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What does anyone think this puppy is?
Marinepits wrote:The ear set reminds me of a boxer puppy, but the face is "off". BIG paws, but that may be just the pic. Possibly AmBull mixed in?
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Are you keeping her???
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|Portland Democrat, Portland, Indiana, November 13, 1873, page 2
by Hoosier
It has been sometime since I used the pencil to report from old Greene on account of bad health and pressure of business.
Times are still dull. Staves are about the only thing that bring money, and there are cords after cords being hauled from this part of the county. There will be no timber left in Greene township unless the destruction soon ceases.
Our farmers have been busy for last few days gathering corn. The crop is not so good as was expected. The prospect for wheat is promising. Looks well, and a large quantity sowed.
Our new school house is progressing finely. A few more fair days and it will be ready for school. This will be a pleasure to people of that vicinity, as they have never had educational conveniences.
The grave yard at school house No. 1 has been fenced, which speaks well for the people of that neighborhood.
Our fall schools will closes, except one, this week, and the winter term will commence the 24th of this month, in charge of the following excellent teachers:
Dist. No. 1 - Miss Emma Adair, 1st term.
do No. 2 - R.A. Bunch, 5th term.
do No. 3. - Miss A.E. Rider, 2nd term.
do No. 4 - W.P. Hiatt, 3rd term.
do No. 5 - J. Lemaster, 2nd term.
do No. 6 - T.C. Stephenson, 1st term.
do No. 7 - D.M. Bunch, 5th term.
do No. 8 - J.A. Smith,
do No. 9 - A.J. Hays, 7th term, besides teaching two subscription schools.
Their labors heretofore have been crowned with success, and they commence their present term in full confidence of the citizens. Hoping they may discharge their duties with credit to themselves and honor to their employer, I remain their well-wisher.
Good health and plenty of work; money scarce.
I believe that this J. Lemaster is Jacob Lemasters (1845-1922), son of Rev. Luman Walker and Nancy (Young) Lemasters. Jacob was a school teacher and farmer. I have not located him in the 1870 census, but in the 1880 census they were living in Noble Township. Jacob was a younger brother to my 2nd-great grandfather, Luman Walker Lemasters Jr. (1842-1931). Jacob was married to Sarah Ann Halfhill (1844-1920) and they moved to Ord, Valley County, Nebraska in the 1880s.


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GM unveils $288 million data center in Detroit suburb
General Motors Co. unveiled a $288 million data center in the Detroit suburb of Warren on Monday it says will save the company millions of dollars in product development, manufacturing, marketing, and sales.
GM has outsourced many of its computing and information technology (IT) functions in recent years, which it says were more costly and not as effective as the two data centers will be for the Detroit-based company.
Construction of a $258 million companion data center at the GM vehicle proving grounds in Milford, Mich., will begin this summer.
The two new data centers for GM's global operations "will get newer vehicle designs and technologies into our customers' hands quicker and improve the bottom line," said GM Chief Executive Dan Akerson.
"It is back home where it should be, and it further drives unnecessary complexity from our businesses."
By 2015 when the Milford center is scheduled to be operational, GM's global IT footprint will be reduced to two facilities from 23, company officials said.
The Milford center will be about 40 miles from the Warren facility and allow a backup with duplicate services so work can continue if service is down at either of the centers, GM said.
GM officials said employees around the world will be able to get access to the super-computing abilities of the two data centers.
The value of the IT equipment for each of the centers is expected to be about $158 million, bringing the investment for the two centers to $546 million.
It will cut costs on crash tests, it said. Simulations by computer will generate data that will help in designing safer vehicles and save $350,000 for each crash test avoided, GM said.
Also, suppliers making tooling for GM vehicles in development will be paid quicker and allow them to prioritize deliver of critical parts, which may reduce engineering expenses by millions of dollars, GM said.


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On-Line Inspections FAQ's
Building Permits Click2Gov (on-line inspections) allows anyone with an active building permit to schedule or cancel inspections and view a variety of permit and inspection related information on-line. The ability to schedule inspections on-line is available on permits issued after October 25, 2012.
Select Permit: Allows users to search for an application or permit by application number, address, parcel number or name.
Status Detail: The status detail shows general information about the application including the Parcel ID number, application date, application number, valuation, tenant name, tenant number if applicable, zoning description, address, owner, application type, square footage, application status and general contractor.
Application Fees: The application fees page shows the fees that have been paid and the fees that are due. In addition to the permit fees, re-inspect fees may be seen on this page. *Please note that a convenience fee of $3.00 is applied to all credit and debit card payments made through this website. Visa, MasterCard or Discover payments accepted.
Permit Status: The permit status list shows the permit types such as building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing. Click on the appropriate permit type to view general information about the permit including the issue date and expiration date.
Inspection Status: Click on the appropriate permit type (building, electrical, mechanical or plumbing) and view the scheduled inspections, the date scheduled, the status of inspection (approved, disapproved etc.) and the date of the results. Click on the inspection type itself to see the "request comments" (entered by the contractor or trade contractor) and "result" comments (entered by the Building Inspector).
Plan Tracking Status: The plan tracking status indicates the status of the reviews of the application including the Building Review, Engineering Review, Planning Review and Final Review. Click on any of these agencies to see specific review comments.
Project Inspections: The project inspections page shows the inspection types (for example: elec., construction pole), the scheduled date, status (approved, disapproved, etc.) and result date. New single-family projects have a required sequence of inspections. Each inspection type is assigned a minimum/maximum number, with the inspection sequence starting with the lowest number and going forward. The inspection types assigned to a 999 number can be scheduled at any time during the project.
Schedule/Cancel Inspections: The ability to schedule inspections on-line is available on permits issued after October 25, 2012. Click schedule and enter the access number to proceed. Select the appropriate inspection type from the list of available inspections. Excluding weekends and holidays the available inspection dates may be up to five workdays out. The access number can be found on the front page of the building or trade permit and it is the same number used to schedule inspections though the Automated Phone Line System.
Master Account: Creating a Master Account enables you to see only your permits; it is not a requirement to use the on-line system. To create a Master Account the telephone number entered on-line must match the telephone number in the Building Permits database. To verify the number on file please contact the Permit Staff at (405) 366-5339.
What if I cannot access the on-line inspections page from my computer? In some cases users must increase the security settings on their browser in order to use the site. Here are some screen shots showing how to increase the security settings on your browser.
What if I received an "error" message after entering my access number? Generally this means the trade contractor license is expired and the on-line system will not allow you to proceed with an inspection request until the license is updated and activated. Please call (405) 366-5415.
Can someone else request an inspection on my permit? No. Not unless you give them your access number to do so. An access number is issued with each permit and it is provided to the permit holder, the access number is required to request or cancel the inspection. The General Contractor can view the Inspection Status Menu seeing the results of the inspections previously made although they cannot request or change the inspection.
Below is an example of the front page of a building permit that includes the Application Number, Property Address, PArcel ID Number and Access Number among other information.
Application Number: 12-0004652
Property Address: 201 W. Gray Street. A
Parcel ID Number: NC29-AAAOT-64-1-001
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Portland opening new youth shelter
Preble Street to open Joe Kreisler Teen Shelter
Maine's largest city is getting a new shelter for youths.
Portland's Preble Street will host an open house on Tuesday at the newly expanded and renovated Joe Kreisler Teen Shelter. The public is welcome to tour the shelter, which is scheduled to be fully operational the first week of January.
The Joe Kreisler Teen Shelter replaces the Lighthouse Shelter, providing 24 beds for homeless teens without family, friends or resources. The shelter will ensure that teens are safe around the clock and have access to nutritious meals, adult supervision and connection and resources to help turn their lives around.
Preble Street is the leading provider of services to Portland's homeless and low-income residents, and serves more than 500 people each day.


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In section http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events/#event-type-DOMActivate it says "Warning! The DOMActivate event type is defined in this specification for reference and completeness, but this specification deprecates the use of this event type in favor of the related event type click. Other specifications may define and maintain their own DOMActivate event type for backwards compatibility." This is the wrong approach, and should not be done. In the decade since DOMActivate was introduced markup languages have adopted DOMActivate as the 'proper' abstract device-independent version of activation, and it has been widely implemented, and adopted in documents. Having to rename all uses of DOMActivate will involve a lot of editing, a lot of re-educating and a lot of re-tooling. The advantage of a centrally standardised DOMActivate is that it is interoperable and works cross-namespace having the same semantics everywhere. If each namespace has to define its own DOMActivate, making generic markup that will work across namespaces will be hard-to-impossible. Another problem is that if true hardware events, like click, get mixed up with the abstract events like DOMActivate, then it will be harder to differentiate between hardware events when you need them, and abstract events when you don't. As Apple's resent proposal to W3C[1], discussed on the Hypertext Coordination Group, the correct way to process events is to process the hardware events when you need to, and to use the abstract events when you can. Deprecating DOMActivate is going in the opposite direction, is a retrograde step, and should not happen. Best wishes, Steven Pemberton User Interface Independence for Accessible Rich Internet Applications http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/2010JulSep/att-0106/UserInterfaceIndependence.htmlReceived on Monday, 18 October 2010 12:24:07 UTC
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The joys of owning guns
By Babe Winkelman
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15, 2013]
As the Winkelman family wrapped up the 2012
hunting season, we shared a pastime that I'm sure you experience
too: gun cleaning. I don't have to tell you how important it is to
put guns away for their offseason nap in tip-top condition:
thoroughly disassembled, cleaned, reassembled, oiled and cased for
corrosion-free preservation.
Every shotgun
and rifle in my family's gun safe is brimming with stories. Yes, I
believe the guns themselves contain the stories from the field.
There's a scratch on the stock of a little Browning 20-gauge that I
can trace back to a rock. I remember the rock so clearly. I
accidentally dragged the stock across it while belly-crawling up on
a bunch of wood ducks in a woodland pond. It upset me at the time,
more than 30 years ago. But now I look at that scratch and smile,
because it takes me back and lets me relive that day with such
As I cleaned my daughter Karlee's 12-gauge, it filled me with
pride because the gun put me right back in that blind with her,
where I witnessed her taking a big tom with a clean shot. Every bit
of the excitement she felt for her achievement that morning became
infused in that shotgun. Immortalized.
Some of my guns were my dad's. And some of those were his dad's.
The heritage of that warms my heart like a high-brass shotshell
warms the barrel of an old Winchester when fired at a mallard on a
cold November morning. The passing down of a hunting gun to a son or
daughter is something special. It's a joy and a privilege that we
owe to our Second Amendment right as American sportsmen, women and
gun owners.
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As I clean big game and predator guns with optics, I take care to
clean the Nikon glass. As I do, I can see the deer, elk, caribou,
coyotes and other game just as they appeared in the reticle before I
squeezed the trigger. They appear like snapshots when I look through
the scope.
Some guns we keep clean but readily accessible for fun family
shooting on our range. Semi-auto .22s, high-velocity air rifles and
some handguns too. Owning them and having the right to shoot them
responsibly whenever we see fit is a freedom we hold dear. I
appreciate the importance of recreational shooting for bringing
families and friends together -- to learn shooting and safety skills
and to introduce newcomers to the shooting sports.
I've been fortunate to make hunting and shooting a part of the
way I make my living. But more importantly, and like every American
who owns guns and uses them lawfully and with respect, I'm lucky to
have guns as part of my life. They help define me and my family, and
we should all be eternally grateful to our founding fathers for
protecting their importance to the fabric of our great nation. I'm
proud to be an American gun owner, and if you are too, let us know
at "Babe Winkelman" on Facebook, where we're always excited to talk
fishing, hunting and shooting.
Good hunting!
[By BABE WINKELMAN]
Babe Winkelman is a nationally known
outdoorsman. For more than 25 years he has taught people to fish and
hunt. Watch his award-winning "Good Fishing" and "Outdoor Secrets"
television shows on many national and local
networks. Visit
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"Some quote" Barnaby Walters
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Updates to #php-mf2: vastly improved handling of combined microformats. http://waterpigs.co.uk/php-mf2
Tom Morris I have an electric Hurdy Gurdy, does that count?
OH "Meerkats weren't invented when I was a lad" — John Walters
Learning #angularjs. The documentation is so very much better than #emberjs. I am purposefully not checking out each step of the tutorial, instead writing it myself.
I updated the #php-mf2 web demo again, now you can try out the classic microformats compatibility. http://waterpigs.co.uk/php-mf2/
@raspberry_pi for a moment then I thought it said "Extreme Director" :)
Updated php-mf2 with improved handling of children keys, updated the demo to output JSON and time taken;
Using watercolour pencils are a great way for me to pretend I'm an artist when actually COLOURING!
@epersonae it's probably thinking "Why do I have antlers?" #squoose
Reading through the #CSS fonts spec, I'm surprised by just how much of the font-deciding process depends on typefaces being named well.
@sophiedennis woo logistics!
The #demo2012 march was good. Folk dancing en masse in the street, a temporary occupation of Westminster bridge and some amazing noise going under another bridge. Ten the weather turned on us.
Police presence was imposing yet benign—the multiple helicopters seem like a waste of fuel though.
On the bus bound for London. There is buzzing, blue lights and unintelligible announcements. I feel like I'm on a NASA flight, not a NE one.
For the first time in my life I am out of bed before the new XKCD was published.
This is an excellent explanation of why I throw water at cats in my garden: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cats_actually_kill
Essentially, my previous design had reached local maximum, so I'm going back to basics.
I've decided it's important that styling doesn't fight or contradict markup, so I'm hoping that adding it progressively only where it is needed will make my code more maintainable.


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Here you will find detailed information about the different areas in which you can get involved on this Conservation & Environment project at Wild at Tuli Safaris in the Central Tuli Block, Botswana.
At the project you will become part of a team dedicated to conserving more than 10,000 hectares of African savannah. The project is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna. The African savannah has successfully existed for millions of years and it is our responsibility to ensure its longevity. Here are some of the projects you'll be involved in:
Wildlife Inventories
We are creating a comprehensive list of the birds of the Central Tuli Block using fixed point observations and research drives. With a strong data base we can then investigate their behavior (e.g. migration routes and seasons), density and ranges.
Regular census drives also enable us to collect information on the larger mammal species found. Predator-prey relationships are the basis of the savannah ecosystem and we need to know how the reserve is evolving with respect to these vital interactions. We record GPS locations of our sightings, photograph individual animals and continually monitor the different areas that we visit. We are then able to construct a realistic model for animal movements and migrations of new groups and new species into the Central Tuli Block.
Removing Fences
There is a lot of old fencing left lying around the Central Tuli Block farms which has been lowered in recent years but not removed. This can cause injury to any animal that comes across it. Poachers also make use of old fencing wire to build snares and traps. Any fencing left standing can enclose elephants and other large grazers which in turn increases pressure on the area.
GPS Mapping of the Reserve
We have compiled comprehensive maps of the areas that we visit. This enables more specific data to be collected on animal populations and their ranges. A complete map of the road system will also allow more complete surveys.
Road System Maintenance
This enables us to travel around and cover more areas. We can then survey the different types of vegetation, animal populations and collect more accurate data. The construction of new roads also enables better visibility of wildlife.
Water Hole Construction
The harsh changes between the seasons in Southern Africa mean that for up to 9 months of the year animals are struggling to find sufficient water. Dropping water levels in the rivers and high concentrations of predators around these areas means that the majority of the prey species cannot find enough water to survive. The drilling of water holes at different locations enables these species to endure the dry season. It also helps us with collecting data as the wildlife will tend to concentrate around these artificial reservoirs. Careful management of these water holes also allows us to manage the reserve more effectively. By changing the locations and availability of water we can move wildlife from heavily affected zones and allow the vegetation to recover.
Erosion Control
Top soil holds the majority of the nutrients to be found in the earth and heavy rains cause these to be leeched away. By creating run-off channels, planting stakes in open areas and carefully placing large rocks we can reduce the loss of top soil in the torrential rainy season. This gives the flora of the reserve a high chance of survival.
Alien Plant Removal
Historical activity and local industry has led to the invasion of foreign plant species which are out-competing the local flora. This change in species composition is unnaturally fast and ecosystems cannot adjust quickly enough to incorporate these new additions. This creates unbalance for both the animal and plant life and so it is essential we remove as many of these invaders as possible.
Volunteers participate in regular workshops designed to teach you about different aspects of the project and the environment you will come to call home. Topics include conservation debates and bird identification.


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Facebook announced that it will be switching all profiles to its new Facebook Timeline in the next few weeks. Users will have a seven-day grace period to clean up their profiles before they go live, or they will simply go live on the seventh day anyway.
Most of the comments from the blog post by Facebook's Paul McDonald were anti-Timeline, but that will not stop Facebook from rolling out the new profile. Facebook first announced the new changes last September, so users should have had plenty of time to absorb the shock -- but comments seemed to indicate otherwise.
" Another stupid, useless, ugly update, you already had it working perfectly, now you're just bored," wrote Scott Nooteboom.
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Just in case you thought you could escape Facebook's Timeline by using mobile or Android, Facebook also updated that, too. There is no escape, unless it's to Google+.


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2010 ITU Triathlon World Cup Calendar Announced
04/11/09 - With nine ITU Triathlon World Cup races added to the calendar, the 2010 triathlon season will provide the world's best triathletes with an unrivalled chance to compete at international cities and venues... |Full Story
Watch Team World Champs Online
12/08/09 - The broadcast television show of the ITU Triathlon Team World Championships and Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon Elite Cup from Des Moines, which includes exclusive behind the scenes footage, can now be viewed on... |Full Story
Des Moines Accommodation
14/05/09 - There are three host hotels in West Des Moines; all three hotels are new and are located within two miles of the race venue and a half mile of each other. The LOC have blocked 50 rooms at each hotel for... |Full Story
Hy-Vee ITU World Cup Preview
22/06/08 - For the second straight year, some of triathlon's biggest names will head to America's heartland for the Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon World Cup, the seventh stop of the 2008 BG Triathlon World Cup series. ... |Full Story
Henning Defends Hy-Vee Title
22/06/08 - Denmarks Rasmus Henning has successfully defended his title in Des Moines, winning todays Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon World Cup by an 8-second margin over New Zealands Bevan Docherty and Australian Greg Bennett... |Full Story
Snowsill cashes in big Hy-Vee win
22/06/08 - After last years disappointing DNF in Des Moines, Australian Emma Snowsill roared back this season, convincingly winning todays Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon World Cup, the seventh stop of the BG Triathlon World... |Full Story
Hy-Vee ITU WC Prize Money & Course
18/06/08 - The revised course for this Sunday's Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon World Cup is now online. Elite athletes will swim 1500 meters in the Blue Heron Lake, then will cycle a slightly long bike course at 42... |Full Story
Hy-Vee world cup Location Change
17/06/08 - With the serious flooding situation in Iowa, the Hy-Vee ITU Triathlon World Cup has been moved to West Des Moines, at the campus of Valley Southwoods Freshmen High School. Race officials are confident... |Full Story
Rich wins for Bennett, Henning in Des Moines
19/06/07 - Local favourite Laura Bennett of the United States won the 2007 Des Moines BG Triathlon World Cup, taking home a record US$200,000 in prize money and another US$65,000 plus in prizes, including a new... |Full Story
$200,000 Father's Day for Henning
18/06/07 - Rasmus Henning of Denmark received the best Father's Day gift of his young parenting life today, winning the 2007 Des Moines BG Triathlon World Cup and taking home the biggest payday in triathlon... |Full Story
Bennett Grabs Gold in Des Moines
17/06/07 - Local favourite Laura Bennett of the United States has just won the 2007 Des Moines BG Triathlon World Cup, taking home a record US$200,000 in prize money and another US$65,000 plus in prizes, including a... |Full Story
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The NORCECA Olympic Qualifier will be live streamed at usavlive.com.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 6, 2012) – There was a time, prior to 1996, when the defending volleyball Olympic champion was given a berth into the next Summer Games.
These days, only the host country gets an automatic pass. Everyone else has to earn their ticket to London and that is what the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist, will be working for on May 7-12 at NORCECA Men's Continental Olympic Qualifying Tournament at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif.
Only the winner of the eight-team NORCECA (North American, Central America and the Caribbean Confederation) Qualifier will make it to the 2012 Olympic Games. The United States, ranked sixth in the world by the FIVB and second in NORCECA, won its first men's qualifier in 2000 and has won every four years since then. But the 2012 team knows that an Olympic berth won't come easy.
"It's going to be a tough tournament," U.S. Head Coach Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.) said. "All eight of these teams have something to prove and want to qualify for the Olympic Games."
This is the first time the United States has hosted the men's Olympic qualifier, which was originally going to be held in Puerto Rico. It is being held at Knipe's alma mater and the university where he coached before taking over as U.S. Men's head coach in 2009. It is also just minutes away from the U.S. Men's and Women's National Teams training headquarters in Anaheim, Calif.
But the team still isn't sure what kind of crowd it can expect.
"I'm just really glad to have the guys playing in Southern California," Knipe said. "I really want to see the great volleyball community in this area come out and support these guys. It's only a home-court advantage if it really feels that way."
If the United States does not qualify this week, it will be invited to one of three FIVB World Olympic Qualification Tournaments, to be held in Japan, Italy and Germany.
The Players
The 12 players that will compete for the U.S. Men at the NORCECA Qualifier are mostly very familiar.
Seven players on the team are Olympians who have been through this process before: outside hitters Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) and Riley Salmon (League City, Texas), middle blockers David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) and Ryan Millar (Alpine, Utah), opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawaii), setter Donald Suxho (Korce, Albania) and libero Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.).
Four players are new to Olympic qualifying, but have extensive international experience with the team over the past three seasons: outside hitters Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) and Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.), middle blocker Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and setter Brian Thornton (San Clemente, Calif.).
One player, opposite Dave McKienzie (Littleton, Colo.), last played for the U.S. Men internationally in 2007. When it became clear he was not going to make the 2008 Olympic team, he stepped away, but continued to play internationally indoors and also on U.S. beach volleyball domestic tours.
In 2011, McKienzie's former college coach, Knipe, called and said the team was still looking for an opposite to back up Stanley and McKienzie returned to the team to train for World Cup. He was only with the team for five days, but showed Knipe enough to invite him back this spring.
"It's nice to be back," he said. "I've missed playing with these guys and I've missed playing at a high level.
"I love the beach, but it can't compare with competing on a top indoor team."
McKienzie will play backup to Stanley, the 2008 Olympic MVP who is coming off rehabilitation for a knee injury suffered while he was playing in Russia over the winter. Stanley did not play in the two exhibition matches against Argentina that the U.S. played in April, but did see significant time in the team's intra-squad scrimmage on May 4 and finished with 10 points on eight attacks and two aces in three sets.
Suxho, a 2004 Olympian who has struggled with injuries, is at 100 percent and coming off a strong season in Italy. He will be backed up by Thornton, who started for the U.S. during most of the 2011 FIVB World League, including two victories over Brazil.
Among the middle blockers, Lee and Millar may be 2008 gold medalists, but Holmes has come on strong and had a good winter playing in Poland.
Priddy and Anderson have locked down the starting outside spots. Salmon, who was being tested at libero, will be available to play front or back row after spending most of the winter training in Anaheim. Lotman has seen significant international playing time over the last three years and his Polish club team won the league championship with him as a starter.
Although Lambourne did not play on a club team over the winter, he trained in Anaheim and has looked strong against Argentina and in the U.S. Men's intra-squad scrimmage.
The Competition
Cuba, ranked fifth in the world by the FIVB and first in NORCECA, finished eighth at the 2011 FIVB World League and fifth at the 2011 FIVB World Cup. It finished second at the 2010 FIVB World Championship. It also won the NORCECA Continental Championship in 2009 and 2011. Cuba finished with the bronze medal at the 2008 NORCECA Men's Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament behind the United States and Puerto Rico.
Mexico, ranked No. 23 in the world and No. 3 in NORCECA, comes into the NORCECA Men's Continental Olympic Qualifier off of a fourth-place finish at the 2011 Pan American Games and fifth place at the 2011 Pan American Cup and NORCECA Continental Championship. The team qualified for the 2010 FIVB World Championship where it finished tied for 13th.
Currently ranked No. 18 in the world and fourth in NORCECA, Canada has taken many steps forward since it began international competition in 1959. Canada placed third at the 2011 NORCECA Continental Championship.
Puerto Rico, ranked No. 17 in the FIVB and fifth in NORCECA, has pushed both the United States and Cuba in recent matches. It placed 13th at the 2010 FIVB World Championship in Italy and fourth at the 2011 NORCECA Continental Championship and the 2011 Pan American Cup. Puerto Rico played the United States in the 2011 FIVB World League with USA matches played at the Pyramid in Long Beach bringing venue familiarity to the program.
Trinidad & Tobago, ranked No. 33 in the world and sixth in NORCECA, finished sixth at the 2011 NORCECA Continental Championship. Costa Rica is ranked 43rd in the world by the FIVB and ninth in NORCECA. The Dominican Republic, ranked 46th in the world and 10th in NORCECA.
Canada hosted the first two NORCECA Men's Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments with spots into the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. Puerto Rico hosted the event in 2004 and 2008. The United States is hosting its first-ever NORCECA Men's Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament.
From 1972 to 1992 the NORCECA Championships doubled as qualification for the Olympic Games, with the champions moving on. For the first two Olympic Games in 1964 and 1968, the team from NORCECA was decided via the Pan American Games.
2012 NORCECA Men's Continental Olympic Qualification Tournament
May 7-12 at the Pyramid in Long Beach, Calif.No. Name (Position, Height, Hometown, College)
1. Matt Anderson (OH, 6-10, West Seneca, N.Y., Penn State)
4. David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5. Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
6. Paul Lotman (OH, 6-7, Lakewood, Calif., Long Beach State)
7. Donald Suxho (S, 6-5, Korce, Albania, USC)
8. Reid Priddy (OH, 6-5, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
9. Ryan Millar (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Utah, BYU)
10. Riley Salmon (OH, 6-6, League City, Texas, Pierce College)
11. Brian Thornton (S, 6-3, San Clemente, Calif., UC Irvine)
12. Russell Holmes (MB, 6-8, Fountain Valley, Calif., BYU)
13. Clay Stanley (Opp, 6-9, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawaii)
19. David McKienzie (Opp, 6-4, Littleton, Colo., Long Beach State)
Head Coach: Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Team Manager: Rob Browning (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Gary Sato (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: John Speraw (Irvine, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Ron Larsen (Lafayette, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Chris Jackson (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Medical Support: Aaron Brock (Storm Lake, Iowa)
2012 NORCECA Men's Olympic Games Qualification Tournament Schedule (All times PT)
Schedule subject to change depending on U.S. finishes
Pool Play
May 7
1 p.m. Canada vs. Dominican Republic
3 p.m. Mexico vs. Costa Rica
6 p.m. Cuba vs. Puerto Rico
8 p.m. USA vs. Trinidad & Tobago
May 8
1 p.m. Cuba vs. Dominican Republic
3 p.m. Mexico vs. Trinidad & Tobago
6 p.m. Canada vs. Puerto Rico
8 p.m. USA vs. Costa Rica
May 9
1 p.m. Puerto Rico vs. Dominican Republic
3 p.m. Costa Rica vs. Trinidad & Tobago
6 p.m. Cuba vs. Canada
8 p.m. USA vs. Mexico
May 10
6 p.m. 2nd-place B vs. 3rd-place A
8 p.m. 2nd-place A vs. 3rd-place B
Classification 5-8
May 11
1 p.m. 4th-place A vs. Quarterfinal Loser
3 p.m. 4th-place B vs. Quarterfinal Loser
May 11
6 p.m. 1st-place B vs. Quarterfinal Winner
8 p.m. 1st-place A vs. Quarterfinal Winner
May 12
1 p.m. Seventh-place match
3 p.m. Fifth-place match
6 p.m. Third-place match
8 p.m. Championship


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You know how I know we're getting closer to the start of a new season? Yet another watch list.
The latest to release theirs is the Biletnikoff Award, with the honor going to the nation's top receiver issuing a list consisting of 50 players from all nine FBS conferences as well as one independent (UMass). Headlining this year's preseason list is West Virginia's David Sills, who was a finalist for the 2017 award claimed by Oklahoma State's James Washington. One other 2017 semifinalist is included as well, Ole Miss' A.J. Brown.
A total of seven teams placed two receivers each on the watch list: Cal (Kanawai Noa, Vic Wharton III), Louisville (Dez Fitzpatrick, Jaylen Smith), Nebraska (Stanley Morgan Jr., JD Spielman), North Texas (Jalen Guyton, Michael Lawrence), Oklahoma (Marquise Brown, CeeDee Lamb), Toledo (Diontae Johnson, Cody Thompson) and West Virginia (Gary Jennings Jr., Sills).
Three conferences totaled seven players apiece, the ACC, Big 12 and MAC. That trio is followed by five each from Conference USA and four apiece for the AAC, Pac-12 and Sun Belt. The Big Ten and Mountain West each placed three.
Below is the complete list of 2018 Biletnikoff Award preseason watch listers:
JJ Arcega-Whiteside, Stanford
Tyre Brady, Marshall
A.J. Brown, Ole Miss
Marquise Brown, Oklahoma
Trevon Brown, East Carolina
Ryan Davis, Auburn
Greg Dortch, Wake Forest
Terren Encalade, Tulane
Dez Fitzpatrick, Louisville
James Gardner, Miami-Ohio
Jonathan Giles, LSU
Marcus Green, ULM
Jalen Guyton, North Texas
Emanuel Hall, Missouri
Justin Hall, Ball State
Kelvin Harmon, North Carolina State
N'Keal Harry, Arizona State
Penny Hart, Georgia State
Justin Hobbs, Tulsa
Andy Isabella, Massachusetts
Gary Jennings Jr., West Virginia
Anthony Johnson, Buffalo
Collin Johnson, Texas
Diontae Johnson, Toledo
KeeSean Johnson, Fresno State
CeeDee Lamb, Oklahoma
Michael Lawrence, North Texas
Ty Lee Middle, Tennessee
McLane Mannix, Nevada
Scott Miller, Bowling Green
Denzel Mims, Baylor
Stanley Morgan Jr., Nebraska
Kanawai Noa, California
James Proche, SMU
T.J. Rahming, Duke
Ahmmon Richards, Miami
Deebo Samuel, South Carolina
David Sills V, West Virginia
Steven Sims Jr., Kansas
Jaylen Smith, Louisville
Kwadarrius Smith, Akron
JD Spielman, Nebraska
Cody Thompson, Toledo
John Ursua, Hawaii
Teddy Veal, Louisiana Tech
Jamarius Way, South Alabama
Nick Westbrook, Indiana
Vic Wharton III, California
Malcolm Williams, Coastal Carolina
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A healthy dose of estrogen, a shot of testosterone, a great indie thriller, some classic Mickey Rourke, some fear-mongering, some narcissism...
"Countdown to Zero"
Director Lucy Walker presents a documentary arguing that the nuclear war is a greater threat now than it was during the Cold War, as proliferation, terrorism and other realities have imperiled the world's safety. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, watch the trailer
"The Disappearance of Alice Creed"
A tense three-character thriller featuring standout performances from Gemma Arterton and Eddie Marsan, that marks the promising debut of first-time director J Blakeson. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, read our interview with director J Blakeson and watch the trailer
"Eat Pray Love"
If you're a dude or one of the many readers who found Elizabeth Gilbert to be a whiny, self-indulgent yuppie, the film adaptation of "Eat Pray Love" could probably be re-titled "Sit Bored Leave." Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, read the rest of our review and watch the trailer
"The Expendables"
There's an exchange early in the film between Stallone and Statham that pretty much says it all:
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Statham: Everything.
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"I'm Still Here"
This faux documentary chronicles Joaquin Phoenix's "retirement" from acting to pursue an career as a rapper. Yawn. Now available on Blu-ray and DVD, watch the trailer
"Angel Heart"/"Johnny Handsome" (Two-pack)
Sometimes it's nice to remember that before the boxing, the IRA flag-waving, the plastic surgery, the steroids and "The Wrestler," Mickey Rourke was one of Hollywood's most promising and fascinating talents. Now you can see two of his best from early in his career, before the crazy took over.
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Ducks Unlimited Partners Celebrate Completion of Pointe-Aux-Chenes WMA Project
Louisiana –-(Ammoland.com)- Representatives of Ducks Unlimited and several partner organizations gathered Tuesday at Pointe-Aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area to celebrate the completion of a $1.2 million coastal restoration project in southeast Louisiana and to dedicate it to Ron and Jackie Bartels of Schriever. More than 100 people attended the dedication event.
"Ducks Unlimited is pleased to recognize the Bartels' unyielding commitment to conservation by dedicating the Grand Bayou Unit project to them," said DU Executive Secretary Dan Thiel. "Pointe-Aux-Chenes WMA is one of the most popular public lands for waterfowl hunting in the state, and it is only fitting that Ron and Jackie's conservation legacy be tied to it."
The Bartels are well-known in the conservation arena for their pursuit of an impressive list of international game species as well as for their dedication to conservation organizations such as the Safari Club International and Ducks Unlimited. Ron has been an active DU volunteer for many years and currently serves as the Advisory Senior Vice President for Membership.
"If you're going to harvest game, you absolutely must give back to the resource," said Ron, manager at Eagle Consulting, LLC and Facilities, Inc.
Ron and Jackie have impressed upon their children and grandchildren the importance of a strong conservation ethic. At last count, 35 members from four generations of the Bartels family are carrying forward a passion for conservation through active support and involvement in organizations like Ducks Unlimited. "It makes me feel great that everybody is involved," Jackie said.
The Grand Bayou project restored hydrology on approximately 3,255 acres of coastal marsh habitat through the installation of water control structures and levee work. In addition to enhancing public hunting opportunities on one of the most popular areas in the state, the work enables Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) managers to restore and maintain coastal marsh vegetation and salinity levels that support migratory waterfowl, shorebird and neo-tropical songbird populations, resident mottled ducks and myriad other marsh-dwelling species.
"This project is a premier example of Ducks Unlimited's work to restore vital Gulf Coast marshes," LDWF Secretary Robert Barham said. "The efforts of all partners involved greatly assist Wildlife and Fisheries' efforts to efficiently and effectively manage the area for waterfowl and a wide variety of fish and other wildlife."
"Anytime we are able to advance coastal restoration projects and mesh them with increased opportunities for wildlife management, it's a win-win situation. And this project accomplishes both objectives," Lieutenant Governor Jay Dardenne said.
The project, led by Ducks Unlimited, is a cooperative effort among 17 partners including: the North American Wetlands Conservation Council, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation, Abita Brewing Company, Irene W. & C.B. Pennington Foundation, TransCanada Corporation, ExxonMobil Foundation, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Foundation, Go-Devil Manufacturers of Louisiana – Warren Coco, Safari Club International – Louisiana Chapter, Trapp Cadillac-Chevrolet, Inc. – Heinke Trapp, Songy's Sporting Goods – Barry Songy, Matthew Hagen, Dr. Ted Price, Pierre Olivier, and Bobby and Linda Burguieres.
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This last 48 hours has really given me a new perspective on what is important in life. One of my sons, my 12 year old, came down with Croup… an uncontrolled coughing thing. This triggered multiple Asthma attacks.
No sleep for the last 2 nights. No rest at all. Multiple trips to the ER where the morons there treated the asthma attacks but did jack shit about the croup which is what was triggering the asthma attacks. We finally got some stuff to control the coughing and since then we've had no more asthma incidences.
For my wife and I, this is the scariest thing in our lives. A threat to the life of one of our children that we can't do anything about… we can't fight this enemy. Give me a round in the Octagon with any MMA Fighter. Drop me into Iran with a rolled up newspaper. Give me an enemy I can fight! Anything but this Asthma shit. All you can do is watch your child struggle to just breath, and all you can do is pray.
Everything seems to be on the mend now. No more fits of uncontrollable coughing, no more asthma trying to strangle my boy. He's breathing… he's sleeping… I think we have things back in control.


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Saturday, April 06, 2013
Three weeks out mock draft
I completed my first mock draft of the year a couple of weeks ago - much to the consternation of some - and now that we're about three weeks out from this year's draft, it's time to throw some more stuff against the wall and see what sticks.
Understand that mock drafts are just that - mock. It's what could happen in certain scenarios once teams start picking. And often times, things change from week to week.
Anyway, here we go:
1. Kansas City, Luke Joeckel, OT, Texas A&M - No reason to change from my original draft here.
2. Jacksonville, Sharrif Floyd, DT, Florida State - Jacksonville could go a lot of different ways with defenders.
3. Oakland, Ezekial Ensah, DE, BYU - The Raiders have been known to grab workout warriors in recent years. Ensah has a ton of potential.
4. Philadelphia, Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia - The Eagles seem the likely destination for Smith.
5. Detroit, Eric Fisher, OT, Central Michigan - With Jeff Backus done, the Lions have to protect their investment at QB.
6. Cleveland, Dee Milliner, CB, Alabama - The Browns would have two very good young corners.
7. Arizona, Lane Johnson, OT, Oklahoma - Any offensive line help is needed in Arizona.
8. Buffalo, Matt Barkley, QB, USC - So much for quarterbacks not being a priority in this draft. Kevin Kolb is not the long-term answer.
9. N.Y. Jets, Dion Jordan, OLB, Oregon - The Jets have been searching for pass rushers seemingly since Klecko and Gastineau retired.
10. Tennessee, Chance Warmack, G, Alabama - Warmack is more of a sure thing than some of the guys taken ahead of him. But he's also a guard.
11. San Diego, Jonathan Cooper, G, North Carolina - The Chargers line was a mess last season. Cooper can play guard or center.
12. Miami, Xavier Rhodes, CB, Florida State - The Dolphins have filled a lot of holes, but need to get better in the secondary.
13. Tampa Bay, Desmond Trufant, CB, Washington - Tampa Bay's secondary needs an influx of talent.
14. Carolina, Star Lotulelei, DT, Utah - The Panthers get some beef up front.
15. New Orleans, Jarvis Jones, LB, Georgia - Jones' neck issues are scaring some teams away, but his pass rushing ability can't be denied. The Saints are moving to a 3-4.
16. St. Louis, Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia - To steal a Todd Grahamism, speed, speed, speed.
17. Pittsburgh, Keenan Allen, WR, California - Something about Allen reminds me of when the Steelers selected Heath Miller in the draft. Miller was unable to work out for teams during the offseason due to a sports hernia and fell into Pittsburgh's lap. Allen was considered the top WR in this draft but has been unable to work out due to injuries - though he is scheduled to do so April 9. He has size and is polished.
18. Dallas, Kenny Vaccaro, S, Texas - It's no secret the Cowboys are looking for safety help. And no, Will Allen is not the answer.
19. N.Y. Giants, Bjoern Werner, DE, Florida State - The Giants love to college pass rushers.
20. Chicago, D.J. Fluker, OT, Alabama - The Bears need to do a better job of protecting the quarterback.
21. Cincinnati, Barkevious Mingo, LB/DE, LSU - Mingo is the type of lanky pass rusher who fits into what the Bengals are doing defensively.
22. St. Louis, Matt Elam, S, Florida - The Rams want to come out of their two first round picks with a WR and safety.
23. Minnesota, Sheldon Richardson, DT, Missouri - The Vikings were a premiere run-stopping team for many years but have slipped of late.
24. Indianapolis, Cordarelle Patterson, WR, Tennessee - Patterson has speed and size but is very raw.
25. Minnesota, Robert Woods, WR, USC - Woods is silky smooth and has good size.
26. Green Bay, Damontre Moore, OLB, Texas A&M - The Packers need somebody to provide a pass rush other than Clay Matthews.
27. Houston, DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Clemson - The Texans need a No. 2 option on the outside.
28. Denver, Jonathan Hankins, DT, Ohio State - The Broncos are in a win-now mode and Hankins should help their run defense right away.
29. New England, Datone Jones, DE, UCLA - Jones just seems like a Belichick-type of pick. Smart, effort guy.
30. Atlanta, Tyler Eifert, TE, Notre Dame - Atlanta needs to groom somebody to replace Tony Gonzalez.
31. San Francisco, Jonathan Cyprien, S, Florida International - The 49ers don't have a lot of needs, but safety could be considered one.
32. Baltimore, Kevin Minter, ILB, LSU - The Ravens need help at inside linebacker and get a thumper.


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Requiem In Leather Release Date May 15, 2015!
Sunday, May 03, 2015
Requiem in Leather (Deputy Joe Book 4)
Coming May 15, 2015 from MLR Press
The wilds of San Francisco are a long way from the rural-Utah beat of Deputy Joe Peterson.
Kabe's former Dom, the man who protected him in prison, dies and Kabe, along with Jack's other boys, returns to The City to pay their respects. Joe wonders where he fits in after seeing Kabe at home, with the family and friends he left behind. When he agrees to help track down one of the missing boys he can't understand Kabe's aversion to his getting involved.
The emotions dredged up by the search, and Kabe's slipping back into his old out-of-control life style, pitch them along like the rough surf Kabe has so missed riding. If they can find the balance between love, respect and their lifestyle, they may just be able to discover a place Joe thought was closed to him forever.
Kabe's friends drug him out to see some other folks for coffee, but they'd come back around sometime before nine for a late dinner. That left me and Bill by our lonesome for a bit. We'd started talking about the rest of the week, and he'd mentioned the fair on Sunday, Dore Alley, and asked what I was planning on wearing. When I'd said jeans and a T-shirt, he'd rolled his eyes like Kabe was wont to as he herded me back to the guest room.
Now Bill sat on the edge of the bed. "Bones would have liked you to have them." We'd started the business of finding something for me to wear Sunday.
I put the box I'd pulled out of the top of the closet next to him on the bed. "Are you sure?"
"Look," Bill rattled the box, "these things have been collecting dust in my closet for a while. Here and there, I've passed on some of Bones' gear that he'd have wanted people to have. I gave most of his clothes to charity. This stuff, well it's not exactly what you put in the donation box at Out of the Closet." Hesitant, as if he weren't quite ready to face what he'd packed away, Bill took hold of the top. Then he swallowed and pulled it off. "And his leathers, well, they're more personal, not something I'd want to just hand over to some poser who wants to prance around and look hot." He set the lid on the pillows and then pointed towards the stuff packed inside, indicating I should take a look. "Bones loved Kabe. Said the most horrible things about him, but if someone needed to go bail that twink ass out of a bar at three in the morning, Bones would be out the door before I hung up the phone. Bones loved Kabe like he was his own. And Kabe loves you. Bones would have liked you…probably would have shown you the ropes."
I shot him a sideways glance before turning to paw through the contents of the box. "The ropes?" Couldn't quite figure out what was in there that would be proper wear.
"From what Kabe's told me, what I've seen of your personality…you walk in the room, you don't even have to say anything, and all the subby boys start to whimper. You may not ever do clubs or events, but you are one of us." Didn't know what us he meant. Although, I had started getting the sense that it weren't about the props…it was about the people you knew who fancied the same thing. Like church in a way; community from common experience and ideals.
He pulled out a strap of something with handcuffs hanging off the end. "Everything I really wanted to keep, I already have in my room. So anything you find in there that you want; take it." With that, he dropped the bit back in with the rest. "Even if you don't know what to do with it, but you like it…yours."
I shrugged and kept rummaging through it all. Lots and lots of straps, some with studs or chains. All that flash seemed gaudy, pretentious somehow. "Kabe just wants me to not stand out, I think." I muttered it kinda under my breath. Don't know, guess that was just me…big ol' country mouse in the city. I'da just left it be, were it me, but Kabe wanted it. I don't think there was nothing I wouldn't give that boy if'n he asked. Scared the daylights outta me every time I realized that. If he'd said, 'Joe, go jump off that there building and show me you love me.' I'da likely done it. "He'd like me to fit in. You know, with his whole tribe."
"Joe," Bill laughed, "no matter where, no matter what you're wearing, you'll stand out. It's who you are not what's cupping your package."
I chewed on that bit for a while. Bill left me at my explorations, sitting on the edge of the bed and watching without watching as I pulled things out and put 'em back. Most felt like horse tack, thick and kinda raw leather. Didn't like those much. Picked a few things out that seemed things Kabe might appreciate, and that I sorta recognized off Internet pictures: a harness thing that might serve on a mule, a leather jock strap…not too keen on those or wearing one that'd held some other guys dick…muscle man arm bands.
Mom said sometimes you gotta wear something just 'cause it makes you smile and that sure did. 'Course she was talking about her ol' pink coat not a black leather arm band near three inches wide with a big ol' hook lock to keep it together…I don't know why that one, of all of them, amused me, made me smile. But it did and I set it over to the side by Bill's knee. Still, I was getting kinda frustrated though, lots'a toys, but nothing I cared for much.
Just didn't want to disappoint Kabe.
Then down in the bottom of that box my fingers found something, all rolled up, not folded. Figured I petted it for all of a minute before my brain registered that I wanted it. Didn't even know what that smooth fine grain grabbing at the ridges on my fingertips was. Almost cool, drew out the warmth of my skin as I ran my hand over it. Nice as any guy's prick in how it just slid under my palm, warming up as I stroked it. Finally, I pulled it out of the case, find out what I wanted so bad that it made me want to go find Kabe and bend him over before I even laid eyes on it.
Almost surprised myself there as I shook what I found out. A pair of jeans. Black leather jeans. Not new shiny leather, but what had all the creases of time and wear etched into 'em. Balled 'em into my hands and brought 'em up to my face. That smell. Lord, nothing smelled quite like leather: heavy, musky, I could almost taste the quality of the hide on my tongue.


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Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio is the second largest cemetery in the United States. It was originally known as the Cemetery of Spring Grove, and was founded in 1845 by the Cincinnati Horticultural Society as a not-for-profit cemetery. The original 166 hilly acres were purchased for $16,000 and dedicated that August. The first burial occurred on September 1, 1845.
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The Norman Chapel, located just inside the main gates, was designed in the Romanesque Revival, or Norman style. Cincinnati architect Samuel Hannaford designed it in 1879. It is constructed of limestone from Bedford, Indiana, "Limestone Capital of the World," and guarded by various gargoyles.
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May 9
The House again rejected a bipartisan amendment to forbid the Justice Department from interfering with states' implementation of medical marijuana laws, declining to rebuke the Obama administration for recent raids in states including California.
The vote was 163-262. All Bay Area members voted in favor of the amendment.
Reps. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., and Dana Rohrabacher, R-Costa Mesa, have offered this amendment to the Justice Department's appropriations bill six times over the past decade; their high-water mark was 165 "aye" votes in 2007. Joining them in offering this year's amendment were Tom McClintock, R-Elk Grove, and Sam Farr, D-Carmel.
Sixteen states and the District of Columbia have legalized pot for medical use; the Connecticut and New Hampshire legislatures recently passed medical marijuana bills now awaiting their governors' signatures. Federal law still bans all marijuana cultivation, distribution, sale and use.
The Obama administration has taken a multipronged approach to cracking down on medical marijuana providers. In some cases, U.S. attorneys have threatened dispensaries' landlords and banks with prosecution. In others, the IRS has rejected standard tax deductions from medical marijuana businesses operating in compliance with state law. And in some cases, such as that of Oaksterdam University last month, federal agents have raided medical-marijuana-related businesses.
Obama has said the federal government isn't pursuing medical marijuana users, but rather is focusing upon large-scale commercial operations that may be supplying recreational users as well. But House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, issued a statement last week expressing "strong concerns about the recent actions by the federal government that threaten the safe access of medicinal marijuana to alleviate the suffering of patients in California."
Bill Piper, national affairs director for the Drug Policy Alliance, earlier Wednesday had issued a statement in support of the amendment. "History is calling on President Obama to protect terminally ill patients from suffering, and he is dangerously close to falling on the wrong side," Piper said. "He will continue to pay a political price as long as his administration continues to waste taxpayer money undermining state law."
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union also issued a statement saying, "At a time when millions of hardworking Americans are out of work and still struggling to make ends meet, the use of taxpayer money for the misguided targeting and prosecution of an industry that provides Americans with good middle-class jobs with benefits is counterproductive."
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Bill Piper this morning said the fact that most Democrats and nearly 30 Republicans voted for the amendment "shows that President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder are in political hot water for their attacks on patients and providers. We've seen major push-back from elected officials at the local and state level; now we're seeing it at the national level."
Asked how a slight drop from 2007's support constitutes "major push-back," he replied that yesterday's vote "is still a third of the House, and when you break down the numbers, 7 percent of Republicans and 65 percent of Democrats voted for the amendment in 2007, and 11 percent of Republicans and 72 percent of Democrats voted for it last night."
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The Minnesota Wild is headed back to the ice, but Sunday's tentative deal to end the 113-day National Hockey League lockout leaves one overriding question: How many people will show up for the games?
A block from the Xcel Energy Center, where the Wild will belatedly begin a 12th season, the assistant store manager at the newly expanded Cossetta's took a dim view. "I am a fan. I guess I'm disappointed that it took this long to figure it out. Really, I've kind of moved on -- winter's almost over," said Greg Fischer, who said he had heard little talk of the lockout settlement at the restaurant Sunday after it was announced.
But Tony Knopp of Spotlight TMS, a California-based company that manages corporate sports ticket buying, said the settlement probably came in the nick of time so corporations now considering season tickets for next fall -- most corporate buying is done nearly a season in advance -- could proceed with their purchases. "What you don't want to do with sponsors is you don't want to upset the status quo," said Knopp, who said he believed the NHL had narrowly averted a marketing and image "apocalypse." "If they see you're [going] to upset the status quo, now they're going to leave you.
"If they do play a 50-game schedule, I think that the fallout's going to be a lot less than people think." While some sports analysts maintain that professional hockey does not have national appeal, said Knopp, NHL fans are "as passionate as any other sport -- and I would say more so."
Even though Wild officials were keeping silent on the effect of the settlement, and awaiting its ratification by team owners and the players' union, others were also optimistically talking of finally starting a season that many fans had been anticipating because of the addition of high-profile free agents Zach Parise and Ryan Suter.
"We got half of a season back," said Joe Campbell, a spokesman for St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman. "Hopefully, we'll make up on the back end with a playoff run what we missed out on on the front end with a shortened season."
When he heard of the tentative settlement early Sunday, Kelly Raeth said he put on his Wild jersey and hat for the first time since the lockout began -- ending his own boycott. "That was my protest," he said. Now, said Raeth, as he stood inside the Xcel Energy Center on Sunday, he hoped to resume his part-time job at the arena selling Wild apparel on game nights.
"I am excited to see the ice full again and the place rocking like it should," he said.
For the Wild, the start of the season -- even an abbreviated one -- could not come too soon.
Xcel attendance had climbed following the last player's lockout that canceled the 2004-05 season, with 761,614 fans attending games in 2005-06. But after 761,288 fans came in 2008-09, attendance dropped noticeably as the Wild struggled to make the playoffs. Last year, attendance fell to 728,683.
In November, as this season's lockout completed its first full month, state sales taxes and lodging taxes in St. Paul increased slightly, mimicking what occurred during the 2004-05 lockout, which might not have been as damaging as was believed.
State revenue officials, who cautioned against drawing hard conclusions, said that sales tax figures actually increased 4.2 percent in St. Paul during January through May 2005, during that year's lockout, compared to the same five-month period in 2004 before the lockout occurred.
Local officials were clearly glad to have fans headed downtown again.
Matt Kramer, president of the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce, said this lockout hurt worse than the one eight years ago because it came after "four years of recession when businesses had already become as lean as you possibly can. Now, having 113 days of lockout has a significant impact on those businesses."
He pointed to the St. Paul Hotel, which sits a block from the arena and is the designated provider for visiting teams and media and counts on renting more than 50 rooms on game nights.
"I am absolutely ecstatic," Kramer said of the lockout's end.
But even Sunday's tentative deal could not diminish some realities that the hockey team faces in the competitive Twin Cities sports market. The biggest hockey news of the year still drew far fewer page views on the Star Tribune website Sunday than did the aftermath of Saturday's Minnesota Vikings playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers.
On one fan page on the Wild's website, a fan suggested a boycott of the Wild's first home game to showcase the lingering anger, but then conceded that "the chances of that happening are pretty much zero" because "we are sheep and will go where we are herded."
Across from the arena, at the Liffey bar and restaurant, Jessica Clayson said her work hours were cut in half because of the lockout, some co-workers lost their jobs and others were no longer working enough hours to keep medical benefits. "I can start paying my bills," said a relieved Clayson.
Tom Reid, owner of a bar of the same name just two blocks from the Wild's home ice, also was eager to see the team back in action.
The former NHL player, who also works as a Wild radio broadcaster, said his bar's part-time seasonal staff was cut by about 75 percent from the typical 25 or 30 servers, bartenders, kitchen help and others he hires on Wild game nights.
"We are just excited we have hockey back and that we can bring back our staff. They have lost hours and tips," Reid said "When you hitch your star to the NHL and they don't have an event, it can be very difficult."
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