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Wildcat women's soccer headed to national tournament
Seasons ended for three Pennsylvania College of Technology fall sports teams last week while the college's women's soccer squad prepares for this week's United States Collegiate Athletic Association National Championships.
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After completing a 9-5-2 regular season two weeks ago, the Lady Wildcats had to wait until last midweek to learn they had been awarded an at-large berth in the USCAA National tournament in Charleston, W.V., where, as the No. 8 seed, they will open Wednesday against fourth-seeded University of Maine Machias (14-3-1). A win in that match would pit them against top-seeded University of Maine Fort Kent (13-1), which they lost to, 3-0, during the regular season.
Playing its season without a conference affiliation, Penn College scheduled a host of NCAA Division III teams and the strength of its schedule turned out to be a benefit.
"The regular season was tough in some spots. For example, we had seven games in 10 days this month," said coach Markus Rybak, who is in his fourth season. "The strength of the schedule was really high as well, which I knew coming into the season. I was hoping that we could compete and hopefully qualify for nationals, and with that schedule it would prepare us for the tournament.
"We, as a team, came together and achieved great things this year. That being said, there are some players that stepped up this year. Robyn Beddow is the leading scorer with 14 goals. Madilyn Walters leads the team in assists with 11. Colleen Bowes stepped up and did an awesome job in goal when Reda (Vermilya) got injured. The whole defensive line with Jordan Courter, Kierstin Craig-Sovic, Trinda Wertman and Tara Bennethum did a great job this year. They struggled at times but also kept us in some games as well."
In addition to Fort Kent at nationals, Penn College also met fifth-seeded Alfred State (N.Y.) during the regular season and they fought to a 1-1 draw.
"I am looking forward to the tournament. We played a great game in our regular season finale at St. Thomas Aquinas (NCAA D-II) and if we continue with that kind of performance, possibilities are there," Rybak said.
Men's soccer
The season ended for the second-seeded Penn College men on Thursday with a 2-0 semifinal loss to third-seeded PSU Brandywine which capped a 9-2 Penn State University Athletic Conference and 14-5 overall campaign. Brandywine forced play throughout the match, outshooting the Wildcats, 21-10, and just two of the 10 shots were on goal. The defeat snapped a three-year PSUAC title run for Penn College.
Earlier in the week, for the second week in a row, Wildcat Chris Brennan was named the PSUAC and USCAA Men's Soccer Player of the Week. In the team's only game the previous week, Brennan scored five goals to break Penn College's single-game scoring record. He also notched an assist in a 6-1 win over PSU Hazleton. For the season, Brennan scored 28 goals and had 60 points, putting him at the top of the PSUAC rankings and second in the USCAA.
Women's volleyball
On Friday against top-seeded and defending conference co-champ PSU Fayette, the fourth-seeded Lady Wildcats lost, 25-14, 25-18 and 25-9, to end their season 12-6 in the conference and 13-20 overall. Junior Courtney Gernert led Penn College with nine kills and freshman Catie Aviles had 13 assists. Also for Penn College, sophomore Loralee Lindemuth had five kills and freshman Katelyn Klein had four while senior Rachel Heller recorded seven of the team's 17 digs.
On Tuesday, Penn College advanced to the PSUAC semifinals with a 25-22, 25-16, 25-14 win over fifth-seeded PSU Hazleton. In a defensive battle, Heller led all players with 21 digs while Gernert led all hitters with 15 kills and added 17 digs. Also for the Lady Wildcats, Aviles had 20 assists and Lindemuth had nine kills and two blocks.
Women's tennis
In their final match of the season, the Lady Wildcats lost to PSU Mont Alto, 3-2, on Wednesday. Brook Reed won at the No. 3 singles spot, and the No. 1 doubles team of Melissa Stabley and Taylor Lapointe won by forfeit as Penn College closed out a 1-3 conference and 2-8 overall season.


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ANN ARBOR -- Brady Hoke won't officially declare the fight for Michigan's top running back spot over.
But he's not exactly pretending it's all that close either.
Hoke said Tuesday that if the season were to begin today, fifth-year senior Fitz Toussaint would be his starter in the backfield.
Citing a "clear" separation between Toussaint and the rest of the pack, Hoke seemed quite comfortable with the way his veteran back has looked in camp.
So what about the rest of the group, namely super recruit Derrick Green?
Green entered fall camp as the highest-rated prospect Hoke's ever netted, a five-star pledge and the No. 1-ranked running back in the country coming out of high school.
But now, Hoke says, he's just a freshman. And he needs time.
"Derrick's had limited practice," Hoke said Tuesday. "A lot of those guys finish school when they finish school. He hasn't had as many reps, he had a little bit of an ankle (injury) early.
"We just have to get him more reps."
Green, who reported to camp weighing 240 pounds, missed a handful of practices during the first week of fall camp with an ankle injury.
The coaching staff has gone back and forth on whether or not his 240-pound weight is too heavy to play with this season, also admitting his time during camp will likely go a long way into trimming any unwanted pounds.
Asked Tuesday if his ankle injury was still lingering to the point where he should be shut down for a week or two to gain back full strength, Hoke hinted that it simply wasn't that serious.
"I think our doctors and trainers all feel that he's not doing anything worse to it," he said.
Green arrived on campus with plenty of attention, as expected. But Hoke's done his part in sending out cautionary messages with regard to the expectations for Green's production -- at least early on.
He was a major recruit, targeted by everyone in the country, but now he's got to learn what, exactly, it takes to succeed at this level.
"Like most freshmen, they're highly-touted and tremendous players and all those things," Hoke said during a radio interview Monday. "But that next step is a step that's bigger than they may think."
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The Springhill Junior and Senior High School is having its first Annual Spring Arts and Crafts Extravaganza and organizers guidance teacher Susan MacDonald, and junior high principal Karla-Mitchell Smith are very pleased with the co-operation they are receiving.
SPRINGHILL The Springhill Junior and Senior High School is having its first Annual Spring Arts and Crafts Extravaganza and organizers guidance teacher Susan MacDonald, and junior high principal Karla-Mitchell Smith are very pleased with the co-operation they are receiving.
They are hosting the event on April 27-29, in the school gym to raise money for the Junior High Reward Program. There will be Gold and Silver trips in June, and everyone knows buses cost money. They would like to reward the students who work hard all year long.
The organizers have invited over 25 artisans to participate, and others are calling to be included. Anyone interested in entering a table is asked to telephone 597-4250. Space will cost $50 for the whole weekend. Some of the things to see will be leather items, stained glass, pottery, rug hooking, jewelry, hand bags, fashions, home baking, Mary Kay, Tupperware, Pampered Chef and more. A canteen and cafe will be featured. Please take note of the hours: Friday, April 27, 6 to 9 p.m.; Saturday, April 28, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, April 29, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Celebrating 65 years of marriage on April 17 are Bigelow and Doris Hunter of Springhill. Bill and Beverly Kempt of Pugwash will celebrate their 42nd anniversary. Celebrating their wedding anniversary on April 17 are Ray and Rachael Coulson of Amherst. Having birthdays on the 17th are Austen Rose and Theresa Burns, both of Amherst.
On March 29, the Springhill Mining Red Hat Ladies enjoyed a lunch at Cinders Restaurant in Amherst, which they combined with a meeting to discuss whats next on their agenda of get-togethers.
When the organizers of New Beginnings stopped into Ed Faheys barbershop two months ago, no one could have imagined that the idea presented would develop into something so amazing. The PIT Players, a drama group from Springhill, were asked if they would consider forming a gospel group for the purpose of providing the music for an evening service at the St. Davids Presbyterian Church. Ed passed the idea on to Peter Bell, who recruited his wife Roberta and daughter Susan MacDonald. Gail and Ken Murphy, who know a lot of spiritual music were asked to participate and Robin Steeves was invited to complete the new group.
On Sunday, April 1, they performed in true Springhill-fashion beginning with the spiritual Jesus is a rock that will not roll. They rocked, swayed, clapped and harmonized some of the most uplifting music presented this year. The congregation sang and clapped along and at one point, Susan remarked that this could turn into a kitchen party.
Rev. Elizabeth Davies read the scriptures and delivered the last sermon in the Lenten Series, Iron Nails. Following the benediction and the blessing for the refreshments prepared in the church hall, the Players were invited back to close the service. Their signature song Call of the Mines, written by Valerie Fahey, brought a tear to many eyes and the congregation to their feet for a standing ovation and a heartfelt thank-you for an amazing and joyful message.
The next New Beginnings evening worship will be held on April 22 at 7 p.m. The Funtones, a group of lady barbershoppers from around Cumberland County, will provide the special music.
On April 29 at 7 p.m. Geraldine (Hopkins) Charters and Sylvia Campbell of Moncton will be hosting a Downeast Kitchen Party at the Anglican Parish Hall, Main Street, Springhill. In addition to the vocals of Geraldine and Sylvia, a Moncton Group called Maplesugar and several local talents will be featured. This is a fund-raiser for St. Davids Presbyterian Church, and promises to be toe-tapping good time.


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Re: Sales for the 19th not showing!pathmaker Aug 21, 2013 9:05 PM (in response to sdsmith64)
Yes, same problem. seems identical to last week's issue. Please report it, if you haven't already. I did this morning via email and this afternoon by live chat.
Re: Sales for the 19th not showing!LearningIsland Aug 21, 2013 10:22 PM (in response to sdsmith64)
Same here. Only a couple sales for the 19th showing up and nothing for the 20th.
Here we go again!
Re: Sales for the 19th not showing!sdsmith64 Aug 22, 2013 11:11 AM (in response to sdsmith64)
Had a chat with support about sales for the 19th (and now the 20th) not showing:
Arden: Thank you for joining NOOK Press Chat Support! My name is Arden.
Arden: How may I help you today?
Steve: My sales for the 19th are not showing up In my Monthly Sales report for August.
Steve: others are having the same problem
Arden: My apologies, Steve. We had Sales issue these past week, Steve.
Arden: We are still working on it. Kindly wait for the Sales update within this week, Steve.
Steve: ok also sales for the 20th
Arden: Yes, that will be covered.
Arden: Is there anything else I can help you with?
Steve: no ...thanks
Arden likes saying my name...LOL
Re: Sales for the 19th not showing!MichelleStimpson-Author Aug 22, 2013 6:33 PM (in response to sdsmith64)
Same here,
I'm just trying to remember to take screen shots every night. I do see sales (I'm guessing for the most part?) on the "Recent Sales" page, but I never saw anything for the 19th.
Re: Sales for the 19th not showing!goldenstatewriter Aug 23, 2013 12:27 AM (in response to MichelleStimpson-Author)
I had sales on the 19th and the 20th. But now they're missing from the monthly tally.
I am going to experiement with taking my business to Smashwords, by moving about half my catalog there. If it seems to do okay I'll move the rest of my stuff there.
I have lost faith in B&N.
Re: Sales for the 19th not showing!Amaran_three Aug 23, 2013 6:46 AM (in response to goldenstatewriter)It looks like the monthly sales are now properly displaying for sales made on the 21st (and presumably later... but we'll see after tonight), but the 19/20 sales are still not there.
Re: Sales for the 19th not showing!dmnelson Aug 23, 2013 11:33 AM (in response to sdsmith64)
I bit the bullet and decided to add my books to iBooks though I'd heard I'd need an ISBN number etc (which we don't). I downloaded the software, opened the Word document in Pages, exported as epub and bam - done. When I needed help - get this - a human answered and knew what they were talking about. However, it takes more than 48 hours to appear on sale so I will keep you posted on whether the experiment stays a happy one. I don't use an aggregator so I expected a nightmare of reformatting. Still can't get over that I've called three times and three different people have answered and all were helpful, polite, and knew what they were talking about.


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MARQUETTE - From 1621 when the Pilgrims first celebrated Thanksgiving through today, the holiday has centered around two main themes: thanks and food.
The 117 million households in the country are all potential gathering places for this year's holiday, and all potential places to incorporate some "green" practices. Starting with small steps can make having a greener holiday seem more like a fun experiment rather than attempting to change everything at once.
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Frank M. Calia, MD, MACP, Professor Emeritus and former Vice Dean of Clinical Affairs, retired in 2012 after more than 40 years of dedicated service to the School of Medicine. Dr. Calia is a graduate of Harvard University and a cum laude graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at Boston City Hospital, and residency and fellowship in infectious diseases at the Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital. He served in the United States Army at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Fort Detrick and attained the rank of Major. Dr. Calia is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society; the American Clinical and Climatological Association; the American College of Physicians; the Infectious Diseases Society of America and other important medical societies. In April 2000, Dr. Calia was elected a Master of the American College of Physicians. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine in Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Calia joined the University of Maryland School of Medicine faculty in 1969 and was appointed Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore VA Medical Center. He rose through the ranks to professor of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology, and Chief of the Medical Service at the Baltimore VA Medical Center. On two occasions during his tenure at the University of Maryland he has served as Aciting or Interim Chaiman of the Department of Medicine. He was also Acting Chairman of the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology, Ophthalmology and Radiation Oncology. From 1992-2004, Dr. Calia was Vice Dean and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the School of Medicine. In April of 2004, he became Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology. From November 2004-November 2005 he served as Interim Chief Medical Officer at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Dr. Calia returned to service in the School of Medicine as the Theodore E. Woodward Professor of Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Medicine, as well as Physician-in-Chief of the University of Maryland Medical Center in February 2006, a position he held until December 1, 2009.
Between 1979 and 2004, Dr. Calia was honored by the medical students with 24 teaching awards, both Golden Apple Awards and Teacher of the Year Awards. He has also been awarded Teacher of the Year by the Maryland Higher Education Council (representing all colleges and universities in Maryland) and Teacher of the Year by the University System of Maryland. In 2000, he received the AOA Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges. In 2008, he was elected as a inaugural member of the Pass and Susel Academy of Academic Excellence and also won the campus' Founder's Day Teacher of the Year award.
Dr. Calia has chaired many of the most important School of Medicine ad hoc and standing committees, including the Faculty Promotions Committee, Curriculum Coordinating Committee, Academic Advancement Committee, Curriculum Revision Steering Committee and the Appointment, Promotions and Tenure Revision Committee. He has served on numerous search committees and on all of the imporant committees of the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical System/Hospital.
Dr. Calia's major interests are in infectious disease, bacterial diarrhea, staphylococcal infections, vibrio infections and clinical pharmacology.
Dr. Calia serves on the Editorial Board of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Practice and the Editorial Board of the University of Maryland Medical Alumni Association's Bulletin. He has contributed to 10 books and over 50 publications in refereed journals. He serves as a reviewer for the Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of Infectious Diseases, Annals of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Medicine, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and Infectious Disease in Clincal Practice.
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MUSKEGON, MI – A shop in Muskegon that specializes in smoking accessories was allegedly robbed on New Year's Day by a man armed with a knife, police said.
The incident was reported around 6:48 p.m. on Jan. 1 by an employee of Psycle Sam's Heady Glass, 1895 Henry St., who said she was working in the store when a man came around the counter, knocked her to the ground and demanded cash.
According to the shop's Facebook page, the store sells "art glass smoking pipes, vaporizers, concentrate pieces, laboratory glass, grinders, cleaners, raw and elements papers, clear papers, and a variety of other accessories for the smoking connoisseur."
The employee gave the suspect an undisclosed amount of cash from the register and the suspect, allegedly armed with a knife, ran north from the building.
The incident remains under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Muskegon Police Department at (231) 724-6750, 911 or Silent Observer at 72-CRIME.
Heather Lynn Peters covers police and fire, and writes a statewide food column, The Spunky Kitchen, for MLive/Muskegon Chronicle. Email her at firstname.lastname@example.com and follow her on Twitter @HLPNEWS.


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|By RaMRoD on Sunday, February 23, 2003 - 03:50 pm: Edit
I am interested in becoming a PA (Physician Assistant). I was wondering is anyone had an idea of which universities have the best PA programs. I know that most PA programs are at medical schools, but there are exceptions.
Also I plan to obtain a Bachelors in PA Studies as opposed to a Masters, which I think is too long a career to only be a PA.
Anywayz does anyone have an idea of the best PA programs in the country that offer a Bachelor's degree in PA studies?
(all I know of are UT Pan-American and UW Madison)
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my mother went back to school in 1996 to become a PA, so i know a lot about it. her top choice was Duke, but she didn't have all the prerequisites (sp?) to get in, so she went to GW (george washington university in washington DC) at GW it was a 2 year program to get a masters. if you have specific questions, feel free to email me at email@example.com
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Long before Coney Island became famous or Six Flags Great Adventure and Sesame Street were even conceived, Staten Island was the place to go for fun from the mid-1800s and early 1900s, attracting people from Manhattan, Brooklyn, and even Elizabeth, N.J. (a round trip ride cost 10 cents in 1898).
Amusements first began appearing on South Beach around 1860. During its heyday, South Beach was a combination of Coney Island and Atlantic City with a bit of Ringling Bros. thrown in. Both South Beach and Midland Beach were some of the most popular destinations for New Yorkers seeking fun or just a relaxing afternoon. In 1939, 50 percent of Sunday's visitors came from Manhattan, 28 percent from New Jersey and 4 percent from Brooklyn and the other boroughs; over 500,000 people enjoyed South Beach alone.
The boardwalk was loaded with attractions for young and old, including Ferris wheels, carousels, merry-go-rounds, pony rides, souvenir stands, casinos, hotels, tunnels of love, gypsy tents, house of horrors and roller coasters. The Roller Boller was one of the largest rides on the boardwalk and was surrounded by hotels, restaurants, bathhouses and other attractions like Tirelli's Carousel that thrilled thousands of visitors every year.
The shoreline was dotted with tent and bungalow communities where families could rent a place to spend the whole summer. If that wasn't to their liking, there was no shortage of hotels to accommodate the weekenders. There was May's Hotel, Hotel Peerless, Newark Hotel, Casino Hotel and the Harris' Hotel and Baths. Each hotel built their own attractions, including a 45-foot diameter steam-driven carousel built by the Silver Wave Hotel.
In 1937, Robert Moses proposed replacing the bungalow community and building a second Jones Beach at a cost of $1.3 million. In his report, Moses called the value of the beaches and boardwalk to be "incalculable." He urged the city to act on the lessons learned with the ill-fated development of Coney Island, and commented that it could be avoided with "forthright and intelligent action."
Moses feared that unbridled private development of the area would, in time, doom the area's beaches for the public. The project died after local opposition and lack of funding. Nevertheless, many new attractions were built, including a new arcade by the famous May's Hotel.
Over the years countless fires, pollution and neglect drove the once-thriving boardwalk into ruins, and, in 1955, after nearly 100 years of providing fun in the sun for millions, the area was condemned by the city. Kiddie Land was the last surviving amusement park and its owners were forced to move to nearby Sand Lane around 1955. Fifty years later, Kiddie Land closed its doors and the final chapter on Staten Island amusements.


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[QUOTE=Mud Flinger;983956]Your plan seems sound enough. It may take longer than a week to make much progress, but a week is a good place to start.
You don't need clean bones to make broth by the way - just throw in whatever you have left - bones, meat and all with a little apple cider vinegar (1-2 TB). The vinegar helps to leach minerals out of the bones. You can re-use bigger bones (like beef or bison) also a few times. Just keep adding more ACV and water and let it go again. A crock pot makes things much easier for the long running batches. The bones get quite brittle after 2-3 runs through (I give 'em to my dogs and they crunch them right up).
I don't know much about hep C either, so until you get your test back, it's just sit and wait. If it is positive, try the seach functiion here to see if there is an existing thread with advice or start a new one if not. Along with that, I'd google for more info and see what else is out there.[/QUOTE]
I see. I had always had the understanding that bones from "clean" grass-fed animals were where all the benefits were. I have several chicken bones (legs/thighs) that I saved in the freezer. They are organic but I had wondered if chicken was as good as beef broth.
Good news: No Hep A, B, or C
Bad news: I still don't know what's wrong and how to fix it.
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Either I'm a very entitled person or doctors are jerks.
From what I understand Hep C is a serious disease. I can't help feeling it is extremely insensitive not to personally call me and tell me that I was fine. I had to call a number and listen to a pre-recorded message of the doctor telling me my results were negative, not giving me the chance to ask any other questions that pertain to my health. It feels as if he's saying "oh you don't have anything serious so I have no other interest in you. Bye"
He sent me maybe 5-6 different papers in the mail a few weeks ago to fill out, one of which was the symptom page. And he never talked to me about it. My symptoms are REAL! It's not imagined! Are you interested in trying to help me figure out what's going on? Just because I don't have a serious disease doesn't mean I'm not actually in pain or that it's some figment of my imagination.
...Happy I don't have Hep C or anything else (not that I ever had the chance to ask.) But where does this leave me? I don't want to waste my time with physicians who only see me as an opportunity to turn me into a pincushion or dope up with pills.
I'll do my best to take care of myself and do more but I am still left feeling helpless about my IBS.


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NHL.com has posted a list of significant figures regarding the Detroit Red Wings-Chicago Blackhawks match-up at Wrigley Field for the Winter Classic II, and here are some of the more interesting numbers:
December 16, NHL.com: 13 -- Combined number of Norris Trophies won by the two franchises. Red Wings have won eight (six by Nicklas Lidstrom). Blackhawks have won five (Pierre Pilote won three). ... 22 -- Degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature of an NHL sheet of ice.
22 -- Wheels on the specially-built refrigeration/construction truck that traveled from its construction site in Mobile, Ala., to Chicago -- with a stop in Atlanta -- to haul state-of-the-art ice-making and ice-monitoring equipment to the Winter Classic.
20,000 -- Gallons of water needed to create an ice surface two-inches deep on Wrigley Field (NHL rinks normally are 1"-1.25" thick).
NHL.com's "The Hockey Show" also posted a 1:16 interview with NHL facilities manager Dan Craig about the league's big coolant rig:


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November 8, 2005
Riots in France
Fortunately, the riots in France do not appear, at least to date, to be turning into Islamist-led hate fests. While there has been some evidence of that earlier, the overwhelming preponderance of evidence so far is that the riots are being fed by three factors: anger over discrimination against immigrants and their descendants; turf wars between various criminals and the police; and the fact that something like half the young men in the cités are unemployed, and Muslim cultural practices mean that many young men in the cités cannot find suitable mates, and unemployed and unattached young men tend to find violence to be fun.
As long as this does not become a more organized and directed violence, the odds are that it will peter out eventually. (I forget who made the joke, but someone said the rioters are organizing a union, so they'll cut their rioting down to 32 hours a week like the truckers and civil servants. France is well-known for union and Left-wing Cause violence. Remember all the burning McDonald's? This could be just a larger version of that kind of thing.) As Steven Den Beste points out, this can change if there are bombings, or if rioters or police begin to be killed by gunfire.
On the other hand, I certainly don't think that this will be "a total collapse in all the socialist nations of Europe", as Den Beste seems to hope. At least, not so long as it doesn't turn those nations nationalist: Europe has very little tradition of actual centrist democratic rule.
And as usual, Planet Moron has a great sarcastic take:
"There's no way of getting their attention," lamented one of the rampaging youths/student philosophers, "The only way to communicate is by burning." Alas, if only there were one or more historical examples of nonviolent protest movements successfully launching broad social revolutions benefiting the lives of tens of millions and serving as an example to others for generations to come.
Oh well, burn it is!
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November 6, 2005
When Tomorrow Comes
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
The riots in France's Muslim ghettos are becoming more worrisome by the day. While many blogs are covering the events, and at least a few are doing good analysis, there is a paucity of writing about the implications of this rioting. The implications are, indeed, potentially horrific.
The first fact that is important about the French riots is that they are not confined to France. And within France, they are not confined to the Paris suburban ghettos. In other words, riots that began in a confined area have been spreading across France, and to a lesser degree across Europe.
The second fact that is important about the riots is that they are becoming organized. I don't believe there is any evidence that they began as an organized insurrection: the riots appear to have begun as a result of simmering discontent, which is common among European Muslims, but is exacerbated in France because of the terrible economy (unemployment of young men is around 25%, which has long been a formula for disaster) and the French have been taking steps against Muslim encroachment, such as banning the wearing of headscarves in French schools. But the riots were, within a few days, being instigated by gangsters and drug runners, and appear lately to be increasingly directed by radical Islamists. There is some evidence that jihadis may be getting into the act, as well.
The third important fact about the riots is that the young Muslim men who are rioting don't merely hate the Europeans, the despise them and feel superior. They feel entitled to benefits as superiors, and are emboldened by the passive response of the Europeans on both an individual and government level. This, in combination with massive unemployment, means that the Europeans are hosting what amounts to an untrained and unrecruited guerilla army. With the current unrest, the jihadis have a huge opening to begin training and employing these men much as they have done in Chechnya, Iran and Afghanistan. There is evidence that this is already happening in the tactics that the rioters have adopted.
The fourth important fact about the riots is that they have not reached their height. The lackluster French response — it appears that only Sarkozy sees this as a serious threat, and most other politicians seem to see it as a way to get Sarkozy — will encourage, not discourage, the rioters. Worse yet, the lackluster response risks letting the rioters think that they can escalate the level of violence further (there have already been attempts to set people on fire).
The fifth important fact about the riots is that the French (and Europeans in general) appear to not be buying the stance of their leaders. The French realize that these are not "gangs" or "youths" or "North Africans" rioting; at the core, these are Muslims. The very Muslims that Le Pen was demagogueing in the last election. This means that Le Pen and other nationalist ideologues may gain in strength as frustration rises among the people, and they turn to Le Pen in lieu of the non-existent center-right in French politics. (Sarkozy and Chirac, widely regarded as center right in French terms, are in the American sense moderate left, about the same degree as President Clinton was.)
The combination of these facts leads to a few possibilities for the future.
The rioters could simply stop. Whatever energy sources are feeding the riots could simply give out: they could get tired and go home. If this happened, it would be unlikely to be a permanent state, where everyone suddenly became happy with the situation. More likely is that the Muslims would continue to be unhappy, and would become increasingly radicalized. This would lead to a worse set of riots — or an actual uprising — in the next few years.
The riots could continue as they are, with neither a stronger response by police nor an escalated level of violence and killing by the rioters. This could be sustained for some time, but the increasing frustration of the French citizens — particularly with rioters now burning cars in the Place de la Republique, which is perhaps not coincidentally now known in large part as a place where Jews and homosexuals congregate — make it likely that this would not be stable once an election was underway. Once Le Pen and his nationalists began gaining real traction in the polls, the French "leadership" would be forced to act to have a hope of winning the election.
The riots could spread and escalate. At the moment, this appears to be the most likely result. It is already happening, as the various links above point out. But to what end? There are two likely ends: either the French will crack down, but not hard enough, or the rioters will eventually run out of control. In either case, a true insurrection could break out in France. (One wonders what term AFP would use for the enemy then? Presumably "activist" and "insurgent" would no longer be the proper terms. Assuming AFP supports the French government and civilians against the Muslim invaders, that is.) Were an insurrection to break out in France, it could trigger a widespread European insurrection, particularly in London, Germany, Scandinavia and the Low Countries. This is close to the worst case scenario.
It's also possible that, instead of a widespread insurrection breaking out, the rioters will pass a certain point and then subside into low-level guerilla warfare. This might be the second best case, because there would be a chance of this low-level warfare simply petering out over time. Sadly, this is not a very likely case. Even if low-level warfare breaks out, the social pressures driving events in Europe today would almost certainly cause an escalation within the next few years. The Islamists do not see anyone else as having any right to tell them what to do even in minor matters, and they cannot see themselves as part of France, unless it is as the rulers of France.
The two most likely cases are the best case and the worst case scenarios. (This is pretty unusual: it is more generally true that the best and worst cases are quite unlikely.) The best case scenario is a strong government crackdown. While this would lead to significant short-term violence, it could lead to long-term peace, particularly if it were followed up by a program of either selective deportations or (better) real attempts at assimilation. This would also be the path most likely to prevent the nationalists from profiting by the situation. (And let's be clear, the nationalists in France are pretty far right, particularly for Europeans.)
The worst case scenario, though, is also fairly likely. If the French remain true to form, and try to offer political solutions like a "millet" system (well-mocked here), this could both enflame the rioters into even more outrageous demands (and how do you surrender to a mob, anyway?), and enflame the French citizens into demanding hard-line solutions. If the government failed to comply, it could fall. In this scenario, if the French delay and delay, while offering concession after concession, it is possible that the situation could go from widespread rioting to widespread warfare between Muslims and right-wing thugs. And that is a situation that could easily spread throughout much of Western Europe.
Where will we end up? Hard to say. My hopes argue for a strong French response to shut down the rioting and end the "no go zones" and ability for Muslims to terrorize others. My fears whisper of a broad European civil war. The Europeans would certainly win a clash of arms; the French would certainly win such a clash in France. But only if they were willing to defend themselves, and my fear also whispers that this may be a skill that has atrophied in Western Europe.
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!
UPDATE: Wretchard has compiled a map of the locations of the rioting. It shows just how widespread the unrest has been within France.
UPDATE: Eric at Classical Values explores similar thoughts.
UPDATE: Truth Laid Bear has a topic page on the riots. Good one stop shopping on blog debate.Posted by jeff at 10:29 PM | Comments (3) | TrackBack
October 10, 2005
The Peace of the Grave
Glenn Reynolds rounds up some opinions on the so-called "peace movement". This leads to a thought I've had since the 1980's, when the "peace movement" was active in attempting to get the US to stop defending Europe and Latin America and pretty much even the US against the Soviets:
The "peace movement" always and only focuses on the actions of the US, our allies, or Israel [hereinafter "the good guys"]. They never condemn the side that opposes the good guys [hereinafter "the enemy"], even — in fact, especially — when the enemy is actually doing what the good guys are being falsely accused of1. Always and forever, the "peace movement" urges us to disarm, to back down, to forgive, to forget, to sleep, to sleeeeep....
The "peace movement" does not advocate peace: it advocates surrender. And to surrender against tyrants is to advocate the death of Liberty and its adherents — that is to say, they want us dead, or at least powerless and enslaved.
And interestingly enough, if we look at the "peace movement" from the 1960s onwards, the same people are always at its core: the hardcore Communists. Even today. Some people are simply evil right through; and let's face it, the only way to stop them is to kill them. Their minds are not changeable, and they will not give up until they win. Fortunately, that doesn't seem to be necessary, in that there aren't very many people who fall for it any more, as the picture in Glenn's post demonstrates. Perhaps time will take care of the problem for us.
1For example, war crimes in Viet Nam or torture in the current war.
October 5, 2005
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!
The British are falling all over themselves to be PC to Muslims. Mark Steyn has the story.
Why is it that tolerance is only a one way street?
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July 5, 2005
Who Will Remember the Cold War as it Was?
The memorial at Checkpoint Charlie is no more. (hat tip: InstaPundit)
This is a shame and a tragedy, as such memorials keep alive the consequences of bad decisions. Think of how hard it is to convince someone who has seen Auschwitz that the Holocaust never happened. Yet as such memorials of the brutality of the Soviet sphere are removed - ironically at a time when Russia is again turning its imperialist eyes to the near abroad - it will become easier and easier to pretend that there was nothing more to the divide than a difference of opinion, a political matter of degree rather than of kind.
And then we see the tragic demonstration of the truth of Marx's reply to Santayana: "History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce."
June 2, 2005
Cicero sums up my thoughts pretty closely on the situation in Europe right now. One thing I would add is that history always plays the arrogant for fools.
Just as the Europeans are the fascists of the 1930s when you scratch slightly at their multiculturalist skin, so are we Americans the murdering bastards who slaughtered our way across the continent and willfully destroyed entire German and Japanese cities just to make a point, when you scratch at our skin of civilization. People don't change in their fundamentals - individuals can, rarely, but humans as a whole do not - and we are all still brutal animals at heart. That is why civilization is such a noble experiment: we can pretend we're not animals, and vow not to be animals today. But we'll still be animals just below the surface, and when that animal nature is challenged, it will come out.
This is a lesson that the jihadis, who have no surface civilization to hide their hobbesian nature, are learning at the hands of the American soldiers and Marines, and that I fear the Europeans will relearn if they slip into the ante-bellum past. I would rather have a Europe that snidely comments at how simple and brutal the Americans are, as their economies slide into stagnation and their global influence into oblivion, than a Europe composed of a cluster of fascist and socialist armed camps looking over their mutual borders with fear and suspicion.
The proposed European constitution is an unworkable mess, and needs to be defeated. But the idea of a pacified and united Europe should not be thrown out with it. Instead, there should be a renewed effort to create a true single state, but a loosely-federated system that focuses on consolidating foreign, defense and trans-border criminal issues rather than on Maltese property-ownership rules and the details of reindeer-herding.
June 1, 2005
Sometimes it is useful to remember that the nationals of Great Britain are not citizens, but subjects.
August 12, 2003
The Enemies of Liberty
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Outside of a very few political junkies, few Americans are paying any attention to the Hutton Inquiry. This is an inquiry in the UK into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dr. David Kelly, after it was revealed that he was the likely source for a report on the BBC damning the Blair government for falsifying information in its justifications for war. It turns out that it is likely that the BBC "News" reporter, Andrew Gilligan, most likely wrote the story pretty much in advance, with the desired political tilt, then sought out someone to say something that included the words "Blair", "government", "dossier" and some version of imprecision.
This post at the Karmic Inquisition gives a good reason why this matters so much. I've said before that this is a four-way war: the Enlightenment West vs. the Post-Modernist West, against the Pan-Arab National Socialists vs. the Islamist Radicals. It is the battle within the West that Adam Sullivan's piece focuses on, and it is really an important facet to understand: there are those in the West who are the enemies of individual liberty, and they are in positions of great influence, and they want to win because they think they are in the right. If the Enlightenment West doesn't win against the Post-Modernist West, then it really doesn't matter whether the Post-Modernist West or either faction of the Arab/Islamist culture wins, because all of those routes lead to tyranny for the West - either the tyranny of dhimmitude, or of a mix of fascism and socialism, or of Orwell's 1984 regime.Posted by jeff at 12:00 AM | TrackBack
July 8, 2003
A Geneology of Anti-Americanism
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This article, by James Caesar in the American Prospect (hat tip: Grim's Hall), discusses the history of Anti-American thought among Western intellectuals (particularly in Europe). Here's the conclusion:
Not only does anti-Americanism make rational discussion impossible, it threatens the idea of a community of interests between Europe and America. Indeed, it threatens the idea of the West itself. According to the most developed views of anti-Americanism, there is no community of interests between the two sides of the Atlantic because America is a different and alien place. To "prove" this point without using such obvious, value-laden terms as "degeneracy" or the "site of catastrophe," proponents invest differences that exist between Europe and America with a level of significance all out of proportion with their real weight. True, Europeans spend more on the welfare state than do Americans, and Europeans have eliminated capital punishment while many American states still employ it. But to listen to the way in which these facts are discussed, one would think that they add up to different civilizations. This kind of analysis goes so far as to place in question even the commonality of democracy. Since democracy is now unquestionably regarded as a good thing - never mind, of course, that such an attachment to democracy arguably constitutes the most fundamental instance of Americanization - America cannot be a real democracy. And so it is said that American capitalism makes a mockery of the idea of equality, or that low rates of voting participation disqualify America from being in the camp of democratic states.Posted by jeff at 12:00 AM | TrackBack
Hardly any reasonable person today would dismiss the seriousness of many of the challenges that have been raised against "modernity." Nor would any reasonable person deny that America, as one of the most modern and the most powerful of nations, has been the effective source of many of the trends of modernity, which therefore inevitably take on an American cast. But it is possible to acknowledge all of this without identifying modernity with a single people or place, as if the problems of modernity were purely American in origin or as if only Europeans, and not Americans, have been struggling with the question of how to deal with them. Anti-Americanism has become the lazy person's way of treating these issues. It allows those using this label to avoid confronting some of the hard questions that their own analysis demands be asked. To provide just one striking example, America is regularly criticized for being too modern (it has, for example, developed "fast food"), except when it is criticized for not being modern enough (a large portion of the population is still religious).
A genuine dialogue between America and Europe will become possible only when Europeans start the long and arduous process of freeing themselves from the grip of anti-Americanism - a process, fortunately, that several courageous European intellectuals have already launched. But it is also important for Americans not to fall into the error of using anti-Americanism as an excuse to ignore all criticisms made of their country. This temptation is to be found far more among conservative intellectuals than among liberals, who have traditionally paid great respect to the arguments of anti-American thinkers. Much recent conservative commentary has been too quick to dismiss challenges to current American strategic thinking and immediately to attribute them, without sufficient analysis, to the worst elements found in the historical sack of anti-Americanism, from anti-technologism to anti-Semitism. It would be more than ironic - it would be tragic -- if in combating anti-Americanism, we were to embrace an ideology of anti-Europeanism.
June 24, 2003
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I think that most Americans feel a deep tie to Europe. Culturally, linguistically, ethnically and politically, we became what we are because of Europe more than anywhere else. That is why, I think, we're so annoyed when European nations act like weasels. It's also why this kind of article (link via ZenPundit) is scary to me, and would likely be scare to most Americans if it weren't the most significant under-reported story in the world.
One study by William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution in Washington, predicts that the median age in the United States in 2050 will be 35.4, only a very slight increase from what it is now. In Europe, by contrast, it is expected to rise to 52.3 from 37.7.
European populations are ageing because modern first-world medicine and nutrition allows the population to live longer, but the population is not replacing itself. In fact, according to the article I quoted, the fertility rate in Germany is only 1.34 children per woman. This means that each generation is some 2/3 the size of the generation that spawned it. Given Europe's generous pensions, this cannot continue indefinitely.
The consequences of this will be huge: either significant additional immigration will have to be allowed, possibly leading to a European civil war within the next 20 to 50 years (since most of this immigration is from Arab nations with anti-liberal traditions, and by and large the immigrant populations are not being assimilated into the liberal European mainstream), or Europe's global political significance will shrink to the level of Brazil, while Europe's role changes into primarily a US vacation destination. Either way, as long as Europeans don't have more children, and fix their pension systems, there is no way to avoid some kind of large discontinuity some (historically short) time down the road.
It is my hope that Europeans will get through this dangerous time in their history (I'm sure they see it differently) without it becoming a dark time in all of our histories.Posted by jeff at 12:00 AM | TrackBack
May 10, 2003
Whither France?
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I think that the biggest question raised for me by this article, is whether France will see its sixth republic, or whether it will be able to forestall that by plunging Europe into the depths. And if Europe falls in line behind France, will Europe in the next decade resemble Europe in the 1930s?Posted by jeff at 12:00 AM | TrackBack


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The conversation took place back in October, but the gravity of the man's words has kept Richard Jefferson grounded for three long months.
"A wise man told me at the start of the year, 'You can't get last year back,'" the Nets forward recalled. "He told me to remember that, remember how frustrating it was with the ankle, and to make sure that I do everything in my power to make this season the best of my career.
"He said, 'Richard, that means not giving up on anything, not letting outside drama affect you, not wasting a single moment. That means doing everything you can to get on the court and stay on the court.' So that's my approach. It's something I'll always remember."
Sound advice.
Who was the wise man?
"RT," he replied, referring to Nets team president Rod Thorn.
Some of it seems pretty simple, but it has governed everything Jefferson has done this season. So he has the flu? No biggie: He'll suit up against Gerald Wallace, a brutal assignment, fight through the ache, and score 28 points anyway. That twisted knee late Saturday in Atlanta? Kid's stuff: He'll still make the game-clinching assist, and then vow to play in the back-to-back set starting tomorrow in Charlotte.
"That's the point," Jefferson explained. "You can't get that game back. You can't waste a single moment. So I play. I feel I have to play, because this team needs me. And if I want to make my case for any accolades, it's about helping the team get wins."
He's holding up his end -- he's done it all year. And now the team has caught up to his level, having won five straight games.
Vince Carter's floor game and crunch-time shooting have never been better. Jason Kidd is still a walking triple-double. Sean Williams and Josh Boone have given them three things they haven't had for a long time -- a pick-and-roll game, double-digit boards, and garbage points in the paint. The bench, notably Bostjan Nachbar, Malik Allen and Darrell Armstrong, is contributing every night.
Along the way, Jefferson has sustained an All-Star's pace. He's averaging 24.5 points -- good for sixth in the NBA. He is second in the league in free-throw attempts, first in makes.
He essentially has played the same game all year, when confronted by big defenders or small: It doesn't matter who you are, he's going to put the ball down, lower his head, drive into traffic, and try to break the damn rim.
Yes, even if he's feeling like he should be in bed, which was the case Friday against Charlotte. The only thing more remarkable was that his coach believed Jefferson when he insisted he could play, after a 2-for-12 first half.
"Because he's got something special inside of him," Lawrence Frank explained. "He's such a competitor. I just felt that was his second game in a week where he struggled in the first half (Washington was the first) and gutted it out and got himself back in the game. Because of his competitiveness, I figured that would spark him to get there."
It helps that his body is holding up. Doctors told Jefferson yesterday that his right knee, injured in the last two minutes at Atlanta, is sound -- no additional tests necessary, no shirking practice today.
As if it mattered what they said.
"What's today?" he asked Saturday night. "And we don't play until Tuesday? Ha -- I'll play."
Notes: Those triple-doubles by Kidd Friday and Saturday marked the fourth time in his career he has done it on back-to-back nights. He has also done it in back-to-back games 10 times.¤... Boone outplayed two tough kids, Emeka Okafor and Al Horford, on back-to-back nights, averaging 14.5 points (13-for-24) and 10 boards through the two games.


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PORTAGE — A 54-year-old woman leaving work Friday afternoon escaped injury after her Chevrolet Trailblazer was struck by a freight train at a railroad crossing on Shaver Road in Portage, police said.
The woman, a Portage resident whose name has not been released, was leaving Midwest Fastener Corporation at 4:37 p.m. and was preparing to cross the railroad tracks when the front end of her sport utility vehicle was clipped by a northbound Grand Elk Railroad train, said Sgt. Kevin Gleesing of the Portage Department of Public Safety.
Gleesing said the woman had stopped at a stop sign just before the tracks and looked checked the tracks to the north but did not look in the direction the train was coming from. The train's engineer sounded the train's horn but was not able to stop in time to avoid striking the Trailblazer, the sergeant said.
Gleesing said the woman refused treatment at the scene.
The Trailblazer had heavy damage to its front end and came to rest on the east side of the tracks near a private drive that leads into Midwest Fasteners.
As of about 5:30 p.m., the train was still stopped on the tracks just across the street from the Meijer store on Shaver Road.
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Many of us have been aware that children who are overweight or obese and
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Kids can't make big lifestyle changes on their own. It's up to parents to set
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Source:Action for Healthy Kids: "The Role of Sound Nutrition and Physical
Activity in Academic Achievement,"; National Institute for Healthcare
Management: "Childhood Obesity: Advancing Effective Prevention and Treatment."


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The RNC's Criminal Investigation Division has released a video in connection with an armed robbery at the Gov'nor Inn on Elizabeth Avenue in St. John's in the early morning hours of April 28.
Investigators are hoping members of the public can provide information to help identify the suspects seen on the video.
About 2:15 a.m. on that Monday, RNC officers responded to the location. Two males had entered the hotel with undisclosed weapons and demanded cash before fleeing the scene with an amount of cash.
There were no injuries during the incident.
One of the males is described as being approximately 6'0" in height with a skinny build and with a darker complexion. At the time of the incident the suspect was described as wearing dark-coloured clothes with his hood up and had dark-coloured sunglasses.
The second male was described as wearing a ski mask and also had a hood up.
Both males are said to be in their 20's.
Anyone who has information that would assist in identifying those responsible, or who may have any information in relation to this crime is asked to contact the RNC at 729-8000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). You can provide information anonymously on the NL Crime Stoppers website at www.nlcrimestoppers.com.


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Jason Collins has become a lot of things to a lot of people.
Leader, pioneer and role model are some of the descriptions being tossed around since he did the most important thing he's done as a professional athlete, and they're not wrong, but there's one thing Collins isn't.
He's not the basketball version of Jackie Robinson.
That easy analogy doesn't work.
It's a swing and a miss or an airball on so many levels, and it's an insult to what Robinson did as the first black player in major league baseball and what Collins is doing as the first admittedly gay player in the NBA or any other major American team sport.
Isn't it enough to give Collins credit for having the guts to be honest about who he is, publically and privately, for the first time in his life?
Can't we just congratulate him and support him for ignoring the quiet homophobia and overt gay bashing he may be subjecting himself to as a consequence of his honesty?
Do we have to turn him into an American hero for taking a bold step that pioneers such as tennis great Martina Navratilova took years ago?
The Robinson parallel is convenient with the recent release of the movie "42" which tells his story of breaking the color line in major league baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. But there are some fundamental differences between that historic move and this one.
Robinson couldn't hide the fact that he was black and wouldn't even if he could. Collins, not without reason, kept his sexuality a secret until writing his first-person story in this week's issue of Sports Illustrated. He said even his twin brother didn't know until last year.
Robinson clearly was the first black player in major league baseball. Just as certainly, Collins isn't the first gay player in a major American team sport, or even in the NBA.
He's just the first to admit it while he's still active, though let's admit this: Until Monday, and very unlike Robinson, Collins was an aging and anonymous journeyman with a limited skill set who was about to become a free agent after 12 years in the league. This kind of news would take even more guts and would make a greater impact if it came from an all-star in the prime of his career.
Three years after he retired from the NBA, former center John Amaechi came out in 2007 and said he was gay. On Monday, Amaechi told the Associated Press that he spoke to Collins in the last month before Collins told his story.
"I told him there isn't anything negative about it," Amaechi said. "Being out is better than being in -- unreservedly."
The reaction to Collins' announcement proves Amaechi's point. Collins was showered with praise and support from President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton and big-name current and former players from Kobe Bryant to Shaquille O'Neal to Charles Barkley.
There were other opinions. Miami Dolphins wide receiver Mike Wallace tweeted this: "All these beautiful women in the world and guys wanna mess with other guys SMH." (Shaking my head)
Within minutes, after a strong negative and intolerant reaction, Wallace followed up on Twitter to explain: "I'm not bashing anybody. Don't have anything against anyone. I just don't understand it."
Chris Broussard, an NBA analyst on ESPN, expressed a different view based on his religious beliefs on ESPN's "Outside the Lines."
"I'm a Christian. I don't agree with homosexuality," Broussard said. "I think it's a sin, as I think all sex outside of marriage between a man and a woman is. ...
"In talking to some people around the league, there's a lot of Christians in the NBA, and just because they disagree with that lifestyle, they don't want to be called bigoted and intolerant and things like that."
Broussard also discussed his friendship with L.Z. Granderson, a gay sports writer and ESPN contributor.
"He knows where I stand and I know where he stands," Broussard said. "I don't criticize him, he doesn't criticize me and call me a bigot, call me ignorant, call me intolerant. ... Just like I may tolerate someone whose lifestyle I disagree with, he can tolerate my beliefs. He disagrees with my beliefs and my lifestyle, but true tolerance and acceptance is being able to handle that as mature adults and not criticize each other and call each other names."
Both Wallace and Broussard were vilified in some places for their comments.
It's sad that some of the same people rallying around Collins preach tolerance but don't practice it. It's hypocritical to demand understanding for your views without extending it to the views of others.
Collins did a brave thing, and if it helps shatter stereotypes and spread tolerance, if it allows young people to be who they are without the fear of being outed and ridiculed, all the better. The best outcome of all would be if people would treat news like this as no big deal.
Unlike the way so many people are treating the story of Jason Collins.
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The New York Mets' quest for a starting pitcher goes on.
You can add Ben Sheets' name to the list of free agent pitchers that the Mets have missed out on this offseason (John Lackey, Joel Piniero). SI.com's Jon Heyman reports that the oft-injured right-hander has signed a one-year, $10M contract with the Oakland Athletics. The 31-year-old reportedly passed a physical on Tuesday and then signed the incentive-laden deal with the Bay Area club.
A four-time All-Star, Sheets was the National League's starter in the Midsummer Classic in 2008, his last season in the majors. Sheets missed the entire 2009 season after undergoing elbow surgery at the close of the '08 campaign.
Over the course of his 8-year career, all with Milwaukee, Sheets is 86-83 with a 3.72 ERA. He was 13-9 with a 3.09 ERA with the Brewers in 2008.
In other free-agency news, former Yankee and Met Xavier Nady signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Cubs.


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Kenner Mayor Mike Yenni speaks at the Lt. Governor's Tourism Summit on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Tourism professionals from across the state gathered at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner from Aug. 26-28 to discuss industry trends. (Photo by Jennifer Larino, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)
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Syracuse, NY - Groucho and Fancy, Syracuse's resident peregrine falcons, are the proud parents to two sons and two daughters: Pilgrim, Chinook, Hiawatha and Chase.
The four falcon chicks — technically called eyases — were taken from their nest near the top of the State Tower Building in Syracuse on Thursday to be examined and banded by state Department of Environmental Conservation biologists. All got a clean bill of health.
"It was refreshing to see two males because the past couple of years we've seen mostly females," DEC spokeswoman Diane Carlton said.


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A proposal to expand the Chocolate Avenue Preservation District in Hershey met with stiff resistance Monday night as residents said the government has no right to tell them what color to paint their doors or whether to build a barbecue pit.
Derry Township supervisors were holding a public hearing about the preservation district. The purpose is to maintain the historic and architectural heritage of the village of Hershey, according to Director of Community Development Charles Emerick.
The roomful of residents, many from the Swatara Station section of Hershey, were having none of it.
"It's my property," home owner Mike Minto said. Who decides? Whose standard? ...Should the board decide what clothes my children wear? What shrubs I plant?"
Home owner William Pope said he would shoot at anybody who came onto his property trying to prevent him from converting it into a rental unit.
"Do not send people, they will be fired on," he said. "Never use force on me."
The areas adjacent to Chocolate Avenue have been in a preservation district for 20 years, Emerick said. A design review board determines whether proposed changes to properties in that area are appropriate and in keeping with the neighborhood character.
Emerick said the proposal to expand the district came about because of development pressure, partly resulting from abandoning the old factory at 19 East Chocolate and rezoning it from industrial to village core. The Hershey Trust and the Hershey Company own several properties slated for development, he said.
Also, the new "fast casual" designation for restaurants, which allowed Chipotle Mexican Grill, could also add development pressure to the area, he said.
There would be no cost for a design review of improvements costing under $2,500, and the fee for anything over that would be $25, he said.
Many of the residents who came to the hearing live in the Swatara Station section of Hershey.
Ercoli DiVittore said he has lived there his whole life.
"Now I can't do a damn thing to my house unless I ask someone if I can do it?" he asked. "If I can't paint my house the way I want, we may as well not live where we live."
David Romanoski said the proposed ordinance is ambiguous.
"What standard do we have to build to?" he asked. "Where is the definition?...It's just opinions...You can't allow an ordinance that's just willy-nilly."
Diane Leonard said township officials should trust the property owners.
"I don't like the idea that eight people in the township have a right to approve or disapprove of what I feel is an appropriate change to my property,' she said.
Dennis Drobenak said the township might be better served by having a rental ordinance to force landlords to fix up their properties.
Richard Gamble said the township is "50 years too late" in preserving its historic heritage. Many old buildings built by Milton Hershey, such as the Cocoa Inn, have already been town down, he said.
Supervisors took no action on the proposal Monday night.
Supervisor Marc Moyer said the residents' comments "will be thoroughly discussed" before any decision is made.


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FLINT, Michigan — It was a hectic year for U.S. Navy reservists Joe and Mandy Cervantes who both recently returned from deployment to Afghanistan.
It meant leaving daughter Skylar, now 10, and 1-year-old Josalie, who was just six months old at the time, with family while they were overseas at war.
Now, Joe Cervantes, 36, of Clio is looking for a civilian job to bring in another income for his family.
"There are a lot of people coming back from deployment without jobs and this gives us an opportunity," said the U.S. Navy 2nd class petty officer. "A lot of things change when you get back. The job market is different."
On Friday, Joe Cervantes joined more than 200 other military veterans armed with resumes who came to Mott Community College's Regional Technology Center looking for new job opportunities at General Motors.
Veterans from every branch of military, age, educational background and experience lined the hallways and out of the door of the first-of-its-kind job fair that local GM officials could recall being open to only members of the U.S. Armed Services.
"GM has great benefits and it's a lifelong job if you're good at it," said Cervantes, who has worked in construction and whose reservist job is back to weekends only.
Candidates came from every walk of life. Some were still in the service. Others had long been out.
"Any place we can go to get qualified candidates, we will go," said Tim Pendell, GM personnel director for the Flint Truck Assembly and Flint Metal Center.
"Most veterans have been in leadership positions and work well under pressure and handling difficult situations. In addition, everyone knows the sacrifices they've given. If we can in any way help them get back into the workforce, it's a worthy endeavor."
Pendell said the company was collecting resumes for both salaried and hourly positions at the GM Flint Manufacturing Complex. Open spots range from assembly operators to engineers and supervisors.
MCC job developer Quinton Roberts said the job fair was an initiative of the national Employer Support of Guard and Reserve whose local leaders collaborated with MCC and GM.
He said 30 percent of Michigan veterans are unemployed.
"It's shameful as a country," said Roberts, a U.S. Airforce veteran himself. "I really applaud GM for stepping up and being a partner for recognizing veterans for their service. It uplifts the morale for veterans.
"Especially for those who have been recently deployed, they're being looked upon as new hires. We're trying to show employers that veterans have unique attributes. They are leaders, they've had extensive training ... and these are the people — in an all volunteer military — who have allowed us to enjoy the freedoms we have."
U.S. Army veteran Adrian Walker, of Flint, said of the 200 job applications he's sent out in the last year, five led to interviews.
The best job offers came from out of state but the father of three said he couldn't afford to relocate.
"It's been difficult," said Walker, who worked as a topographic analyst in Korea for the Iraq mission before being discharged for an injury in 2005 and who is attending ITT Technical Institute this winter for engineering.
"I would love the chance to get my foot in the door at GM. My lifelong dream has been to be an engineer."
Robert Courney, 58, of Flint, said he's had bad luck with employment since leaving the U.S. Airforce in 1982.
He worked for Buick City just two years before it closed. He worked for a sewer company 20 years before the company moved to Grand Rapids.
He's taken plumbing jobs, factory jobs and painting jobs.
"Anything I can to make a paycheck," said Courney who took computer classes in order to draft his resume and uses the library to send out applications.
Unemployed four years and homeless, Courney was anxious to meet the recruiters.
"Considering I haven't had an interview in 10 years, I'm hoping my training and experiences are good enough to get a job," he said. "I'm praying to God that my ship comes in."