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EBEN - There are plenty of new faces for Superior Central on the baseball diamond this spring as the Cougars prepare to begin their season.
The Cougars, who hope to open with a pair of doubleheaders downstate this weekend, have five returners on their squad of 14.
They visit Hale on Friday before heading to Oscoda Saturday. The Cougars beat Oscoda for the Posen Invitational title a year ago.
"I remember it was a close game," said manager Bill Maki. "They (Oscoda) were a solid team. Also, they were well coached. They'll be good competition for us.
"I don't know anything about Hale. We'll have to learn on the fly. We just want to make it fun for the boys. We're looking forward to this weekend."
The Cougars are led by fourth-year seniors' Cody Maki, who will pitch and play shortstop, and Matt Maki at catcher.
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The schedule:
April 11 - at Hale (DH); April 12 - at Oscoda (DH); April 23 - at Marquette; April 28 - Gladstone; April 30 - at Houghton.
May 1 - Marquette; May 2 - Houghton; May 7 - Negaunee; May 10 - Posen Invitational; May 12 - North Central; May 16 - at Negaunee; May 17 - Rudyard Invitational; May 19 - at Gladstone; May 20 - Norway.
"We'll rely on these guys for the experience and importance of their positions," said manager Maki. "We'll also rely on their hitting. We're hoping they can get the timely hits for us."
Additional returners are junior outfielder Jake Aho and pitcher/infielder Avery Natctman and sophomore outfielder Ben Kulik.
A majority of newcomers are juniors. Among them are pitcher/infielders Colton Richmond and Brandon Maki.
"Colton played Little League baseball and has some limited high school experience," said manager Maki. "He has a pretty good fastball. I think he'll be able to contribute. Brandon is a very good athlete who played some Junior League ball last year. He has experience on the bigger field. He'll be our second or third pitcher."
The remaining juniors include Nick Goings, Josh Herndon, Tristen Thorson, Kyle Kurth, James Rau and Kalvin Gauthier, all of whom will primarily be outfielders. Goings, a left-hander, will also pitch and Thorson will sometimes play first base.
"Nick is an inexperienced pitcher, but I think he'll be able to give us some good innings," said manager Maki. "He's a good hitter and has good speed. I think he'll be able to run down some flyballs. Josh also has good speed and plenty of potential. Tristen is improving right along and Kyle appears to have power and a decent arm. James has pretty good speed and a decent bat. Kalvin is coming along. He's swinging the bat pretty good and making contact."
Also new to the team is sophomore pitcher/infielder Elijah Pasanen.
"We expect Elijah to contribute," said manager Maki. "I think he'll pick things up on the mound. He has a good arm and a pretty good bat."
Helping with the coaching duties again this season is assistant Chuck Santure.
"Chuck has some baseball experience and is very helpful," said manager Maki.
With at least four feet of snow still laying on its field, Superior Central's pre-season drills have been confined to the gym.
"It's not the same as being outdoors," said manager Maki. "Outfielders don't have the opportunity to gain experience chasing flyballs. We do live pitching and use pitching machines. We're hitting and throwing. We're gradually getting the kids ready for this weekend.
"I have high hopes for a lot of these kids. We're glad to have the numbers. I think that could give us some depth. The kids are working hard and they're coachable. They're picking things up. We're making some progress."


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I decided that the perfect bottle for my stained glass feathers would be ink bottles - it's very obvious really! So I've bought a few and have been playing ... and today I got a delivery of some more .... squeee!!
there's nothing quite like getting a box of supplies in the post ...
little surprises :D
all are different (sometimes quirky) shapes.
and different shades - I love this green one.
and different sizes - this has to be the smallest little ink bottle ever!!
I love them all!!!!
some finished bottles in my atelier - filled with sea glass and beads and decorated with glass feathers and ribbons and flowers.
and a couple of bottles that I've listed in my Etsy shop ..
aren't they cute ??
Monday 7 March 2011
Antique Ink Bottles - my new love :D
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Tom Marshall-Bailey brings you all the latest updates from the Terriers' second-round Capital One Cup meeting with early Championship table-toppers Nottingham Forest at the John Smith's Stadium.
Good evening and welcome to LIVE coverage of Huddersfield Town v Nottingham Forest in the Capital One Cup second round.
My name is Tom Marshall-Bailey and I will be bringing you all the latest developments from the John Smith's Stadium.
Let's start with some of our pre-match content, starting with everything you need to know about this evening's game.
Huddersfield Town v Nottingham Forest: Everything you need to know about the Terriers' Capital One Cup second-round clash with Stuart Pearce's side
We will quickly interject to bring you all the team news for this evening, starting with Huddersfield Town, who make three changes to the team that drew 1-1 with Charlton Athletic on Saturday.
#htafc's team vs #nffc: Murphy; Dixon, Lynch (c), Wallace, Smith; Ward, Butterfield, Coady, Hammill; Stead, Bunn (DTS)— Huddersfield Town (@htafcdotcom) August 26, 2014
And here are the Town subs, for good measure.
#htafc subs vs #nffc: Alex Smithies, Sean Scannell, James Vaughan, Duane Holmes, Jordan Sinnott, Matt Crooks, Philip Billing (DTS)— Huddersfield Town (@htafcdotcom) August 26, 2014
Nottingham Forest make seven changes to their team and there looks to be something of a tweak in formation too..
#NFFC starting XI: Darlow, Lichaj, Mancienne, Lascelles, Hunt, Antonio, Tesche, Osborn, Paterson, Lansbury, Veldwijk— Nottingham Forest FC (@Official_NFFC) August 26, 2014
And in the interests of equality, here are the Nottingham Forest substitutes too!
#NFFC subs: Durrant, Harding, Fryatt, Assombalonga, Fox, Burke, McLaughlin— Nottingham Forest FC (@Official_NFFC) August 26, 2014
Apologies, Town have made four changes this evening. And they are as follows: Adam Hammill, Danny Ward and Jonathan Stead are in for Sean Scannell, Lee Peltier and Nahki Wells respectively.
Joel Lynch starts despite an ankle complaint and is joined by Murray Wallace after his red card was rescinded, while there is a place on the bench for James Vaughan after his return to first-team action on Saturday, but injury doubts Wells and Peltier are not risked and miss out altogether.
Forest, meanwhile, are virtually unrecognisable from the team that beat Reading 4-0 at the weekend, with seven alterations.
Indeed, only Karl Darlow, former Town right-back Jack Hunt, Michael Mancienne and Michail Antonio - two-goal hero in the win over the Royals - retain their place and Eric Lichaj, Jamaal Lascelles, Robert Tesche, Ben Osborn, Henri Lansbury, Jamie Paterson and Lars Veldwijk come in.
Here are the thoughts of one Town fan on tonight's team selection...
@ExaminerHTAFC Squad rotation? Giving players game time. Resting other for Saturday. Hopefully Vaughan will get some time again!— David L Clarke (@DLC6755) August 26, 2014
Here's some more of our pre-match content, with a quotes piece with Joel Lynch on his eagerness ahead of tonight's game with one of his former employers.
Huddersfield Town defender Joel Lynch eager to face former club Nottingham Forest
And here's Nahki Wells on his love affair with the Capital One Cup.
Huddersfield Town striker Nahki Wells wants more Capital One Cup excitement
Have a glance back at some previous meetings (all two of them) between the two sides in this competition here!
Huddersfield Town v Nottingham Forest: Previous League Cup meetings
All ever so slightly meaningless with Matt Fryatt only on the substitutes' bench, but here's something on the former Hull City striker looking to repeat his trick of downing Town in the League Cup.
Nottingham Forest frontman Matty Fryatt aiming to sink Huddersfield Town again
The two teams are out in the fading sunlight to get their pre-match preparations underway and we are getting closer to kick-off here!
Both sides warm up ahead of #HTAFC v #nffc https://t.co/nQi4g24Nna— Tom Marshall-Bailey (@TMBExaminer) August 26, 2014
What do you think Town fans?
Can the Terriers beat the table-toppers this evening and progress to the next round?
Have your say in the poll below!
Here's the teamsheet for tonight's game folks!
#htafc v #nffc teamsheet. pic.twitter.com/KM5HFAhVj3— HTAFC news (@ExaminerHTAFC) August 26, 2014
Just while we wait for the teams to finish their respective warm-ups, here's a full comprehensive list of the other Capital One Cup second round matches taking place tonight.
Bournemouth v Northampton Town
Brentford v Fulham
Burnley v Sheffield Wednesday
Crewe Alexandra v Bolton Wanderers
Derby County v Charlton Athletic
Gillingham v Newcastle United
Leicester City v Shrewsbury Town
Middlesbrough v Preston North End
Millwall v Southampton
Norwich City v Crawley Town
Port Vale v Cardiff City
Scunthorpe United v Reading
Swansea City v Rotherham United
Swindon Town v Brighton and Hove Albion
Walsall v Crystal Palace
Watford v Doncaster Rovers
West Ham v Sheffield United
MK Dons v Manchester United
West Bromwich Albion v Oxford United
One confident Town fan ahead of kick-off here, and we will be underway very, very soon!
@ExaminerHTAFC Town to win 2-0— JulieAnnAngelBaby (@JulieAnn1972) August 26, 2014
We are nearly ready to go here as former Forest defender and Town captain for the night Joel Lynch leads his team out!
The two teams emerge from the tunnel. #HTAFC #nffc https://t.co/NVtE6UYecr— Tom Marshall-Bailey (@TMBExaminer) August 26, 2014
Third eye:
Lynch was seen having a joke with Forest goalkeeper Karl Darlow on his way out but, more importantly, Dean Hoyle is in attendance this evening.


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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- A one-dimensional Madison Academy is still a very good Madison Academy.
The Class 3A, No. 1-ranked Mustangs attempted just one pass in the second half following quarterback Blake Coward's injury, but a power running game propelled the Mustangs to a 28-10 win over Class 5A, No. 10-ranked Cullman tonight at Bill Washington Stadium.
Madison Academy (5-0), which led 14-10 at halftime, ran the ball 32 times for 158 yards in the second half, and got scoring runs from Kerryon Johnson (22 yards) and Malik Miller (two yards).
"With Malik and MarMar (LaMarkus Martin), it takes the weight off," said Johnson, who finished with 98 yards on 13 attempts. "And with Logan (Hamlett), who's a running back, playing quarterback, you can share those runs. It's hard to stop all four of us. It's a huge weight on your shoulders, but you've just got to muscle it out."
Madison Academy got interceptions from Johnson, Cole Tomlinson and Jamie Marshall, and a fumble recovery from Pierre Brown. The Mustangs held Cullman (4-1) to 78 yards of offense and five first downs while shutting the Bearcats out in the second half.
"We weren't perfect by any means, we made some mistakes we've got to clean up," MA coach Eric Cohu said. "Part of that is Cullman comes out in a lot of formations, a lot of looks. They can do a lot of things. Our defense stepped up tonight, especially in the second half, keeping them out of the end zone."
Tomlinson opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 76-yard catch-and-run from Coward, who threw for 153 yards and two scores in the first half before suffering from muscle spasms in his neck.
Cullman got a 33-yard field goal from Chayse Freeman late in the first quarter, but Madison Academy answered as Coward found Johnson in the right side of the end zone for a 12-yard score. Cullman closed the gap before halftime on Tyler Glenn's 18-yard touchdown pass to Auston Neal on fourth down.
Johnson's 22-yard scoring run out of the Wildcat capped the Mustangs' opening possession of the third quarter. The teams then combined for three turnovers and two turnovers on downs before Miller scored from two-yards out with 7:53 left in the game.
Miller finished with 84 yards on 17 carries. Glenn completed 18 of 37 pases for 206 yards.
"We got under some pressure and we got some balls loose and dropped a lot of balls we should have caught," Cullman coach Mark Britton said. "We had some turnovers and Madison Academy took avantage of it."
The Mustangs have now avenged their two losses from the 2012 season.
"To get Taner and Cullman back in the same year," Johnson said, "it's unbelievable."
The Mustangs' picked off three passes and recovered a fumble. MA pitched a shutout in the second half, getting an interception, fumble and forcing two turnovers on downs.
Trailing 21-10 early in the fourth quarter, Cullman gambled by going for it on fourth down from its own 33-yard line. A pass attempt failed, and the Mustangs followed by scoring five plays later.
Madison Academy's Kerryon Johnson ran for 98 yards and a touchdown, caught a touchdown and picked off a pass.
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"Promise," an operatic drama by actor, singer and composer Theresa Koon, makes a fair stab at her story, which involves her early artistic promise leading to her becoming Auguste Rodin's student, mistress and muse, and ultimately to a long period during which she destroyed everything she created. Rejected by her lover and mentor, she spent the last 30 years of her life in a psychiatric hospital.
In arias, ensemble pieces and dialogues, Koon's libretto captures her relationships with her parents, with Rodin and especially with her brother, Paul, a diplomat and writer, if not her inner creative spirit.
In Friday's performance at the Scottish Rite Center, Koon's music, played by members of 45th Parallel and clarinetist/conductor David Hattner, was the highlight. Nuanced and light-textured, it had a lyricism and intimacy similar to that of Aaron Copland's "The Tender Land." Hattner's clarinet in particular drew out a thread that effectively tied the show's many scenes together, ranging from childhood flashbacks to the artist's last days.
Tenor Jon Kolbet gave a sympathetic portrait of Paul, his acting as easy and comforting as his voice. But Eleanor Stallcop-Horrox, despite some lovely vocal turns, was more angry-mad than inspired-mad as Camille, leaving the artist's essence a mystery.
Baritone Douglas Webster was an imposing if one-dimensional Rodin, all artistic hauteur and gruff indifference to Claudel's plight. Carrie Rambo and Stephen Guntli gave good performances as Claudel's parents, Louise and Louis-Prosper, and Catherine Olson was one of the strongest presences as the young Camille, fresh and determined.
Members of the Agnieszka Laska dancers lent physical fluidity and some sense of the look of Claudel's sculptures in tableaux, though their role wasn't entirely clear throughout.
Bryan Hallberg's sets effectively made use of minimal resources, with flipped screens making easy transitions from the Claudels' home in the Pyrenees, the artist's Paris studios and the asylum where Camille lived out the last part of her life.
Koon first unveiled the show in 2004; this weekend's shows represent an extensive revision. It could still use work, in compressing its substantial length to gain focus, and especially in elucidating the creative identity of its main character. As an exploration of her story, and of the spiritual and artistic themes that underlie it, it has great promise.


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We have shown that non-pathogenic enteric Gram-negative Bacteroides vulgatus induces RelA phosphorylation, NF-kappaB activation, and proinflammatory gene expression in primary and intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) lines. We now demonstrate the transient induction of nuclear phospho-RelA (day 3) followed by persistent activation of phospho-Smad2 (days 3 and 7) in IEC from mucosal tissue sections of B. vulgatus-monoassociated rats, indicating that both NF-kappaB and transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) signaling are induced in vivo following bacterial colonization. Interestingly, TGF-beta1 inhibited B. vulgatus- and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced NF-kappaB transcriptional activity as well as interleukin-6 (IL-6) mRNA accumulation and protein secretion in IEC. The inhibitory effect of TGF-beta1 is mediated independently of B. vulgatus/LPS-induced IkappaBalpha, Akt, and RelA phosphorylation as well as NF-kappaB DNA binding activity. Moreover, the specific histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A blocked B. vulgatus/LPS-induced histone acetylation/phosphorylation (Lys-9/Ser-10) and reversed TGF-beta1-mediated inhibition of IL-6 gene expression. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis revealed that B. vulgatus/LPS-induced RelA recruitment to the IL-6 promoter is inhibited by TGF-beta1 treatment. Adenoviral delivery of Smad7 and dominant negative Smad3 (SmadDelta3) reversed the TGF-beta1-mediated inhibition of NF-kappaB transcriptional activity and NF-kappaB recruitment to the IL-6 promoter. In addition, TGF-beta1 and Ad5Smad3/4 prevent B. vulgatus/LPS-induced CBP/p300 and p65 nuclear co-association. We concluded that the TGF-beta1/Smad signaling pathway helps maintain normal intestinal homeostasis to commensal luminal enteric bacteria by regulating NF-kappaB signaling in IEC through altered histone acetylation.
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The HRCSL became truly operational in 2007, although Commissioners took office in December, 2006. The five Commissioners were appointed through a transparent and participatory process that commenced in 2005 with a call for applications for the post of Commissioner. Short listed applicants were interviewed by a selection panel comprising six representatives of civil society interest groups and one representative of the government.
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Since then, the Commission has undertaken a number of activities intended to promote human rights:
These include setting up the structure for the work of the Commission, formulation and adoption of the Human Resource Manual (HRM) and the Financial Policies, promulgating of the Complaints Investigation and Inquiries Rules of Procedure.
HRCSL embarked on a strategic planning process, and held consultations with various stakeholders. Through the participatory approach, HRCSL gathered information on the external and internal environments affecting human rights in the country, drafted its Mission and Vision Statements, and determined its strategic priorities and goals and developed a Strategic Plan with the full contribution of all relevant stakeholders and partners.
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Skip to comments.The Mormon Advantage
Posted on 04/05/2007 5:42:47 PM PDT by Utah Girl
Mitt Romney is riding high this week after his victory in "the first primary," which consists of raising cold, hard cash to compete: more than $20 million in the first quarter, $5 million more than his closest contender, Rudy "Lay off my wife!" Giuliani. John McCain came in a lackluster third with $12.5 million.
Romney's campaign benefited from two distinct donor networks, according to media accounts: Wall Street and Mormons. GOP front-runner Rudy, struggling with one of those weird media freak shows erupting around his wife, Judith (her alleged participation in future Cabinet meetings and former puppy killings), must be a little envious on both counts.
Why is it that all the Dem candidates are still married to their first spouse, while among the current crop of leading GOP contenders, the only guy with just one wife is the Mormon?
Truth is, I don't think this is just an accident. There's something about Mormons the rest of us ought to pay attention to: Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints do much better than almost any other faith group at sustaining a marriage culture -- and they do this while participating fully and successfully in modern life. Utah is above the national average in both household income and the proportion of adults who are college graduates.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
It comes down to whether one believes that Mormon theology will be running the nation if Mitt is elected. You can bet the Rodham-rodent goon squad will smear the Mormon beliefs to keep Mitt from winning. Will we conservatives allow that to happen?
We have to keep in mind: Cash is almost as good as real money! Yogi Berra
could a big factor be that mormons stay married because half of every mormon marriage - the woman - is depending on her husband to choose to call her name so that she will be resurrected someday? That would tend to keep you from making him mad. Add community pressure, which is great.
LDS Apostle Erastus Snow preached the following on Sunday, Oct. 4, 1857:
Do the women, when they pray, remember their husbands?... Do you uphold your husband before God as your lord? "What!my husband to be my lord?" I ask, Can you get into the celestial kingdom without him? Have any of you been there? You will remember that you never got into the celestial kingdom [during the temple ceremony] without the aid of your husband. If you did, it was because your husband was away, and some one had to act proxy for him. No woman will get into the celestial kingdom, except her husband receives her, if she is worthy to have a husband; and if not, somebody will receive her as a servant. (Journal of Discourses, vol. 5, p. 291)
never-the-less, staying married is a very good thing and mitt and his wife have done well in this.
Can't disagree with your post!
Aside from the few screwballs that continue plural marriage, Mormon theology is unexceptional, based on no less an authority than Mark Twain (Roughing it).
Really there is not much different between scriptures written by Joseph Smith Jr to mislead Americans and scriptures written by the Assyrians to mislead Jews, scriptures written by drug addled Jews to mislead the Romans, and scriptures written by Arabs to mislead Turks.
So, did I leave anyone out?
I would hope, not if we can help it!
Good catch!
What I would dread would be how DC would become packed with Mormon appointees and staff, and the LDS church, with its very business-like approach, would definitely take this opportunity to propogate the biggest PR campaign in the history of religion in the USA. It would alter the Republican party for a very long time.
Mormonism like any other non-Christian religion is all about working your way up—an attempt properly labeled "legalism." Legalist religionists were the worst enemies Jesus Christ had, and the ones that yelled the loudest, "Crucify Him!" according to the gospels. Romney may be a great guy, and a great example of a family man—however he should never be president.
What this particular evangelical doesn't cotton to is the fact that Mr. Romney just finished a term as one of the most liberal governors America has ever seen. On his watch gay marriage, an assault weapons ban, and socialized medicine (which includes taxpayer-funded abortions) were all implemented.
Romney appointed more Dems and independents to the bench than Republicans, including radical gay activists.
The Romney administration also pushed gay propaganda in the public schools.
Doesn't sound too "family-friendly" to me.
I think Mark Twain was talking about Mormon morality (at a time when mainstream American Protestants tended to be pretty hostile)...he said their morality was "smouched" from the New Testament.
We read the Rudy supporters constantly telling us that we should vote for Rudy to stop the Rodham-rodent, and this during the primaries!
"Evangelicals might not cotton to Mormon theology but they find plenty to admire about Mormons' commitment to traditional values and family."
Agree for sure. I especially have always admired their program of sending their youngsters on a one year Mission of service upon graduating from high school. It's a great way for their kids to mature some before entering college. I think that the rest of us should pick up on this idea. Of course, back in my youth, we had a Federal Misson program known as the Draft, heh, heh....
Yup...I'm always impressed by people like you.
One more thing: Did you know the founding of the Republican Party in the 1850s was based on 2 moral issues?
1) The abolition of slavery.
2) The abolition of Mormon polygamy.
Not until the 1890 did the mainline LDS ban polygamy, and this only because Utah was not allowed to become a state unless they did. 1890 is NOT very long ago in history folks.
We won't discuss how it was not until the mid 1970s that African-Americans were allowed to be LDS elders either.
For the GOP to nominate an LDS candidate would be to turn its back on its roots.
I don't think he is a great man or a great family guy.
What has he done that is great? His family and church ties have gotten him his money and influence, and as for a "great" family man, we just don't have enough information to know that.
I know you were just suggesting that he might be those things, but we really don't know.
What do we know now, though? He has fully funded Planned Parenthood, gay-agenda groups, and he is pro-embryonic stem cell abortion, etc.
Ping! Something to remember when we are arguing for Mitt and conservative values.
I'm curious, what in peoples minds makes Mormonism more of a cult that any other variety of Christianity?
There were two strong forces of that moment in America: Spiritualism and Free Masonry. Smith Jr stole them both and mixed them.
After the death of Smith and "Brigand" Young (see Mountain Meadows Massacre and Fancher Party) I have little to complain about Mormons.
Is their religion crap? yes. Is it different from other religions? Nope.
It would seem that the moral descendants of those who burned down Mormon towns and cities, tarred and feathered their men, forced Mormons from their lands and homes at gunpoint, murdered many men, women and children and ultimately issued an extermination order in Missouri to prevent Mormons from ever living there again are longing for the good old days.
...or any other religion for that matter.
My god is a shoehorn - prove me wrong.
Faith is faith.
Disgraceful. Which causes me to suggest people vote for Mitt to stop them BOTH! : )
Another fun thread for you.
I shall take your statement as exactly what it is: worthless.
Angry Write Mail, you are incorrect about Mormon theology:
1. Mormons believe that EVERYONE will be resurrected. I'm not sure how other Christian faiths view this but in Mormon theology physical and spiritual death are considered separate items. All will be saved from physical death by being resurrected but not all will be saved from spiritual death (being separated from God).
2. It is true that Mormons believe that in order to be worthy of the highest degree of reward in heaven one must be married but it applies in both directions. Meaning that a husband is just as dependent on his wife to go there as a wife is on her husband. Further while divorce is strongly discouraged it is an option in extreme cases so a women is not forced to choose between remaining with an abusive husband and losing out on potential rewards in the hereafter.
That's well enough right there, disqualifying him even if he were an "evangelical Christian" in my book--forget his cult religion.
Honestly, I know we need to be optimistic, but with the Republican candidates now, I see no one who could beat Hillary. I remain convinced, and have for a long time, Hillary will be our next president--and America's great punishment.
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I think I have a more relevant point: WHO THE HELL CARES? I'm voting for someone on their politics, not their religion. I don't care if he worships sun gods. It's really not important.
I'm a 46 year old guy.
Until I was 18 I was a Jehovah's Witness. While I left them when I was 18 for doctrinal reasons I was always stunned by the amount of "documentation" one could find of beliefs the Witness's simply did not have.
One wife is the norm on this planet, not something to get a major award for.
Today you accuse other Freepers of longing to be murderers.
Except that all of your comments were lies and you haven't supported anything at all except that you are amazingly ignorant.
Well I guess St. Paul, most all of the great saints of the Middle Ages, and even Jesus Christ Himself just won't make the cut to "the highest degree of the reward in heaven." Pitiful.
Say what you will, but this just isn't Christianity.
What makes them a cult is the idea of a cult-mind.
When you are a member of the Mormon church, you are expected to not question the validity of doctrine or the validity of your Prophet who speaks on behalf of God Almighty, or you will be labeled an Apostate. If your labeled as such, you will find yourself not being able to do business with other Church members who know of your "apostacy" and you and your family will be ostracized.
As a member of the Mormon church, you are expected to participate in ceremonies in order to further your "rank" in the church. You must wear certain garments and you must participate in specific temple rituals in special temple clothing. I believe a huge part of the definition of a cult is that you must keep things secret. The Mormon church keeps temple activities secret and during the Temple ceremonies you are to run your hand in a cutting gesture across your throat and abdomen, symbolizing that revealing the temple secrets mean death. I don't know, all this doesn't sound just like any other church to me. What other church do you have to make such a gesture and swear to secrecy?
I guess a great example is the Mountain Meadows Massacre. A group of Mormon men surround and killed over a period of days a wagon train of 150 men women and children that was passing through Utah. They told the remaining men women and children that they would let them surrender after several days. Then, when the wagon train folks laid down their weapons and were escorted from their train, the Mormon men were told by the Mormon leader (Lee) to shoot them all in the head except for children under 8 years of age.
A cult mind means that a person is so unquestioning to a religious organization that they will do anything that their leaders ask of them (in this example, the men killed defenseless women and children and men). Other examples would be like the Jim Jones poison coolaid drinkers, the David Koresh fanatics, etc. History is full of examples.
Once your involved with the cult, it is not easy to get out of it, and ramifications of membership oftentimes effect family relationships.
The GOP also used to support high tarrifs and anti-Catholic legislation like the Blaine Amendments.
There are many forms of what might be called "traditional Christian religions". Most of them contradict the others in one way or another. So, who is to say which are the cults and which are not?
My personal opinion is you would be better off to ignore baitings to draw you into defending your cult. Let the man and his life speak for him, without getting into contentious wrangles over aspects of Mormonism. Morally, Mitt Romney appears way ahead of his competition, except maybe Duncan Hunter.
what will frighten evangelicals - and rightly so, is that a bright man such as Romney could associate himself with a theology that is so (even at the most cursory glance) full of holes, errant prophechy and un Christian practices which are vieled as "normal".
Anyone who cares about the issue of judicial activism, abortion on demand, euthanasia and homosexual favoritism should care. But hey, religion is just irrelevant to politics, right?
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With their flowing, white-blond locks, wholesome (for the period, anyway) images and cheery harmonies, the twin sons of teen idol Ricky Nelson and grandchildren of TV stars Ozzie and Harriet Nelson set a Guinness World Record in the early 90's by becoming the third consecutive generation of a single family to score a Billboard #1 single.
Ricky Nelson – who topped the charts himself with songs like "Hello, Mary Lou" and "Travelin' Man" - passed away at the young age of 45, in a 1985 plane crash, before he could witness the extent of his sons' success. In 2000, the Nelson twins released Like Father Like Sons, a live recording of a concert tribute to their dad. And in 2010, they hit the road with "Ricky Nelson Remembered," a multimedia event that features live performances of the elder Nelson's songs, plus video remembrances from celebrities influenced by the twins' dad as well as family footage.
In press materials for "Ricky Nelson Remembered," the Nelson brothers point out that 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of "Garden Party": the 1972 chart-topping single their dad wrote after being booed off the stage during an oldies revival concert at Madison Square Garden.
With the lyrics "you can't please everyone, so you've got to please yourself," (as well as by changing his stage name to the more grown-up sounding Rick) the former teen star was showing his evolution into an adult songwriter and, said Gunnar Nelson, "demonstrating the heart and soul of a deep and experienced man with a lot to say, while somehow maintaining the simplicity and honesty he had all along."
The trials of reinvention have most likely plagued Matthew and Gunnar, who have never quite managed to revisit the heights they reached with their 1990 Billboard #1 hit "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection". Still, the towheaded twins have continued to tour and release albums independently as Nelson, as well as hitting the casino circuit with their tribute show; in 2010, the pair signed a deal with the Italian melodic-rock label Frontiers Records, which also distributes the music of acts like Winger, Toto, Survivor and Styx.
The multimedia event "Ricky Nelson Remembered" comes to Louisiana this week, with shows in Hammond, Thibodaux, Winnsboro, and Alexandria. Dates below:
7:30 p.m. Thursday, January 24, at the Columbia Theatre in Hammond. Tickets $28 and up.
7:00 p.m. Friday, January 25 at the Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center in Alexandria. Tickets $25 adult, $18 seniors, $12 students.
7:00 p.m. Saturday, January 26 at the Princess Theatre in Winnsboro. Tickets $28 and up.
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A federal lawsuit was filed today over claims a Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, condominium complex violates the U.S. Fair Housing Act because its design effectively forbids residents who use wheelchairs.
The 92-unit Bordeaux Lofts at the Vineyard at Wagner Farms violates the act because there are steps at the entrances to all 23 residential buildings, according to the lawsuit filed by The Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia and the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania. The complex's interior doorways also don't meet the 32-inch minimum width requirement and its mailboxes are inaccessible, the lawsuit claims.
"Access to housing for people with disabilities is a civil right," Disability Rights Network attorney Rocco Iacullo said in a statement. "The failure to construct accessible housing as required by the Fair Housing Act denies people with disabilities equal access to housing opportunities and unnecessarily excludes them from their communities."
The Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia conducted inspections between March 2012 and May 2013 at the Bordeaux Lofts. Between 2005 and 2013, the organization conducted investigations of 38 new construction apartments and condominiums in southeast Pennsylvania and found 47 percent did not meet the minimum standards required under the Fair Housing Act.
Wagner Farms is off Freemansburg Avenue near Route 33. Many of the Bordeaux Lofts appear to have been built in 2011, according to real estate listings.
Wagner Farms owner Mark Wagner did not immediately return requests for comment today.
This case is the first in a long time the Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania has joined the Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia on because of the obvious violations, Iacullo said.
"The violations here seem to be pretty blatant in terms of not even having accessible entrances to the units covered by the Fair Housing Act," he said. "Access to housing is one of our priorities."
The Fair Housing Act requires multifamily housing with four or more units per building built after 1991 to be wheelchair accessible or for the ground-floor units to be wheelchair accessible if there are no elevators. Each Bordeaux Lofts building contains four units, two of which are on the ground floor, Iacullo said. The buildings do not have elevators so only the ground floor units meet Fair Housing Act requirements, he said.
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That was 13 years ago. But the waters off Oregon and Washington remain active today as the Navy's training ground, poised and ready to turn a runaway cargo ship into target practice but increasingly performing unseen maneuvers and tests to prove full readiness for war and counter-terrorist activities. Among other things, the testing extends to the use of active sonar to detect explosive sea-floor mines and any of the more than 300 silent electric-diesel submarines plying the seas worldwide but suspected of sometimes spying.
Now the Navy, whose bases are situated mainly in Washington's Puget Sound area, is preparing to make broader use of the Pacific Ocean off Oregon and Washington. It seeks comment from the public on its plan to continue and expand its testing-for-readiness mission. And it does so in the wake of perennial complaints about secrecy, disruption -- and, significantly, a lawsuit brought this year by the non-profit law center Earthjustice on behalf of several environmental groups and Northwest tribes.
The suit, against the National Marine Fisheries Service for previously allowing the Navy to conduct its training missions, claims that active sonar testing harms sea mammals, principally killer whales, blue whales, humpback whales, dolphins and porpoises. Some species are believed to be thrown from their migratory and feeding schedules, in some cases stranded.
But the real test this spring is whether the Navy will hear adequately from Northwest citizens. While publishing copious online materials for public review, the Navy also limits what it says, citing national security.
For mammal protection, it plans to place on the deck of every ship officers trained to look for migratory species, and if a whale or other individual is within 1,000 yards, the ship's sonar transmission will be decreased -- and at 500 yards decreased further and at 200 yards turned off completely. It also plans to deploy unmanned vehicles with acoustic sensors as well as P-8A Poseidon aircraft in high-altitude, anti-submarine roles while detonating small explosive charges in the ocean to create sound sources.
If this sounds like the stuff of B-movies and hardly the experience of taking in serene coastal views, it's worth remembering the Navy has a job to do in a difficult marine environment in a time of increasing technologic threat. And the Navy would not be doing its job if it avoided practicing in harsh, real-world conditions to achieve full preparedness.
But the little-understood ocean, too, has several jobs to do. And it needs the kind of stewardship that minimizes harm to what we know of its natural cycles and migratory species. That's where citizens come in during a comment period extending to April 27.
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May 18: Pirates (16-21) @ Nationals (11-25); Bucs claim RHP Jackson, Barthmaier released
Greetings from DC. I'm back on the beat, and now you're stuck with me for 17 games in a row.
First things first, just received word from the Pirates that the club has claimed RHP Steven Jackson off waivers from the Yankees. In order to put Jackson on the 40-man roster, the Pirates gave RHP Jimmy Barthmaier, who just underwent season-ending Tommy John surgery, his unconditional release.
Jackson, who has been assigned to Triple-A Indianapolis, had a 1.88 ERA and one save in 14 1/3 innings for Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre before the Yankees designated him for assignment on May 8 to clear a roster spot. Jackson was a 10th-round pick by the D-backs in 2004. The 27-year-old has never pitched above Triple-A.
As for Barthmaier, he only made one brief (two hitters) appearance this year before being shut down with an elbow injury. The Pirates claimed the right-hander off waivers before the 2008 season. Barthmaier made three appearances for the Pirates in '08, going 0-2 with a 10.45 ERA. He fared much better as a starter in Indy (3-1 with a 3.53 ERA in 16 starts last season).
The Pirates could have placed him on the 60-day disabled list but instead decided to grant him his release.
As for the happenings in DC…
- Nyjer Morgan, who missed both games this weekend, was in the starting lineup until he came off the field at about 4 pm and said he still felt a little discomfort in his left hamstring. Morgan did a lot of on-field sprinting this afternoon to test it and felt the slight strain only when making turns. Delwyn Young was inserted into the lineup in place of Morgan, who is expected to return to the field on Tuesday.
- Tom Gorzelanny is still with the team, though a timetable for his duration here is still undetermined. It all depends on how the bullpen is able to recover these next few days. If the starters can pitch deep and give the bullpen time to get back in one piece, Gorzelanny will likely be gone by the end of the week.
- Craig Hansen is down in Bradenton, Fla., to begin his rehab work, which will start with three side sessions. Hansen will throw the first session on Tuesday.
- Manager John Russell will try to stay away from using both Evan Meek and Sean Burnett in tonight's game. Meek threw two innings on Sunday, while Burnett was called on for three innings in Saturday's rain-interrupted affair.
Some interesting tidbits concerning Monday's pitching matchup of Ross Ohlendorf and Ross Detwiler (who is making his Major League debut)…. Both were drafted by Mike Rizzo, who is currently the Nationals' active GM….And this will be the first time in baseball history that two pitchers with the first name "Ross" start against each other.
As an aside, this is my first visit to Nationals Park (I skipped the trip last year), and I have to say, it's a nice park they have here. The press box is quite high — almost at the top of the stadium — but there is a nice view of the top of the Capitol from the view up here.
Also, for anyone who may be out here for the series, or who is planning a trip to DC in the future, I highly recommend a stop at the Newseum — located off Pennsylvania Avenue, right near the Capitol. I spent my morning at the Newseum, a museum dedicated to journalism and the news, and thoroughly enjoyed my visit. Plenty to do, plenty to see even if you don't have the same journalism background as I do. Oh, and for those of you who need a sports fix, yes, they have a 25-minute film dedicated to the history of sports reporting.
Pirates lineup:
- Delwyn Young (RF)
- Freddy Sanchez (2B)
- Nate McLouth (CF)
- Craig Monroe (LF)
- Adam LaRoche (1B)
- Robinzon Diaz (C)
- Andy LaRoche (3B)
- Jack Wilson (SS)
- Ross Ohlendorf (RHP)
Nationals lineup:
- Cristian Guzman (SS)
- Nick Johnson (1B)
- Ryan Zimmerman (3B)
- Adam Dunn (RF)
- Josh Willingham (LF)
- Willie Harris (CF)
- Anderson Hernandez (2B)
- Josh Bard (C)
- Ross Detwiler (LHP)
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Jen– Got any idea when Brandon Moss will be back in the lineup?
Hey Jen– got any idea when Brandon Moss will be back in the lineup?
Moss should be back in the lineup on Tuesday, since the Nats are starting a righty tomorrow. Moss not starting on Monday was due to there being a lefty starter on the other hand. Hence, the nod to the right-handed hitting Monroe.
Jen, welcome back! I missed your blog. Thanks for the Newseum tip. What's the story with Capps – location, velocity, confidence?


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NDP leader reflects on the high points and low notes of 2010
NDP leader Lorraine Michael. — Photo by Keith Gosse/The Telegram
NDP Leader Lorraine Michael says this past year will be remembered for three major reasons.
In a year-end interview with The Telegram, she said the departure of former premier Danny Williams, the destruction caused by hurricane Igor and strife on the organized labour front is what stands out for her.
Michael said Williams' resignation turned the province upside-down politically.
"You can't talk about the year without starting there," she said. "With Danny as premier you just never knew what was going to hit you, and this year was particularly a year like that. Every time things would calm down, all of a sudden there'd be a new announcement."
Michael said there was a lot of fluctuation in 2010 which created a sense of momentum.
"There's a sense that there's a lot going on, but when all is said and done, what really went on?"
While she touched on a number of low points, Michael also acknowledged a few high notes this year.
"The fact the doctors' (dispute) finally … got resolved is great," she said, but then qualified that by saying the impasse with the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association should have been resolved months earlier.
"I don't consider Muskrat Falls a high point," Michael said of the signing of a term sheet to develop the Lower Churchill.
"It's a proposal. It could go somewhere, (but) we have no idea where it's going to go. It's at such a tentative stage at this moment."
Hurricane Igor was at the top of Michael's bad-news list.
"Igor was more than a low point, it was a major disaster," she said. "I still feel a lot for the people on the Burin and Bonavista peninsulas who were affected."
Igor brought out the best in people, Michael said, but it also showed a real weakness in emergency planning.
She said the province should have declared a state of emergency for those two hardest hit regions instead of leaving that up to individual municipalities.
If that happened, Michael feels the "provincial wheels would have kicked in more quickly."
"Especially because you had places like Trouty, which aren't even local service districts," she said.
Another sour note for Michael was the closure of the School for the Deaf.
She believes there was an intentional plan dating back to the turn of the century, to slowly reduce enrolment at the school until the number of students was so low, the province could justify its closure.
"I really am angry and appalled by the way in which the (education) minister has been deliberately misleading the public," Michael said.
The NDP leader called 2010 the year of consultations, which she said gave an impression that the province was engaged with what people had to say.
"But you don't see policy coming out that shows that they really are realizing there's a whole group of people in the province that aren't benefitting, and that we have a lot of needs that aren't being taken care of," said Michael.
In spite of things looking good economically, and the continued growth of the offshore oil sector, Michael said the gap between rich and poor is widening.
She said that's evident by the fact that more people in the province are turning to food banks.
Michael said the social safety net is full of tears and rents.
"We still don't have a home-care program, we still don't have any advancement with regard to this government showing it believes in a child-care program," she said.
Most of the lows Michael spoke of involved labour, including a price dispute in the fishery which delayed people from hitting the water to make a living.
"I was really disturbed by what happened with regard to the crab pricing," she said. "The plant workers, in particular, the harvesters, too, were being held hostage by the processors."
Michael feels there were "games that were played" by the processing side of the industry, but she was encouraged by legislation introduced in the House of Assembly this fall to try to remedy disagreements on seafood prices which have plagued the fishery over the last few years.
"With Danny (Williams) as premier you just never knew what was going to hit you, and this year was particularly a year like that. Every time things would calm down, all of a sudden there'd be a new announcement." Lorraine Michael
"It's been a bad year for labour relations, it really has," she continued.
"It's great that we've come to the end of the year and all of a sudden two major labour disputes have been taken care of."
But she said the fact that both disputes — with physicians and with job coaches on the Burin Peninsula — were taken care of so quickly, it suggests they could have been resolved before.
Michael pointed out there are still three ongoing labour disputes, including a strike at the Voisey's Bay mine in Labrador, which is now more than a year old.
She believes if the province introduced anti-replacement worker legislation, that dispute would also be over.
"Vale is known to be a company that does not want unions. It is doing its best to break the union up in Labrador," said Michael.
"I think that it's a real blight on this province that we have these workers going into a second Christmas on strike up there. It's absolutely disgraceful — while that company continues to produce and make a fortune off the mine. That's the issue, and if we had anti-scab legislation they would not be able to do it."
Michael said in Quebec and British Columbia, where they have such legislation, there are fewer, shorter strikes.
"The government is just going to have to bite the bullet and do it if it wants to show it really cares about the workers in this province," she added.
Michael contends the government is hiding behind the fact it is consulting with business and labour groups on the proposed legislation.
"The president of the Federation of Labour has formally (written this) government twice saying we want anti-scab legislation," she said.
The business community might have to be pulled in, screaming and yelling," Michael added. "But this government has never backed down before … (when it's) something they want to do."
Michael also referred to the strikes at the Purity factory and Metrobus in St. John's.
If there was a silver lining hiding in the dark clouds of 2010 for Michael, it was at the party level.
"A high point for me was our showing in the last two byelections," she said.
The NDP came second behind the governing Tories in the districts of Topsail in March and in Conception Bay East-Bell Island earlier this month.
"The byelections are a sign. I'm not dreaming it, they're a real sign that people are starting to see us as the second choice after the government and that really is exciting for me," Michael said.
"We, as a party, have had a lot of growth (this year). A lot of activity ... on the west coast, in particular. We're seeing a lot more young people becoming active in the party."
Looking ahead, Michael hopes the province will finally introduce anti-replacement worker laws, as well as make significant legislation and investments on the social front.
"I don't want visions around long-term care and home care. I want a concrete plan," she said.
Michael would also like to see improvements at a new government department.
"I have been extremely disappointed in the slow way in which the new Child, Youth and Family Services Department has been moving," she said.
She's not optimistic the government will do anything about those issues before October's election.
"I'm not expecting great things," she said. "I'm expecting caretaking."
Michael was pleased that 2010 is ending with women leading the province's three major political parties, a first in Canadian history.
She hopes other women will be encouraged by that and consider a career in politics.


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Three of the most critically acclaimed baroque musicians of the Pacific Northwest will share the spotlight when the Salish Sea Early Music Festival returns to Friday Harbor for a rare mid-day weekend performance, Saturday, May 3, at the Grange Hall.
In a reunion, of sorts, harpsichordist Elisabeth Wright, viola da gambist Susie Napper and flutist Jeffrey Cohan, will perform well-known trio sonatas on period instruments in a program entitled, "Simphonie," featuring classics by Johann Sebastian Bach, Jean Philippe Rameau, Jean-Marie Leclair, and other renowned composers. Doors open at 11 a.m. (with coffee available). And prior to the performance, which begins at 11:15 a.m., the musicians will talk about their instruments and music, and answer questions.
The ensemble of Cohan, Napper and Wright, performing as the Seattle Baroque Trio at the time, were one of the first to represent the "early music scene" of the Pacific Northwest in Europe, nearly three decades ago.
A founding member of The Seattle Early Music Guild and professor at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Ind., Wright has performed an early music festivals across the globe and has served on the board of Early Music America, and as panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, PEW, and PennPat.
Napper, known for her colorful, even controversial, performances of both solo and chamber repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries, teaches at McGill University and her recordings, which include most of the known repertoire for two viols, can be heard on Harmonia Mundi, EMI, Erato, ADDA, CBC Records, Naxos, and most notably on the ATMA label.
The Salish Sea Early Music Festival's Simphonie Nouvelle, directed by Cohan, follows Jean-Féry Rebel's lead in conjuring a new presence for the "Simphonie" and other elements of baroque music, while affirming the grand overtones of ancient forms that often assume a more straight-forward role today. Suggested donation: $15- $20, 18 and under free, students, $5.
For more information about the Salish Sea Early Music Festival or the May 3 performance, visit, www.salishseafestival.org.
Performances of "Simphonie" will also take place on Orcas Island, May 3, 7 p.m., and on Lopez, May 2, at 2 p.m.
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@ted72: Are you gonna pay for them, then? It's an expensive surgery and most insurers don't cover it, but you wouldn't propose a classist barrier against a downtrodden minority, would you?
Let her know how you feel.
Katherine Svenson
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Delta, CO 81416-3004
She makes public statements and stands by them, therefore she has waived her right to privacy, feel free to contact her directly, nicely of course.
@2eo: thanx 2eo…she wants to openly speak her mind…the rest of the congregation should be able to openly and directly speak their mind to her…(maybe she'll change her mind after a handfull of opinions open hers!)
I would usually say, "Colorado… kind of says it all," but that is not necessarily the case any more. Colorado is progressing at a faster rate today and for that they must be congratulated. This old hag is a relic of her time and will soon be passing on to a nursing home where she can't harm anyone anymore. She's to be pitied!
The problem is, the bigots keep contradicting their own bigotry.
They seem to not want trans students in the bathroom because why? They are afraid of a "Man" in the women's bathroom or a "Woman" in the Men's room?
Ok, well but they ALSO were terrified when they were fighting against the repeal of DADT that there would be men attracted to men in the men's bathroom.
So now, you have a transgendered woman, who most likely is attracted to men, and this woman is staying they need to stay in the men's bathroom. Well but that is exactly opposite of the LAST bigoted bathroom argument they have made.
They need to get their bigotry straight.
@Cam: To be fair though Cam that confused me and I agree with you I think.
You know nothing about Colorado.
@Homophile: Heh heh heh… ohhhhh yes I do. Probably more than you do even if you live there. I have many informed friends in a number of professions. Now gently move along, you're blocking the more intelligent traffic!
This woman's problem is based more on her feeling that having a penis= rape. Or at least inevitable, rampant pregnancies? From her Facebook page heroes
This attitude sounds like she may believe lots of troubling stuff about the population of male students generally. Why is this person allowed to be on a school board? Unsurprisingly/thankfully, she has no sons– but she also doesn't seem to be recently familiar with school. The official board page says she homeschooled her only daughter for "7 of her first 8 years." But her daughter (Leanna Cinquanta) shares online that the family moved a lot when she was growing up because she was homeschooled before that was legal and they had to avoid detection. On Facebook, she moves every 1-3 years from age 7 to 15. She does seem to have graduated from a highschool in Minnesota in 1988, but she had only moved there in 1986, soooo I don't know what's going on but it's sounds like her mom isn't familiar with the real world at all.
***from looking at her Facebook heroes, this woman's attitude not a surprise.
Isn't that what they want though? Lol She may be a bit angry, but she does raise a valid point; what happens when trans rights start to impede on the rights of the other kids? Hmmm…
@KDub: In what way specifically is that possible, or even inferred?
Direct question, no need for deflection, just answer it directly as it is asked. No pressure.
Are we forgetting that the school board did NOT agree with her? They voted in a non-discrimination rule.
LOL! Sorry,
Basically, they seem terrified that there would be people in the bathroom attracted to other people in the bathroom.
So leaving the Transgendered woman in the men's room would be exactly what they claim they do not want. You have somebody who identifies as a woman, and is attracted to men, in the men's room.
@KDub: said..
"She may be a bit angry, but she does raise a valid point; what happens when trans rights start to impede on the rights of the other kids? Hmmm…"
Exactly which "Rights" of the other kids are being infringed? I wasn't aware that there was a section of the Constitution that stated you cannot be in the same room with a transgendered person.
Again, people not bringing their professional mouth to work! She wouldn't have the school district defending themselves from the panic expressed by the public if she wasn't trying to be profane. Suggesting that a portion of students should be castrated was just needlessly inflammatory. This all reminds me of the panic about getting rid of DADT and the restroom/shower worries. Chances are, many reading this have a gym membership and share locker rooms there with both gay and straights. Chill out world!
@KDub: I'm pretty sure there are almost no doctors out there who would go any sort of genital related surgery for some one under the age of 18 for trans reasons. Even the vast majority of trans people are only in favor of letting younger trans people have blockers until the age of 18 and then letting them decide for themselves how they want to go from there.
I don't think a lot of these people exactly realize how this whole transition thing works in some ways. To even qualify for most forms of genital surgery (whether SRS or an orchiectomy or whatever), surgeons require a letter from a psychiatrist stating that you have lived as your target gender for at least an entire year. Unless you just hold it every single time you are out in public and have to go to the bathroom or you have access to gender neutral restrooms every where you go then you are going to have to use your target gender's bathroom eventually during that year. Even if every single trans person had their surgery covered and every single trans person wanted to get surgery there would always be trans people who didn't have it using their target gender's restroom simply because of the RLE(Real Life Experience) requirement.
@ted72: your going to demand a 10 yr old get a sex change? Before adults are allowed to actually get "changed" they have to live like the sex they will becoming for two yrs prior from what I understand, so it would actually part if the process to let these young folks spend atleast two yrs living like the sex they will become, on a day to day basis, meaning, using the bathroom of the sex they will change too.
If it's an issue then they should either add unisex bathrooms or let the trans identifying kids use the private bathrooms used by faculty.
I think the right wingers are so obsessed with sex that they can't imagine anyone using a bathroom unless they are trying to hook up la Republican Senator Larry "wide stance" Craig.
@ted72: @KDub: Why are you people so obsessed with bathrooms? What do people think is going on in there? I go to the bathroom to pee and shit. I don't really care about who else is doing what else in there. When I was in college in the 1970s, we had co-ed dorms with co-ed bathrooms. Nobody cared except the occasional uptight visiting mother. While people are terrified of trans-kids in the bathrooms, football players all over the country are raping cheerleaders and getting away with it while the girls get punished for it. But they don't care because football players are gods. It would be nice if these concerned citizens focused on real problems instead of panicking about non-existent ones.
Does this woman think that trans kids are whipping out their d*cks and showing it off to the other girls in the bathroom? Ask any trans person and they will tell you they are repulsed by their own genatalia. This is something one is born with, identifies as, just as homosexuality is.


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14.3: Percentage of those pages devoted to "Dog Regulations."
$75: Fine, in Worthington, for a third offense of allowing your dog to "worry... another's fowl, livestock or domesticated animal."
$100: Cost of an infant burial in Worthington, according to the town's cemetery regulations (effective July 1, 1999).
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6: Number of Chicopee intersections that made the top 15.
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7: Colors mentioned in William Cullen Bryant's poem "The Rivulet" (green, brown, violet, silver, blue, gray, hoary).
195: Acreage of William Cullen Bryant's estate owned by the Trustees of Reservations.
1,651 / 12%: Total acres of "abandoned fields and orchards" in Cummington / percentage of town land represented by "...these foregone agricultural lands."


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CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Indians reached the .500 mark Friday night with a 7-4 victory over the White Sox. They have given no evidence that they're anything more than that.
Manager Terry Francona said .500 is not a goal, just a signpost pointing toward better things. Last year the signs led to 92 victories and a brief trip to the postseason as a wild card team.
The Indians accomplished that by coming out of the break and playing .612 ball (41-26) over the last 2½ months of the season. Their finishing kick included a 21-6 September and 10 straight wins to end the regular season.
Honestly, this year's team has shown no signs of doing that. They're not getting the traction they received last year from the starting rotation, especially with Justin Masterson injured. Offensively, the disappointing performances of Nick Swisher, Jason Kipnis, Carlos Santana and Ryan Raburn haven't helped. The defense has been a terrible.
Still, the vibe on this team is always good, always positive. So if they do make a run, circa 2013, here are three things that have to happen:
Corey Kluber has to pitch as well as coming out of the break as he did going into it.
Masterson has to come off the disabled list and produce a series of quality starts. It's either that or the Indians have to trade for a quality starter.
Kipnis, among all the struggling hitters, has to start hitting over the last 2 ½ months. If he does, the others will follow.


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BEREA, Ohio -- The Cleveland Browns chose cornerback Leon McFadden in the third round of the 2013 draft with the intention that McFadden would eventually become the starter opposite Joe Haden.
McFadden, however, did not uphold his end of the bargain. Buster Skrine became the starter, overcoming a dismal 2012 season and McFadden began as the fourth cornerback. He did slide into the nickel package when Chris Owens was hurt later in the season.
McFadden had nowhere to hide in that package. As is the case with most rookies, he became the favorite target of opposing quarterbacks. McFadden had 10 tackles, no interceptions, and one pass defensed in 233 plays over 16 games.
The new regime under GM Ray Farmer and coach Mike Pettine made depth in the defensive backfield an off-season emphasis. As a result, the stakes are higher for McFadden. Besides Skrine, he'll have to battle with first-round pick Justin Gilbert, fourth-round pick Pierre Desir and free agent Aaron Berry. The message is clear.
"I don't believe I've been forgotten, but I have to step it up," said McFadden, out of San Diego State. "The bar has been raised when it comes to the competitive level on the field. Competition is what you love about the game. There's a lot of DBs out there competing for those roster spots."
McFadden prepared with off-season extra work. He spent days at his alma mater working with the school's defensive backs coach on improving his technique.
Repetition became priority one.
"After watching film, I learned that I was opening up too late or too early," McFadden said. "You have to find a happy medium, and I've made that adjustment during camp. I'm still hungry. I'm out here working hard. I'm trying to find a spot on the field."