. He graduated in May 2012, and is training to be a counselor.
"I don't know if I would have a career as a therapist if I didn't go through what I went through, in losing Gayle," Dubowski said. "I had to learn to acknowledge my feelings a lot more. Rather than try to suppress pain in my life, I had to acknowledge it. I became more self-aware and more sensitive to the feelings and motivations of people around me."
He became a writer, publishing "Cartwheels in the Rain" in 2011. The book details his struggles and eventual acceptance of his daughter's death. His next book will probably focus on his volunteer work.
And Sam Brunell believes the shooting put her on the path she was meant to travel. She was in the Cole Hall classroom where the shooting took place, but not injured.
But it changed her views on life. She switched her career focus from journalism to public administration, and she now works at NIU's Center for Governmental Studies.
"You might as well live life to the fullest and if for some reason something happens to you, you're remembered in a good way," Brunell said. "I did a whole career change, and I don't regret that at all."
Others affected by that day, including Harold Ng and Gary Parmenter, have reached out after other mass shootings to those now in the same devastating situation. Ng was wounded when shotgun pellets grazed the back of his head during the shooting, and Parmenter lost his son Daniel.
Ng said it's heartbreaking to hear about new tragedies, and he has reached out via email to those affected.
"I want to be there for individuals who have been through something as traumatic as that," Ng said.
"You just feel so sorry for all of those families that don't know the impact of how grief is going to change them, and you wish you could be there to comfort those other families," Parmenter said.
Moving on has been a different experience for everyone involved. After his son died, Parmenter found a support group. He has become an active member of The Compassionate Friends – an organization that helps parents who have lost children regardless of age or cause – and has learned that every parent has some sort of ritual to commemorate their child's death.
He suggests doing "something special on the anniversary of your child to remember them."
Those affected by the shooting have lasting anxiety. Brunell has a hard time sitting still in large, crowded rooms, and things like fireworks or a vehicle backfiring can trigger memories of the shooting. After the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting in July, Brunell swore off movie theaters all together.
Movie theaters make Ng nervous too. And it took months before he was finally able to handle the violent content in video games and movies.
"It took time," he said, now a park greeter at Disney World in Orlando, Fla. "It took me a good six months to get comfortable watching even the news."
Mace finds it tragic that his daughter was studying to become the type of person who could have helped Kazmierczak.
"Her death, to me, leaves a void of society that she would have filled," Mace said. "If he got the right kind of help at the right time, we wouldn't be having this conversation."Forward, Together Forward scholarship winnersScholarship winners carry legacy of fallen HuskiesSchott: Echoes of a horrific day 5 years ago


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This is an updated country home plan with a wide warp-around porch. Formal rooms and den flank foyer; relaxed living spaces in rear. Four large bedrooms upstairs, most with walk-in closets.
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Ample Evansville is unique blend of style
In some respects, the Evansville looks like an old-fashioned country farm house. The wide, wrap-around front porch certainly has that flavor. But the left side, with its wide bay windows and gazebo-shaped roof, puts this plan in a class by itself. The small gabled balcony at the second floor stair landing is also unique.
Inside the roomy 2,800-square-foot home, you'll find a broad spectrum of living environments. The formal spaces -- living room and dining room -- are on the left, separated by a column-flanked passageway. The den at the front could serve as a home office, guest room or what have you.
Informal living spaces span the entire rear portion of the main floor, creating a huge, entirely open area. Family members will spend most of their together time here, cooking in the big kitchen, lingering over steaming cups in the nook, or relaxing in the family room. French doors open onto the patio, so it's easy to move meals outside when the weather permits.
The utility room, tucked between kitchen and garage, has a long folding counter and a deep sink. A powder room, right smack dab in the center of the house, is close to everything.
Graceful arched windows add a touch of elegance to a master suite with his-and-hers closets. Luxuries in the Evansville's master bathroom include: an oversized shower, spa tub, twin vanities and a private toilet. Two of the other bedrooms have walk-in closets, and there's walk-in storage at the top of the stairs as well.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- When placed in the spotlight, a person must choose how to handle the attention. Some crumble under the pressure, while others abuse the opportunity. A rare few seize the chance to make a positive impact on the lives of others. Kellie Cook, a senior in her final year of eligibility with the Tennessee Tech women's basketball team is one of those rare individuals. Not only has she worked hard to succeed in the classroom and on the court, but she has also taken the time to propel herself into the community as a positive role model for young girls in the Cookeville area.
After four years at Tennessee Technological University, Kellie Cook has taken advantage of every opportunity to improve herself. In the process, she has given back even more to her school, her sport, her team and her community. Due to her leadership on campus, Cook has been awarded the Ohio Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete Award. The award is the highest individual honor that can be earned by OVC student-athletes. It is given annually to three men and three women student-athletes of junior or senior status from throughout the conference for their accomplishments in both the classroom and athletic arena, and for their leadership qualities.
"Winning the OVC scholar athlete award, is a testament to my teammates, coaches, athletic staff, academic advisers, fans, and the educational department, said Cook. "Without all these people leading and supporting me I would not have been able to win this award. I am honored and blessed to receive this reward."
This year the six winners were selected from a group of 18 finalists by a vote of OVC Faculty Athletics Representatives. Honorees must have performed athletically with distinction, earned at least a 3.25 grade point average and conducted themselves in a manner which has brought credit to the student-athlete, his or her institution, intercollegiate athletics and the OVC. The award is based on academic and athletic criteria/accomplishments achieved during the 2011-12 school year.
"Kellie Cook has amassed what it arguably the most impressive array of service activities I've ever seen from a TTU student-athlete," said Tech's Faculty Athletics Representative Jeff Roberts. "The breadth and diversity of the activities are impressive, while the depth and sincerity of her commitments are inspiring. She brings the same level of dedication to her team leadership roles. Her grade point average simply speaks for itself."
Cook is an elementary education major with a 3.94 GPA. Despite spending several hours a day studying, Cook is known around the Eblen Center as a gym rat. But despite devoting most of her time to academics and athletics, she never turns away the opportunity to be out in the community.
"Giving back is extremely important to me," said Cook. "I think as student athletes it is our responsibility to serve and give back to our community and organizations. As athletes we are blessed and provided with opportunities that we could never have experienced without being a student athlete. We are put on a pedestal and we are role models for children. I strongly feel that we should take advantage of this and give back and make a difference while we can."
As a team captain for the women's basketball team, Cook exudes strength in leading her team and keeping them grounded.
As a sophomore, she helped the Golden Eagles to the OVC regular season title and in each of the past two years she has led her team to the OVC Tournament Championship game. Despite all of her athletic success, Cook is a student first.
"Tennessee Tech itself provides student-athletes with the best environment. You have a win-win situation in all areas. Mark Wilson, his staff, and Coach Davis preach that academics are just as important as athletics. They want us to graduate with a diploma in one hand and a ring on the other hand. I am proud to say that in May I will accomplish this goal," Cook said.
Coach Davis, in his first year at Tennessee Tech, noticed immediately the impact Cook had on Tech's campus. "In the short time that I have been here, I have seen Kellie compose herself like I true leader. Now, I understand that the term leader gets thrown around a lot, but you will not see a more dedicated student-athlete than Kellie."


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Florida has completed Camp Meyer, and by all accounts it has been a successful campaign.
The Gators are a veteran team, and the No. 1 goal for Camp Meyer was to emerge from it injury free. Florida had some player get dinged up, but there were no major injuries and many of the players that were held out were able to go through some mental work and some physical drills.
The second goal was to add some new wrinkles to both the offensive and defensive schemes. I think you will see some hurry-up offense, maybe some plays with Tim Tebow and John Brantley together. Defensively, I think Florida will blitz more and start as many as three safeties on the field together in their three-down package.
The final goal was to find out which freshman could help right away and develop depth for the run in the SEC. I think the first two games (Sept. 5 vs. Charleston Southern and Sept. 12 vs. Troy) will help the offensive freshmen get some looks to see how they can handle it.
Riley Cooper and David Nelson have been solid but not spectacular wide receivers at the University of Florida. Both have excelled at downfield blocking and have been key for the Gators' rushing attack. But will one of them step up to make the big receptions to help Florida's passing game this season? I think both guys will help Florida a lot.
First, I think the top three receivers could be Aaron Hernandez, Deonte Thompson and Brandon James. Cooper and Nelson are good straight-ahead runners and downfield receivers. The other thing you really have to like about these two guys is the fact that they have both been in the "big" game. Statistically these two seniors may improve their numbers just slightly this season, but don't discount their value to the Gators' offense in 2009.
This and that: Florida really has two more weeks left of pre-season practice. This week is the first week of school that ends with a controlled scrimmage for past Florida lettermen Saturday. … The following Saturday is the season opener against Charleston Southern, and you have to wonder how much work the Gators' starters will actually get. … It looks like Dustin Doe will get a second chance and with that the depth and experience on defense grows some more. After losing his job to injury a season ago, Doe did elevate his game beginning against Georgia. … I do think Emmanuel Moody has a chance to contribute more this season. It is hard to predict the injury bug that seems to find him and he reminds me of Deshawn Wynn who is having a great camp with Green Bay. … Florida has committed fewer penalties in each of the last three seasons. In 2006 the Gators committed 116, then 107 in 2007 and last season 102. This number could drop under 100 this year because of the experience of the football team. … I am not convinced that Florida's defensive line is one of the best all-time. I still think the front four in '06 was better. However, this group could prove me wrong. I like the numbers and the depth. When you have a guy like Duke Lemmens on the third team that is a pretty deep front. … The number to watch when evaluating a great defensive line is yards per carry. Remember sacks and tackles for loss help your rushing defense average. In 2006 teams averaged 2.74 yards per carry versus 3.35 last year. Look for UF to "run-blitz" more in 2009. … Finally, Urban Meyer's Spread offense has improved every season in yards per play. In 2005, the Gators averaged 5.3 yards, in 2006 6.3 yards, in 2007 7.0 yards and last season 7.1 yards per play.


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Helen Fulk, 85
Helen B. Fulk , 85, of Wolf Lake, died at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, at her residence in Wolf Lake.She was born Nov. 10, 1926, in Fort Wayne, a daughter of John and Edith (Campbell) Listenberger.In April of 1974, she was married in Ligonier to Jesse Fulk. He preceded her in death in 1986.Survivors include companion, Herbert Brooks of Wolf Lake; two daughters, Cookie Coil of Albion and Georgia Elijah of Albion; three sons, John Steinbacher of Fort Wayne, Charles Steinbacher of Ligonier, and Harvey Steinbacher of Churubusco; stepson, Dick Fulk; stepdaughter, Bonnie Meyers; nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.In addition to her parents and spouse, she was preceded in death by her five brothers; four sisters; a step-son, Tom Fulk and a step-daughter, Jill Fulk.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Sheets & Childs Funeral Home, with Rev. Corinne K. Boruff-Stucker, officiating. Visitation is at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, or one hour prior to the service.Burial will be in the Thorn Cemetery, Ormas.For those who wish, memorials may be directed to Noble County Humane Society.


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Pops A Dent
Frequently Asked Questions
Will Pops-A-Dent eliminate my dent 100%?
It depends on the size and location of the dent. Pops-A-Dent works with excellent results however you will achieve the best results with smaller dents. For larger dents you must repeat the relocating the bridge in a clockwise rotation and repeat until you reach desired results. Choose a glue pad stem that best fits the size of your dent.How long should I heat the glue gun before applying the glue to the glue pad stem?
Heat the glue gun with glue stick for no more than 5 minutes for best results. Use caution when handling glue gun and hot glue.How long should I leave the glue pad on my vehicle?
Let the glue dry for approximately 3 - 5 minutes. The glue should be firm. Do not leave the glue pad on your vehicle for longer than 8 minutes. If you do not achieve desired results simply repeat the process. If you accidentally leave glue pad on car for longer than 8 minutes and the pulling bridge "bottoms out" (the glue gun does not "pop" off) simply apply slight pressure to left or right side of the bridge for release.What if the knob is popping off prematurely after I turn the knob?
The ideal temperature range to perform your dent removal is from 65-85 degrees F. The car may be too cool and should be moved to a location that will meet the temperature range. Move the vehicle to a garage or use a hair dryer to heat the surface.Will the glue leave a residue on my car?
Pops-A-Dent glue pads feature a patent-pending design which prevents glue residue from remaining on the surface of the vehicle. In the unlikely event there is a residue left on your vehicle or on the glue pad after removal simply use isopropyl alcohol to remove it.Will the glue damage the paint on my car?
Pops-A-Dent is for use on original paint from vehicle manufacturers only. If the vehicle has cracked or chipped paint, applying glue and pulling the dent may cause additional paint to come off.Will the pressure from the Pops-A-Dent bridge add dents to my vehicle or increase the damage?
Pops-A-Dent features a patent-pending bridge design which distributes the pressure evenly throughout the bridge preventing the risk for additional damage or dents.What if the pulling bridge "bottoms out" and doesn't pop the glue pad and stem off my car?
If you accidentally leave glue pad on car for longer than 8 minutes and the pulling bridge "bottoms out" (the glue gun does not "pop" off) simply apply slight pressure to left or right side of the bridge for release.


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FREDERICK, Md.—A candlelight vespers service, a long-standing Hood College tradition that includes seasonal music, dance, prayers and readings, will be held Sunday,
Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Hood's Coffman Chapel.
A musical prelude will begin at 7:15 p.m. The service is free and open to the public.
Many of Hood's student musical groups will take part in the service, including the choir and chamber singers; the dance ensemble; and the wind, jazz, early music, a cappella and string ensembles. Wayne L. Wold, associate professor of music and college organist, will lead the congregational singing of several Christmas carols.
Members of the Hood community will present scripture lessons. Holiday prayers will be offered by the Rev. Beth O'Malley, McHenry Dean of the Chapel, and a Christmas story will be presented by students from the drama department; and Joe Brady, director of Hood Theatre. The service will close with the candlelight singing of "Silent Night."
For more information, contact O'Malley at (301) 696-3436.


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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's allies staged a show of unity on Saturday, re-electing the ruling party's Diosdado Cabello as parliamentary speaker, or leader of the legislature, while their president battles cancer in Cuba.
The closing of ranks by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) came as it emerged as all but certain that illness would keep Chavez from being sworn in to a new six-year term on Thursday as scheduled.
"The president will continue being president beyond Jan. 10, nobody should have any doubt about that," Cabello said after his election, accusing the opposition of fomenting a coup d'etat.
Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro called the swearing-in a "formality" and said he too would stay on in office without taking any oath until there was an opportunity to do so.
Cabello's re-election was intended in part to answer persistent rumors of a power struggle within the regime during Chavez's more than three-week absence, the longest stretch in his 14-year presidency.
"We will never defraud the people and we will get on our knees to defend the proposal made by comandante Chavez, I swear it," Cabello said as he took his oath of office.
Chavez's health was invoked by both Chavistas and members of the opposition, who criticized the ruling party for refusing to engage in inclusive dialogue as the oil-rich country enters a period of high uncertainty.
"It is not only the head of state who is sick, the Republic is sick," opposition deputy Hiran Gaviria said. "The public finances are exhausted, there are shortages, inflation, excessive indebtedness, personal insecurity."
In a display of legislative muscle, ruling party deputies used their majority to elect an all-Chavista leadership, beginning with Cabello, a former military officer who is regarded as the country's third-most powerful man.
Watching the vote and debate from the balcony of the chamber was Maduro, Chavez's handpicked successor who has sought to squelch reports of a power struggle with Cabello.
Outside the National Assembly, hundreds of Chavistas, dressed in the flaming red of his socialist revolution, chanted for their cancer-stricken leader with almost religious fervor.
"I love him, I want him and I hope he recovers," Maria Mateus said, chanting with friends outside the palatial Spanish colonial-style building. "Here the one who rules is Chavez, and the revolution."
"And he will return! He will return! The comandante will return!" another group of supporters shouted.
Chavez, 58, is recovering in Havana from his fourth and most difficult round of cancer surgery, his condition clouded by serious complications that have raised doubts about his fitness to serve.
So far, he has refused to relinquish the office, leaving Maduro in charge of running the country without transferring the full powers of the presidency.
In a speech to supporters outside the National Assembly, Maduro said he would remain as vice president.
"I continue in office and some day when there's an opportunity to swear me in — it's a formality — it will be done," he said.
On Friday, arguing for continuity, Maduro laid out a legal rationale for indefinitely delaying Chavez's swearing-in without his giving up the powers of the presidency, even on a temporary basis.
The country's main opposition coalition insists that Chavez must take at least a temporary leave if his health keeps him from taking the oath of office on Friday, as established by Venezuela's constitution.


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" We don't just legally represent the local community, we live in the community."
Harrogate Solicitors Kirbys are skilled in understanding and interpreting local requirements. After over 250 years of conducting legal business in Harrogate and District, we know the score very well and have established a great local knowledge of the the North Yorkshire area. With years of dedication to perfecting the art of law, we have an ensemble of specialist solicitors offering well founded advice on a full range of legal services. These qualities are appreciated by clients throughout the country and in London.
The present partners with associate and assistant solicitors and support staff offer a service that is comprehensive and comprehensible, thorough and thoughtful, local in approach and broad in expertise. We also understand the need to provide good value for money.
A large percentage of our legal work comes through referrals – from people we have worked with over a period of time and who have appreciated the level of expertise, empathy, support, care and understanding we offer.
The Harrogate solicitors core repertoire is Estate Planning, Family Law, Dispute Resolution/Litigation, Property and Commercial Law.
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DES MOINES- A Traer man decided to try a scratch game his friend likes to play and ended up winning a top prize of $250,000.
Kyle Fowler, 24, said he bought a "Cash Bonanza" scratch ticket to pass the time.
"I was scratching it and it just, you know, I seen two hundred and fifty and I was like, 'Oh wow.' Because I thought $250 was pretty decent," he said. "But then I just kept scratching it and it turned out to be the big ticket and I was just shocked."
Fowler was at Sinclair, 206 N. Main St. in Traer where he purchased and then scratched the ticket, so he had it validated immediately.
"He hit the OK and it printed that long receipt and he just was like, 'Wow, you obviously won a lot of money!'" Fowler said.
Fowler, who is a mechanic, said he thought since he lives in a small town he would never win something so big.
"It was so crazy, I didn't believe it at all," he said.
Fowler tried to call his mom, but ended up getting a hold of a good friend first.
"There was a lot of rumors," he said with a laugh as he claimed the prize Wednesday at the Iowa Lottery's headquarters in Des Moines.
Fowler said he plans to invest some of his winnings as well as enroll in college.
Cash Bonanza is a $10 scratch game. Players win a prize by matching any of "your numbers" to any of the "winning numbers" and win the prize shown for that number. If players find the "coin" symbol, they win that prize instantly. If they find the "star" symbol, they win double the prize amount shown for that symbol. The overall odds of winning a prize in the game are 1 in 3.57.
Three top prizes of $250,000 are still up for grabs in Cash Bonanza, as well as nine prizes of $10,000, 19 prizes of $4,000, 323 prizes of $1,000 and several thousand prizes of $500, $200 and $100.
Players can enter eligible nonwinning scratch tickets online to earn "Points For Prizes" points. The point value will be revealed to the player on the website upon successful submission of each eligible valid ticket. There is a limit of 30 ticket entries per day. To participate in Points For Prizes, a player must register for a free account at ialottery.com. Registration is a one-time process. Merchandise that can be ordered by using points will be listed on the website in the Points For Prizes online store. Players can choose from items in categories such as apparel, automotive, jewelry, sporting, tools and more.
Since the lottery's start in 1985, its players have won more than $2.9 billion in prizes while the lottery has raised more than $1.4 billion for the state programs that benefit all Iowans.
Today, lottery proceeds in Iowa have three main purposes: They provide support for veterans, help for a variety of significant projects through the state General Fund, and backing for the Vision Iowa program, which was implemented to create tourism destinations and community attractions in the state and build and repair schools.


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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Personally, I can't stand GTK+ apps, regardless of what theme is used. Everything is "flat" and boring and blah, and always remind me of Netscape 4.x. There's no depth to anything, and colours are always muted, reminding me of pastels or hostpital shades of colours.
QT, and especially KDE, apps always look more professional, more complete, and more useful to me.
But, that's the beauty of things ... you can use the GTK+ apps you like, and I can use the QT/KDE apps I like, and we can both be happy.
Thankfully, the QT devs seem willing to bend over backwards to make GTK+ apps integrate into a QT-based desktop, even going so far as enabling the use of the glib even loop. It's too bad the GTK+/GNOME devs seem hell-bent on preventing the opposite, making QT apps look alien in GTK+-based desktops.
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RM-YD017Television Remote Control
IMPORTANT: The information provided here is only for Sony remote controls. If you need help with a non-Sony remote, please contact that remote manufacturer.
Programming Codes
Select the brand name from the drop down list for each device for which you want to see codes.
Note: If your device brand is not listed, try the codes listed for other brands.
Programming Instructions
Follow these steps to program the remote control.
- On the remote control, press and hold the INPUT button.
- While holding down the INPUT button, press the appropriate FUNCTION button for the component being programmed.
- Release the both buttons.
- The FUNCTION button will illuminate and should remain illuminated through the end of the procedure.
- Each subsequent step in this procedure must be completed within 10 seconds of the previous step.
- Press the number buttons to enter the numeric code corresponding to the component and the make of the component to be controlled. Note: If more than one code number is listed for the manufacturer, enter one code at a time until you find one that works.
- While the FUNCTION button is still lit, press the menu select button.
Note: The FUNCTION button will blink twice if programmed correctly. If not, it will blink five times.
- If more than one code number is listed for your device brand, enter one code at a time until you find one that works.
- If none of the codes listed for your device brand worked, try codes listed for other brands or perform a search for the correct code (available only on certain models). Check the manual for information about the search option.
- The previously entered code number will be erased when you enter a new code on the remote.
- You may need to reprogram the remote after replacing the batteries.
- If programming fails, you may need to reset the remote control: Remove the batteries, press each button twice, and then put the batteries back in.
- The operation of a combination deck of any kind is not guaranteed.
- Some functions of a device may not be controllable by the remote. Please refer to the device manual for details.
- You may not be able to operate your non-Sony equipment with this remote control. This occurs when the device uses codes not provided for this remote. In this case, please use the device's original remote control or purchase a universal remote control that has a learning function.


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1. Check That Email Address
When a credit application, order or an inquiry about product pricing and availability comes in, make sure the sender's email address matches up with the real website for the applicant's or customer's company, advises Bares.
Everything about a credit application via email might appear legitimate, but sometimes the email comes from a Gmail, Yahoo or other third-party email provider that is not directly associated with a large company.
The email might also come from a spoofed account that, again, is close to a real company name but not quite the same. For example, it might include an extra dash or add "inc" at the end of the domain name.


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PLYMOUTH — On July 16, volunteers throughout New Hampshire have committed to collecting water samples in the State's rivers and streams to take a 'snapshot' of water quality.
Plymouth State University is overseeing this unique water sampling project with the goal of improving the understanding of New Hampshire's water resources and providing data to be used by resource managers, state agencies, researchers, and educators.
How does it work? Approximately 50 volunteers throughout New Hampshire have committed to collecting water samples that will be sent to PSU and a University of New Hampshire lab for detailed lab analysis of a number of different chemicals in water.
PSU is believed to be the first to organize such an effort in New Hampshire — and effort that has involved hours of planning and logistics. Errin Volitis, a research technician with the Center for the Environment at PSU is helping to coordinate the effort.
"Each sampling day involves volunteers carefully collecting filtered water samples from their site," said Volitis. "The samples are then frozen for storage and set to a laboratory for analysis. PSU has provided each volunteer with sampling supplies and instructions, but the volunteers have made the project possible."
Assistant professor of hydrology Mark Green is the researcher who developed the project concept.
"The idea was to give us three snapshots of NH's rivers and streams allowing us to better understand the difference between water resources in the State, and how these water resources respond to the different types of land use," Green said. "The data from this project will be extremely valuable in creating new understanding about our water conditions in New Hampshire."
The river sites where water samples are being collected are part of a larger project funded by the National Science Foundation through a cooperative agreement to the New Hampshire Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. Since 2012, state-of-the-art sensors have been recording temperature, electrical conductivity, and river height continuously at each of the water sampling sites.
The network has been designed to include all watershed sizes, shapes and land uses, which are geographically dispersed across New Hampshire. The network is coordinated by a group of researchers, staff and students at Plymouth State University and implemented by a broad group of partners, including educators, researchers, government agencies, non-profit organizations and citizen scientists.
"The water samples will be analyzed to determine basic measures of water quality. We are looking at concentrations of phosphorus, dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen in addition to pH, turbidity or clarity, and major ions (Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Chloride, Sulfate, Nitrate). These ions are major contributors to electrical conductivity, so they will help us interpret the water electrical conductance data we get from the sensors," said Green.
Data from the July 16 sampling project will be analyzed this fall and results shared then. "We can't thank everyone enough," said Volitis.


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(MCT) LOS ANGELES — About 100 potential jurors have been summoned to a downtown Los Angeles courtroom Monday in the legal clash between Michael Jackson's mother and three children and entertainment powerhouse AEG over the death of the pop singer.
For days, potential jurors have been asked to determine whether they could spend up to four months weighing the wrongful death case. Those who made the cut will now be questioned by attorneys before a jury is sworn in.
Jackson's mother and children contend that AEG negligently hired and supervised Dr. Conrad Murray, who gave the singer a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol on the eve of what was to be Jackson's comeback tour.
The lawsuit alleges that AEG relentlessly pushed Jackson to move forward with the "This Is It" tour, knowing the singers was neither physically nor mentally capable of handing it.
AEG had advanced Jackson "substantial sums of money" and threatened that if it was forced to call off the tour "there would be lawsuits and Jackson's career would be over."
AEG, however, contends it was Jackson who insisted on bringing Murray aboard and that the entertainment giant had favored a British doctor instead.
The trial is expected to delve into the sensational — the singer's eccentric lifestyle, his purported drug use, his enormous debt and his allegedly erratic behavior in the days leading up to his death.
Witnesses in the trial could include celebrities such as Prince, Diana Ross and Quincy Jones, as well as his ex-wives Lisa Marie Presley and Debbie Rowe.
Director Spike Lee and actor Lou Ferrigno are also among the listed witnesses, as are AEG founder Philip Anschutz and his former chief executive, Tim Leiweke.
Attorneys may add or withdraw names from their initial lists. Some witnesses will appear via deposition testimony.
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