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Hoboken City Council shot down a resolution to ask the Local Finance Board for approval to raise the property taxes higher than the state-imposed cap -- a move that could make it impossible for the city to plug the budget gap and pass a legal budget.
The request was an effort to fill a budget hole of about $3.5 million after the $3.7 million bond failed. The vote was 5-4 with Council members Theresa Castellano, Beth Mason, Michael Russo, Dawn Zimmer and Peter Cunningham dissenting. As Castellano cast the deciding vote, the audience gasped.
"At this point with out city council approving an application for a cap on the levy waiver, I do not see any way for the city to adopt a legal budget," said Hoboken Corporation Steve Kleinman.
But there may still be time to change their mind, he said when pressed.
Councilman Michael Russo said he didn't want to ask to raise taxes without even having trustworthy numbers concerning the budget from the administration. When pressed he said he might consider asking for the tax hike approval after the administration provided him with the numbers.

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CONCORD TWP., MI – A man and a woman were hurt Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash at Warner and Concord roads.
A Ford F-350 pickup truck was heading east before 9 a.m. May 16 on Warner Road when it appears the driver failed to heed the stop sign at Concord Road, Concord police Officer Jerry Bryant said. The truck hit a Buick LeSabre traveling south on Concord Road.
Emergency personnel were called to the area about 8:52 a.m.
The man had a head laceration and neck and upper back pain, Concord Fire Chief Lloyd Mosher said. The woman was in and out of consciousness and had pain in her neck, back and lower extremities, the chief said. Jackson Community Ambulance took both of them to Allegiance Health.
Bryant did not have information, such as ages or places of residences, for either of the drivers. There were no passengers in the vehicles, he said.
About 10 a.m., firefighters were cleaning up the wreckage spilled about the area. The man is a construction worker and there were tools and other items strewn in a wooded area at the intersection. Leaking diesel fuel was dripping into a container and the truck cab looked smashed and crumpled.
A few yards away, the passenger side of the Buick was badly damaged and the windshield shattered.
Near where the car came to rest in the grass stood a flower-adorned memorial to a past crash. It happened years ago, the fire chief said.
There have been a few crashes in the area over the years, Bryant said.
In November 2007, Walter "Skeeter" Barnes died at the corner. He was going east on Warner Road when witnesses told police he too failed to stop at Concord Road and his car struck a Chevy Trailblazer, according to a past Citizen Patriot story.
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The Liverpool Public Library brought this year's summer reading theme, "One World, Many Stories" to life by partnering with a sister library in The Gambia, West Africa.
The American Library Association encourages libraries to form partnerships with libraries in other countries to promote the concept of a global library community. The Liverpool Board of Trustees and the Starfish International Library formally entered the collaborative agreement early last month.
It is the first sisterhood for the Liverpool Library. The Lantarang Kunda Starfish International Library in Lamin Village, The Gambia, West Africa is only the second children's library in that country, and the only one that lets children take the books home. It was founded by Starfish International, a nonprofit corporation registered in New York.
"We imagine pen pal exchanges at first," said Jean Armour Polly, director of the Liverpool Library. "And once their library gets its Internet connection, we envision student exchanges via Skype, so teens can both see and talk to their counterparts in Africa."
Polly has wanted to establish a sister program for years. Then, a mutual friend, Donna Richards, introduced her to Mam-Yassin Sarr, co-founder of Starfish International, the organization that built the children's library in Africa two years ago.
"I believe in the importance of literacy around the world and the combining of local resources and international opportunities in developing countries," said Richards, a Jamesville resident. "I just put two very wonderful women together and the partnership took off."
"This year's theme is about 'one world and many stories.' Then this wonderful opportunity fell out of the sky and landed in my lap," Polly said. "We met, hit it off and began talking about how we can bring our two constituencies together."
Sarr is a native Gambian and a Syracuse University doctoral student in educational leadership. She currently is in her homeland helping young African women learn life skills through her Starfish International program.
Richards recently returned from Africa, where she worked for four weeks as a volunteer with Starfish.
"I've visited twice since we've built the library," she said. "At first, we only had one wall of books stacked on a hand-built wooden shelf. Then termites ate it and we rebuilt it.
"The difference is amazing — this year we have thousands of books donated and free laptops," she continued. "Our library went from one wall to many walls, computers, children's books and kid's chairs. We even have a librarian."
The Liverpool Library contributed to the children's book collection and donated posters to be used as decorations so the sister libraries would look similar.
"I think as a society, we are complacent. We have no idea of how much we have here," Polly said. "The Gambian children, and adults alike, are asking to learn how to read. The library opens in the morning and people are waiting to get in and they can't close because the people don't want to leave," Polly said.
Polly notes that besides looking forward to the opportunity to practice their English and exchange information on academic subjects, the Gambian kids are especially eager to see snow via a webcam while Liverpool Library visitors can view an African crocodile sanctuary.
"This is just a neat way to bring two communities together for an educational exchange," Polly said. "I anticipate that we will get more out of this partnership than we can imagine. We will have a personal window into their culture," Polly said.
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To the editor:
Glenn Smith was working in a union for three years and all he had to say about it was how he thinks the unions drove up the cost of everything. His article was all about the money. I worked for CNWRR and the Union Pacific for 38 years. Read your history books, Mr. Smith, before you go off on unions. One of the oldest unions in the U.S. is the Brotherhood of Locomotion Engineers, 1848, and it wasn't about wages, it was about safety. In 1912 the state of New York lost 6,000 people due to passenger derailments. If it wasn't for the unions and the federal government there still wouldn't be any safety devices. Railroaders were working 16-hour days, dropped to 14 in 1973, dropped to 12 in 1975, currently working 12. The business tycoons would be hauling in all the profits and there still wouldn't be any safety devices if not for unions. If John Lewis, a former Iowan, had not formed unions for the coal miners how many miners would we have lost from cave-ins and black lung disease throughout the generations? If not for unions most of the country would not be celebrating the 12 holidays, a five-day work week or vacation days. Do you really think corporate America cares about anyone below upper management?
The next time you get in your car or tractor think about that CEO and the millions he is costing you? What about Wall Street bailouts that kept us from going into a depression. The bonuses they gave away, did you get any?
Yes, some unions have gotten out of hand and every walk of life doesn't need a union. Farmers turned down the NFO, for good reasons I'm sure.
Made in America was and continues to be going south because of greed, not unions. You need to think outside the dollar.
I've never been to Russia and never want to. That was a past communist country, no longer.
The nation's unions are not led by the Democrats for your information. Many workers are Republicans, and many Republicans favor unions and go after the vote. Many workers are still confused that the Republicans will save their almighty dollar. They won't, only for the CEOs and above.
Thank you for getting my dander up.
Eddie Simpson


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The Oregonian editorial board recently endorsed an idea floating around the Oregon Legislature that would radically change the balance of power between the legislative assembly and the people of the state of Oregon, and their ability to enact laws through the citizen initiative ("An indirect route to better policies," Feb. 1).
The idea, dubiously named the "indirect initiative," would allow the Legislature first crack at approving a citizen initiative that has qualified for the Oregon ballot. The indirect initiative would delay initiative measures for approximately two years while the Legislature decides whether to enact the law, do nothing or offer an alternative proposal.
The editorial board relies upon the recent approval of Measure 57, an anti-crime measure referred to the people by the Legislature in response to the qualification of Measure 61 for the November 2008 ballot, as evidence that the time for an indirect initiative has come.
But using the Measure 57/Measure 61 election as evidence in support of the indirect initiative is like using college football's BCS system as evidence to support the argument made by the NCAA that a college football playoff isn't needed to determine a real national champion. When the Legislature -- or the NCAA -- can control the process, it can produce results to support any claim, no matter how illogical.
The problem with using Measure 57's election as evidence in support of an indirect initiative is the same problem with the indirect initiative itself. The Legislature -- under pressure from special interests opposed to Measure 61 -- drafted its own ballot title, explanatory statement and financial impact statement for Measure 57 based upon polling and focus groups -- not based upon what Measure 57 actually accomplished.
By manipulating the process, the Legislature managed to guarantee its desired outcome: passage of Measure 57 and defeat of Measure 61.
The current leadership in the Legislature has shown a propensity to manipulate the initiative process to achieve the political goals of the special interests that have given the largest campaign contributions. The indirect initiative proposals allow the Legislature, when proposing its own ballot measures, to manipulate the process to guarantee a particular outcome for those special interests.
Remember, the Oregon initiative and referendum system was adopted by the people because the Legislature in the early 1900s had been captured and controlled by special interests that blocked popular legislation. Today, the Legislature is again captured by special interests that do not share the same values as the rest of Oregon.
You can bet that with an indirect initiative system, the Legislature will again do the bidding of the special interests that gave the largest campaign contributions and ignore the wishes of the rest of us. That is exactly what the Legislature did with regard to Measures 49 (property rights), 50 (a proposed cigarette tax) and the recently approved Measure 57.
Oregon's initiative system must be free from the influence of the special interests that control the Legislature, regardless of where those interests lie on the political spectrum. All the indirect initiative will do is empower those special interests, at the expense of the people of the state of Oregon.
Ross Day is executive director of Common Sense For Oregon, a Salem-based nonprofit.


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So tonight, while I was making my usual rounds on the internets I saw that at QuakeCon this year John Carmack announced a new entry in the Doom series. It was at that point I realized I never finished Doom 3. Yeah, my pile of shame is pretty big, and I plan on getting to it soon. Like tonight for example as my 360 is unplugged and I felt too lazy to set it all back up.
Popping the disc in the drive I remembered how much fun I had with my old Xbox, you just had to ruin it all with your "we need to beat the competition out of the gate" mantra didn't you Microsoft? There is no reason why Guitar Hero couldn't have been released on the big green battleship (that's right kids, look in the light and you'll see that your 8 pound console isn't black but a reeeaaaly dark green).
I fired up my old saved game, wow January 2006 at 1.30 am; it's been a while. My last progress was made on the second section of the Recycling Station level.
What still works
Claustrophobia inducing corridors coupled with cantankerous demons that pop out absolutely everywhere and box you in, conservative amounts of ammo and medpacks and very little light make the stress factor insanely high. And you think working under a deadline is tough. I was sprung from my seat more than I care to admit thanks to a few hellknights and imps jumping at me from behind closed doors, falling out of celing grates and whatnot. Turn off the lights, turn up the volume and get set for some scares.
What doesn't
Scripted AI and enemy placement, no auto save or checkpoint system, and by todays standards blocky, muddy textures and an art style that is aped by every other id developed game, *cough* Quake IV, Prey *cough*. The gameplay still holds up though, which will make playing through this gem I picked up for $10 brand new pretty easy.
Having never played System Shock or System Shock 2, I will say that Bioshock owes a lot to Doom 3. Both games convey a sense of despair, confinement and loneliness. Much like the art deco corridors of Rapture, the UAC research facility on Mars has a feel all its own: despair. From reading emails on your PDA from now deceased characters who were just beginning to notice the strange goings on, to the all out hell that ensues later in the game Doom 3 delivers the terror in spades. Bioshock did a better job with incorporating the audio diaries though, by having them play as you were in the game instead of going to a spearate menu thus taking you oiut of the experience. I place the blame on technical limitations at the time Doom 3 released for not being able to do this.
I am really looking forward to finishing this game though, but it will have to wait till after I'm back form camping this weekend. Maybe I can make it a regular feature to include impressions today of games of years past and see how well they have held up. What would you like to see me play next? Comment it below.
What else is on mypile of shame?
Last Gen
•Jade Empire, Xbox
•Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Xbox
•Metroid Prime, Gamecube
•Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess, Gamecube
•Viewtiful Joe, Gamecube
Current Gen
•Assassin's Creed (can't finish this till I get my HD set)
•Resistance: Fall of Man (wanna beat this before Resistance 2 comes out this fall and kills everything that stands in it's way)
•Call of Duty 4 (still haven't finished the campaign, thanks GTA IV
•Oblivion (even with 85 hours into it, I don't feel I've accomplished enough in the game,
Fallout3? Not this year)
•Splinter Cell Double Agent (see Assassin's Creed)
This all begs me to ask you, the readers:. What's on your pile of shame? Let m know in the comment section.
And now for something completely different
Portal technology?


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The single largest campaign contribution that state Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker got this year was a $100,000 check he accepted from a political action committee set up by his campaign spokesman.
But the original source of that money remains shrouded in a provision of state campaign finance law that critics contend is far too lax.
Records with the state Secretary of State's Office showed that Phillip Kinney, a Montgomery political consultant with deep ties to the Democratic Party, set up Premium PAC on May 21 with the stated purpose to "promote good government."
On May 25, that PAC made its $100,000 contribution to Patriot PAC. Two days later, Patriot PAC gave Parker, a Republican, $100,000, or 40 percent of all the money he raised before the June 1 GOP primary.
Voters who want to know where Premium PAC got its money, though, will have to wait until the PAC files its annual report in January — long after this year's election season. Premium PAC has not filed any finance reports detailing its fundraising or expenditures.
Under state law, a PAC does not have to file a finance report before an election unless it "makes expenditures with a view toward influencing such election's result."
And Kinney insisted that his PAC did not.
"I didn't do it to influence the outcome of an election," Kinney said of the sizable contribution. He declined to say what his purpose was.
When Premium PAC made the $100,000 contribution, Patriot PAC had just $76.83 in the bank, according to campaign finance reports. But Kinney said he had nothing to do with passing the $100,000 along to Parker.
When one PAC gives to another, Kinney said, "they lose control over what they do with the money."
Rob Johnston, an elections attorney with the Secretary of State's Office, said his agency does not make any attempt to discern a PAC's intent.
"We just take the forms and make them available to the public," he said. "We don't have the authority to conduct any audits."
Jess Brown, a political science professor at Athens State University, said he believes the Premium PAC's intent is clear given the amount of money and the dates of the contributions.
"This is the most creative use of total camouflage I have seen," he said.
Glen Browder, a former Alabama congressman and political science professor at Jacksonville State University, said he believes the Premium PAC would have a weak case if its nondisclosure were challenged in court.
"If it's a state PAC, they may be pushing the envelope a little further," he said. "They may be taking advantage of a loophole that doesn't exist."
Kinney declined to say who the original contributors were or whether his PAC has raised or spent any other money.
"I made the contribution because I wanted to," he said.
Kinney said he had no conversations with Parker campaign spokesman and Patriot PAC Chairman Matt Chancey about sending the money to the candidate.
Chancey agreed that he no explicit discussion about what the contribution would be used for. But, he said, it's no secret that the Patriot PAC was raising money for Parker's re-election.
"This was definitely going to Judge Parker," Chancey said. "I was not going to give it to anyone else."
Chancey said he is "99.99 percent" certain that the source of Premium PAC's funds was law firms. He said Parker raised money from a wide-ranging group of donors across the political spectrum.
"This shouldn't be a surprise when you have a fair and balanced judge," he said.
Kinney once served as executive director of the state Democratic Party and then worked at a powerhouse political consulting firm called the Matrix Group, which often works for Democratic candidates. Recently, he started his own firm called Kinney Capitol Group in Montgomery.
In 2001, Kinney made his own complaints about campaign finance loopholes. As head of the state Democratic Party, he said he would ask the Secretary of State's Office, the state Ethics Commission and the Federal Election Commission to review the fundraising of then-U.S. Rep. Bob Riley.
Riley at the time was contemplating a run for governor but had not formally announced a decision. That left him free to continue raising funds for a potential re-election campaign, while candidates for state office were prohibited under Alabama law from raising money more than 12 months before an election.
"A candidate for governor should not be starting off the race by looking for tricky loopholes in Alabama's Fair Campaign Practices Act," Kinney said then. "He's trying to fool the people of Alabama."


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65th Primetime Emmys set for Sept. 22 on CBS. (broadcastingcable.com)
CBS picks up Stephen King's 'Under the Dome' series. (ew.com)
Universal is suing over porn version of 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' (eonline.com)
Lionsgate to release Joss Whedon's 'Much Ado About Nothing' in June. (deadline.com)
'Wreck-It Ralph' writer to direct Disney's 'Frozen.' (hollywoodreporter.com)
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D-backs have internally discussed Scherzer and Shields
On a conference call to announce the trade of Wade Miley to the Red Sox, D-backs GM Dave Stewart was asked if the fact that he was able to reduce his payroll with the deal as well as the one that sent Miguel Montero to the Cubs, meant that there might be money available to pursue free agents Max Scherzer, or James Shields.
"Had conversation about that today and so what I can tell you is that at least we're thinking about it," Stewart said. "Whatever we come up with internally, we did not quite come up with the answer about that today, but we did have conversation about it today."
The D-backs payroll is now nearly $90 million and that's right in the range team president/CEO Derrick Hall mentioned it would be when he was asked about it a week ago. So the notion that they somehow have the money to pursue either one of those free agent pitchers seems farfetched to say the least.
— Steve Gilbert
Report: D-backs and Dodgers discussed Ethier and Montero deal
The D-backs and Dodgers discussed a deal that would have sent catcher Miguel Montero and lower-level prospects to Los Angeles in exchange for outfielder Andre Ethier and catcher Tim Federowicz, according to a FOXsports.com report.
There has been speculation this offseason that the D-backs would deal Montero and the $40 million he is owed over the next three years.
When asked Friday about his thoughts regarding possibly trading Montero, Stewart did not make it sound like he had anything in the works.
"Right now, believe me, you guys have seen how I worked," Stewart said. "If I was motivated to move him, he'd probably be gone by now. Right now, I'm not motivated to do anything. Like I said, our ownership hasn't told us that we have to move him. So for today, as far as I can tell you, he's going to be a part of this team."
According to the report, the deal did not go through because Arizona ownership declined to approve it and it further said that the revival of the deal was "unlikely."
— Steve Gilbert
Evans remains a D-back — for now
Nick Evans remained a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday, but that could change in the coming days.
MLB Trade Rumors reported Saturday that Evans had signed with the Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan and would be removed from Arizona's 40-man roster.
While that may happen sooner rather than later, Evans said Saturday that he was caught off guard by the report.
"I got a couple of texts this morning about it, but I didn't know anything about that," Evans said. "It's definitely something that I've had my mind on that would be exciting in the future to do, but as of right now I'm still a Diamondback. There's been some talks, but nothing official. As of right now I'm still a Diamondback."
— Steve Gilbert
D-backs discussing Jake Peavy with White Sox
ST. PETERSBURG — The D-backs are talking to the White Sox about a deal involving right-hander Jake Peavy, a baseball source confirmed.
Peavy is 8-4 with a 4.28 ERA in 13 games for the White Sox this year.
The right-hander has a history with Arizona general manager Kevin Towers. Peavy pitched for Towers for eight seasons when Towers was the GM of the Padres.
It was Towers who traded Peavy to the White Sox at the trade deadline in 2009 in exchange for Dexter Carter, Aaron Poreda, Clayton Richard and Adam Russell.
Peavy is owed around $5.28 million for the rest of this season and $14.5 million next year. The contact includes a player option for 2015 if Peavy either has 400 innings pitched in 2013-14 including at least 190 in 2014 and is not on the disabled list at the conclusion of the 2014 season.
Peavy is also owed a $4 million buyout from his previous contract.
What the D-backs would have to give up to get Peavy is not known. The White Sox are interested in acquiring infielders and the D-backs do have highly-regarded prospects like third Matt Davidson and shortstop Chris Owings at Triple-A Reno.
If the White Sox require a young pitcher in return it's possible the D-backs could include left-hander Tyler Skaggs in the deal.
— Steve Gilbert
D-backs "no interest" in moving Skaggs
The D-backs are actively working to improve their rotation and bullpen prior to the trade deadline, but according to a baseball source they "have no interest" in moving left-hander Tyler Skaggs.
After a slow start to the season, Skaggs has been outstanding for Triple-A Reno and is likely to be called up to start Friday in place of the injured Trevor Cahill.
— Steve Gilbert
D-backs and Cubs not talking Upton deal
A baseball source said Tuesday morning that the D-backs are not currently discussing a deal with the Cubs involving outfielder Justin Upton and pitcher Matt Garza.
The D-backs are not expected to deal Upton prior to the deadline, though GM Kevin Towers has said he will listen to offers on any player on his roster.
"All I can tell you I have had no dialogue about Justin Upton today or yesterday," Towers said on Monday. "I think clubs have a pretty good feel that at this point in time we're 4 1/2 games out and he's a big part of our ballclub, but I would say unless something drastically changes in the next 24 hours that Justin Upton is going to remain here."
— Steve Gilbert
D-backs update
Busy night of trade rumors for the D-backs. FOXsports.com's Ken Rosenthal reported that the D-backs are seeking a "premier" starting pitcher and speculated that it could possibly be the Phillies Cliff Lee or the Mariners Felix Hernandez.
However, USA Today's Bob Nightengale reported early this morning that the D-backs are not in on either Lee or Hernandez.
D-backs talking to Bartolo Colon
PHOENIX — Could Bartolo Colon be the fifth starter the D-backs have been looking for?
The D-backs seem to believe so as a baseball source said they were in talks to sign the right-hander.
Colon was 8-10 with a 4.00 ERA in 29 games (26 starts) for the Yankees last season. The 38-year-old did not pitch in 2010 and signed a Minor League deal with the Yankees after undergoing stem cell treatment for elbow and rotator cuff injuries.
Thanks to a strong performance in the spring, Colon made the Yankees roster and was an effective starter before seeming to tire down the stretch. In September, Colon posted a 5.96 ERA and was not added to the team's postseason roster.
The D-backs rotation currently consists of Ian Kennedy, Daniel Hudson, Trevor Cahill and Josh Collmenter with the fifth spot set to come from a group of young pitchers that includes among others Wade Miley, Barry Enright, Tyler Skaggs, Trevor Bauer and Charles Brewer.
Given the youth and inexperience of that group, the D-backs had hoped to add a veteran fifth starter as added depth in case none of the young starters were able to make the jump to the big leagues.
— Steve Gilbert
D-backs reach deal with Kubel
PHOENIX — The D-backs have agreed to terms with free agent outfielder Jason Kubel on a two-year contract with an option, a baseball source confirmed Monday.
The move is somewhat surprising in that the D-backs had not been linked in any rumors to Kubel, nor had it seemed were they in the market for an outfielder.
Kubel, 29, hit .273 with 12 homers and 58 RBIs for the Twins in 2011. He was originally drafted by Minnesota in the 12th round of the 2000 First-Year Player Draft.
Kubel's best season came in 2009 when he hit .300 with 28 homers, 103 RBIs and a career-best .907 OPS (on-base plus slugging). Over the last five seasons he has an OPS+ of over 100. OPS+ is a weighted metric that takes into account a multitude of factors and mark of 100 is considered average. Last season, Kubel's OPS+ was 111.
Over his career, Kubel has split his time between right and left fields. With the D-backs, it would appear that he would become the starting left fielder with Gerardo Parra being shifted to a fourth outfield position or used in a trade to acquire another position of need.
Parra won a Gold Glove for his work in left last year and he hit .292 with eight homers and 46 RBIs. He can play all three outfield positions well making him an ideal backup. How many opportunities there will be, though, remains to be seen. Center fielder Chris Young played in 156 games last year while right fielder Justin Upton appeared in 159.
— Steve Gilbert
D-backs closing in on deal with Takashi Saito
PHOENIX — The D-backs are closing in on a one-year deal with free agent reliever Takashi Saito, a baseball source confirmed Monday.
Saito, 41, was 4-2 with a 2.03 ERA for the Brewers in 2011 while being limited to 30 games with oblique and calf issues.
In six seasons, the Japanese born right-hander has a 2.18 ERA and 84 saves. He had a career-best 39 saves with the Dodgers in 2007.
The D-backs had been in the market for a veteran reliever to pitch in a setup role and Saito certainly fits the bill. They expressed interest in him during last week's Winter Meetings, but GM Kevin Towers wanted to wait until getting a veteran starting pitcher signed so he knew how much money he would have left in his budget.
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10/7/2011 at 2:11 PM
As I'm going through birth certificates, it is very challenging to decipher nicknames from birthnames. If anyone is able to help, I appreciate it:
I was told that my great grandfather, Matthew Levien had a brother named Moses Isreal Levien. Moses married Rosella Smith and they had 7 children: Israel, Gersham, Dotts, Sissie, Kaiser, Lue, and Stell. Problem is, these are all nicknames.
I have found 6 out of 7 of their children's birth certificates:
18 Aug 1896 Mehetabel Gorgeane Levien
Anyone know who is who?


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Last year's worries about the Chinese economy suffering a 'hard landing' eventually proved to be misplaced. Or should that be, worries that the government wouldn't be able to engineer a soft landing, proved to be misplaced. Yet, while the economy seems to be on a more stable footing these days, there may be too much optimism that this will continue.
The consensus is for growth of a touch more than 8 per cent this year, roughly in line with what Beijing itself is forecasting. Yet Zhiwei Zhang and Wendy Chen, economists at Nomura, argue this is too bullish, and offer five reasons why they think 7.7 per cent is more realistic, with growth slowing to 7.3 per cent in the second half of 2013. Read more


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Black History Month celebration continues
STEUBENVILLE – The city's month-long Black History celebration continued Saturday with special movie presentations, an introduction to African culture and a "Taste of Africa" featuring unique cuisine from the continent.
The events, held at Historic Fort Steuben, also included presentations of gift certificates to the winners of the annual Black History Essay Contest.
"We had three winners out of 162 entries," said 4th Ward Councilwoman Angela Suggs, one of the judges. "All of the entrants received a $10 gift certificate, but the top three received $100 certificates."
Organized by Asantewa Anyabwile and sponsored by the JFK Memorial Committee and Franciscan University of Steubenville, this year's assignment "was to tell us about their heritage, their personal experiences," Suggs said.
"All of the kids did very well," she said. "Some were funny, some were very inspirational. We were very proud to have had 162 entries."
Winning their age division were:
Elementary school: Xavier Turnbull of West Pugliese, who wrote of all he learned as he researched his heritage for his entry, including the definition of Africa – in Latin, it means "sunny" and in Greek, "without cold" and animal kingdom triva – cheetahs, the wildebeest and lions, all native to the continent, "can all run over 50 miles per hour!"
"The most amazing fact I could find about Africa is that there are over 800 languages spoken between over 700 million people!" she said. "Africa doesn't have just positive facts, it's also interesting, amazing and unique to me!"
Middle school: Makayla Crownover, Harding, who told the judges how the late Martin Luther King's freedom speech rang true to her.
"I feel I'm living the part when he said, 'I have a Dream that one day my four children will one day live in a nation where they are not judged by the color of their skin but the content of their heart,'" Crownover wrote.
"In my heart of hearts, I feel that my sister and I have reached the place where I can honestly say that we love all of our friends and we're happy that we can hang out together. Before the Civil Rights Movement, children wouldn't have been able to have these types of friendships. It is so nice to be able to ride the bus home after school and sit wherever I want, unlike Rosa Parks, who … refused to sit in the back of the bus. I'm thankful for this woman and many others that have built the foundation to a new America, where all people can just get along."
High school: Faith Bauman, Steubenville, who told the judges she was struck by how "privileged and guilty" she feels about her life here in the United States now that she understands conditions in Africa.
"Africa almost seems like a different world when you compare it to the United States," she said. "A fact that shocked me while researching is that there are fewer people in Africa with Internet access in the entire continent than in New York City alone. It's the poorest and most under-developed of all the continents. The average poor person in Sub-Saharan Africa lives on 70 cents a day."
The awards were donated by the Martin Luther King Association, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Eastern Gateway Community College and 1st Ward Councilman Gerald DiLoretto. Judging the contest, in addition to Suggs, were Sarah Fletcher, Sandi Rue, Ty-Juan Young-Bright, Rhonda Parris and Gergrude Delhart.
LaBelle Neighbors Who Care and Historic Fort Steuben sponsored the family friendly movies shown throughout the day Saturday, the Rev. Raymond Nwegede, a Catholic priest from Nigeria, discussed African culture, and Christiana Achebe shared a sampling of African cuisine.
Anyabwile said this year's celebrtation has been "the biggest one, crowds and all."
"It started out (years ago) as a film festival, but now it's films, food and presentations," she said. "And hopefully we can expand it to more days."


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President Lincoln's decision on what to do about the situation at Fort Sumter in the first weeks of his administration can be best characterized as
a middle of the road solution.
Confederate batteries fired on Fort Sumter when it was learned that
Lincoln had ordered supplies sent to the fort.
In return for support from the Plains Indians during the Civil War, the Union
allowed them to send delegates to Congress.
Much of the hunger experienced by Confederate soldiers in the Civil War was due to
the South's rickety transportation system.
A supposed asset for the South at the beginning of the Civil War that never materialized to its real advantage was
intervention from Britain and France.
The South believed that the British would come to its aid because
Britain was dependent on Southern cotton.
The problems that Abraham Lincoln experienced as president were less prostrating than those experienced by Jefferson Davis partly because the North
had a long-established and fully organized government.
Border States that have remained loyal to the Union included:
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware.
Northern advantages at the outset of the Civil War included:
control of the seas, and more banks, factories, railroads, and people.
King Cotton failed at the South as a tool of wartime diplomacy because
Britain held surpluses of cotton when the war began, textile workers in Britain favored the North, the North sent captured cotton to Britain, and Britain developed alternative supplies of cotton in Egypt and India.
President Lincoln's loose interpretation of civil liberties during the Civil War
resulted in the suspension of the privilege of habeas corpus, led to the arrest of several critical newspaper editors, and was defended by him as necessary to save the Union.
Order in chronological order these events: A) The Battle of Bull Run, B) the Battle of Gettysburg, C) Lee's surrender at Appomattox, D) the Battle of Antietam.
After the Peninsula Campaign, Union strategy included all of the following except
bypassing the Confederate capital at Richmond.
One of the key developments enabling the Union to stop the Confederate thrust into the North at Antietam was
the Union's discovery of Robert E. Lee's battle plans.
When it was issued in 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared free only those slaves in
states still in rebellion against the United States.
All of the following occurred as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation except
the disappearance of European working-class support for the Union.
One consequence of General William T. Sherman's style of warfare was
a shorter war that saved lives.
Clement L. Vallandigham, a Southern sympathizer and vocal opponent of the war, was derisively labeled a
General Ulysses S. Grant's basic strategy in the Civil War involved
assailing the enemy's armies simultaneously and directly.
The fate of the defeated Confederate leaders was that
after brief jail terms all were pardoned in 1868.
The white South viewed the Freedmen's Bureau as
a meddlesome federal agency that threatened to upset white racial dominance.
Andrew Johnson was named Lincoln's second-term vice president because
he would politically attract War Democrats and pro-Union southerners.
The controversy surrounding the Wade-Davis Bill and the readmission of the Confederate states to the Union demonstrated
the deep differences between President Lincoln and Congress.
In his 10 percent plan for Reconstruction, President Lincoln promised
rapid readmission of Southern states into the Union.
That the Southern states were "conquered provinces" that had completely left the Union and were therefore at the mercy of Congress for readmission was the view of
congressional Republicans.
President Johnson's plan for Reconstruction
aimed at swift restoration of the southern states after a few basic conditions were met.
To many Northerners, the Black Codes seemed to indicate that
the arrogant South was acting as if the North had not really won the Civil War.
The first and only ex-Confederate state to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment in 1866 and thus be immediately readmitted to the Union under congressional Reconstruction was
Radical congressional Reconstruction of the South finally ended when
the last federal troops were removed in 1877.
Many feminist leaders were especially disappointed with the Fourteenth Amendment because it
specified for the first time in the Constitution that only males could vote.
A primary motive for the formation of the Ku Klux Klan was
white resentment of the ability and success of black legislators.
Even though the Force Acts and the Union Army helped suppress the Klu Klux Klan, the secret organization largely achieved its central goal of
intimidating blacks and undermining them politically.
The official charge that the House of Reps used to impeach President Johnson was his
dismissal of Secretary of War Stanton contrary to the Tenure of Office Act.
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Olive Blakeney was born on August 21, 1903 in Newport, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for That Uncertain Feeling (1941), Experiment Perilous (1944) and Dakota (1945). She was married to Bernard Nedell. She died on October 21, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA. See full bio »
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Billy Moyer captured Friday's DIRTcar Summer Nationals feature at Tri-City Speedway in Illinois. (Don Figler Photo)
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Amanda Rumboldt adds provincial junior womenŌĆÖs curling crown to resume
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CORNER BROOK Amanda Rumboldt continues to shine on the provincial curling scene.
The 20-year-old Corner Brook curler played third on the gold-medal winning Carolyn Suley foursome at the provincial junior womenŌĆÖs curling championship at the Gander Curling Club over the weekeend.
The Suley foursome, based out of the ReMax Centre in St. JohnŌĆÖs, also included second Meryn Avery, lead Nicole Noseworthy and coach Mark Noseworthy.
Skip Suley and company defeated ReMax CentreŌĆÖs Sarah Hill 5-3 in the championship final Sunday afternoon at the Gander Curling Club.
The two finalists posted identical 5-1 records in the four-rink double round-robin affair. Suley lost 9-3 to Hill in the first round-robin matchup of the two, but bounced back to win the second showdown 6-5 to finish in a deadlock.
SuleyŌĆÖs impressive record included 8-2 and 16-2 victories over Lauren Newell of the Caribou Curling Club in Stephenville, who finished in third place with a record of two wins and four defeats.
The champions defeated the other entry ŌĆö Megan Kearley of ReMax Centre, who went 0-6, ŌĆö by scores of 11-2 and 10-2 en route to the showdown with Hill.
Rumboldt shared the spotlight at the Gander Curling Club last season when she helped Kenny Young of Corner Brook capture top honours at the provincial mixed curling championship alongside teammates Stephen Shepherd and Donna Davis.
The Suley foursome will now represent Newfoundland and Labrador at the national junior womenŌĆÖs curling championship Feb. 2-10 in Fort McMurray, Alta.


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This report comes directly from the New Orleans Police Department's Major Offense Log for 6 a.m. Sunday through 6 a.m. Monday.
Homicide (shooting)
12:34 hrs
1500 blk Clouet
Victim: Male, DOB 11-13-92
Gist: When the victim walked to the above location he was approached by four males wearing face masks. The subjects fired upon the victim striking him multiple times. The victim was pronounced dead on the scene.
Armed Car Jacking
12:58 hrs
6400 blk Maumus Ave
Victim: Male, DOB 12-23-47
Gist: When the victim parked in front of the above location he was approached by two males. They demanded he give up his money. The victim did not have any money therefore they demanded his keys and took his vehicle. The vehicle was later recovered at Dickens/Zion.
Aggravated Battery (shooting)
4700 blk Papania Dr
Victim: Male, DOB 06/01/90
Gist: The victims were in a park in the area when unknown subjects approached and started shooting. The victim sustained a gunshot wound to the left leg. The victim was taken to Interim LSU Public Hospital via EMS in good condition.
Armed Robbery (gun)
20:24 Hrs.
4500 blk Eden St.
Victim: Female, DOB 3-15-1981
Gist: The victim was robbed of cash at gunpoint by her brother. The victim's brother demanded her purse, took the money out and fled the scene in an unknown direction.
Homicide (shooting)
22:19 hrs
13000 blk Maple Wood Drive
Victim: Female, DOB 1-8-1978
Gist: The unit arrived on the scene to find the victim down near a vehicle suffering from a fatal gunshot wound to the body.
Attempted homicide (shooting)
01:42 hrs
1800 blk Painters Street
Victim: Male, DOB 2-17-1979
Gist: The victim received a gunshot wound to the jaw area when an ex-female friend's new male friend fired several shots at him.
Aggravated sexual battery
00:40 hrs
4700 blk N Rampart Street
Victim: known 28-year-old female
Gist: Detective responded to a call of a sexual assault case.


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Napoli have been charged over alleged match-fixing in an Italian league game against Sampdoria on the final day of the 2009-10 season.
The club, their former third choice goalkeeper Matteo Gianello and ex-footballer Silvio Giusti will go before the federation's disciplinary committee after information was passed from a criminal investigation in Naples.
Samp won the game and entered the preliminary stage of the Champions League.
Current Napoli defenders Paolo Cannavaro and Gianluca Grava have also been charged for failing to report the alleged fix.
The development is part of a wide-ranging criminal and sporting probe into illegal betting and match-fixing in Italy which have already led to several arrests and bans.
Meanwhile, Napoli have also been fined €150,000 by UEFA for poor stadium organisation, ignoring security directives and the inappropriate behaviour of their supporters during a Europa League match.
The European governing body has also threatened the Serie A club with playing a European match behind closed doors if the issues at their Stadio San Paolo resurface within the next five years.
A UEFA statement said: "Italian club SSC Napoli have been punished by the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body for the inappropriate conduct of their supporters, insufficient organisation in the stadium and non-respect of UEFA directives related to stadium security at their UEFA Europa League Group F match against Swedish opponents AIK on 20 September."
Napoli will also be banned from selling tickets for parts of the main stand for their next European game at home to Dnipro on 8 November unless they can provide "a report from an independent construction company which confirms, with photographic evidence, that the necessary repair work has been carried out and that the aforementioned stands meet all the relevant spectator safety standards".
UEFA said if satisfactory repairs have not been carried out by 6 November they could prevent European matches taking place at the stadium.
Napoli have three days to appeal the decision.


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Kingston Digital releases new range of SDHC cards
Kingston Digital has announced it is releasing a new line of SDHC video cards for use in digital camcorders. To help consumers know which size will suit their needs, the SDHC cards come with the approximate recording time in minutes on the packaging,... >>
Kingston launches 64GB flash drive
Kingston has announced it is shipping its latest DataTraveler 150 flash drive with a whopping 64GB capacity. The DT150 offers the largest capacity in Kingston's entire line-up and is compatible with Windows Vista, XP and 2000, Mac OS X 10.3 and up and... >>
Kingston DataTraveler Locker launches
Kingston Technology Company has launched the DataTraveler Locker, a hardware-based encrypted USB flash drive providing advanced data protection when on the move. Kingston says the DataTraveler Locker is one of the first USB drives with high standard data... >>
Kingston launches 32GB DataTraveler 150 flash drive
Kingston Technology has announced it is shipping its high capacity 32GB DataTraveler 150 USB flash drive. The DT150 offers the largest capacity in Kingston's entire line of DataTraveler USB drives. "The new DataTraveler 150 has broken through storage... >>
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Kingston has announced it is shipping the 8GB Multi-Kit and 4GB microSDHC card plus USB reader. The company says these two new products make transferring and saving files between mobile phones and multiple devices much easier and convenient as well as... >>
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Acta Cryst. (2012). E68, m1375-m1376 [ doi:10.1107/S160053681204024X ]
Abstract: In the title compound, [Co(C8H8O4)(C12H8N2)(H2O)3], the CoII atom is coordinated by two N atoms from a bidentate 1,10-phenanthroline ligand, one O atom from a monodentate 4-cyclohexene-1,2-dicarboxylate ligand and three water O atoms in a distorted octahedral geometry. The mononuclear molecules are engaged in extensive intra- and intermolecular O-HO hydrogen-bonding interactions and - stacking interactions [centroid-centroid distance = 3.784 (3) Å], forming a three-dimensional supramolecular network.
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No Amtrak service will be operated today from Lancaster west to Harrisburg, because of flooding.
Amtrak is only operating trains between Lancaster and New York City via Philadelphia today, due to flooding west of Lancaster. Also canceled is Friday's Pennsylvanian (Trains 42 & 43) from Pittsburgh to New York City, via Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
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Some of the biggest names in show business (and some of the funniest too) are paying tribute to Eddie Murphy tonight. The man is a legendary comedian who has created a huge number of memorable characters. This special taped back on November 3rd and tonight, just over a week and a half later, we're going to get to see what was said about the funny man. From Axel Rose to Gumby to Donkey to Billie Ray Valentine and Reggie Hammond, he's made you laugh for years now see if anyone here tonight can make him laugh.
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By STEVE PEOPLES
Associated Press
OXON HILL, Maryland (AP) -- She was not on the speaking program, but Hillary Rodham Clinton had her presence at the largest annual gathering of U.S. conservative activists on Saturday, as high-profile Republicans launched a dual effort to attack the prospective Democratic presidential candidate for 2016 and overcome the party's longstanding problems with women voters.
It was the closing act of a Republican conservative summit that highlighted acute challenges for a party that hasn't won a presidential election in a decade.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich charged that Clinton would be "a prison guard for the past" should she become president. Gingrich, a 2012 presidential hopeful, said that Republicans would recapture the White House if the next election is framed as a fight between the past and the future and predicted that Republicans would then "govern for two generations."
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, a favorite of the ultraconservative tea party movement, declared that the former secretary of state "has a lot to explain" should she run for president, raising pointed questions about Clinton's work in Russia and Libya. She also made a pitch to women voters, who have supported Democrats in every presidential election since 1988.
"Don't forget, we are the party, the only party, that had a woman on the presidential ticket this century," Bachmann, a 2012 presidential candidate, said of the party's 2008 ticket and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Democrat Geraldine Ferraro became the first woman chosen for a major party presidential ticket in 1984.
Bachmann, a Republican firebrand, was among just a handful of women featured on the main stage during the Conservative Political Action Conference, which offers an early audition for Republican politicians weighing a 2016 presidential run and a platform for leading conservatives to put their stamp on the evolving Republican Party. Thousands of conservative activists, opinion leaders and Republican officials flocked to a hotel just across the Potomac River near Washington.
Women were a focus on Saturday, claiming three prime speaking spots on the closing day of a three-day event that included dozens of speakers. Women played a more prominent role in breakout sessions and panel discussions over the course of the conference.
After a disappointing 2012 election season, Republican officials acknowledged the need to broaden the party's appeal among the growing bloc of minority voters and women.
"Women are not a 'coalition.' They represent more than half the voting population in the country, and our inability to win their votes is losing us elections," read an exhaustive self-examination released by the Republican National Committee less than a year ago. Ronald Reagan was the last Republican presidential candidate to win a majority of women voters.
Carly Fiorina, one of five women featured alone on the main stage, said she was sick and tired of Democrats who charge that Republicans are waging a "war on women."
"We respect all women. And we do not insult them by thinking that all they care about is reproductive rights," the former U.S. Senate candidate from California said. "All issues are women's issues. We are half of this great nation."
But the RNC report found that in order to attract more women, Republicans should become more "inclusive and welcoming" on social issues in particular. "If we are not," the Republican authors found, "we will limit our ability to attract young people and others, including many women, who agree with us on some but not all issues."
Despite the aggressive anti-Clinton rhetoric, speakers also warned that Republicans must coalesce behind a positive agenda to help broaden the party's appeal in the coming elections. Republicans are optimistic about their chances in the November congressional elections and eager to snap a two-election losing streak in presidential contests.
But there was little agreement on what that agenda should be.
Some of the party's most prominent conservatives insisted earlier in the conference that Republicans emphasize hot-button social issues like abortion and gay marriage in this year's elections.
But Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, a potential 2016 presidential contender. represents a new generation of libertarian-minded Republicans less likely to oppose gay marriage or embrace laws allowing the government to affect people's private lives.
"There's a great battle going on. It's for the heart and soul of America," Paul told a swelling crowd Friday, focusing on civil liberties instead of social issues.
The results of a straw poll on the potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates was expected Saturday evening.


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Division Champions Decided by Eight-Car Championship Ladders
The two-day ACDelco Street Drag Nationals at Atlanta Motor Speedway culminated with an eight-car Championship Ladder in each division, including a noteworthy upset victory in the Domestic Advanced class.
While five top-seeded competitors claimed titles as the respective favorites in their class, Howard Wolf of Marietta had the most unexpected victory. Wolf, a frequent competitor at Atlanta Motor Speedway, qualified through eliminations on Saturday as the eighth seed. Wolf then proceeded to upset top-seeded Neil Skipper in his first match, followed by two additional upset wins, en route to the Domestic Advanced Championship Ladder win.
The top-six seeds for each class' Championship Ladder were set based on points from the ACDelco Friday Night Drags season at Atlanta Motor Speedway, while the seventh seed was awarded to Friday's qualifying champion and the eighth seed going to Saturday's champion.
Below is a complete list and description of the ACDelco Street Drag Nationals Championship Ladder winners:
Pro: Alan Kidd (Stockbridge) won in a 1968 Chevrolet Nova as the three seed in the Pro division, facing off with fifth-seeded John Hobbs in the Championship Ladder finals for the Pros.
Pro Four: Mike Chambers (Griffin) claimed first in the Pro Four Championship Ladder as the top seed. Competing in his 1957 Volkswagen Bug, Chambers defeated Jason Miller, a three seed, to claim the title.
Charter Communications Street Outlaw: Top-seeded John Bonner (Molena) won in a 1986 Toyota Pickup Truck, defeating the six seed, Richie Hawk, in the finals. Hawk managed upsets of the Charter Communications Street Outlaw second and third seed to reach the finals, but Bonner proved to be quicker to the finish.
Pep Boys Auto Sportsman: Bill Hatfield (Hampton) won in a 1993 Ford Mustang as the top seed in the Pep Boys Auto Sportsman division. Hatfield, who was one of four Friday Night Drags competitors to earn 20 or more points, defeated third seed Joey Stone in the final match.
Trucks: Cliff McBurnett (Locust Grove) defeated the top seed, Dwayne Bethune, to claim the championship in the Truck class. Competing in a 2007 Ford F250, McBurnett was the second seed among trucks.
Domestic Advanced: Howard Wolf (Marietta) upset the field as an eight seed in his 1999 Chevrolet Corvette FRC. Wolf defeated the top seed and fourth seed before facing seventh-seeded Randy Jackson in the finals. Wolf won qualifying on Saturday to claim the eight seed.
ATV: Rodney Tolbert (Locust Grove) won the ATV Championship Ladder on a 1987 Yamaha Banshee. Tolbert, who accumulated the most Friday Night Drags season points with 27, also finished second in the ACDelco Domestic class.
ACDelco Domestic: Ronald Lapinski (Locust Grove) took the ACDelco Domestic title as the second seed in his 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle. Lapinski faced off with Tolbert, the ATV champion, in the finals.
Tuners: Jose Samaniego (Jonesboro) claimed the Tuners Championship Ladder win in a 1988 Honda CRX. Samaniego, the top seed, defeated sixth-seeded Jarred Harrison in the finals.
Two days of Show N' Shine car show competition culminated with the Best In Show awards, eligible only to those competing in Show N' Shine on both days. Below is a complete list of the winners:
Best in Show: Scott Nelson (McDonough) in a 2008 Roush 427R
Best Paint: Johnny Jones (Jackson) in a 1941 Willys Big Block
President's Choice: Patricia Hayes (Hampton) in a 2003 Ford Mustang GT


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Candice Osborne, who will represent Jersey City's Ward E on the City Council starting next month, is distributing a survey to help revamp the city's technology and communication.
Osborne, who chairs a technology committee as part of Mayor-elect Steve Fulop's transition team, wants to know how residents get information from the city and how they interact with local government.
"We ran our campaign as very grassroots/bottoms up and we want to continue to have that input into the transition process," she said in a message to residents.
The 10-question survey asks residents what technology they would like to see in Jersey City, how they keep up to date with city events and more.
During his campaign to oust outgoing Mayor Jerramiah Healy, Fulop said he would update the city's website and modernize the way it communicates with residents.
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As I mentioned earlier this morning, the Red Sox were seen partying their face off in Game On! after making the playoffs Tuesday night. We all knew the photos would be good, even if Dustin Pedroia didn't do his best Hulk Hogan impression. And they are, as evidenced by my favorite shot of the night:
So. Epic. I know we've had our fun with Beckett in the past, and that he's not supposed to be the ornery fellow Sox fans have gleefully insisted he is all along. But damn.
The rock stars over at Barstool Sports have a few dozen more photos from the evening right here. Do feel free to nominate your own favorites in the comments section below.


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Anyway, today on an online support group for patients with IC, I read a post from a woman who was so upset. Her husband was giving her much grief over her suffering. It made me think long and hard and I just can't put it to rest. So, I decided to jot down my thoughts here. I feel so very bad for this woman, she seriously needed help with her kids, it sounded like he wanted her to pick up a child somewhere, but she needed time to pull herself together first, and it would have been much more charitable for him to do it himself.
Now I know about men and how they can be unsympathetic and simply unaware sometimes. My husband is prime example. He tries, he really tries, and I'm so grateful for that. However, I am in the middle of one of my worst flares, ever, and in so much pain I spend a lot of time crying. Earlier this week, my husband had a bad cold. He also works night shift and lacks sleep a lot of the time, but it happened to be his days off. He just couldn't be sympathetic at all with me and was truly being the opposite of helpful, and here I was, totally debilitated on the sofa, crying. I told him to stop treating me like such a jerk. The thing is, that didn't help at all. It only made the situation worse, he felt guilty and mad at the same time and it didn't do anything to curb his behavior towards me.
What I've learned over the years is to constantly affirm him instead of accusing him. The more I tell him how supportive and helpful he is, the more he becomes just that. The more I thank him, even for the smallest gestures, the more he wants to do for me. It's much better to try to be positive, and by that I don't mean pretending I'm not in pain and don't need help, just to keep a more positive attitude to help those around me keep positive attitudes as well. I know it doesn't always work out that way and sometimes the pain comes through in a sharp tongue and nasty words. The key is to recognize when this happens and apologize immediately and say I was wrong. Just as it was wrong for him to be unsympathetic when he had a cold, it's also wrong for me when I'm in pain.
So, my advice to someone experiencing great pain and wanting more help and sympathy from family members is to model that very behavior to them. Be honest about what you're going through, but don't whine endlessly and accuse the person you love most of not understanding or helping. Give him a roadmap to follow by thanking him for help he gives and reaffirming him when he shows sympathy towards you and tell him how much you appreciate what he does for you, every day. He deserves sympathy and help just as much as you do, just in different ways.


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I promise to retire if I don't have a winning record this week.
BYU 37, Boise State 34 – Blue turf is a sin.
Texas A&M 45, Vanderbilt 24 – Wouldn't it be ironic if Johnny Manziel was drafted by the New Orleans Saints?
Alabama 42, Tennessee 0 – 'Bama's defense is playing soccer, their offense is playing basketball, and their coach is playing gin rummy with Satan.
Florida State 54, NC State 21 – In other words, the Tide will be tough to beat.
Texas Tech 25, Oklahoma 22 – After giving up a game winning field goal to the Red Raiders, Mike and Bob Stoops become Red-Faced Raiders.
West Virginia 14, Kansas State 13 – You don't need to make a statue of Bill Snyder, he already is a statue.
Notre Dame 34, Air Force 21 – The Irish wish they had an air force, but a ground force will suffice in this one.
Oregon 54, UCLA 31 – Nick Alliotti collapses when Jim Mora has Brett Hundley on the field to start the fourth quarter, and the Ducks defense responds with a game-clinching pick-six.
Missouri 34, South Carolina 31 – The Gamecocks are placed at a tactical disadvantage when Steve Spurrier uses all his timeouts deciding whether to call heads or tails on the opening coin-toss, and South Carolina never recovers.
Texas 34, TCU 20 – A small puddle forms around Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson, and Mack Brown takes his house in Austin off the market.
Ohio State 48, Penn State 14 – What is a Nittany Lion, anyway? I Googled it and I still can't figure it out.
Stanford 32, Oregon State 28 – Sean Mannion's arm falls off in overtime after throwing 154 passes, and Stanford pulls it out of the fire.


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The Indianapolis Colts have suffered yet another wrenching loss, this time against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
This week, despite losing yet another starting quarterback, the Colts were able to hang in the game until late in the fourth quarter.
Honestly, against a team with a lesser offense than one led by Ben Roethlisberger, the Colts may have been able to send the game into overtime and possibly find a win. That's a pretty big improvement over the past two weeks when they've been more or less blown out by their opponents.
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HOLYROOD, N.L. - A 54-year-old man died Saturday after losing control of his vehicle on a Newfoundland highway.
RCMP say the crash happened on Route 90 near the Salmonier Nature Park, about 20 kilometres southwest of Holyrood.
The Mounties say the man was pronounced dead at the scene, while another man was taken to hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say road conditions were extremely poor at the time of the crash.
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As most of you know, our co-worker and good friend, Chris Herrell, recently had a bone marrow transplant. Many Reds fans have asked about purchasing the Team Herrell wristband that Mat Latos is modeling in the photo below. If you are in the Cincinnati area, the wristbands are for sale in our front office lobby from 9a-5pm, Monday-Friday, while supplies last (we ordered 100). They are $5 each. All proceeds go to the Herrell family expenses.
Thanks to Blake in Reds Season Ticketing for making these wristbands available.
And in case you missed these photos, several of the Reds front office staff are sporting new haircuts in honor of #TeamHerrell.
I work with some pretty awesome people.
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From the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine; and VA Northern California Healthcare System.
Correspondence to: Susan Murin, MD, FCCP, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of California, Davis, 4150 V St, Ste 3400, Sacramento, CA 95817; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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As practitioners of pulmonary and cardiac medicine, many of us have no doubt been asked by our patients who smoke about so-called "electronic cigarettes" (e-cigarettes). These devices, termed electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) by the World Health Organization, have been available in the US market since 2007. Our patients have likely heard far more about these devices through marketing, chat rooms, and word of mouth, than we as physicians have through the medical literature. Because ENDS are not currently regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as medical devices— recent court decisions, denied the agency the right to such oversight—manufacturers of ENDS have not been required to establish either safety or efficacy, and we have had few data with which to answer our patients' queries about these products. Are e-cigarettes a smoking cessation tool? Are they a harmless alternative to cigarettes, as manufacturers claim?
In this issue of CHEST (see page 1400), Vardavas et al1 evaluated the immediate effect of e-cigarette vapors on airway mechanics. Subjects, healthy smokers without chronic lung disease, inhaled the vapors of a commercially available e-cigarette for 5 min. A comprehensive analysis of lung function, including oscillometry and spirometry, revealed that after inhaling e-cigarette vapors, subjects had a significant increase in airway resistance. There were no significant effects on FEV1, FVC, or FEV1/FVC ratio. Subjects also had measurable, significant decreases in fraction of exhaled nitric oxide (Feno). Control subjects inhaling vaporless control cigarettes did not have any changes in airway resistance or Feno. This pattern of changes in airway mechanics and Feno experienced by subjects using e-cigarettes is very similar to that seen shortly after inhalation of tobacco smoke.2 The implication is that with long-term exposure to ENDS, it is plausible that, as with cigarette smoking, there is the potential for more permanent changes in lung function. The study's authors correctly point out that this is conjectural and that further research on the long-term effects of ENDS is needed.
Numerous manufacturers market ENDS, but the devices share key design features. They use a battery-operated heating device that vaporizes a nicotine-containing solution from a replaceable cartridge in a process triggered by the pressure drop that occurs when the user inhales from the device. They resemble cigarettes, and, in addition to providing nicotine in inhaled form, replicate some of the behavioral aspects of cigarette smoking. Cartridges come with various concentrations of nicotine, and refill solutions containing large amounts of nicotine are available.3 The most common vehicle in which the nicotine in such cartridges is contained is propylene glycol, though other chemicals may be used. The efficiency of systemic nicotine delivery with the e-cigarette is highly variable,4 and the pharmacokinetics of nicotine delivery appear to more closely resemble those of nicotine replacement therapies than that of cigarettes.5 Marketing materials for ENDS commonly emphasize the safety of the devices in comparison with cigarettes, claiming that the aerosols or vapors delivered by the devices are "tar free" and lack the carcinogens and other chemicals found in cigarette smoke. Because of concerns about running afoul of the FDA, ENDS are not specifically marketed as smoking cessation aids.
Users of ENDS tend to be former or current smokers who choose ENDS for a variety of reasons, including the markedly reduced cost compared with cigarettes, the ability to use the devices in settings in which cigarette smoking is prohibited, the curbing of nicotine cravings, and the perceived lower toxicity compared with traditional tobacco cigarettes.6 No randomized controlled clinical trials have evaluated ENDS as smoking cessation tools. ENDS appear to be most commonly used by current smokers as an alternative to cigarettes rather than as cessation tools, although some ENDS users do reduce or eliminate cigarette use.7 Given the relatively short time that ENDS have been available, long-term patterns of use are not clear, and it is plausible that, as with cigarettes and other forms of nicotine, some users will use the devices for prolonged periods. We as physicians, and they as our patients, need and deserve the information necessary to make informed choices and recommendations about the safety of these devices as alternatives to cigarettes and other available therapies for smoking cessation. Although the FDA has pledged to regulate these devices as tobacco products, it is unclear what this will entail and how it will change the availability, marketing, manufacturing, and quality control of these devices.
The study by Vardavas and colleagues,1 although modest in its size, scope, and conclusions, provides some much needed data on the potential harm of e-cigarettes. Clearly, more studies are needed on the long-term effects of these devices, especially in patients with chronic airways disease. In the interim, we now have enough information to state that the use of the ENDS does cause at least short-term adverse effects that are similar to those of cigarettes, and to tell our patients that there is no such thing as a free lunch…or, in the case of ENDS, a (harm-) free puff.
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The York Traditions Bank annual Atlantic City bus trip on March 29 raised $737 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Organizer Tammy Eisensmith received additional donations to bring the total to $800.
From left are Megan Davitt, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society campaign manager; Charlotte Eisensmith, blood cancer survivor, and Tammy Eisensmith, fundraiser organizer.


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ST. JOHNSBURY (AP) - Vermont state police say an autopsy found no signs of trauma on the body of a 22-month-old boy found dead in St. Johnsbury.
On Monday police identified the child as Mason Keithan.
Police were called to a location on Mountain View Drive in St. Johnsbury on Saturday morning where the toddler was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel.
Police say that while the autopsy found no signs of physical trauma, the final autopsy report is awaiting the results of toxicology tests before determining the cause and manner of death.


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Syracuse, NY -- The Salvation Army is making an emergency appeal to the community for help in making its annual Christmas Bureau Distribution Day a success.
There are 1,000 new families who have registered so far to attend the Dec. 23 event at the Oncenter. Registration for Distribution Day ends Dec. 17 and, at this pace, the number of families registered will likely top out at about 3,000, said Linda Wright, executive director of the Salvation Army of the Syracuse Area, the agency that coordinates the event.
Families in need receive Christmas gifts and food baskets at the event. Based upon the number of families who had registered as of the end of the day Wednesday, registration is up 21 percent compared to this point in the process last year.
Want to help?
The 174th Fighter Wing will collect donations 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday in the ShoppingTown Mall parking lot next to KeyBank and Scotch and Sirloin. They will accept donations of money, food or gifts.
Checks to support the purchase of food can be mailed to: The Salvation Army, 677 S. Salina St., Syracuse 13202. Write "Christmas Distribution" in the memo area of the check or money order.
To sign up to conduct a food, gift or monetary drive, contact Lynn Hy at 479-1321.
To make matters worse, donations to the Christmas Bureau are down, Wright said.
Only half as many businesses, organizations and individuals in the community have signed up to conduct food, gift and monetary drives benefiting the Christmas Bureau. The Red Kettle Campaign also is down about $20,000 compared with where it should be at this point.
For every $1 dollar dropped in a kettle, The Salvation Amy is able to purchase $20 worth of food.
"We need everybody to help," Wright said. "It really is frightening to me that we could be at this level of need and the community cannot respond."
A committee of community partners makes the Christmas Bureau distribution happen, and individuals, schools, businesses and organizations work all year to raise money and collect donations for the event.
Last year, nearly 2,500 Onondaga County families -- including 3,072 children -- benefited from the Christmas Bureau's Distribution Day, receiving food, toys, books and stocking stuffer grab bags.
Wright said capping the number of people who can register is not being considered. Instead, if there are not enough donations -- primarily money is needed at this point to buy food -- the amount of food given to each family will be scaled back, she said.
The boxes given to each family include food for Christmas dinner and food to help families get through the holiday break while children are home from school, Wright said.
Here's what's in a typical food basket:
3 cans of soup
2 cans of vegetables
2 cans of tomato sauce/spaghetti sauce
2 cans of fruit
1 main dish (chili with meat, beef stew, hash, etc.)
1 box of pasta
1 package of stuffing mix
1 box of cereal
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Why Do We Do This To Ourselves?
July 10, 2008 - John Whittaker
First it was Spygate.
Then, it was Spygate II, starring Matt Walsh.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, or be excited for training camp, the New England Patriots get hit with Drug-gate.
Nick Kaczur, a starting offensive lineman, was recently arrested on drug charges and then helped federal authorities in a sting operation that led to the indictment of a supplier. So, first, a starting offensive lineman is a drug addict. As if that wasn't' bad enough, he's a snitch, too. Remember what your mom said about tattle-tales? Apparently, Nick forgot. Bet he's really popular in the locker room right now.
Rodney Harrison, a hard-hitting safety who is the heart and soul of the defensive secondary, gets suspended for the first four games last season for having human growth hormone in his system during a drug test.
Kevin Faulk, the plucky third-down running back who always seems to make a big play when we need it, pleads guilty to marijuana possession.
What's next?
Tom Brady's at the center of an illegal prostitution ring? Bill Belichick was illegally taping plays for five years?
Nah, that's too crazy.
The next thing you'll tell me is that Tedy Bruschi had a stroke, or that Randy Moss doesn't play hard all the time.
When did my beloved Patriots turn into the 1970s Oakland Raiders? How can a team that is so good be so dirty? How can a team that prides itself on doing things the right way on the field do everything so wrong off the field? Was that ESPN series Playmakers based on the Pats - all the characters fit, by the way, except for having a homosexual wide receiver. Don't I sound like a whiny, self-righteous prick right now? Make me a bicycle, clown!
You'd think, at 31, I'd be too old to be this let-down when something in the realm of sports goes wrong. Seriously, there are much bigger fish for me to fry for this to tick me off so much.
But, that's the beautiful thing about sports. The same things that we love about sports, that make rooms a little dusty when a favorite player retires (see yours truly when the Yankees lost Don Mattingly's last game) or that cause someone to pound on their desk when their team scores a goal (BUSSMAN during any Sabres game!) are the same things that disappoint us when athletes on our favorite teams let us down.
Over the course of a six-month season, fans get attached - maybe a little too attached, sometimes, but attached nonetheless -- to teams and players. You root for them to do well. You speak in terms of we when you know better.
You get goosebumps when your guy comes through in a clutch situation during a tough year - look no further than Jason Giambi's game-winning home run in the ninth inning against Toronto on June 5 for proof of that.
Since it was an afternoon game, I had the Yahoo Gametrack up on my computer, and was e-mailing the News Gal off and on throughout the day to let her know if she should watch the replay that night while I was working. In the sixth, with the Yankees down by five runs, I told her she should just plan on watching a DVD I bought her. I got home for dinner just in time to see Giambi pinch-hitting in the ninth, and to start screaming when the ball left the yard before I called the News Gal at work to tell her to make sure she caught the ninth inning and Giambi's post-game interview on the field afterward during the YESNetwork encore later that night.
It's why the News Gal and I spent the last three days voting some 200 times a day so Giambi gets into the All-Star game -- because, the family that stuffs ballot boxes together stays together.
It wasn't always this way - for the most part, back in the golden days of sports, athletes didn't let fans down this way. But, in the age of 24-7 coverage and packs of reporters who aren't beholden to athletes for their livelihoods, these stories are bound to happen.
I'd like to think, though, that it's worth it - that the ninth-inning home runs or the perfect touchdown passes arching through the autumn sky are worth waking up to see that your starting left tackle is a druggie and a snitch, or that your coach has been cheating for the last five years.
While I ponder that, I'll let you return to As The Pats Turn….. starring the druggie, the cheater and out-of-wedlock father.
At least it's never boring, though I think I just gave ESPN a programming suggestion for ESPN2. BLAST!
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The resulting 6-1 victory over visiting Hopatcong of the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference advances the Stateliners into the second round of the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament.
Ciavarella only walked one batter and scattered four hits, all singles. His teammates supported him with error-free defense.
Phillipsburg will face either Vernon or Pope John May 5 in the second round of the tourney.
The 14 strikeouts was a season high for Ciavarella. Coming off a 13-strikeout performance in a win over Easton last Saturday, he now has whiffed a total of 27 batters in two games.
"When he gets into his groove, he (Ciavarella) pitches with a fast pace and that helps the fielders," Hinkle said. "They are on their toes and aren't just standing around. I plan to go with him again in the second round and, hopefully, we'll advance another step. It's a tournament we'd love to win."
Ciavarella almost did not make it through the first inning. He gave everybody a scare when he hunched over in pain after throwing a pitch.
The crowd hushed as the coach and trainer went to the mound to see what was wrong. Evidently he was OK, because he struck out nine of the next 10 batters.
"It wasn't his arm," Hinkle said. "It was a muscle in his side, maybe he tweaked something warming up but he wanted to keep pitching and it didn't bother him anymore after he loosened up some more."
Phillipsburg's 12-hit offense was led by center fielder Chris Trent, who went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and third baseman Tyler Widitz, who tripled and scored three runs. Ciavarella helped his cause with a pair of hits and 2 RBIs.
"The hitters started slowly this spring and we don't have as much power as last year but now it's an offense that just keeps coming at you," Hinkle said. "This team is hitting its stride. The veterans are starting to hit, the younger players are improving and I'm happy with how we are playing defensively."
After the first two men were retired, an infield error, a walk and RBI singles by second baseman Sahil Patel and Trent produced a 2-0 P'burg lead in the first inning.
"The guys have been amazing this year, the way they have hit and scored runs with two outs," Hinkle said.
A two-out RBI single by Ciavarella made the lead 3-0 in the second. The Liners also scored two-out runs in the fifth and sixth on singles by Trent and Ciavarella.
Trailing 4-0 in the fifth inning, Hopatcong (coached by Chris Buglovsky) averted a shutout when second baseman Ben Colabella drew the Chiefs' only walk, stole second and scored on a single by left fielder Ricky Prestifillipo. First baseman Ray Annett led off the seventh with a single but Colabella took a called third strike and P'burg ended the game by turning a double play.
Four of Ciavarella's strikeouts were called third strikes.
"I had three pitches working, fastball, curve and changeup and the ball was moving," the Monmouth University-bound southpaw said. "I don't think about strikeouts when I pitch. I just look for the catcher's target and want to make good pitches. This team catches the ball and makes the plays so I don't feel like I have to go for strikeouts. If they happen, they just happen."
He said Hinkle calls the pitches but he is allowed to shake them off and throw another pitch if he wishes.
"I don't change the calls," he said. "I've got enough to think about out there."
The Stateliners are 8-5 and seeking a favorable state tournament seeding. They travel to Hillsborough for a Skyland Conference game on Tuesday afternoon.


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South Carolina Highway Patrol says one person is dead after a fatal wreck in Fairfield County.
Troopers say it happened at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28th on Landis Road about five miles north of Jenkinsville.
Troopers say the 60-year-old Winnsboro driver of a 1997 Ford Aerostar was traveling on SC-213 when he wrecked. The driver was not wearing a seat belt and was injured. He was taken to the hospital.
A passenger was also not wearing a seat belt, injured and pronounced dead at the scene.
The Fairfield County coroner has not yet released the name of the victim.
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TALLADEGA, Alabama -- A Munford man died Monday in a two-car crash, authorities said today.
The accident happened about 2:45 p.m. on Alabama 21, about 7 miles north of Talladega.
Matthew Russell Embry, 33, was driving his 2004 Toyota pickup truck attempting to pass a stopped vehicle on the right when he was struck by the 1993 Buick he attempted to pass, according to Alabama State Troopers.
Embry was ejected after his vehicle traveled down an embankment and overturned. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
The driver of the Buick, 77-year-old John Tisdale, wasn't injured.


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A social media first occurred this evening when President Barack Obama held a Google+ Hangout to take live questions from five Americans and a few people who were taped beforehand, including a homeless veteran and an Occupy protester.
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Republican candidates seem to live in an alternate reality
There is plenty that GOP candidates could use as fodder to attack Barack Obama. An unemployment rate of 9 percent for much of his presidency seems like awfully low-hanging fruit. So why in the world are they bothering to question the president on things that have little basis in reality?


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Flamboyant left-hander Yuvraj Singh was declared man of the 2011 World Cup for his stupendous all-round effort in the tournament, which India won after beating Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final in Mumbai on Saturday.
India won the summit clash with ten balls to spare, chasing down Sri Lanka's total of 274 in 48.2 overs.
It was the highest successful chase in a World Cup final.
In nine matches, including six in the league phase, the Punjab-born Yuvraj amassed 362 runs and took 15 wickets with his slow left-arm spinners to emerge as the man with the golden arm for his country in its quest for World Cup glory for the second time in the tournament's history.
- Proudest moment of my life, says Tendulkar
The five-member jury of the International Cricket Council that anointed the 29-year-old Chandigarh-born cricketer, who bagged four man of the match awards in the mega event, for the coveted honour comprised ICC cricket manager Dave Richardson, umpire Aleem Dar, referee Ranjan Madugalle and journalists Chritopher Martin-Jenkins and Anand Vasu.
Victorious India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was declared the man of the match after his unbeaten knock of 91 in 79 balls with eight fours and two sixes.