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There's something frightful brewing in courtrooms across the country this week.
In federal courts today and tomorrow, the Obama Administration's Department of Justice (DOJ) will be arguing against the right of two business owners and one Christian college to operate and serve in accordance with their deeply held beliefs.
As dusk falls in Pittsburgh this evening, the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) will be asking the court to rule against the Obama Administration's weak-kneed defense of the coercive Obamacare mandate that forces employers to pay for coverage of abortion-inducing drugs, contraception, and sterilization regardless of moral or religious objections.
ADF is representing Geneva College, a small Presbyterian liberal arts college outside of Pittsburgh, along with Seneca Hardwood Lumber Company and members of the Hepler family, who own and operate the store in western Pennsylvania. Both plaintiffs hold deep religious objections to paying for at least some of the mandated drugs and services, and neither qualifies for the mandate's offensively narrow religious exemption.
Both organizations—like the more than 100 other plaintiffs suing the government—face frightening consequences if they ultimately refuse to get in line with the coercive mandate. Offering a non-compliant health plan under the mandate comes with the threat of fines of up to $100 per employee per day. Even forfeiting the provision of health insurance altogether will still mean a roughly $2,000 fine per employee after 2014.
As Matt Bowman, senior legal counsel for ADF who will be arguing at the hearing tonight, explained:
Americans have the God-given freedom to live and do business according to their faith. The government shouldn't punish people of faith for making decisions in accordance with it, and yet that's what the Obama administration is trying to do here in Pennsylvania and throughout the country.
Tomorrow, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty will be arguing before a federal court in Oklahoma on behalf of Hobby Lobby Stores. One of the largest retailers of arts and crafts supplies in the country, Hobby Lobby faces the threat of fines in excess of $1 million per day unless the court places an emergency hold on the mandate for the for-profit business.
Despite the mandate's real and serious assault on employers' religious freedom, the Obama Administration has relied on press conference theatrics and bureaucratic sleight of hand in an attempt to deceive the courts and the American people. Even Vice President Joe Biden's repeated incantations of "fact" that the mandate won't harm religious employers' rights have done nothing to change the coercive mandate currently in effect or alleviate the rule's burden on religious freedom.
But it's going to take more than legal argument hocus pocus to help the Obama Administration dissolve Americans' First Amendment freedoms. One federal court this past summer already ruled against the mandate, putting the rule on hold for a family that runs a for-profit HVAC company in Denver.
Thankfully, the plaintiffs in court this week and the American people stand on authority far more powerful than the faulty charms of the DOJ—the Constitution's clarion protection of religious freedom.
Listen to a business owner currently suing the Obama Administration over the Obamacare mandate discuss what this latest assault on religious liberty can mean for other business owners during an Acton Institute lecture this Friday, November 2, at 9:00 a.m. ET.
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Will Campbell included in the story in what is taking on legendary status, Pressler's trek to see Jack Flanders at Baylor in regard People of the Covenant.
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Posted by Mick Lee at January 20, 2011 11:21
One of the more uncommented upon aspects of the "civil war" was how many bystanders outside Missouri were urging both sides with the "let's-you-and-him-fight" game. The Missouri conservative/moderate/liberal fight served as a proxy war for those who wanted an open slug-fest for the trans-denominational traditionalist/modernists hostilities without actually having to bear the wounds and consequences themselves. There was latent sense among all Missouri Lutherans was that it was about more than the LCMS alone.
What is of some interest today is how many wax poetic and breakout in rhapsody at the memory exiting Concordia and the Missouri Synod. Perhaps they were too young to march for civil rights or protest the Vietnam War; but by golly they stood up for truth, conscience and integrity! Nonetheless, many of these same folk cry in their beer about "dividing the body of Christ", "love and fellowship", "unity in the greater, essential articles of faith" as many exit the ELCA post-CWA. Where were these concerns with the exodus from the LCMS? Shouldn't Christian love overridden the theological disagreement that propelled so many to leave the Missouri Synod? Shouldn't agreement in the essential things of the faith have been enough? After all, just how important IS the theory of evolution compared to the doctrine of the Trinity? If some brothers and sisters in the faith really believed the world was created in six days, shouldn't you have held them in fellowship for the sake of the body of Christ anyway?
Time has marched on and images change in the rearview mirror. Maybe all would do well to view those conflagrations of long ago with a more skeptical eye.
"Let's You and Him Fight"
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I think you are right on. Burkee would likely agree; his sub title is: "A Conflict That Changed American Christianity."
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First, the Cottage Grove, WI-based company named Nathan Pyles its new president and elevated Bob Zande to chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Pyles replaced Chris Clawson, who left to become president of Life Fitness.
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The NHL Closer is written by Greg Wyshynski, of FanHouse and The Fourth Period. He is also the author of Glow Pucks And 10-Cent Beer.
Earlier this season, we met the puck bunnies and the message boards on which they kiss, tell, and generally obsess about NHL players. One of the most popular sites features every team broken down into individual gossip boards for different players. The results are some actual attempts at hockey talk eclipsed by rants about stalking players, ridiculing their girlfriends and, in some cases, posting Photobucket accounts with personal player snapshots online. Now that's some quality hockey anaylsis! Please welcome back the Official Puck Bunny Scouting Reports...
(Again, I must offer this disclaimer: A female hockey fan is not automatically or intrinsically a puck bunny, which is considered a derogatory term by dedicated, informed lady puckheads. It's the ultimate dick move to group them all together, so don't, mmmmkay?)
Talk-sports.net is a site that offers boards for literally every player on every team, and then a sub-forum in which their girlfriends and dating status can be discussed. Much like on the legendary Voy forums, which we featured last edition, there are attempts to have solid hockey debates, heartfelt tributes to players and some generally entertaining conversation...which are then torpedoed by anonymous posters getting their bunny on in some explicit ways. (And again, as image-conscious as the NHL is, it's amazing they let these forums get away with some of this stuff.) With that in mind, here's a look at some of last night's action, annotated with Official Puck Bunny Scouting Reports:
Ottawa 3, St. Louis 2. Good rally from the Senators, beating a Blues team that the Habs couldn't put away earlier in the week. They're still only three points in back of Montreal for the division lead, and are attempting to stay ahead of the Rangers for a four/five match-up against Pittsburgh...because the only one who's owned the Penguins more than the Senators this season is Mario. PUCK BUNNY SCOUTING REPORT ON ... Mike Fisher of the Ottawa Senators: The raging debate amongst the bunnies is whether Fisher's Christianity has prevented him from having premarital sex. Or as one bunny sees it: "Mike has had sex, but is a born-again virgin and is now waiting until marriage." I see. Anyhoo, the bunnies on this board have also offered up what they claim is a Photobucket page featuring candid shots of Mike Fisher and friends. Cool times, hot tub.
Montreal 4, Boston 2. I'm sure a New Englander understands better than anyone that the regular season means jack and squat. But if I'm the Boston Bruins I might want to win Saturday's game against the Habs, whom they could meet in the playoffs having lost 11 consecutive games to Montreal. Bruins coach Claude Julien said after the game that "somewhere in that dressing room someone has to have goals in them." I don't know, Claude ... maybe after six months of playing the trap, they're stillborn. PUCK BUNNY SCOUTING REPORT ON ... Mike Komisarek of Montreal. I'm pretty sure this is a goof, but I'm also sure Komi wouldn't complain: "he's so intense in bed, i had to stop cuz i was getting a cramp..... i guess i should stop smoking.. mike said that wasnt attractive. im gonna buy those nicotine patches tomorrow and stick it on my vah jay jay."
Vancouver 4, Edmonton 1. Say what you will about the Canucks — and I'll say that I'd rather not see them make the playoff cut — but these guys answer the fucking bell when they need to. After wins against Phoenix and Dallas this week, Vancouver watched Luongo turn back 33 shots and got an unassisted game-winner from Princess Pettinger for the big victory over Edmonton. The Oilers were threatening to become the next unlikely-playoff-team-media-darling; five points back of the eighth spot, Saturday's game against Colorado could mean the season. BUNNY SCOUTING REPORT ON ... Andrew Cogliano of the Edmonton Oilers. And the anti-bunny forces unite against Cogliano bunnyism! "k everyones got to stop lying about andrew cogliano seriously its sad to see this shit happen thats why they leave edmonton cuz this reason right here saying ppl had sex with him and have his number no thats y they leave so get a life plz..." And with that, the bunnies also found some more Photobucket fun featuring Cogliano, Robert Nilsson and some beautiful body shots.
In Other, Non-Bunny'd Action. Two reasons why Florida lost to Carolina in the skills competition, 2-1: They couldn't convert any of their five power plays despite playing against a killing unit that me, Doyle McPoyle and Afino could score against; and Cam Ward's brilliant save on Olli Jokinen that literally had Jokinen asking Ward "How'd you save that?" after the play ... The Penguins score two goals in 16 seconds to open the third and beat Tampa. Brooks Orpik assisting on a Jarkko Ruutu goal is some kind of scrub/pest nirvana ... Peter Forsberg, since March 4: Four games, two assists, minus-1. He was out again last night for Calgary's huge 2-1 win over Colorado, in a game where Matthew Lombardi drew more penalties than a circuit court sketch artist ... Finally, Nashville (6-3 loss to Detroit) and Phoenix (6-5 skills competition loss to Los Angeles) would like the small of the back, between the ribs, when you stick a fork in them.
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* Gay hockey fans are fed up at the homophobia at Rangers games at MSG. In other news, Flyers, Devils and Islanders fan can now source the New York Times when calling Rangers fans a bunch of homos. [NY Times]
* Rating some fan-made Stanley Cups. I can't condone using that much tin foil during wartime. [The Empty Netter]
* Hockey Card Porn Alert: Slowly opening a 1992-93 Upper Deck pack, and finding a Peter Sidorkiewicz Ottawa Senators Team Checklist inside. [A Pack a Day]
*Finally, from last night's Vancouver win over Edmonton, will someone please tell Ales Hemsky not to take a dive on the power play? Bad things happen, man...


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The Revolution Will Be Contained
Avedis Hadjian looks back 20 years at the Zapatista rebels' failed attempt to overthrow Mexico's government.
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Connor Sheets explores the Pandora's box of lawsuits -- some wacky, some frivolous, some legit -- that have followed revelations about the NSA's spying program.
Emirates Airline: Rising
Ten years ago, Emirates Airline was a bit player. Today, it has grown into one of the world's biggest international airlines. The only questions facing the Dubai-based carrier and its Persian Gulf brethren is how far they will expand, and whether they will put their Western competitors out of business. Alberto Riva reports.
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Cell phone service and Internet connectivity is so bad in East Africa that even calls to telecom experts get repeatedly dropped, as Jacey Fortin found while researching what may be the region's greatest economic shortcoming.
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Kickstarter is a website for artists to use to raise money and complete awesome projects. The best thing to come to the informed consent movement since Thomas Szasz could just be the new, upcoming film by Dan Jenski, "ADDicted" which basically gives Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta and the like a great big gigantic middle finger. Dan is a friend of mine and I see huge potential in his work. I'm thinking Oscar. The short film version of ADDicted has made it into film festivals all across the country and now Dan and his co-producer Aaron Bickes need to raise enough money to be able to create the feature length film.
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In her new book, "High On Arrival," and in an appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" on Wednesday, Mackenzie Phillips claimed she had a sexual relationship with her father that lasted a decade.
However, the same day that the Oprah interview was airing, members of Mackenzie's family – including two of her stepmothers, disputed the controversial news.
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"I am stunned by Mackenzie's terrible allegations about her father," Genevieve Phillips, who was married to John from 1972 to 1985, said in a statement to Oprah on Wednesday (the alleged affair began in 1979). "I would often complain to John about her overly familiar attitude towards him and he would tell me that that was just her way. John was a good man who had the disease of alcoholism and drug addiction. He was incapable, no matter how drunk or drugged he was, of having such a relationship with his own child.'
And Michelle Phillips, who joined then-husband John in the '60s rock group The Mamas and the Papas and was his wife from 1962-1970, said Mackenzie told her the news in 1997 – and then said she was joking.
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"She called me back and said, 'You know I'm joking,'" Michelle told The Hollywood Reporter's Roger Friedman on Wednesday morning. "I said it wasn't funny. Mackenzie said, 'I guess we have different senses of humor.'"
Further, Michelle said that Mackenzie shouldn't have brought her issues to the world.
"John was a bad parent, and a drug addict. But [expletive deleted] his daughter? If she thinks it's true, why isn't she with a good psychiatrist on a couch?" Michelle said. "I think it's unconscionable that Oprah would let her do her show. I have every reason to believe it's untrue. Oprah should be more judicious about who she has on her show.
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"Mackenzie has a lot of mental illness," she added. "She's had a needle stuck up her arm for 35 years. She was arrested for heroin and coke just recently. She did 'Celebrity Rehab' and now she writes a book. The whole thing is timed."
However, as previously reported by AccessHollywood.com, Michelle's daughter, Chynna Phillips, told Us Weekly that she believed Mackenzie's revelation.
"After long nights of heroin use, she's claiming that she once woke up and that my father was on top of her having sex with her," Chynna said. "Was he actually raping her? I don't know. Do I believe that they had an incestuous relationship and that it went on for 10 years? Yes."
For her part, Mackenzie told Oprah on Wednesday that she didn't think anyone would call her words untrue.
"No one will deny it," Mackenzie said. "I'm taking a huge personal risk telling this story and I have to say, I loved my father and I still do and you may find that shocking, but he was a man who lived in a world where the rules didn't apply to him and he tried to pass that on to us kids. I know for a fact that I am the only daughter that this happened to. And I don't know why he chose me to visit his demons upon. I don't know that. I wish that he were here, still alive."
Chynna will have the chance to say her piece to Oprah as well. She is scheduled to appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Friday after canceling, as did Mackenzie, on a scheduled appearance on "The View."
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HINSDALE, N.H. -- The firefighting profession is one of brotherhood. And in order for that tree to grow, the seed must be planted early on.
The Hinsdale Fire Department started a Fire Explorers Program about eight weeks ago to teach fire service to boys and girls 14 years and older. Explorer Post 788 meets at 6:30 p.m. twice a month all year long. Youngsters learn the tricks of the trade to help determine if they want to make a career out of firefighting.
Hinsdale firefighter Steve Gassett is Post 788's head advisor and has worked for his town's fire department for 11 years. He said it is an on-call department, which means the firefighters are paid when they have to respond to a blaze.
"The importance of these programs, especially in small towns like Hinsdale, is to get kids interested in fire service," he said in a telephone interview. "We enjoy teaching the kids."
The Hinsdale program, like most others, is in need and is asking for donations of money or equipment such as fire helmets and fire boots. Gassett said someone from Peterborough Fire & Rescue called him Thursday night and was willing to donate fire pants and fire coats. Gassett said any donation will be helpful.
Hinsdale High School junior Hunter Brooks, 16, got involved with the program on the first day and has loved the experience.
"I thought it would be a good way to learn to help people, learn some good skills and meet new people," he said.
He has enjoyed the course so much he is considering becoming a professional firefighter when he is old enough and said he plans to take a course in Brattleboro to get his certification. He is also interested in joining the military, like many members of his family have.
The Hinsdale program has had a profound impact on him and he is in it for the long haul.
"I'm going to stick with it even if I become a firefighter, helping educate younger people," he said.
Gassett said the $16-a-year fee goes straight to The Boy Scouts of America, which he said covers the program's insurance.
He said orientation was held on Wednesday, Oct. 30, and the next session is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 12. He said instructions will include how to properly and safely hoist a ladder.
Gassett said previous session have included information on different types of engines and hoses and instructions on fire gear and personal protection. He mentioned they also demonstrated fire prevention to the students of Hinsdale Elementary School.
Hinsdale Fire Chief Jay Matuszewski said the program should greatly benefit the town.
"It's very important. They're the next generation of people who will be doing stuff for the fire department," he said. "If we start them early and get them trained, that's more valuable to the people and to the community later down the road."
Gassett said the program has six leaders and a five-member advisory committee which includes Gassett's wife, Kimberly.
He said 17 is the age requirement to attend The New Hampshire Fire Academy but 18-year-olds still train with the Fire Explorers Program.
Gassett said the program hopes to hold weekend training sessions during the summer.
Domenic Poli can be reached at email@example.com, or 802-254-2311, ext. 277.
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Doubled bed: Springing the money took time
When Stephen Ward and his wife bought their first bed, they never dreamed that it would be grounds for a prolonged battle. Yet battle they did, with both the business that sold it (Mattress Masters) and the business that financed it (Wells Fargo). The uproar was settled– with no assistance from me– shortly after Ward contacted me, so I filed my notes with all the other situations that never see print.
The story kept nagging at me, however, and in the end, roared back to life. That's when things really got interesting. But that part comes later; let's begin with the Wards' experience.
The Wards bought a queen set from Mattress Masters on May 5, 2003, which cost $835.98. They paid $35.98, financed the balance, and shortly afterward received a payment booklet from Wells Fargo, the financing company Mattress Masters uses. They made one payment to Wells Fargo, which reduced the balance to $714.10.
On June 28, they went to Mattress Masters and made a $700 payment; they returned on August 5 and paid the balance of $14.10. "We paid by credit card," Ward told me via email, "with the explicit understanding that the money would be forwarded to Wells Fargo...the employees who helped us offered assurances that the money would be credited to our account there."
I have copies of their receipts, which support this claim: The June 28 receipt for $700 says "Pay account to Wells Fargo," and the August 5 receipt says "Pay-off from #5369 and #5037"– the receipts from the May 5 sale and the June 28 payment of $700.
Far from settling their account, however, they began getting dunning notices from Wells Fargo. "We petitioned [Mattress Masters] from August until November to submit our money to Wells Fargo" before "finally caving and paying Wells Fargo [$714.10] ourselves on November 4"– which means that the cost of their bed had gone from $835.98 to $1550.08.
When Ward first emailed me on December 4, they were still trying to get a refund from Mattress Masters. "My wife and I have met with nothing but delays and excuses," he wrote. "We are going to make one last attempt by giving them an ultimatum and perhaps filing a civil lawsuit." Two weeks later, they received a check.
When Ward contacted me, I immediately thought about an oddly similar situation with a mattress store I'd written about for C-Ville in January 1997. In that case, the consumer had put a "cheap, reliable" mattress set on layway and paid $100. Although she quickly changed her mind and canceled the deal, getting a refund proved almost impossible; in the end, she filed a complaint with the state's Office of Consumer Affairs. After three months of delays and excuses, she finally got a check.
Since the store in that case was Kings and Queens– which no longer exists– I concluded that the earlier dust-up couldn't be connected to the current one. One day last week, however, while driving south on 29, I glanced over at the shops at West Rio Hill and realized that Mattress Masters is in the same spot Kings and Queens had occupied. Even though I still assumed there was no connection, I decided to call the manager, Dick Serv, and ask him about the Wards' experience.
Serv insisted that the clerk who accepted their credit card payments must have assumed they were paying on a layaway, and nothing I said– including reading from the receipts– could convince him otherwise, so I gave up. But by then my interest was really engaged, and I made a trip to the store. Guess what? When I met Serv in person and asked about Kings and Queens, he told me it was the same business– which he'd owned for 12 years– and that he'd simply changed the name. When I asked why, he replied, "It isn't any of your business."
Mattress Masters has an "unsatisfactory record" with the Better Business Bureau of Central Virginia, based on complaints about coupons, delivery hours, and use of the word "sale" in the store's advertising. Ward would probably add what he calls "questionable business practices" to the list.
Do you have a consumer problem or question? Email the Fearless Consumer, write her at 100 Second Street NW, 22902, or call 295-8700 ext. 406.


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I have a longstanding love of Madonna (just scroll to the end of this post to see how long!) and when I first spotted this book in Melbourne, I knew it had to be mine.
It's a gritty yet glam walk down memory lane beginning in May of 1983 when photographer Richard Corman got a call from his mother who was casting for a Scorcese film. Over the phone, she told Richard of a woman she'd just met. "She's an original! I've never met anyone like her!"
Richard obliged his mother's wishes and followed Madonna across the Lower East Side and later to some of her earliest gigs. Of this time in Madonna's career, he said, "She was amazing, but she was also a part of a movement of creativity where the more you pushed, the more it yielded — and there were so many young artists all pushing at once."
Truthfully, these photos and scans just can't do the book full justice — it's beautiful. The cover of the book resembles a tightly wrapped canvas and is a piece of art in its own right (I keep my copy sitting out in my office).
Back on the subject of my longstanding love of all things Madonna, it all started around 1985. After preschool, I'd hang out with my teenage cousin Tracy and to kill time, we'd play dress-up. She had all the cool belts, bandanas, rubber bracelets and black layers. I was always a willing subject to impersonate Madonna!
"This is an invasion of privacy! Why won't the paparazzi leave me alone?! Oh sorry…it's just you again, Aunt Shannon." Huge props to my aunt who always had a camera handy and captured the drama of my childhood!
Featured title: Richard Corman: Madonna NYC 83
Photos and scans: Shauna Haider
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In an unorthodox and intimate piece of viewing, Australian actress and Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver, 65, has given her first interview in two years to her ex-husband Derryn Hinch.
The actress, who was most famous for her theatre roles until she was catapulted into the big league with her role as a criminal family matriarch in Animal Kingdom, is up for her second nomination in three years for Silver Linings Playbook at Monday's Academy Awards (Sunday night US time).
Now a hot property in Hollywood, Weaver has clearly lost none of her trademark humour, giggling her way through the interview with the man she was married to twice between 1983 and 1996 and then again for a year in 1997.
The interview gives insight into Weaver's pre-Oscars week as well as intimate revelations about her career, the sex abuse secret she kept hidden from everyone and how she delivered her own granddaughter.
At the end of the interview, which airs on Seven's Sunday Night, Hinch cheekily says: "I've got one final question. There's always one final question. You know me." To which she responds: "I'm looking wary." He then says: "Can you remind me, why did we break up again?"
Weaver bursts out laughing and says: "Because I ran off with another man ... and I'm sorry ... but he was lovely."
"He was nice, he was, wasn't he?" and Weaver laughs: "It didn't take you long to find another woman ... to find 12 other women I might say!"
The interview comes in the same week Hinch announced his split from his fifth wife, Chanel – who he married in 2006.
The couple lived in the same South Yarra apartment building but never lived together.
In a statement on Wednesday, Hinch said: "I wish to confirm that Chanel and I separated last year. With my new-found health, I have decided I want to spend my remaining years focusing on my career."
Weaver and Hinch have remained friends since their split. The couple turned up at last year's Logies 2012 red carpet arm in arm and it was Hinch who broke the news she was a first-time Oscar nominee several years ago. Weaver had fallen asleep waiting for the announcements at her Beverly Hills hotel and didn't know she had been nominated till her phone beeped with a congratulatory text from Hinch.
Clearly the pair are still great friends, the actress describing Hinch in the interview as just one of nine "husbands" in her love life.
Jo Casamento is the Sun-Herald social columnist


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The White Sox manager, who ripped A-Rod last week for wavering between playing for the United States and the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic, apologized to Rodriguez in a statement on Friday. In Rodriguez's eyes, the issue is now closed.
"Ozzie and I have always been friendly, which is why it was a bit surprising," Rodriguez said. "It's really not that big of a deal. ... I haven't spoken to Ozzie. I already heard what he had to say; he apologized and we've moved on. The apology is already accepted."
Guillen reiterated his apology on Monday, thanking A-Rod for handling the situation as he did.
"It was a tough situation for me and my family and my friends and the White Sox organization overall," Guillen said. "I think it's nice of him. He didn't have to accept it the way he did. He could have come back and say stuff about me or whatever he wanted to.
"He's a class act, man, and brings a lot to this game, both on and off the field," Guillen added. "I really appreciate the way he handled it. I hope this ends the whole thing."
Rodriguez's decision to play for Team USA in next month's WBC was not an easy one. After telling a New York radio station in December that he was leaning toward playing for the Dominican Republic, A-Rod did an about-face just days later, announcing that he would not participate in the event at all, as he didn't want to insult the U.S., his home country or the Dominican Republic, where his parents were born.
"It was tough on me," Rodriguez said. "I understand that most people will just ridicule and make fun of it, but unless you understand my background, where I come from and the passion that my family and my heritage holds, I don't expect anyone to understand that."
Rodriguez spoke with Commissioner Bud Selig and MLBPA COO Gene Orza for two hours on a conference call, as the two men tried to convince the reigning AL MVP to take part in the event.
"He's a draw, and that's what this is about," said Yankees manager Joe Torre. "I can understand his reluctance to make a choice between the two teams, because he doesn't want to upset anybody."
On Jan. 17, A-Rod changed his mind and declared his intention to play for Team USA.
"Both of them shared to me the importance of my participation, what this meant to the growth of the game, not only domestically but globally," Rodriguez said. "If I didn't think this was better for the global growth of the game, I wouldn't be playing. I felt I owe this to the game; I owe everything to the game.
"I recognize what the game has done for me; the game of baseball has been me my whole life," he added. "It's given me everything I have. If not, I might be under a bridge somewhere. I'm very appreciative of the game."
Rodriguez was not appreciative, however, of the rumors that swirled about for a month regarding his decision to play in the WBC, and which country he would represent in the tournament. He blamed Major League Baseball and the Players Association for giving out the information, though he didn't point a specific finger.
"I don't know who was leaking or what, but ... all of the back and forth speculation was ridiculous," Rodriguez said. "That was very frustrating, because it was misleading to the people. I don't want to point to someone if they didn't do it, but the information was coming from someone. To me, it was, 'If I'm going to say something, let me say it.'"
Rodriguez agonized over the decision, even watching his Dominican mother and American wife debate the issue for two hours.
"It was pretty tough, but I'm glad I made the decision and I'm proud of it," Rodriguez said. "I'm very proud to play for the USA team. I plan to enjoy it."
Surprisingly, the reaction from Dominicans was not as bad as Rodriguez had anticipated.
"I thought I was going to get crushed; my whole life is about getting crushed," he said, referring to Guillen's comments and the bashing he took last year from Red Sox players. "That crushing is very inspiring, so I have a lot of inspiration in my life. I had a lot of support from what I understand. I don't go back there much and didn't go back at all this winter, but I thought it was pretty supportive."
A-Rod knows that the verbal shots he endures aren't about to go away, as he enters the second half of his 10-year, $252 million contract.
"Maybe when I retire or stop, but maybe on my way out, they'll kick me out the door, too," he said. "I use it as inspiration and as motivation. It is what it is. My firing back is when I'm in that box with that bat. I get to fire back and do all my talking, shut everybody up."
"It could make you more determined," Torre said. "There's a certain satisfaction from taking it out there as opposed to just responding to it."
Although several big-name stars have pulled out of the WBC, A-Rod plans to play -- and play hard.
"If I'm in, I'm in," he said. "Once you step between the white lines, it's very hard to say it's just an exhibition game. The bottom line is that you'll have USA across your chest, so you're going to live and die for a win."
Rodriguez's primary hesitation about playing in the WBC has little to do with the possibility of getting hurt, as that can happen just as easily in a Grapefruit League game. Instead, he's worried about getting his usual spring workouts in, as he prepares for his third season in pinstripes.
"I'm a wacko, a crazy man, when it comes to my routines," he said. "I'm a little panicky about how I'm going to get into my routine in Arizona, Anaheim and San Diego. I'm a little concerned, but I'm going to work on that."
Team USA's first-round games will take place in Phoenix, while second-round contests would be held in Anaheim. San Diego, of course, will host the championship game, so Rodriguez seems confident that Team USA will have great success in the inaugural event.
"Without a question," he said, "I'm expecting to be in San Diego."
Mark Feinsand is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I am so lucky that I get to spend a month in Salt Lake City, Feb 15-March 18. We got Epic Passes so I see my self at Canyons (PC) a lot.
We only have so much space so I am looking for the recommendations for the best two kites to bring 12m or less for the best snowkiting conditions at Strawberry or Skyline.
I don't need to kite every day there is wind, just the sweetest.
Also, If anyone else is in the area during the same time and is also visiting/ new to the area and wants a ride buddy PM me, I will be solo mid-week and would love to connect with some solid riders and catch some tracks.
Scott Klandl


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Columbus Day
Lessons, Activities, and Other Resources Present a Range Of Opinions on Christopher Columbus
Columbus Day is celebrated in the United States, Spain, and many countries in Latin America. Whether Christopher Columbus is thought of positively or negatively depends on point-of-view. The following lessons, resources, activities, and videos present a range of opinions.
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(you can also set up Basilisk II for OS X)
Basilisk II emulates up to a 68040 Macintosh. You can install up to Mac OS 8.1 in the emulated machine. This guide focuses on installation of System 7.5.3, which is available for free (and legal) download from Apple.
Installing System 7.5.3 (which can be updated to 7.5.5) is fun and easy! But before getting started, there are a few files that you will need to download:
Note: If you experience the infamous "black screen" problem (i.e: when you launch the emulator you see only black), you can try setting up Basilisk II build 142, a much older (but perhaps more stable) version of the emulator.
Download the files above. Extract Basilisk II. Remember to extract the System 7 boot disk to your Basilisk II directory. Remember also to put SDL.dll in the Basilisk directory and to install the GTK +2 Runtime.
To access CDs within the emulated Macintosh, you need to place the file "cdenable.sys" from the "CD-ROM Drivers" directory of Basilisk in your "..WINDOWS\system32\drivers" directory. Note: cdenable.sys is a 32 bit driver and therefore will not work in a 64 bit Operating System. You can place the driver in the /Windows/syswow64/drivers folder to solve the error messege about the missing driver, but it will not make BasiliskII read cd-roms in 64-bit Windows.
First we will create a blank hard disk image that we can install System 7.5.3 to. Start by running HFVExplorer. Click on "File" and then "Format New Volume." Give your volume a name and a size of at least 100 MB. Click the arrow beside "Volume File Path of Floppy Selection" and browse to your Basilisk II directory. Give your hard disk image a name ("install.hfv" is used in this tutorial) and click "save" to create the image. See figure one, below, for a look at the New Volume creation options.
Figure one: Creating a blank disk image in HFVExplorer
Now we will copy the System 7.5.3 files to the blank disk image that we just created. Check that the image you just created is listed at the top of the left hand pane of HFVExplorer. If not, click on "File" and "Open Volume" to open it.
Using HFVExplorer, navigate to the folder that contains the System 7.5.3 files that you downloaded earlier. Click and drag the folder over to the blank image that you created. When the "select copy mode" dialog appears, just click "OK." See figures two and three for help.
Figure two: Copying System files to a blank hard disk image using HFV Explorer
Figure three: Hit "OK" when the "select copy mode" dialog appears
Close HFVExplorer. Run the file BasiliskIIGUI.exe in the Basilisk II directory. In the "volumes" tab click on "Add…" and select the System 7 Boot disk (system70_boot.dsk) and the disk image you created earlier (install.hfv). See Figure four for some help.
Switch to the "Memory/Misc" tab of the Basilisk II GUI. Click "browse" and select your ROM file. To boot the bootdisk from this guide, the Mac Model ID should be set to "MacIIci (MacOS 7.x). You can change this later.
Switch to the "Jit Compiler" tab. Deselect "Translate through constant jumps (inline blocks)".
Figure four: The volumes tab of the Basilisk II GUI. Two volumes are loaded.
If your emulated Macintosh has booted successfully, it should look a bit like figure five.
Figure five: The Macintosh desktop after booting the System 7 boot disk
Now we are going to install System 7.5.3. One of the disks on the Macintosh desktop is the one you created using HFVExplorer and that contains the System 7.5.3 installation files. Open that disk. Open the folder containing the install files and locate the file called "System 7.5.3 01of19.smi." That file should be easy to find - it's got color (see figure six)!
Figure six: Click first on the file named "System 7.5.3 01of19.smi" and then on the disk icon called "Sys7.5 V7.5.3 CD Inst"
You can now install System 7.5.3 in several easy steps:
One: Double click on "System 7.5.3 01of19.smi" to get started. Click to agree to the terms and wait for the files to verify.
Two: A disk icon named "Sys7.5 V7.5.3 CD Inst" will have appeared on the desktop (see figure six). Double click this icon. In the folder that opens, there will be an icon named "Installer." Double click this icon. Press "continue" in the dialog box that appears to begin installation.
Three: In the upper left-hand corner of the screen that now appears there is a box that says "Easy Install." Click the arrow in the box to get a drop down menu. Select "custom install" from that menu. The window will change to a list of installation options that you can chose from. Click the small arrow beside "System Software" to reveal a list of system options. Click the box beside "Universal Install for Any Macintosh" (see figure seven). Scroll down and click the arrow beside "Networking & Connectivity" then click the box beside "Open Transport" and the box beside "Network Software Selector." Installing these two components will make it easier to go online within your emulated Macintosh.
Four: Make sure that the "destination disk" is the disk that you created earlier and not the boot disk. Click "switch disk" if necessary (see figure seven).
Five: Click "Install." Click "Quit" when the installation finishes
Figure seven: Click the check-box to carry out a "Universal Install for Any Macintosh." Scroll down to select Networking Options.
Congratulations, you have installed System 7.5.3! But there are a couple things you have to do before you can boot the OS. First, shut down the emulated Mac (click "Special" and "Shutdown"). Now, run the Basilisk II GUI again. In the volumes tab you must remove the System 7 boot disk, leaving only the disk that you created in HFVExplorer (and installed the Operating System on). Click "start" to run the emulator again, booting from your fresh install of System 7.5.3. Once the system is booted, you should keep the original System 7 installation files on your disk image, as they contain additional system software you might want to install at a later time.
You should install Stuffit Expander, which you will need if you want to install any applications on the emulated Mac. Installation is very simple. Just download Stuffit Expander 5.5 to windows. Drag the file into your install.hfv disk image using HFVExplorer, clicking "ok" (just as before) when asked for a copy mode. Boot your emulated Macintosh and look for "Aladdin Expander 5.5 Installer." Double click to Install.
If you check the "Enable My Computer" box in the Volumes tab of the Basilisk II GUI, you can drag files from your Windows system to your emulated Macintosh, forgoing the use of HFVExplorer.
You should also update to System 7.5.5. The update process is very simple. You can get the update from Apple's ftp site. The fastest way is to just download Sys_7.5.5_Update-NetInstall.sea.bin. Download that single file to Windows and drag it into your install.hfv disk image using HFVExplorer, clicking "ok" (just as before) when asked for a copy mode. Boot your emulated Mac and locate the file "Sys 7.5.5 Update-Netinstall.sea." Double click to run it. Hit "continue" and "save" and "quit" when prompted. There will now be a folder called "Sys 7.5.5 Update Net install." Open the folder and run "installer" to finish updating.
I've written a few other guides for Basilisk II. You might want to read about getting online, or about some good software for the emulated 68K Macintosh. Check out the articles page for other guides.
Both the cdenable.sys driver and the basilisk ethernet driver will not work in 64-bit Windows versions. Therefore you can't access cd-roms and can't make appletalk work on these windows versions. You can, however, make .iso images of your cd roms and add them to the volumes list in the BasiliskII GUI. For internet access you can use the "slirp" option. You can place the cdenable.sys driver in the \Windows\SysWOW64\drivers folder to get rid of the (faulty) error reported about not being able to find the driver in the \windows\system32\drivers folder. The currently available experimental 64-bit GTK package has not been tested with BasiliskII.
We're all done! For more help you should check out our Macintosh Emulation Forum. Big thanks to Gwenole Beauchesne for developing JIT Basilisk II. Even bigger thanks to Marc Hoffman. This is based on a guide he wrote in the late 1990s, which can be found over here.


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A man died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery.
The shooting was reported at 10 a.m. Friday in Section 64, near the Columbarium Courts.
When police arrived, they found a man suffering from a single gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
"Although we have not completely ruled it out in order to conduct a complete and thorough investigation, we do not suspect foul play at this point in the investigation," said Chris Grey, the spokesman for the Army's Criminal Investigation Command.
The section contains the remains of 50 victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the Pentagon. It overlooks the Pentagon's west side, where hijackers crashed a commercial airliner into the U.S. Department of Defense headquarters.
The cemetery remains open to visitors and families. Graveside services will go on as planned.
The man has not been identified, but he was not active duty military. An Arlington County police spokesman described him as "elderly."


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Microblogging has exploded in recent years with the popularity of Twitter. Enterprises have been exploring microblogging as a way to cut down on email and adopt social media that younger workers are comfortable using.
Mark Ellis, a sr. developer, teamed up with Stacy Young from our LiveCycle engineering team to build an enterprise microblogging platform leveraging new features of ColdFusion 9 and LiveCycle Data Services.
We released our internal microblogging platform called Vibe internally at Adobe a few months ago. It has been well received and we continue to develop new features. While we are not yet releasing the source code for our internally deployed version you can peek under the hood.
A new Adobe DevNet article has just been published detailing all the groovy details.
Take a look to learn how the new ORM features of ColdFusion 9 will dramatically reduce your time to build such an application. Sample code is included to get you started.
In addition you can watch our MAX 2009 session on Adobe TV to hear our architect, Venkatesh Yadav, talk about how to build this platform.
In the video you'll also get information on how to leverage the same ColdFusion back end service for an iPhone app using the recently announced mobile framework.
Lastly we give a sneak about Gravity – a new framework soon to debut on Adobe Labs that will allow you to build interoperable/pluggable Flex/AIR apps.