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Green Knights Run at Carroll for Second Consecutive Week
From Sports Information Director, April 9, 2011 | Women's Track & Field
by Dan Lukes, firstname.lastname@example.com, (920) 403-4077
WAUKESHA - For the second straight week, St. Norbert College competed at an unscored meet at Carroll University.
Emily Schudrowitz claimed a win in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:14.51, almost five seconds faster than the nearest competitor. Kelsey Timm earned St. Norbert's other track win with a time of 11:59.10 to win the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Ali Schmidt picked up St. Norbert's lone win in a field event with a 122-foot, 4-inch heave in the discus.
St. Norbert had two more finishes join Schudrowitz in the top five in the 800. Hannah Andrekus was third in 2:20.76, while Megan Domnick was fifth in 2:23.20.
Andrea Bosman was fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:13.08, and was fifth in the high jump with a height of 5 feet 1 inch.
Kari Braatz was fourth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.06 seconds. Amanda Whipple was fifth in the 1,500-meter runin 5:03.36. Kate Schabach added a fifth-place finish in the shot put at 35-8 3/4.
In relay events, St. Norbert was second in both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. In the 4x100 St. Norbert ran a time of 50.94 seconds, while it ran 4:05.04 in the 4x400.


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GREELEY — The record may not show it, but the University of Montana football team is just as dangerous as ever.
At least, that's the way Northern Colorado players and coaches see it as the Bears (1-3, 0-1 Big Sky) get ready to play Montana (2-3, 0-2) in their homecoming game Saturday.
Montana is winless in the Big Sky and below .500 for the first time since 1992, but the Bears know this is the same Grizzlies program that won 11 or more games in 12 of the past 18 years.
"Watching them on film, they are a dynamic football team with great playmakers," said UNC quarterback Seth Lobato. "Honestly, their record doesn't do much justice to what I am seeing on film with them. … They are going to come into our house and want to bring it and hit us in the mouth. So we just have to respond to that and give it back to them."
UNC coach Earnest Collins Jr. knows Montana has played a challenging schedule so far that includes losses to three top-25 teams.
"Like us, every team they have played and they have lost to has been ranked in the top 25," Collins said. "It's not like Appalachian State is a slouch. It's not like Eastern Washington is a slouch. (Northern Arizona) did some great things against them."
But these Grizzlies had to go through myriad changes and strife during the offseason.
This summer, former Grizzlies quarterback Jordan Johnson was charged with raping a woman Feb. 4 in Missoula, Mont. That incident, along with a previous rape charge against former Montana running back Beau Donaldson, led to the firings of Grizzlies coach Robin Pflugrad and athletic director Jim O'Day.
While this may be the year the rebuilding Bears finally beat Montana's powerhouse program, they know it's about believing in themselves first.
"So for us, it's not about looking at the big, bad wolf that is Montana," said Collins, a former UNC player. "It's about looking at UNC and changing the mind-set and understanding that you can go out and win the game and just play assignment football."


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Sterling Silver Baseball Cuff Links
No. 3466
Sterling Silver Baseball Cuff Links.
My father taught me how to throw a split finger and a two-seam fastball.
I picked up the knuckler on my own.
Everyone knows I couldn't hit the curve.
But a cuff ball? Never saw one.
That is until now.
Easy to handle once you get used to the wristy release.
Baseball Cuff Links (No. 3466) from the cover of an official ball used in a Major League contest. Gift boxed with authenticity instruction card. The hologram* on the back will identify the exact game. Made of cowhide (probably Holstein). Raised stitches of red, waxed thread. Mounted on sterling silver.
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1. Combine peanut butter, yogurt, milk, 2 tablespoons honey, and vanilla in a food processor or blender until smooth.
2. Pour peanut-butter mixture into eight 6- to 7-ounce paper cups or pop molds until they're one-third full. Cover and freeze for 1 hour. Cover and chill remaining peanut-butter mixture until needed.
3. Stir together raspberries and juice, divide among the cups or molds, and insert sticks. Cover and freeze for an hour. Then fill with remaining peanut-butter mixture and freeze for at least 8 hours, or until firm.
4. Let stand at room temperature for about 5 minutes before unmolding. If you want, spoon honey around the rims and sprinkle on sesame seeds.
5. Recipe adapted from Pops! Icy Treats for Everyone copyright 2008 by Krystina Castella. Photographs copyright 2008 by Emily Brooke Sandor. Reprinted with permission of Quirk Books; quirkbooks.com.


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Happy New Year Everyone! I hope that everyone had a blessed New Year and a safe one. We had a good New Year's Eve. Sandy and I spent a couple of hours with friends at my best friend Sue Clays home. We went over at 5 p.m. and returned about 8 p.m. Sandy and I played cards and after Sandy won we came home to spend the rest of the evening with my mom. Sandy and mom drank their sparkling grape juice and was acting silly and toasted the new year in about 10:30 p.m. and both went to bed then. So I quietly watched the ball drop by myself and then went to bed.
Today as I am writing this my heart is heavy and sad. I just received news that a very dear friend and fellow Special Olympic Athlete passed away on New Year's Day about 10:30 p.m. Lori Jackson went to be with the angels and is flying in heaven with her golden wings and I know they are made out of leopard material because she loved the leopard style. She was a very stylish young lady, very outspoken woman. She was bright and full of life and very feisty with her bright red hair. She never let her disability get in the way of her life. She loved having fun and would let you know it too. Every time I would walk into Reynolds house she would greet with me with a smile and a hug. I will miss her very much and I know Clara and the ladies will too. I got the pleasure of going to National Games in New Haven, Conn., with Lori and several others. She was such a hoot to be around. RIP Lori and you will always be remembered by me and Special Olympics. You have definitely earned your Gold Medal to heaven.
Landon spent most of the holidays with me. We had some great Nana and Landon time.
Please keep Lori Jackson's family and ILS Family and Special Olympics family in your prayers. Also Pray for Edra Mae Glover has she recovers from an accident last week. So glad it was not what they thought at first. Edra you take care of yourself and get better soon. Was glad to hear that Terrie Watkins is feeling better too.
Kenny and Dortha Glover had about 35 family members come for Christmas to spend time with each other. Kenny said they had a good meal and a good visit. Thank you Dortha and Kenny for the pecans too. They were delicious. I know they both worked hard getting them ready. Kenny cracking them and Dortha getting them cleaned and ready. You just can't beat having good neighbors. I really do have some of the best neighbors. I love my little town of Guy.
I hope that everyone also made it through their first holidays without their loved ones for the first time. I know this was hard and you were in my prayers.
I went back to work after several days off hmmm could get used to that too. Please send news to firstname.lastname@example.com or call 679-3299. Can't put it in if I don't know it. Have a great safe week and don't drink and drive.
I trust all of you readers had a blessed Christmas and are anticipating a good New Year. Every year I hope the next year will be better. As we get older it seems we have more sickness, but thank God we have Him watching over to protect us.
Our son, Danny, took us to view the Christmas lights, last Friday night. It was the first time I had seen our big "Conway Christmas Tree" lit up at night and it is beautiful, and I also love the "Welcome to Conway" arch placed over the street. And the store windows were on display very pretty.
I want to comment on our appreciation to our Faulkner County Judge Mr. Allen Dodson for the beautiful job he had done on our Faulkner County Courthouse. It had not been decorated with lights in years and it looked so good. He also used a beautiful, live tree from his farm brought up and decorated for everyone's enjoyment, and with money used for that purpose.
As our news and newspapers stated he was a big help with the pipeline spill in Mayflower. Thank you Mr. Dodson.
Betty Applegate had most of her family visit her over the Holiday weekend. These same people had their Special meal at the home of their mother, Sandra Cardin, and grandad, Lewis Jay Cardin.
We always have our family home on New Year's Day for our big meal at noon of ham, chicken dressing, blackeyed peas and hog jowl, fried potatoes, cabbage, corn, salad, macaroni and cheese (always for the kids), homemade bread, desserts, drinks and homemade ice cream, it never gets too cold for ice cream.
This is a great time for us when everyone can relax and not think about having to drive somewhere else.
We ask you to pray for these people, some have not previously listed in this column. Mr. Nick Maynard, Mrs. Mary Jo Tillery, Ms. Eldene Duram and Freeda Criswell.
May God Bless all of you and your families during this New Year.


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Whose Side Were You On Again?
Just when it seems that the Right is getting its act together by nominating a truly original candidate for president, one that has a chance of moving our republic in more healthful direction, we get a resurgence of conservative-embarrassing silliness from their theocratic fringe.
Why is it so much trouble for the Republican party to step back from one of their more idiotic platform positions? Is it all merely the result of decades of defending traditional ideals against the worst idiotic of the ideas of non-Republicans, and not a few good ideas just because they come from "liberals"? Is tribalistic partisanship the only culprit?
Personally I doubt this; the Right has too many of its own people caught up in 'magical thinking'. Case in point would be this article, or sermon I should say, targeting Bill Nye for having the temerity to lecture parents about programing their children to believe nonsense instead of science.
'Creationists' run the gamut from 'theistic evolution' believers so "unitarian" about the subject that they might as well be Deists, their God does not interfere once the Big Bang has the ball rolling, to full on Young Earth Creationists who believe that the Earth, and the entire universe for that matter are barely more than 6,000 years old!
The anti-evolution brand of Creationists have been a long time in building their base, God knows no-one else will give them the time of day once the theistic underpinnings of their "science" is exposed. Unfortunately they have long tuned their message to appeal to uninformed ears. Using "common-sense" arguments and misrepresenting real science the peddlers of YECH (Young Earth Creationist Hokum) depend on the complexity of the subject to prevent anyone in their audience from being able to refute them convincingly.
Creationist presentations are aimed at their target audience's emotional and religious prejudices, and tailored to the blind spots in their understanding of science and mathematics. There is nothing random about biological evolution when you look at the species level; there is certainly nothing random in the progression of gene-evolution resulting from natural processes!
I could not pass up this opportunity to high-light the manipulative lack of real reason or real science in the apologetics of the creationist creed, this time it is the Right that is in the hot seat. Get your pencil and be ready to take notes Virginia!
"Bill Nye the Pseudoscience Guy
In a recent YouTube video, former children's TV host Bill Nye weighs in on evolutionary biology by telling the rest of us how to raise our children. If we want to deny evolution, he says, that's our business, "but don't make your kids do it." Presuming that what we teach our children is any of his business, a more fundamental question presents itself: how do we presume to teach our kids something that may or may not be true, particularly when we don't really seem to understand it?"
I sometimes wonder if Creationist writers moonlight as speech-writers for radical Leftists or Islamist apologists; those are the only people I know of that use this blatantly disingenuous style of bull crap. It is all there – from the insulting headline to the bending and twisting of other people's words, to the all-pervading unfounded assumptions that are meant to lull the ignorant into accepting, instead of questioning, the outrageous.
Let us be charitable and Leave aside the idea that someone who has long been thought of as "America's Science Teacher" is not the person to publically call out parents for deliberately programing their kids to believe theistic creationism is a science and that tools used every day are unreal simply because those kids parents' pastors fail to understand BS level science.
No offense but, the conservative Protestant sects have not been known for producing cutting edge biological scientists; for that matter no heavily partisan sect or nation has done well in that regard – think Lysenkoism under the political religion of Stalin.
But what about the last bit? Does our outraged Mr. Mirll have a point here:
"how do we presume to teach our kids something that may or may not be true, particularly when we don't really seem to understand it?"
Nope, not even close! If it were a valid argument then it would be wrong to teach psychology, sociology, neurology, micro-biology, quantum physics, electronics, climatology (as a SCIENCE, not just the politicized version), metallurgy, all meditation, relaxation or visualization techniques… the list is endless. Being unable to explain in detail all aspects of a phenomena is hardly uncontestable evidence of fallacy; that is why testing is part of the process.
"There is a tendency in the economy of belief to oversimplify. Generally speaking, this is a good thing — or if not good, at least practical. One hardly needs to understand how an internal combustion engine works in order to drive a car.
However, oversimplification is anathema to maintaining a robust and rigorous science. As Einstein famously put it, make it simple, but not simpler. He meant that any theory, if it is to be a scientific one, needs to be reduced to its fundamental elements, without omitting any elements necessary to make the theory workable."
That last bit was apparently included so that the author could have a nice, high pseudo-scientific platform from which to pronounce the next bit of data-free character assassination.
"In Nye's mindset, there are two basic positions concerning evolution: 1. You believe in it, or 2. You're just a big fat doody-head.
This, I would argue, is an oversimplification."
Without a doubt I agree; Mr. Mirll's characterization of Dr. Nye's inner mental functions as supposedly revealed in his video is an oversimplification; after having viewed the video in question, rather than an article about it, I also think it is an insult.
The pattern of demagoguery continues with three paragraphs showing supposed objectivity in the "Science vs. God" debate followed with a flat-out declaration that science, in the person of Dr. Nye, is simply wrong.
"What is most remarkable is that Nye is hardly alone in his asseveration. In fact, the vast majority of people — among those who believe in evolution wholeheartedly, as well as those who see evolution as just so much nonsense — seem to hold the same view. Either we believe in evolution, or we believe in God.
Unfortunately, however, those who hold this view fail to understand what it implies about science and religion, setting up what philosophers of science call the Conflict Thesis — that science and religion are mutually exclusive domains (that is, with no overlap) and are thus at odds with each other. But the Conflict Thesis is incorrect, offering up a false choice: science or religion. What, then, are we to make of Stephen C. Meyer's claim that "[s]cience, done right, leads to God"?
Additionally, this already overly simplistic notion is further exacerbated by another oversimplification — that science is a rational proposition based on reason, while religion is a spiritual proposition based on faith. Thus, scientific formulations are reliable, based as they are on the Scientific Method of observation, hypothesis, theorization, testing, and reformulation; religion, in contrast, is antithetical to the Scientific Method, akin to fairy tales and superstition. Framed in this way, we can understand the essence of Nye's concern for what we teach our children: assuming that evolution is scientific, for any parent to teach his child to deny evolution is thus to teach him to deny reason.
And Nye would be right but for the inconvenient fact that he is wholly and utterly wrong, in his basic assumptions as well as his understanding of evolution.""
Now, our defender of parental dignity-in-ignorance marshals his forces of misstatement, misdirection and mischaracterization to defeat the forces of evil reality!
"When we examine the underlying assumptions of Nye's position, we find:
§ Science is not "based" on reason,
§ Religion is not "based" on faith,
§ There's no such thing as "the" Scientific Method,
§ Religion is no fairy tale, and
§ Evolution is not what Nye thinks it is.""
Now then, stop giggling Virginia, show respect to older people, even if their heads are spinning slowly widdershins; I am sure Mr. Mirll will "explain" his "logic" in each case.
"First, though reason is certainly a component of scientific inquiry, it is not the only component."
That was slick; he says 'not '"based in reason"', then refutes a totally different concept – the idea of reason as the only component of science!
"There are, for instance, any number of scientific assumptions that cannot be proved and thus must be accepted on faith. First and foremost among these is the assumption of uniformity — that what applies to our corner of the universe applies to all corners. (This, after all, is what makes a universe a universe and not, say, a polyverse.) Imagine the caterwauling among physicists if we discover that light travels at a uniform speed within the confines of the Milky Way, but at a variable speed in the galaxy Andromeda."
This is a willful distortion of science, the assumptions science makes are ones for which we have virtually no negative evidence; if solid evidence of variance is found the assumption is abandoned; such as the very idea that the speed of light can be exceeded by material particles.
To address the non-proof above: if the speed of light were different in Andromeda we would either a. see the difference or b. there would have to be mechanisms built into the universe essentially 'reformatting' the light as it traveled to us so that we would see only effects compatible with our speed of light… sounds dumb doesn't it?
"Nor is reason relegated only to science. Religion, too, has its rational component, with pronouncements based on observation and empirical knowledge. The Buddhist considers the Buddha, studies his life, hears his message of compassion and service to others, and makes the rational decision to emulate him. The Christian hears the story of the resurrected Christ, an event that is claimed to have occurred in real time and witnessed by some five hundred, and chooses to follow him. These are not simply matters of faith."
He now doubles down on the same strategy with religion; he states one thing then refutes something else but, the fact remains – 'based in' is not the same as 'excluding everything else'
"Instead of "the" scientific method, we find any number of methodologies that share various features but which cannot be said to demonstrate anything akin to a single, uniform method. Consider, for instance, the notion that science is based on observation. If this is a necessary prerequisite to a scientific theory, what are we to make of the claim that our universe may be only one of a series of universes? Has anyone ever observed one of these extra universes? How can such an observation be possible, even in theory? There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever for the multiverse. And what do we call "the evidence of things not seen"?"
The above armchair physics comes courtesy of someone who obviously never bothered to incorporate quantum physics into their version of reality; isn't this the guy who was so concerned about over-simplification a while back in this very same piece?
All he does is make all of science's shades of color into a 320dpi black and white line-scan, and then complain that it does not represent the real world accurately. If he bothered to learn the subject he would find that it was the evidence, the results of observation and experiment, that made people see the cracks in the classical view of reality!
The multiverse theories Mr. Mirll disparages are based solely in observational science. To put it succinctly, quantum physics is the most un-refuted theory/world-view in the history of science. It has been held valid in its most bizarre predictions every time those predictions have been tested; I am sorry you don't understand it, the entire industry involving things we call 'electronic' from can-diodes to micro chips is nothing but quantum physics-based engineering.
And the entirety of micro-biology is based in evolution, not as a theory, but, as a tool!
"Those who equate religion with fairy tales fail to understand what the word means. "Religion" comes from the Latin religio, which means "to bind or constrict" and thus entails a twofold meaning. First, it identifies a body of adherents to the religion itself. These need not be adherents of any particular religion; it is sufficient that they identify themselves as members of the group, whatever the group. Second, it is in some way normative; that is, it prescribes what the members of the group ought to believe, though it does not necessarily imply that the members will adhere to their beliefs at all times. In other words, though a Christian will on occasion do things that are demonstrably un-Christian, this does not stop him from being a Christian altogether. Neither aspect of religio has anything to do with fairy tales."
That is nice. What does this have to do with the myths that form the foundation of almost all religions so adhered to? How does it prove that any religion's myths that cannot be substantiated by objective historians are on a par with 'fairy-tales'?
Answer: Nothing, and it doesn't; moving on…
"In fact, Nye's own understanding of evolution is itself a kind of fairy tale. For him, it is akin to biological magic, to be believed for its own sake. (Woe unto you, ye unbelievers!) Evolution, he says, "is the fundamental idea in all of life science, in all of biology. It's like, it's very much analogous to trying to do geology without believing in tectonic plates."
Other than a handful of multi-doctorate polymath geniuses who understand first-hand and in detail more than a simplified, cartoon version of what really happens in any of the sciences? That is why science demands theories be testable, and the test be repeatable.
Actually, it's like, it's not like that. For one, geologists operated for centuries without believing in tectonic plates. As nifty as plate theory may be, it's hardly fundamental to the idea of geology; rather, it's derived from geology, based on current scientific understanding of the earth's structure.
Virginia, it is not attractive when you cross your eyes like that; stop pretending to be a zombie columnist stalking the brains of gummi-republican.!
I do see your point though; it is hard to know where to begin deconstructing that mass of congealed steer-residue!
Unless you are reading your history while standing on your head the early geologists' whole purpose in "operating" was to learn what was happening in the way of a dynamic Earth; what exactly does he mean saying that they "operated" in ignorance of most of the how's, what's and why's of the Earth's structure? Is this how doctors "operated" in medicine before the advent of germ theory?
Did they find gold? Yes, sometimes. Did they know why it formed and where it might be found absent surface clues? Error, faulty, faulty!
And please take note of the lovely all-but-lying way he claims plate tectonics is a nifty theory when the basic notion that the plates exists and move in certain ways is an observed fact. The plates move, have moved and still move.
Young Earth creationists believe that The Flood produced virtually all of the erosion and sedimentation etc. that science understands to be the result of uniform processes over time. They have to go to all sorts of lengths to deny reality though refuting evidence is everywhere to see.
In Southern California is a desert park that has often been used by the movie and TV folks for interesting outdoor locations because of its unique rock formations and convenient distance from Hollywood. It is called Vasquez Rocks and has formations familiar to the entire movie and TV watching world. I mention it because there are several places within the area of a suburban lot that give lie to every Young Earth fairy tale ever told.
There you will find pebbles of metamorphic rock made by sedimentary rock being compressed and distorted and then rounded by water mixed into a sedimentary sandstone, and the whole mess folded over with igneous formations from volcanic eruptions from AFTER the formation of all of the above, AND major water and wind worn patterns in all of the above that are continuous over the different materials; explain to me, Virginia, how all that happened in a forty day flood!
That the movement of the plates explains events organically and phenomena that the creationists have to pretend are still mysteries surely produces the most amazing mental gymnastics given that lasers from satellites in space have for a long time watched and measured the motion of the plates; which in no way deviate from the expectations of the "theory" that Mr. Pseudo-Reason finds so controversial.
Evolution, likewise, is deduced from two primary observations: the fossil record, which, so it is claimed, shows evidence that life represents a continuum of biological forms expressing a progression from the simple to the more complex; and the similarity of hypothetically related species, such as human beings and apes.
We should not be surprised by now I suppose to see this author seeming to tell outright lies, it is part of his faith apparently but, that does not mean I have to respect the lies.
Those two observations are not honestly complete, let alone the only basis for the modern understanding of evolution or for when the theory was being formulated; many different observations and types of evidence went into the mix that produced the first evolutionary theories.
But these are mere claims, not scientifically, independently verified facts. The fossil record is stubbornly discontinuous, and human beings ultimately may only look like apes — a 1972 Chevy Malibu looks an awful lot like a 1971 Chevy Malibu, but this does not mean that the '72 Malibu is biologically descended from the '71 model.
It is not nice to stare at crazy people Virginia. Yes, I know that on a biological level, from micro-biology to forensic anthropology there is no genus Homo, and that humans are of the genus Pan, like our only living 'species' cousins, the chimps.
Someone hurry and go tell the zoo vets that all the apes in their care are really humans under the fur; think of the money saved in simplifying simian care across the board; not to mention using simian vets to fill the gap in qualified pediatricians!!
Think about it, imagine calling something a 'canine' when no other 'canine' cousins exist and it is 98% identical in its genes to the lion family of genus feline. Is that a 'canine' or just another feline? The pan genus has several species of chimp and we are 98% the same but, we are our own genus? Ri-i-i-ight!
Welcome to Pan Sapiens, Homo Sapiens was a fairy tale!
As far as the "incomplete fossil record" goes I do not expect that any number of 'missing links' will satisfy the creationists. They have been making this objection since the fossil record resembled an etch-a-sketch more than an oil painting but, today the record for many species, like birds and horses, looks more like a time-lapse YouTube video and they still make the same objection!
"Nye's position, then, is no acquiescence to scientific truth; it is merely a component of his belief system. He may as well tell us not to raise our kids as Presbyterians.
And Bill Nye the Pseudoscience Guy can keep his beliefs to himself."
Sorry, this guy is not making any points at all, now he wants to steal the credibility of the Presbyterians when most of them are comfortable with billions of years and a god that uses evolution; Jesus wept.


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Yes it's still very early. Yes people can still change their minds. Still, if there's one person in this country that people have fixed opinions about (much more fixed than say, Al Gore or John Kerry) it's Hillary. Now the Harris Poll reports some very interesting findings from a mid-March 2007 interactive poll. It turns out that half of all adults–including 24% of Democrats– would not vote for Hillary if she were the Democratic nominee, only 36% say they would, with 11% unsure. Sure there is a gender divide, but not to the degree one would think.
"While one would expect that women would be more likely than men to lean towards Senator Clinton, this is not the case as 38 percent of women and 34 percent of men both say they would vote for her. Even among women there is a divide as four in 10 (41%) single women say they would vote for Senator Clinton, compared to 36 percent of married women. Over half of both men (56%) and married women (52%) say they would not vote for her for president."
Campaigning with Bill in tow (remember the two for one deal back in 1992?) would probably not be a good idea either.
"There is also an issue with things that happened during the Bill Clinton presidency. A plurality (45%) agrees that it is difficult to trust her because of Whitewater and other scandals in the Clinton White House, while 42 percent disagree. Similar numbers (44%) agree that her handling of health care in the White House raises questions about her ability and 34 percent disagree." Additionally, only 37% of Americans agree with the statement It would be good to have both her and Bill Clinton in the White House again while a whopping 50% disagree with that statement.
Not all the news is bad for Senator Clinton as "Three-quarters of adults (76%) agree that she is a very intelligent person and this is the sentiment across the board. Even 65 percent of Republicans agree." The notion that Hillary is too liberal to win may not pass the smell test either. "When asked about her political philosophy, one-third (31%) say Hillary Clinton is too liberal and 41 percent say she is neither too liberal nor too conservative. Just four percent say she is too conservative, but among liberals that number rises to 11 percent."
Still, the fact that as of now anyway, she would not get the level of support of Democrats or independents that Kerry recieved is troubling to say the least. Hillary's support broken down by generations is not inspiring to look at either. Harris breaks down the poll as follows: Echo boomers (age 18-30) Generation X (age 31-42) Baby boomers (age 43-61) and Matures (age 62 and up). Only one age group (Generation X) do the number saying they would vote for her outnumber those who say they would not vote for her-and among Gen. Xers it's a split of 44%-40%. Furthermore, the age group that turns out at the highest rates (Matures) are also the most anti-Hillary group: By a 69%-23% margin Matures say they will not vote for her.
To reiterate, yes it's still quite early, but given how well known Hillary is (or at least how well people think they know her) and given the overall negatives of these numbers, Democratic primary voters should think twice about Hillary.


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Barring any unforeseen setbacks, wide receiver Nate Washington should be able to reclaim the starting for the Tennessee Titans for Sunday's game against the Houston Texans.
Washington, who battled through a hamstring injury he suffered Aug. 24, played 26 plays against his former team in the Titans' 13-10 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
"I think the fact that he was able to play in the game as long as he did, which was our expectation, and the fact that he's had some rest, he'll be fine this week," Titans coach Jeff Fisher said. "And without setbacks, he'll play more plays. However, many I don't know. One would expect that he would play the number of plays a starter would play."
Starting receivers generally play about 50 to 60 plays a game, according to Fisher.
Washington, whom the Titans signed to a six-year, $27 million deal in the off-season, had one catch for eight yards in his limited time against Pittsburgh.
"It was touch and go, but I felt good," Washington said immediately after the game about his hamstring.
The Titans also were pleased with what they saw from rookie first-round pick Kenny Britt, who started in Washington's stead. Britt caught four passes for 85 yards in the game.
Another bonus for the Titans is that rookie tight end Jared Cook, who led the team in catches in the preseason, could be back from an ankle injury that kept him out of the opener.
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Veteran Cortland Finnegan, who handled the punt return role against Pittsburgh and had one muff that he recovered, will apparently give way to Ryan Mouton on punts. Fisher is comfortable with him there, and also said he likes the potential of Javon Ringer on kickoffs.
"We've got Ryan Mouton, who will be returning. He did a nice job for us in the preseason," the coach said. "And I saw some things out of Javon. At this point, I'm not concerned. It's just like the rest of the team, we just have to keep improving."


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I'm sharing an Apple Pie Bomb recipe! It's like having your own mini apple pie and you don't have to share. To me fall is all about warm apple pie and ice cream. You just can't beat it!
This recipe makes four apple pie bombs and is quite easy to make. First, you start by making your pie crust. I make mine the night before, just to same me some time. Plus, it has to chill at least 4 hours in the refrigerator. No special equipment is needed to make this pie crust. It's just a basic butter crust that my grandma used to make. Instead of using a food processor or pastry cutter, I used two forks to cut the butter into the flour. You do want to make sure your wet ingredients are very cold. I placed the stick of butter into the freezer for about 15 minutes just to make sure it was nice and cold. I also placed a couple of ice cubes into a cup of cold water. This will help get the desired buttery flaky crust you want.
I used 4 large Honeycrisp apples, which I peeled and cored. All the apples get coated with a mixture of corn starch, granulated sugar and cinnamon.
Then the apples get stuffed with butter and more of the cinnamon sugar mixture.
Gently fold the crust until all of the apple is completely coverd. Make sure to not tear the dough.
Finally, easy bomb gets brushed with half and half and sprinkled with cinnamon, sugar and raw sugar for added crunch. Bake in a 400 degree over for about 35 minutes.
- 1 1/4 cup all- purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick chilled and diced)
- 5 to 6 Tbsp ice water
- 4 large Honeycrisp apples, peeled and cored
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar plus 1 teaspoon for sprinkling
- 2 tablespoons corn starch
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon plus 1/2 teaspoon for sprinkling
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter - you might not use the whole stick
- 1/4 cups half and half
- 1 teaspoon raw sugar
- Start by making your pie crust.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and salt.
- Next, add the diced butter cubes and cut into the flour using two forks (this may take 5 mins). The butter should be pea size.
- Add the ice water one Tbsp at a time until your dough forms a ball.
- Flatten dough into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Place in refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Mix the granulated sugar, corn starch, salt and cinnamon in a shallow dish.
- Roll the peeled and cored apples into the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Divide your pie crust into 4 equal pieces. Roll out each piece of dough onto a floured surface 1/8" thick or the size of the bottom of a pie pan.
- Place each apple into the center of the rolled out dough.
- Fill the inside of the apples with butter and the left over cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Carefully wrap each apple with the dough, making sure not to tear.
- Brush the pie crust with half and half then sprinkle with cinnamon, sugar and raw sugar.
- Place the apples on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake for 25-30 minutes or until the crust is nice and brown and juices start to come out the bottom.
- Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
- Serve warm with ice cream.
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Video of Angel Lola Luv before she ALLEGEDLY had her teeth fixed , batty & breast enlarged …. while her teeth aint f–ked up like ppl from englands you can tell she had some work done on her grill …. as for her breast and batty i really dont know … they look just about the same too me
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Michelle, a longtime Sketch42 reader saw the Neon Collar DIY and just NEEDED it. So she went and made one for herself! (Record timing btw, it's been like what-a day?)
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A prize of $10,000 has been offered by Julius Rosenwald of Chicago, and will be awarded for the best essay on the "Future of American Judaism" in a contest which is open to the general public, it has been announced by the Julius Rosenwald Prize Essays Committee through Dr. Samson Benderly, chairman of a sub-committee in charge of the contest. The headquarters of the Committee are at the Federation Building, 71 West 47th St., New York.
Another contest restricted to under-graduate students in colleges and seminaries will be conducted in which prizes amounting to $1,500 will be awarded by Mr. Rosenwald. The following have accepted the invitation of the committee to act as judges in both contests: Dr. Lee K. Frankel of New York. Elisha M. Friedman of New York, Prof Nathan Isaacs of Harvard University, Judge Irving Lehman of New York, and Judge Horace Stern of Philadelphia.
The general theme of the essays to be submitted has, with the approval of Mr. Rosenwald, been formulated by the committee as follows: "For the fullest spiritual development of the individual Jew and the most effective functioning of the Jewish Community in America, how can Jewish life best adjust itself to and influence modern life with respect to (a) beliefs and theories; (b) institutions; the home, the Synagogue, the school and other communal agencies; and (c) Jewish education: for the child, the youth, and adult?" The contest, which is open to the general public, calls for essays of 15,000 to 100,000 words in length, while in the students' contest the length of the essay is to be from 15,000 to 35,000 words.
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Give A Car, a social enterprise that scraps cars for charities, has joined forces with environmental charity, Trees for Cities, to offer motorists the chance to plant saplings in return for their unwanted vehicles.
The free to use recycling scheme called Scrap Car Plant Tree launched this week. It expects to fund the planting of 13 saplings on average per vehicle disposal. Motorists will be able to use the money raised through the disposal of their vehicles to plant trees in a city of their choice. Give A Car and Trees for Cities expect each disposal to offset around a year's carbon emissions.
"Each car that is disposed of will offset at least one year's carbon emissions and vehicles which are auctioned could provide significantly more carbon relief, which can only be a good thing for the environment," Alex Harvey, from Give A Car, said.
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The Long County Fatherhood Walk-A-Thon on Friday in Ludowici drew plenty of dads and even a few moms. About 70 people — including Rep. Al Williams, D-Midway — gathered for the event, which was conducted by the Long County Head Start program.
"Children who have fathers take an active part in their lives have a much higher chance of being successful than those kids who don't," Williams said. "That is why it is so important for fathers to be a part of raising their children. It is nice to see this many men out here today taking part in this walk. Head Start is such an important program, and one that I have always been a big supporter of."
Ray Jones, who walked with his 4-year-old son Julius, agreed with Williams' theory.
"The majority of the time, when there is an event for the kids, you see mothers go be a part of it, but it definitely is important for us fathers to come out and be a part of our children's lives too," Jones said.
Long County resident Marcus DeLoach, who escorted his 3-year-old grandson Hunter DeLoach, also voiced support for the program.
"This is a great activity, and Head Start is a good program," he said. "Besides being a daycare for so many families, it also provides a learning experience for the kids who come down here."
Williams said 2013 will mark the Head Start program's 50th anniversary, and he plans on participating in the celebration.
"President Johnson started the Head Start program in Texas, and next year is its 50th anniversary," he said. "It's a great program, and I will always be a supporter of it."
Long County Head Start policy council representative Kenneth Royer and Long County Sheriff Craig Nobles also attended the walk-a-thon.


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Pressure has been building for Employers in Minnesota and across the country to scrutinize and reform their criminal background check policies. Examples include the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's newly issued guidance on consideration of criminal records, stepped-up enforcement of Title VII claims as exemplified by the Pepsi Beverages $3.1 million settlement obtained by the E.E.O.C. here in Minnesota earlier this year, and policy reform efforts like the legislation introduced in Minnesota that would require private employers to wait until the interview phase before inquiring about criminal records.
This pressure for reform is in response to major changes in our criminal justice system and its consequences over recent decades. Our state and country now convict people of crimes at rates over three times what they were 30 years ago — an estimated one in five Americans has some form of a criminal record that may appear in a criminal background check, and Minnesota has the eighth highest percentage of its population currently under some type of correctional control. Access to and use of records of contact with the criminal justice system has also greatly increased, and with new sources and methods of electronic storage and access, those records follow people indefinitely. There are also now thousands of prohibitions for people with criminal records in licensing, employment, housing and education that exist in both state and federal law, and an increased reluctance of private entities to open employment and housing opportunities. And while these trends impact every community, they disproportionately affect communities of color, communities which also experience disparities in education, housing, and employment resources and opportunities. The combination of these trends has created a situation where a large proportion of our neighbors are unable to support themselves and their families and contribute to their full potential. It unnecessarily limits the potential of our state's workforce, weakens our communities and actually harms long-term public safety.
Of course this situation is not solely the fault or responsibility of employers, but employers can help to alleviate it by adjusting their background check policies. However, employers interested in helping may wonder about the other side of the risk-assessment equation: protecting themselves from potential negligent hiring lawsuits when hiring someone with a criminal background.
Liability in this area is really fairly limited, and it has been further narrowed and clarified by Minnesota's negligent hiring liability statute, Minn. Stat. 181.981. Despite its low profile, it is one of the strongest hiring liability protection statutes in the country. Developed in collaboration with the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, the law was enacted by Gov. Tim Pawlenty in 2009. In summary, it establishes that information regarding a criminal history record may not be introduced as evidence in a civil action if: (1) the duties of the position of employment did not expose others to a greater degree of risk than that created by the employee or former employee interacting with the public outside of the duties of the position or that might be created by being employed in general; (2) before the occurrence of the act giving rise to the civil action, a court order sealed any record of the criminal case or the employee or former employee received a pardon; or (3) the record is of an arrest or charge that did not result in a criminal conviction.
By using this statute as a tool and guide, as well as practices recommended by the EEOC, employers can develop criminal background check polices that not only give them discretion in their own hiring decisions and help their own bottom line but also contribute to solving a problem that greatly impacts the communities where they do business. Developing a background-check policy that takes all of these issues into account may seem complicated and burdensome, but a model policy is really fairly simple and efficient when broken down into the following components.
1. Do not ask about criminal records at the point of application. This allows applicants to be initially evaluated based upon all of their skills and qualifications rather than weeded out only by information that may be inaccurate, outdated, confusing or irrelevant. If a background check might be conducted, ask for permission to conduct a criminal background check at the time of application and provide notice that a criminal background may be conducted at a later step in the hiring process and may be grounds for disqualification. Doing this at the time of application will save a step later and allows for a background check at a later point in the hiring process in accordance with Fair Credit Reporting Act requirements.
2. Do not consider nonconviction records or expunged/pardoned cases.
As noted above, Minn. Stat. 181.981 protects employers from liability based upon records that did not ultimately lead to criminal conviction (this includes arrests, dismissals, diversion and stays of adjudication, juvenile adjudications, and petty misdemeanors), or any record of the case was expunged, or they were pardoned. Additionally, disqualification for nonconviction records could be grounds for a Title VII action.
3. Develop structured but not overly restrictive disqualification guidelines. Some positions may not require any background check at all. Minn. Stat. 181.981 protects employers when a position does not place others at any greater risk than that created by the individual being employed generally or not being incarcerated. For other positions, when there is a potential financial or other risk, listing specific time frames for specific crimes and levels of offenses and positions is not realistic and can be overly restrictive, and giving hiring managers complete discretion to do a case by case analysis is not prudent.
This is probably the most difficult part of the process for employers to navigate. I recommend creating guidelines that link job responsibilities to broad categories of crimes, with presumptive disqualification periods and checks in the decision-making process.
For example, if a job involves financial or unsupervised property handling responsibilities, fraud or theft related convictions less than a reasonable, established number of years old might carry a presumption of disqualification. The presumption could be overcome if recommended by the hiring manager and approved by human resources with evidence of sufficient rehabilitation and fitness to perform the duties of the position. Older relevant convictions would be presumed non-disqualifying unless human resource staff identifies them as directly related to the particular position and of such a level or nature as to warrant disqualification. Finally, applicants should always be given the opportunity to identify inaccuracies in the criminal record.
When employers adopt these policies they benefit by making better decisions about hiring, and opening their hiring process to a larger, potentially more qualified, pool of applicants. People benefit by being evaluated on their skills and qualifications and their current readiness to work, not just their past. Minnesota will benefit by developing a workforce that is employed to its full potential, both now and into the future when the demand for trained and skilled employees will increase, and by giving those who have offended greater opportunity to become responsible and tax-paying community members.
Mark Haase is a licensed attorney and is the Vice President of the Council on Crime and Justice, a Minneapolis-based organization that has been building community capacity to address the causes and consequences of crime since 1957.


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I gained a lot of weight back last year but am getting things together now. I weighed in at 625lbs on Jan. 1st and have lost 8lbs in the last 3 weeks. I joined OA and between that and prayer I am making so great progress. Thanks for the support everyone and have a great week!
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Just keep working with it my brother. You will get there. Remember, even if you have to take two steps forward and then fall back one, you are still further ahead than where you were.
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It's so great to see another vlog from you. You have some awesome goals. :) 2011 *will* be a better year for you... I can almost feel it. :)
on the 8 pounds down! :)
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Tim - It is great to see a new video post. I think joining OA was a great idea, especially with the frequent online support. I also love the ideas that you are going to walk a little and focus on changing lifesytle as opposed to having number goals. I also gained at the end of 2011 (up 15 lbs compared to summer) so I am hiring a personal trainer which I hope will help keep me focused. Winter is always a hard time for me. Hope you have a great week
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It is sooo good to see you back! You have such an upbeat attitude and you don't let anything hold you back.
Congrats on the weight-loss and to 2011 being your year!
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I'm so happy that you are getting back up on that horse. 2010 is behind you. What matters is today. You have the spirit and god's will behind you. Know that your SP family is also behind you. :) :)
Take care,
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You can do it Tim!! I've seen how hard you have worked in the past, and KNOW YOU CAN!! Stay strong, and keep climbing that mountain!!
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Admiting there is a problem is the first step to fixing it. Little changes will eventually turn to big changes. Keep working at making progress.
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You always have such a great attitude. It's so motivating to the rest of us, so Thank You!
Yay Red Hots!
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I pray that God heal your heart and the fullness of His perfect love cast out any and all negative emotions that are compelling you to overeat. You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you! Nothing is impossible when you have a life, heart and spirit full of true pure love because God is love and nothing is impossible with God.
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Thanks for taking the time to vlog Tim...I came specifically on your site today to see if you had posted one yet lol just checking up on you :) I'm down & out with a cold right now too, so I feel you on that...no fun. I'm not healthy enough to get back to exercising just yet, but I'm hoping to come back strong. I love your plan & determination with the walking a 100 or so more feet each time you progress. I can't wait to hear about hitting milestone's like 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, or a mile! You'll have to keep us posted on that! 2010 is in the past, so just learn from the mistakes that were made and remember all the victories you had too. I hope your able to make it to church soon with your brother, I'm sure it will mean only good things for you. Also I think it's a great idea that your not putting pressure on yourself to lose "x" amount of weight this week or this month or year. As long as your working towards your goals and doing the right things and losing weight more often than not.. any amount of weight...then your golden!
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Glad to hear things are turning around. I'm with you on the number thing, I don't care what the number is as long as it's moving in the right direction! Online meetings every 3 hours sounds like a great resource, make sure you take full advantage of them. We'll make sure to include you in our prayers.
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You can do this Tim. I will have to look into OA for online meetings. I am a compulsive overeater. I added the link to OA on my team and I looked up meetings for my area and they have them on Tuesdays at 7 pm. Right now I am unable to go at that time, I am also kinda shy to go. It is alot easier in front of a computer monitor.
You have great goals and alot to look forward to. Just keep reminding yourself why you want to lose the weight. I even go so far as to put reminders up around the house. I have a dress hanging that I bought that does not fit and I need to lose probably 40 pounds for it to fit but me seeing it everyday seems to help remind me.
Congrats on 8 pounds down!
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Hi,glad to see you back .....
Don't try to loose too fast , that is against you.
We all, I guess want it off quickly, but that is against your health, and your body.
2 lbs a week is a plenty to lose a week. Look at 2 lbs of hamburger meat, and you can see really how much 2 lbs. is.
I thank God that He has helped me I lost about 41 lbs in 6 1/2 months. I am about 3 lbs less than my goal. I could have not make it without God's help, and I will not maintain it with out God's help.
It is possible, you will be weak, and sometimes mess up, just remember the next meal start back. Drink water, consistency and portion control,are keys to losing.
Remember we are human , and we will over eat, BUT don't let that stop you, just climb back on track.
Between OA , Stark, and God you can make this journey.
Others have done and so can you. Never give up.
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Peralta, a 1979 graduate of Sacred Heart, led Marin Catholic (Kentfield) to four Marin County Athletic League and two North Coast Section titles in seven seasons. His high point was leading the Wildcats into a state Division III bowl game in 2009.
Marin Catholic went 13-2 that season and surprised most by giving one of the nation's top teams Serra-Gardena a highly competitive game before losing 24-20. Serra featured three sure-fire future NFL players, Marqise Lee, Robert Woods and George Farmer.
In seven seasons as coach at Marin Catholic, Peralta went 65-24 overall and 44-10 in MCAL play. Peralta stepped down to watch his children grow up, including son Jerry, who just completed his senior year at Sacred Heart Cathedral.
Peralta, reached by phone Friday afternoon, said details of the job were finalized Thursday night. He called leaving Marin Catholic "bittersweet," but couldn't contain his excitement about coaching at his alma mater.
"I see nothing but upside," he said.
When Peralta stepped down in 2010, he said: "I'm not giving up coaching…I love coaching. It is in my blood and I consider it my calling in life. … Over the years, I have seen a lot of boys play football. Last season I only had the opportunity to see two of my son's games. I owe it to my son, my family and myself to make some time and see him play."
Now, after coaching Marin Catholic's freshman team to a 25-2 record over three seasons, Peralta is more than ready to get back to the varsity ranks. At his old school.
"It was just a golden opportunity staring at me in the face," he said Friday. "From the facilities to playing at one of the most historic stadiums in the state (Kezar Stadium) to a brand new weight room to the best weights coach in the league (Colin Peuse) to an administration that wants to be top tier to good players and good kids, I see nothing but total upside."
Practicing off-campus two or three times a week — Sacred Heart Cathedral's on-campus facility in the middle of the City is small (70 yards long by 35 yards wide) and they have no locker rooms for players to store equipment — has been at issue and perhaps a reason participation has been down. The team practices at least twice a week at Westmoor-Daly City, which has a brand new football facility, including artificial turf, but no football team.
Though no one is saying for sure, those lack of numbers plus a 9-26 West Catholic Athletic League record is what led to the Irish not rehiring highly devoted coach John Lee, who in nine seasons went 45-50 overall and led the team to its only Central Coast Section title in 2008.
"We have everything we need here to win," Peralta said. "As long as I'm here you won't hear anything about a lack of facilities. You'll never hear 'woe is me.' "
Peralta did his homework. He noted a half dozen powerhouse teams throughout the country — Mater Dei (Santa Ana), St. Joseph (N.J.) and Orange Lutheran (Orange) — who all have off-campus practice facilities.
And Peralta, who led Riordan to a historic and undefeated WCAL title in 2000, said "unequivocally" the Irish can compete in the vaunted WCAL, considered the top football league in Northern California. Sacred Heart Cathedral's roster has been in the middle 30s the last couple of years. Most WCAL squads range from 50-70.
"I wouldn't come back to doing this if we were playing for sixth place," Peralta said. "We're going to play for first place."
Though Peralta is full speed ahead, he said leaving Marin Catholic isn't easy. He'll teach there throughout the end of the school year but peek in before school — he and his wife and children live in San Bruno — to Sacred Heart Cathedral's weight room with Peuse.
"I will always have great love for Marin Catholic," Peralta said. "Everyone there has been nothing but great to me. I spent 10 great years there. They will always be my family and close to my heart. … But this is a move that is the best move for family. At 52, that's how I make my decisions now. When I was young, it was just 'Let's go!' "
Peralta's daughter attends Sacred Heart Cathedral as does a niece and nephew.
A superb communicator, Peralta kept his bosses at Marin Catholic aware that he applied to Sacred Heart Cathedral. He had earnest exchanges, he said, with Lee, whom he calls a friend.
Peralta said he would start figuring out his staff over the next several weeks. "I have a lot of people to speak with," he said.
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Danbury Westerners open NECBL season with win over Mystic
Updated 11:59 pm, Friday, June 10, 2011
DANBURY -- Aside from a few pitches he'd probably like to have back, Erik Luksis' first night under the bright lights of Rogers Park went perfectly.
Luksis pitched six solid innings, striking out six -- four looking -- while walking none and scattering six hits to lead the Danbury Westerners to a 13-7 victory over the Mystic Schooners in the New England Collegiate Baseball League opener for both teams.
Danbury relievers Derrick Sylvester, Nick Williams and Walter Wijas each worked one scoreless inning to seal the Opening Day victory in front of an announced crowd of 858.
"It was big. I got the Opening Day start and I was really excited for that," Luksis said. "It's good to get your feet wet early and hopefully start things off for a good season. The team played well today, we had a lot of hitting, and hopefully it continues for the rest of the year."
Luksis, a former standout at John Jay High School in nearby East Fishkill, N.Y. -- it's in Dutchess County, about a half-hour drive from Danbury -- is coming off a fine sophomore season at Manhattan College. The Jaspers -- who are coached by former Brewster High standout Kevin Leighton, a 1997 draft pick of the Philadelphia Phillies -- won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship and played in the Gainesville Regional in the NCAA national tournament. Luksis helped the Jaspers' cause by going 7-4 with a 3.68 ERA.
And Luksis certainly made a smooth transition to the NECBL, as his performance on Friday night shows. Aside from allowing two-run homers to Mystic's Gabe Ortiz and Nicholas Ferraresi, the 6-foot-2 lanky left-hander was in complete control. The Schooners' other two runs off Luksis were scored in the fifth inning on a groundout and a sacrifice fly -- after they loaded the bases on a bloop single and two bunt singles.
"The umpire was calling the inside fastball, so I was trying to do that as much as I possibly could, and I tried to mix in a curveball and a change-up every now and then," Luksis said. "But the fastball inside was really what was working the best today."
The Westerners' bats provided plenty of support, pounding 14 hits. Danbury broke open what had been a back-and-forth game with five runs in the eighth off Mystic reliever Jackson Geary.
Anthony Hajjar and Kyle Convissar each belted a two-run homer for the Westerners. Mike Ford had three RBIs and Chad Morgan, Tyler Horan, Convissar and Tanner Krietemeier each had two hits.
Krietemeier also stole a base and made several dazzling plays in center field. He made a nice running catch on the warning track to halt a Mystic rally in the fifth. In the sixth, he took away another extra-base hit with a leaping catch at the fence.
All things considered, it was a positive start for the Westerners, who hope to contend for their first NECBL title this summer. Prior to the game, a banner commemorating last year's run to the NECBL's Western Division title was hung above the press box at Rogers Park.
"We've only had one practice, and today was literally the first day we've had, other than yesterday, to get a feel for what we have," Westerners manager Jamie Shevchik said. "I was impressed. I was impressed by the way we swung the bats. We made some mistakes defensively. Our pitchers kept us in it. They did a great job.
"It was another good Danbury Westerners win, a great way to start the season," Shevchik added.
Stephen Maier had three singles for the Schooners, who are playing their first season in Mystic after relocating from Bristol and historic Muzzy Field.
The Westerners will host the North Adams Steeple Cats on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at Rogers Park, and will then visit the Schooners on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at Fitch High School in Groton.
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Batteries: M--Alex Norris, Jackson Geary (4, L, 0-1), Anthony Kliniske (8), Mark Bordonaro (8) and Joe Hudson. D--Erik Luksis (W, 1-0), Derrick Sylvester (7), Nick Williams (8), Walter Wijas (9) and Chad Morgan. SO: Norris 2, Geary 3; Luksis 6, Williams 2, Wijas 2. BB: Norris 1, Geary 3, Kliniske 2; Sylvester 1, Wijas 1.
2B: Tyler Horan (D), Tanner Krietemeier (D), Mike Ford (D). HR: Gabe Ortiz (M), Nicholas Ferraresi (M); Anthony Hajjar (D), Kyle Convissar (D). RBI: M--Ortiz 3, Ferraresi 2, Stephen Maier, David Perkins. D--Ford 3, Anthony Hajjar 2, Convissar 2, Tanner Krietemeier 2, Dave Ciocchi, Andrew Garner, Steve Swingle, Morgan.


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Milstein Hall, an addition to the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell designed by Rem Koolhaas, received an AIA Honor Award in 2013. The jury commented that "The dramatic insertion of the new program in relationship to the existing buildings and site creates exciting new conditions while posing a series of creative opportunities for future uses and artistic additions by the college." I was in the building earlier this week to give a lecture, and I must admit that I was puzzled by the award. The boxy wing makes an awkward appendage to the old building. The Crown Hall-like studio seemed adequate if a little impersonal, although it raises the question—as Mies's building does—of why a studio requires a column-free space, with the attendant structural complexity and cost. At $1,100 psf, Milstein is an expensive building, though the money does not appear to have been spent on details and materials, which are spartan. It was spent on a dramatic (the jury was right there) 48-foot cantilever that projects the building over the street—but to what end? Inside, there is a crit area in a cavelike space that, like most caves, has spectacular echoes. As for the auditorium, it was not a pleasant room in which to lecture. The seats are steeply raked, which is normally effective, but are separated from the podium by a large flat area that acts as a sort of no-man's land, since no student will sit there. Apparently the flat floor conceals a conference room (for the university board) that emerges from beneath at the push of a button. It's hard to imagine that this was really the most convenient solution. Any more than designing an auditorium that is surrounded by glass walls. But then so much about this idiosyncratic building defies logic. "Typically, after Koolhaas finishes his design, a sort of clean-up crew comes in and sorts out the problems," I was told. Maybe they should have gotten the award.
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So much of the "starchitect" portfolio is visually impressive, but leaves a body perplexed and confounded.
I recently had the opportunity to visit Anthony Predock's Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Canada. It is an awe-inspiring structure to be sure. But walking through it, it feels like the building is shouting in an unknown language. The vocabulary might be known only to Predock himself. Price tag: $300+ million
When I got home, I saw that my son had borrowed from the library a selection of books on small, laneway houses. They almost all used a very familiar vernacular, which I could easily understand even in their under-sized whisper. Price tag: $5-30K
It made me wonder which design was most concerned with human rights.
Thank you for your blog, and for explaining the language of architecture to the lay public like myself.


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For the Love of Rescues produced its first calendar in 2006 and since then has raised thousands of dollars for rescue organizations, $10 at a time.
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- Include your group's dogs in the calendar
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Keith Olbermann was never supposed to be back at ESPN. He's burned bridge after bridge at every television job he's ever had…yet he has been rehired again and again by companies that have shoved him out the door.
Why do these large meda corporations always bring back Olbermann? It's because he's great at his job and despite the frustrations of employing him, the positive outweigh the negative…until they don't, then he's out the door.
ESPN announced mid-July that they would not extend Keith Olbermann's contract and his show 'Olbermann' would end on July 31st.
I would like to share some of the great moments during the show's 13-month run on ESPN.


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Thanksgiving is just around the corner and a great gift you can offer your Thanksgiving host is a little knitted something or other to show them you appreciate all of the hard work that went into the biggest meal of the year. You could knit some of these fabulous pumpkins (especially the chevron striped one) or you could check out some of our favorite thanksgiving turkey knitting patterns. Your hostess will thank you for the thoughtful and useful gift!
Thanksgiving Dishcloths
Any of these knitted dishcloths would make great gifts, knit them singly or knit all four of them as a set.
- The Holiday Turkey Dishcloth by Rachel van Shie features the classic image of a roast turkey on a platter.
- The Gobble Cloth by Elaine Fitzpatrick has the cutest turkey of them all!
- The Knitted Turkey Cloth by Rhonda White has the turkey in profile (see photo above)
- The Turkey Wishbone Dish Cloth also by Rachel van Shie is a cheeky take on the holiday.
Thanksgiving Hats
Why buy a baby's first thanksgiving shirt, when you can knit or crochet a turkey hat that all of the babies in your family can wear for generations to come.
- The Crocheted Turkey Dinner Hat by Brooke Krueger will make grandpa laught mashed potatoes through his nose.
- The Turkey Feather Hat by Abigail Polzin will turn your cute little baby into a cute little turkey. I'm sure you'll find a way to pardon this one from the dinner table.
- The Wild Turkey Hat by RAKJPatterns comes in many different sizes. Make it your family's new turkey day tradition for each family member to wear one at the dinner table.
Thanksgiving Turkeys
Real live turkey chicks are messy and hard to care for, so obviously they don't make very good turkey day decorations, but you can knit some of your own little baby turkeys here:
Susan B Anderson, renowned hat designer came up with this cute little mini turkey design.
Knitted Bliss also has a terrific turkey finger puppet to keep the kiddies entertained at the dinner table. (thanks knittingparadise!)


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For Ted Dixon we created a website that showcases both his own talents as a realtor and the various properties he handles. We incorporated into the website MLS listings and property searches. We also provided tips on selling and buying a home walking the guest through the entire process. The website features a mortgage calculator, local weather and area information.
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