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Saturday, September 16, 2006
Getting with "The Program": Clarity Through Obfuscation
Marty Lederman
Then there are those days when the President of the United States and "senior administration officials" make a humble blogger's life easy, by confirming everything that up until now I could only glean from supposition and reading the runes of carefully phrased legalisms.
Let me say at the outset that I am not a lawyer, and hence not as practiced at parsing the meaning of words and phrases. Even given this, however, I find it extremely difficult to understand exactly what the Bush Administration expects to gain by replacing the "cruel treatment and torture" wording of the Geneva Conventions with the "shocks the conscience" wording of the McCain amendment. Surely any act of cruel treatment or torture would also shock the conscience of any normal, moral human being. Can one really view hypothermia or waterboarding as cruel treatment or torture, and yet have one's conscience not be shocked? To believe that induced hypothermia or waterboarding violate the Geneva Conventions because they are cruel treatment or torture, yet are acceptable under a "shocks the conscience" standard just makes no sense to me. What is required in either case is an interpretive act that persuasively demonstrates that hypothermia or waterboarding are not "that serious", i.e., are not cruel treatment or torture, and hence do not shock the conscience.
If I am correct about this, the question arises as to why the Bush Administration has adopted its particular approach to these issues. Why not accept the Hamden decision, but then argue (if the question ever actually arises) that hypothermia and waterboarding simply are not cruel treatment or torture? To accept that they do constitute cruel treatment or torture (and hence would be punishable under the Geneva Conventions), but that they don't shock the conscience (and hence are not punishable under the new Bush standards), seems highly dubious to me. The real problem for the Bush Administration is convincing any normal, moral human being that such practices are not cruel treatment or torture, and hence that they do not shock the conscience. The current backlash among Republican Bush supporters demonstrates how difficult a proposition this is. The better approach for the Bush Administration would have been to accept the Geneva Conventions, but to push efforts to remove issues regarding violations of the Conventions from the purview of the Courts. Then it could claim that it follows the Conventions without anyone being able to demonstrate otherwise, which would just be a continuation of its present policy efforts.
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If I am correct about this, the question arises as to why the Bush Administration has adopted its particular approach to these issues.
To which the obvious answer would be: Because from Bush on down, they've already committed war crimes, and they know it. (That's why the interrogators are buying torture insurance, for pity's sake.)
What's more, they hope to introduce a sufficient level of obfuscation so that they can go on doing it. (That's preferable to any real clarity, because real clarity would lead to accountability, and real accountability would lead to war crimes trials.)
I don't see why this is so hard to understand. Just think of the administration as criminals who have the power to rewrite the laws, and everything falls into place.
I expect, if this goes through, we'll see retroactive legalization of everything that's gone on in the last 5 years as well, just as with the warrantless surveillance program.
''Ten years from now, when we have the whole story, we are going to be ashamed,'' he said. ''This is not us. This is not the way we do business. I don't think in our history we've ever had a presidential involvement, a secretarial involvement, a vice-presidential involvement, an attorney-general's involvement in telling our troops essentially, Carte blanche is the way you should feel. You should not have any qualms because this is a different kind of conflict.''
~ Lawrence Wilkerson, in his "cabal" speech
If congress does indeed "legalize" torture -- ["If congress doesn't legalize this illegal Program, it will end."] -- would it get past the Supremes? And if congress does not legalize torture, will this "Program" -- ala presidential signing statements -- truly end?
Presidentally authorized horror shops -- Abu Ghraib just one example of this entire obsenity.
Recall that the Pentagon is "investigating" more than (admittedly) 100 detainee deaths -- "Oops! Must have shoved the baton a little too far up Haji's a**!"
Note, too, that "Worried CIA Officers Buy Legal Insurance."
Staggeringly stunning that this even remains "debatable" -- that Bush & Co's advocacy of torture is buttressed by a significant measure of popular, political support!
["At first, we denied our culpability in the abominations of Abu Ghraib and elsewhere. But it polled well among a certain segment of voters! So now we're openly pitching our blood lust in prime time speeches to the nation, and viciously castigating those who 'don't have the stomach for it!'"]
Utterly obscene.
Marty, I'm hoping you can help clear up a few details:
- The White House is claiming that its proposal adopts the standards of the McCain amendment. But McCain's language in HR 2863 prohibits "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment", which is specified to mean treatment prohibited by Amendments 5, 8 or 14. But the Administration's draft prohibits only acts "intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering". So, I'm confused about how the Administration's proposal has anything to do with the McCain's standards?
- Can you remind us how McCain's language, which doesn't mention the words "shocks the conscience", ends up with that precise meaning? Is this because the "shocks the conscience" test is how the 5th, 8th and 14th Amendments have come to be understood?
- You've argued that the specific goal of the Administration's proposal is to permit the CIA's "enhanced" interrogation techniques. The Administration's proposal prohibits the infliction of "severe physical or mental pain or suffering". Can you explain why the Administration could be confident that this allows hypothermia and stress positions?
- I understand that you surmise that the Geneva prohibitions on "humiliating" and "degrading" treatment are not actually the specific focus of the Administration's efforts. However, Tony Snow spent much of his press briefing two days ago insisting that the administration is not trying to *narrow* the Geneva Conventions, merely *clarify* them. But the most casual glance at the Administration's list of prohibited activities reveals that the protections against "degrading" and "humiliating" treatment have been jettisoned. Perhaps this is an important point simply to demonstrate that the White House is (surprise, surprise) being disingenuous?
Many thanks.
let me get this straight: you are saying that an al Qaeda terrorist should be entitled not to the same protections against coercive interrogations etc. but to greater protections? A thief who steals an ear of corn in, say, Wichita, cannot, under the Due Process Clause, be subjected to any treatment that "shocks the conscience." KSM cannot be treated in any way that is "degrading" even if the conduct in question falls short of shocking the conscience, right?
Aside for the grotesque absurdity of your preferred state of affairs, are you unaware that the Administration's position is consistent with nineteen years of American law and policy? If you bother to look at the US Declarations and Reservations to the Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment you'll see that the US has always interpreted prohibitions against "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" applying to conduct that is "the cruel, unusual and inhumane treatment or punishment prohibited by the Fifth, Eighth, and/or Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States," in other words (as applies to pretrial detainees), conduct that "shocks the conscience."
Lastly, your pious condemnation of "context-dependency" is just plain silly. The American people, no people in fact, will put up with a legal regime that disables them in conducting a war against a murderous enemy (which has zero regard for the laws of war) for the sake of letting law professors exhibit their delicate sensibilies and moral purity to the world.
One of the reasons that we are in this position is that the Executive has sought "flexibility". It is therefore ironic that there is such an effort in the Military Commission Bill of the President and the McCain-Warner-Graham to choose an American standard and to name specific types of offenses. The key here is Common Article 3 language as regards:
(c) outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment;
There is a reason why this is written this way. As is noted in the Commentary to Common Article 3.
"At one stage of the discussions, additions were considered -- with particular reference to the biological "experiments" carried out on detained persons. The idea was rightly abandoned, since biological experiments are among the acts covered by (a). Besides, it is always dangerous to try to go into too much detail -- especially in this domain. However great the care taken in drawing up a list of all the various forms of infliction, it would never be possible to catch up with the imagination of future torturers who wished to satisfy their bestial instincts; and the more specific and complete a list tries to be, the more restrictive it becomes. The form of wording adopted is flexible, and at the same time precise. The same is true of item (c)."
(My bold and underlining).
The effort of the drafters is to create a space in which bad things that would not pass muster under Common Article 3 standards can be done. We should not allow this to be American law. It shocks the conscience.
Has the Cheerleader-in-chief, who famously cited Jesus Christ as his favorite philosopher, asked, "Whom would Jesus waterboard?"
Again and again I find myself reading things that would likely never have come up if we had at the outset refuted the metaphorical concept of "war" as applied to bringing to justice those responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001. Had we, as a nation, or even only as members of the literate class, rejected this fallacy we could have headed off all manner of outrage. It is not to late; it's just going to be a lot harder to undo what has been done than it would have been to prevent it in the first place.Post a Comment
Where do we start? First, by repudiating, as often and as publicly as possible, the fallacious reasoning by which we elevated the pursuit of the criminals responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks into a "war." As I have said elsewhere, by the same reasoning we could have given the same powers to LBJ to fight the "war" on poverty---and then it might have been *his* legacy of abusing that erroneously granted power taking up all of our time.
Repudiate the fallacy of a "war" on terror, and then lets get down to the legitimate business of enforcing the laws, our own and and international, already on the books to punish murderers and conspirators. But so long as you accept, tacitly or explicitly, the claims that this is a "war" then you will forever be sinking time into lamentable issues such as what does and doesn't qualify as torture, or to whom we can and can't apply these methods, or who is and who isn't an "enemy combatant". This last worries me perhaps the most, as it seems increasingly likely that even acts of dissent such as questioning the legitimacy of the war metaphor will be construed by some as aiding the enemy. I have to take that risk, because, as I have also said, giving up our rights or liberties basically does the terrorists job for them.
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2012: Honorable mention All-ACC choice by the league's media representatives ... second team Capital One Academic All-America pick ... first team Capital One Academic All-District III choice ... Academic All-ACC selection ... All-Bowl Team pick by ESPN.com ... ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week honoree after Duke rushed for a season-high 234 yards in its 33-30 victory over North Carolina ... started all 13 games at right tackle ... became the 16th player in school history to earn Academic All-America honors and first since Eli Nichols in 2005-06 ... helped the Blue Devils score a school single-season record 410 points while ranking second in the ACC in sacks allowed per pass attempt (1:29.00) ... part of a Duke offense that ranked among the ACC leaders in first downs per game (4th; 22.15), time of possession (4th; 31:07), passing yards per game (5th; 283.9) and points per game (5th; 31.5) ... helped in the protection of 3,000-yard passer Sean Renfree (3,113) as Duke became just the second team in ACC history (Florida State, 1995) to have two 1,000-yard receivers in Jamison Crowder (1,074) and Conner Vernon (1,074) ... part of an offensive unit that boasted a school single-season record and NCAA-best three players with 65+ pass receptions ... in the run game, assisted in opening holes as Duke's top three running backs combined to rush for 1,401 yards on 283 attempts (4.95 avg.) ... on the field for 1,044 snaps including a season-high 107 against Miami ... played 70+ snaps in nine games.
2011: Academic All-ACC selection ... received the program's K.D. Kennedy Iron Devil Award after leading the team in snaps played (927) ... started all 12 games at right tackle ... topped the 70-play plateau in 11 of 12 games including a season-high 102 snaps against Wake Forest ... helped Duke rank among the ACC leaders in both passing offense (2nd) and sacks allowed per passing attempt (3rd) ... aided a Blue Devil passing attack that had four players catch 40+ passes for just the second time in school history and first time since 1982 ... part of a Duke line that opened holes for 19 rushing TDs, a total that matched the program's highest output since 1995.
2010: Honorable mention Freshman All-America selection by College Football News ... Academic All-ACC choice ... recipient of the Mike Suglia Award, an honor presented annually to the sophomore member of the Duke football program who best exemplifies the academic and athletic qualities of the late Mike Suglia ... started all 12 games at right tackle ... played 832 total snaps ... played a season-best 93 snaps against Miami ... part of an offensive line that ranked third in the league in sacks allowed per passing attempt as the Blue Devils had five players with 30+ receptions for the just the second time in school history ... helped Duke's passing attack rank second in the ACC as quarterback Sean Renfree became just the fourth player in school history to throw for 3,000+ yards ... also aided in Duke's enhanced rushing attack that showed marked improvement in yards per game (+46.5), yards per attempt (+1.2), runs of 20 or more yards (+8) and total rushing TDs (+13).
2009: Did not see game action.
PRIOR TO DUKE: Four-year letterman at Sanderson under Jason Tindal ... named 4A All-State by NCPreps.com following senior season ... selected to play in the 72nd annual Shrine Bowl ... named a 2008-09 Carolina Panthers Community Captain for excellence in athletics, academics and community service ... four-time all-conference honoree ... helped Sanderson to state playoff berths in each of his final two seasons ... also lettered in basketball and track and field.
PERSONAL: Son of Renee and Brette Simmons ... father lettered four years (1975-76-77-78) as a tight end at Furman and was a two-time (1977-78) All-Southern Conference selection who finished with 82 career receptions for 1,197 yards and nine TDs while captaining the Paladins to the 1978 league championship ... father also served 12 years on the football coaching staff at N.C. State from 1987-98, helping the Wolfpack to a 79-60-2 record and eight bowl game appearances ... born November 18, 1990 ... majoring in civil engineering while pursuing a certificate in architecture.
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Michelle Obama Opens Up About Her Biggest Fashion RegretJoanna Mazewski
According to Michelle Obama, she is her worst fashion critic. The first lady of the United States opens up about her biggest fashion regret that just so happened to be the "biggest stink" for her as well.
During an interview with BET's 106 and Park, Michelle Obama says that the white tank top, sneakers and casual shorts she wore during a 2009 trip to Arizona is one faux pas she'd like to forget about. She said: "It was because people were like, 'she's wearing shorts getting off of Air Force One.' Sometimes I forget I'm the first lady and I'm running around in shorts."
While the First Lady does have her critics, I will say that she has been one of the most stylish women we've seen in the White House in decades. Sure, wearing a cardigan to meet the Queen of England might not have been a good choice, but I simply love how she experiments with different looks, colors, and patterns and still manages to look elegant and classy. And plus, only real fashionistas manage to ruffle feathers and dresses and still get away with it, right? Whether you love it or hate it, the woman IS making history with her fashion choices. From an Isabel Toledo or Jason Wu dress to a pair of shorts she got on clearance at her local Target store, her style speaks for itself.
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Firmware... If it Isn't Broken, Should You Fix it?
Wondering how the DC community feels on this matter, whether there is an sort of consensus? As Mike remarks in the article, this tends to be a polarizing issue, with very few middle-of-the-roaders.
What's your take on firmware updates? I can see regular driver updates, but firmware updates can be kinda chancy, at least in my direct experiences. I've had more than one piece of hardware converted to paperweight status because of a failed or interrupted firmware changes, but that could be just me . I have been able to revert an update on a couple of occasions, but for the most part that was not a viable, or even an available, option.


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In a microcosm of the night, with the game tied at 36-36 early in the fourth quarter, Atlantic grabbed several offensive rebounds in a possession, and then kicked out to senior guard Chad Christensen, who knocked down a 3-pointer to give the Trojans their first lead of the second half at 39-36.
That one play, with Atlantic receiving multiple attempts to put the ball in the basket, summed up the game for Creston, as the Panthers suffered their first loss of the season, 47-40 to Atlantic here Tuesday, in a battle of state-rated teams.
Creston entered the game ranked second in Class 3A, while Atlantic was ranked eighth. Atlantic improved to 10-1 for the season. The game did not count in Hawkeye 10 Conference standings.
"They're physical. They're big. They crash the boards hard," Creston head coach Billy Hiatt said in describing Atlantic. "We talked about we have to limit second shots, and we didn't do that. We gave them second shots, a couple of times they got three, four tries at it one time down the floor. It's hard to beat any team, especially a good team when you're giving them three or four chances to score each time down the floor."
Creston quickly answered Christensen's 3-pointer with a Luke Neitzel basket off a Kainen Somers assist to cut it to 39-38.
But, Stuart Hoegh went up and tipped in a missed shot on the next trip down for Atlantic.
Following a pair of timeouts, Neitzel hit Trey Thomsen for a layup to cut the lead to 43-40 with 2:50 remaining, but Atlantic shut the Panthers out the rest of the quarter.
Creston, which entered the fourth quarter holding a 36-34 lead, managed just four points in the final quarter.
The Panthers held a 12-4 lead after the first quarter, thanks in part to earning eight free throw attempts while getting Atlantic into foul trouble.
But, Creston attempted just one free throw in the second quarter, as the Panthers only scored four points in the second, allowing Atlantic back into the ballgame.
Atlantic's Dalton Franken scored his first points of the game late in the first half, and then scored 11 straight points in the third quarter to bring Atlantic back from being down seven, to down just two entering the fourth.
"It wasn't a pretty game by either team," said Atlantic head coach Steve Blazek, a native of Creston. "I don't think either team could find its footing at the offensive end. Part of that was some good defense. Our kids have big hearts, and Creston's kids played hard, too. It was a battle. It wasn't pretty basketball, but it was a battle."
Franken and Sam Markham each scored 15 points to lead the Trojans, while Briar Evans led Creston with 13 points and seven rebounds.
"He's played well for us the last couple of games," Hiatt said about Evans. "He's outsized a little bit in height sometimes, but he makes up for it in his athleticism and his determination."
ATLANTIC (47) — Sam Markham 6 3-4 15, Dalton Franken 7 0-1 15, Chad Christensen 4 2-3 11, Stuart Hoegh 2 0-0 4, Harrison Hoegh 1 0-2 2. Totals — 20 5-10 47. 3-point goals — 2 (Christensen 1, Franken 1). Team fouls — 11. Fouled out — None.
CRESTON (40) — Briar Evans 5 2-5 13, Trey Thomsen 3 2-3 9, Colby Taylor 3 0-0 8, Luke Neitzel 3 1-2 7, Kainen Somers 1 1-2 3. Totals — 15 6-12 40. 3-point goals — 4 (Taylor 2, Thomsen 1, Evans 1). FG shooting — 15-35 (42.8 percent). Rebounds — 20 (Evans 7, Neitzel 5). Assists — 3 (Neitzel 2, Caleb Thompson 1). Steals — 8 (Neitzel 3, Thomsen 3). Turnovers — 12. Team fouls — 12. Fouled out — None.
Atlantic — 4 15 34 47
Creston — 12 16 36 40
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The Creston junior varsity returns to action at Glenwood on Jan. 15.
CRESTON (52) — Alex Nielsen 7 2-3 16, Cole Thompson 4 0-0 9, Brandon Phipps 3 0-0 7, Evan Nielsen 2 0-0 4, Nick Noecker 1 1-2 4, Trey Benson 2 0-0 4, Jay Wolfe 2 0-0 4,. 3-point goals — Phipps 1, Thompson 1, Noecker 1. Free throws — 3-5.
ATLANTIC (45) — Tristen Benn 3 7-7 14, Joseph Walker 2 8-11 12, Nicholas Podhajsky 3 3-4 9, Adam Wieser 1 2-2 4, Evan Schuler 1 0-0 3, Brody Peterson 1 1-2 3. 3-point goals — Schuler 1, Benn 1. Free throws — 21-26.


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Should Drugs be Legalised?
In the Independent, the UK's politically neutral and arguably most informative daily newspaper, there has been some interesting articles and debates regarding calls to legalise some or all drugs as the so called 'War on drugs' has undoubtedly failed.
So says a panel of world leaders who called yesterday for the biggest shake-up of drug laws in half a century. "The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world," declared the Global Commission on Drug Policy. "Fundamental reforms... are urgently needed."
The Commission, which counts the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan along with former presidents of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia as members, believes governments must now experiment with "legal regulation of drugs."
Ecstasy, which is currently considered a class-A substance, ought to be reclassified in line with medical opinion that it is far less dangerous than legal drugs such as nicotine and alcohol, the report suggests. Users of narcotics should be offered education and treatment, rather than being incarcerated, it advises. And countries which insist on continuing a "law enforcement" approach to drug crime should focus resources on taking down high-level traffickers, rather than arresting everyday drug mules and street dealers
My initial response was an astounding no. However if we was to view it from a more critical view, such as the the success of stopping drug use and the millions of pounds spent on the 'war on drugs'.. I do feel there needs to be some changes.
- Should all drugs be legalised?
- Should some drugs be legalised? if so - which ones and why?
- what would be the affects of a shift in the laws?
Here is the main article on the subject. Let me know what you think.
Jun 3 2011: YEP they should, and not only in obvious case like marijuana, they all should. I never could understand why drugs are not legal. Of course they can be dangerous but cars are dangerous as well killing thousands of people every years. You'll retort that we need cars to go from A to B while drugs as no practical use. To that I would say yes, but they are an amazing experience into your conscience. I believe that if you are not addicted, they can make you a better person.
Furthermore, making something illegal doesn't make it desapear, as it's well explained above.
Jun 3 2011: Explained my thoughts on the matter perfectlyJun 4 2011: I agree that we need to change approach and perhaps legalize something. However we need to have good understanding of the effects of drugs on its users.
If drug is damaging people's brain and personality then not only the user but the whole society will bear the consequences.
Another concern I have is exposure of these substances to children.
Have a look at "side" effects of most drugs:
Elsa Viegas
Jun 15 2011: There's exactly 8 years that we changed the law in Portugal so that consumption of drugs wouldn't bet a crime. Nevertheless Portugal was able to reduce the consumption and the number of people living in the streets without any treatment was reduced drastically.
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I would not agree with the legalization of drugs, but I see that in my home country has found a good solution, by approaching the drug addict as a person that needs treatment and not a criminal.
Jun 15 2011: Elsa Out of curiosity what was the catalyst for the change in policy in Portugal. Here in the states such is measure would be off the negotiation table politically despite, I suspect, a healthy portion of our population support.
Jun 15 2011: well they basicaly had entire bulidings falling apart filled with people just shootin up, picking needles off the ground, people lying in corners dead, it was a serious public health problem, from what i have read.
Jun 16 2011: Yes, you could say that about thee States as well, but we do a good job of keeping addicts lock up and out out the public eye.Jun 10 2011: i think all drugs should be deciminalized, with weed being leaglized, and some others being partialy leaglized (mdma,lsd,mushrooms ect.)
Dan Finkel
Jun 10 2011: I believe everyone deserves the freedom to do what they want. The consequences are that if you take drugs you will get addicted most likely, and you could die from it. Governments have no place in making extra consequences for taking actions. Freedom and government will never exist at the same time. But governments have no power unless the people believe they have freedom.
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Chris Aldon
Jun 4 2011: Drugs are a vice, that do little to help the man on the bottom.
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BUT, if funding from the war on drugs was pulled and added to education about drugs (prevention) and addiction treatment I think we could get a better NET positive gain.
Like you said the war on drugs has failed, continuing to use these strategies is to little perceivable benefit
Davie Webb
Jun 6 2011: i agree. the money spent annually worldwide will be enormous! so i feel that money could go into education, prevention and schemes to get people that do want to quit.Jun 15 2011: relevant, http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press_releases/2006/07_11_06.htmlJun 4 2011: I go on the hard line about this issue.
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Any stuff we certainly know is harmful to a person and the society should remain illegal, banned (yes in my opinion it includes alcohol and nicotine). Everything of it should be banned, production, marketing, distribution, sales and consumption, regardless of culture, religion, geographic location or situation.
About medical use of harmful addictive drugs, I don't have much knowledge how much it is really necessary to use all these harmful substances as medicines anyway, if we have alternative safe elements we need to avoid the use of all sort of addictive drags in medical treatment. And of course no so-called legalization for the sake of medical use.
There's absolutely no point in letting people do a bad thing just because they might have the 'right' to do it. No, people have no right to do anything harmful to the society and even to themselves.
James Walker
Jun 5 2011: Northing should be banned.
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We're adults, we do what we want.
I hate the idea of the state "banning" something, who are they to decide.
Drinking booze is great, I love it. What next do you want to ban....eating red meat?
There is not such as Society, we interact as free individuals, contracting and trading together as we choose.
If I want to drink Red Wine, smoke Weed, snort Nutmeg or whatever, that's none of your concern or my neighbours, and absolutely not the Government. They should stop stealing all my money in the name of "tax", and leave me alone to enjoy my life as I choose.
How can you be so arrogant as to say something should be banned if people might harm themselves with it - knives (what, we're going to eat with our hands?), cars (oh dear, I might crash and kill myself), trousers (oh, I might slip whilst putting them on and break my neck). A decent bottle of Red wine is no more dangerous than a bad pair of trousers.
Davie Webb
Jun 6 2011: i understand what you are saying, but i am being realistic. forget about morality for just a second and think about the practical and economic points here.
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at the minute most harmful drugs, are illegal and we are spending an ansaly large sum of money annually across the globe in enforcing it and the fact is, it is not working.
as for banning nicotine and alcohol, they are too entrenched into our social lives now after centuries of indulging and now it is absolutely irreversible.
do you not at all feel even the slightest that it would be in the best interests for the greater community that the money squandered on the drug users to let people make their own minds up about what they want to do to themselves? why does there need to be complete control? we are all humans, all individuals. the more rules there are the more rules will be broken.
i am not in favor of drugs at all but i do feel that the current situation can not continue.
people should be helped not punished. police time and money should go into the major traffickers not the small time street corner yob. the police could then get back to doing real police work and making community's feel safer.Jun 4 2011: My questions are: first what do you mean by legalising drugs? Does it mean make it legal to use drugs? Produce drugs? Sell drugs? Or all of the above? And the second question is what good can come out of legalising druges in any of the above forms? What are the arguments for legalising drugs in any way? What good can come out of it?
Jun 6 2011: its completely open for debate.
i feel the major traffickers should be targeted and the drug users helped not punished.
what good? probably none. but what is the lesser of the two evils? whats happening at the minute is not working. so, a radical reform might be the only alternative.
Jun 18 2011: I am with you when you say that trafficers should be targeted rather than the heavy users. I do agree that heavy users should be treated instead of punished, however the practical implications regarding legalising use will be a increase in the general use. I do belive the fact that it is not legal does give a signal to young people making them more skeptical towards drug use.
Nothing good? Then I can not see how this can be a choice between to different evils...Jun 6 2011: "What good can come out of it?"
Have you ever listen to The beetles, Mile Davis, or any of the other many musicians that used performance enhancing substances. How about literature. Huxley, used psychedelics, Poe enjoyed his laudanum. As for science Carl Sagan smoked cannabis, while Francis Crick used LSD. Both said their substances of choice help them think in ways that they might have not been able to if they abstained. Steve Jobs Also mentions LSD with fondness. This list could go on longer but I think you get the idea. Sure mind altering substances have destroyed many people but give the devil it's due. To say our society has not benefited from drugs is somewhat naive. I'm glad cave men did not ban fire after the first person was burnt. I'm also glad they learned to control it.
2 of the biggest cause of problems with drugs, beside the creation of a black market, is lack of real education about drugs and the lack of purity of substances. Now education can and should be done regardless of legal status. However without regulation, which can only be done of legal substances, how can anyone be sure their vices aren't cut with poisons. As I type this I can enjoy a glass of bourbon which is bad for me, but at least I can be assured no one has diluted it with antifreeze to bring down the cost of manufacture. Many of our drug problems could be much more benign if we could assure the same level of safety. Take the coca leave which has been chewed for centuries among people of the southern andes. While addictive in a similar way as coffee is, it causes little problems. We ban it so its concentrated down and treated with gasoline. It become unnaturally potent and toxic. This is no different than alcohol during prohibition.
After 30 years of fighting drug I say give education and regulation a chance.Jun 9 2011: There's also the fact that legalizing the production, distribution and selling of drugs will undercut some illegals organisations' profits, while creating a whole new economic sector : there will be drug factories and shops opening everywhere in the country, professional training on how to safely and responsibly create and distribute drugs, and other secondary businesses (bars or other places where drugs users can be monitored) that will create hundreds and thousands of legal jobs everywhere in the world.


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This salad can be lunch on its own, or part of a lunch buffet, The combination of couscous, which is a Middle Eastern pasta, plus tuna, olives, peppers, and lots of garlic and lemon is great for entertaining because it gets better as it sits. Israeli couscous has larger grains than regular couscous and absorbs all the flavors very well.
2 cups Israeli couscous (10 to 12 ounces)
Bring 4 cups of water to a boil in a medium-saucepan. Add the couscous and reduce the heat to very low. Cover the pot and simmer for 12 to 15 minutes, until the couscous is just tender. (I pull the pot halfway off the heat.) Drain in a colander.
Meanwhile, combine the tuna, lemon zest, lemon juice, olive oil, capers, olives, red peppers, garlic, 1-tablespoon salt, and 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper in a large bowl. Pour the hot couscous into the mixture and stir well. Cover and set aside for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Just before serving, stir in the scallions, basil, juice of the 1/2 lemon, and 1 more teaspoon of salt. Taste for seasonings and serve warm or at room temperature.
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dry black beans, soaked overnight
4 teaspoons
diced jalapeno peppers
6 cups
chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon
garlic powder
1 tablespoon
chili powder
1 teaspoon
ground cumin
1 teaspoon
cayenne pepper
3/4 teaspoon
ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon
hot pepper sauce
My husband thought it was a bit too spicy, but I loved it. If you are using dry beans, make sure to boil them first on the stovetop and then add them to the slower cooker. Dry beans do not get as tender in a slow cooker even if you soak them overnight.
Soup was decent after being doctored up with onions, green peppers and tomatoes..plus extra spices...but still a little bland. Can't imagine that it would have any flavor without those additions.
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I'm giving this 4 stars, not because it wasn't good, but because I did make additions to it. I'm sure the basic recipe is very good just as written. I did not soak my bean, but put them in a pan with the chicken broth and brought it to a full, rolling boil and then transferred it to the slow cooker. The beans turned out tender and perfect. I also added 2 big sprigs of epazote, which is an herb traditionally cooked with black beans, as well as 2 bay leaves. Along with the other spices I tossed in 2 packets of Goya Sazon. The addition of a can of tomatoes w/green chiles as other suggested sounded like a good idea, so that went in too along with 2 boneless, thin-cut pork chops! I left it on med-high in the slow cooker overnight (about 15 hours total). I do not feel this soup was too thin. I only mashed some of the beans against the side of the kettle with the back of a spatula.I just had a big bowl with a dollop of crema....yum!
This recipe is awesome. I have made it several times, and it is really, really good. If you are pressed for time just use the canned black beans, toss the rest of the stuff into a slow cooker, (I also added a can of diced tomatoes) and when you get home, dinner! I just pureed about 1/2 the soup for a more authentic look, and served it with chopped green onion, sour cream, cheddar cheese and homemade guacamole. Also, although I am not a huge fan of spice, I found this just right with the amount of cayenne recommended and two minced jalopenos. They really mellow out in the soup and it won't be that spicy, just the right amount. YUM!
I am giving this 4 stars because I changed it up a bit. This is a good base recipe. I used 4 cans black beans(drained) and only 3 cups of broth. I added 1 can spicy diced tomatoes, 3 cloves minced garlic, 1 small diced yellow onion. I also doubled the cayenne, jalapeno, and cumin....we really like it spicy. I also added some chopped cilantro and a tbsp fresh lime juice. An hour before serving I put half of the soup in the blender and returned to crock pot. This made it thicker. I served with sour cream and shredded cheese on top. It was spicy....yummy and gone in a heartbeat! Will make it again.
Made this soup today. I cut the spices in half...still too spicy for me, but I'm kinda wimpy on the heat level. I like spicy, but not hot, which, I know, is completely subjective. I added a can of Amy's Vegetarian Organic Refried [Black] Beans. Now just right for me. (November 2007)Help me understand why reviewers lower the rating when they don't follow the recipe? The logic escapes me.
YUM!!.. This soup turned out really good!! I have made Black Bean soup in the past, but they did not compare to this one. I followed the other reviewers advice and added green pepper, onion and a can of diced tomatoes. I also made sure to soak the beans overnight. I wanted a slightly creamier soup and ended up pureeing half of the soup. It turned out perfect, spicy but not too spicy! I have added this one to my favorites.
I love to eat black beans and rice and this is a great recipe for this. I like my food spicy so I added in a whole fresh Jalepeno with seeds and a chopped onion. I doubled the hot sauce also. Instead of soaking the beans overnight, I put them in the Crock Pot before I went to bed and let them cook all night (don't tell my mother or she will yell at me for leaving an appliance on while I slept). However, the beans are harder this way. I'd soak them if I wanted them softer.
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New Music Tuesday #12 - Bad Religion 'True North'
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Northwest High School sophomore quarterback Mark Pierce passed for 331 yards and four touchdowns to hand Quince Orchard High School its first loss of the season Friday night.
The Quince Orchard defense gave up a total of 26 points all season before facing Northwest, which put up 35 points and crossed the goal line five times in the 35-21 victory.
"It was a huge win, I can't explain it," Pierce said after upsetting the Cougars. "We were definitely the underdog. Nobody expected us to win this game… All we had to do was be physical. We played close to a perfect game and it paid off."
Pierce connected with six different receivers, including senior wide out Matt Watson for two of his scores, one of which came on an 86-yard strike down the right sideline late in the third quarter to extend the Jaguar lead to 15.
Fellow wide receiver Joshua Gills caught the other two scores from Pierce.
"Everyone just executed well," Gills said. "[We] dominated on both sides of the ball, [we] stuck to our assignments. Everything just went well for us tonight."
It seemed like the Jaguar defense limited the Cougar offense every time it needed a stop. Quince Orchard senior quarterback Mike Murtaugh threw for 201 yards and two touchdowns but could not figure out the Northwest defense in the fourth quarter, failing on multiple chances to mount a comeback.
"It wasn't really our night," Murtaugh said following his final home game as a Cougar. "We got beat up front, [linebackers] were blitzing — sometimes we didn't pick them up well — so we've got to get better from here on out."
Senior tailback Kevin Joppy rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown in an effort to keep the game close but every time Quince Orchard found the end zone Northwest answered, forcing Murtaugh to air it out.
The senior quarterback stayed positive after the loss, knowing the Cougars had already clinched a playoff berth.
"A loss doesn't define us," Murtaugh said. "We're going to come back stronger…. We've just got to focus on the little things. [Northwest] outworked us today, we can't come out flat. We've just got to keep working and keep on our grind."
Murtaugh marched Quince Orchard down the field in the hurry-up offense after a Northwest three-and-out to begin the second half.
He tossed a 12-yard score to senior Elliott Davis with seven and a half minutes left in the third quarter to cut the lead to eight. But Pierce lofted a beautiful deep-ball into the hands of Watson just before the end of the third quarter to get the points right back.
Running back E.J. Lee led Northwest on the ground, picking up 69 tough yards on 19 carries. The junior provided a much-needed change of pace for the Jaguars, who relied on the passing game for much of the contest.
"The bus ride home, I can tell you right now, is gonna be crazy," Gills said.
Northwest 35, Quince Orchard 21
Northwest (7-2) 0 21 7 0—35
Quince Orchard (8-1) 0 7 6 8—21
Second Quarter
N—Joshua Gills 2 pass from Mark Pierce (kick good)
N—Rasheed Gillis 1 run (kick good)
QO—Kevin Joppy 10 run (kick good)
N—Joshua Gills 13 pass from Mark Pierce (kick good)
Third Quarter
QO—Elliott Davis 12 pass from Mike Murtaugh (kick failed)
N—Matt Watson 86 pass from Mark Pierce (kick good)
Fourth Quarter
N—Matt Watson 20 pass from Mark Pierce (kick good)
QO—Elliott Davis 6 pass from Mike Murtaugh (Mike Murtaugh pass from Malcolm Brown for 2)
Northwest—E.J. Lee 19-69, Mark Pierce 3-31, Joshua Gills 6-14, Rasheed Gillis 4-14, Matt Watson 1-13
Quince Orchard—Kevin Joppy 16-95, Kyle Green 5-25, Shawn Barlow 6-13, Preston Bampoe-Addo 1-4, Mike Murtaugh 1-2, Malcolm Brown 1-(-2)
Northwest—Mark Pierce 19-29-331-1
Quince Orchard—Mike Murtaugh 15-30-201-0, Malcolm Brown 1-1-2-0
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Kilimanjaro National Park
Kilimanjaro National Park
At 5,895 m, Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa. This volcanic massif stands in splendid isolation above the surrounding plains, with its snowy peak looming over the savannah. The mountain is encircled by mountain forest. Numerous mammals, many of them endangered species, live in the park.
Parc national du Kilimandjaro
Point culminant de l'Afrique à une altitude de 5 895 m, le Kilimandjaro est un massif volcanique dont la cime isolée, couverte de neiges éternelles, surplombe la savane avoisinante. Il est entouré d'une forêt de montagne et abrite de nombreux mammifères, dont beaucoup appartiennent à des espèces menacées.
منتزه كيليمانجارو الوطني
روضة كيليمانجارو الوطنية يشكل كيليمانجارو أعلى نقطة في افريقيا إذ يبلغ ارتفاعه 5895 متراً. وهو عبارة عن كتلة بركانية تطل بقمتها المعزولة المغطاة بالثلوج الأزلية على السافانا المجاورة وتحيط بها غابة جبلية، كما تحتضن عدداً كبيراً من الثدييات التي ينتمي الكثير منها الى أصناف مهددة.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: UNESCO/ERI
Национальный парк Килиманджаро
Гора Килиманджаро (5963 м) – самая высокая точка Африки. Этот вулканический горный массив со снежной вершиной ярко выделяется на фоне окружающих его равнинных саванн. Склоны горы покрыты тропическим лесом. Здесь обитают разнообразные млекопитающие, многие из которых признаны исчезающими.
source: UNESCO/ERI
Parque Nacional del Kilimanjaro
El macizo volcánico del Kilimanjaro, rematado por su célebre pico de 5.895 metros de altitud, es el "techo" del continente africano. Cubierta de nieves perpetuas, su cima se yergue solitaria en medio de la sabana circundante y está rodeada por un bosque de montaña donde viven numerosas especies de mamíferos, muchas de las cuales se hallan en peligro de extinción.
source: UNESCO/ERI
source: NFUAJ
Nationaal park Kilimanjaro
Het Nationaal park Kilimanjaro heeft een oppervlakte van ongeveer 75.575 hectare en beschermt de grootste vrijstaande vulkanische massa ter wereld en de hoogste berg van Afrika, de Kilimanjaro, met een hoogtre van 5.895 meter. De berg heeft drie belangrijke vulkanische pieken: Kibo, Mawenzi en Shira. Zijn met sneeuw bedekte top, uitzicht op de savanne en de prachtige geïsoleerde ligging tussen de omringende vlakten maken van de Kilimanjaro een superlatief natuurverschijnsel. De hele berg, inclusief de omringende bergbossengordel waarvan een deel zich uitstrekt tot in het nationaal park, is zeer rijk aan diersoorten. Er zijn tal van zoogdieren, waaronder veel bedreigde diersoorten.
Source: unesco.nl
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
Kilimanjaro National Park covering an area of some 75,575 ha protects the largest free standing volcanic mass in the world and the highest mountain in Africa, rising 4877m above surrounding plains to 5895m at its peak. With its snow-capped peak, the Kilimanjaro is a superlative natural phenomenon, standing in isolation above the surrounding plains overlooking the savannah.
Criterion vii: Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the largest volcanoes in the world. It has three main volcanic peaks, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. With its snow-capped peak and glaciers, it is the highest mountain in Africa. The mountain has five main vegetation zones from the lowest to the highest point: Lower slopes, montane forest, heath and moorland, alpine desert and summit. The whole mountain including the montane forest belt is very rich in species, in particular mammals, many of them endangered species. For this combination of features but mostly its height, its physical form and snow cap and its isolation above the surrounding plains, Mount Kilimanjaro is considered an outstanding example of a superlative natural phenomenon.
Kilimanjaro National Park, established in 1973, initially comprised the whole of the mountain above the tree line and six forest corridors stretching down through the montane forest belt. At the time of inscription in 1987, the main pressures affected mostly the forest reserve which acted as a buffer zone to the park. The World Heritage Committee recommended extending the national park to include more areas of montane forest. Following a 2005 extension, the National Park includes the whole of the mountain above the tree line as well as the natural forest (montane forest) which was under Kilimanjaro Forest Reserve, and as such fulfils the criteria of integrity. It is important that the extension of the National Park be reflected in the boundaries of the property.
The wildlife of the property is important to the experience of Kilimanjaro, although the property is not inscribed in relation to biodiversity criteria. Pressures on elephant, buffalo and antelope, and logging in the Forest Reserve area, were noted as integrity concerns at the time of inscription. The park is connected to Amboseli National Park, however corridors to Arusha National Park and Tsavo National park have been encroached, impacting on wildlife migration.
Protection and management requirements
Kilimanjaro National Park is protected under national legislation as a National Park and a management plan is in place. The property requires an effective and managing organization, including sufficient well equipped ranger presence to be able to carry out surveillance and implementation of the management plan. A key management issue is maintaining the aesthetic quality of the property as a spectacular natural site. Protecting its visual integrity and sustaining its natural integrity are key management issues. Key viewpoints to the property also need to be protected, including from Arusha and Amboseli where the most famous views of the property can be seen. An effective programme of research and monitoring of the property is also required.
Threats to the property include increasing and cumulative stress from sources such as adjacent land uses, downstream effects of air and water pollution, invasive species, fire and climate change. The glaciers of the property are vulnerable to retreat, and are cited as a feature of particular vulnerability to global climate change. The impacts from these threats need to be closely monitored and minimized. Tourism poses a significant threat and careful planning of related infrastructure and access development is required. Human pressure on the property needs to be managed, which can result otherwise in illegal harvest of its resources, encroachments to park boundary and blockage of migratory routes and dispersal areas. Education programmes and integration of park management with all involved partners and stakeholders, including the surrounding rural population, is essential.
Long Description
The national park and forest reserve occupy the upper part of Mount Kilimanjaro adjacent to the Kenyan border just north of Moshi. The national park comprises the whole of the mountain above the timberline and six forest corridors stretching down through the montane forest belt.
Kilimanjaro is a volcanic massif (last showing signs of major activity in the Pleistocene) which is not only the highest mountain in Africa, rising 4,877 m above the surrounding plains to 5,895 m, but also one of the largest volcanoes in the world.
It stands alone but is the largest of an east-west belt of volcanoes across northern Tanzania. It has three main volcanic peaks of varying ages lying on an east-south-east axis, and a number of smaller parasitic cones. To the west, the oldest peak Shira (3,962 m), of which only the western and southern rims remain, is a relatively flat upland plateau of some 6,200 ha, the northern and eastern flanks having been covered by later material from Kibo. The rugged erosion-shattered peak of Mawenzi (5,149 m) lies to the east. The top of its western face is fairly steep with many crags, pinnacles and dyke swarms. Its eastern side falls in cliffs over 1,000 m high in a complex of gullies and rock faces, rising above two deep gorges, the Great Barranco and the Lesser Barranco. Kibo (5,895 m), is the most recent summit, having last been active in the Pleistocene and still has minor fumaroles. It consists of two concentric craters of 1.9 km by 2.7 km and 1.3 km in diameter, with a 350 m deep ash pit in the centre. The highest point on the mountain is the southern rim of the outer crater. Between Kibo and Mawenzi there is a plateau of some 3,600 ha, called the Saddle, which forms the largest area of high altitude tundra in tropical Africa. There are deep radial valleys especially on the western and southern slopes.
Since 1912 the mountain has lost 82% of its ice cap and since 1962 55% of its remaining glaciers. Kibo still retains permanent ice and snow and Mawenzi also has patches of semi-permanent ice, but the mountain is forecast to lose its ice cap within 15 years. Evidence of past glaciation is present on all three peaks, with morainic debris found as low as 3,600 m. The mountain remains a critical water catchment for both Kenya and the United Republic of Tanzania, but as a result of the receding ice cap and deforestation several rivers have dried up, affecting the forests and farmland below.
The mountain has five main vegetation zones: savannah bushland at 700-1,000 m (south slopes) and 1,400-1,600 m (north slopes), densely populated submontane agroforest on southern and south-eastern slopes, the montane forest belt, subalpine moorland and alpine bogs. Above this is alpine desert. The montane forest belt circles the mountain between 1,300 m (about 1,600 m on the drier north slopes) to 2,800 m. Forests above 2,700 m are within the National Park. According to a 2001 study there are 2,500 plant species on the mountain, 1,600 of them on the southern slopes and 900 within the forest belt. There are 130 species of tree with the greatest diversity being between 1,800 and 2,000 m, as well as 170 species of shrub, 140 species of epiphyte, 100 lianas and 140 pteridophytes.
The forest between 1,000 m and 1,700 m in the south and east has been extensively farmed with remnants of natural forest left only in deep gorges.
The whole mountain including the montane forest belt, part of which extends into the National Park, is very rich in species: 140 mammals (87 forest species), including 7 primates, 25 carnivores, 25 antelopes and 24 species of bat. Above the timberline at least seven of the larger mammal species have been recorded, although it is likely that many of these also use the lower montane forest habitat. The most frequently encountered mammals above the timberline are Kilimanjaro tree hyrax, a vulnerable species, grey duiker and eland, which occur in the moorland, with bushbuck and red duiker found above the timberline in places, and buffalo occasionally moving out of the forest into the moorland and grassland. An estimated 220 endangered African elephants are distributed between the Namwai and Tarakia rivers and sometimes occur on the higher slopes. Insectivores occur and rodents are plentiful above the timberline, especially at times of population explosion, although golden moles (Chrysochloridae ) are absent. Three species of primate are found within the montane forests, blue monkey, western black and white colobus, and bushbaby, and among mammals there are leopards as well as some of the species listed above. Abbot's duiker, another vulnerable species, is restricted to Kilimanjaro and some neighbouring mountains. The critically endangered black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis is now extinct in the area and mountain reedbuck Redunca fulvorufula is probably extinct.
Although 179 highland bird species have been recorded for the mountain, species recorded in the upper zones are few in number, although they include the occasional lammergeier, mainly on the Shira ridge, hill chat, Hunter's cisticola and scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird. The white-necked raven is the most conspicuous bird species at higher altitudes.
The area surrounding the mountain is quite heavily populated, principally by the Chagga people, and the northern and western slopes of the Forest Reserve surrounding the National Park have 18 medium to large 'forest villages'. Although it is illegal, these people still use the forest for many household and medicinal products, for fuelwood, small-scale farming, beekeeping, hunting, charcoal production and logging. Some 12% of the forest is plantation, some almost reaching to the moorland. The shamba system of tree plantations interplanted with crops comprises over half the planted area but over half of it is not replanted with trees at all.Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC
Historical Description
Mt Kilimanjaro and the surrounding forests were declared a game reserve by the German colonial government in the early part of this century, and this area was further gazetted as a forest reserve in 1921. This designation has been confirmed by the legislation of subsequent administrations. Part of the area was reclassified as a national park in 1973 by Government Notice 54. Designated a World Heritage site in 1987.Source: Advisory Body Evaluation
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On February 6, 2012, Alaska Rush Soccer Club introduced Yeniel Bermudez as the club's new Director of Coaching Developmental.
Yeniel began his playing career in his native Cuba with FC Cienfuegos in the Campeonato Nacional de Futbol de Cuba before eventually being honored with the captaincy for the Cuban U-23 National Team. He defected to the United States in 2008 during Olympic qualifying and since then has played in the USL with the Charleston Battery and the Los Angeles Blues and coached the youth academy's for those teams.'I am very happy to be with Alaska Rush and look forward helping grow the club and develop it's players,' said Yeniel. 'I believe this is a good fit for me as a coach and couldn't have asked for a better situation here in Alaska.'
This specific role will require Yeniel to oversee the Youth Academy developmental program, SoccerMania summer camp, and SoccerFest. In addition, Yeniel will coach the 03B Nike and 99G Swoosh teams as well as act as Lead Coach for a technical academy Alaska Rush will introduce in March 2012.
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Burton and Ingram receive second A-Sun weekly award of season
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 9, 2011) - Seniors Jarrod Burton (Bastian, Va.) and Jasmine Ingram (Fredrick, Md.) of the ETSU's track & field teams picked up their second Atlantic Sun Conference weekly awards of the season, announced the league office Wednesday.
"We are very pleased that that these two seniors are continuing to get recognized by the conference for their achievements this indoor season," said assistant coach Eli Sunquist. "Jasmine set two lifetime bests this past weekend, and her 400m time this past weekend was a whole second faster than what she ran at this time last year. Her training is going very well, and she is looking great heading into conference. Jarrod was the top collegiate thrower in both events this past weekend, and should take both throws next weekend at home as well. Both athletes are extremely deserving of this recognition."
Jasmine Ingram, ETSU (Sprints - Sr. - Frederick, Md. - Criminal Justice)
� Fourth Career A-Sun Track Athlete of the Week award
� Claimed three top-three finishes at the Niswonger Invitational
� Placed second in 400m and had a time of 55.11, which ranks 53rd in the nation and first in A-Sun
� Raced to third in 200m running a time of 24.65 in the prelims; 4th in A-Sun and 160th nationally
� Wrapped up day by running on second-place 4x400m team (3:51.13)
Jarrod Burton, ETSU (Throws - Sr. - Bastian, Va. - Exercise Science)
� Fifth A-Sun Field Athlete of the Week award
� Won the weight throw at Niswonger Invitational with top toss of 61'11
� Also claimed third place in shot put with distance of 54'6.75
� Ranks first in A-Sun in shot put and second in weight throw
� Owns 43rd best performance in shot put and 56th best in weight throw nationally
For more information on Buccaneer track and field, visit www.ETSUBucs.com.
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WILCOX – Wilcox resident Bailey Pretak has received word that she is now in the top 100 young women finalists in the Maurices Main Street Model Search, a clothing store chain that prefers to use regular women as their models.
The winner of the contest will be featured in store advertising and receive $7,500 to donate to a charity of her choice.
Pretak, 25, previously submitted photos and an essay, and needed to earn votes from the public in order to advance to this round.
Edward P. Eukon, 72, of 938 North Broad St., Ridgway, died Thursday, March 22, 2012 at Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh following a brief illness.
He was born April 4, 1939 in Ridgway, the son of the late John and Kathryn Eukon.
He married Barbara M. McAlee, who predeceased him on Sept. 25, 2009.
Mr. Eukon resided in Ridgway all of his life. He was a member of St. Leo Catholic Church. He was the meat manager at the Market Basket and he also worked at Carbide Graphite as a security guard. He enjoyed painting crafts for his grandchildren.
Edward J. and Clythera S. Hornung presented a gift Tuesday morning to the Elk County Board of Commissioners: a custom-made logo made from wood.
"We noticed that pictures taken of Elk County Commissioners as part of their regular meetings showed a nondescript background with nothing to identify that they were from Elk County," the Hornungs said. "We see attractive backgrounds on television for similar photos for communities such as Altoona.
"Some local communities have a definitive background that clearly defines their location, such as Fox Township in Kersey."
The Ridgway Township Supervisors discussed the significance of Governor Tom Corbett's signing of Act 13 of 2012 into law Feb. 14 allowing for a local impact fee on natural gas wells.
According to chairman John Gardner, the county has until April 14 to enact an ordinance to levy the impact fee.
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While the Ridgway YMCA offers 27 classes each week that are completely free to the facility's members, executive director Mary Lynne Bellotti said it is an even better feeling to see the members going outside the facility and making a difference.
"We have seen our class sizes stay pretty consistent and some even have a waiting list, and while it's great to see the Y so busy, it is a better feeling to see where our members are going outside our YMCA," Bellotti said. "A mother-daughter pair, Amy Matha and Breiana McKnight recently registered for the Pittsburgh Marathon.
Many people look at the Ridgway YMCA as just a health and fitness facility but according to executive director Mary Lynne Bellotti, the popular location is so much more.
"I have heard many times during my directorship at the Ridgway YMCA that our gym just isn't big enough," Bellotti said. "We do not have a full-size court but there has been a lot of basketball played in our gym. We have been the extra gym to several area basketball programs over the years."
With limited gym space at area schools, the YMCA has always opened up the gym to the teams that needed an extra practice or two.
The Ridgway YMCA has been a promoter of recreational gymnastics for over 17 years and despite being a small program, they "get results."
"Our facility isn't large enough to offer a competition gymnastics program but we are able to offer a recreational program that focuses mainly on tumbling," said Mary Lynne Bellotti, executive director at the Ridgway YMCA.
Bellotti has been teaching the program for at least 17 years.
LOCK HAVEN – Clarion senior shortstop Jerico Weitzel is the PSAC West Player of the Week after helping the Golden Eagles to four straight conference wins over Lock Haven over the weekend in Due West, S.C.
Weitzel hit .607 (17 of 28) in seven games during the week with three doubles, seven RBI, four runs scored and four stolen bases. He also walked five times out of the leadoff spot and had an on-base percentage of .667, a slugging percentage of .714 and an OPS of 1.381.
Area YMCA patrons competed March 10 in the Beast of the Northeast powerlifting competition at the Fitness Connection in Warren and came away with an impressive haul of awards.
"Many times at the Ridgway YMCA, we turn to volunteers who can help us make our YMCA a little extra special," said Mary Lynne Bellotti, executive director at the Ridgway YMCA. "I am very thankful to have Greg 'Lumpy' Scarnati as one of those volunteers. Lumpy has been promoting weightlifting in our YMCA free weight room for several years.
CLARION – Ridgway boys basketball had its best season in school history end Tuesday night.
But for the Elkers and the area, what a ride it was.
Ridgway lost 65-46 to Lincoln Park Charter in the PIAA Class A State Semifinal Tuesday night at Tippin Gym on the campus of Clarion University.
Ridgway finishes with a 29-2 record and the team will have the distinction of its farthest advancement in the state playoffs. It's a long way from a 3-18 record in the 2008-2009 season when Eric Matheson and Jordan Lundin were freshmen on the team.


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We don't know much but Al Michaels just interrupted NBC's Olympics coverage to say that a media bus struck and killed a cyclist in London.
According to Al Michaels just now, a media shuttle bus at the Olympics hit and killed a bicyclist in London. Jeez.
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#Olympics: #NBCNews confirms a media shuttle bus has hit and killed a cyclist just outside of #OlympicPark in #London.
— Robert Kovacik (@RobertNBCLA) August 1, 2012
We'll update as we learn more.
UPDATE, 4:53 p.m.: It doesn't look good. Here's the AFP:
An AFP reporter saw a man's legs protruding from under the double decker bus on a slip road outside the Olympic Park and his mangled racing bicycle lay nearby.
A group of around 30 soldiers who had been carrying out security duties at the Olympic Park ran over to the scene, where traffic soon built up causing long tailbacks.
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Police say the 30-year-old cyclist was pronounced dead Wednesday about 30 minutes after the 7:45 p.m. accident on Ruckholt Road in east London about 1 mile (1.5 kilometers) north of the Olympic Stadium.
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Ridgway softball didn't wait on good pitches to hit and weren't waiting to build a big lead.
The Lady Elkers scored 10 runs in the first inning and were not threatened in a 13-1, 5-inning victory over Sheffield Wednesday afternoon at Francis S. Grandinetti Elementary School in Ridgway's season finale.
"They came out swinging," Ridgway coach Gary Gerber II said. "Everybody up and down the lineup came out swinging. We jumped out ahead of them and Taylor did the rest."
Jenni Thomas and Sydney Kovalyak each singled to lead off the game. Both runners came around to score on a Melissa Wehler double for a 2-0 lead. Ashley Viglione reached on a Sheffield error which scored Wehler for a 3-0 lead. Sam Kovalyak singled to score Viglione from second and Morgan Herzing followed with a single to score Sam Kovalyak.
Taylor Roseto reached on an error which scored Herzing. Emily Spiers reached on a fielder's choice and Jenna Hoffman reached on an error. Thomas singled in her second at bat off the inning. Both Spiers and Hoffman scored on wild pitches which brought the lead to 8-0. Sydney Kovalyak singled home Thomas in her second at bat of the inning. Wehler singled and later was driven home on a Viglione single for a 10-0 Ridgway lead in the first inning.
After Sheffield added a run in the second, Hoffman walked with two outs and later scored as Thomas reached on an error. Sierra Kos also added a run in the second inning as she courtesy ran for Roseto, as she singled.
Thomas added another RBI in the fourth with a single to score Spiers and a 13-1 lead. Thomas was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two stolen bases. Sydney Kovalyak, Wehler and Spiers each had two hits while Viglione finished with three stolen bases.
Sheffield's lone run came in the second as Sami Pollock walked with the bases loaded, scoring Hannah Vile who had both hits.
"They got one run on a walk and the same girl had two hits," Gerber II said.
Roseto also had a strong day in the pitcher's circle as she had 11 of 15 possible outs via the strikeout.
The Lady Elkers finished the season with three wins in its last four games. This was the last game for Ridgway's five seniors, Sydney Kovalyak, Sam Kovalyak, Melissa Wehler, Morgan Herzing and Ashley Viglione.
"It's a good way for the seniors to go out on top with a victory," Gerber II said. "All five of them have been here all four years. They've been teaching our younger kids how to do it, how to hustle, how to play the game, how to want to play the game. Every one of them wanted to be here every day."
Sheffield AB R H BI
Justine Barr 3 0 0 0
Brooke Hoffman 3 0 0 0
Anna Baldensperger 3 0 0 0
Hannah Vile 2 1 2 0
Zarah Pratz 1 0 0 0
Erin Fry 1 0 0 0
Maddie Fiscus 1 0 0 0
Rachel Maines 2 0 0 0
Sami Pollock 1 0 0 1
Totals 17 1 2 1
Ridgway AB R H BI
Jenni Thomas 4 2 3 1
Sydney Kovalyak 4 1 2 1
Melissa Wehler 3 2 2 1
Ashley Viglione 3 1 1 0
Sam Kovalyak 2 1 1 1
Morgan Herzing 3 1 1 1
Taylor Roseto 3 0 1 1
Emily Spiers 3 2 2 0
Jenna Hoffman 2 2 0 0
Paige Grazioli 0 0 0 0
Sierra Kos 0 1 0 0
Totals 27 13 13 6
2B: Wehler. SB: Viglione 3, Thomas 2, Wehler.
Sheffield 0 10 00 - 1 2 6
Ridgway (10) 20 1x - 13 13 0
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Fiscus 4 13 13 1 0
Ridgway IP H R BB K
Roseto 5 2 1 4 11
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