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San Jose, Calif.-----One hundred twenty-one (121) current and former San Jose State University student-athletes can participate in the University's Commencement and department convocation ceremonies taking place May 23-27. The University's annual Commencement exercise is in Spartan Stadium, May 26, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Students who received a baccalaureate or master's degree from the University during the 2011 summer and fall terms or anticipate receiving a degree or credential upon completion of the spring semester may participate in the Commencement that annually confers academic degrees to 6,000 or more students and attracts 20,000-plus family members and friends. HONOR STUDENTS - WOMEN'S XC LEADS THE WAY WITH FOUR Thirteen (13) student-athletes are graduating with cum laude (3.50 cumulative grade-point average) or magna cum laude (3.70 cumulative grade-point average) or summa cum laude (3.85 cumulative grade-point average) honors. Gymnast Shanice Howard, the 2011 Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar Female Student-Athlete of the Year, and water polo player Kelly Stewart earned summa cum laude honors. Women's cross country runners Talia Gragert and Beth Raymond, tennis player Olivia Marshall, and gymnast Lily Swann achieved magna cum laude distinction. Swimmer Heather Denman, women's basketball players Marnesha Hall and Sara Plavljanin, women's cross country runners Kate Lambdin and Sasha Martinez, water polo's Megan Lane and women's soccer player Lauren Ng-Pinkerton earned cum laude status. OUTSTANDING TEAMS - 30 FOR FOOTBALL Football has the most student-athletes listed in the University's 2012 Commencement booklet. For the first fifth year in a row, football had at least 20 eligible students for commencement exercises with an all-time high of 30, which includes two master's degree candidates - Scott Rislov, the starting quarterback on the 2011 and 2002 Spartans and running back Patrick Perry. Women's swimming (12) and baseball (10) are two more sports with a double-figure total. At the May 26 ceremony, Jenny Ming (Class of 1978), founder and former president of the Old Navy apparel line, will deliver the Commencement address. More information on the University's Commencement ceremony is available at www.sjsu.edu. Click on the link above for a list of student-athletes and current and past athletics staff who are eligible to participate in Commencement. |


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The BFA photography program at the School of Visual Arts grounds students in the creative and technological skills of the medium as well as in the job opportunities available in the field. This means that by the end of your four years here, you'll know how to process and print both black and white and color material; how to light a studio; how to use medium- and large-format cameras and how to work with digital materials. You'll have had the opportunity to pursue fashion photography, landscape photography, still-life photography, portraiture, photojournalism and other genres of the medium. But equally as important, you'll have an understanding of the professional world outside of SVA—practical and strategic knowledge to land a position where you can put your formidable skills to work.
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Series: What I Wish My Pastor Knew About... The Life of a Scientist
Andy Crouch examines the life of a scientist based on his experience of walking alongside his wife Catherine, an experimental physicist. That relationship has shown him that a life in science is a journey "into a set of virtues," of cultivating a specific character suited to the particular demands of research and investigation. Crouch's hope is to persuade pastors and others in the church to prayerfully support the scientific endeavor as a reflection of God's image in humankind as well as offers some suggestions for ministering to their needs.
A Plea to My Shepherds
... I would exhort these, my fellow conservative evangelical shepherds and thinkers, to set aside all reticence and fear, emerge from anonymity, and storm the forum of discourse, engaging this most pressing matter with vigor, equanimity, and humility. In doing so, know upfront that there will be few handrails to guide; you will not be building upon an extensive precedence of published conservative thought.
Evolution and Christian Faith Grantees Announced
Congratulations to the 37 winners of the Evolution & Christian Faith (ECF) grants competition! ECF is a new BioLogos program designed to support projects and network-building among scholars, church leaders, and parachurch organizations.
Evolution, the Enlightenment, and Worldviews
In this video conversation, N.T. Wright discusses how the Enlightenment worldview -- which clearly separates God from the world -- has impacted our view of Scripture, and why cleaning the "spectacles" through which we view the world can help us see both Scripture and the world more clearly.
Awe in Science
If we can understand the experiences of the people who work every day in the lab, our dialogues concerning science and religion will be far more fruitful.
Katharine Hayhoe: Evangelical Christian, Climate Scientist
As an Evangelical and a scientist, Katharine Hayhoe is already a member of a rare breed. As a climate change researcher who is also married to an evangelical Christian pastor, she is nearly one of a kind.
Can Science Ever Know Enough?
To say something is poetic is not to declare it ultimately untrue, futile and meaningless—it is to say it is more profound and meaningful and true than many other modes of expression.
Gracious Dialogue
Our desire to engage in gracious dialogue with fellow believers who reject biological evolution has been receiving increased attention in both the Christian and secular press. More importantly, we are being joined in this reconciling project by our brothers and sisters in Christ who have often been defined primarily as our "opponents".
How Do We Know the Earth is Old? (Infographic)
The BioLogos Forum is pleased to present this infographic about the tools scientists use to determine the age of the Earth. The graphic, titled "How Do We Know the Earth is Old?", uses data compiled and summarized by geology professor Dr. Gregg Davidson.
Are You There God? It's Us, Scientists (Infographic)
The BioLogos Forum is pleased to present this infographic about religious belief among scientists. The graphic uses data from the Pew Research Center, Rice University, and quotations from scientists assembled in a recent Huffington Post article.
The Beauty of Being a Scientist and a Christian
I am a Christian. I believe that God is the ultimate reality and that the world, including me, was created by God. But this is not just an idle affirmation, a faith statement to be recited in church on Sunday.
Being Fruitful
Many people use the words "dominion" and "subdue" as "unconditional permission to use the world as they please." I came to realize, like many, that such an interpretation is contradicted by the rest of the Bible.
What is Scientism?
Scientism is a rather strange word, but for reasons that we shall see, a useful one. Though this term has been coined rather recently, it is associated with many other "isms" with long and turbulent histories: materialism, naturalism, reductionism, empiricism, and positivism.
Jefferson's Bible and the Tears of Christ
Predictably, "Jesus Wept" did not make into the Jefferson Bible. John 11 was cut out entirely, falling onto the floor of his Monticello home and discarded, along with Martha's confession.
Series: Science as an Instrument of Worship
In this brief series (taken from a 2009 paper), Jennifer Wiseman uses an excerpt from the famous hymn "How Great Thou Art," to explain why the study of God's creation can lead Christ's followers into meaningful worship and overcome the obstacles which impede true praise. Creation as encountered through our senses is pondered by our minds, which flows into wonder-filled songs from the soul. She further explains how knowledge of creation will help Christians to address the moral dilemmas of science, and she encourages all to see the process of scientific inquiry as a means to discover God's truth.
Series: What Scientists Do
Steve Benner, a Distinguished Fellow of The Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution in Gainesville, Fla., looks at what the role of a scientist should be. Benner looks specifically at "falsifiability", the acceptance of uncertainty, and the place of the scientist in public discourse.
Mitochondrial Eve, Y-Chromosome Adam, and Reasons to Believe
When presented with the evidence for human population sizes over our evolutionary history, a common point of confusion for evangelicals is how this evidence fits with Mitochondrial Eve. How can we all come from one woman (and one man) but also come from a large population of 10,000 individuals?
Series: From ID to BioLogos
In this series, Dennis Venema describes his personal journey that took him away from the Intelligent Design arguments toward the evolutionary creation worldview. Through careful and honest research, he discovered ID scientific reasoning to be analogy-based, in sharp contrast to evolutionary science, which was supported by concrete data. After accepting this view, God's presence ever strengthened him as he explored the compatibility between the Bible and God's creative mechanism.
God's Use of Time
I find that when many Christians think about the way God created our universe, they often bring a static expectation similar to what we bring to an ordinary statue. It's as if we assume the physical realm were merely a rigid three-dimensional sculpture, immovable with time.
The (Lack Of) Conflict Between Science and Religion in College Students
Media-hungry atheist, creationist and religious fundamentalist provocateurs have dominated the science and religion narrative for the past decade. A recently published large-scale survey of college students, however, finds that the call to arms has fallen on deaf ears.
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Shane rolls back the years with his new mini-makeover look.
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Clinging to the riverside, opposite Peach Blossom Island, is a restaurant in the scenic Tianmen Mountain area of Guilin, China. The Tianmen Mountain Restaurant is oriented as a viewfinder with a façade that is 80 percent glass for views in all directions – including up towards the sky. The fractured façade of the small restaurant fragments and reassembles magnificent panoramas of forests, bamboo groves, the river, and mountains. The concept by architect Liu Chong was to create a unique experience through the combination of the natural environment and the manmade structure. The 627-square-meter interior space contains dining space, a kitchen and bathrooms. On the restaurant's interior, steel beams support the roof and also accommodate strips of clerestory windows which bring in natural light and views from above. Interiors also feature woods from local fir in a vernacular style that provides some warmth to this very angular steel and glass building. The building's triangulated envelope is perforated on all sides, opening up the interiors to the surrounding landscape as light falls in from all sides and is reflected from the river below. The restaurant hugs the shore of Guilin's serene Li River. Due to such close proximity to the river – the building is literally on the bank - the ground floor is elevated to respond to changes in the water levels during seasonal flooding. Architect Liu Chong writes: "one's perception is surrounded by the combined power of building materiality, natural lighting and adjacent landscape. This new sense is generated by the juxtaposition of the building merging with the natural surroundings." (Scroll to bottom for additional resources)
Guilin, China
Guilin is famous for some of the most beautiful and recognizable landscape in the world with its dramatic towering limestone cliffs and lush forests lining the Li River. Tourists from all over the world come in search of such landscapes depicted in traditional Chinese art and in contemporary films including Star Wars III Revenge of the Sith where an entire planet's environs were modeled after chains of photographs of Guilin's rounded, irregular mountain peaks and tree tops.
Tianmen Mountain National Forest Park
Tianmen Mountain became a National Forest Park in 1992, and 90 percent of its territory is vegetation with rare and medicinal plants and giant trees in the virgin forests. Tianmen Mountain is at an elevation of 1518.6 meters, and is 8 km from the downtown of Zhangjiajie City. Attractions in the park include the 7.2-km Tianmen Mountain Cableway, Tongtian Avenue (Avenue toward Heaven), Tianmen Cave (Heavenly Gate), Tianmen Temple, Tianmen Academy, Ghost-valley plank road, and Yunmeng Fairy Summit. Heavenly Gate Mountain is named after the immense natural cave – actually a large rock hole - halfway up the mountain and a 500-year-old Buddhist temple is nestled in the mountain attracting thousands of prayers every year.
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text: As one of the most successful teams in football history, AC Milan are steeped in great traditions. In 12/13 in order to create the best kits to return Milan to glory, adidas and AC Milan launched a campaign to rediscover the inspiration behind Kilpin & other�s founding Milan Cricket and Football Club. It was achieved by retracing the sites where the story took place: among the liberty buildings of the historic centre of Milan, just a few steps from the Duomo, began the history of AC Milan. That night Herbert Kilpin said: "We are a team of devils. Our colours are red as fire, and black, to invoke fear in our opponents." They succeeded in creating a legendary kit, one that honors the team�s winning traditions. The AC Milan 12/13 away jersey features a rounded neckline, traditional white with a black & red (rossoneri) horizontal band across the center chest, an homage to the shirts of the 50's. This jersey honors the Italian flag, as the red, white and green of the Italian flag are seen at the top and bottom of the shirt and also on the back collar. The world-famous AC Milan crest with one star is embroidered over the heart, with adidas on the right, and Fly Emirates sponsor logo screened below within white/black chest band.


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An obsolete part of language in teenage America. Some people blame AIM, others blame TV. I'm in an honors English class, yet the grammar in it is rather appalling. Misplaced commas, horrid spelling, and run-on sentences seem to be vital parts of English papers now. However, this may have to do with the fact that I attend a school in Georgia.
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Something that people on the internet are incapable of learning. 'omg liek you suk you n00b'
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Something that's never used anymore, because nowadays people are stupid. The girl corrected her peer for his poor grammar, and was then beaten into a pulp and called a nerd.
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Something that has not been adequately defined by some other definitions; refers to the rules used to combine words together in order to form meaning within a given language.
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Along with spelling, a construct unfortunately in short supply amongst web-based communiques. A rapid survey of any definition group on this site will disclose a monstrous paucity of grammar.
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Christy began 2012 with 3 sell out shows at Dublin's Grand Canal Theatre, followed by a televised performance at the BBC Folk Awards in February, where his rendering of Kevin Littlewood's Morecambe Bay, a description of Chinese cockle pickers caught unawares by the rising tide, was nominated for Best Original Song.
The album features 11 tracks: One song argues that God must be a Woman, another describes a Flight to Freedom; There is a song about The Singing Priests in the
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Thanksgiving is fast approaching, and affordable holiday travel options are fading just as quickly.
Last-minute flights can cost up to $200 more than ones booked earlier. And pretty much everyone is paying more than they did last year. Round-trip domestic flights between Nov. 17 and 27 are averaging $386, a 9% increase from last year, according to Travelocity's senior editor Courtney Scott.
Part of the problem: Financially-strapped carriers, like American Airlines, continue to cut the number of flights they're offering, said Clem Bason, president of the Hotwire Group. That means there are fewer seats to go around and the ones that are available are more expensive, especially around the Thanksgiving holiday.
But if you've just decided that you want to see your family over the holidays, all hope is not lost. There are ways to save on last-minute travel over Thanksgiving.
First, prepare to be flexible with your travel dates. The heaviest travel days are the Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Sunday and Monday afterward. Traveling during off-peak days can save you up to $288 on your airfare, said Scott.
"If you can book [for] the weekend [prior to] Thanksgiving Day as your outbound trip and then return the Friday or Saturday after and make it a one week trip, you'll probably get a better deal," said Bason.
Next, look for flights in alternate airports outside of major city centers. If you live in Miami, for example, check flights out of the Ft. Lauderdale or West Palm Beach airports instead. If you're going to Washington, D.C. , make sure to check Baltimore's BWI airport, too. Low-cost carriers that don't list their prices on other websites, such as Southwest and Allegiant, also tend to operate out of these smaller airports.
Another way to help you save is to book a package deal that bundles flight, car rental, and hotel fees from travel websites. The best package deals can be found earlier in the season as well, but again if you have some flexibility with your travel dates you can typically nab you some great discounts. For those who are staying with relatives once they arrive, booking a flight along with a rental car tends to be a good bet. Just be sure to read the fine print and understand what added fees are involved.
Also, choose short hops over nonstops. Nonstop flights can add a 10% to 20% premium onto your ticket price, according to FareCompare, a travel planning website. Short flights, such as one from Los Angeles to San Francisco, may not see a huge holiday price jump because so many airlines fly those routes daily. That means they can be a good option for connecting flights or final destinations.
Finally, pack light and skip the baggage fees. It might not be your biggest expense, but the extra $25 to $50 can add up, especially if the whole family is traveling together.


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The multicar crash occurred near the end of the Nationwide Series Drive4COPD 300 race at the same Florida track where Sunday's Daytona 500 will be held.
The race had recently restarted after another wreck, after which driver Michael Annett was hospitalized for bruising to his chest, according to Richard Petty Motorsports.
Several closely-packed cars were jostling for position at top speed when they got tangled up, setting off a dangerous chain reaction that ensnared a number of vehicles.
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The free agent signings so far by the Philadelphia Eagles are very low-key and don't appear to return the team to stardom.
The Denver Broncos sign wide receiver Wes Welker. The Detroit Lions get Reggie Bush for their backfield. And the New England Patriots ink rising slot receiver Danny Amendola to replace Welker. The Philadelphia Eagles signed a bunch of free agents during the first day of NFL free agency late Tuesday too. But you probably never heard of most of the players. Such is the case maybe for how new Coach Chip Kelly is putting together the team's roster for next year. He seems to be focusing more on developing a unit—like a team of college players—than building a group of All-Pros and Dream Teamers. There's not much star power in these signings. It's nice, though, to hear Isaac Sopoaga, the new defensive tackle from the San Francisco 49ers, state at…
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MINNEAPOLIS — Standing in front of an imposing backdrop of police officers and troopers in blue and khaki uniforms, President Obama on Monday touted his gun violence proposals using an appeal to "common sense" and bipartisanship — and a bit of stagecraft.
"We don't have to agree on everything to agree it's time to do something," Obama said to applause from an audience of law enforcement officials. "I need everybody who is listening to keep the pressure on your member of Congress to do the right thing."
Obama's brief day trip to a Minneapolis Police Department facility was his first venture outside of Washington on behalf of his gun measures — the informal launch of the bully-pulpit campaign he's vowed to wage on behalf the package. The president again called for universal background checks for gun sales, as well as a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
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"Show me the Republican who could do that right now," said a top political advisor last week, after the official watched the president fire up a crowd as he outlined his plans for immigration reform. The advisor asked not to be identified when talking about White House discussions. "The president's voice is one of the best tools we have."
During a second term, presidents often head off on a tour of the country after their State of the Union assessment, seizing the high mark of their political capital to press their agenda. The clock is ticking with less than two years, maybe only months, before lame-duck status sidelines the chief executive.
Obama isn't waiting. He's running opinion leaders through the White House at a daily clip to build support for immigration reform and gun control, as well as his economic vision. And more than any other president, he's using his campaign's grass-roots network to amplify his message in social media and email inboxes.
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All of this is instead of wading into the weeds with Congress. Although White House aides are monitoring lawmakers who are crafting legislation, Obama was surprisingly blunt last week about his role. "What I'm going to do is allow the Senate to work on these details," he told Univision when asked about an aspect not addressed in his immigration blueprint.
That outside posture has Republicans repeating their 4-year-old refrain about the president: He's good at talk but stumbles when it comes to turning it into action.
"He's always been very comfortable in the campaign-mode part of this — the speeches making direct appeals to the American public where he wants to see the policy go," said GOP strategist Kevin Madden, a former advisor to Mitt Romney. "I think he's always been much more comfortable with the pageantry of politics than the practice of building legislative coalitions."
It's unclear whether any president could build a coalition in such a sharply split Congress. But as Obama reads his first term, the best way to get anything done on Capitol Hill is to win over the crowds first.
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Fresh off his first inauguration, Obama spent his political capital diving into healthcare reform, a bruising effort that took more than a year. His efforts to negotiate a far-reaching budget deal with the House speaker yielded nothing. But when he took to the road, he was able to win an extension of the payroll tax break and lower interest rates on federal student loans.
"They're making up for a major error of the first term, that he didn't use the bully pulpit as effectively to set the national debate," said Allan Lichtman, a presidential historian at American University. "He let a lot of the healthcare debate take place in Congress, so you had Congress setting the terms."
"In the second term, if he's going to get anything done, he has to get the public behind him," Lichtman continued. "Congress operates on fear and greed. The only way you get Congress to work with him is if they believe he has a big public movement behind him."
The president's approval ratings have risen in the four months since his reelection, but it's too soon to see whether he's boosted support for his signature issues. Obama has seized on issues that already have solid public support.
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We wish you a wonderful, happy, and healthy holiday season!
Saturday, December 15th
Come honor our veterans as we lay wreaths at the CT Veterans Spring Grove Cemetery. The Cemetery is next to the Library and the Darien Police Station. This worldwide ceremony is held at Arlington National Cemetery, 750 locations in the United States, and at military bases around the world. This year we will be laying over 950 wreaths.
Wreaths are sponsored through local contributions. Groups that will be attending the ceremony include the Darien High School's Save Our Soldiers (SOS), the DAR, the CAR, the Masons, the Fire Departments, and the Darien VFW who host the ceremony. Please join us!
Visit Wreaths Across America to learn more about this twenty year old tradition.
It's beginning to look a lot like the holidays at the Library! On Thursday, November 30th, members of the Garden Club of Darien came by to decorate the Library with trees and wreaths in what has become an annual tradition over the course of several decades.
"It probably took us about two days to make all of these," Garden Club member and past president Sally MacGuire said Monday as she and other members prepared to deck the Library's halls. She said the Garden Club has been decorating the Library for about 40 years.
View more of the holiday decorations.
The Annual Meeting for Aging in Place+Gallivant will be held on Monday, December 10th at 10:00am in the Darien Library Community Room. The Board of Directors invites everyone to come and learn more about how the organization meets the needs of seniors in Darien and what we have in store for the coming year. Refreshments will be served.
Transportation to and from the event is available for seniors. To arrange a ride, call the Aging in Place+Gallivant dispatch service, Driver's Unlimited, at 203.655.2227.
RSVP is appreciated by Friday, December 7th, by calling 203.585.4094 or emailing email@example.com.
Aging in Place+Gallivant is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization whose mission is to help older adults in Darien to live independently, comfortably and with dignity in their own homes for as long as possible. For information concerning services, or to volunteer, please call 203.585.4094 or visit: www.aginginplacegallivant.org.
Wednesday, November 28th starting at 6:30 p.m.
Join Room to Read's Greenwich chapter for a screening of "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide." The film will be presented by co-author Sheryl WuDunn, executive producer and director Maro Chermayeff, and Room to Read founder and board co-chair John Wood.
Greenwich Country Day School 401 Old Church Road, Greenwich, CT
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., Presentation at 7:00 p.m., and the Film Screening is at 7:30 p.m.
Purchase tickets online and view the flyer.
Sunday, November 18th from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Please note the Apaches of the Darien YMCA Guides and Princesses Nation will be collecting and transporting the most needed goods to the most affected areas of Queens and/or Brooklyn this Sunday. Please help us with this effort by dropping off any/all of the most needed supplies (see list below) in the front parking lot of Hindley School in Darien between 8AM and 11AM THIS SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18. Darien's 1st through 5th grade sons, daughters and Dads of the Darien Nation will be there to help load the items and bring them down to various Occupy Sandy and FEMA Disaster Centers.
Most needed items are:
-Cleaning Supplies & Hardware (Brooms, Mops, Flat Shovels Cleaners, Bleach)
-Rubber Gloves
-Tape-Duct and/or packing and/or Scotch Tape
-Garbage Bags (Heavy Duty)
-Plastic Storage Bins
-Batteries (especially AA)
-Diapers and Wipes
-Toiletries (Soap, Shampoo, Deodorant, Sanitary)
-Medical-First Aid, Hydrogen Peroxide
-White Vinegar
-Anything that produces heat
-Baby/Toddler food and/or formula
-Can openers
Please note while they are in urgent need of blankets, the centers DO NOT want/need any more clothes.
Cash donations will be accepted as well. We will purchase items with whatever cash is donated and include them with the other items we bring.
Tuesday, November 6th from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Darien Town Hall Auditorium
Flu season is upon us and the best way to remain healthy and avoid infection is to receive a flu vaccination. For your convenience, the Darien Health Department will host a "VOTE and VAX" flu shot clinic on Election Day, November 6th from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Town Hall Auditorium. Preservative free vaccine will be offered to anyone over the age of 36 months. Also, we offer a preservative free high dose vaccine specially formulated for those 65 and older. No appointments are needed.
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Posted 8:39 am Friday, May 25, 2012
Large Fight Near Lee HS Results In Bloodied Teen
From KYTX CBS19
Tyler police said a group of students Thursday got into a fight in the Big Lots parking lot located near Robert E. Lee High School.
About 100 students -- both male and female -- were present at the fight.
A Big Lots employee made the call to Tyler police about the brawl and saw a bloodied teen being put in the ambulance for his injuries.
Authorities confirm that one child was injured and taken to a local hospital.
Tyler police spokesman Don Martin said the student received minor injuries in the incident.
No arrests were made.
The Tyler Morning Telegraph's Tim Monzingo contributed to this report.


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Tuesday, November 29, 2011, the LAPD decided to raid Occupy Los Angeles, despite the statement by Mayor Villagossa that he supports the encampments right to assemble. We got a report from NBC that hundreds of Police Officers, along with busses and riot gear, were staging at Dodger Stadium. We sent out the word to everyone we could. I wonder why the Unions didn't show up? But that's a question better asked of our union organizer.
The police blocked off a radius of about two blocks around City Hall. They had at least 1500 troops, from what I could observe, in riot gear. They blocked off the streets and aloud no traffic in or out. I was using my phone to ustreem, streaming events live over the internet, so I was walking all around the encampment.
They came in like storm troopers at about 11pm. I was on main and temple when I heard thunder come from City hall. It startled me. I ran toward the noise. They came from everywhere. People were falling over each other to get away. A flood of riot cops were flooding the walk ways in front of city hall. They were like an unstoppable bull douser, rolling over everyone in their path. Falling over, even I was taken back. We screamed "We are peaceful, We are peaceful" as they came close. They stopped. My adrenalin was pumping; my forehead was drenched in sweat. There were women and men screaming all around me. I ran through the crowed trying to get it all out on the Internet. We were surrounded. I dived into a protest circle and linked arms with a good friend of mine.
I'm going to state this right now, I'm going to avoid using names.
Holding strong, 100 protesters linked arms around a tent in the middle of the south lawn, at the steps of city hall. They surrounded us, batons at the ready. We chanted loudly a combination of "we are peaceful" and "will not move". The chanting began to settle as time began to tick away. We began to talk to the cops. I must admit, they just looked annoyed to be there.
A Rabi walked around the circle telling people that, if we wanted, any of us could leave with him and we would be escorted out and sent on our way. It turns out he was a little right. Everyone who was escorted out was sent on their way- to jail. While people who didn't want to go to jail were escorted to jail, the news casters were being kicked off of the property. It was very interesting, watching our first amendment crumble from beneath us.
After they kicked out the media, they went to work on us. Within my view, they began to stomp and toss the tents. One of the tents they came across had a woman in it. They screamed at her to get out. She scrambled to get out, but couldn't get out fast enough. They ended up tazering her. Then they proceeded to drag us out one by one; while making such snide comments as "who's the next customer".
Sitting on a curb we waited to be put on the bus. One of our friends hands were starting to turn blue from the zip ties. We repeatedly asked for help from the officers closest to us. We were met with mockery and condescension. One of the officers came over to look and stated that it "didn't look that blue".
We got arrested at about 230am. We were driven around the corner. It literally took us about 5 minutes. There were 46 protesters on the bus I occupied. When we pulled in the processing center the Officers got off the bus. They got off the bus and took out food, and started to eat. We kept asking for help with our guy's zip tie cuffs but it fell on deaf ears. Then we had to use the bathroom. We screamed for help with that too. They just sat there, outside the bus, and talked amongst each other. Officers were walking through but, except for the few officers that were on our bus, no one else was in there. Dawn approached and a line of protesters came walking in from the opposite side of the humongous room we were in. There were about 60 people in a room that could hold 300 people. We still had yet had a bathroom break, one friends hand had gotten bluer, and some of other friends needed medical attention.
We screamed we needed a nurse. We screamed about asthma medication that was desperately being needed. No one came to our aid. Ya, they heard us. They pointed at us and laughed. I thought to myself, this is going to be a long day. We stayed on the bus until the paper work on us started. That was at about noon. We had been on the bus for about 8 hours by then. 3 guys had peed there pants. One friend was in and out of consciousness, due to not receiving his asthma meds, and another friend could no longer feel his hand.
We were taken out of the bus and were put in a group at the end of the other protesters, the ones that got there at dawn. They started processing people threw. They started with the first set of protesters. My left shoulder felt as if it had been ripped out of its socket, my wrists was sore as hell too. We started to complain so much they finally helped us out with basic stuff.
About an hour later, another bus of protesters pulled into the bay. They were let off and we heard there stories. The same things happen to them too, except they kept being driven back and forth between where we were at and Van Nuys jail.
We were escorted into the cells before our prints were to be taken. They kept bringing more and more protesters in the cell. They kept 52 of us in the 18 man cell. We were there for at least 5 to 6 hours. Dusk finally broke and, right before they took our finger prints, they fed us. It was about 6pm by the time they finally fed us. They gave us 2 burritos, 2 servings of juice, and an apple. For those who were vegetarians they gave them another apple instead of the burritos. Those who were sick we helped them huddle on the ground in the corner, but for the most part it was standing room only. They were only around for the most basic things like finger printing, and the only meal up to this point. Nurses came to aid, but only had ibprofrin. Inhalers were finally found and given to those who needed it. It wasn't easy for the one guy who had to use the bathroom in the cell. There were 3 phones in the cell. One phone worked intermittingly and the other two phones didn't work at all. Interesting thing though, no one could seem to get a hold of anyone on the one phone that periodically worked.
It was late in the night, I think, before we were put into a large cell with beds. Everyone fell fast asleep.
We were awaken at about 3am for breakfast. It was powdered eggs, potatoes, and milk. I tried to eat it but couldn't. It tasted inedible, and I can eat just about anything. When I asked for soap and towels for showers for all of us I was told the day shift was in charge of that, so ask them. We didn't see another officer until lunch, which came at about 2pm. The only reason I had those two reference points of time is because I had been to jail before. I had been arrested at the last Bank of America protest. The cell had no clock, we had no watches. It was getting really hard to figure out what the time of day it was. The Lights had stayed on all night. They stayed on every night.
For lunch we had more burritos. I put down one of them because they were the most palatable thing they had given us thus far. We asked for shower and toiletry supplies when they came to bring the food. They hadn't answered us up to that point. The jailer just laughed and asked us why we wanted those things because after all "aren't we used to living in our own filth". We didn't get showers the first day. Ignored by the guards for the rest of the day we sat around talking. Toilet paper came with dinner; how does anyone screw up turkey sandwiches? It's as if they made the sandwiches 3 days before we got arrested and frozen to serve. Some were still frozen in the middle. I couldn't eat it. Things were extremely disorienting, I didn't know what time it was, but at some point in time late at night they began moving protesters in and out of the cell. This lasted all night. Every hour the LOUD ASS pa system would go off to transfer protesters, or give people blood presser checks, or pills (none of them took in the middle of the night).
The next day the food schedule remained the same. Reading the rules of the prison we saw that we were aloud a newspaper and a bible or Quran. We asked for both. We also continued to ask for soap and towels. It was hard to even figure out what time it was. Things were so disorienting. Anything we asked they told us that someone was on it. They wouldn't turn on the TV; all we did was sit around and talk. It was cold; we were givin one thin blanket. One of our protesters had nothing on except shorts and a robe. The cops had disposed of everything he owned. I was cold wearing a thin CSUN sweater, he was freezing. He spent most of his time in his bunk wrapped in his blanket.
We ended up getting tooth brushes and past. We got a big bottle of soap for the showers. The soap had some harsh warnings on the container. The guard came back with 7 towels for our group of 46 people. He told us that we would have to make do and share the towels amongst us. We wouldn't get any more towels. Some in the room hadn't had a shower in over a week. We gave the towels to those of us who hadn't showered in the longest time. I drew the final straw with 4 days.
At Some point we received a newspaper, it was 2 days old and in Spanish. The guards were extremely rude to us. They consistently lied about the time, keeping us off balance. We kept time by looking at the guards watch when they came to feed us. I couldn't eat the food because it was so bad. They woke us up with the PA system every night all night. On the last night, I guess sick of being asked for a Koran, they took out one of our guys in cuffs. They put him in solitary confinement until I saw him the next day.
The last night, they started to take people out of the cell the same as they had done before. But this time they weren't replacing them with other protesters. We thought that some of us were getting let out. This turned out to not be true. We saw them again the next morning in the holding cells, when we were preparing to be transported to court. They were being held in the holding cells.
We were arrested at 2am on Wednesday morning; we were let out at 5pm Friday afternoon. Our bail was 5000 dollars; most couldn't even come up with 10% of it for the bail bonds man. After 3 days we were given a yellow piece of paper and told to come back on the 5th of January. While the people I got arrested with were on city hall property, a lot of the men inside were not. Most I met were trying not to get arrested. Some were arrested two blocks away. We had one guy in with us who was a cab driver. He just got out of his cab to see all the commotion of what was going on. A lot of people were arrested while they were on the sidewalk as far as 2 blocks away.
We were told, repeatedly by numerous guards that we were being made an example of. They said that they were told to teach us a lesson so we wouldn't come back. Well I learned a valuable lesson. I don't think it's the lesson they had intended. Lessons were learned by everyone who got arrested that day. We recruited more people that night. Some who just came for the spectacle, are now heavily committed. Those who had no idea what was going on, are now asking questions and getting involved.
Show me what a police state looks like; this is what a police state looks like!
No the injuries that the majority of protesters suffered can show up in a picture. But they are just as bad. The tactics they are using are psychological in nature here at Occupy Los Angeles.
I was eating at panda express with my friend after my release from jail. One of the girls working at the establishment started moving the metal chairs around on the cold tile surface floor. She was trying to clean. I had a flashback of being woken up in the night to the jail PA system. It just made me realize how good at mind games the establishment truly is.
LAPD Use Torture Tactics To Try And Teach Protesters A Lesson
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I would only add that the
Submitted by Supersean on
I would only add that the word 'torture' is quite loaded. Perceptions matter, so when possible we should avoid hyperbole.
Submitted by thescreaminghead on
I don't know. I think hyperbole may be a little warranted when the stakes are so high. They are using it against us. Sometimes you have to market a little to get people to pay attention so that it doesn't get to actual espionage/terrorist torture. As you can see, they don't mind treating Occupiers like enemy combatants.
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I disagree. Here in Los
Submitted by Supersean on
I disagree. Here in Los Angeles we've been dealing with police abuses for a while now, some of us even remember when the chokehold was SOP. If OLA continues on this tack I think it might alienate a lot of possible supporters who will perceive us as whiners. As bad as the police treatment was, it is par for the course and not as bad as it was even 20 years ago.
OK, say tantamount to torture then
Submitted by rcalvinmilam on
Cuffs so tight for so long I still have little feeling in three fingers nearly a week later, a cracked rib, hematoma elbow. Whatever.
torture at jail
Submitted by frankc on
The experience at the raid and the bus was way out of line by LAPD and Sheriffs. What you described in the jails was pretty much standard, especially at CJ and Twin Towers.This and worse goes on every day and has been ,to my knowledge, since the 1960's.They used to burn crosses back then.CJ, Mens Central Jail, has mice running around in the daytime and large rats at night.It wasn't that long ago when they had six people to a four man cell,so one of the inmates on the floor had to be close to the toliet.The holding area for seeing the doctor at Twin Towers is horrendous for sick people. One caged area is cramed with people and their is only one toliet that is usually stopped up. Outside of that area, people are sleeping on the floor in their clothes.The maintenace of inmate phones has been reduced since ATT got out of that contract.I can only imagine how bad it will be when the jails gets privatized.What you and all the other occupiers experienced was horrible. I just wanted to present the facts that this was a normal experience in the jails. Everything I have said can be verified by the ACLU.
Psychological BlackOps.
Submitted by entropyaccelerator on
The tactics are purely psychological, and it is very disturbing. The way those hazmat folks marched in military-style was terrifying. It felt like my heart was in my mouth. I watched with horror on the livestream, at my mother's sickbed, I was scared they were going to pull some kind of UC Davis thing.
But what they did was far worse for our movement.
They scared everyone so bad my family now tries to keep me from going to GA meetings, for fear I'll be arrested and unable to help with the considerable workload of caring for a sick parent.
But one of the livestreams I was watching was by a woman who was a single mom. So I thought if she can do it I can. I marched on Saturday and I stepped in the streets too when we said "whose streets, our streets!". That is very unusual for me and surely must represent an example of such tactics backfiring on the 1%.
Everyone who was arrested that night is a hero. And if push comes shove, I too might take the cuffs off my mind at the expense of seeing them on my hands.
This is what a tinderbox looks like.
Stress Positions
Submitted by Andrew Moriarty on
Military detainment, Abu Graib style, would include confinement in unnatural positions for extended periods of time. These would include more extreme positions, too, but nonetheless, I am sure that my shoulders and wrists would be throbbing also. Numbness in your hands three or four days later is a sure sign of abuse. You should all get doctors to document each and every one of your injuries. For the Law Suits.


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Rockmart police are continuing an investigation into the Dec. 2 burglary of a local pharmacy, according to Rockmart Police Chief Keith Sorrells.
"We're certainly working on it, but we don't have any suspects at this time," he said.
Burglars broke into the Smith-Lockwood Pharmacy at 701 Hogue Ave., Rockmart, around 12:46 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, by throwing a cinderblock through the shop window.
Sorrells said the perpetrators took three types of medications. Nothing else was stolen, he said.
While he isn't currently revealing the types of drugs taken, Sorrells said that it was an odd selection because some wouldn't have any street value.
""They apparently didn't know what they were getting," Sorrells said.
Charges may change in gun incident
The Rockmart Police Department is consulting with the Polk County District Attorney's office regarding a criminal charge filed in November against a man who brought a gun into a restaurant.
Police Chief Keith Sorrells said the charge against Phillip Lee Woods, 41, of Rockmart, could change. Woods is currently charged with carrying a concealed weapon at a public gathering.
He was charged after a Nov. 24 incident at Johnny's Pizza in Rockmart, according to reports.
Reports state that Woods was involved in a verbal altercation at the restaurant. He then went to his car and retrieved his gun, which he is permitted to carry as a concealed weapon, according to reports.
The restaurant manager called police, Sorrells said.
Sorrells said that Woods' Georgia Weapons Carry License stipulated he couldn't carry his gun into a public gathering.
Sorrells said the problem is his license was an older one. The law was later changed to redefine public gathering to include only restaurants serving alcohol, he said.
That would include the Rockmart restaurant, he said.
However, Sorrells said more changes in state law grandfathered Woods, and all others permitted to carry concealed weapons, into the new law doing away with public gathering stipulations completely.
Sorrells said Woods should still face some type of charge because he made an effort to go get his gun from the car in the heat of a dispute.
"I understand we follow laws. I understand the legislature makes the laws," Sorrells said. "At the same time, we have an obligation to public safety.
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Police investigate alleged rape
Rockmart police are not finding any evidence that an alleged rape on Thanksgiving Day ever happened, according to an official.
The incident was reported Nov. 23, the following day after the alleged incident tood place, according to Rockmart Police Chief Keith Sorrells.
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The woman was taken to the Sexual Assault Center and police took her statement. They are continuing to investigate, Sorrells said.


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John Herrick named new Saratoga County Republican Committee chair
SARATOGA SPRINGS — John Herrick took over Saturday as new chairman of the Saratoga County Republican Committee, replacing John "Jasper" Nolan, who has retired after 27 years.
Herrick, 58, who had been vice chairman, outpolled former county Treasurer Chris Callaghan of Waterford, who also sought the post.
Herrick's term is for two years, but the next 38 days will be among the most important, with several key elections up for grabs, including the 43rd State Senate District race, two congressional seats and three state Assembly positions.
"It's really important to get Kathy Marchione elected to the Senate," Herrick, of Saratoga Springs, said. "We want to keep the majority in the hands of Republicans. She'll work very hard, like she did in the primary."
Saratoga County Clerk Marchione narrowly defeated incumbent Sen. Roy J. McDonald, R-Saratoga, in a GOP primary and also has the Conservative Party line.
More than 200 of the full county committee's roughly 350 members turned out for Saturday's meeting at the Saratoga-Wilton Elks Club on Route 9.
In a voice vote, the committee gave its full support to Marchione, with no dissenters.
State Sen. Hugh Farley, R-Niskayuna, who is seeking re-election, was among those on hand. He is the Senate's longest-tenured Republican.
Congressional candidate Matt Doheny of Watertown said he is counting heavily on support from Saratoga County Republicans in his bid to unseat incumbent U.S. Rep. Bill Owens, D-Plattsburgh. Two years ago, he lost to Owens by about 1,600 votes. This time, however, he's running on three lines — Republican, Conservative and Independence Party.
"This is the most important county," Doheny said. "More Republicans will vote here than in any of the 11 other counties. It's going to be a close race." Continued...
Herrick's political career started out in his native Stillwater, where he was a village trustee, deputy mayor and mayor. He also chaired Stillwater's Republican committee.
Upon moving to Saratoga Springs with his wife, Karen, Herrick joined the city GOP, which he chaired from 2005 through 2011. He is a state committee member as well.
Herrick described his rise to county chairman as a "natural progression."
"He's going to do a fine job," Callaghan said.
Scott Kingsley of Wilton was elected vice chairman.
Herrick said he secured the majority of weighted votes needed to become chairman by winning the endorsements of GOP committees in Milton, Moreau, Malta, Mechanicville, Stillwater, Saratoga, Wilton and Halfmoon. However, those committee members still had to vote, either in person or by proxy, at Saturday's countywide meeting, which they did.
Herrick recently began his 25th year as human resources director for Saratoga Bridges, a non-profit agency that helps people with disabilities and their families. Previously, he was the first director of Saratoga County's Youth Bureau and later became the county's personnel officer.
"With redistricting, every single candidate is running in territory they haven't represented before," he said. "So we've got to work hard to help people learn about our candidates."
Nolan has said he plans to continue as chairman emeritus, a job that will allow him to spend more time campaigning for candidates in the field instead of doing office tasks.
"Jasper laid a great foundation for the party," Herrick said. "I just want to build on that foundation."
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