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Ocean Alexander Cockpit M/Y
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|Ocean Alexander
|Cockpit M/Y
|Estado del barco
|Clase de oferta
|Yate a motor
|16.46 m
|Material del casco
|Fibra de vidrio
|Ubicación de la embarcación
|Bahamas / Florida, Bahamas
|Eslora total
|16.46 m
|4.72 m
|Calado máximo
|1.37 m
|54000 libras
|Tipo de motor
|Marca Motor
|Detroit Diesel
|Modelo del Motor
|Año Motor
|410 hp
|Tipo de transmisión
|Transmisión directa
|Localización del motor
|Tipo de Propulsor
|4 Cuchilla
|Materiale de propulsor
|Horas de motor
|Tipo de motor
|Marca Motor
|Detroit Diesel
|Modelo del Motor
|Año Motor
|410 hp
|Tipo de transmisión
|Transmisión directa
|Localización del motor
|Tipo de Propulsor
|4 Cuchilla
|Materiale de propulsor
|Horas de motor
|Ocean Alexander
|Tanques combustible
|809 gal
|Tanques agua dulce
|480 gal
|Tanques de reserva
|80 gal
GOLDEN EAGLE, a 1987 54' Ocean Alexander is a very well maintained, 3 stateroom Cockpit Motor Yacht and is the only one of this model offered for sale on the East Coast.
She is powered by twin 410HP 671TI Detroit Diesels with approximately 1,900 hours after an in-frame overhaul, 3,650 total hours, and they have been recently serviced. Motors have been well maintained with all engine hoses replaced, both aftercoolers removed, inspected and cleaned. Fully equipped for extended fuel range capacities, GOLDEN EAGLE can be easily converted for an even longer range. She also has an Offshore Marine Laboratories 1000GPD Water Maker and stabilized with Gyro-Gale Quadra-Fin Air Operated Stabilizer System.
Over the years, GOLDEN EAGLE had extensive upgrades including New Northern Lights 16kw Genset, Quadra Fin Stabilizers, Side Power 155TC bow thruster, dual Racors with bypass installed, Algae-X fuel polishers, fuel transfer systems, Dual Cruising Freezers and an Inverter system. She also has had almost all appliances replaced, upgraded electronics and navigation equipment, granite countertops for the galley and both heads and added the powerful Sidepower 250 TC stern thruster.
GOLDEN EAGLE is in very good operational condition, very reliable and used by the owner to single-handedly cruise from the Bahamas to Miami a few times a year for supplies. With a hinged radar mast, 22' up and 15'6" down, she is perfect to cruise "The Great Loop"!
Boat requires a full exterior paint job, owner selling as is and will entertain all reasonable offers
Owner will consider a trade of a 30'-35' Express Model and all reasonable offers!!
Vessel Walkthrough
Entry onto the GOLDEN EAGLE is through the starboard side door into the galley area. Here you have the first look of the beautiful craftsmanship that went into her build with Teak cabinetry throughout. Starboard side is a Hi-Low inlaid teak dinette with 4 teak chairs and plenty of storage. To port is the full size galley with gorgeous black granite countertops, newer appliances and also the lower helm station.
Next to the lower helm and down three steps take you to the VIP Stateroom located forward, which features an island queen bed, walk-in closet, port and starboard teak storage drawers, skylight with screen. The VIP Stateroom has its own private head with black granite countertops, parquet flooring and a large shower stall. The large engine room is accessed through the VIP stateroom stairs, and has enough room to easily work on the motors and all of the mechanical equipment.
Going aft from the galley down three steps is the guest stateroom to port which offers over and under bunk beds and teak storage drawers. Across from the guest stateroom is a utility locker with a combination washer and dryer. Moving aft is the Guest and Master head to starboard with separate entrances, granite countertops and separate stall shower. The gorgeous full beam master stateroom has a walk around king size bed with teak closet forward, and a plethora of storage on both sides of the berth.
Back in the galley going aft and up three steps takes you into the full beam bright and airy salon with a queen size sofa/sleeper to port and two wicker barrel chairs to starboard. The beautiful entertainment center is forward equipped with flat screen 37" TV, DVD and satellite system. You can access the bow from either side of the salon and going up the teak stairway by the entertainment center you will be on the fully enclosed flybridge with seating for 10. Going aft through the dual sliding teak and glass doors is the generous upper aft cockpit to enjoy the evening breeze or have your morning coffee. Down the three step ladder is the lower aft cockpit to drop a line while at anchor and the lazarette storage. You can access the swim platform through the transom door and it is equipped with a folding swim ladder.
Full beam salon that feels like you are on a much larger yacht and has been very tastefully decorated.
- Teak Entertainment Center with Plenty of Storage and Liquor Cabinet
- Vizio 37" Flat Screen TV
- Blue Accent Lighted Mirror Behind TV
- Sony DVD Player
- Sony AM/FM/CD Stereo System and 10 Speakers Throughout Vessel
- Sony CDX-705 10 Disc CD Changer
- TracVision M3 Satellite System
- Direct TV Receiver
- Intercom System throughout vessel
- 12V/120V Lighting
- Plush sofa to Port Converts to Queen Size Bed
- (2) Barrel Wicker Chairs with Table to Starboard
- Rope Light Indirect Lighting
- Teak and Glass with Screen Sliding Entry Doors
- Teak Stairway to Flybridge
- Wet Bar with Hinged Lid
- U-Line Icemaker (2009)
- Sliding Windows with Screens
- Privacy Blinds
- Updated Carpeting
- Master Stateroom Emergency Hatch
- 110V GFCI Protected Outlets
- 12V Plugin Outlet
Galley and Dinette
- Beautifully upgraded galley in 2009
- Black Granite Countertops (2009)
- Maytag 22" side-by-side Stainless Steel Refrigerator with Door Icemaker (2009)
- GE Dishwasher (2009)
- GE Microwave/Convection Oven (2009)
- Galley Maid Empress 3-Burner Stove and Oven
- Deep Well Stainless Steel Sink (2009)
- Designer Chrome Faucet (2009)
- Pressurized Hot and Cold Water
- Soap Dispenser
- Badger 5 Waste Disposal
- Toastmaster Toaster Oven
- Cuisinart Coffee Maker
- Teak Wood Cabinetry and Drawers
- Teak Parquet Flooring
- 110V GFCI Protected Outlets
- 110V Lighting
- Inlaid High-Low Teak Dinette
- Teak chairs (4)
- Storage Cabinets Starboard Side
- Sliding Windows with Screens
- Privacy Blinds
Master Stateroom
- Elegant Full Beam Aft Master Stateroom with King Size Bed and Plenty of Storage
- King Size Berth - Walk Around
- Huge Port and Starboard Teak Storage Cabinets and Drawers
- Forward Long Hanging Lighted Teak Closet
- SS Portlights (4)
- Above Berth Escape Hatch
- Updated Carpets
- Private Access to Aft Head
- Magnavox 20' Flat Screen TV and DVD Player
- Accent Rope Lighting Above and on Floor
- Full Length Mirror on Door to Head
- 110V Outlets
- 12V/110V Lighting
Master Head
- Stainless Steel Portlight (1)
- Mirror
- Teak Wood Cabinetry
- Teak Parquet Flooring
- Granite Countertops (2009)
- 12V Electric Type III Saltwater Marine Toilet
- Full Size Head with Separate Stall Shower
- 110V GFCI Protected Outlet
- Deep Well Porcelain Sink (2009)
- Pewter Designer Faucet (2009)
- Hot and Cold Pressurized Water
- Vent Fan
- Privacy Curtain
VIP Stateroom
- Magnavox 15" Flat Screen TV
- Updated Carpets
- Private Access to Head
- Overhead Hatch with Screen and Privacy Curtain
- Storage Lockers Port and Starboard
- Walk-In Closet
- Storage Drawers Under Berth
- Queen Size Centerline Walk Around Berth
- Access to Anchor Locker
- Bilge Access to Bow Thruster and Battery
- 12V/120V Lighting
- Rope Accent Lighting Above and Around Berth
- Privacy Curtains
VIP Head
- Updated Full Size Head with Stall Shower
- 12V Electric Type III Saltwater Marine Toilet
- Granite Countertops (2009)
- Teak Parquet Flooring
- Teak Wood Cabinetry
- Storage Drawers
- Stainless Steel Portlight (1)
- Curtains
- 110V GFCI Protected Outlet
- Deep Well Porcelain Sink (2009)
- Pewter Designer Faucet (2009)
- Hot and Cold Pressurized Water
- Full Size Stall Shower
- Vent Fan
- Privacy Curtain
Guest Stateroom
Guest Stateroom Located Aft and to Port.
- Twin Over / Under Bunks
- Lighted Hanging Locker
- 4 Drawer Storage Locker
- Stainless Steel Portlight (1)
- 12V/110V Lighting
- 110V Outlet
- Under Berth Lighting
- Updated Carpeting
- Privacy Curtains
- Companionway Locker with Combination Washer and Dryer
Lower Helm
- Lower Helm to Port with Navigation Station to Starboard
- Main Distribution Electrical Panel Inboard of Helm Area
- Single Captains Seating with Storage Under
- Teak Helm Wheel
- Full Set of Gauges
- High Water Alarms
- Flow/Scan Fuel Monitoring System
- Glendinning Engine Synchronizers
- Map Storage
- Raytheon SL72 Radar
- Simrad AP22 Autopilot
- Northstar 941X Marine GPS
- Loran 800 GPS
- Garmin 2010 Color GPS/Plotter (Shared Between Helms)
- Fuel and Water Tank Tender
- Ritchie Compass
- Wind Speed Direction Indicator
- Azimuth 314 KLV Digital Compass
- International Offshore Depth Sounder
- Gyro Gale Quadra-Fin Stabilizer Controls
- Bow and Stern Thruster Controls
- Windlass Controls
Hull and Deck
- Fiberglass Gel Coated Deck with Teak Overlay
- Bruce Galvanized 30kg Anchor
- Fortress FX 55 32lb 2nd Anchor
- Stainless Steel Flume
- Galvanized Chain and ¾" Nylon Line Rode
- Anchor Locker
- Fiberglass Bow Pulpit
- Simpson Lawrence12V Windlass with Deck, Upper and Lower Station Switches
- Storage Box
- Fender Racks
- Molded Fiberglass Superstructure
- 316L Stainless Steel Bow Railing
- Stainless Steel Stanchions
- Stainless Steel Deck Hardware
- Chrome Plated Brass Deck Hardware
- Forward "I" and aft "V" Bronze Struts
- Hinged Radar Arch
- Shore Power Connections (2)
- Fresh Water Inlet
- Cable/Phone Connectors
- Great Flybridge for Entertaining and Seating for 10
- Stainless Steel and Canvas Bimini Top
- Fully Enclosed Eisenglass
- Aluminum Hinged Radar Arch (22' Up/15'6" Down)
- Teak Flooring
- Centered Captain's Chair
- First Mates Chair to Starboard
- L-Shaped Bench to Port
- Bench to Starboard
- Magic Chef Fridge
- Updated Cushions
- Full Canvas Enclosure
- Storage Both Sides Under Helm
- Lexan Forward 3 Panel Windshield
- Access to Hard Top with 110V Davit and Winch
- Full Set of Gauges and Engine Controls
- Emergency Engine Shutdown
- Furuno NavNet 3D 12.1" Multi-Function Display (2009)
- Furuno Radar Ultra High Definition (UHD) Digital 48 Mile (2009)
- Furuno Sirius Satellite Weather Receiver (2009)
- Garmin 2010 Color GPS/Plotter (Shared Between Helms)
- Twin scope Forward Looking Sonar
- Simrad AP22 Autopilot
- Northstar 941X Sat/Nav
- Datamarine Depth Sounder
- Searchlight Controls
- Bow and Stern Thruster Controls
- Gyro Gale Quadra-Fin Stabilizer Controls
- Dual ICOM M-304 VHF
- Ritchie Compass
Aft Deck and Cockpit
- Large Raised Teak Aft Deck
- Custom Made Aluminum and Canvas Awning
- Beautiful Teak Trim and Covering Boards
- Teak Floored Aft Deck
- 316L Stainless Steel Railing
- Middle Deck Steps to Cockpit with Hand Rail
- Teak Cockpit Flooring
- Cockpit Storage Box
- Fishing Rod Holders
- Starboard Transom Door Access to Swim Platform
- Folding 3-Step Boarding Ladder
- Shore Power Connector
Electronics and Navigation
- Furuno NavNet 3D 12.1" Multi-Function Display (2009)
- Furuno Radar Ultra High Definition (UHD) Digital 48 Mile (2009)
- Furuno Sirius Satellite Weather Receiver (2009)
- Garmin 2010 Color GPS/Plotter
- Simrad AP22 Autopilot
- Twin scope Forward Looking Sonar
- Data Marine Digital Depth Sounder
- Raytheon SL72 Radar/GPS/Chart Plotter
- Northstar 941X Sat/Nav
- Loran 800 GPS
- Dual ICOM M-304 VHF (Upper Station)
- ICOM M80 VHF Lower Station
- Ritchie Compass (Upper and Lower Helm)
- Azimuth 314 KLV Digital Compass (Lower Helm)
- International Offshore Depth Sounder
- Wind Speed Direction Indicator
- Jabsco 6" Remote - Controlled Searchlight
- Tank Tender System
- 16KW Northern Lights 120/240 Volt Generator with Sound Shield and Approximately 2,220 hours
- 120/240 Volt AC
- 12/24 Volts DC through Battery Power
- (2) 50 Amp Shore Power Fittings
- 50' 50 Amp Shore Power Cord
- (6) 8D Lead Acid Batteries
- (4) Series 27 Maintenance Free Batteries (Bow and Stern Thrusters)
- Pro Mariner 24V 30 Amp Battery Charger (Bow and Stern Thrusters)
- Guest 40 Amp Battery Charger (Engines and House Systems)
- Pro Sine 1800 Watt Inverter
- Thermo Hydraulic Circuit Breakers for AC and DC Systems
- Ocean Alexander AC/DC Main Distribution Panel
Engine and Mechanical
- PSS Dripless Stuffing Boxes
- Stainless Steel Shaft 2.5"
- (2) Spare Propellers
- Bronze 4-Blade Propellers 28"X21"
- Reverso Oil Exchange System
- Fuel Polishing System
- Secondary Water Separators for Each Engine with Algae-X System
- Dual Racor 75/1000 MA Fuel Filters with Vacuum Gauges Bypass System
- Air Separators on both Engines
- Twin Detroit Diesel 671TI 410hp with approximately 1,900 hours after an in-frame overhaul 3,650 total hours
- Large Standup Engine Room with Plenty of Area to Work on Motors
- Racor 500FG Fuel Filter on Generator
- Bronze Thru-Hulls
- Bronze Sea Cock Ball Valves
- Bronze Sea Strainers
- Cutlass Bearings
- Morse Dual Station Enclosed Cable Throttle Controls
- 12V Bilge Blower
- Glendinning Synchronizers
- Flow/Scan Fuel Management System
- Dual Station Capillano Hydraulic Single Ram Steering System
- (2) Bronze Spade Rudders
- Side Power 155TC 24V Bow Thruster
- Side Power 250 TC 24V Stern Thruster
- Gyro Gale Quadra-fin Pneumatic Stabilizers
- Offshore Marine Laboratories 1000GPD Water maker
- Sears Water Heater 120V 30 Gallon
- Bennet Trim Tabs
- Macerator 12V
- Freshwater Aluminum Tank Total of 400 Gallons
- Stainless Steel 80 Gallon Freshwater Day Tank
- Fiberglass 80 Gallon Waste Holding Tank
- (3) Welded Aluminum Fuel Tanks Total of 809 Gallons
- GE115V Transfer Pumps for Port and Starboard Day Tanks
- 12V Fuel Primer Pumps
Safety Equipment
- Avon 4 Person Life Raft
- (4) Portable ABC Fire Extinguishers
- Fireboy Engine Room Halon System
- (12) Type 1 and 2 Adult Life Jackets, Type 3 Child Life Jacket
- Flare Kit
- 12V Compressor Air Horn
- 12V Bilge Pumps with Float and Auto
Brokers Comments
One of a kind opportunity to own a nicely upgraded Ocean Alexander and the only one offered on the east coast in this size and year group at a fraction of the cost new.
Mechanical Disclaimer
*Engine hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.
The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.
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Don't be a Horror Story: Protect Yourself from Identity Theft
Protecting yourself from identity theft can almost seem like a job in itself, and it seems like the criminals are always one step ahead of the good guys. If you're like most people though, you probably know someone, or have at least heard a good horror story or two, from people who have suffered identity theft. And more than likely it took these poor souls a lot of work to straighten out the issues created by the theft of their identity — issues you would probably like to avoid.
If you would prefer to be proactive to the threat of identity theft rather than reactive, here are a few steps you might take that can help you protect yourself.
Mail and Documents
Knowing when particular bills and account statements arrive can be instrumental in recognizing when something might be amiss. Not receiving regularly scheduled bills, or account statements coming in haphazardly might indicate a case of identity theft. On the other hand, receiving similar documents for accounts that you don't recognize but are in your name could also be a red flag that someone has opened accounts in your name without your knowledge. Getting bills and statements online might be one way to circumvent the possibility of identity theft through the mail.
It is also important to remember that once these types of documents enter the house, they still aren't completely safe. Should you throw paper statements away in the trash, you are risking the chance that they might fall into someone else's hands. Therefore, if you plan to dispose of such documents, typically the safest way is either by burning them or cross-cut shredding them.
General Security
Some documents like house or car titles, tax information, and other paperwork with critical personal information contained upon it, can't be shredded or destroyed. It might therefore be pertinent to rent a safety deposit box which may be used to hold some of these documents. However, a safety deposit box might not be feasible for all documents since it might be troublesome to go back and forth to obtain needed information or you might just have too much.
Therefore, you might want to have a central location in your home for your important documents that you may need to refer to on a regular basis. With a space in which this information is filed neatly and orderly, you can tell if something has been disturbed should a break-in of your home occur.
The internet is probably one of the easiest ways to have your identity stolen these days. With the proliferation of online shopping, phishing scams, viruses and keystroke capturing programs, the internet is full of potential threats to your personal and financial information. By making use of virus scan software, only using known and trusted internet sites, and restricting the amount of information you provide over the internet, you can better protect yourself from threats. You might also reduce the risk of financial security breaches by using payment programs like PayPal to make internet purchases.
Credit Reports and Common Sense
Checking your credit reports can be another good way to protect yourself from or identify identity theft. At https://www.annualcreditreport.com/ you can start the process of checking your credit reports. You can select one free annual report each from TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax, choosing to do all three at one time or spacing them out throughout the year. Spacing them out might allow you to keep a better eye on your credit so that there isn't a year long gap between when your run the reports.
Using your common sense in situations in which you think something might be amiss or when you are uncomfortable providing personal information may also be key to protecting your identity. Strange calls from collection agents or charges for products or services you never requested might also be red flags that your personal information has been compromised.
For more information regarding identity theft, how to protect yourself, and what to do should identity theft occur, you can visit the FTC's Identity Theft Website at: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft/.

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The Castle Pines Chamber hosted the Colorado Gives Day Open House.
Time to get a photo and visit with Santa, listen to carolers, and enjoy a carriage ride at the annual Santa in the Pines event hosted by LIV Sotheby's Castle Pines.
The City of Castle Pines hosted its inaugural Unmasked event at The Haven in the Pines to benefit Mental Health Colorado, the states leading
advocate for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance abuse
Kids of all ages donned their Halloween costumes and hit the streets looking for treats. Thanks to the Castle Pines Chamber of Commerce and all the sponsoring businesses for this year's Trick or Treat Street!
Families and friends having fun on a beautiful fall evening. it must be the Movie at the Ridge.
Thanks to The Ridge at Castle Pines North, The City of Castle Pines, The Donut House, Popcorn Bliss and The Castle Pines Connection. (We can now reveal the name of the movie, "CoCo".)
Families, neighbors and local business owners all gathered on September 16 for the community Run Wild at Elk Ridge Park.
New this year, the Castle Pines Chamber of Commerce joined with the City and brought neighborhood businesses out for a more comprehensive health and wellness experience. "The addition of the Family Fit Fest was intended to further promote our health and wellness businesses to our residents," stated Chamber Executive Director Amy Shanahan. "We are able to bring these types of events to the community because of the generosity of our business members who are invested in making Castle Pines a wonderful place to live."
Wow, that savory, smoky, peppery scent wafting through the air can only be Chile Roasting at Tony's Market in the Village!
FUNKIPHINO, the last of the Master Association's four-part "Concert in the Park" summer series.
Thanks to the Castle Pines North Master Association, Kim Maguire, and Carla Kenny for another fabulous summer of music.
Castle Pines Village residents Jana and Fred Bartlit hosted the 17th annual Lulu's Barkin' BBQ to benefit homeless pets and horses at the Denver Dumb Friends League. The event raised more than $800,000 to help provide veterinary care, behavior training and other critical services for homeless pets and horses in the Dumb Friends League's care.
More chalk, more fun, more charity... Budding artists gathered at Elk Ridge Park as part of Party in the Park in August to take part in Chalk It Up 4 Charity, a community sidewalk art contest where 100 percent of the proceeds go to a local nonprofit and the winner gets to decide which one.
The end of summer vacation and the beginning of school meant it was time for another Party in the Park, brought to you by the Castle Pines Chamber of Commerce. Residents had fun, raised money for local charities with The Connection's Chalk It Up 4 Charity fundraiser and community art contest, and all enjoyed the City of Castle Pines fireworks show!
Party in the Park through the lens of Maddie Provost
It was a perfect summer evening to enjoy the Castle Pines Chamber of Commerce's Vino in the Village event, featuring great food, wine, whiskey and music.
With self-driving cars on the way, it's just a matter of time before we get bunch of cowboy songs where a guy's truck up and leaves him. But don't worry, there will always be Hot Rods in the Village.
An amazing weekend in Craig at the 19th Annual Whittle the Wood Rendezvous. Here's a slideshow of the one hour "quick carve competition." Music by bensound
The summer season kicks off with the annual Food Truck Frenzy at Coyote Ridge Park, brought to you by the Castle Pine Chamber of Commerce. Thanks to all who visited The Castle Pines Connection at our booth. We love seeing you! Enjoy the slideshow.
Pistons in the Pines community car show will be held the third Saturday of every month from 8 a.m. until noon for as long as the weather is good. The event will be held at the old Safeway parking lot in Castle Pines. There are no fees for the car show and residents are encouraged to login to the Pistons in the Pines Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/events/1225077820956177/ to get information about future events.
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Clearwater, FL Parks and RecreationHome Menu
Most RequestedLong Center Facility Locator Contact Info Events
Community Sailing Center
The Clearwater Community Sailing Center is operated by the Clearwater Community Sailing Association Inc. It is a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation, in partnership with the city of Clearwater.
Dedicated to community sailing and Education for youth, seniors, disabled, recreational and Olympic class sailors.
- The center is a multipurpose accessible building with a large conference room (dividable), office, restrooms with showers, and classroom area.
- Launching facilities on concrete ramps for non-motorized vessels plus beach launching for boats on dollies.
- Floating docks
- Short and Long term storage
- Short term trailer parking
- Car parking
- Conference room ideal for group functions, meetings, receptions, parties, weddings, etc.
Contact Us
Mailing Address:
Clearwater Community Sailing Center
1001 Gulf Boulevard
Clearwater, Florida 33767
Telephone: (727) 517-7776
Fax: (727) 517-7757
Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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But what they are is that they`re IUDs. They`re intrauterine devices.
You might remember during the lead up to the election last year, we
ended up doing a big run of reporting on IUDs in the election, because IUDs
were unexpectedly right at the center of election politics in Colorado last
year. Colorado over the past five years has had a huge public health
success story in reducing the teen pregnancy rate in that state, reducing
the teen pregnancy rate and teen birth rate and teen abortion rate.
And the way they did it was that they had a state program that made it
really easy for young women to get IUDs, regardless of their insurance
status, regardless of their ability to pay. These earrings are not actual
IUDs, but the IUDs really look just like this, this tiny device.
And the basic idea in Colorado was that young women should be able to
decide whether or not they wanted to be pregnant. They should get access
to this contraceptive method, because using a contraceptive method like
this one would make it their reality that they could decide when they
wanted to be pregnant and when they did not.
You know, it`s funny, because traditionally, again, that really wasn`t the
population that we were thinking about with IUDs. It really was initially
marketed as something for married women who have had, you know, a couple of
But again, we`re really trying to turn the paradigm on its head, that
instead of having to do something every single day to stay non-pregnant,
let`s just do one thing, make non-pregnant the default state, and then when
you want to get pregnant, great, come on in. Start your prenatals. We`ll
take out your IUD or your implant and you`re all set to get pregnant.
Young people have such complex lives. You know, sometimes I`m at my
mom`s, sometimes at my dad`s, sometimes I`m at my apartment, sometimes I`m
at my boyfriend`s apartment. I have two part-time jobs and I go to school.
Try to take a pill at the same time, every day. Forget about it.
And that`s why we see the failure rate of pills, patch and ring are
actually twice as high for women under 21 as women over 21. It`s not that
the pharmacology is different. And somehow the medicine doesn`t work in
young people. It`s that it`s complex to use.
MADDOW: So the state of Colorado dropped their teen birth rate by 40
percent. They dropped their teen abortion rate by 35 percent, over just a
really short period of years – four or five years. This is this wildly
successful program that kept young women in Colorado from getting pregnant
when they did not want to. It has been a huge success story, a national
success story.
The National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association just
this year gave Colorado an award for having the premier public health
program in the country on this issue. And then the day after Colorado got
that award, Colorado voted to kill the program. Colorado Republicans in
the state Senate voted to kill that program. And they killed it.
Republicans did really well in the 2014 elections, almost everywhere
in the country. But they did great in Colorado in 2014. Mark Udall lost
his U.S. Senate seat to Cory Gardner. Colorado State Senate had been
Democratic controlled. It flipped to the Republicans.
Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper of Colorado did manage to hold
on to his job in 2014 but barely. He got a scare from Republican former
Congressman Bob Beauprez. One of the things that Bob Beauprez campaigned
on against John Hickenlooper was that he, Bob Beauprez, was opposed to the
IUD. He said he didn`t believe in that kind of contraception. He said
taxpayers shouldn`t be funding that sort of thing in Colorado.
And that was a significant part of the ground on which that
gubernatorial election was contested in 2014. But even though Bob Beauprez
did not win the governorship, enough Republicans did win in Colorado that
year, and the Colorado Senate specifically that Bob Beauprez ended up
getting his way on the IUD anyway. It became a Republican priority to kill
that birth control program that had been so successful, national award-
winning, national premier program in terms of public health. And it became
their priority to kill it.
Both the House and the Senate needed to overtly vote to continue the
funding for that program, and the Republicans in control in the Senate,
zeroed out the funding for it. So, it`s dead.
People thought really hard in Colorado to try to hold on to that
successful program. That is part of why people – part of the reason why
people bought so many IUD earrings off of Etsy. IUD earrings and also I
guess they made IUD lapel pins for the gents.
But it was not enough. The best teen pregnancy prevention program in
the country just got killed because Republicans took over.
In North Carolina, we recently reported on the efforts of Republicans
in that state legislature to unravel their own health care claim to fame.
The OB/GYN training at the University of North Carolina Medical Schools is
considered to be the best in the South. That whole region of the country,
nobody is better at training those kinds of doctors than UNC is.
But North Carolina Republican legislators recently proposed new anti-
abortion legislation that would put UNC at risk of losing accreditation for
their med school training facilities by passing a new state law, which
would have limited what doctors were allowed to learn or teach or practice
doing while they were doing their training at UNC.
I think when they realized they might be un-accrediting their star
state medical school, Republican legislators in North Carolina backed off
that provision they had been pushing.
But they`re not giving up all together. And what they are moving
ahead with now is going to look equally awkward on a bumper sticker. North
Carolina Republicans already tried to change the law, to force women to
have medically unnecessary ultrasounds if they wanted to get an abortion in
that state. You might remember that ultrasound law from North Carolina was
struck down as unconstitutional earlier this year.
Well, now what they want to do is not only try again to force you to
have a medically unnecessary ultrasound even if you don`t want one, even if
your doctors don`t want you to have one. They`re going to make you have
it, and then they`re going to make you turn it over to them. They`re going
to force you to share your ultrasound and put it on file with the state
government, because presumably the state government in North Carolina has
nothing better to do than keep pieces of your medical records in their
files so they can keep tabs on you both inside and out.
And the great state of Tennessee, they just enacted a new law to close
clinics across the state, the same way that Texas and Ohio and Wisconsin
have done to shut down clinics across the states – across those three
states. Oklahoma`s governor just signed into law a new three-day mandatory
waiting period for any woman who wants to get an abortion in that state.
The great state of Alabama is dealing with a huge catastrophe when it
comes to their budget this year. It`s a really big crisis in that state.
They`re considering everything up and including legalizing gambling
statewide in order to deal with this mess they have gotten themselves into.
But this mess they have gotten themselves into doesn`t mean they don`t
have time to pass more anti-abortion legislation. The state legislature in
Alabama just advanced three new anti-abortion laws in the past week,
including one that would effectively ban abortion all together in that
state. The great state of Arkansas just this year has passed six new laws
banning and restricting abortion.
"The New York Times" reported that as of last week, 11 states have
passed 37 new anti-abortion laws already in just the first five months of
this year.
And this is turning out to be a very salient indicator of party
politics in our country. I mean, they`re just – I mean, despite the way
it gets talked about, there really aren`t that many things, that many
specific things where if Democrats are in control, it goes one way. And if
Republicans are in control, it goes 180 degrees the opposite way.
Usually, yes, there`s things in which the parties disagree,
definitely. There is a reason for partisanship. Usually, it`s a little
fuzzy around the edges when it comes to specific policies. There`s a
little overlap, a little uncertainty.
Not on this, though. This is the brightest policy line of them all.
Everywhere, where Republicans are in control, they have been moving to
prioritize anti-abortion and increasingly, anti birth control policies.
Still. Still, in 2015. And when Democrats are in control, conversely,
they try to undo those things.
The great state of Virginia, for example, they have odd year elections
and as Republican as things went nationwide in 2014, Virginia went in the
opposite direction in 2013, Virginia had had a whole slate of Republican
statewide elected officials from Bob McDonnell and Ken Cuccinelli on down
heading into those 2013 elections but in 2013, Democrats beat Republicans
for every statewide race in Virginia, and as diligently as Republicans had
worked in that state to pass new abortion restrictions, the Democrats know
they`re in charge have been trying to undo that work.
Republican Ken Cuccinelli when he was attorney general in Virginia, he
advanced a whole new regulatory system that would have had the effect of
shutting down most abortion clinics in that state by order of the state
government. Last week, the new attorney general who is a Democrat who
succeeded Ken Cuccinelli, his name is Mark Herring, last week mark herring
up ended those regulations and ruled they couldn`t be used to close down
Virginia`s existing clinics and so Virginia`s clinics will stay open.
There are sharp differences between the parties still on a lot of
culture war issues. Every Republican running for president, all 21 that we
know of at this point who are either running or likely to run, all of them,
for example, are opposed to gay people having the right to get married.
All of them. All of the Democrats, Hillary Clinton included, say the
opposite. Say they`re OK with it.
We`re going to have another one of these issues come up this summer
when we get that Supreme Court ruling in June on the constitutionality of
lethal injection. If that ruling, as expected, restarts a national debate
on the death penalty, we will find, again, in all likelihood that all the
Republicans hold one position on that and all the Democrats hold the other
But even as the Beltway press has moved on, right, even as the Beltway
press mostly ignores this or treats this as an old issue from a previous
election, that surprises them every time it keeps coming around –
honestly, when you look at what`s going on in the country right now, the
clearest single active governing priority for Republicans at the local
level, at the state level, and at the federal level, the thing they work on
when they work on nothing else is anti-abortion activism. Still. 2015.
This week in Congress, they`ve got a huge amount of stuff on their
plate, most of it being foisted on them by external timetables.
A federal judge last week ruled the NSA bulk data collection thing
that Edward Snowden blew the whistle on, a judge ruled last week it`s
unconstitutional. The ruling was the end of last week. By the end of this
week, Congress has to vote on whether or not to reauthorize that program.
That`s a pressing matter.
We`ve also got a vote this week on the big defense appropriations
bill. That means they will be studiously ignoring the question of whether
or not the war against is in Iraq and Syria is an authorized war. It
actually takes active work to keep ignoring that question. While also
authorizing this year`s Pentagon spending and as that fighting goes into
its ninth month.
There is also a very sensitive issue that`s going to come up in that
bill, which Republicans are all tied up in knots about. It`s the question
of whether or not you can enlist in the military even if you did not come
to this country legally.
There`s also a very thorny question about whether or not Congress can
force President Obama to keep Guantanamo open. That will be part of this
defense bill. All of that will be voted on this week in this big defense
Tomorrow, they have also got to take their vote in the Senate on this
trade deal that`s turned into a huge fight among Democrats. This big split
between the White House and liberal Democrats on whether or not they`re
going to approve that trade deal, Republicans almost never get a chance to
showcase Democrats hating on each other and talking smack about each other
and having big substantive disagreements with each other. But they will
get that this week with the vote in the – on the trade deal tomorrow which
absolutely divides the Democratic Party.
So, there is a lot going on on Capitol Hill this week, with all
different levels of political salience and political danger. But even with
all of that happening all at once this week, it doesn`t mean there isn`t
enough time for the Republican Party`s number-one priority. House
Republicans already tried once this year to pass a new nationwide ban on
abortion after 20 weeks.
They are going to bring it back again tomorrow, in the middle of all
this other stuff going on. After they couldn`t get it passed last time,
they`re bringing it back. Now with new rape-related provisions, now there
– as far as I understand it, the language is a little unclear to me.
But as far as I can tell, there appears to be what is in effect a
waiting period for rape victims, where they want the federal government to
force you to sit and wait and think it over, Missy, as to whether or not
you are sure you do not want to bear the rapist`s child. So, a de facto
federal waiting period for rape victims.
They`re also having a hard time sorting out exactly how lax they want
to be on incest victims. So, if you get pregnant by your own father or
uncle or brother or what-have-you, Republicans in Congress have been
working hard on the details as to whether or not you`ll be allowed to get
an abortion after 20 weeks, only if you are age 17 or younger. If you are
18 when your male relative impregnated you, Republicans in the House have
been having a hard time deciding whether in that instance Congress should
actually force you to have that baby.
This is a bill in which even Republican women in the House revolted
earlier this year. When the new Congress started up this January, this is
one of the first pieces of legislation that house Republicans decided they
need to move on. Kevin McCarthy, the House majority leader, still says
this is one of the Republicans` top three priorities for this year in
Congress. That they want to get this abortion ban passed, with the rape
stuff in it, and the incest stuff in it and all the rest of it.
They couldn`t even get it past their own female members a few weeks
ago. But they`re going back at it tomorrow, because it is – it is the
most salient Republican governing priority in this country. If they do
nothing else, they do this.
The beltway press never covers it that way. But that is exactly
what`s going on. Still.
Joining us now is Congresswoman Diana DeGette. She`s co-chair of the
Pro-Choice Caucus in the House.
Congresswoman DeGette, thanks for being with us tonight. Nice to see
REP. DIANA DEGETTE (D), COLORADO: Good to be with you, Rachel.
MADDOW: So, I will admit to being fuzzy on the language as to what
has ended up being in this new iteration of the House Republicans` abortion
ban. Do you understand what it is they`re going to ask for a vote on in
terms of these rape and incest provisions and all the rest?
DEGETTE: Well, it just seems like they keep doubling down on the
burdens on these victims. The rape – what we (AUDIO GAP) victims will now
have to prove in writing that they made a complaint to a government agency
or law enforcement agency. And same thing with the incest victims, which
is just appalling to me to say somebody who has been the victim of incest
now is required to report that to a law enforcement official or she can`t
get an abortion.
I mean, once again, they are just – they`re just revictimizing the
victims. It`s the same kind of outrageous language that did make the
Republican women walk the last time. They had to pull the bill from the
floor, which is a first for me. I haven`t seen something like that.
And now, this just looks like they`re making it even worse.
MADDOW: So, I mean, the implication of this is – and I mean, I don`t
want to put words in their mouths. But the implication of this to me is
that they believe that women are faking being victims of incest, so as to
access abortions they wouldn`t otherwise legally be able to get under a law
like this. I mean, if you have to prove written documentation, that
implies your word isn`t strong enough.
DEGETTE: Right. I mean, I think you`re right. What they`re saying
is, that women who just want to have abortions after 20 weeks, which is
very rare anyway, are going to now fake being a rape or incest victim in
order to get it. It`s just ludicrous. And it is so disrespectful to women
in general, and to rape and incest victims. It`s just appalling.
MADDOW: Do – is it your sense that the Republicans have I guess
gotten past the objections within their own caucus, particularly women in
their own Republican caucus, and that they do have a way to pass this? Do
you think this is something that ultimately is going to end up on President
Obama`s desk?
DEGETTE: Well, I – when I first heard they were bringing it up this
week again, I thought they must have watered it down somehow or something
to get people`s approval. When I looked at the language today, I really
couldn`t believe that they could have anymore support than they had before.
Because I think the bill is worse.
And so, I`ll be shocked if all these Republican women and some of the
more moderate Republican men vote for it. If they do, it will go to the
Senate. I can`t imagine that they could get 60 votes in the Senate over
there. But I`ll guarantee you: President Obama will veto it if it comes to
his desk.
MADDOW: Congresswoman Diana DeGette of Colorado, who is the chair of
the Pro-Choice Caucus in the House and from a state that has had its own
roller coaster ride on these issues recently – thanks very much for being
with us. Nice to have you here.
DEGETTE: Thanks, Rachel.
MADDOW: Thanks.
All right. We`ve got lots more ahead including another major front in
the culture wars that the Beltway media is underreporting. But don`t
worry, there`s others of us around, too.
Please stay with us.
MADDOW: We`ve got lots ahead tonight, including stories you will not
see anywhere else, including one from the state of Vermont. The lovely
state of Vermont, continuing to be a big surprise for not good reasons.
Please stay with us.
MADDOW: So, in January, the speaker of the House in New York was
arrested on federal corruption charges. That was the speaker of the House.
Then, last week, the leader of the state Senate was arrested too, on
totally different charges. But federal corruption charges, as well. The
state Senate guy is charged basically with doing public favors for
companies that paid money to his son.
One problem New York Republicans have faced in terms of replacing him
as head of the Senate now that he`s been arrested and indicted is that the
number two Republican in the state Senate was also arrested and indicted
last year, also on federal corruption charges, also for allegedly doing
favors for companies who he wanted to help out his son. Hey!
Legislators find it hard enough to decide what to do when their
leadership gets indicted and arrested, even without the next in line guy
having been indicted and arrested for the exact same thing. But today,
they decided in New York that the state Senate president would step down
from his leadership job while he prepares to go on trial, and they did have
to skip down the list a little bit to find the next guy. But they did pick
a replacement for the state Senate president, who isn`t actively under
indictment. Nor has he been arrested any time in recent memory. Although
I better check my notes.
So congratulations there, New York state legislature. It might even
feel weird now to have absolutely no federal charges pending against one of
your legislative leaders for a minute.
And it isn`t often that anybody besides New Jersey really truly
competes with New York for the lowest stinking ring in the ethical sewer of
state legislative politics. But this week, the competition comes from an
unexpectedly nice place. It comes from Vermont, where one veteran state
senator is making local news reporters in Vermont say things they probably
never thought they would have to say on TV in their whole Vermont careers.
REPORTER: The 63-year-old senator, who lives in this home in
Franklin, allegedly forced his female farm workers to engage in sexual
acts, according to investigators. Court paperwork says victims were told
they could live in this trailer in exchange for sex.
In addition, at least one victim told police the senator offered to
take her to a farm where she could have sex with a group of farm hands for
more money.
MADDOW: On Thursday, State Senator Norm McAllister was arrested by
Vermont police at the state capitol during a break in the Senate debates.
Two other Republican state senators briefly interceded with the police and
said they were acting as Senator McAllister`s lawyers as he was being
arrested and questioned.
Following morning, Friday morning, he was charged with three counts of
felony sexual assault and three counts of prohibited acts. The criminal
complaint against him alleges that a pattern of assaults on multiple women,
going back several years. State police say they know of three alleged
victims so far, but they say there may be more.
That was Friday. Since then, it`s been reported that the senator`s
alleged crimes may be worse than what was in the criminal complaint
unsealed by prosecutors on Friday. One of the accusers telling the Vermont
paper this weekend, that she may have been as young as 15 when the senator,
she says, first assaulted her on his farm.
She went on to be his assistant at the Vermont statehouse, where she
claims the assaults continued in the Montpellier apartment he shared with
two other lawmakers. So, that`s what`s unfolding in Vermont of all places.
But here`s the thing: the senator is apparently not stepping down,
still serving as a senator while out on bail on these charges.
Vermont`s governor has called on him to resign. The speaker of the
House has called on him to resign. The president of the State Senate has
called on him to resign. They`re all Democrats, though, and he`s a
But then, the state`s top-ranking Republican, lieutenant governor,
said yes, Senator McAllister would resign. But apparently nobody told
Senator McAllister that, and he would not resign and would not say if he
plans to.
He also told the "Burlington Free Press" that he has had, quote, "had
better days." Yes, you`re not the only one, Senator. Vermont Senator Norm
McAllister has set a new bar for horrifying indictment of a sitting
lawmaker. It remains to be seen whether he will also set a new bar for
state legislators who continue to serve while under that horrifying
Watch this space. This absolutely disgusting space.
MADDOW: To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Nazi surrender in
World War II, Russia threw a giant party in Moscow over the weekend. One
of Russian President Vladimir Putin`s buddies who came to Moscow for the
parade was Mr. Putin`s best American friend, Steven Seagal – one time but
no longer pony-tailed 1990s action hero.
STEVEN SEAGAL, ACTOR: You know, you shouldn`t knock Chinese potions.
I have something in my pocket right now that will completely clear up that
bruise on your forehead.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What bruise?
MADDOW: While Steven Seagal`s presence at Russia`s victory parade
this weekend was admittedly weird, both in Russian terms and international
terms, it was not the weirdest thing that happened at that parade. And
that is just ahead with pictures.
Please stay with us.
MADDOW: So, if the news cycle ever lets me out of the office again,
this might be where I go first.
REPORTER: The new great passion play. In the small Victorian village
of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, in the beautiful Ozark Mountains is America`s
number-one outdoor drama. See the story of the Passion of Christ up close.
Close enough to hear the cheering followers as they lay palm branches
before him as he enters Jerusalem. Close enough to hear the wheels Roman
carriers and the horses` hooves upon the cobble streets. Close enough to
hear the donkeys` bray and the sounds of the marketplace.
These sights and sounds will transport you and your senses back over
2,000 years into the very heart of the greatest story ever told.
MADDOW: The great passion play runs every year in the warm months in
Eureka Springs, Arkansas. It`s been seen by millions of people over the
past half century from May until October every year. You can take the Holy
Land tour. You can get close enough to hear the donkeys` bray. You can
also see the gigantic Christ of the Ozark`s statue.
This is Eureka Springs, Arkansas, part of the Ozark Mountains up in
the northwest corner of the state by Fayetteville. Eureka Springs is known
for its natural springs, which are supposed to be good for you, known for
its passion play, known for its big Christ statue, known for its arts
festival, and its Victorian looking shops and streets. It`s a cool place
that attracts and welcomes everybody, generally.
Eureka Springs is a small town, only a couple thousand people live
there. This is the local government. When something comes up, city
council can all spit around party table and talk it out. A few months ago,
for example, they debated a recommendation for how to throw away yard waste
and another for repairing a parking lot by the town auditorium. They
debated a measure to ban circus animals from town which they decided to do.
But while they were tending locally to the business of Eureka Springs,
state lawmakers in the state capital were also in session. The Arkansas
legislature decided in their infinite wisdom that they as a state would ban
local cities and towns from passing anti-discrimination laws. The state
legislature banned Arkansas cities and towns from making that decision on
their own.
Because the Eureka Springs Council could see that bill working its way
toward their relatively gay-friendly tourist town in Arkansas, they
preemptively passed anti discrimination ordinance for Eureka Springs. All
present voted aye. It was unanimous. No discrimination in Eureka Springs.
They were not the first town to try this in a red state or even within
Arkansas. Last summer, the city council and the college town of
Fayetteville, Arkansas, also passed a civil rights ordinance for their
town. But then the Fayetteville civil rights ordinance got put up for
repeal. The graffiti on this sign from the election is a little hard to
read, but it`s a three-letter word that starts with an F and ends with a G.
Fayetteville, Arkansas, lost its anti-discrimination ordinance, got
put up for referendum and lost.
Same thing happened last month in Springfield, Missouri. City council
in Springfield, Missouri, passed a nondiscrimination bill but then the bill
was struck down in a voter referendum. The college town of Starkville,
Mississippi, they got themselves a big profile in "The New York Times"
because of their progressive policies in deepest Mississippi. But then the
same Starkville, Mississippi, officials who voted in those
nondiscrimination policies then voted to take them away.
And then we have the little town of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where
they passed their civil rights ordinance, city council level, but that
ordinance is up for repeal, decision time in Eureka Springs. It`s a voter
referendum. The residents of Eureka Springs voting tomorrow on whether or
not they want to keep their new equality ordinance or whether they want to
erase it from the books.
The side trying to throw the thing out says the vote is, quote,
"basically a crapshoot", could go either way. The side trying to keep the
nondiscrimination ordinance sees it as the right thing to do. The
counselor who introduced it in the first place tells the "A.P." today,
quote, "We don`t go by convention. Somebody else us you can`t do
something, well, watch us."
The big arc of gay rights in this country the last few years has been
toward more. The shorter term story of gay rights, though, particularly in
the South has been toward less. We are experiencing a short term period of
backlash, at least in the South, this effort to rescind existing
discrimination provisions that protect gay people.
That mini trend is going to get a test tomorrow in Eureka Springs,
which may tell us more about how big a trend this actually is.
Joining us now is Andrew DeMillo, capitol correspondent for the Little
Rock bureau of the "Associated Press".
Mr. DeMillo, thanks very much for being with us.
ADNREW DEMILLO, ASSOCIATED PRESS: Thanks for having me.
MADDOW: So, Eureka Springs sees itself very much as a tourist town.
They market themselves very well, even nationally, not just throughout the
South as a tourist town.
What sort of powers that be in town and businesses there think about
this referendum?
DEMILLO: You know, when you walk around downtown eureka springs, you
see a lot of signs in favor of keeping the ordinance. As you referred to
it, Eureka Springs kind of has an interesting dichotomy there, the great
Passion play and Christ of the Ozarks which attracts tens of thousands of
people each year.
But this is also a town known as very LGBT-friendly community, very
inclusive, you know, very artsy community. And these are both very
important parts of the town`s identity. And this is really kind of a kind
of test to the relationship between those two identities.
MADDOW: As far as you can tell, could you predict what`s going to
happen tomorrow? Do you feel you know which way this is going to go?
DEMILLO: It`s – you know, it`s very hard to predict. It`s a special
election, especially a town of its size, a little over 2,000 people. Only
about 1,600, 1,700 of whom are registered voters.
My understanding is they have had early voting for the past week.
They actually had at least 400 people cast early ballots, which is, you
know, very strong turnout, very strong turnout for special election. And I
think it`s something that the supporters of the ordinance see as a very
encouraging sign.
MADDOW: In terms of supporters of the nondiscrimination ordinance in
terms of keeping it, they see that as a positive sign.
DEMILLO: Yes.
MADDOW: From your perch in Little Rock, and when you look at the gay
rights politics that are happening right now around the marriage issue,
around the religious freedom bill that came up in Arkansas that`s also come
up in other states, do you feel like there is a backlash that is against
those things that is organic? Or are those types of advances and those
types of debates just sort of being harnessed by people who have a
preexisting interest in this issue and are using this moment to try to push
the agenda that they have wanted to go forward with anyway?
DEMILLO: You`re definitely seeing a backlash at the local level to
this. Before Eureka Springs vote tomorrow, we`ve seen cities of little
rock and hot springs pass anti- discrimination ordinances that were more
limited dealing with city employees, city developed doors, Pulaski County,
the most populous county and where Little Rock is located looking at a
similar ordinance.
And this is really kind of a local pushback to the restriction on
these anti-discrimination ordinances but also as you mentioned, the
religious freedom measure in Arkansas.
So, you are seeing kind of this local pushback, and really the
pushback being kind of based on a business argument from these cities who
are saying they want to send a different message than what they thought was
sent during the legislative session here.
MADDOW: Andrew DeMillo, capitol correspondent for the "A.P." in
Little Rock, it`s going to be fascinating to see how this goes tomorrow.
Thanks for helping us understand. Appreciate it.
DEMILLO: Thank you.
MADDOW: All right. Lots more still to come.
Did you see the speech the first lady just gave? Have you seen this?
You have not seen anything like this if you have not seen this exact thing.
That and more ahead. Stay with us.
MADDOW: This is a thing that just happened. Imagine $180 million.
Picturing that? $180 million. Now, which would you rather have? Would
you rather have $180 million or would you rather have this?
There is at least one person in the world who finds that to be a
difficult question.
This is a Pablo Picasso work called Le Femme d`Alger Version O. It
was painted in 1955. Tonight, it just set the world record as the most
expensive work of art ever sold at auction, $179,365,000.
You give Christie`s that much money, they give you this. That is an
exchange that just happened.
MADDOW: Sometimes, 80 years is not too late to right a wrong. This
is how the United States Military Academy at West Point is trying to make
something right for one of their cadets who graduated 79 years ago. These
are new barracks for West Point cadets, and they`re going to be named after
this gentleman.
His name is Benjamin O. Davis Jr. He was from Washington, D.C. He
was the son of a career army officer, and West Point was willing to let him
in as an African-American cadet in 1932, but they were not willing to
accept him once he was there.
Cadets who violate the honor code at West Point are treated to
something they call silencing, where no one will speak to you except on an
official as-needed basis. No one would speak to him. No one would allow
them to sit with him to eat. No one would be his friend. No would room
with him. He roomed alone.
And all of that went on for the whole four years that he was there.
Four years. Try that and see how you would do.
Before Benjamin O. Davis got there in 1932, West Point had not
graduated a single African-American cadet in the whole 20th century.
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. for those four years he was frozen out, tormented for
the whole time he was there, but he persevered, he graduated in the top 15
percent of his class, this is class that hated him for being black.
And he went on to a very distinguished military career. He was an
original Tuskegee Airmen. He commanded the Red Tails. He was one of the
Army pioneers who helped create the United States Air Force. He became the
first-ever African-American Air Force general.
And now, West Point will house 650 cadets in a six-story building they
are naming for him on campus. The head of West Point`s history department
saying today Benjamin O. Davis` career, quote, "was not West Point at its
finest hour, but this is a chance for West Point to recognize one of its
First Lady Michelle Obama gave the commencement speech at Tuskegee
University in Alabama this weekend. At that speech, she talked about what
it meant for Tuskegee to be the site of the airfield and flight school for
America`s pioneering pilots the Tuskegee Airmen.
MICHELLE OBAMA, FIRST LADY: Instead of being defined by the
discrimination and the doubts of those around them, they became one of the
most successful pursuit squadrons in our military.
They went onto show the world that if black folks and white folks
could fight together and fly together, then surely, surely, they could eat
at a lunch counter together. Surely, their kids could go to school
MADDOW: First Lady Michelle Obama speaking at Tuskegee University
this weekend, talking about the pioneering Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.
She also went onto talk in personal terms about something I`m not sure
she has talked about in public before. And I sort of hate this term but if
you have heard that the speech from the first lady has gone viral in the
couple days since she gave that speech, this is why. This is a side of the
first lady we do not often see. This is something she does not often talk
about in public.
But watch this.
OBAMA: Back when my husband first started campaigning for president,
folks had all sorts of questions of me. What kind of first lady would I
be? What kinds of issues would I take on? Would I be more like Laura Bush
or Hillary Clinton or Nancy Reagan?
And the truth is, those same questions would have been posed to any
candidate`s spouse. That`s just the way the process works.
But as potentially the first African-American first lady, I was also
the focus of another set of questions and speculations, conversations
sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others. Was I too loud
or too angry or too emasculating?
Or was I too soft, too much of a mom, not enough of a career woman?
Then there was the first time I was on a magazine cover. It was a
cartoon drawing of me with a huge afro and a machine gun. Now, yes, it was
satire. But if I`m really being honest, that knocked me back a bit. It
made me wonder, just how are people seeing me.
Or you might remember the on stage celebratory fist bump between me
and my husband after a primary win that was referred to as a terrorist fist
And over the years, folks have used plenty of interesting words to
describe me. One said I exhibited a little bit of uppityism. Another
noted I was one of my husband`s cronies of color. Cable news charmingly
referred to me as Obama`s baby mama.
But eventually, I realized that if I wanted to keep my sanity and not
let others define me, there was only one thing I could do. And that was to
have faith in God`s plan for me.
I had to ignore all of the noise and be true to myself and the rest
would work itself out.
MADDOW: First Lady Michelle Obama speaking to graduating students at
Tuskegee University this weekend in Alabama. Honestly, just a remarkable
speech from her on a subject she can speak to in a way that no one else
We have posted a link to the whole thing, at MaddowBlog.com tonight.
I highly recommend that you check it out.
We`ll be right back.
SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: Russia is a gas station masquerading
as a country. Its kleptocracy, its corruption, it`s a nation that is
really only dependent upon oil and gas for their economy.
MADDOW: A gas station masquerading as a country – one of John
McCain`s best lines.
And like most really good lines, it wasn`t all that true. I mean,
yes, oil and gas for Russia, absolutely. But Russia is also one of the
world`s greatest suppliers of military hardware, weapons. And their crown
jewel right now, their international claim to fame right now is this shiny
new tank, the T-14 Armada.
The base model weighs 48 tons. It`s able to reach speeds of more than
50 miles an hour which is a lot when you`re a tank. Apparently, its main
gun can fire multiple types of different ammunition including guided
missiles with a range of nearly five miles.
It has an automatic defense system. It has an unmanned turret that
uses radar to detect incoming threats and shoot them out of the sky.
Russian news outlets have even reported that that tank could at some point
be fully remote controlled. It could be a drone tank.
American outlets have been pretty impressed by the new Russian tank`s
specs. Needless to say, Russia is very excited about this new piece of
weaponry and the international props they`re getting for it.
This past weekend, the new tank was finally unveiled to the Russian
public at Russia`s giant victory day parade commemorating the 70th
anniversary of the Nazi surrender at the end of World War II. Triumph!
But then a bad thing happened for the brand new tank. It broke down.
It broke down at the dress rehearsal. It just stalled out. Russia rolled
out its newest tank. In the middle of them rolling it out, it just stopped
rolling. They tried to tow it away, but they couldn`t because after all,
it does weigh 48 tons. Eventually they did get it moving again.
It was embarrassing, right? They`re basking in the international
reception. This is embarrassing letdown, so much so that initially they
tried to pretend that it had stopped awkwardly on purpose. No, I swear we
meant it.
But that was at least just during the dress rehearsal. That was just
during practice, right? The good news is during the actual VE Day parade,
the new tank drove like a dream. No more stalls, no problems. And,
frankly, almost every piece of Russian weaponry in the giant VE Day parade
was impressive and imposing as I`m sure they were supposed to be. Almost
every piece performed flawlessly. Those darn tanks!
It was a different model this time and a different problem, but this
time this other tank – the problem was it caught on fire, which wouldn`t -
- you know, it`s never good. It would be bad enough if this tank that
caught on fire wasn`t also a tank carrying missiles while it was on fire.
Likely, the flames are quickly extinguished. The tank was
successfully towed away. So the parade could continue. The missile didn`t
blow up.
So, a couple of rough moments for one of the world`s biggest weaponry
suppliers, all was not lost though. One military exercise did go off
without a hitch this weekend. Russia`s seal team performed flawlessly.
Did it all while keeping their little seal hats on. I salute you Russian
seals, long may you wave.
That does it for us tonight. We will see you again tomorrow.
Now, it`s time for "THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O`DONNELL."
Good evening, Lawrence.
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*2016-2017 Junior League of Savannah Lucy Barrow McIntire Provisional Volunteer of the Year Award Winner*
I'm from the ATL, am ride or die for Savannah and live to connect to others. I put my family first, love my UGA man and have one demanding fur baby named Diva. I try to channel my inner Beyonce on a regular basis! I tune out the world with good music, I have packed on pounds because of the amazing food in Savannah but I'm a mean cook too! I consider shopping and looking for sales a sport.My go to fashion is a good dress and a Kate Spade bag. I binge watch "Power", "Wags", "The Kardashians" and anything about Suge Knight. I think Tupac's lyrics saved my life and I am a pusher for southern Hip Hop! When you see me out please stop me to say hi and give me a hug I need your energy. Keep up with me @MiaontheRadio on Instagram & Twitter!
Born & raised in Menasha, Wisconsin, Lexi is a connoisseur of Johnsonville Brats, specialty cheeses and butter burgers. She moved to Savannah with her best friend and favorite person in the world, her dad, in 2009. Lexi dabbles in stand-up comedy, but is average at best. Lexi is a recent Summa Cum Laude graduate of Georgia Southern University, having majored in Law & Society with a concentration in Human Behavior and a double minor in Psychology and Criminal Justice. Her hobbies include Grey's Anatomy, Kraft Mac & Cheese, and arguing with strangers on the internet. Lexi's biggest fear is a toss between developing an adult-onset allergy to cats, or someone actually stealing the Declaration of Independence. She is a saucy gemini who cries way too much and whose life goal is to move to Chicago and look good in an off-the-shoulder dress.


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BDP works closely with artists and recent collaborations have been on projects such as Alder Hey Children's Hospital, The Hive at Kew, Grosvenor estate in Mayfair and Royal Pharmaceutical Society. We explore these design collaborations from four different viewpoints of art consultant, artist, interior designer and client.
Design collaborations can be like old-fashioned love affairs, with the art consultant curating the art and being a kind of bridge support. The engagement is about listening and learning but is also full of mutual passions, aspirations and anxieties. It's usually between two parties but sometimes involves an extended family.
Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK
Family is central to the ethos of Alder Hey Children's Hospital. Achieving a unique place inspired by children defined the underlying principles of the design and construction but also required a complex dialogue between artist and designer with patients, siblings, parents and staff.
From the outset a Children and Young People's Design Group, supported by parents and staff, as well as the adult Art Strategy Group set out their design aspirations. The Trust wanted a key artist to collaborate with the designers to bring to life the hospital. So once the architectural form had been developed a lead artist, Lucy Casson, was commissioned. Lucy came with a unique aesthetic that the young people found child friendly but not patronising. "She was keen to share ideas... she always asked for our input… she really is taking our feedback on board…"
Wanted - a good team of artists and architects who will listen to us!Lesley Greene Art Consultant
The artist's elements include carved fossil creatures and quirky plant forms integrated into the concrete panels, a central hanging feature sculpture, bronze animals on benches, manifestation designs and curtain designs. It is an open narrative that playfully shares the designer's wayfinding vision and creates a place with detail and texture, with creatures that can be touched and add smiles, hopefully distracting some sadness.
Throughout the whole process both artist and designers were enthusiastic, mutually supportive and respectful of the aspirations of the young people. It is to their credit that a brief inspired by, and in collaboration with, children and young people weaves a unique and quirky animal magic at the heart of this new hospital.
For the UK Pavilion at Milan Expo my vision was to create an immersive installation integrating art, science, music and architecture.
The Hive, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
To realise this vision I brought together an interdisciplinary design team of architects, musicians, engineers, landscape architects and lighting designers which allowed the ideas to truly evolve. Without this collaborative process the project wouldn't have been the success it was, or as humane and inclusive.
The Hive, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
The same team has been instrumental in bringing the Hive to Kew Gardens, having worked with them on previous projects and knowing we shared a vision. It was a true collaboration in that egos did not restrict us but instead our different disciplines enabled us to let go where necessary and as required.
The Hive, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society wanted its new headquarters building to resonate key messages to its staff, members, visitors and public relating to the society's founding aims and 175 year heritage as well as its role in improving public health at the cutting edge of scientific developments in medicine and treatments. It also wanted to create transparency so that the public would be able to understand its values and what it does, simply by looking in.
These objectives were achieved through close collaboration within the design team throughout the project. The client, the art consultancy, Acrylicize, and BDP's interdisciplinary in-house team all worked together to ensure the society's new home has a distinctive presence.
Royal Pharmaceutical Society, London, UK
One external feature is a graphic representation of the six words deemed to best describe what the society is about - health, science, pharmacists, medicines, people and care. Another striking component is a Vitruvian man, visible by day and illuminated at night. A final feature is a collage using images of 360 pharmacists set within two storey high glass boxes to showcase the society as a people-centred organisation.
Internally the scientific theme is carried throughout the building using devices such as full height etched glass screens of various chemical compounds and the society's museum collection of past and present pharmacy – all of which gives its new home a clear identity.
Vitruvian man, visible by day and illuminated at nightKristen Liedl BDP Interior Designer
Laid out by the Grosvenor family in the early 18th century, Mayfair's original street pattern remains clearly visible. For 300 years, the Grosvenor family has taken a direct interest in not only the buildings but also the streets, gardens and public art that helps to make Mayfair and Belgravia such special places today.
Silence in Carlos Place, Mayfair by architect artist Tadao Ando, London, UK
In 2007, Grosvenor published Jan Gehl's 'Places for People - a public realm strategy for Mayfair & Belgravia'. Fundamental to making the estate more attractive as a place in which to live, work or visit is increasing the appeal of its public space by reducing traffic, improving streetscape and increasing greenery.
Public art is key to this aspiration. For nearly ten years BDP has been our principal partner in achieving this ambition, either through designing art as part of its landscape proposals, collaborating with the artist as with 'Silence' by Tadao Ando in Carlos Place, or by providing a setting for public art on buildings alongside its public realm improvements as with 'Room' by Sir Anthony Gormley in Brown Hart Gardens. Each time the relationship between client, designer and artist has been key to making Mayfair an even better place.


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Pregnant or just an expat?
As an expat in Germany, sometimes I feel like I'm going a bit crazy. It's like everything in my life is suddenly intensified by about 100 fold. The other day I realized that the food cravings and mood swings I have here are unlike anything I've experienced before. This inspired me with my latest blog post…the top eight signs that may you may be pregnant….or simply just experiencing life has an expat. *Please note – If you aren't living abroad, but are experiencing these symptoms, perhaps you should see your doctor. Unless of course you are a man. But maybe you want to see your doctor anyway. And no, I am not offering actual medical advice in this post. Just in case you were confused…..in which case, see #8 below.
1. Cravings. You have serious cravings that sometimes take over to such an extent that you are willing to hunt around your entire city until you find what you need. You find you can't stop thinking about a particular food. Sometimes you find yourself drooling on the bus, train, sidewalk. You are tempted to jump on an airplane home just to get this food.
2. Mood swings. You are suddenly an emotional basket case. In one day, or even one afternoon, or one hour, your emotions range from exhilarating joy to depression to complete meltdowns. You have flashes of intense rage at random times and in random locations and find yourself crying if someone doesn't understand what you want.
3. Fatigue. Some days you can't understand what you did that was so tiring but you can barely keep your eyes open. You nap for extended periods of time after seemingly small activities and short conversations. You put off doing something simple like going to the bank because…well, it just takes too much energy.
4. Frequent urination. You find yourself peeing like twenty times in one evening and when you're out you are constantly thinking about where the next bathroom is and will you have to pay for it? You even find yourself tempted by the German habit of peeing in the bushes…you realize beer may play a significant role in this.
5. Weight gain. In one week you find that you've gained more than five pounds and have no idea how. No, it couldn't be the amazing mouth-watering bread, you think. I didn't drink that much beer…did I? It's totally normal to eat 10 pastries a day, isn't it? But the good news is you will probably lose the weight next week after visiting five friends who all live at the top of eight story walk-ups.
6. Head aches. You find intense head aches hitting regularly. Particularly after German classes and German conversations.
7. Clumsiness. In one day you find you've nearly fallen flat on your face about five times. You spill coffee all over your counter, your desk, the kitchen. You trip coming off the train. You remember back in time when you had at least a little grace…
8. Forgetfulness and confusion. You start to forget words for basic things in English, and find yourself constantly asking your friends questions like, "what do you call that thing you write with?" Even your sentences start to get muddled and you say things like, "From where do you come? Now, have I hunger. I must the bus take."


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The mission of Zurmo is to challenge the way people approach CRM. Our project is built on an honest open source model, supported by a diverse community passionate about engineering the highest quality CRM on Earth. Our ultimate goal is to create a CRM that everyone will actually use.
As developers, we believe in doing things right. We do everything possible to instill confidence in our application and its long term stability. By following a test-driven development methodology, we are able to discover and fix bugs faster with each line of code that is created. The purely open source nature of our application is free of technical roadblocks and encourages developers to build meaningful customizations, plug-ins, and integrations that are tested, supported, and included in the platform when deemed viable by the community.
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Sony has sold over 500 million PlayStation consoles since the brand's inception, and they plan on releasing a limited edition PS4 Pro in order to commemorate the milestone. Sony Interactive Entertainment launched the first PlayStation console 23 years ago, in December 1994, in Japan, before eventually moving to other markets around the world a year later – and that was the start of one of the most influential console manufacturers in gaming history.
It wasn't long after that Sony Interactive Entertainment decided to take what they learned early on and make the PlayStation 2, which first released in 2000 and became the most popular video game console in history, selling more than 150 million units in its 13 years of development. What's surprising is that it continued to sell well all the way until the PlayStation 4 released in 2013, despite the PlayStation 3 being on the market at the same time. And now, thanks to millions of gamers around the world, the PlayStation brand has it an amazing milestone.
Related: Sony Has Sold Over 80 Million PlayStation 4 Units
Sony announced today that they had sold over 500 million PlayStation consoles in the brand's lifetime, of which approximately 82 million come from the PlayStation 4. And to commemorate the occasion, they will be releasing a limited edition PS4 Pro. The 2 TB console is dark blue, translucent, and has a copper plate attached to it, and it comes with matching DualShock 4 controllers, as well as a PlayStation Camera, vertical stand, and mono headset.
This limited edition console represents a victory lap for Sony's PlayStation division, even though their history was not necessarily all fun and games. Their previous console, the PlayStation 3, was in last place out of the three console manufacturers. Multiple factors contributed to this, including the Xbox 360's one-year head start, the difficulty that developers experienced creating games with the PlayStation 3's architecture, the weak launch software line-up, and a steep initial retail price.
Sony has successfully changed course when it came to the PlayStation 4, with a better software library and by avoiding many of the PR pitfalls that the Xbox One suffered during pre-release. However, Sony's aversion to cross-platform play with the Xbox One and Nintendo Switch for popular games such as Fortnite has become a point of contention. This is a strategy that Sony has embraced after gaining the lead in sales, but this anti-consumer behavior may ultimately backfire for the PlayStation brand by the time the PlayStation 5 releases. But, regardless of what happens in the future, it looks like Sony is going strong in the video game space.
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This month, I'm going to be writing letters to myself at various stages in my life. Below is the fifth and final installment, for my twenty-one-year-old self.
Dear twenty-one-year-old me,
Breathe. Just breathe. And then let go. Let go of your expectations. Let go of your agenda. Let go of your timeline. You are not God. You are not in control. He is. His timing is perfect. His plan is perfect. Relax. And breathe once more for good measure.
Preparing to leave such a rich community is heartbreaking, I know. But what you can't see is that there is a wonderful opportunity for you to build a new community in a place that desperately needs it, if only you will keep moving forward instead of getting stuck in the despair of leaving your current home.
I know you're agonizing over the fact that you still don't have a job lined up for after graduation. I know that tortures you. I know it keeps you up at night as your mind continues spinning long into the night, trying to devise a new plan of attack to provide your own safety net in what feels like a free-fall with no view of the ground. But take heart; the moment you let go of your will in this is the very moment that the pieces will start to fall together without your interference.
God is going to do far greater things that what you can even imagine. There will certainly be a lot of painful goodbyes involved, but there will also be times of joyous celebration as you see how He will graciously provide for all of your needs. You will later be able to look back and see how He was working all the while, putting the pieces together to create something beautiful.
Life won't unfold just the way you want; it's not your story to plot out. You focus too much on what you alone are capable of, putting God and what He can do inside a box of your limitations. Lay down your expectations, and you will be surprised with what wonderfully amazing things come up that weren't possible while you were holding so tightly to your own agenda.
Expect great things, but don't tell God how or when to do them. Know that you will make a difference, but leave margin for the when and the how. Explore your passions, giving God room to work with them and fashion them into a meaningful way to spend your time and invest your life. And don't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.
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Episode 4 of the MileSplit Coaches Corner features Lee's Summit West (MO) head girls cross country and track and field coach Jesse Griffin.
Coach Griffin has had an illustrious career over his time in Western Missouri. After taking over the Lady Titans' cross country team in 2008, Griffin won four state championships in Class 4 from '08-'11. Their 2011 state championship completed an unprecedented five-peat, making them the only team to three-peat, four-peat, and five-peat in the highest cross country classification in state history. Since then, his squads have placed in the top four in 2012 (4th), 2016 (2nd), and 2017 (3rd). They are currently the top ranked team in Missouri.
Griffin's successes are not limited to the fall, though. As the head coach of the girls track team, his squads have earned finished as runner-ups in 2012 and 2014 in Class 4. After a runner-up finish in Class 5 in 2015, the first year for the fifth class in Missouri, the Titans have swept the last three championships, all of which in impressive fashion. In fact, in 2017, they became the first team to score 100 points at the state meet and scored in 17 of the 18 events.
While the 2018 title may not have been as dominant as the 2017 victory, they still made their mark on the 2018 when their 4x800 team of Madison Hulsey, McKenna Butler, Audrey Parson, and Jana Shawver became the first in state history to break 9:00, running 8:58.74 for third place at New Balance Nationals.
This past weekend, the Lady Titans made a major statement by taking down MileSplit50 #13 Liverpool (NY) and Shenendehowa (NY) at the McQuaid Invitational in New York. Senior Ginger Murnieks was third overall in the AAA race in 17:03 (3 miles) and the girls averaged 18:04.92 in the victory. Their 5K average currently sits at 19:06.80 with 1:20 1-5 spread and 38 second 2-7 spread.
Time Breaks:
- Intro - 0:00
- Starting With LSW in 2008 - 1:20
- Pre-LSW coaching and running background - 3:25
- Track domination over the last 3 years - 6:00
- Building and Maintaining Team Culture - 7:45
- Talking 2018 XC, star transfer Ginger Murnieks - 12:35
- Training Program Overview - 17:25
- Competing at Regional, National Level - 18:48
- Divvying up responsibility among assistants - 20:45
- Competing at a high level with a "smaller" roster size - 23:40
- Talking 2018 XC Part 2 - 27:19
- Lightning Round - 32:35
- Closing - 37:35
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The Skinny: The Raptors shot lights out to start the game on a 14-2 run. Keith Bogans responded with a pair of three-pointers, and Joe Johnson followed with a three to cut the deficit to three. DeMar DeRozan scored 11 first-quarter points, and a buzzer-beating three-pointer from Rudy Gay gave Toronto a four-point lead after one.
A 7-0 Raptors' run to start the second quarter increased the lead to double figures. Toronto then went on an 11-0 run to push the lead to 20. The Raptors outscored the Nets 27-12 in the quarter to take a 19-point lead at the break.
Brook Lopez had 12 early points to start the third quarter, but the Raptors were relentless. Deron Williams found his stroke from downtown, as back-to-back threes got the Nets back within 11. He scored 15 points in the quarter, as Toronto's lead remained at 11 after three.
Andray Blatche scored five straight Brooklyn points to open the fourth quarter, closing the gap to six points. The Nets used free-throws to get back within two, but Gay converted a huge three-point play to put the Raptors back up five. DeRozan hit a huge three to increase the lead to eight. A three from D-Will then made it a four-point game. The teams traded buckets, and the Raptors led by five with 37.7 seconds remaining. D-Will missed a deep three, and DeRozan made a pair of free-throws at the other end. Johnson then drained a three, and Kyle Lowry missed both free-throws and the Nets had possession down four. Johnson air-balled a three, and that sealed the Nets losing fate.
High Scorers: DeRozan led all scorers with 36 points on 12-of-22 shooting. For the Nets, Williams led the way with 30 points on 11-of-20 from the field and had six assists.
Key Stats: The Nets struggled at the free-throw line, shooting 11-of-19 (58 percent)
Who Was Hot: Rudy Gay shot 10-of-19 from the outside for 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for the double-double. Blatche gave the Nets great minutes off the bench, scoring 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting and grabbing eight boards.
Who Was Not: Lopez was ice cold out of the gate. He was one of his first seven from the field and finished 7-of-19 for 16 points. Joe Johnson was also cold, shooting 4-of-16 for 12 points.
Fun Fact: Former No. 1 overall pick Andrea Bargnani made his NBA debut against the Nets on Nov. 1, 2006. However, he was inactive in this one after an elbow injury ended his season early.
The Raptors are now 15-16 since acquiring Gay, but that doesn't mean the Nets are off the hook for this bad loss, even though the team played well in the second half to makes things interesting late.
Lopez had just a terrible start to this game, though he picked it up in the third quarter. Without Bargnani or Jonas Valanciunas playing for Toronto, this was the type of game Lopez was supposed to dominate. But instead he turned in a lackluster performance.
The Raptors have now won five of their last six games and prevented a season sweep at the hands of the Nets.
With the loss, the Nets will officially be the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. With no hope up moving up further, don't be surprised to see the likes of Williams, Lopez and Joe Johnson get some rest over the final stretch.
But after this tough loss, P.J. Carlesimo may opt to keep his same rotation to get his players prepared for what they will experience in the postseason. Plus it would be a confidence boost to win the final two games at home, even with two weaker teams coming to town.
Brooklyn (47-33) returns home for it final homestand starting Monday night against the Washington Wizards. The 7:30 p.m. game will be televised on the YES Network.
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