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One of our moms suggested that we discuss what's happening to the 22-year old Stone Mountain woman who has been accused of driving drunk and killing a police officer with her vehicle.
In case you haven't seen the story here is the basic gist from the AJC (click for full story and more coverage):
"The Stone Mountain woman accused of being drunk when her car slammed into and killed an Atlanta police officer has been cited six times for traffic violations in five years, the Fulton County District Attorney's office said Thursday.
"Chasity Nicole Jones, 22, will remain in the Fulton County jail for at least the next two weeks after a Fulton County magistrate judge refused to grant bond at a court appearance Thursday morning. Jones was charged with felony first-degree vehicular homicide as well as two misdemeanors, driving under the influence and failure to yield to person authorized to direct traffic following the death of Senior Officer Gail Thomas."
"Jones was in a jail courtroom Thursday, where Fulton Magistrate Judge Jessy Lall set bond at $15,000 on the two misdemeanors, but refused to allow bond on the vehicular homicide charge."
"Jones said nothing during the hearing, but repeatedly turned her head to look at her mother, who sat in the back of the small courtroom. A cousin of the Atlanta police officer killed in Tuesday night's crash was also in the courtroom."
"Lall scheduled a preliminary hearing for Jones for Feb. 9 in Fulton Superior Court, at which time her lawyers can ask a Superior Court judge to set bond."
"This was the first arrest for Jones, but she has been six times for traffic offenses, including four times for speeding, a member of the DA's office told the judge Thursday. Jones has also been cited twice for making erratic lane changes and twice didn't show up for court appearances, according to the DA's office."
"In Nov. 2008, Jones was cited in Gwinnett County for causing a one-vehicle wreck on Five Forks Trickum Road, Cpl. Jake Smith with Gwinnett police told the AJC…."
To me the story is heartbreaking not only for the officer and her family but for the young woman. I always want to give people the benefit of the doubt and I am wondering if this was one alleged bad decision or the culmination of multiple bad things happening in this young woman's life?
That does seem to be a large number of traffic violations in a short number of years, and I wonder if there was a way for her parents or the police to intervene before the driving allegedly became worse? I wonder if the driving issues are reflective of other issues/problems as well?
What are you thoughts on the story? Do you have any sympathy for the 22-year-old young woman and her family? Was there any way for this to be prevented?
January 27th, 2012
5:13 am
I have no sympathy for her. She drove drunk and took a life. Actions have consequences.
January 27th, 2012
7:04 am
No sympathy here, either. This wasn't a one-time thing. Now a family is deprived of their breadwinner. This was preventable. Why wasn't she in jail as a repeat offender? SIX previous arrests?!
January 27th, 2012
7:12 am
No sympathy either and I guarantee if the 22-year-old had been an African-American young lady, this wouldn't even be news. She'd be locked up and left to rot.
January 27th, 2012
7:32 am
no sympathy at all for her.
January 27th, 2012
7:36 am
All it takes is one bad decision — Is there a magic number of "bad decisions" necessary before consequences should be suffered? She made the, in my mind, obvious decision to get behind the wheel of a vehicle while imparied – and, not just a little impaired, but DOUBLE the alcohol limit deemed legal. Without question, that was a "single" bad decision but to give her any "benefit of the doubt" isn't the stance I would take. Preventable? Aren't they all?? Any time an individual drives a vehicle while intoxicated equeates to both a "bad decision" and an action that is very much "preventable.
I know, for example, that @catlady chooses not to imbide – and she has her reasons for such. I, on the other hand, very much enjoy an alcoholic beverage and usually partake in a couple every afternoon after work. But I do this at home where I feel I'm free to partake should I choose.
When my wife and I go out to dinner and, should alcohol be served, literally only one of us drinks and the other immediately becomes the DD. Sure, we compromise and "take turns" but there is no way in hell that I will jeopardize my career, my life as I know it, and I'm sure as crap not going to have an adverse affect of some innocent person due to a "preventable bad decision".
@ABC, I think you should wait until this 22-year-old isn't properly punished before you start any racially-biased crap – unless, of course, you have inside knowledge and/or you are the judge/jury.
Okay — Sorry for the length and stepping off my soapbox now…
January 27th, 2012
7:46 am
@TWG, wait a second, are you actually thinking that a 22-year-old, at this point in her life, does not know right from wrong? Wasn't she a server at Longhorn where alcoholic beverages are served? As such, doesn't she have the "duty to act" in refusing to serve someone who is obviously intoxicated?You seem to imply that perhaps her family life while being reared could be to blame almost as if you are stating that she was "taught" that drinking and driving are acceptable or implying that the parental unit "coulda, woulda, shoulda" done more.
I always get so frustrated when I hear people state, in one form or another, that "society" is to blame…
January 27th, 2012
7:58 am
"Was there any way for this to be prevented?"
Umm, Don't Drink and Drive?
January 27th, 2012
8:08 am
Did anybody see the interview with this girl's mother? "I told her to quit drinking. No, it's not a problem I guess she just forgets she's drinking and drives". OMG. This was not a one time bad decision. Even if it was, she took a life. There is no excuse. I was a teenager in the 80's and not drinking and driving was so ingrained in our brains, we just didn't do it. The teens I know today are that way about texting and driving. They just don't do it.
I think, as a whole, the only people who drink and drive in this day are people who do it all the time. You don't just decide the one time you drink in a year to get behind the wheel. You are either against is or not. If you're not or if you have an alcohol problem (as this girl obviously did) you suffer the consequences. In this case, that might be life in jail.
I suspect this girl's mother gave her No direction No consequences. This girl was on a path to destroying her life. She and the rest of us will be better off with her in jail.
January 27th, 2012
8:25 am
My comment got eaten…And I apologied for my testiness for the last couple of days…..
January 27th, 2012
8:33 am
I apologize to you for my testiness. I have been super preggo hormone lady lately! Four weeks to go and I feel like I am going to lose a pelvis soon! I'm sure you're an awesome parent. Sorry for my mean comments.
There is no sympathy in my body for this 22 year old woman.
And I am thinking that some investigating needs to be done into why she had not been jailed before this!
January 27th, 2012
8:33 am
No sympathy here either. My brother was hit by a drunk driver about 15 years ago and luckily walked away from a vehicle that flipped 3 times. We were fortunate. Drunk Driving is serious and the driver should be charged with vehicular homicide.
I do not think it matters that the woman who was killed was a police officer and I am unsure why that is such a big part of the news. The bottom line is she was someone's loved one and she died a preventable death because of someone's selfishness and stupidity.
January 27th, 2012
8:38 am
No sympathy from me…she took a life.
We just spoke with someone whose husband got a $700 ticket for incorrectly passing a police officer who had pulled a vehicle over on the side of the road ( it was not him…he was just driving nearby).
I cannot imagine being a parent and getting the call that this is your child. I have known very few people whose adult children are in jail. Heartbreaking for sure. Something I hope I never experience. I also knew of someone who went to a party in their own neighborhood and was t-boned on the way home by a drunk driver…paralyzed for life.
My own children know that there are two kinds of mistakes…those that derail you a bit such as losing your wallet/keys, failing a class, etc. and then those that are life altering…such as this one above. We try to avoid the life altering ones…even though they know we will help them but there is not too much you can do on this one but take your lumps.
Our son knew someone who left a party drunk and plowed into a tree and died. They hid his keys from him and he found an emergency set hidden on his car. It made quite an impression on him.
He was working that night but he called us to tell us the story and later attended the funeral. He told us that the parents looked horrible and I replied that we would look the same way. Our little dog was plowed over before my daughter's eyes by someone who was presumably drunk and driving in our neighborhood. Since there was no police report, we will never know.
What a terrible ( preventable) thing for this police officer's family.
January 27th, 2012
8:39 am
@iRun…..we're good!!! Good luck with the final countdown to the delivery. Is this your first?
And to everyone else out there, I do apologize for my testiness, rudeness and general all around nastiness. This weather has been affecting me the last couple of days. It's hot, it's cold, it rains, the sun peeks out, it's overcast. I don't like winter weather. I need sunshine!!!!!
So I apologize to everyone!!!!
January 27th, 2012
8:45 am
She didn't have 6 previous arrest. She had 5 previous TRAFFIC CITATIONS and the other offense isn't specified.
What she did was wrong and she desirves to go to jail. But while everyone sits and points and judges, I'm sure you have all been behind the wheel under the influence as well. So intead of turning up our nose at this person. Everyone makes mistakes. You shouldn't have so much to say on situation that has nothing to do with yall.
January 27th, 2012
8:47 am
The only reason your willing to give her some sympathy (whether you realize it or not) is she is a young, cute, HWP, white, northside atlanta female. She broke the law, she killed a cop, no mercy. If it were my daughter I'd feel the same way.
January 27th, 2012
8:49 am
We need to bring in some old school singaporean punishment for people actin a fool and we will see a decrease in this stuff. But libtards will not let that happen. They get upset when we drop water on the heads of terrorist in Gino so hitting a citizen with a cane is really not going to fly.
Want to put a stop to domestic violence, DUIs, bad parenting and bad adult decision making? Make the reprecussions mean something.
January 27th, 2012
8:50 am
I will say this….a lot of people who want the book thrown at her think OJ was innocent and Vick deserved a second chance in the NFL to make millions. Jus sayin!!!
I think the girl needs to serve to ensure she never does this again.
January 27th, 2012
8:50 am
Before everyone calls for the young lady to be burned at the stake, which is the sort of typical knee-jerk reaction seen from the average layperson, remember that getting a DUI does not necessarily mean you're drunk.
However obviously it's unfortunate and she wasn't being careful. In my opinion ANY accident is unfortunate, and we have to try to avoid them the best we can.
PS: one of posters was (predictably) playing the race card. You can stop doing that. It's 2012.
January 27th, 2012
8:51 am
No sympathy here either. She killed someone, so she should go to jail just as if she had killed someone with a gun.
January 27th, 2012
8:54 am
"The only reason your willing to give her some sympathy (whether you realize it or not) is she is a young, cute, HWP, white, northside atlanta female."
No. Unless you're clairvoyant and can read minds, you don't get to make assumptions and claim to know what other people are thinking.
If anything, I consider anyone who's lived a priviledged life to get a little bit less sympathy from me.
However I prefer to take the emotion out of the situation and be unbiased & look at all the facts first.
January 27th, 2012
8:56 am
Oh, just so you know, I'm white.
January 27th, 2012
8:56 am
Ya'll just hatin cause a white girl done did wrong this time. yall some ignorant bustas!
January 27th, 2012
8:56 am
Camille…I am going out on a limb here and saying that this is a bit larger than a mistake. A mistake is a car accident when you are not drinking and when someone pulls right in front of you. A mistake is when I was looking at my daughter and her friend in the back seat of my car and ran into a mailbox in our neighborhood. I realize that she did not kill this police officer on purpose but she did get behind the wheel drunk and it does not say that anyone forced her …she made that choice. If you do something illegal does that fall into the "mistake" category? I do not think so. Maybe I am the only one?
Augusta asked about this yesterday and so TWG is using it for the topic today and now you think we should not have so much to say about it…can TWG win here? That is what we do on this blog… comment on situations.
January 27th, 2012
8:56 am
Oh, just so you know I am also fat and dumb….
January 27th, 2012
8:59 am
It's not that I have a ton of sympathy for the woman who killed the officer. It's a general sadness that in addition to a life being ended, another life has also been ruined -all due to complete stupidity. I certainly don't think Chasity intended to kill anyone, but she obviously cannot drive well, and she chose to drive drunk and look where she is now. It IS awful, and it's even more awful for the family and friends of the police officer who is dead. There's no way she shouldn't go to jail. This was vehicular manslaughter plain and simple.
Whenever she DOES get back out into society, I don't think she should ever be allowed to have a driver's license again. Due to her prior citations for poor driving (and honestly -she's not very old, so she's getting at least a ticket a year here) and this capper -she doesn't need to operate a motor vehicle.
January 27th, 2012
9:02 am
I am fat and dumb, but I have never killed a cop and I know that this blog would not have been written if it had been a young girl from east atlanta. I've lived here my entire life. You can take personal shots at me if it makes you feel better about it, but it's true.
January 27th, 2012
9:05 am
She registered a .16, she was most definitely drunk. AND her mother said she had a drinking problem. I am the first person to feel sorry for people who make bad decisions that end in dire consequences but this is not one of those cases.
@ Camille. I don't know what world you live in but people I know don't drink and drive. I am the only person I know who will drive after one drink. My friends and family have a strict "one drink and someone else drives" policy. Recently I had one drink at a restaurant in Florida. It turned out to be really strong. As soon as I noticed the effects, I gave the keys to my sister-in-law.
Sometimes there are grey areas in these situations. No grey here. Not drinking and driving is NOT a new concept. This girl had no regard for others, and she obviously had no regard for the court system or she would have shown up for court on her traffic charges.
January 27th, 2012
9:05 am
In fact im so dumb I meant to say west side atlanta, not east, so that point proven.
January 27th, 2012
9:09 am
DUI means that your ability to drive is impaired by either drugs or alcohol. I have no sympathy for this young lady. She chose to get behind the wheel, and unfortunately she killed someone. Hope that she gets more than a slap on the hand.
I wonder what was the state of the others in the car with her if she was the one driving.
January 27th, 2012
9:09 am
Can you explain how getting a DUI does not mean you are drunk? I'm not being sarcastic, I seriously would like to know.
January 27th, 2012
9:16 am
DUI Driving under the influence. Either alcohol or drugs. You are under the influence of SOMETHING in order to get a DUI….go check out gwinnett.mugs. You will see DUI-Drugs on some of the charges.
January 27th, 2012
9:26 am
DUI does mean alcohol or drugs but in this case, she was clearly drunk.
January 27th, 2012
9:26 am
I am so sick of this 'allegedly' PC BS. If witnesses see you kill someone with your car, it is not allegedly. Does the fact that the victim was a cop make it somehow worse, no, but it is a tragedy that this woman went to work everyday to protect the public and some jerk who couldn't be bothered to call a cab took her life away.
For anyone playing the race card, the victim is black, the perp white, and many of us calling for justice are white. I am, and I think the justice system should throw the book at her for a series of bad decisions culminating in the ultimate irresponsible behavior.
As for DD, I know I would love her no matter what, but I would grieve her terrible decisions and pray for the victim's family and friends. She's my daughter no matter what. I feel so sad for the mom, but it appears she did have an idea of her daughter's behavior, so I feel more sorrow for the victim's daughter, who was pulled from school by an in-person visit from the police that family members dread.
@Augusta – This weather is enough to make anyone grumpy.
January 27th, 2012
9:34 am
No sympathy. I had a DUI years ago and it was a simple issue of a cop following me I to a parking garage, then questioning me when I got out with my groceries. Technically, I broke the law, so imhave no reason to be indignant about it. As a matter of fact, it changed the way I looked at drinking and made me look at myself pretty deeply. I didn't do jail time, but paid, and continue to pay, in other ways.
Mine didn't invole an accident or anyone else being injured or killed, so there's a difference in the outcome. But as someone who tries to think logically, did my DUI prevent me from having one of those sometime later in life? Although there are no guarantees on predicting the future, the logical guess is yes.
She needs to be held accoutable for her actions. And the community has the right to protect itself from people and situations that it deems a threat to the community itself. And the community is the one that gets to set the standards.
See, I learned quite a bit! :).
January 27th, 2012
9:38 am
I have a niece who lives in Athens, GA. She tells me there are PLENTY of taxi's people can use when partying. And they also have a "Designated Dawgs" program. Sorority girls and fraternity guys will come and get you, take you home, and will take you to your car the next day. FOR FREE!!!!
January 27th, 2012
9:41 am
Even if the incident is on video and 1000 people saw it. "Allegedly" will still have to be used until there is a conviction to keep from being sued for slander.
January 27th, 2012
10:07 am
@Max – I know, but it's one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse for our country as far as I'm concerned.
January 27th, 2012
10:29 am
Tragic for everyone involved. So many lives ruined.
She took a life and will do the time as she should.
January 27th, 2012
10:31 am
@Oh yea, im going there… Stone Mountain is due East of Atlanta.
January 27th, 2012
10:39 am
To me, this weather is NOTHING compared to those who endure piles of snow and subzero temps all winter. I was near St. Louis 2 weeks ago and it was snowing like crazy. I stood in my hotel room and debated going out to warm my car up and drive out to eat or stay in and eat in the hotel. I stayed in! I am thrilled that we do not have to shovel or use an ice scraper on our car each day. Rain and clouds are not a big deal, to me, as we know the sun will eventually come back and then some will be complaining that it is too hot. I am worried with the daffodils and cherry blossoms blooming…since we typically have a surprise snow storm in Feb. or March if it is warm in Jan. and then I would rather be done with winter…that's just me!
January 27th, 2012
10:54 am
My heart goes out to the family of the deceased. She was a great person working at a job and she was killed by a bad driver. I observe drivers not yielding to these same situations on a daily occurance. Just because you live in a big city doesn't give you the right to not slow down and give these people a break. Sure drinking was a big part of her decision making, but, it appears that she was the kind of driver that didn't take into consideration the dangers that officers and the like face when they are in these situations. Slow down and onserve, because, the live you save maybe a wonderful person like this officer!
January 27th, 2012
11:16 am
I feel sorry for the girl. Ya'll are just a bunch of self righteous hypocrites in my opinion. you NEVER go 36 in a 35 zone. You NEVER roll through a stop sign you ALWAYS do 54 on the interstate and use a turn signal every time you turn or change lanes………… Yeah right.
I also felt sorry for that girl a couple of Thanksgivings back who killed a couple of people and her mom sent her car away to have it fixed. It's sad to see young kids do stupid, preventable things that cost people their lives.
That doesn't mean I don't think she shouldn't be punished. She (like MOST of you) just couldn't believe in their were consequences to her actions. I know that NONE of you talk on your cell phones while driving, (something that has been proven to be more dangerous than driving drunk). I'm not typing TEXTING, I typed TALKING. http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/DrivingIssues/20060830105036.html
So how many of you self righteous stone tossers are Chatty Cathy while driving down the road putting MY life in jeopardy? Oh but that's different right? It's different because unlike this young lady you haven't had to pay the consequences for your stupidity and lack of "belief" that it's dangerous.
To answer your question Theresa, yes it was preventable. Yes the girl was stupid and irresponsible and yes I feel sorry for her and her family. As well as the family of the cop. But sometimes stupid does have consequences.
January 27th, 2012
11:30 am
You can't fix stupid, but you can lock it up for a long time to keep it from hurting others.
I'll say it again, teach your kids the difference between right and wrong and that their decisions have consequences that they need to take into consideration and hopefully they will be able to avoid the stupid.
Because the stupid, IT BURNS!
January 27th, 2012
12:08 pm
Fred, I think what you are trying to say is that we can have sympathy or feel sorry for her without believing that she should be released and go on her merry way. I can agree with that. As many on this blog know, I work for DFCS and see poor decision making constantly. I often say I feel sorry for someone but that has no bearing on the consequences that they have to face. I might "feel sorry" for the meth. addict who's crying as I take away her kid or an 18 yr old guy who's locked up for shaking a baby that his girlfriend left him to take care of when he had no idea how to take care of a baby. I do "feel sorry" for the fact that their life came to that moment. Others around me will say, "how do you feel sorry for him/her". I can't explain it. It hurts to see another human hurting. I have to say I even felt sorry for the guy who killed the girl in Canton. I was pretty closely involved in that case. He was a pathetic human being and did the world a favor by ending his life.
I think, though, that our society can not let our feelings change the way we handle these types of situations. I can feel sorry for these people but not lose sleep over the fact that they will be in prison. There are so many other things to lose sleep over.
January 27th, 2012
12:17 pm
And Fred – you are perfect? You've never broken any laws? How's that glass house working for you?
This COULD have been avoided. The girl could have stayed home and drank. She could have called a taxi, someone else should have been driving. But she CHOSE to get behind the wheel of the car. SHE chose to drive while severely impaired. Why she didn't see the flashing blue lights on the side of the road, is unknown. But, she knew enough to stop. At least she didn't flee the scene.
Maybe if she had left the bar earlier, or a few minutes later, this wouldn't have happened. Maybe if she had NOT drank as much….. Now she has to live with the consequences. She killed someone. I bet she NEVER takes a drink of alcohol ever again.
But the fact is, she CHOSE this path. Now she must pay the consequences. It's as simple as that. You are responsible for your own actions, and your actions have consequences!!! This was a consequence that could have been avoided.
January 27th, 2012
12:19 pm
@Fred – thank you! I was just sitting here thinking the same thing. We all do things that are not perfect but, by the grace of God, we are not faced with having killed another person. Does she deserve to go to jail, yes. This is hard for me because my brother is a stone cold alcoholic that drives drunk and it scares me to death for him and everybody else on the road. We can do NOTHING to reach him…and trust me we've ALL tried. He thinks he's invincible and that he can drive as well after drinking as he can sober. Yes he is stupid. but what else can we do? The same as what this woman's mother could do…nothing. Does he know right from wrong? Hell yeah. So it's not a matter of knowing right from wrong. He's had a DUI and has spent 2 nights in jail but that has not changed his behavior so it's not just knowing consequences. He is doing better because he's made an agreement with his girlfriend but I'm scared for the next time EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY LIFE but I'm helpless, especially being 8 hours away. And yes, I lose sleep over it. I won't move home to Louisiana because I can't deal with what is going on from here so I'd be a mess living there. So yeah I feel sorry for this girl's family. You don't know what they've been through and will go through.
January 27th, 2012
12:28 pm
Good points Fred, Denise and Homeschooler.
January 27th, 2012
12:46 pm
Yes, we know about alcoholics here…my father in law is one. The last time I rode with him, years ago, I determined I would never get in a vehicle with him again. My children have never ridden in the car with him. Scary stuff for sure! Twenty Five years ago, I reached into my glove box ( near a stop sign in a neighborhood) to get something and barely popped into a car in front of me. No damage, as the car was so old you would not be able to tell anything either way. This was way before cell phones. Things can happen very quickly to anyone who is driving a car but getting into a car when you are drunk, tips the odds against you IMHO.


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Reading With the N.O./Oklahoma City Hornets
The Oklahoma City Hornets will be scoring big with elementary school children when a team of players comes to the Downtown Library on Friday, Feb. 9, 2007 , from 4:00 to 5:00pm . The NBA players will meet and mingle with the kids before settling down to read aloud to them.
The program is called Reading Time Out With the Oklahoma City Hornets', said Downtown librarian Lisa Bradley. Team members will read aloud to the children, and my guess is that they will have just as much fun as the kids. Maybe more.
If more proof were needed that the Hornets and Oklahoma City have a very special relationship going, this special story hour should erase all doubts.
It's an after-school event, Bradley added, so we expect a large turn-out. For that reason, people need to call ahead to pre-register and arrange for tickets.
The Downtown Library is located at 300 Park Ave. For more information, please call 606-3862.
Reading Time Out With the Oklahoma City Hornets is co-sponsored by the Metropolitan Library System and the New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets.
The Metropolitan Library System of Oklahoma County includes 12 libraries and five extension libraries. Libraries include Belle Isle, Capitol Hill, Ralph Ellison, Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library and Southern Oaks in Oklahoma City, as well as Bethany, Choctaw, Del City, Edmond, Midwest City, Village and Warr Acres. Extensions are located in the communities of Harrah, Jones, Luther and Nicoma Park and include Wright Library in Oklahoma City . You can also reach us at www.metrolibrary.org.


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Preview: Kings v Sharks
The Sharks will be out to bring the Kings back down to earth with a loud thud when the two South African outfits clash for the first time in a Super Rugby match.
The tournament newbies got their debut campaign off to the perfect start after seeing off the Western Force two weeks ago. They also made history in the process, as no new team in the competition has ever won in their first match.
Now the coastal teams square off at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, with the hosts aiming to build on their impressive induction to Super Rugby.
A win coupled with a bye means the seventh-placed Kings enter this match on level points (8) with the Sharks, with the visitors ahead on the standings due to points differential.
The men from Durban have also impressed following wins over the Cheetahs and Stormers to settle in second place in the SA conference and fifth overall as they hunt for a third straight win.
However, the Sharks won't be expecting an easy ride this weekend and will be wary of the Kings who no doubt will be roared on once again by a fiercely partisan crowd.
Two weeks ago, the unfancied Kings were under enormous pressure to prove that they belonged in the competition. Their surprise opening win certainly silenced their critics, won them a few fans along the way and deserved every bit of applause for what was achieved in Port Elizabeth.
But this week their job is to prove that the 22-10 victory over the Force was no fluke.
To do this, the Kings will need to lift their intensity if they wish to trouble the in-form visitors still missing the likes of Keegan Daniel, Willem Alberts and Bismarck du Plessis to injury.
The home side once again enter this match as underdogs but showed they offer more than just a loud bark for 80 minutes - something Sharks coach John Plumtree is well aware of.
"If your feet come off the ground and your head is in the clouds then this competition just bites you," he said.
"We've seen that with us and other teams in the past, so we've just got to regroup and prepare for the next contest.
"It's up to the players to understand that they've let themselves down in the past and we've got to respect everyone we come up against, because when you don't, that's when you get hit.
"You've got to remain focussed, forget about the past and focus on the future."
Super head to head: Petersen versus Pietersen! All eyes will be on the teen sensation Sergeal Petersen, who was the toast of PE thanks to his man-of-the-match performance against the Force which included two tries. Another 80 sublime minutes will be required from the player who was still at school four months ago. But the former Grey College student could be taught a harsh lesson or two by World Cup-winning Bok wing JP Pietersen, who will be itching to bag his first try of 2013. Indeed, this truly is a case of master versus the apprentice!
Prediction: If the Kings thought they had a tough work-out in their win over the Force, they're about to jump out of the pot and into the fire. It's still early days, but one has the feeling we're about to get a better measure of the Kings' ability when they host the 2012 runners-up. We foresee a much more open game with the dangerous Sharks backline given plenty of space to stretch their legs... Sharks by 20.
The teams:
Kings: 15 SP Marais, 14 Marcello Sampson, 13 Ronnie Cooke, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Sergeal Petersen, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Jacques Engelbrecht, 7 Wimpie van der Walt, 6 Cornell du Preez, 5 Steven Sykes, 4 Darron Nell (c), 3 Kevin Buys, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 Schalk Ferreira
Replacements: 16 Edgar Marutlulle, 17 Jaco Engels, 18 David Bulbring, 19 Luke Watson, 20 Nicolas Vergallo, 21 George Whitehead, 22 Hadleigh Parkes.
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MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Children who are bullied during gym classes or while doing other types of exercise and sports are less likely to be physically active, a new study finds.
Researchers looked at students in grades 4 and 5 at six elementary schools in the U.S. Midwest. The kids were surveyed at the start of the study, and again a year later.
Overweight, obese and normal weight children who said they were bullied during physical activity tended to exercise less a year later, according to the findings published in the January/February issue of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
A number of studies have linked bullying with decreased exercise among obese or overweight youngsters, but the researchers said they were surprised to find that this was also true among normal weight children.
"Our finding that this applies to normal weight kids also was novel," study author Chad Jensen, a psychology professor at Brigham Young University, said in a university news release.
The study also found that overweight youngsters who were teased during exercise and sports had poorer health-related quality of life and lower physical, social and academic abilities.
"If we can help them to have a better perception of their physical and social skills, then physical activity may increase and health-related quality is likely to improve," Jensen said.
He noted that most schools now have anti-bullying programs, but these findings show that it's important to have policies that specifically discourage bullying based on a child's physical abilities.
"We hope our study will raise awareness that educators should consider bullying prevention during physical education and free play [recess] when kids may be discouraged from being physically active because of teasing experiences," Jensen added.
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(a) Within the amount appropriated for such purpose, the Secretary of Defense may carry out a military construction project not otherwise authorized by law, or may authorize the Secretary of a military department to carry out such a project, if the Secretary of Defense determines that deferral of the project for inclusion in the next Military Construction Authorization Act would be inconsistent with national security or national interest.
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Source(Added Pub. L. 97–214, § 2(a),July 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 155; amended Pub. L. 102–190, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2870(3),Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1563; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title X, § 1031(a)(35),Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1600; Pub. L. 109–163, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2801(a),Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3504.)
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2003—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–136inserted before period at end "or, if earlier, the end of the 14-day period beginning on the date on which a copy of the notification is provided in an electronic medium pursuant to section 480 of this title".
1991—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–190struck out before period at end ", or after each such committee has approved the project, if the committees approve the project before the end of that period".
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Current and former lawmakers met last week at the Minnesota History Center for a celebration of the 20th anniversary of MinnesotaCare, a state-funded program that provides health benefits to children and low- and moderate-income families who don't get affordable insurance through their employees and earn too much to qualify for Medicaid.
The program serves an average of 148,000 people a month, 35 percent of them children. Funding comes from a state tax on Minnesota hospitals and health-care providers, federal Medicaid matching funds and premiums paid by the people enrolled. To qualify, Minnesotans must have been without health insurance coverage for four months or be working for an employer who pays less than half of the monthly premium costs.
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The anniversary shows just how much things have changed since 1992 when this legislation passed. Although there were bitter battles, the two sides did end up with a bipartisan belief that Minnesota families shouldn't have to be on welfare to get affordable health care.
Now, just 20 years later, it seems hard to imagine that this process could have ever taken place.
Even the name seems quaint. Today, the national Affordable Care Act passed by Congress and signed by the president is nicknamed Obamacare as a partisan strategy to pin the change on one individual.
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The issue had even more interest in our area as Duane Benson, a Republican state senator from Lanesboro at the time, was a member of the "Gang of 7," a bipartisan group of legislators that barricaded themselves in a Capitol meeting room to reach a consensus on a bill that would improve care, focus on prevention and be self-funding to remove itself from the variables of state budgets.
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There was little drama at the TH North Boys Cross Country Sectional yesterday evening at the LaVern Gibson Championship Course. The 7th ranked TH South Boys cruised to the Sectional title with a score of 20 points. South's Jackson Bertoli won the race with a time of 16:23. TH North, Shakamak, Northview and West Vigo rounded out the Top 5 and will advance to the Bedford North Lawrence Regional this Saturday.
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We rescued a 10 month old poodle mix (most likely a shih-poo) who is 14 lbs last month. He is such a sweet guy and he seems to be adapting to our family.
We have noticed that he gets so "skittish" when we try to go to him..especially with the leash to go to take him for a walk. He literally runs away from us..and he is hard to catch! Any advice in this area?
On the flip side..the dog "hates" to be crated. While he is pretty much housetrained, I refuse to leave him to his own devices in the house when we go out since he is chewing and could still possibly have accidents. We attempted a kennel that would he would just fit in and he refuses to go into it..even with the yummiest of treats put in as as bait. He will thrash and wiggle and put his body in a vertical position and you cant get him in. We had to move to a bigger crate so we can physically get him in with something with a larger door. He is fine at night to sleep in it..does ok in it for 4 hours during the day when we are working..but if we put him in it even for an hour in the evening (if we want to go out for dinner or to a movie) he he poop in it.
Once we fully trust him to not pee/poo in the house and the chewing goes down I plan on letting him have the run of one floor of our house.
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Since he wasn't a young pup when you rescued him, you don't know if he had a bad experience with a leash before. I would say to leave the leash on the ground so she can sniff it. When he gets used to it, you can put it on him to walk around with the leash on in the house but no one holding it. Then slowly begin to hold the leash and see if he will go for a walk. I would use treats and lots of praise.
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(a) The Commodity Credit Corporation shall place all insurance of every nature taken out by it on cotton, and all renewals, extensions, or continuations of existing insurance, with insurance agents who are bonafide residents of and doing business in the State where the cotton is warehoused: Provided, That such insurance may be secured at a cost not greater than similar insurance offered on said cotton elsewhere.
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The Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA) has elected Douglas J. Grimm, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Grede Holdings LLC, as chairman of its board.
MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions (MFCS), which makes fasteners for a variety of end markets, will invest in new machining equipment at its Mundelein, Ill., plant.
A 90-car Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) train carrying crude oil to Walnut Hill, Fla., from Amory, Miss., derailed Nov. 8 near Aliceville, Ala., possibly posing further questions about rail's ability to safely transport crude oil.
Mississippi Forge PVF Inc., which makes steel-forged flanges and fittings for piping systems, will invest $9 million to renovate the former Ackerman Forge in Ackerman, Miss.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a proposed rule change intended to improve workplace safety and health through stepped-up tracking of injuries and illnesses.
Nominations are now being accepted for AMM's fifth annual Awards for Steel Excellence.
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP and MarkWest Utica EMG LLC have launched a binding open season to solicit commitments for a proposed Y-grade pipeline project transporting natural gas liquids from the Utica and Marcellus shales to Mont Belvieu, Texas.
Airbus SAS has completed the first major airframe component assembly for its A320neo while one of the plane's major subcontractors has delivered its initial wing structures for the new commercial airliner.
Ensuring access to low-priced natural gas will give Nucor Corp., along with other U.S. steelmakers, a competitive edge in global markets, according to president and chief executive officer of the Charlotte, NC-based steelmaker, John Ferriola.
Rolls-Royce Plc has opened the newest plant at its Indianapolis manufacturing complex to produce engine compressor parts for military and commercial jet engines.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corp. (MCO), owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., has begun building a 26-acre production facility in Pearland outside of Houston, Texas that is slated to start up in fall 2014.
BorgWarner Inc. will invest about $24.6 million to expand its operations in Seneca, S.C., that manufacture transfer cases.
L.B. Foster Co. has acquired pipe-coating and services company Ball Winch Pipeline Services LLC after recently posting a positive outlook for the energy market.
The number of drill rigs running in the United States increased by 12 last week, led by Texas (up 13 rigs), but Canadian drilling activity fell by 16 rigs compared with the previous week.
MRC Global Inc. subsidiary McJunkin Red Man Corp. has signed a five-year framework agreement with BP International Ltd. to supply pipes, fittings and flanges for the British energy company's global projects organization.
Crest Industries LLC will build a $15-million, 75,000-square-foot galvanizing operation east of Baton Rouge, La., to apply protective coating to utility poles and equipment used by petrochemical and electrical utility customers.
Timken Co. has appointed Robert N. Keeler to vice president of the company's industrial and mobile business units and Shawn J. Seanor to vice president of energy and distribution for Timken's steel business.
Service center operator and energy products distributor Russel Metals Inc.'s earnings fell in the third quarter due in part to lower pricing levels.
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A complete arsenal of automobiles, promising prototypes and very special world debuts take a special stage at the 83rd Geneva International Motor Show and Accessories, which will run from the 7th to the 17th of March this year. While supercar lovers are looking forward to feasting their eyes on the production ready McLaren P1 this year, other major highlights of this year's show include the world debut of Toyota's FT-86 open concept and the Rolls-Royce Wraith, Land Rover's demo of its new 9-speed automatic transmission, a refreshed Chevrolet Captiva, Suzuki's new C-segment Crossover, the all-new Bentley Flying Spur and the RS transformation of Audi's Q3 SUV.
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The real best places to retire
Thinking of moving to Florida or Arizona for the sun, or to a small town for a lower cost of living? You may have overlooked the most important thing.
This post comes from Tom Sightingsat partner siteU.S. News & World Report.
A blizzard of articles give advice about the best places to retire. They generally recommend fleeing the North and heading for the Sun Belt, to places in the Carolinas, Florida or Arizona. Occasionally they offer a surprise retirement spot in Iowa or Indiana. Sometimes they even tout retirement locales outside the United States.
These articles rely on statistics such as the cost of living or winter temperatures. But they miss the most important thing -- the human element. Here are the real best places to go when you retire:
Stay home. As we get older, moving, making new friends and acclimatizing ourselves to new surroundings get more difficult. Don't underestimate the value of your current community. Think long and hard before you cut those connections to go off to get a sunburn.
Your hometown likely offers more senior citizen benefits than you think, including tax breaks, low-cost transportation and subsidized meals.
We have friends in the outer suburbs of New York who always thought they would retire somewhere warmer. But they finally realized how important their church community was to them and decided to stay put. Now they visit the senior center for a free meal every Thursday night. They walk at the mall two or three mornings a week and stay for coffee with new acquaintances. And they are still active in their church, among the friends they've known for decades.
Move near your children. My brother-in-law spent most of his career working around Pittsburgh After he retired, he and his wife gathered together all the brochures and ultimately decided to move to Massachusetts. Post continues below.Their daughter lives outside of Boston, and their son is in Rhode Island. They moved from a four-bedroom suburban home to a two-bedroom bungalow in their daughter's town. Their yard is smaller, just right for Grandpa to keep an eye on the grandkids while he relaxes on the patio. They've met new friends through their daughter, and they love their new life -- in an area often billed as cold and expensive.
Follow your friends. One fellow I know retired to Maryland. Why? His longtime golfing partner retired there a few years earlier. He moved to the same town and joined the same golf club. Soon they were prowling the links together, just like old times. A year later, another friend, who had a relative living nearby, joined them, and they all now play golf twice a week.
Their wives, who had known each other casually, are now close friends. They started a bridge club and brought in some other women, and from there developed meaningful connections to the community. These couples now feel as though, as one of the women put it, "we've lived here all our lives."
Move back home. One friend of mine grew up in El Paso, Texas. She went to college in California, then got married and moved to Washington, D.C. Some 25 years later, her husband died, and she felt lost in the big city. She moved back west, to New Mexico, where she started a small business that included some clients in Washington. Now she lives in her beloved mountains and travels to Washington occasionally to see clients.
Another woman grew up outside New York. She got married and moved to Oregon and spent most of her 20s and 30s around Portland. Eventually she got divorced and moved first to California, then Arizona, with a yearlong stint in Alaska. But when she retired, she felt the pull of Portland, where she still had friends. To her, that was home. And that's where she moved.
No matter where you end up in retirement, remember that relationships are more important than the weather. The warmest climate can be found amid the safety and security of family and friends.
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We live in a small rural community and have so many good friends of all kinds that moving would be very difficult. I just hope at least one of them stays close, within 3 hour drive.
but its all about the PEOPLE, whatever happens. Everything else is just stuff and weather
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World Wetlands Day
"Celebrating Our Wetlands of International Importance"
What is World Wetlands Day?
2 February each year is World Wetlands Day. It marks the date of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar, on the shores of the Caspian Sea. WWD was celebrated for the first time in 1997 and made an encouraging beginning. The second, in 1998, was organized around the suggested theme of the importance of water to life and of wetlands to the supply of water. Government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and groups of citizens at all levels of the community took advantage of the opportunity to undertake actions aimed at raising public awareness of wetland values and benefits in general and the Ramsar Convention in particular. The Conventions Web site posted reports from more than 50 countries of WWD 98 activities of all sizes and shapes, from lectures and seminars, nature walks, childrens art contests, sampan races, and community clean-up days, to radio and television interviews and letters to newspapers, to the launch of new wetland policies, new Ramsar sites, and new programmes at the national level.
The suggested theme of World Wetlands Day 1999 was "People and Wetlands: the Vital Link", and once again, government agencies and citizen groups at all levels seized the occasion to bring to public notice the vital importance of wetland benefits for human well-being. At wetland sites large and small, in both the southern and northern hemispheres, and even in the frozen far north, activities of all sorts were carried out in at least 60 countries on and around 2 February in celebration of the values, benefits, and beauty of wetlands. The governments of many Ramsar member countries used WWD 99 to help make their citizens aware of what they are doing to assure the health of the nations wetlands and to implement the Conventions cornerstone "wise use principle", synonymous with sustainable use. And, at the same time, school classes, nature clubs, birdwatching societies, and park managers at the local level found imaginative ways to involve their communities and bring wetland values into public focus.
"Wetlands of International Importance"
All wetlands have important values and provide benefits for the health of the ecosystems upon which humans depend, but some more than others. The main success story of the Convention on Wetlands is its List of Wetlands of International Importance, the "Ramsar List". Member countries have the obligation to include sites in the List and to formulate and implement their planning so as to preserve the ecological character in other words the good health -- of their listed sites.
Over the years, the Convention has developed criteria for determining which wetlands should be considered "internationally important", based upon their ecological and hydrological values and their importance for conserving biological diversity, so as to include them in the Ramsar List. In this way, these wetlands acquire a new status at the national level and are recognized by the international community as being of significant value not only for the country, or the countries, where they are located, but for humanity as a whole.
As WWD 2000 draws near, the 116 member countries to the Ramsar Convention have designated more than 1000 wetlands for the Ramsar List, covering nearly 720,000 square kilometers, about the same area as Spain and the United Kingdom combined.
The suggested theme of WWD 2000, "Celebrating Our Wetlands of International Importance", is a recognition that these special places have exceptional symbolic significance in capturing the publics interest and demonstrating the values and benefits that we enjoy from all wetlands.
The "Vision for the Ramsar List"
The Conventions goal is to achieve Ramsar listing for as many wetlands throughout the world as meet the criteria of international importance; in the short term, the Conference of the Contracting Parties has stated its objective of having at least 2000 sites in the List by 2005, twice the current number. To bring this much of the worlds wetland resource under the umbrella of Ramsar status, the Parties urge all States to join the Convention, if they have not already done so, and to make significant efforts, first, to identify those wetlands that should be included in the List and then to proceed promptly with the scientific and political tasks of designating them. To assist governments in this mission, in May 1999 the Conference of the Contracting Parties adopted a major policy document called the Strategic Framework and guidelines for the future development of the List of Wetlands of International Importance.
Everything in the Strategic Framework is founded upon this "Vision for the Ramsar List":
To develop and maintain an international network of wetlands which are important for the conservation of global biological diversity and for sustaining human life through the ecological and hydrological functions they perform.
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1. To establish national networks of Ramsar sites in each Contracting Party which fully represent the diversity of wetlands and their key ecological and hydrological functions.
2. To contribute to maintaining global biological diversity through the designation and management of appropriate wetland sites.
3. To foster cooperation among Contracting Parties, the Conventions International Organization Partners, and local stakeholders in the selection, designation, and management of Ramsar sites.
4. To use the Ramsar site network as a tool to promote national, supranational/regional, and international cooperation in relation to complementary environment treaties.
National wetlands and the global picture
To achieve this vision of the sustainable use of the worlds wetlands by establishing a Global Network of especially important wetlands, as well as the "wise use" management of all wetlands, continues to require the best efforts of governments, NGOs, academic institutions, the media, and citizen groups at all levels, from local to national to international.
"Celebrating Our Wetlands of International Importance" on World Wetlands Day, 2 February 2000, by any means that may seem most effective and most feasible in any given situation, will help to raise the publics consciousness of the vast benefits that wetlands hold for people and the urgency with which they must be protected from loss and degradation.
World Wetlands Day 2000 is an occasion to celebrate all your wetlands of international importance, regardless of whether or not they have already been included in the Ramsar List. In fact, for those not yet included in the List, celebrating them could be a way to encourage their listing. Celebrating all wetlands of international importance on 2 February 2000 will greatly help the Convention to achieve the target of 2000 wetland sites in the Ramsar List by the year 2005.
The Bureau of the Convention on Wetlands encourages all interested people to report their World Wetlands Day activities to the Bureau (e-mail email@example.com), either their plans before WWD or the results afterward, or both. The staff of the secretariat will make every effort to post these notices on the Ramsar Web site.
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Rudy's Favorite Ray Price Songs
With the passing of the legendary Ray Price, my thoughts go back to when I first heard a Ray Price song. It was at a school dance in 1975, the song came on and this was my chance to slow dance with a girl I had a crush on. I remember holding her and slowly swaying side to side to the silky smooth voice of Ray Price singing "For The Good Times". I became a Price fan for life and these are some of my favorite Ray Price song.
These are the Ray Price songs I love the most
Ray Price – For The Good Times
Ray Price – You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
Ray Price – Heartaches By The Number
Ray Price – Release Me
Ray Price – Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me
Ray Price – Danny Boy
Ray Price – I Won't Mention It Again
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