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Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others. He has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for over three decades. A longtime aide to state Senate Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature, Kevin can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, "InterCHANGE," on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10, and heard filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their lovely young daughter, Kyla Audrey, in Franklin.
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The Barking Lot is a regular weekly feature of this just in…Written by my lovely wife, Jennifer and me. It opens with the weekend dog walking forecast followed by the main blog from dog lover, Jennifer. Then it's DOGS IN THE NEWS and our close. Enjoy!
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Here's my lovely wife, Jennifer with this week's main blog:
It's no secret… I'm not Football's #1 fan.
Despite my writing about hosting a great Super Bowl party, we're not having anyone over. Kevin doesn't like either team, and I couldn't care less about the entire thing. I might try to catch a glimpse of the commercials but even the halftime show holds no interest for me.
So, what AM I going to watch this Sunday? You know it: The PUPPY BOWL on Animal Planet, sponsored by Pedigree Dog Food. Talk about a time when everyone is a winner. The dogs that play in the Puppy Bowl are up for adoption and certainly do find loving forever homes. Pedigree Dog Food gets fantastic exposure. You know there are tons of non-football lovers who need something to watch so Animal Planet gains some new viewers. And even if you're not in the immediate market to adopt, it truly is your cuteness overload for the year.
Speaking of successful "up-for-adoption" stories, make sure you keep your eyes on Biscuit and Butterscotch this year. They have Sato Project founder Chrissy Beckles to thank for their being in the big game. I find it inspiring and amazing what one woman and her soft spot for dogs has accomplished.
Good Morning America gave us a sneak peak at this year's game and I'll bet you that at least one person on that news team ends up with a pup!
And finally… Since my heart won't exactly be in San Francisco this Sunday I'll let the canine competitors have their say:
---Jennifer Fischer
Thanks, Jennifer!
Time now for DOGS IN THE NEWS, canines that made headlines the past week.
Secret Service dog dies while on duty.
Starving dog eats her own tail.
This dog can send you to jail.
San Francisco has a puppy problem, and you can thank the "green" crowd.
Military to use brain scans in dog training.
Robo-dogs help students learn to treat animals in emergency situations.
Dog sniffs out valuable whale vomit.
A bull's penis makes its way to The Barking Lot.
A gay dog?
Good dog, Madison!
Have we ever mentioned that we love happy endings? Here's another!
Column: The messy joy of babies and dogs.
The lady, the dog, and the deli sandwich order.
RIP: Barney Bush
Who is America's best dog?
And we close as we always do with our closing dog video. What would you do if you lost your dog?
And finally...
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Update: Sponsor of Georgia Proof-of-Eligibility Law Rep. Mark Hatfield Failed to Get Rules Committee to Add Language from House Bill 401.
Rep. Mark Hatfield, R-Waycross, failed in his attempt to get the powerful Rules Committee to amend a bill setting the date for Georgia's presidential primary. He tried to add language from House Bill 401, which would force presidential and vice presidential candidates to prove their U.S. citizenship before landing on the Georgia ballot.
The attempt would have led to a Crossover Day vote on Wednesday, the last day for a measure to pass from one chamber for review in another. The primary bill is up for a vote on Wednesday, but without any amendments.
Hatfield's bill, which originally had 93 co-sponsors, had just 65 backers by this week.... ...Continued here; http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-politics-elections/birther-bill-sponsor-tries-873634.html
As previously reported here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. Montana, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Indiana, Connecticut, Missouri and Iowa are pursuing legislation that will require presidential and vice-presidential candidates prove they're Constitutionally Eligible.
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Notre Dame Professor Charles Rice: Obama's eligibility could be biggest political fraud in the history of the world; time for a new approach -Details here.
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Skip to comments.Obamacare can be defunded without Senate approval
Posted on 10/03/2013 3:32:21 AM PDT by blueyon
When the House passed legislation to defund ObamaCare but would keep the government running through mid-December, the Senate, led by Senate Majority Leader, Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) stated that they would not budge on Obamacare and the legislation was defeated.
On Monday, Dr. Harold Pease, an expert on the United States Constitution, stated that the authority in dealing with Obamacare funding belongs to the U.S. House, not the U.S. Senate and that the House is doing this all wrong.
Pease said, Everything hinged upon funding which was given exclusively to the House of Representatives, the only power that they alone had.
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Wish they would do this NOW
It is about time somebody actually read what the Constitution says about who funds what. It is for the House of Representatives to do, and ONLY the House of Representatives.
It is about time somebody actually read what the Constitution says about who funds what. It is for the House of Representatives to do, and ONLY the House of Representatives.
Correct analysis, but it doesn't account for the fact that Obama and Reid will not allow such a decoupling and will reject a larger funding bill that does not include Obamacare. That is essentially the present situation with the demons of the Left shutting down the government rather than touching Obamacare while the media is screaming 24/7 that it is the Republican's fault. Will the GOP hold? I wouldn't bet much on Boehner and also worry that Peter King is going to be the lever to deprive Boehner of his working majority and force a CR without any conditions.
the entire history of rammming this bill into becoming "the law of the land" was accomplished by circumventing the US Constitution with "special rules"
go back 3.5 years and re-read about Pelosi and Reid's maneuvers
Then they should do it now.
Wasn't funding for this done outside the regular budget process?
It's kind of funny how they can close the Government , but open Obamacare.
Aren't the Obamacare workers Government employees?
Why is no one mentioning that Obamacare employees are essential and Government workers are not.
17 GOP congress defectors is all it take to topple Boehner's position and surely the democrats have targeted their victims and are working ruthlessly on them with every means at their disposal
that means every means
by some counts the demos already have perverted 15 RINOs into buckling for a "clean CR"
you look at nations in history whose govt has done terrible cruel things to its own people while other people cooperated or stood by and thought it could never happen
but the same sociopath personalities are rampant in our govt, embedded into the bureaucracy, and working to advance their agenda by any means
when will the awakening come?
..."It is about time somebody actually read what the Constitution says about who funds what. It is for the House of Representatives to do, and ONLY the House of Representatives"...
But, to do as the Constitution says in this case would rule out tyrants and a dictatorship. They can't have that now that they almost have it all wrapped up. Anyway, the press thinks it is a part of the government and it LOVES power over the people.
Why doesn't the House stop paying the Obamacare workers?
Let's add one more thing to Dr. Pease's analysis of what CJ Roberts did ... Constitutionally, a revenue bill MUST originate in the house. The Senate, taking a NON-revenue bill, hollowing it out, and then sticking the genesis of Obamacare in the empty husk WAS A SHAM. OBAMACARE ORIGINATED IN THE SENATE!!! Where is the challenge to this??????? Is this what Roberts is waiting for? Where the heck are we on this?
This article is correct to my knowledge... will we have the cajones to not only follow the proper procedures but stand up to Reid and obunghole?
This information needs to be sent by us FREEPERS, to all of our U.S. House of Representatives Members ASAP.
Im not familiar with Dr Pease.
obama's army- the one he talked about creating
an army of manipulated and manipulative "community organizers" approvingly encouraged and funded through govt officials and agencies through govt grants
ACORN on steroids
surprise. they don't wear uniforms
The Senate, taking a NON-revenue bill, hollowing it out, and then sticking the genesis of Obamacare in the empty husk WAS A SHAM. OBAMACARE ORIGINATED IN THE SENATE!!! Where is the challenge to this??????? Is this what Roberts is waiting for? Where the heck are we on this?
YOU will be told you have no standing ,, that attack must come from the House.
their funding is coming from a myriad of slush funds from previous "budget" plus private foundations, big donors and corporations, not under the House. The capitalists are funding their own demise. As planned
Isn't the CR the continuation of the last budget passed by congress - about 4 years ago? If so, ObamaCare wasn't part of the last budget. So, how is it possible to fund a program that was not in the original budget?
I am afraid it will either end in death and destruction or subjugation of a sullen populace crushed by the weight of the Federal government in the model of Castro's Cuba.
At this point the constitution means nothing, it does no good to cite it, and their is no constitutional remedy short of nullification by the states.
Boehner et al are too weak to take a stand like this, I'm really really stunned that boehner has not caved yet, not sure what he's up to, I suspect something sinister and it's just a matter of time before he caves and sells us down the river.
The author suggests de-coupling the rest of the continuing resolution from the affordable care act and passing them as separate items.
"...If Obamacare is removed from the government budget, presented, and voted on as a separate bill..."
I don't see how this is different from what has already been tried.
I can't believe how dumb our elected officials are. Oh, wait a minute, yes I can.
The historic parallel between the Russian Communist Revolution of 1917 and what's currently occurring in the United States is uncanny.
On November 2, 2008, the Democrat/Communist Party stormed the Winter Palace and killed the Czar (U.S. Constitution)and put Lenin (Obama) in the Kremlin (White House).
At this point in the Russian Communist Revolution, and just as it's occurring now in the U.S., a Civil War erupts between the Red faction and the White faction that continues for another six years.
> when will the awakening come?
Oh it's coming as soon as the people start experiencing the real financial consequences of allowing this rank amateur's actions. Its going to be brutal.
I suspect that if the House successfully defunds this thing and the USSC declares it unconstitutional because of the way it was funded in the first place, or for some other reason, this regime will impose it anyway and the entire bureaucracy, including the IRS will enforce it with the full power of the Presidential Law. I think the line has been crossed.
Is Pease saying the House simply needs to prepare an "Omnibus" bill that excludes funding for Obamacare, and present that to the Senate? In effect, that action would combine the piecemeal legislation into one bill.
The piece for Obamacare would then not be included in the Omnibus bill; it would be discarded and not available for consideration for the Senate to fiddle with, that is, nothing there to put back in.
Why did the House not do this in the first place?
You will find his name prominently on the IRS Audit list... near the top.
Who would have standing?
Can't we at least be point out that Barry unilaterally changed a so-called constitutional law - after signing it, and by making THOSE CHANGES made it......UNCONSTITUTIONAL????
This was not a line-item veto, it was an imperial President re-writing law by edict. Some would argue that this alone was an impeachable offense. Some would argue that Roberts should be impeached for rewriting the law.
Where is the outrage?
"I dont see how this is different from what has already been tried."
I don't see either. There is some legal minutiae that wasn't explained or understood by the author, or that I don't understand.
And other posts stated this too: if whatever the House sends doesn't have ACA funding, both Reid and Obama will reject anyway.
Direct election of Senators is an unconstitutional amendment and goes directly against the structure of the federal goobermunt.
astute observation.....on history!!!
Save for later read. Thanks for the post.
What!? And have them have to abide/cite the same from then on out? That's enough crazy talk...I'd be laughing if I wasn't crying.
"I dont see how this is different from what has already been tried.
I dont see either. There is some legal minutiae that wasnt explained or understood by the author, or that I dont understand.
And other posts stated this too: if whatever the House sends doesnt have ACA funding, both Reid and Obama will reject anyway."
The difference is they did not need to send over permission to not include it to begin with
Makes some sense - while both Houses collaborate on a budget, it would seem that the actual outlay of tax-payer funds is relegated to the House - no budget, they determine if/when money is spent. Might be a way to move away from the disastrous CRs of the last 5 years.
Are you sure? I bet they already have been fitted for black uniforms and the are on order.
The"Power Of The Purse"Belongs(Exclusively)To The House!
Why do you think there is this rush to get it going, to sign people up, even though little is ready for Obamacare to function? It is so that later on, if this does turn into a legal battle, in which the constitution is on our side, the government can throw out an emotion card and whine about what will happen to all those who will now "lose" their healthcare. Or even worse, proclaim that since this has already been implemented, with millions of participants, it should not and cannot be stopped, and I fear that even the Supreme Court won't have the courage to strike it down, even if this imposes a tax and spending not in the budget from the House.
" - - - Pease said, Everything hinged upon funding which was given exclusively to the House of Representatives, the only power that they alone had. - - - "
THANK YOU for this thread!
This thread shows that victory over defunding Obamacare is Boehner's to lose!
Now if Boehner will grow a pair and follow the US Constitution we can escape the tarbaby losing strategy "A Grand Bargain."
We Conservatives FINALLY control the House, which is the sole branch of the Federal Government that controls the flow of money.
This is checkmate for Obama-Reid-Pelosi-RINOs IF Boehner will just FOLLOW THE US CONSTITUTION !
Damn the Democrats ! Full speed ahead !
Something makes me think this sort of attack has been mounted, by the House, and SCOTUS ruled the issue was a political question, outside of Court review.
Yes, it sounds like he's advocating what the house is doing now by introducing piecemeal funding.
Possession is 9/10ths of the law.
In Nebraska we amended the NE Constitution to make it so that small schools could not be forced by the state to consolidate. It went to the Supreme Court and they ruled that there was nothing we the people could do about it because the works to implement consolidation were already in progress. IOW, they said that because the education dept had moved before the voters could get together the signatures for a petition, there was no way for us to stop the bureaucracy.
The same thing happened in my hometown. A consultant told the school board that the school had a "sagging beam" that made the old school building unsafe. Through a series of illegal meetings (violating the Open Meetings laws) a bond issue was placed on the ballot. My brother looked at what was supposedly the "sagging beam"; it was a return air duct. The whole thing was a lie. Because my brother and others weren't able to get the documentation regarding the illegal meetings until after the election whereby a deceived public voted for the bond, the courts ruled that it was too late for the legality of the election to be challenged. Even an illegal election can't be overturned, they said.
IOW, as long as unconstitutional and unlawful deeds are done quickly, there is no way for the public to fight them.
Very similar to the idea that if they screw everybody equally, nobody has standing to sue because they have no more damage than anybody else.
The whole system is hopelessly flawed. The only way we'll ever have sanity is to tear this down and start over from scratch. IMHO.
The problem is the President doesn't care.
He is a treacherous tyrant knowing no restraint and will do what ever he pleases.
For that reason, the House must never give in. If it does, it is declaring its self to be irrelevant.
My eyes glaze over with all the rules so I didn't catch all the stuff initially when it happened, but whatever was used to ram the bill through should be able to be used to ram it right back through the same hole it came in through. A drill works in reverse as well as forward, right?
What were the techniques that were used to ram the bill through, and how can those techniques be used to shove it back where it came from?
Exactly right. So while we are fretting about whether the House will stand its ground, we are being outmanoeuvred behind the scenes by community organizers. The House must apply for an immediate injunction to stop any implementation of this unfunded government activity. That won't happen, and we will be stuck with this freedom-robbing piece of crap by default.
Interesting question.
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Is this to be the week the Highlanders record their first win of 2013? The Reds will hope to delay that occurrence in Dunedin on Friday.
Is this to be the week the Highlanders record their first win of Super Rugby 2013? The Reds will hope to postpone that occurrence in Dunedin on Friday.
Make no bones about it, the Highlanders are not a bottom of the table franchise and they will soon be climbing the conference after they stop this rot.
Four defeats out of four has made for horror reading for coach Jamie Joseph but the signs are definitely there that the first win is on the horizon.
Individual performances of Kade Poki (absent this week), Ben Smith, Hosea Gear and Elliot Dixon have been solid, but unfortunately the collective has struggled to put on a display to better the Chiefs (twice), Cheetahs and 'Canes. We just get a feeling though the Reds will be their first scalp.
Forsyth Barr Stadium needs to become a fortress if they are to revive their year and with only three home games scheduled until June the squad desperately needs to make this Friday count. They have a clutch of away fixtures approaching but should they turn the corner, all are winnable.
Team news sees the return of All Blacks Andrew Hore and Tony Woodcock while the loss of Poki on the wing is cushioned by Buxton Popoali'i coming in. Promising youngster Jason Emery meanwhile is rewarded with his third successive start – he needs Ma'a Nonu to recapture his form to help him flourish.
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The Highlanders, in contrast, like an open game so it will be interesting to see if the Reds come out of their shell in front of 'The Zoo' in Otago. They're also boosted by the return of an international as Liam Gill returns on the openside while James Horwill will again start.
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Prediction: Fifth time lucky…the Highlanders by 5!
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Replacements: 16 Liam Coltman, 17 Ma'afu Fia, 18 TJ Ioane, 19 Tim Boys, 20 Fumiaki Tanaka, 21 Lima Sopoaga, 22 Phil Burleigh.
Reds: 15 Jono Lance, 14 Dom Shipperley, 13 Anthony Faingaa, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Luke Morahan, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Jake Schatz, 7 Liam Gill, 6 Eddie Quirk, 5 James Horwill (c), 4 Rob Simmons, 3 James Slipper, 2 James Hanson, 1 Greg Holmes.
Replacements: 16 Albert Anae, 17 Ben Daley, 18 Ed O'Donoghue, 19 Jarrad Butler, 20 Ben Lucas, 21 Aidan Toua, 22 Rod Davies.
Date: Friday, March 29
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The Manti-La Sal National Forest allows OHV use on forest roads. This mixed traffic use has been determined to be appropriate through various planning decisions.
For the past few years I have been working to connect OHV use on the forest with communities and with the San Rafael. I have visited with towns and urged them to designate OHV routes. I now urge the county to complete the connections. Without the county road connections all other efforts become void.
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|Posted by V K McVey on May 05, 19100 at 18:17:42:
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Thanks. I agree that if they can't/won't reduce the pressure going to me that I'll need a pressure reducer on it. But shouldn't they pay for that?
: The city utility has to supply enough pressure to give all users a proper supply of water. In so doing, they will give some users excess pressure so that the furthest houses are properly served. 75 psi is about "normal", but 50 to 90 are acceptable. Above that a pressure reducing valve is suggested.
: : Hi. In my house, I seem to have way too much water pressure. This has been going on for several years, and at first I had water-sprinkler problems with sprinkler heads popping off, and then lately, the main flow control valve. Inside, the shower, if set at a quarter-turn on the valve, will blow the hair off your legs. I spoke to the city utility department, and they said that "70 - 90" lbs was normal. After alot of encouragement, they did a measurement for me and now tell me "it's a little high at 106 lbs." And for me to go buy a pressure reducer.
: : Isn't the city utility department required under some sort of specifications to provide a min. and max. pressure? What if they said, "we'll give everyone 3,000 lbs, but it's just a little bit high?" Before I go out and buy and install a pressure reducer, does anyone know what "normal" usually is and how I could go about finding city "code" or "specs" on this?
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Listed below are the workshop audio and video resources available from the 2003 Tri-Level Institute of Theological Education in RealAudio () format.
You can visit the Tri-level Institute web page here.
To access audio on a given topic, click on the topic below:
• Keynote Addresses • Clergy Program • Adult Education Program • Church Music Program
Institute Introduction
Rev. Dr. Frank Marangos
The Offerer and the Offeree; Been There, Done What?
Eleni Huszagh, J.S.D.
The Pastoral Epistles: Building a Foundation
His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios of Boston
The Use of English Texts with Orthodox Music: Challenges and Considerations
Fr. Ephrem Lash
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Crisis Intervention and Responding to Needs
Dr. George Stavros
Confronting Drug and Alcohol Problems in the Parish
Mr. Michael Kallas
Clergy Self and Family Care
Dr. Emmanuel Chris
Interfaith Ministry
Rev. Dr. Charles Joanides
Orthodoxy and the Bible Belt
Dr. Bruce Beck
Preaching to a Post-Modern Audience
The Parish as a Healer and Reconciler of God's People
Rev. Dr. Nicholas Krommydas
Canons and Church Governance
Dr. Lewis Patsavos
The Challenge of Faith in the 21st Century
Dr. Artistotle Papanikolaou
Saints of the Future
Dr. Jim Skedros
Eastern Orthodoxy: A Holistic Approach to Life
Dr. George Bithos
The State of the Archdiocese in the Use of English with Greek Orthodox Church Music: Where are We and Where are We Going?
Dr. Vicki Pappas
Singing in English: An Exploration of Current Chant and Choral Repertoire
Dr. Tikey Zes
Singing the Lord's Song in a Foreign Land: The Transplantation, Adaptation and Inculturation of the Byzantine Musical Tradition
Dr. Alexander Lingas
Effective Singing with English Texts
Mr. Dean Limberakis
Choral Ensemble Techniques from an English Perspective
Mr. Steven Karidoyanes
English Settings of the Ordinary and Anastasimatarion Hymns for Vespers and Orthros
General Panel Discussion
Theological, Liturgical, Musical and Technical Considerations when Evaluating Byzantine Music to English Text
Pastoral Considerations in the Use of English
Reflections on the Institute: What We Learned and What We Should Do Next
Considerations and Issues when setting the Engomia with English Texts


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Hilton collects awards for his two different passions
Resident honored for brewing, railroad contributions in area
It's been quite the year for Jerrold Hilton.
The longtime Brookfield resident has received two major awards in 2012 - one affiliated with his former profession and one for what he simply calls a hobby.
But both are impressive, nonetheless.
He earned the Master Brewers Association of the Americas Distinguished Life Service Award July 30 at the World Brewing Congress in Portland, Ore., and just last month received the 2012 Chuck Zehner Memorial Award, an honor for his service to amateur railroading, at the Milwaukee School of Engineering All-Star Railroad Night lecture series.
Hilton said he was "surprised" by the Zehner Award, but looking at his work in the brewing industry it's not too surprising that he collected the MBAA Award.
"It's a prestigious award," said Hilton, who has lived in Brookfield with his wife, Betty, of 53 years, since 1962.
After serving two years as an officer in the U.S. Army, serving in Korea, he joined The Hilton Company - manufacturers and sellers of beer barrels, ladders, brewing equipment and brewing ingredients, and became president in 1972.
He has been a member of the Master Brewers Association of the Americas since 1965, and is past president of District Milwaukee.
He served four years as District Milwaukee's representative on the MBAA Board of Governors. Recently retired as Chair of the MBAA Heritage Committee, he was editor-in-chief of the MBAA's quarterly news publication for seven years, and is one of its photographers.
He received the MBAA Award of Honor in 2003.
He has written for New Brewer and Brewers Digest magazines and Brewers Bulletin and Cream City Suds newspapers, and taught classes on the various aspects of hops for the Wisconsin Brewer's Guild, Milwaukee Area Technical College and the MBAA.
In between this, Hilton has made time for his love of railroading.
He calls himself a "lifelong rail fan."
"I got interested in railroad history because my grandfather worked for the Great Northern Railway in St. Paul (Minn.)," Hilton said.
Hilton has applied this love during his 52-year run as a member of the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society.
He was the founder of the former Butler Railroad Days and was influential in making the Butler Public Library a regional railroad resource center.
For his efforts, Hilton became the 11th recipient of the Zehner award, considered the "Oscar of amateur railroading," and goes to individuals who contribute in the promotion of amateur railroading.
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- Special education teacher strives to help students
- Elm Grove's new recreation director brings varied experiences
- Trimble takes over as meal program coordinator at Brookfield Senior Center
- Alex Wehrley quickly rising through the ranks in the entertainment business
- Revers' diverse music résumé on full display at St. John Vianney
- Tim Smyczek's tennis career heading in right direction
- Maguire honored for faith-based service
- MacLeod leads quilting club at Brookfield Senior Center
- Gordon thrilled to be new St. John Vianney principal
- Martin excited to be leading Brookfield East's athletic program
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Kansas High School Student Meets with Mozambique Ambassador to Discuss Food Aid
It isn't every day that a student from Sabetha, Kansas gets a chance to meet an international diplomat, but last Wednesday wasn't just any other day. That's when students representing Grains for Hope, a non-profit organization committed to providing populations in need with fortified grain product, attended the International Food Aid and Development Conference in Kansas City, Mo. On Wednesday, one of those students met with Mozambique Ambassador to the United States Amelia Matos Sumbana who was also in Kansas City for the conference. The Ambassador's participation in the conference provided a unique opportunity for the student and her teacher Carol Spangler to talk directly with the Ambassador about Grains for Hope. Read more »


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PRICE-LaVern Gottfredson Steele, age 78, passed away Sept. 28, 2003 in Ferron. She was born April 17, 1925 in Magna to Elden and Sarah Esmerelda Boulton Gottfredson. She married Duane W. Steele May 22, 1945 in Salt Lake City, later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple, Feb. 22, 1956.
She worked side by side with her husband as co-partner of Office Equipment Co. for 35 years, until his death in 1983. She loved spending time with her family boating, and camping and hiking. She spent countless hours doing beautiful embroidery for her children and grandchildren. Whatever she made she freely gave to those she loved.
LaVern is survived by her children: Thomas and Robyn Steele, Curtis and Catherine Steele, Nancy and Scott Sjostrom and Brent and Edie Steele, all of Price, and Diane and Stephen Behling of Ferron; 19 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Also survived by brother Gary Gottfredson and sisters Glenna Steele and Melba Oliverson. Preceded in death by her husband.
Graveside services were held Oct. 3 in the Salt Lake Cemetery under the direction of Fausett Mortuary.
ELMO-William Joseph "Billy" Durham, age 41, passed away peacefully Oct. 4, 2003 at home. He was born May 3, 1962 to Charles William "Bill" and Joan R. Guthrie Durham.
He worked in the coal mine where he was injured in 1982. Though he had no use of his legs, he loved the outdoors, hunting, fishing and camping. He was a quiet man who loved spending time with his family, playing cards, teasing everyone (especially Mom) and watching TV. To all the kids he was "Uncle Billy." He was dearly loved and will be deeply missed by his family and all who knew him.
He is survived by his parents of Elmo and four sisters: Linda and Andy Peterson of Elmo, Nita and Robert Regruto of Helper, Barbara and Steven Nostrom of Elko, Nev., and Jackie and Gene Spigarelli of Price and a very dear friend Paula Wells and her children Samantha and Derek, many nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles. Preceded in death by a twin brother, Bobby.
Graveside services will be held Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. in the Moab Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday evening from 6-8 p.m. and Friday from 10-11 a.m. at Fausett Mortuary in Price.
CARBONVILLE-Lynn Alfred Christopherson, 80, passed away Oct. 1, 2003 at Castleview Hospital. He was born Jan. 25, 1923, in Sterling to Dolph and Myrtle Erickson Christopherson. Married Marian L. Miller Oct. 2, 1948 in Las Vegas, Nev.
He was a resident of Carbon County since 1959 where he owned and operated Lynn's Music (now known at Breinholt Music). Lynn also worked as a business machine mechanic for 20 years at Office Equipment. He enjoyed country music, guitars, hunting, fishing and camping. One of Lynn's greatest joys was talking to people and spending time with family and friends, and shopping for western wear and boots. He will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him.
Survived by wife, Marian Christoperson, Carbonville; three daughters and two sons, Loraine (Don) Wisdom, Ft. Worth, Texas; Jerry (Wayne) Nielson, Beaumont, Calif.; Randy Christopherson, Carbonville; Teri (Dana) Paquette, Arlington, Texas; Larry Christopherson, Helper; sister, Brenda Wrightsman, Montrose, Colo.; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Preceded in death byparents; four brothers; one sister; and an infant son, Rocky.
Graveside services were held Oct. 4 at the Cliffview Cemetery in Price under the direction of Mitchell Funeral Home.
EMERY-Our beloved Ruth "Jean" Christiansen, 76, passed away with her family at her side Oct. 2, 2003 in Price. She was born Dec. 20, 1926 in Idaho Falls, Idaho to Reno Giles and Leola Madsen Crook. She married Merlin H. Christiansen on Sept. 6, 1946 in the Salt Lake Temple. She was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where she has served in many callings including an 18 month mission at Temple Square. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, all types of musical activities, sewing, and will long be remembered for excellence in quilting. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and the Emery County Historical Society. Jean was currently working, along with her husband, as director of the Senior Center in Emery.
Survivors include her husband Merlin of Emery, her children Nancy (Tom) Parry of Salt Lake, Rene' (David) Dalley of Springville, Scott (Karelyn) of Layton, Glenys (Lannie) Sitterud, Ken (Earlene) Christiansen both of Emery, Karla (Kerry) Powell of Huntington, Marie (Louis) VanderHerp, Becky (Jed) Allred both of Ferron. She is also survived by 38 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, brothers and sisters: Ray (Ruth) Bakersfield, Calif., Doris Funk of Salt Lake, Truxton (Lottie) Madison of Ephraim, Bessie (Charles) Gall of California, Roger (Nadine) Madison of Arizona, and sister-in-law Adele Madison of Idaho. She was preceded in death by her parents, son John, four brothers and one grandson.
Funeral services were held Oct. 6 at the Emery Ward Chapel. Interment followed in the Emery Cemetery under the direction of Fausett Mortuary.
PRICE-Jennie Makris Kosmas, age 84, passed away on Oct. 1, 2003 at Castleview Hospital. Born Aug. 8, 1919 in Raton, N.M. to Mike and Sophia Papadomanolakis Makris. Married Mathew (Mathios) A. Kosmas, Nov. 25, 1951 in Salt Lake City. He died May 9, 1990.
Member of the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church where she was active in many church activities over the years. Longtime resident of Carbon County, where she worked as the cafeteria food service supervisor for the College of Eastern Utah. Jennie enjoyed crocheting and was the happiest when she was cooking and baking for her family and friends.
"May her Memory be Eternal"
Survived by her sons, Anthony (Lola) Kosmas, San Francisco, Calif.; George (Ellen) Kosmas; Modesto, Calif; her loving grandchildren, Demetra "Mia" Kosmas and Mathew Kosmas; four sisters and one brother, Annie Gaviotakis, Theodore Makris, both of Salt Lake; Elizabeth Veturelli, Arizona; Peggy Makris, Salt Lake; Katherine Christopoulos, Arizona.
Preceded in death by parents, sisters, Vee Kampros and Helen Paulos; brother, George Makris. Funeral service was held on Oct. 4 at 10 a.m. at the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church. Trisagion service, was held Friday at 7 p.m. at Mitchells Funeral Home. Family was at Mitchells prior to the service. Committal service was in Price City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, P.O. Box 688, Price, UT 84501.
EMERY-Lyle Duzett Anderson, age 78, passed away Oct. 5, 2003 at his home in Emery. He was born March 14, 1925 in Emery to Arthur M. and Virtue Duzett Anderson. He married Belle V. Mortensen Aug. 6, 1947 in Salt Lake City, later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple. He lived in Emery his entire life and was a cattleman/farmer.
He served in the US Navy during WWII as a radio officer on the US Navy "TBF Avenger," based on the Aircraft Carrier Mission Bay. He was a coal miner and member of the UMWA.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where he served as a counselor to three Emery ward bishops, and then as bishop for the Emery Ward for six years.
He is survived by his wife, Belle of Emery, children: Craig of Emery, DeLynn and LaMar Black of Price, Joni and Mike Wolfley of Sandy and Gayla and Garth Luke of Orangeville; 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Also survived by two brothers: Robert and Dwaine, and two sisters: Bertha and Bessie.
Funeral services will be held Oct. 8 at Noon in the Emery LDS Chapel where friends may call Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. and also one hour prior to services. Burial will be in the Emery Cemetery under the direction of Fausett Mortuary.
FERRON-Our loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend Irene Madge Behling passed away in Ferron Oct. 4 as a result of final stages of Alzhiemers. She was born March 4, 1930 in Huntington to Nels and Irene Johanson Christensen. She married Clair H. Behling on Nov. 29, 1946 in Castle Dale and they were later sealed together with their family in May 1965 in the Manti Temple. She loved to sew, crochet, and cooking, including make the "best" cookies. She loved babies, especially her grandchildren. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many callings including 22 years as a Blazer leader.
She is survived by her husband Clair Behling, and five children: Dennis (Sandy) Behling, Jo Lynn (Don) Steele, Vynette (Kevin) Willbur, Scott (Toni) Behling and Gina (Kent) Jones. She is also survived by 22 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, two sisters, Darlene (Clyde) Thompson, Verlene (Garry) Cites, and three brothers, Elwood (Gwen) Christensen, Dale (Doreen) Christensen, Alan (Bonnie) Christensen. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Margie, and an infant brother Val Jay.
Friends may call for a viewing at the Huntington Stake Center on Oct. 7, from 10-11 a.m. Funeral services will then be held in the chapel at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in the Huntington City Cemetery under the direction of Fausett Mortuary.


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This is an awesome app and a must have for the serious golfer. I've had this app ever since I've had my iPhone. It has been well worth the app price and has become just as important as my clubs. The great graphics and stats feature keeps my handicap low.
Awesome app, there's no better golf app out there. Yea it's pricy, but totally worth it if you play often.
Perfect game tracking and yardage app. Definitely a benefit to my game.
For iOS 6 I deleted app and reinstalled it. Works just fine now.
I waited several months before my imput.
This app is a no brainier if you have an iPhone and you golf. It has actually helped me bring down my score by showing me where my weak spots in my game are. There is a companion app called Golfplan that pulls in your swing statistics, analyzes the results, and then gives you 6 weeks of video golf lessons from Paul Azinger based upon what it sees in your game.
This app is incredible, having used it since 2010, starting with my iPhone 3GS and now with my 4S. I can enter scores and stats faster on this app than I can with a scorecard. As a result, I have not used one since I started using Golfshot, except during match play, when I bring a card along only to keep track of holes won/lost.
I really enjoy using Golfshot GPS and it does almost everything very well. The only reason I rated it 4 stars instead of 5 is because sometimes the GPS data can get confused and one must pause and then resume the round to get it going again. Not sure if that bug is fixed in 3.3.4, and it's not that big an annoyance. Overall, great app and a must have for any golfer.
Best golf GPS app! Sold my sky caddie and upro. No need for them with this fantastic app.
This app is great. It quickly calculates distances the shot tracking allows even the beginner golfer to improve their game. I would recommend this to anyone it is well worth the price. Just having it calculate your handicap is worth the price you would pay a club for this info.
Excellent app. Took me a minute to figure out how to enter scores but I'm good now.
Excellent app. Took me a minute to figure out how to enter scores but I'm good now.
It just works. Great job, Golfshot team. This app has become an essential part of my game. I love firing it up before a round. No question it has improved my game. Its so easy to use, very accurate, and has everything you need to find distances and track your game.
I used it for the first time today and it was complex at first but I got the hang of all the options midway through my round. I lingering problem was the accuracy on the yardage. It was often several yards off, sometimes even drastic. If the accuracy problems get fixed I would give it a 5!
Much much better than the $300 handhelds. Clear, easy to read, tons of targets, very, very fast. Easy on battery, haven't had an issue.
This is a great gps for golf. Easy to use lots of statistical data and very accurate. Best golf related purchase I have ever made!
Have used the app twice now and it works great. Fast, reliable yardage, doesn't drain the battery and easy to input your score. I'm happy with the purchase.
As an amateur golfer, it's great to have software on my phone that gives me info that can help me improve my game. By focusing on my tendencies I know what I need to practice. And the yardage tracking feature gives me bragging rights about how far I'm hitting my drives! The scorecard sharing feature is cool too b/c I can post my rounds on Facebook & Twitter. And for the 1st time in my life I actually have a handicap. The software calculates it for me so now I no longer have to guess. It's good to have this b/c I don't think anyone really knows how to calculate it anyway. Ha ha
As an amateur golfer, it's great to have software on my phone that gives me info that can help me improve my game. By focusing on my tendencies I know what I need to practice. And the yardage tracking feature gives me bragging rights about how far I'm hitting my drives! The scorecard sharing feature is cool too b/c I can post my rounds on Facebook & Twitter. And for the 1st time in my life I actually have a handicap. The software calculates it for me so now I no longer have to guess. It's good to have this b/c I don't think anyone really knows how to calculate it anyway. Ha ha
After syncing my phone today, I went to a different course where I haven't used Golf Shot. My distances were consistently 15-20 yards off from my partner's GPS and the course markings - sometimes too short, sometimes too long. Help, please. I have loved this app and have used it successfully for nearly a year but today it was just off. It is the easiest to use with the most information and easy to read.
I have been using the golfshots app for three months. I had been using sky caddie sg3 for the last four years. I have spent the last three months comparing distances between the two devices. I have used the devices playing a number of different courses. What I have been seeing is better accuracy with the skycaddie. Sometimes the yardages are the same, sometimes golfshots is different by 3 to 6 yards. The worst difference I have seen is 8 to 12 yards. If accuracy is absolutely critical to you then skycaddie is the better option. The features on golfshots are great and I really like having the courses, stats, and scorecards available in my phone. The app will run down your battery if you leave it active between shots, but will use approx 60-70% of your battery if you turn it off between shots. Just buy an external battery( $20-$60 depending on big a battery you want) and you won't have to worry about the phone battery. I plan to stick with golfshots and stop paying the skycaddie fees. I will just have to walk some yardages when accuracy is critical.
...when your iPhone is just as good. I carry a laser scope and use this app- each have their positives and negatives.
This has to be the best app for keeping your scores and stats. The yardages are right on.
This app is great. I will be putting the SkyC##### on Craigslist.
I've used the software for two rounds of golf. So far, I've concentrated on using just a few features -- yardage/GPS, the length of my drives, and my score. It's very accurate and saves me from having to ask my husband to give me yardage stats. I'm very pleased with the app. However, I have one complaint, and it's a big one. Some of the "buttons" are way too small. I'm playing golf, so I don't want to have to put on my reading glasses but I have to do that in order to find the "Score" button, the "Done" button, and "Cancel", plus a few others. Please make these larger!
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Skip to comments.New Report Indicates Voters Most Interested in Barack Obamas Position on Abortion
Posted on 07/03/2008 6:20:41 AM PDT by rhema
A new report shows voters are interested in the position Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama takes on abortion. The Internet traffic monitoring firm HitWise indicates abortion is now the number one political issue voters are looking for when they conduct a search on Obamas campaign web site.
Hitwise analyzed the top 200 U.S. search terms that sent visits to the presidential candidates websites for the first half of 2008, revealing the types of content searched for the most among Internet users.
Issues like education, the environment, health care and immigration are important to visitors on Obamas web site, but HitWise says abortion tops them all.
In the first quarter of 2008, abortion came in as the number two most important issue on the minds of voters looking to Obamas web site to learn more about him. As news of Obamas pro-abortion position has filtered throughout the nation, the abortion search term moved up to the top spot over the last three months.
McCains pro-life position on abortion must be more clear to voters as abortion came in as the third most important issue in searches on his web site in the first quarter but slipped out of the top five in the second quarter.
Heather Dougherty, research director for HitWise, says the topics that voters put in searches on the candidate web sites, give an indication of what political issues are most prominent on their minds.
This has implications for what content should be featured on the candidates websites, and broadly across all communications with voters, she said.
With Obama as a newer candidate with a surge in interest and popularity, his campaign web site receives 79.25 percent of online visits when compared with the traffic of the McCain site. But Hitwise shows McCains web site is increasing in traffic as he moved from 14.62 percent in May.
This represents a seven percent increase compared to May 2008 and a five percent increase over April 2008 traffic McCains web site received.
McCains web site is also receiving more traffic from new visitors than Obamas. In June 2008, Barack Obamas website received 55 percent of its visits from returning visitors and 45 percent from new visitors. McCains website received 21 percent of its visits from returning visits and 79 percent from new visitors.
Among all U.S. websites, both candidates saw increases in visits as Obamas website increased 1,367 percent and McCains website increased 2200 percent compared to June 2007.
His position??
Standing and applauding as helpless babies are torn from the womb and murdered.
If they are interested on his position on abortion, well he approves of the killing of innocent babies even after they are born.
People might also be interested then on his position on Bisexuality and Larry Sinclair.
Well, he doesn't want his daughter to be burdened with a baby.
Also -
See this post by ETL for a list.
"....he approves of the killing of innocent babies even after they are born."
Obama LED the opposition to a bill that would have ensured that a baby who survived an abortion be given medical care. He was the LEADER of this opposition. In my opinion, this demonstrates Senator Obama's complete lack of foundational moral principle. If he can be so immoral in THIS area, he will be immoral in others as well. No solid foundational principles.....
Alas, he's far from alone in being brainwashed that securing "a woman's right to choose" takes precedence over every other issue. ...despite the fact that, in contrast to the other issues I mentioned above, "a woman's right to choose" doesn't directly affect him personally. Guess he gave it some thought, because he just recently informed me he'll be voting Republican for the first time in his life in Nov.
I'm convinced that the only issue keeping countless voters on the Democrat plantation is the abortion issue.
I don't understand why there isn't a single MSM reporter who puts Obama's record in perpective.
Mr Obama, yes or no:
1 ARe you for reparations to blacks for the financial losses incurred due to slavery?
2. ARe you for hand gun control in Chicago?
3. ARe you for late term abortion?
4. ARE you for higher corporate taxes?
5. ARe you for off shore drilling?
6. Are you for putting a hold on space exploration?
More than 50% of UAW autoworkers now vote Republican and that is their major reason.
In partial birth abortion, the baby is pulled partially from the birth canal, and an instument is inserted into its skull to suck out its brain.
Obama voted against any sort of medical or any other help for those babies who survived abortion, but to 'shelve' them and leave them to die unaided.
Just because people are "interested" in his position and check out the site, doesn't mean they "approve."
Says a lot about the dim party. The most important issue to them is keeping it legal to execute babies.
The phrase was actually 'punished with a baby'.
I find it interesting to note that Obama is FOR killing innocent infants....but against war. Hmmmmmmm.....
keep helping out those search engines folks!
Obama abortion.
Obama infanticide.
Barak Obama dead babies.
Barak Obama supports infanticide.
Thanks. I stand corrected. I tried to find an FR thread. It may have helped if I used "punished with a baby".
Yep. Of course they've been successfully brainwashed by the far-left activist loons that abortion isn't execution, and that life doesn't begin at conception. In my view the best way to counter this fatally flawed view is by showing them just how human babies in the womb are. Having children themselves often does the trick.
"despite the fact that, in contrast to the other issues I mentioned above, "a woman's right to choose" doesn't directly affect him personally."
It does affect him personally though. Well maybe not directly if he's not at a point in his life where his significant other will be faced with the choice of aborting his child, but for men in general, abortion definitely affects them personally. When their children are killed without them being able to do anything to protect them, which is arguably a father's greatest instinct, they are affected. On the other side, when they get someone pregnant and she insists she's having the baby and he has to pay child support, he's affected (though not nearly as devestated; I haven't heard of men killing themselves because they had to pay child support, but maybe I'm just not looking hard enough).
I have encountered plenty of pro-choice men, and mostly younger men. Some think it will make them look enlightened and get them dates. Some don't want to take responsibility when they have sex and get someone pregnant. Some genuinely buy into the pro-choice line. And then there are those who mistakingly believe that they have no say because they can't get pregnant. "It's a women's issue." No. It's a human rights issue that has deep societal ramnifications and affects everyone, regardless of gender.
No doubt — the Left's sustained attack on the 2A has brought a lot of folks over to the GOP in recent years. Seems an increasing number of citizens are now aware of their 2A rights.
Or left to die once born. He's a monster who will bring CHANGE. There's no doubt about that.
Interesting that Democrats value murdering babies in the womb above everything else. How could any religious person vote for that?
That sounds like hopeful news. If they care about it enough to look it up, then maybe once they find out he supports abortion it will make them reject him. I hope McCain is planning on making a lot of noise about abortion during the campaign since it is one of the few positions where he has been consistently conservative and different than Obama so it will give people a clear choice.
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Deal Hudson: Obama and Infanticide?
Ad asks Obama: If fatherhood begins at conception, when does life begin?
Embryonic stem-cell research immoral, unnecessary, bishops say
Catholics should not vote for Obama
Catholic Caucus: It is a sin to vote/support Obama/DNC [abortion]
More Catholics leaning towards Democrats, poll reports (really not Catholics)
The Catholic-Obama Problem (Pope Benedict XVI instructs Catholics about pro-abortion candidates)
Obama's Abortion Bombshell: Unrestricted Abortion....
NARAL Catholics Line Up for Obama
Editorial: Disagreeing with Doug Kmiec One More Time
State-Funded Embryo Research "Makes Taxpayers Complicit in Killing", say Bishops
McCain Meets Privately with Fr. Pavone - Says Constitutional Right to Life Applies to Unborn
Faithful Citizenship: Catholic Vote is very sought after
Has Obama dissolved his Catholic advisory council?
Commentary: Faithful Citizenship and the Formed Conscience
Catholic League: Where's Obama's 'Catholic Advisory Council'? [Not to be found!]
Right-wing Christians beginning to lean left (Misleading headline)
US Bishops Urge Voters to Give Priority to Life [Ecumenical]
Corralling the Catholic vote: Political necessity or pipe dream?
DOUG KMIEC: Catholic Reasons for Hope in the General Election
EDITORIAL: Why This Catholic Dreads the Campaign
The Catholic-Obama Problem (Pope Benedict XVI instructs Catholics about pro-abortion candidates)
Thoughts On Roman Catholics For Obama
How Obama's Catholics Will Dodge the Infanticide Question
Catholic Pro-Life Leader Feuds With Barack Obama's "Catholic" Backers
McCain and the Pope: McCain cannot win in November without the Catholic vote (Reagan re-visited?)
Catholics Cannot Vote for Pols Who Support Abortion, Except for Morally Grave Reasons: KY Bishops
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Although McCain's thinking is about stem-cell research is mistaken and confused, when it came time to adopt the Indian baby from the orphanage what did he do? I am fully aware of McCain's shortcomings, but whatever you think of the McCains, to adopt that child the way they did is pro-life.
I should add that many in the pro-life movement are Catholics. One should not forget that Cindy McCain received that child from one of Mother Theresa's orphanages. If this fact were more widely known it would certainly win some votes among Catholics, who pretty much compose the proverbial "swing vote."
BTW, are there not some pics of Cindy McCain with Mother Theresa? Putting them out there would be smaltzy and a little manipulative, but they certainly would present a great contrast to the O-man's spiritual mentors: Mother Theresa vs Pastor "G-D America" Wright. McCain would probably think it's undignified, but the sooner he realizes he's in for a fight the better. This is a presidential election, so no more "above the fray" BS. Putting out a pic of Cindy and Mother Theresa would be a little manipulative, but it would also point out a substantive difference between the candidates. That would be completely fair.
It's not just that Obama is pro-abortion. If some poor wretched creature survives the abortion attempt, Obama would still allow you to "off" it. That is so sickening, I can't imagine that anyone could allow it. Yet Obama would. You would think some sort of instinct would kick in to save an abortion survivor, but not in Obama's case.
When you look at the range of issues and attitudes they support, it's the Obamas whose souls are sick, not America's. If they want to "cure America's soul," let them cure themselves first.
very clever idea..
Something that can fill time during those boring conference calls!!!
Nice to "see" you again, LL. Hope all is well with you.
Jill Stanek lays out very well how Obama first said he didn't think the born-alive infant met the 14th Amendment's qualifications as a "person" in the Constitutional sense of the word (what qualifications??) and then he changed his tune and said he would have "supported the Born-Alive Infant Act in Illinois if it had had the same provisions as the Federal Act, which stated that it would not impact Roe vs Wade."
First of all, when the Act was re-introduced into the IL legislature in a form identical to the Federal act, he blocked it from being voted upon, and furthermore, there was nothing, no clause or disclaimer of codicil, in the Federal act that stated that it would have no impact on Roe vs Wade.
Yet even Barbara Boxer, a reliable abortion enthusiast, voted in favor of the Born Alive Infants Act.
Obama is glib. But if you follow his position, he gives you whiplash.
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Dedicated in 1903 in ceremonies that included a speech by Teddy Roosevelt, Memorial Hall is a tribute to Rockford citizens who have served in the Armed Forces. Large wall plaques list names of fallen veterans, and cases in the main lobby, side rooms and the lower level display Armed Services artifacts including memories of the Civil War, the World Wars and Camp Grant. The renovated second floor auditorium is used by cultural groups for shows and presentations and is accessible via the elevator.
The cultural centerpiece of Rockford's Swedish-ancestry community, Erlander Home Museum is located in Rockford's first brick home, built by John and IngaStina Erlander family in 1871. Restored to its original Victorian decor, the twelve-room home features collections that include Rockford-made furniture, a renowned collection of more than 50 dolls created by Charlotte Weibull and many artifacts recalling Swedish immigration to northern Illinois and Rockford's Swedish heritage. Don't miss the Midsommar Dag festival in mid-June, and Lucia Fest in early December.
Jane Addams International Peace Garden
This peace garden honors Rockford College alumna and Nobel laureate Jane Addams. The garden is located at Fisher Chapel on the grounds of Rockford College.
Camp Grant Museum and Command Post Restaurant
Memorabilia of Rockford's Camp Grant, U.S. Army induction and training camp during World Wars I and II. The museum, an original building of Camp Grant, houses the Command Post restaurant and contains postcards, pictures, and memorabilia of the camp along with Rockford postcards.
Six nationalities that helped shape the cultural region are represented in this home museum, built in 1850. Located in the heart of the old water power district, the house features a room for each ethnic group it represents: African American, Irish, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, and Hispanic. Call to confirm hours and admission fees. Visit the website for information about current exhibits.
Downtown park on the banks of the Rock River. Site of several Native American "Effigy Mounds," which have been preserved.
Trolley Car #36 is a turn-of-the-century, open-air trolley, the kind your grandparents might have taken to work, except you don't have to go to work. Board the Trolley at the Trolley Station in Riverview Park (on Thursdays, board at Nicholas Conservatory), ride along Madison Street beside the scenic Rock River Recreation Path, stop for a brief visit to the Eclipse Lagoon and Gardens, travel to the Symbol, then turn around and return to the Trolley Station. Trolley Car #36 is wheelchair accessible; however, the trolley is limited to 2 wheelchairs per ride.
Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens
Tinker Swiss Cottage is a historic house museum located in the heart of Rockford, Illinois. The museum complex contains the historic house museum, barn, and carriage house from the Tinker family. In addition, the property is the home of the founding site of Rockford and contains a Pre-Columbian Native American conical mound. Robert surrounded his Swiss Cottage with over 27 acres of trees, vines, winding pathways, flowerbeds, and gardens. A three-story Swiss inspired barn was added to the property which housed cows, chickens, and horses. On the side of the Cottage, Robert constructed a suspension bridge crossing the Kent Creek. At the end of Robert's suspension bridge, he planted elaborate gardens deemed the Railroad Gardens where passengers could stroll as they waited for the train.
The museum campus consists of a Victorian village with 26 historical buildings filled with artifacts of the era as well as several beautiful 19th century gardens that depict life in northern Illinois from 1890 to 1910. Interpreters in authentic period dress are available seasonally for guided tours. The main museum building holds large group meeting rooms and exhibit space with a number of permanent exhibits reflecting Rockford's history and culture. Special events throughout the year include a World War II re-enatment, Sock Monkey and Scarecrow Harvest Festivals, and more. Free recreational path located on property.
Burpee Museum of Natural History
Come explore Burpee Museum and its award-winning exhibits such as Jane: Diary of a Dinosaur, called one of the ten most important dinosaur discoveries in the past 100 years. Burpee Museum also features Homer, a sub-adult or "teen-age" Triceratops. Four floors of exhibits include Windows to Wilderness, a woolly mammoth skeletal cast, Pennsylvanian coal forest, a Native American exhibit, Geoscience, and a viewing lab.
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"My mission is to be the ray of hope, the guy who stands out there on that beautiful field and owns up to his mistakes and lets people know it's never completely hopeless, no matter how bad it seems at the time. I have a platform and a message, and now I go to bed at night, sober and happy, praying I can be a good messenger." -Josh Hamilton
I have heard baseball wants to do this because they are not happy with the number of people that have signed up for the package through the cable companies and they want the guaranteed money Directv would pay for exclusive rights. What baseball doesn't get is if they just got rid of the stupid blackout rules they would get the subscribers they want. There are a lot of people that won't sign up because they are blacked out of the team they want to see or several different teams. I do subscribe to EI through cable but I still hate the blackout rules. I am blacked on 3 different teams. 2 of which we don't get their games on TV and we live several hours away from.
Wear gaudy colors, or avoid display. Lay a million eggs or give birth to one. The fittest shall survive, yet the unfit may live. Be like your ancestors or be different. We must repeat!
OK this would royally suck for me. I just got Dish HD and had to sign an 18 month contract. The only reason I even have Dish to begin with was it was cheaper and I wanted Extra Innings.
There are 10 types of people in this world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.
They wheeled a 3x4 steel safe into the clubhouse Sunday morning to store the players' valuables. It took four guys to lift it off a dolly and onto a table.
Said pitcher Kent Mercker: "What's that, Junior Griffey's wallet?"
This would royally piss me off and you can bet I won't switch to Direct TV to get it. F them.
Get your nunchucks and the keys to your dad's car. I know where we can get a gun
There is a large tree in our backyard that prohibits us from getting Direct TV--and I know for a fact that we are far from alone in this predicament. So, if MLB did this, I'd be S.O.L. out here.
But it wouldn't surprise me at all. MLB has become remarkably adept at putting forth idea after idea to alienate fans.
We'll burn that bridge when we get to it.
However, a member of this board who works for MLB assured me that they've really cleaned things up since then. Maybe they have.
To clarify, they autorenewed my credit card in '06. When I realized that they had done so, I called and asked for a refund (after spending hours and hours and hours on hold).
The person on the phone said he'd look into it, but couldn't promise anything, even though I had never used the service in '06.
Once I heard that I got on the phone with my credit card company, which did an investigation and then reversed the charges.
". . . acquiring J. Blanton from Oakland for, apparently, Bailey/Cueto, Votto and a lesser prospect. I do it in a second . . . The Reds' equation this year is simple: Make Matt Belisle your #3 starter . . . trade for Blanton, win 85 or more, be in the mix all summer." - Paul Daugherty, Feb. 8, 2008
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Chalk another one up for cancelling cable across the board.
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Raymond R. Sitterud celebrated his 90th birthday on April 12. He and his sweetheart, Myrleen, have been married for 64 years. Through his life, he has been active in the community serving as county commissioner, Mayor of Orangeville, and on various boards. He has served four missions for the LDS Church.
They have four children: Terry, Clyde (Patricia), Shellee (Patrick) Dooley, and Laurel (Scott) Johansen; 13 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren. Ray celebrated his birthday with his family.
Tom has turned 80 years old. He was born April 16, 1927 in Price. He and his wife Helen were married Nov. 10, 1946. Their children are Don (Cathy) Larsen; Darwin (Maxine) Larsen and Clay (Callene) Larsen. They have seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
He worked as a mechanic at various mines, owned and operated Co-op Station And Farm Supply, operated and owned oil wells at Grassy Trail. At the time of his retirement Tom was working at the U.S. Steel Preparation plant in Wellington.
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WASHINGTON — To celebrate her selection as a presidential debate moderator, CNN staff filled Candy Crowley's office with balloons and posed life-sized cardboard cutouts of President Obama and former governor Mitt Romney facing her desk.
Two months later, the cardboard cutouts are still there, adorned with necklaces and scarves and pushed into a corner. The three-dimensional versions will face Crowley on Tuesday as she manages a town-hall-style debate, the loosest format among presidential debates and possibly the toughest task for the moderator.
MORE: Concerns raised about debate moderator Crowley
Crowley will choose which questions get asked by the 80-member audience and ask follow-up questions herself, while watching three clocks to keep track of candidates' speaking time — all the while hoping nobody decides to ask a question about what pizza topping the candidates prefer. (A national pizza chain has offered a prize for doing so.)
No wonder Crowley is studying hard, rehearsing, and feeling "slightly nauseous every morning.''
A 30-year veteran of presidential politics, Crowley, 63, is moderating for the first time in an election season where moderators are under greater-than-usual scrutiny. PBS' Jim Lehrer was excoriated for not intervening more often as Obama and Romney ran over their time limits. Conservative websites questioned vice-presidential debate moderator Martha Raddatz's objectivity because then-law student Barack Obama attended her wedding in 1991. And Carole Simpson, the ABC journalist who moderated the first town-hall-style debate 20 years ago, says that choosing a woman for this format means Crowley's being marginalized.
A town hall-style debate, she says, is "impossible to prepare for and completely required that you overprepare. (It is) really different from anything you've ever done before.''
A vegetarian who meditates twice a day, Crowley has even given up soft drinks (Diet Dr. Pepper). What's left is a lot of nervous joking. "I'm a non-drinker," she tells a visitor. "But I'm really thinking about it. I'm thinking that might be the way to go."
The guest list at her wedding more than 30 years ago, she says, consisted entirely of relatives, "and none of them pay the least bit of attention to politics." (She is no longer married.)
The audience at Hofstra University — 80 uncommitted voters from Long Island's Nassau County recruited by Gallup — will ask the questions, but Crowley will choose who asks them. She will know the questions in advance and call on the audience members. She, not the audience members, asks the follow-ups.
"This is about their questions, but you also want to use your knowledge to make (the candidates' responses) not the two-minute answers that they're practicing in their headquarters right now," she says.
She is "stuffing her head" with information on obvious subjects such as unemployment, taxes, Social Security and gas prices to come up with possible follow-up questions — "drill-down questions,'' she calls them — that she might ask. Not only is she soliciting questions of everyone she knows, she's getting reams of e-mail suggestions, including plenty of rants.
Many of the questions she receives, she says, are about state-level issues better suited to a governor's race. Many, while interesting, don't speak to larger issues that most people want to know about. Not all of them, she says, have to be about policy. "There are certain questions — and you know them when you see them — that can be revealing. The thought-provoking question, not the policy-provoking question, can be instructive about how the (candidates) handle things in general, their mindset about something or other."
At the same time, she will be keeping an eye on the clock. Obama and Romney each get two minutes to answer questions, a limit candidates are known to ignore.
It's a daunting task for everyone who faces it.
"It's the largest audience that you're going to play to, but there's also risk," says Tom Brokaw, who moderated the 2008 town hall-style debate and came in for some criticism afterward. "Candy should get combat pay."
Simpson says she was a "nervous wreck" before her appearance in 1992. In an interview with Jim Lehrer posted on the CBS website, Bob Schieffer recalled "literally shaking" before he moderated his first debate in 2004, even though he had been doing television for years. (Schieffer will moderate the final presidential debate next week.)
"She has a pretty big role in terms of shaping the content of that debate, just as the other moderators will," says Alan Schroeder, a Northeastern University professor and expert in televised debates. "She's a very no-nonsense person. She projects this skepticism. She's sort of seen it all, heard it all, and she knows — what's a polite word for B.S.? She knows prevarication when she sees it."
Crowley was selected to moderate the same format as Simpson, the first woman selected by the Commission on Presidential Debates in 1992.
Women were chosen as debate moderators in 1976, when debates were sponsored by the League of Women Voters, including PBS' Judy Woodruff and ABC's Barbara Walters. They served primarily as traffic cops directing responses to questions posed by a panel of journalists (both male and female) rather than asking questions themselves.
For Simpson, the town hall format was too much like being an emcee — the "lady with the microphone." She did not know what questions audience members planned to ask and she had little opportunity for follow-ups. Simpson is critical of Crowley being placed in that same role 20 years later.
"How much progress have we made?" she asks. "Yeah, the ladies can do the people in the audience, they're good at that, they're friendly and warm but the really hard stuff is going to come from the men. For the first time to have a woman come along in 20 years, to put her in that position I just think is sexist. I really do."
Crowley says she's fine with being the go-between for candidates and voters in a town hall setting. "I don't feel shut up," she says. "Would I love to sit down with (the candidates)? I would. But do I also realize there is benefit to seeing these guys on the big stage interacting with voters? I do. Let's roll with it and see what happens.''


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Performance Core K2.1 FCS Surfboard Fins Review
The K2.1s are a high performance fin for skilled progressive surfers. The K2.1 design is nothing new to the surfing world. F.C.S. has had these fins around for quite some time with minor changes in template and limited options for materials over the years. Slater has renovated his K2.1 and he ended up his ninth world title with them, that's a successful improvement at its finest. We've stocked up South Coast with these things for that very reason.
The new K2.1s are made out of the F.C.S. performance core fiberglass construction. The performance core fins are stiffer than their natural composite brethren, you know, those plastic feeling ones that look like they could glow in the dark. Now they are composed of a foam core, a fiberglass foil and a satin cloth for aesthetic amusement. This translates to a less forgiving fin but one that is more sensitive and able to handle more powerful waves without sliding out or over flexing while racing down the line for a beach break barrel. They are also much lighter due to the foam inside the fiberglass foil as to not weight down the tail of your board when you're trying your best Slater impression to get above and beyond the lip on your turns.
Almost all high performance fins now are made with some type of foam core but that's not what makes these blue and white beauties stand out. The real deal behind them is how their templates work with the flex patterns of the P.C. construction. Most thruster sets have the 3 fins shaped all with the same template and length but not this set, hence the name K2.1. The side fins have more surface area compared to a shorter trailer fin, so responds like a small twin fin plus a trailer fin to balance out the pivoting.
The side fins have a wide base to produce forward drive through turns and allow you to slam your rail into a gouging cutback with confidence that the extra surface area will hold your line. They have almost no rake making them stand straight up like the dorsal fin on a shark. The lack of rake lets your board change direction quickly like snapping a more vertical bottom turn up a wave when you need to do work fast or risk being pitched via a heavy lip into a reef head. If you're thinking right now that's too risky, these fins aren't for you. If you're drooling on your computer at the thought of such an opportunity, then you're on the right track to qualifying for a set.
The trailer fin is about the size and template of an M3 fin; there is a bit more rake, but less area so when you submerge your tail the board will go into a controlled slide or quickly cutback without sacrificing all your speed in the process. The concept behind having a smaller trailer fin is to make it easier to break free from a carve and perform a more radical direction change, welcome to fins free surfing. Combine that with the responsiveness of performance core material and you've got a recipe for some heavy hitting Young Guns style wave riding.
These fins are not going to let you make a mistake without paying a price. They're used by a nine-time world surfing champion, they were meant for those with the skill and the sheer guts to assault the most angry of waves at their most critical points. If you don't set yourself up for a deep bottom turn you can expect these fins to make your snaps feel terribly forced and lacking of all style. They have a very pivotal turning nature so you must surf them more vertically and use more torque from your legs if you want be able to connect maneuvers.
Surf them in hollow beach breaks or in more heavy reefs in the area to understand how they work. Don't worry about getting stuck behind a section, the side fins have the ability to drive you right around it with some double pumping or if you're daring enough right over it with a floater. Now you're probably thinking these fins are too technical to be practical but it's a double edged sword that will sharpen any surfers skills to their own benefit. Yes they're not forgiving, but after you have them dialed in you'll learn to execute proper bottom turns that produce incredible drive up the face while that smaller trailer fin lets you crank through a turn with style and enough speed to fire off your next blow tail snap.