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EWING -- Police are searching for three men suspected in a violent robbery and home invasion that happened just two days after a Ewing college student was bound, gagged and robbed in a similar incident.
Police say Tuesday's robbery and assault happened around 9 p.m. at a Homestead Avenue residence when the three suspects entered the home through an unlocked back door.
Two men were home at the time and beaten about the head and face by the intruders. One suspect grabbed a pair of pruning shears and attacked one of the victims, almost severing his thumb in the process.
The suspects left on foot after taking an undisclosed amount of money from the residence. Ewing Police released these descriptions of the suspects:
One is a black male in his early 20s, 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 with a thin physique. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and red bandana.
The second is described as a black male in his 20s with a light complexion, mustache and heavier build. He is 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 and was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, light blue jeans and leather boots.
The third suspect is a black male in his 20s with a dark complexion, medium build and braided hair. He is 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall and was wearing a turquoise and orange "Coogi" brand jacket.
Police urge anyone with information to call the Ewing station at (609) 882-1313 or the tipline at (609) 882-7530.
In the incident on Sunday, a 21-year-old College of New Jersey student was terrorized but not seriously hurt when an intruder broke into her off-campus apartment on Pennington Road at about 1 a.m., police said.
The unnamed junior at The College of New Jersey was first robbed and then thrown to the floor by the male attacker, who broke in through a first-floor window then walked straight into the victim's room.


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C. S. Lewis was fielding questions from his audience. Someone asked how important church attendance and membership are to living a successful Christian life. From his book "God in the Dock," his answer:
My own experience is that when I first became a Christian, about 14 years ago, I thought that I could do it on my own, by retiring to my rooms and reading theology, and I wouldn't go to the churches and Gospel Halls; and then later I found that it was the only way of flying your flag; and of course, I found this meant being a target.
It is extraordinary how inconvenient to your family it becomes for you to get up early to go to church. It doesn't matter so much if you get up early for anything else, but if you get up early to go to church it's very selfish of you and you upset the house.
If there is anything in the teaching of the New Testament which is in the nature of a command, it is that you are obliged to take the Sacrament (John 6:53-54), and you can't do it without going to church. I disliked very much their hymns, which I considered to be fifth-rate poems set to sixth-rate music. But as I went on I saw the great merit of it.
I came up against different people of quite different outlooks and different education, and then gradually my conceit just began peeling off. I realized that the hymns (which were just sixth-rate music) were, nevertheless, being sung with devotion and benefit by an old saint in elastic-side boots in the opposite pew, and then you realize that you aren't worthy to clean those boots.
It gets you out of your solitary conceit. It is not for me to lay down laws, as I am only a layman, and I don't know much.
Yeah, right. C. S. Lewis doesn't know much. Oh, that I knew as little as he.
Solitary conceit. That one has snagged my attention and will not turn me loose. I see it in Christians who stand aloof from church attendance, in pastors who will not associate with other ministers, and in myself.
The Christian who stands aloof from identifying with a specific church suffers from solitary conceit.
"The churches today just don't meet my need." "They aren't as warm and welcoming as churches ought to be." "I find I can worship better at home with my Bible sitting in front of a blazing fire in the fireplace with a cup of spice tea at hand."
Then you are smarter than God.
Do not forsake the assembling of yourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting (encouraging) one another, and so much the more, as you see the day approaching. (Hebrews 10:25) The verse just before reads, "And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works."
The Lord thought every believer ought to belong to a fellowship of Christ-followers. The person calling himself a disciple of Jesus but not joining with other believers is attempting something never successfully done and specifically forbidden in Scripture.
I'll tell you what I think it is. Just my opinion, mind you.
It is indeed a conceit. The solitary believer who will not join with other believers thinks himself/herself a better Christian than they. He visits a congregation and spots a class of church members he'd just as soon not be identified with. They are a little beneath him. Their brand of Christianity is not as refined as his. Their doctrines not as well thought out as his. They dress differently. Their music is not very good.
Solitary conceit is every bit as dangerous and destructive as it sounds.
We remember how Jesus said no one would enter heaven unless they humbled themselves as a little child. That's the remedy for solitary conceit. Let the follower of Jesus Christ rebuke his pride and step forward in church and join those humble believers who are trying their best to follow Him too.
As C. S. Lewis noted, you just might discover you are not worthy to shine the boots of some of those whom you looked down on earlier.
The pastor who will not deign to associate with other preachers--particularly those shepherding smaller, less (ahem) insignificant churches--suffers from solitary conceit.
I know these pastors. Some are my friends.
My pastoral ministry was--like most preachers--begun in small, out of the way churches. Unity Baptist Church in Kimberly, Alabama, Paradis Baptist Church in Paradis, Louisiana, and Emmanuel Baptist Church in Greenville, Mississippi were not large and would not impress the pastors of the larger city churches in those areas.
As a young preacher, I recall being surprised at not finding the pastors of the First Baptist Churches in attendance at associational functions I would attend. "Where are they?" I wondered. I would have thought they would have delighted in attending these events where they could associate with other preachers. The fact that it was like bread and butter to me made me think they would see it as such also.
They didn't.
Were we to ask them, those pastors would plead that a) they don't have time, b) those meetings have little to offer them, and c) "We send our money."
Baloney. It's pride. Conceit.
We all find the time to do whatever is important to us.
Two or three years ago, I was given the opportunity to address the Alabama Baptist Convention meeting at First Baptist Montgomery in two sessions. In one, I directed a broadside toward "You pastors of the big Fust Baptist Church who are too much of big shots to attend your associational meetings." I said, "My friends, get off your high horse, humble yourself, get in there and fellowship with those pastors and you might make a discovery. You will find that there are pastors of much smaller churches--even bi-vocational pastors--who can teach you a great deal."
An "oooooh" went up from the congregation. I had touched a nerve.
Again, as C. S. Lewis discovered, you might find that bi-vocational pastor serving that handful of folks down at Shady Creek Chapel is a far greater Christian than yourself and has wisdom to offer like you have only dreamed of.
Solitary conceit afflicts pastors and should be seen as the isolating sin it is, and should be repented of.
I suffer from solitary conceit when I try to bear up under the load God lays on me alone, all by my lonesome.
We've all heard the plaintive cries of the four-year-old, "I can do it by myself!"
The immature within us makes the same claims, and is just as mistaken.
We need one another.
Anyone doubting that should spend two hours perusing the entire New Testament in search of "one another" texts. There are at least 31 places in the gospels and epistles where believers are commanded to do certain things to one another. We are to love, submit, encourage, rebuke, be kind, pray for, admonish, teach, build up, and forgive one another. (One of my favorite books is "One Anothering" by Al Meredith and Dan Crawford, containing devotionals on each of the 31 admonitions they find in Scripture.)
One of our highest privileges is praying for friends. One of my highest pleasures is sharing prayer requests with several friends who lift me up. I have seen answers to prayer in the remarkable range not long after asking for their prayers.
The old story has been retold thousands of times, but it fits here. When the pastor called on a church member who had been missing worship for quite some time, he said not a word but took the tongs and lifted a coal from the fireplace, laying it off to itself. Soon, it had died out and turned black. The church member said, "Well said, preacher. I'll see you in church Sunday."
We need each other. We need church. We need companions and friends along this journey. The one who says he does not contradicts the Lord Himself.
Dr. Joe McKeever is a preacher and cartoonist. He holds a master of theology and doctor of ministry degrees from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (1967 and 1973). During his long career, Dr. McKeever served as Director of Missions for the Baptist Association of Greater New Orleans and was senior pastor at churches in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Recently retired, he still accepts speaking invitations and plans to write one book a year for the next ten years.

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Tractor trailer crash shuts down River Road
BERKELEY SPRINGS – An accident in Morgan County resulted in River Road being shut down for several hours Friday morning after a tractor trailer carrying 50,000 pounds of paper goods crashed into the Sleepy Creek bridge.
The accident occurred shortly before 8 a.m. in the 6000 block of River Road at the one-lane bridge spanning the creek.
Sgt. Seth Place of the Morgan County Sheriff's Department, who investigated the wreck, said the rear tandem axles of the vehicle's 53-foot long trailer were torn off during the accident and about six feet of the bridge wall was destroyed. Both the rear axles and portions of the damaged wall fell into the creek below.
The accident investigation determined that the driver of the tractor trailer, Bradley Lee Speck, 56, of New Cumberland, Pa., was traveling from Martinsburg to Warrendale, Pa., when he decided to use River Road as a shortcut, disregarding a GPS device and Department of Highways signs prohibiting large trucks from traveling on River Road. Speck told police he was trying to find a place to turn around when the accident occurred.
The accident occurred when the tractor trailer reached the bridge and traveled too close to the bridge wall.
Speck was not injured in the accident. The tractor trailer was owned by DDI Transportation Inc. River Road was shut down at about 8:30 a.m. and remained closed for about four hours until the accident scene was cleared and the tractor trailer was removed.
Another accident involving a tractor trailer rollover on Interstate 81 at the 23-mile marker led to I-81 being shut down for several hours as well. The accident happened around 4:45 a.m. Friday and was being investigated by the West Virginia State Police.
– Staff writer Edward Marshall can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 182.


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You see it all so clearly so many years later, and you wonder why:
You are 12 years old, the year everything changes, the summer Neil Armstrong sets foot on the moon. You're a skinny kid with his first case of swimmer's ear. You're baseball-mad, a lefty pitcher/first baseman who imitates the great Yaz at the plate, arms lifted, bat held straight and high, and Juan Marichal on the mound, front leg kicking up high, disguising the pitch, hurling it God-knows-where when you finally let it go.
For most of your brief life, you have believed in your heart that you were born to be a ballplayer.
You've spent hours pitching tennis balls against a chalked-in strike zone on your brick chimney, calling the count, striking out the best with the bases loaded. You've tossed up and hit acorns with Wiffle-ball bats, watching them soar into the high trees behind your house, and you've rounded imaginary bases to ovations no one can hear.
By that summer, though, things are changing. You love to read. You read gripping profiles of your heroes in Sports Illustrated and Sport magazines and begin to repeat the overwrought rhetoric about the players' preternatural feats to yourself as you imitate them. The words themselves become your barrier.
You intimidate yourself, feeling the gulf between that rhetoric and your own skills. At night you play Strat-O-Matic Baseball, a board game in which computerized player cards reduce the players' statistics to dice-throwing probabilities. You get to manage Ruth and Gehrig, Mantle and Maris, and their feats seem superhuman. Certainly beyond you.
Meanwhile, others are sprouting up and filling out; a few are shaving. Some can throw so hard you can't get the bat around. You bunt a lot. You measure yourself almost daily, drawing a pencil line on the back of your bedroom door to chart your growth. Although you draw the line slightly higher day by day, you don't fool yourself. A dream is dying in the long summer days.
Another is awakening. You spend hours at the community pool staring involuntarily at the girls who look like women suddenly, round but firm in all the right places in their bright-colored bikinis as they congregate around the lifeguard chairs. You find yourself doing crazy dives and playing loud poolside games to get their attention, but you are mortified when they do smile at you. For your aquatic efforts, you get an ear infection.
Music is on everyone's RCA transistor radio at the pool; to this day, the bright poolside afternoons -- the sunlight glinting off the water, the chlorine scented air, the sizzle of hot dogs on the grill -- come back when you hear Diana Ross singing "Where Did Our Love Go" or the Beach Boys singing "God Only Knows" or the Beatles singing "Got to Get You Into My Life."
Something else, too, is changing that summer. For the first time, you can feel the summer passing like a glimmer trail of moonlight over water, like the continents of cloud shadows drifting over outfield grass.
A corollary of knowing that some dreams will never come true is the sense that you have, when the sun-bright days and liquid moonlit nights are so achingly beautiful that part of your soul breaks off sometimes and stands outside of time, or is transposed forward in time somehow to now, to the place where you sit remembering. The past and future inform each other. This is new, too, that summer. You've never stood apart before, never stood outside yourself, never before remembered the sweet summer days even as they happened.
Your mother's voice cuts through, then and now, telling you that "the Eagle has landed"; it is about to happen. It will happen for the whole world, but it will happen because this is America, where no one can tell you how to think or what to dream.
You turn to the mahogany cabinet Magnavox black and white TV, trying to feel the majesty of the moment despite the throbbing ache in your ear. The Magnavox is a moody creature; you have to balance antennae whose ends are covered in tin foil just-so or all you get is static. Dad will play the balancing game only so long before he curses and slams the top of the cabinet as hard as he can. It is amazing how often that works.
Tonight, though, static is best anyone will do. Miraculously, a TV camera mounted on the lunar module has survived the descent to record Neil Armstrong as he floats down the stairs and then, with a decisive downward thrust, lands in the lunar dust and records his "one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind."
You see it as if it's still happening. You watch Armstrong and Aldrin cavort on the moon and look back from the moon to the earthrise across all of those miles as if across the beauty and wreckage of all your summers. Part of you remains the skinny 12-year-old with the earache, but somehow, too, even that night part of you -- the part that remembers, that lives in the elasticity of beguiled time -- is projected forward to here, today, at the end of 40 more summers.
So much of your life is gone, as dead as moon dust. You've mourned your grandparents and your first wife and her parents and your uncles and aunts and your young cousin Joey. You still mourn them. You have seen so many pass from your life.
But you've also found such love in the world, found it living still within yourself, glowing like an ember in the ashes of loss. Your body glows in breeze-filled days of ocean and sky. You walk along the shore and the moon glows in an echo of sunset but then bleaches white as a Eucharist, as if a priest were raising it over water. We were there, once.
You live here and there, now and then, always. It is your life and it is once only and for ever, and it leaves, across all the miles, what you heard that summer so long ago from so far away: magnificent desolation.
John Farmer Jr. is dean of the Rutgers School of Law-Newark.


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Democratic Party
One of the two major American political parties evolving out of the Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson
Divided Government
A situation in which one major political party controls the presidency and the other controls the chambers of Congress, or in which one party controls a state governorship and the other controls the state legislature.
Electoral College
A group of persons, called electors, who are selected by the voters in each state. This group officially elects the president and the vice president of the United States.
Era of Good Feelings
The years from 1817 to 1825, when James Monroe was president and there was, in effect, no political opposition.
A group or bloc in a legislature or political party acting in pursuit of some special interest or position
National Committee
A standing committee of a national political party established to direct and coordinate party activities between national party conventions
National Convention
The meeting held every four years by each major party to select presidential and vice presidential candidates, to write a platform, to choose a national committee, and to conduct party business.
Party Organization
The formal structure and leadership of a political party, including election committees local, state, and national executives and paid professional staff.
Party Platform
A document drawn up at each national convention, outlining the policies, positions, and principles of the party.
Those members of the general public who identify with a political party or who express a preference for one party over another.
A number of votes cast for a candidate that is greater than the number of votes for any other candidate but not necessarily a majority.
Political Party
A group of political activists who organize to win elections, operate the government, and determine public policy.
A process in which a substantial group of voters switches party allegiance, producing a long-term change in the political landscape.
Republican Party
One of the two major American political parties. It emerged in the 1850s as an antislavery party and consisted of former northern Whigs and antislavery Democrats.
Reverse-Income Effect
A tendency for wealthier states or regions to favor the Democrats and for less wealthy states or regions to favor the Republicans. The effect appears paradoxical because it reverses traditional patterns of support.
Splinter Party
A new party formed by a dissident faction within a major political party. Often, splinter parties have emerged when a particular personality was at odds with the major party.
Split-Ticket Voting
Voting for candidates of two or more parties for different offices, such as voting for a Republican presidential candidate and a Democratic congressional candidate
State Central Committee
The principal organized structure of each political party within each state. This committee is responsible for carrying out policy decisions of the party's state convention.
Third Party
A political party other than the two major political parties (Republican and Democratic).
A phenomenon that occurs when a group that is becoming more numerous over time grows large enough to change the political balance in a district, state, or country.
Unit Rule
A rule by which all of a state's electoral votes are cast for the presidential candidate receiving a plurality of the popular vote in that state.
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Number 23
Genre: Drama/Mystery/Thriller
Rated: R
by: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Jim Carrey, Virginia
Madsen, Logan Lerman, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins,
Rhona Mitra
Released by: New Line Cinema
A Mathematician's Nightmare
in Every Way
Laurie Hartzell
it starts out as an entertaining weekend popcorn movie,
this numerology thriller attempts to dive into "The
Da Vinci Code" territory but instead drowns in predictable
Carrey is Walter Sparrow, a slightly off-kilter dog-catcher
whose life changes for the worse when fate intervenes
in the form of a devoted dog. Virginia Madsen plays Walter's
wife, Agatha, who discovers a book in an old book store
because Walter arrives late for their date, because he
was bitten by the dog that also appears several other
times throughout the movie to keep the plot rolling. Sound
contrived yet?
book that Agatha finds tells the tale of a man haunted
and obsessed with the number 23, which paranoid numerologists
connect to catastrophic events. Walter discovers that
details and characters in the book are eerily similar
to parts of his own life, and although he becomes more
and more obsessed with the book throughout the first part
of the film, it takes him forever to read the darn thing.
"Did you finish it yet?" his wife Agatha repeatedly
asks. Agatha also mirrors our feelings in several other
instances, stating that the 23 phenomenon is self-fulfilling—anyone
who's looking for the number will find it. We wish Jim
Carrey's character would have listened…
Gratuitous throat-slashing and balcony-jumping follow
as the film attempts to delve into both the secrets of
the book's author and the mystery of the number
23, resulting in a sort-of "Da Vinci Code" adventure
for mentally unstable numerologists. The surprise ending
wasn't much of a surprise, and unlike fellow revelation
films such as "The Usual Suspects" and "The
Sixth Sense," "The Number 23" won't be
worth watching a second time.
the cheap thrills and clichéd scenes—Agatha
enters an abandoned insane asylum at night with no flashlight,
how smart!—there are parts of this movie that remain
memorable. We thought we'd be seeing 23 everywhere as
soon as we exited the theater, but the only thing that
stuck with us was how strangely hot Jim Carrey was in
this film. The ridiculous rubber-faced Ace Ventura long
gone, Carrey's skeevy, unshaven, back-tattooed character
was actually sexy, and the steamy scenes with a vamped-out
Virginia Madsen didn't hurt either. All in all, if you're
looking for a cheap night at home, "The Number 23"
will be worth a rental in the future, but not much else.
don't bother circling the 23rd word in each paragraph
of this review and making a hidden sentence—you
could probably force the words to mean something, but
like the movie, in the end, it wouldn't amount to
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ATHENS, Alabama – A 27-year-old Athens man accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl was re-arrested Wednesday after being indicted by a Limestone County grand jury, District Attorney Brian Jones said.
Michael Mosley of 1201 Brownsferry St. was indicted in April on two counts of second-degree sexual abuse and one count of indecent exposure, Jones said. He was just located and arrested and was released on $21,000 bond later the same day.
Jones said although second-degree sexual assault is a misdemeanor charge, it rises to a felony if there is more than one offense within a year.
Mosley was initially arrested in July 2013 after a family member of the victim reported the alleged abuse to authorities. The child was interviewed by authorities and a counselor from the Child Advocacy Center, leading to Mosley's arrest.


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Brad Feld urges entrepreneurs to fight through pitch fatigue. Bloomberg
The UpTake: Brad Feld understands pitch fatigue. But the venture capitalist urges entrepreneurs to fight through it if they want to sell investors and customers on their companies.
Brad Feld is deep into the TechStars Boulder mentoring process and there's something that's coming across from the entrepreneurs involved: Pitch fatigue. And it's deadly.
The managing director of the Foundry Group and co-founder of the influential TechStars accelerator program has taken to his blog this morning with some advice on pitching that can apply to anyone, even if they aren't TechStars entrepreneurs. Here's some of what he has to say:
By the third week, I notice what I call "pitch fatigue" setting in. I think every entrepreneur should have several short pitches that they can give anytime, in any context, on demand.
15 seconds: Three sentences—very tight "get me interested in you" overview.
60 seconds: What do you you, who do you do it to, why do I care?
5 minutes: Lead with the 60 seconds, then go deeper.
15 minutes: Full high level pitch
30 minutes: Extended presentation that has more details
But what if you're just tired of giving the pitch for the umpteenth time, and hearing "no" in reply plenty of those times. Well, Feld writes, that's when you have to get tough and muster the enthusiasm for your idea that will carry the day.
And, top-flight VC that he is, Feld is speaking from experience:
I've done an enormous amount of pitching and fundraising over the years. When we raised our first Foundry Group fund in 2007, I did 90 meetings in three months before we got our first investor commitment. By meeting 87, after hearing no a lot (we got about 30 no's out of the first 90 meetings before we got a yes) I definitely had pitch fatigue. But every time I told it, I brought the same level of intensity, emotion, optimism, and belief that I did the first time I told it. Today, six years later, when I describe what we are doing and why we are doing it, and why you should care, I'm just as focused on getting the message across as I ever have been. And I never get tired of telling our story.
Put another way: If you can't bring passion to your pitch, you can't expect to sell anyone on your idea.
Since coming aboard with Upstart's parent company, Kent has covered sustainability and business, entrepreneurs, technology, and venture capital. Now, he covers all the ways upstart businesses get their money.
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PRICHARD, Alabama – Light of the Village Ministry fed most of Alabama Village in Prichard on Wednesday during their annual Thanksgiving dinner. Pastor John Eads estimated that they served 1,000 plates of fried turkey with all the trimmings. There was also an inflatable slide, touch football games, face painting and a caramel apple station for the kids.
"We've been doing this for 12 years and this would be the biggest," said Pastor John as he delivered packed meals to folks who didn't make it out to the ministry. He said that their annual meal the day before Thanksgiving has become a neighborhood tradition and they are fortunate that their supply of donated food always meets the demand.
"I've never had to turn anyone away," he said. This year several organizations gave big including the Bay Minette Rotary Club who donated 37 fried turkeys.
Joi Hill of Alabama Village, a regular at the ministry, was there with her children. "It was awesome. I enjoy it every year. Some people don't have anything to eat on Thanksgiving," she said.


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Wednesday's City Council meeting is slated to begin with a congratulatory proclamation for a Hoboken student and top finalist in New Jersey's 14th Annual Essay Contest.
Meryl Kurland, whose essay "What My Parents Mean to Me" won second place in the statewide contest, is likely have a rather large audience as her proclamation will be immediately followed by a vote on the anti-layoff resolution proposed two weeks ago.
The Hoboken PBA has vowed to return with as many as 500 in tow to offer support for the resolution. The PBA's request to relocate the meeting to a larger venue was denied last week. Instead, the council will offer an overflow room for those who cannot fit in council chambers and the layoff resolution has been pushed to the top of the night's agenda. The eight remaining resolutions will be voted on toward the end of the meeting as is normal procedure.
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Archive for March, 2012
Such Great Heights
New York- I was doing some writing yesterday about my experiences in Afghanistan and Central Asia in the months after 9/11. Delving into the assassination of Massoud, the death of an Italian colleague, meeting the Taliban, and all of the other random seeming things that led me to be in New York on 9/11 and in Afghanistan shortly thereafter gave me pause to reflect on the constant of time, the merits of what we call progress. In the near future the new WTC will be completed with tourists, wallets bulging with euros (if the euro survives), pounds, yen and yuan, trampling grounds that to me look more reminiscent of Abu Dhabi's corniche than the considerably less imaginative original twin towers architected by Minoru Yamasaki in 1965.
In Syria, like Father, like Son & Mali Slides from Democracy to Junta
New York- It's been quite a while since I've managed to slug out a blog update due to bouts of sickness, busy-ness, and relaxing-ness. None of that is to say that TWD hasn't been busy though. Where to begin…well things in Syria have obviously gotten much worse. Kofi Annan's shuttle diplomacy is clearly an abject failure. Meanwhile the Free Syrian Army position visited by TWD in late January has been overrun according to the Telegraph's Nick Meo who traveled to Guveççi in early March. After the vicious assault on Homs, I figured reprisals against rebellious bastions in Idlib Governorate would surely be next and indeed they were. I had been contemplating a return to Idlib in the spring but for now I've scuttled that idea less a major development occurs. All the talk of a Turkish imposed of led buffer zone is just that…talk.
The floundering Syrian revolution is the saddest quarter of the Arab Spring, beating out the quashed, well contained uprising in Bahrain by a long shot. At least for the near term, it does not appear that any one actor is going to stick their neck out far enough and come to the FSA's rescue. That is not to say their cause is entirely without hope. Though the stream of Russian-supplied arms through the Black Sea and on to Syria's slice of the Mediterranean coast certainly does not foster much optimism for those longing to see the end of the conflict. With members of the FSA's border sentinels back on their heels in Turkish territory, I'm quite curious as to just how that will affect the already rather timid talk of creating some kind of cordon sanitaire hugging the southern Turkish border.
With the fall of Deir ez-Zor last week, the FSA has lost its conduit to smuggled arms emanating from northern and western Iraq. So in sum, things are looking quite bleak. As the FSA has had to concede a succession of tactical retreats throughout March reversing many of their gains from 2011, those that cannot ditch to either Turkey's Hatay Province or Lebanon's North Governorate may have to resort to a form of taqiyyah (dissimulation) to save the revolution from Assad's unforgiving mukhabarat. The bloody war in Syria being waged by Bashar al-Assad is like his father's much more limited anti-Ikhwan campaign that lasted for several weeks in February 1982 when the city of Hama suffered through a pulverizing scorched earth campaign that was the writ small template for today's crisis.
The world is paralyzed from acting in any sort of unison on Syria not just because of the well-reported obstinance of Russia and China on the UN Security Council but because that other all-important permanent member, the United States, could not take a firm position because it needed to be clear on what Israel's position was first. The problem with that scenario has been that the Israelis have not really had a position at all, at least officially. The Israelis, behind the curve more often than not when it comes to change in the Middle East, hoped that the untenable status quo would somehow maintain in Syria so that they could keep their American patrons tightly focused on the Iranian nuclear issue.
Although the US, most notably the State Department, began to put some teeth into their statements regarding the Assad regime, this ends up being empty rhetoric when not backed up by concrete action on the ground of any sort. Now that everyone has twiddled their thumbs for so long, the FSA has lost much of the ground it once de facto controlled.
Though publicly the Israelis find Assad and Co. odious, they would prefer to deal with a rather predictable, supposedly rational enemy they know rather than a collapsed state on their doorstep or an emergent Sunni-led government intent on somehow regaining the illegally occupied Golan which Israel sees as critical to its water supply. And as with Libya, France and Britain cannot really do much in terms of military action without the US. The most important player in the whole deal appears to be the Kremlin which is always a sad state of affairs (see Chechnya, Dagestan et al.). Though every state shall perform diplomacy through the narrow prism of their national interest, having Medvedev (Putin) broker a Syrian peace/stalemate is absurd. The FSA hoped Turkey would have their back but Ankara is too concerned about a resurgent PKK to do anything of substance on Syria. Turkey fears renewed Syrian assistance to the PKK that would allow them to stage attacks on Turkish security forces from Syrian ground as Hafez al-Assad had done until the late 1990s. Depressing all the way around.
While the world has been consumed by the war raging in the Levant, a very important geopolitical development has taken place in what many might incorrectly assume to be a quiet African backwater. A coup d'état took place in Mali last week as a direct result of the Western (and GCC)-backed overthrow and extrajudicial execution of Qaddafi in Libya last year.
With Qaddafi dead and the war in Libya shrunk down to a few internecine militia skirmishes and inter-ethnic squabbles little understood by the outside world, ethnic Tuareg fighters who had fought under Qaddafi's monochrome green banner returned to their desert home in northern Mali to commence a new, better armed rebellion. There is a long history of the Libyan state, embodied singularly by Qaddafi's quixotic territorial ambitions, co-opting the dispossessed Tuareg of Mali and Niger for Libya's own purposes. Qaddafi thoroughly enjoyed making trouble for his neighbors (and anywhere in the world he deemed counter-revolutionary). He harbored rebel leaders from throughout the Sahel region. This interaction gave birth to the musical collective Tinariwen, arguably the world's most famous beacon of Tuareg culture.
Now Mali's Tuareg rebels, principally the MNLA, have launched a new war against the Malian state with arms and vehicles looted from the chaos in Libya last year. Mali's regular army troops outgunned and even reportedly underfed at surrounded garrisons in the country's three northern regions of Gao, Timbuktu, and Kidal. In response, a group of disaffected Army officers formed a junta to overthrow the democratically elected government of President Touré (who was just weeks away from peacefully stepping down with new elections on the horizon).
The Arab Spring, which began as a chain reaction of calls for radical reform that quickly morphed into the toppling of strongmen across the region, has now inadvertently toppled a relatively decent democracy. Malian Tuareg who were either no longer needed or no longer welcome in Libya returned home to incite an insurrection to secede from the Malian state to create a Tuareg homeland of 'Azawad.' So now poor Mali-recipient of a meager amount of American foreign aid and client state in the Pan-Sahel Initiative/Trans-Saharan Counterterrorism Initiative/AFRICOM jumble-has had a fairly civil, democratically elected leader (himself a former soldier who led a coup in toppling dictator in 1991) overthrown by an American-trained, hitherto unknown army captain who leads a junta angry about better armed MNLA rebels who are sort of beneficiaries of American/Western policy. This policy in Libya that greatly helped to collapse the Libyan state structure which gave rise a renewed troubles in Mali (and potentially Niger).
The proverbial genie is out of the bottle in the troubled under-governed Sahel and Qaddafi is no longer around to sort things out. NATO declared the Libyan campaign a success when it officially called an end to Operation Unified Protector on October 31, 2011 without any sort of contingency plans for potential state failure in the countries to Libya's south. Qaddafi loved to stoke conflicts in Africa and now that he's long dead, he's still able to cause immense trouble.
My Asia Times Online article above was sourced heavily for a UPI article reprinted below:
Mali Coup: Arab spring spreads to Africa
BAMAKO, Mali, March 26 (UPI) — Last week's military coup in Mali, triggered by a Tuareg rebellion and ignited by fighters and weapons from Libya, underlines how deeply the fallout from the year-old string of Arab uprisings is spreading from North Africa to non-Arab West Africa.
"The current crisis … has the potential to create further destabilization in the wider Sahara and Sahel regions beyond the current chaos in Mali," observed analyst Derek Henry Flood, who witnessed the 2011 Libyan conflict at close quarters.
"In simplest terms, the Arab Spring has now bled into Africa. And the mercurial, egomaniacal (Moammar) Gadhafi is no longer available to mediate such deadly disputes."
The coup by disgruntled soldiers of Mali's 7,000-man army overthrew President Amadou Toumani Toure, an ex-soldier.
He went into hiding with loyalist troops, including his old 33rd Parachute Regiment, leaving open the possibility of a counter-coup in the nation of 15.4 million.
The irony is that while the Arab leaders targeted by the popular uprisings against them throughout 2011 were dictators and despots like Gadhafi, Mali's Toure wasn't one of the autocratic "Big Men" of Africa like the late Sese Seko Mobuto of the Congo or the murderous Charles Taylor of Sierra Leone, but a democratically elected leader.
Indeed, the U.S.-supported Toure had been instrumental in moving Mali, a vast landlocked desert state south of Algeria, from a military dictatorship to a passably democratic state over the last two decades.
Toure "was on the cusp of stepping down at the end of his first term in what should have been a peaceful transition" in presidential elections scheduled to begin April 29, Flood observed.
These aren't likely to happen now since troops led by mid-level officers seized power Thursday.
Led by a U.S.-trained officer, Capt. Amadou Sanogo, they apparently struck because of discontent in the military that Toure wasn't doing enough to support them in fighting a rebellion in the long under-governed north along the Algerian border.
The nomadic Tuareg have been a problem for centuries. Their secessionist insurrection had been stiffened by heavily armed tribal fighters who fought for Gadhafi's regime and had long battled the Bamako government in the non-Tuareg south for independence under the banner of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad.
In recent months thousands of tribesmen have returned to Mali, armed with missiles and mortars that left the Malian army badly outgunned. In January, they rekindled the MNLA's revolt.
The coup itself seems to have been touched off by a mutiny among troops in the north reeling under an MNLA onslaught led by Gadhafi's Tuareg veterans.
Now the MNLA, having seized most of the north and with the military in disarray, is apparently moving south toward the capital, with government troops reportedly fleeing in the Tuareg path.
Algeria, the regional military heavyweight, is increasingly concerned that Mali will become a haven for al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb. This group has been extending its operations across North Africa and into the Sahel states of Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad.
Other countries, particularly impoverished Niger with vast uranium deposits, are seen as increasingly vulnerable to AQIM and its allies, which have in recent years included Tuaregs across the region.
Many Nigerien Tuaregs also fought in Gadhafi's forces and they're going home armed with heavy weapons.
Niger had a coup of its own in 2010 and struggled with a Tuareg revolt in 2007-09.
The MNLA has overrun towns and military bases along Mali's border with Niger, Algeria and Mauritania.
Algeria, which has ducked the worst of the Arab Spring, is to have elections in May amid widespread discontent. The last thing Algiers wants is more trouble from the southern desert while it battles AQIM.
Links between the jihadists of AQIM and the Tuareg are patchy but they may yet find common cause.
The March 20 arrest in Mauritania of Gadhafi's infamous and fugitive intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, after he flew in from Morocco on a forged Malian passport "illustrates that the effects of regime change in Libya will be felt across Africa for some time to come," Flood noted.
"It's now clear that the consequences of the Western-backed Libyan campaign have now unequivocally traveled from North Africa to what is distinctly West Africa."
Images of Syria Then
New York- I first embarked on a trip to Syria in the summer of 2002. I had been in touch with the office of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP-a.k.a. the Barzani family) in D.C. about entering Iraqi Kurdistan clandestinely from Qamishle-something they said they would be all too happy to do at the time. Of course when I got to Syria to meet my D.C. KDP's contact in Damascus, it was a different story. I stayed at a decrepit old hotel from the French Mandate period called the al-Haramein. My main memories of the place were shaving at an open air sink on the quintessentially Levantine roof and meeting a beautiful older Syrian woman with her adorable young daughter in the sun splashed courtyard who was visiting family from Kuwait where she lived and mistook me for a Syrian (hence the aforementioned shave). Oh and also the incredibly cheap and delicious falafel carts near the end of the walking street the hotel was situated on.
Syria, to the naive Westerner, could seem to have been a deceptively peaceful police state. But Syria was and is a place with a long history of political violence and repression which the regime has until 2011 been incredibly adept at sweeping under the rug. We now know that beneath the religious and ethnic tapestry lies great anger that can no longer be repressed. The genie is out of the bottle and much as Bashar and his vile brother Maher try, the end of the Assad dynasty along with the Ba'ath Party is all but assured. Syria is a lovely country ruled by a loathsome family.
Of course the KDP guy refused to meet me saying the office in D.C. had never mentioned anything about an American journalist who he was supposed to meet. Looking back, I should have simply headed up to Qamishle and linked up with smugglers to make the semi-secret Tigris crossing. Then I recall having a devil of a time trying to email my KDP person back home because Bashar al-Assad had thoughtfully blocked Hotmail which was what I was using at the time. Anyhow, my idea totally went south and I ended up bailing Syria altogether and going to Georgia and sneaking into the Pankisi Gorge abutting the Chechen border.
I took just a few snapshots in Damascus because I thought I was saving all my film (yes, film!) to shoot the Peshmerga frontline with the Iraqi Army. So I thought I needed to conserve my film rolls. Glad I have the photos I do though because now I don't know when I'll be able to freely wander around Syria's fascinating capital again.


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Twenty-seven Oak Harbor High School athletes received all-Western Conference honors, including 15 first-team choices, when the league announced its fall awards Tuesday, Nov. 19.
In the Cascade Conference, Coupeville's Makana Stone earned second-team honors in soccer and Breeanna Messner, Hailey Hammer and Amanda Fabrizi were honorable mention volleyball selections.
The Oak Harbor football team earned the most honors, led by junior lineman Tyler Adamson, who was first team on both offense and defense.
He was joined on the first team offense by junior running back Dejon Devroe and junior lineman Jackson Constant.
Sophomore defensive back Dyllan Harris, senior lineman Rhys Mattila and junior linebackers Michael Laningham and Mark Johnston were named to the first team defensive unit.
Harris (wide receiver) and Johnston (lineman) were part of the all-Wesco North second--team offense along with senior running back Julian Faralan and senior tight end Troy Sturdevant.
Senior back Nate Stanford was a second-team defensive choice, and junior quarterback Clay Doughty and senior running back Sheyenne Sams were honorable mention on offense.
Cross country first-teamers included junior John Rodeheffer and senior Clayton Richardson among the boys and senior Alexandra Laiblin and junior Jonalynn Horn for the girls.
Freshman Laura Rodeheffer received second-team honors and Sebastian Ceaser was honorable mention.
In soccer, Oak Harbor midfielder Jennifer Turnek was one of only two freshmen on the North's first team.
Junior defender Rebecca Pabona was selected for the second team, and honorable mention went to defenders junior Nalani Gabbert and sophomore Alyssa Cross.
In volleyball and swimming, all-league selections were not made by division but among all 10 Wesco 3A schools.
Sophomore Marissa Morris earned two first-team spots in swimming, the 200 and 500 freestyles, while junior Mollie Briddell was first team in the 100 backstroke.
In volleyball, senior Kayleigh Harper was a first-team middle blocker, while sophomore outside hitter Claire Anderson and senior defensive specialist Deanna Ruben received honorable mention.
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Some like it hot but nobody wants to be trapped in a fire.
On the eve of Halloween 25 Marilyn Monroe look-alikes will be in Times Square, Manhattan, to promote changing batteries on smoke alarms as we turn back the clocks.
The "Change Your Clocks, Change your Batteries Initiative," will feature city fire commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta and other FDNY bosses, members of the FDNY Fire Safety Education Unit, representatives from the FDNY Foundation, "Hot Dog" the safety mascot and students from The Sacred Heart Of Jesus school in Manhattan.
They'll be giving away free 9 volt batteries and Domino's American legends pizza.
Look for the Marilyns in and around the Hilton Times Square, 234 W. 42nd St., from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.


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Former Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios was practicing with the AHL's Chicago Wolves last week, but his much-anticipated try-out contract with the Atlanta Thrashers' affiliate didn't materialize for a reason, and the Peoria Journal-Star's Dave Enmian explains why Chelios may end skating with another AHL team sooner than later:
October 20, Peoria Journal-Star: Don Granato and Jason Christie gave the Peoria Rivermen and their fans a lot of glorious moments in their respective stints as head coach of the Peoria franchise in its ECHL days.As for Chelios's attempts to right the NHLPA's listing ship, the CBC's Elliotte Friedman and Tim Wharnsby updated Friedman's Sunday article about Chelios's plan to have himself, Rob Blake, Mark Recchi, and Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom review the firing of executive director Paul Kelly...
On Monday, both lost their jobs with the AHL's Chicago Wolves. The Wolves fired head coach Granato and assistant coach Christie after a 1-5 start.
Chicago's payroll is the largest in the minors, and after missing the playoffs last spring the pressure was intense this fall as the team rebuilt around former NHL stars like goaltender Manny Legace and Chris Chelios, with elite minor-leaguers like Jason Krog and Brett Sterling.
Chelios was Granato's guy, brought in, at age 47, to play just a week ago. Granato was excited about Chelios, and says he will have a great impact on the team.
"He's awesome," Granato said. "The most frustrating part for me is that, as a coach, you always feel that your team is going to turn it around. I'm certainly disappointed, but there is a great group of players there, and the owner, Don Levin, is terrific. I know that team, and I guarantee right now they are going to be really, really good."
Wolves GM Wendell Young and senior advisor Gene Ubriaco are running the team's practices this week, and the AHL club might have a new coach by Friday. Knowing Levin, it's likely to be a big name, too.
"I'd like to thank Don and Jason for their time with the team," Young said in a statement released by the team. "I know they put their heart and soul into this team, but after missing the playoffs last season and starting 1-5-0, we can't wait any longer. The team wasn't moving in the right direction quickly enough."
October 19, CBC Sports: The No. 1 reaction to the NHLPA's 19-3 vote in favour of forming a players committee to review the entire organization has been disappointment. This sentiment was expressed because most players and agents felt that the Chris Chelios-led conference on Sunday evening was an extremely important step in rebuilding the tattered union. But eight player reps either did not partake in the call or did not vote, leaving Chelios one vote short of the necessary 20 and three shy of the 25 required for a quorum.
Under the new NHLPA constitution, players can still cast a vote up to 72 hours after the conference call. The speculation is that Chelios will eventually get his desired result.
There were no NHL games on Sunday and that has observers confused as to why there wasn't 100 per cent participation on the conference call. The players often have been accused of apathy toward union matters, but it is difficult to interpret the exact reasons as to why only 22 of the 30 voted on Sunday. One reason bandied about on Monday was that some players who don't agree with Chelios felt he will keep pushing anyway with his agenda and eventually get his way.
The essence of the conference call was to put together a committee to perform a review on the entire NHLPA operation, a timely process in which plenty of e-mails will have to be reviewed.
Friedman and Wharnsby explain Chelios's plan regarding interim executive director Ian Penny in plain English, too..
Chelios spent the last couple of weeks contacting high-profile veterans and recent retirees, pitching his plan for cleaning house at the upper levels of the NHLPA. He knew he needed a bold plan to convince the moderates. Joe Sakic and Mats Sundin declined, while Mike Richter remains a possibility. Chelios even made peace with Trevor Linden and Brendan Shanahan, two men he feuded with over previous union issues.
Shanahan, however, was unwilling to commit this time because of his uncertain future as a player, so Chelios turned to active players. The ones who stood out were Lidstrom and Blake, whose involvement certainly gave Chelios's endeavour credibility.
It also should be pointed out that no individual of the four-player committee share the same agent. Chelios represents himself, while Lidstrom (Don Meehan), Blake (Pat Brisson) and Recchi (Rick Curran) each have different representatives. Sakic (Don Baizley) and Richter (current Canucks GM Mike Gillis) would provide more diversity.
Why does this give more credence to the committee? There is a belief that agents are behind the movement to oust interim executive director Ian Penny, who has stated that he will not seek the executive director position full-time. Penny is seen as anti-agent — as was his mentor Bob Goodenow, who preceded Saskin as the PA's top man and did not trust agents — and it's telling that so many high-powered ones put aside their own distrust of each other to throw their support behind Chelios's determination.
That distrust, however, has left just about everyone not named Elliotte Friedman without a clear picture of what's going on, and that's a big part of the problem.
SportsBusiness Journal's Liz Mullen posted a publicly-available article on the usually-subscription-only website on Monday evening, discussing the conference call and Chelios's plan, but this part was left out of her report, and the tidbit's bizarrely available on SportingNews.com as a "staff report":
October 20, The Sporting News: Liz Mullen of the SportsBusiness Journal reports that the NHLPA's executive board voiced support Sunday night for appointing a committee of veteran players to review union operations, as well as the decision to fire former executive director Paul Kelly. But sources said there were not enough player reps on a 4-hour conference call to pass the vote.That's called lying, but in the PA's world, that's as close to fact as one gets. It's impossible for players, never mind the few unbiased or openly player-friendly media members and outlets, to find out what's going on, what was said, who voted for what measure, etc.
The board, made up of 30 player reps, did not have the required 25-player quorum to pass a vote, according to sources, who added that there were players dropping off the call, which began at about 5:15 p.m. ET—and thus only 22 teams were represented during the vote. One source said reps voted 19-3 to appoint the outside committee to review operations of the NHLPA. Another source said the motion failed by one vote.
You can't find a news story that doesn't involve some conjecture, regardless of whether the players are concerned about reviewing the constitution or whether they voted to approve a change in hockey sock providers.
Finding out about the union's "business" has involved nothing more and nothing less than whispers and rumor since Gordie Howe preferred not to take up Ted Lindsay's suggestion to start an NHLPA in the 50's, and while you can't expect a union to be totally transparent, it's utterly impossible for a business venture to function if its shareholders can't find out who's scheduled to work on a given day, and that's where the PA is at in terms of informing its own members about what is or isn't going on on conference calls, never mind what's going on in Toronto.
That's probably why they fired Paul Kelly, and that's why the players and agents are so afraid of what Chelios wants--as transparent a player's union as is possible when the NHL is both your adversary and business partner, but a third lockout's in the cards if the players don't straighten this mess out, and they can't do that if they're afraid to tell themselves the truth.
Thankfully, if Chelios and Trevor Linden can stand to talk to each other and work together, the man's on his way to working a miracle, and at this point, that's what the PA needs to get the hell out of dysfunction junction.
Update, still the middle of the night: The Toronto Star's Damien Cox fleshed out an entry from his "The Spin" blog to provide more context:
October 20, Toronto Star: Only player apathy, it would appear, can save Ian Penny and Buzz Hargrove from losing their tenuous grip over the NHL Players' Association.
A resounding majority of player reps voted Sunday night by conference call to establish an investigative panel of four veteran NHLers – Nicklas Lidstrom, Rob Blake, Mark Recchi and Chris Chelios – to look into the events of the past two months that have made the union the laughingstock of hockey. Those events include the early-morning putsch in Chicago in late August that saw executive director Paul Kelly fired and resulted in the departure of senior executives like Glenn Healy and Pat Flatley.
However, while between 17 and 19 of the 22 teams represented on Sunday night's call voted in favour of the new committee, by the union's constitution the resolution did not pass because 25 teams are required for an official quorum.
"It's really discouraging," said one player. "Guys have to understand this is important."
Those in favour of the new committee have several days to try to get 20 votes in favour of the committee, at which point it would be established. If more teams can't be persuaded to either participate or vote in favour of the new committee, it will die.
Penny, who took over as interim executive director after successfully leading the coup that resulted in Kelly's ouster, was asked to remove himself from Sunday night's call and, after some discussion, he reluctantly did so. The players also declined to hear from baseball union head Don Fehr, preferring instead to have a players-only call.
Penny has made his opposition to this new committee known and he now has several days to try to sway the votes of various player reps. Still, this was the latest in a series of internal votes that have gone heavily against him, and it appears the five-year contract he received in June will also be reviewed.


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The one-club man is a dying breed. Less and less frequently do we see players at the elite level serve their entire careers with one senior team, not tempted by their curiosities of whether or not the grass is greener elsewhere.
There are those loyal bastions who remain rooted to their homes, however, and Steven Gerrard is coming upon his 17th season at Liverpool, 16 years after making his Premier League debut on November 29, 1998.
There are, of course, those lower down the divisions who see out their days with the same club with whom they began, but here we look at the cream of the European crop.
Some are considered for the length of time they have played within their respective organisation, while others have been chosen based more on that which they have accomplished during that time.
Money, silverware prospects and personal sentiment are all major factors in deciding where players decide to play their football these days. However, the following continental stars each stayed true to what they knew with the view to having all that and more.
Where available, official club websites have provided appearance figures. All other information comes courtesy of Transfermarkt. Academy appearances are not taken into account.


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A 16-year-old Westmoreland student was arrested late Sunday night on charges he was driving while intoxicated, Oneida County Sheriff's deputies say.
The teen boy is facing charges of DWI, operating in violation of license restrictions and inadequate lights, deputies say.
At about midnight, a deputy first spotted a vehicle with inadequate headlights going north on State Route 233. The deputy stopped the vehicle, a 1997 Chevrolet Cavalier. That's when the deputy determined the driver was a teen with license restrictions that did not allow him to drive after 9 p.m.
At the Sheriff's building, tests determined that the driver's blood alcohol content registered .13 percent, which is above the .08 legal limit. The teen was released and scheduled to appear in Westmoreland town court later this month, deputies say.


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No, we're not talking about college football season. The presidential nominating conventions -- the start of the real political season -- are upon us. Considering how unsightly the primary season has been, locally and nationally, fall campaigns have the potential to get ugly and pollute the atmosphere in Congress and council chambers across the country.
It's time for voters to make civility an issue.
As Oregonian reporter Yuxing Zheng noted earlier this week, a number of unsightly incidents have played out at Portland-area public meetings in the past two years, involving elected officials and constituents alike. Personal attacks and shouting matches that once took place behind closed doors have spilled into public view.
Until public service again becomes civil, cities, counties, states and Congress have little chance of solving difficult issues -- whether it be building the Columbia River Crossing, repairing Portland potholes or reducing the federal budget deficit.
At least two local government bodies show that this trend can be reversed when voters elect candidates who commit to getting things done without public rancor.
As recently as 2006, the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners set the standard for unsightly political behavior. Nasty public disputes were so common that several women on the five-member board became known as the "mean girls." "Even minor things got stalled," said county spokesman David Austin, who covered the commission as a reporter during those days.
The tone began to change with the 2006 election. Ted Wheeler, now state treasurer, defeated commission chair Diane Linn. And Jeff Cogen, now commission chair, won the seat vacated by Serena Cruz because of term limits. The other seats on the commission have changed hands since then.
Cogen said the commission took intentional steps -- from retreats to strategic delegation of assignments -- to rebuild trust and cooperation.
Washington County never faced such high levels of public acrimony. But the county commission does provide another example of how civility can improve government performance. Commission chair Andy Duyck, in a recent meeting with The Oregonian editorial board, said collaboration is at the root of much of what the county does.
To some extent, the county has little choice. Sixteen cities have at least a portion of their boundaries in Washington County. Also, public districts such as Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue and Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation provide important services. To complete most projects, the county has to cooperate with some of those entities. But Duyck also credited the culture of collaboration with helping to attract employers.
"Because we live and breathe it, it doesn't go unnoticed by industry," Duyck said.
At a time when the Portland area and the rest of the nation face a shortage of both jobs and civility, that's a point worth remembering.


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Gary Fisher now features a model of his 29er hardtail collection along with Trek's support in 2011. They call it the 2011 Trek Gary Fisher "Paragon" Hardtail, which featurs the Pro Aluminum 29er frame (6066 buttered & hydroformed), E2 head tube, a press-fit BB, G2 29" in geometry.
Paragon comes in 5 sizes you can choose from. An offset crown of 51mm, 100mm travel, and custom geometry with a Fox F100 RL 29 E2 steerer forms the front suspension of the model. Bontrager completes most of the wheelset on the mtb, from the FCC front hub to the Mustang Disc 29 32/28- hole rims and tires of 29-2, 29×2.1", and a Shimano for its rear hub.
Other components also from Bontrager are the saddle, seat post, handlebars and stem. The hydraulic brakeset is out of Avid Bixir 5, 6 bolt: G3 185mm front and 160mm rear motors.
This 2011 Trek Gary…
Gary Fisher now features a model of his 29er hardtail collection along with Trek's support in 2011. They call it the 2011 Trek Gary Fisher "Paragon" Hardtail, which featurs the Pro Aluminum 29er frame (6066 buttered & hydroformed), E2 head tube, a press-fit BB, G2 29" in geometry.
With a new 2.3 version for all mountain riding come 2011, the Geax Mezcal inherits more versatile than ever. It started as an XC tire but has gradually diversified, reaching all-mountain and even downhill. The Mezcal remains to be an extremely fast semi-slick tire with more grip.
The already super fast center tread with a chevron lug gets the same reinforced side knobs as used on the Gato tires. Additional sizes available are 1.9 and 2.1 with a downhill version in the works. The 2011 Geax Mezcal continues to be a TNT and standard casing. Tire weight varies from 450g to 650g with Aramid 3D bead….
DMR or DesignMakeRide started in 1995 with a mission to make products for extreme riding. With the V12 pedals, DMR designed a burly and sturdy pedal that can cater to DH, dirt, 4x and trail riders' needs.
The V12 has no built-in concave but has sealed bearing on the outside pedal face and plain bearing on the inside. It has 20 replaceable M4x0.7×8 pins, 10 on each side of the pedal.
Made from aluminum with a CroMoly axle, this flat pedal weighs in at 536g and comes in 7 colors (diamond black, ox blood, polished, Irish green, pure white, sky blue and chrome). The DMR V12 pedal is 115mm long, 95mm wide and 25mm high. Retail price is $100.
2011 Norco Jubei SL debuts for XC racing, singletrack and trail riding. It features a 29er frame made from high modulus carbon and comes with a Shimano 30speed drivetrain with a XT rear derailleur.
The carbon hardtail carries Norco's HTR (High Toughness Resin) technology. This is a resin used in all 2011 carbon frames, exclusively for Norco, which makes the Jubei SL 20% stronger against any impact and damage. It also has thermoplastic mesh laminate in areas of the frame to takes on more stress.
At 11.02 kgs, the white carbon Norco Jubei SL is equipped with Avid Elixir brakes, a Ritchey Pro 2Bolt seat post, WTB Silverado Team saddle, FSA Orbit headset with 15mm spacer and a 680mm Norco SL 29er flat bar.
To complete the Jubei SL is an Easton 29″ EA70XC wheels and Rockshox Reba RLT tapered steerer. Retail price is around $3175….
The 2011 Specialized Enduro Expert EVO model comes with a specialized command post that has a 3-position 125mm adjustable-height seatpost to fit comfortably. With it is a remote operated lever that can change riding positions. It has a seat binder that comes in the color of black, which composes a 34.9mm clamp ID, 7050 hard annodized alloy collar w/ QR.
A M5 alloy fully manipulated frame with ORE TT/DT, sealed cartridge bearing pivots and a replaceable derailleur hanger is used. This 160mm travel is also designed with a tapered headtube. This mtb comes with not just that, but also possesses a headtube measurements of 1 1/8 and 1.5" Threadless, campy style upper and a 1.5" lower with cartridge bearings.
The 2011 Enduro Evo MTB features a FOX DHX RC2 coil over piggy back designed rear shock with rebound and compression adjustments and control on the bottom for better handling. This mountain…
Bianchi now comes with its latest road models, namely the 2011 Infinito Athena, Infinito Ultegra and the Infinito.
The three variations of the Infinito are equipped with a couple of similar parts–a customized Fi'Zi:k Aliante Delta saddle, FSA SL-K Carbon- 31.6mm seatpost and an FSA Wing Compact handlebar, which has custom color and graphics, and its frameset.
Integrated brake levers, a headset by FSA Orbit CE plus, Bianchi FF35 K-Vid full carbon with Kevlar of 1 1/8", Infinito Carbon K-Vid with Kevlar inserts are all found on the three bikes, too.
When it comes to the sprocket, Infinito Ultegra and Infinito 105 possess the same kind of Shimano 105 10sp 12/25, while Infinito Athena uses the Campagnolo Chorus 11sp UD 12/25.
Despite the similarities across Bianchi's three models, there are plenty of differences–of course–such as brakes, chain, crankset, shifters, front and rear derailleurs. Infinito Athena and Ultegra come with the same…
Cannondale 2011 Claymore once again features a three in a row of its own ultimate over-mountain mega bikes presenting, Claymore 1, 2, and 3.
Claymore 2011 1 makes use of a Mavic Crossmax SX, tubeless rims: 20mm front, 142 x 12mm rear hub and spokes. Along with those are the bottom bracket FSA BB30, FSA afterburner, BB30, 39/27 pedals, an SRAM X0 rear derailleur, SRAM x9 shifters and an Avid Elixir X0 Carbon, 203/185mm brakes.
Cannondale Claymore 2 now comes with Sun Ringle Charger Pro tubeless ready rims, 20mm front, 142 x 12mm rear hub and spokes. In addition to that is the SRAM BB30 bottom bracket, SRAM S1400, BB30, 39/26 pedals, a Shimano XT rear derailleur, Shimano SLX shifters and an Avid Elixir CR, 203/185mm brakes.
Claymore 3 utilizes a Sun EQ 27, 32 hole rim: formula, 20mm front, 142 x 12mm rear hub and a black DT Swiss Champion spokes….


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I've selected 10 stops you don't want to miss on Friday. The festivities kick off at 5 p.m. and will occur at various venues around downtown Kalamazoo.
It is free.
Don't forget, the Kalamazoo Gazette/MLive.com hub, 300 S. Burdick St., is collaborating with Fontana Chamber Arts and artist Kim Davison, so drop by and say hello.
Related: You can also download the entire brochure here.Here is a glance at some of the fun ahead. Happy hopping:
1. Historic photos at the library
What: Submitted photos for the library from the public, as well as more than 90 historical photos of the library, will be displayed as part of the Kalamazoo Public Library's 140th anniversary celebration. There will be cake!
Where: Kalamazoo Public Library, 315 Rose St.
When: 6-8 p.m.
Contact: kpl.gov, 269-342-9837
What: October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so you can learn more about programs at Southwest Michigan Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program and make a pink hot glass "Ta Ta," or paperweight.
Where: West Michigan Glass Art Center, 326 W. Kalamazoo Ave., Suite 100
When: 5-9 p.m.
Cost: $50
Contact: 269-552-9802, www.wmglass.org
3. Friday Night Highlights begins at museum
What: The museum kicks off its weekly events that run through January with Kalamazoo band Branden Mann & the Reprimand playing folk, rock and more. The series will feature live music and films every week, as well as the laser-light planetarium show through Dec. 28.
Where: Kalamazoo Valley Museum, 230 N. Rose St.
When: 6-8 p.m. Friday (planetariuam show is at 8:30 p.m.)
Cost: Free, but Led Zeppelin laser light show is $3.
Contact: www.kalamazoomuseum.org
What: Kalamazoo's new non-profit organization, The Proper Possible Movement, will debut. The group, started by Western Michigan University graduate Justin David Brink, aims to "inspire the local community by employing the creative arts to promote a positive and actionable message." It will host "The Six Letter Exhibit" that is to be interactive.
Where: Urban Modern Hair, 235 S. Kalamazoo Mall
When: 5 p.m. Friday
Contact: properpossible.org
5. Graphic Novels in the Park Trades
What: Opening reception for graphic novel artist Nate Powell, who will show his works through the rest of the month
Where: Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, 326 W. Kalamazoo Ave., Suite 103A
When: 6-9 p.m. Friday
Contact: www.kalbookarts.org, 269-373-4938
What: The public is invited to purchase a dish, some with messages on them, and smash it as part of a fundraiser to allow low-income children to attend the Great Lakes PeaceJam Slam in November in Battle Creek. The broken pieces will be used to create a mosaic to illustrate positive change.
Where: Church Street loading dock of the Park Trades Center, 326 W. Kalamazoo Ave.
When: 5-9 p.m. Friday
Contact: 269-492-7733, www.peacejam.org, www.greatlakespeacejam.org
What: Artists Eana Agopian and Emma Mason display new drawings, paintings, collages, photography, poetry, small objects and more.
Where: Exquisite Corpse Gallery, Park Trades Center, 326 W. Kalamazoo Ave., Studio 301
When: 5-9 p.m. Friday
Contact: www.exquisitecorpsegallery.com
8. A Bronco takeover
What: As part of homecoming at WMU, the university will participate in a series of showcases around downtown, such as: WMU art students helping children create chalk art on the mall; WMU music students to play on the North Kalamazoo Mall (6-8 p.m.); a pep rally with the Bronco Marching Band, football coaches and players; WMU student actors will perform at the Epic Center Atrium (5:30-8 p.m.)
Where: Various locations downtown
When: 5-9 p.m.
9. Great Lakes Pastel Society opening reception
What: The biennial national juried exhibition of the Great Lakes Pastel Society will feature a variety of subjects by masters of the medium. The exhibit will continue through Jan. 8.
Where: Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, 314 S. Park St.
When: 5-7:30 p.m.
Contact: 269-349-7775, kiarts.org
10. A retrospective of copper works
What: Portage artist Paul Mergen will display his copper works in an exhibit called "So What 50"
Where: Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, Epic Center, 359 S. Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 203
When: 5-8 p.m.
Other: Read more about Mergen on MLive.com
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2:08 p.m.: MLB's suspension of Alex Rodriguez is official.
Alex Rodriguez of New York Yankees suspended 211 Regular Season Games through 2014 season. Press release: (cont) http://t.co/heT2ZDd8WU-- MLB Public Relations (@MLB_PR) August 5, 2013
Before taking the suspension into account, Rodriguez was owed $86 million between opening day in 2014 and the end of the 2017 season, according to Baseball Prospectus. He is owed a $3 million-portion of his signing bonus on Jan. 15, 2014, and will be paid another $6 million when he hits his 660th home run. He is 13 home runs away from that milestone.
Earlier: Major League Baseball is preparing to suspend New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez for the rest of the 2013 season, as well as the entire 2014 season, according to ESPN.
BREAKING: Alex Rodriguez will be suspended through end of 2014 season. He will be allowed to play until appeal is heard. (via @TJQuinnESPN)-- SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 5, 2013
ESPN's TJ Quinn says the suspension, which will span more than 200 games, will be made official at 2 p.m. on Monday.
Sources tell OTL that MLBPA tried to strike deal today but were rebuffed. The 214-game suspension will be official at 3.-- T.J. Quinn (@TJQuinnESPN) August 5, 2013
This story is developing.
Earlier Monday, Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal reported that 12 players had accepted 50-game suspensions from MLB for their connections to Biogenesis, a Miami-based clinic that is thought to have provided players with performance-enhancing drugs.


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On the table in front of them is what appears to be a soldier whose legs have been taken off at the knees, perhaps by a mine or Improvised Explosive Device. At a nudge of the controls the robotic limbs move, arteries spurting blood.
This Disney-meets-battlefield piece of animatronics is MATT, the Multiple Amputation Trauma Trainer. It's used for realistic training of soldiers who might face major combat or other injuries.
It's also an example of high-tech equipment used by the U.S. soldiers that other nations might buy for their own militaries. At the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command headquarters on Redstone Arsenal recently, nearly a dozen Security Assistance Liaison Officers, or SALOs, from more than 10 countries got a close-up look at a fraction of the U.S. gear and services available along with an overview of the entire foreign military sales process.
Staff from the Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation - or PEO STRI - in Orlando, Fla., came to Huntsville to show a few of their tools to the SALOs.
"I decided rather than just give a briefing, why not bring some of the actual technologies we have so the SALOs can actually touch feel and experience that capability," said John Daniele, of Customer Support and International Programs in PEO STRI.
A few feet away from MATT, two men carrying rifles wore special vests, backpacks and helmet-mounted computer displays. They were using the Dismounted Soldier Training System, a fully-immersive computer simulation that lets a squad train in a virtual world for a real-world situation or mission.
"For us, it's very interesting, the simulation, because it saves money ... and improves the training," Mesa said.
Most of the visiting SALOs were making their first trip to Huntsville. They came from USASAC's New Cumberland, Pa., offices, where they are assigned to work primarily involving the transportation, supply or other details of their foreign military sales or FMS contracts.
"So they have a very limited view of what FMS sales are," said USASAC commander Maj. Gen. Del Turner. He wanted the SALOs to see how USASAC orchestrates FMS work, and the kind of research and development, testing and exacting acquisition process that U.S. gear goes through before it is in the hands of soldiers.
"Throughout the world, the U.S. Army's equipment is recognized as the gold standard," he said.
With the Army Materiel Command and USASAC at the arsenal alongside the Aviation and Missile Command and other organizations, "you really have representative pieces of all the pie ... Now, Huntsville becomes the area where I can bring foreign military leaders to show them just how (FMS) works," Turner said. "The reaction and the feedback has been extremely positive."
The FMS pie is huge, about $15.3 billion so far in 2012, "and we're not even halfway through the year," Turner said. "That represents the second-largest sales figure ever. Foreign military sales are going through the roof at a time when our military is cutting back ..."
While the numbers are impressive, and a boon to defense industries, Turner emphasizes that foreign military sales are a means to an end.
"It's really all about the relationships you're trying to establish with foreign governments and foreign militaries and the alliances that you hope to build. And foreign military sales and the training programs that we provide are really a low cost way to stay engaged with a country day in and day out," he said.
High-dollar items, such as helicopters and missile systems, get the spotlight. But smaller items, like those shown by PEO STRI, are important, too, and are needed by both small and large nations.
"It doesn't matter the maturity or the size of the military, all ... need marksmanship trainers, they need the medical simulation training center," Turner said.
Mesa, an infantry officer specializing in weapons engineering, is from Santiago, Chile, and was an exception among the visiting SALOs. He and his family have lived in Huntsville since December.
"I like Huntsville very much," he said. "It's very quiet, it's very safe for us."
Redstone Arsenal is "very comfortable. It's very nice," he said, and well-positioned for visits to Washington, D.C., and other areas he must visit.


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Haves and Have Nots
Years ago, there was a distinction between social classes (upper class, middle class and lower class) in the United States. That emphasis seemed to dissipate. Now a recent Time article contends the differences among people are economic. It referred to the "haves" and the "have nots."
Based on the demographics the city has published on its website, the people I know are probably among the "have nots" than the "haves." They have comfortable lives and lifestyles. But, their incomes are less than the median income ($76,725 in 1999). The word median refers a midpoint...that is, half the incomes are above and half are below that amount.
The "haves" are more likely to be found at upscale restaurants than the "have nots." The "have nots" are generally found at smaller restaurants or eating at home. You may find those 55 or over lunching at the Senior Community Center.
The "haves" are more likely to be found at the Wilson Center for the Arts than the "have nots". The "haves" are more likely present at elegant fundraisers around town than the "have nots." They'll be pictured in the Exclusively Yours and Elegant Living publications among others.
Compared to the "have nots," the "haves" seem to have more influence over city government. Elected officials and the "haves" seem to have common interests.Now, let's take a leap. Just take a look at Calhoun Road. Would Brookfield's "haves" be facing wider roads and condemnation of property?
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Throughout the spring and summer, we'll be introducing you to players who could make an impact on the 2014 Giants but did not hear their names called on draft day. There are 10 in total (see the list here) that will be competing for the right to make the 53-man roster.
Today, we start with Richmond defensive end Kerry Wynn, a 6-5, 266-pound defensive end out of Richmond. Wynn finished his senior season strong with 56 tackles, 5 1/2 tackles for loss and 2 1/2 sacks (he missed two games). He was one of the Spiders' team captains.
Undrafted free agency is extremely hectic, and players of your caliber are getting called by four or five teams at once. Why the Giants?
I was trying to see what was the best situation for my family and I. After to talking to my agent and some of the teams, we were able to settle on the Giants, and I was happy about that decision.
What made you so happy about it?
You know, they didn't draft any defensive ends and I feel like I have a good chance and a good opportunity. That's why I took it.
You found the game late and only played for two years in high school. What was that like?
I was a tight end and outside linebacker at first, I played a little bit of everything. I ran track and did the high jump. I played soccer but basketball was my main sport most of the time. I played football in little league, from age 9-12 but kind of got away from it a little and spent more time playing basketball. As high school came around, my 10th grade year, I decided this was something I wanted to try again and ever since, the passion has been there.
You had 56 tackles last season and served as a team captain. That's a big jump from re-learning the game as a sophomore in high school. When did the light come on?
I knew if I could stay healthy, I mean, I was fortunate enough to start my redshirt freshman year, but I had an injury that ended up knocking me out for most of that season. The following season I started off well, three sacks in three games, but I had another injury. I knew if I could stay healthy my last two years, I had a chance.
What kinds of fronts did you play in at Richmond?
We ran a 4-3, but at the same time we would mix it up and run a 3-4. My last two seasons I was moved inside, mainly on running downs and on passing downs, second-and-long, third-and-long, I was moved outside to be a rush end. They depended on me for a little bit of everything.
I feel like, with my body type, 4-3 rush end is most comfortable to me. But at the same time, learning to rush inside helped me a lot, too.


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Good article. Hormesis is defintely real. So are self inflicted food intolerances people give themselves by remaining on overly strict diets.
You see it on many different diet forums. Foods people used to tolerate well now leave them in discomfort for 24 hours following. This is not a good thing.


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When emergency responders arrived on the scene Thursday afternoon, it took about 10 minutes to knock down a fully involved room and contents fire, according to Liberty Corner Fire Chief Marc Friedman.
"The remainder of the first floor and the second floor were searched for extension, and the house was ventilated," he wrote in a report. "The entire first floor suffered extensive smoke damage."
The exact cause of the fire is under investigation, but Friedman said Friday it was a structure fire caused by a burning Christmas tree.
No injuries were reported from the fire, but the house was considered unlivable because of the smoke damage to the living room, Friedman said.
Liberty Corner Fire Co., Far Hills-Bedminster Fire Dept., the Veterans Administration Fire Dept.'s Rapid Intervention Team and the Liberty Corner First Aid Squad responded Thursday afternoon.
Bernards Police did not immediately respond to requests for additional information Friday morning.
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Picnic for the Planet
Sunday, April 22, 2012 3:54 PM
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Paul Felton, left, lends son Arlie a helping hand while mom Amanda looks on. The Feltons heard about Picnic for the Planet through Arlie's daycare and decided to spend the day in Railroad Park to show support for The Nature Conservancy. (Melissa Brown/al.com)
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