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[1] February 9, 2015 at 9:32am
He's a very good hip hop producer, if an acquired taste. He helped Jay-Z on his big comeback album before branching off on his own.
In reply to Bigun's comment on the story Kanye West Horrifies Basically Everybody at Grammys After Storming the Stage...Again!
[2] January 30, 2015 at 3:54am
You might even make a billion dollars.
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[2] January 20, 2015 at 4:01am
Sounds like you're not his target audience. The world needs stoner comedies too.
June 13, 2014 at 7:25pm
Abiogenesis is an entirely separate set of theories (there are multiple theories known as "Abiogenesis".) None of which have conclusive evidence. The concept of complex chemistry creating life isn't that far out there, and the idea only need compete with the other standing explanation of the origin of life, which is, for all intents and purposes, magic. When you put them side by side, I'll go with the scientists crazy theories over magic any day.
September 16, 2012 at 4:17pm
Why is everyone here so mad all the time? Can't we just have a calm, productive conversation where we listen to each other's arguments rationally, don't personally attack anyone, and all go have a drink afterward?
I'm a staunch anti-theist as well, but there are much better ways to get your point across.
On a side note, telling an Atheist that they're going to hell because it says so in the bible is not exactly effective if the person does not believe in the bible, nor hell. It just doesn't mean anything to us, though I do respect your persistence.
September 15, 2012 at 4:47pm
Except that it's not. Let me illustrate it for you:
Sponsorship of religion: State sanctioned prayer promoting a specific religion.
Neutral: Nothing sanctioned by the State promoting belief or nonbelief.
Sponsorship of Atheism: State sanctioned promotion of Atheism.
State sanctioned promotion of a personal religious belief is wrong either way, whether it promotes a religion or the absence of one.
Also, in general, Atheists are against the words "In God we trust" printed on money as well. A practice added to coinage in the 1864 and on paper currency in 1957.
In reply to The Third Archon's comment on the story 'Illegal': GA High School Abandons 50 Years of Prayer After Atheists' Threats
July 23, 2012 at 12:50pm
There are about a million links to actual data, pictures, diagrams, and references on talkorigins… did you even click anything?
Google human chromosome 2, probably the most compelling single argument for evolution.
Honestly though, you have to be a troll. A cow into a frog? That itself would probably disprove evolution outright.
July 23, 2012 at 12:44pm
You do know that we've known of a spherical Earth since like 700 bc, and was almost universally accepted by all Philosophers by 300 bc?
Of course Science is fallible, that's kind of the point of the whole peer review and publication process.
July 23, 2012 at 12:31pm
Abiogenesis is a completely different field of science. As I plainly stated, Abiogenesis is the study of how life came to be, and Evolution is the study of how life adapts and progresses. Evolutionists don't generally comment on the way life began because it's not their field of study… this is not a hard concept.
Sproul…. really? A man who believes in a literal 6 day creation?
In reply to the story Outraged Atheists Accuse Rick Warren of Blaming Colo. Rampage on Evolution in This Tweet -- But He Says They Got It Horribly Wrong
July 23, 2012 at 1:09pm
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July 23, 2012 at 12:00pm
If you're curious, http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/ is great for people with questions. If you have something specific, I'd love to answer it. In general though, the information is all over the web, and in any library, or, if you're really confused about something, you can call any university biology department and ask questions. I'm sure they'd be happy to humor you all day.
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July 23, 2012 at 12:42pm
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July 23, 2012 at 11:31am
So essentially what you're saying is that you don't believe in evolution because the consequences of its reality would be inconvenient to you? That's like not believing in gravity because if you do it means you might possibly fall to your death.
You're right in saying that there is no OBJECTIVE moral code, but absolutely wrong in saying there are no logical arguments in a secular reality for morality and ethics. Of course there are, as they're required for the continued existence of ourselves, and our species. Without societies dictating basic moral understandings (Don't kill, don't steal, don't rape) society itself (order) wouldn't exist. I would say that morality and ethics are utterly essential to the existence of society. Our elected representatives decide the general social moral standards with the power granted them by the populace.
July 23, 2012 at 11:12am
Abiogenesis IS NOT Evolution. They are separate fields of study. We have vast amounts of observable, testable, verifiable evidence for Evolution (the study of how things evolve). We do not have vast amounts of observable, testable, verifiable evidence for Abiogenesis (The study of how life began on Earth)… yet. 100% of the time I see someone post in opposition to Evolution, they don't understand Evolution.
July 4, 2012 at 5:56pm
I was in no way attacking Molly's sentiment that religion can explain our origins (though I disagree), but her statement that it's a waste of money to research the Higgs.
July 4, 2012 at 7:33am
Wow….. that made me laugh pretty hard :D
July 4, 2012 at 7:32am
It terrifies me that people like you hold public office. This discovery (if legitimate) could completely change our understanding of the universe, and lead to drastic scientific advancement. Such advancement could benefit all of mankind.
July 2, 2012 at 9:08pm
"This guy doesn't believe my bible, let me use a verse from my bible to prove he's wrong!". – Hanner
You must live a very sheltered life.
In reply to Hanner's comment on the story Does a President's Faith in God Truly Matter? (Poll)
June 27, 2012 at 7:23am
Cannot prove that god does not exist…
June 27, 2012 at 7:21am
Wilson seems like a kind enough guy, and I enjoyed his letter about Hitch's death. Unfortunately, I completely disagree about who was teaching who :D
June 27, 2012 at 7:01am
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June 24, 2012 at 3:00pm
Threatening nonbelievers with hell is hilariously ineffective.
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BYRON CENTER -- Up to $26 million in projects could include extensive building renovations, even construction of a stand-alone early childhood center, if a bond extension for Byron Center Public Schools is approved.
Superintendent Dan Takens and administrators presented options to parents during a community forum Tuesday.
The district is considering asking voters Nov. 8 to extend the current 7 mill tax levy from 2024 to 2027 or 2028 to generate an extra $7 million for each year extended. The millage rate would not increase.
The Board of Education will decide if they will move forward with the ballot proposal in May.
While priorities are new buses and technology, Takens said other projects could include $2.7 million to renovate the old Nickels school into an early childhood/daycare building or $4.3 million to build a freestanding early childhood building on the West Middle School site.
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GRAND ISLE, Louisiana -- One Louisiana man has died and three others have become ill after becoming infected by Vibrio vulnificus, a bacterium related to the one that causes cholera.
The bacteria thrives in warm, salty waters, including the Gulf of Mexico. The 83-year-old man who died was exposed to the bacteria when seawater splashed onto an open wound while he was fishing from a boat in the Gulf, according to a report in The Town Talk of Louisiana.
The others who became ill were a 71-year-old man who cut
himself on a fishing hook, a 43-year-old who cut
his foot on an oyster reef in the water, and a 76-year-old man who got seawater into an open wound, according to the report.
According to a CDC posting on Vibrio vulnificus, people can be infected with the bacteria from eating raw shellfish, usually oysters, or from having sea water contact an open wound.
"Among healthy people, ingestion of V. vulnificus can cause vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain," the posting reads. "In immunocompromised persons, particularly those with chronic liver disease, V. vulnificus can infect the bloodstream, causing a severe and life-threatening illness characterized by fever and chills, decreased blood pressure (septic shock), and blistering skin lesions."
The posting said that bloodstream infections are fatal about half the time, and that a recent study showed bloodstream infections are 80 times more likely in persons who have compromised immune systems than in healthy persons.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals issued an advisory recommending that swimmers avoid swimming with open wounds and swallowing sea water, minimize full immersions while swimming and shower after swimming.
V. vulnificus occurs naturally in warm salt and brackish waters. Concentrations increase in the Gulf waters during the summer as water temperatures rise. It is called flesh-eating bacteria because infected wounds can result in tissue necrosis. About half of infected wounds require surgical debridement or amputation.


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GRAND RAPIDS – Grand Rapids will be one of the stops on the 2013 AMSOIL Arenacross schedule, which will visit 10 states for 10 rounds of competition beginning this January.
The third round of the most intimate form of motorcycle racing signifies the championship's return visit to Grand Rapids and Van Andel Arena for two nights of captivating professional action, Jan. 18-19, featuring the best riders on the planet. Additionally, a full slate of amateur competition will showcase the future stars of the sport on Sunday, Jan, 20.
This season, the championship will feature a fresh, creative new format of on-track competition that has never been seen before.
Tickets to be a part of the action start at $15.
Everyone in attendance will have the chance to meet and support Grand Rapids' own Miss Arenacross Lindsey Scheltema, as she leads the way in generating the excitement for the competition each evening.
With reigning back-to-back champion Tyler Bowers leading the way in search of his third straight title, veteran stalwarts like Jeff Gibson, Kelly Smith, and Zach Ames await their opportunity to end Bowers' reign. With one of the most talented field of riders to ever line up on a starting gate, the competition is slated to be deeper than ever.
The Van Andel Arena floor will be covered in 170 truckloads of soil, giving way to a sculpted, man-made dirt battleground featuring air-inducing jumps and logic-defying obstacles.


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Milwaukee music stalwarts join forces on 'Plays Well With Others'
Local electric guitar whiz Greg Koch called in a bunch of favors for the Greg Koch Band's latest album, "Plays Well With Others." Guest contributors range from New Orleans funk musician Jon Cleary to Paul Barrere from acclaimed genre-blending rock band Little Feat to Leonard Cohen's musical director, Roscoe Beck. There's also an appearance from blues guitarist and singer Joe Bonamassa, who is so popular he sold out the 2,500-seat Riverside Theater this year.
But the most important friend on Koch's new album is closer to home: John Sieger, frontman for local Americana band Semi-Twang. "Plays Well With Others" marks the first time these two local music heavyweights, who have 24 albums between them, have joined forces. Koch wrote the bulk of the music, while Sieger handled the lyrics and sang on all the tracks except one. "I got possessive," Sieger said, half-jokingly. They talked about the collaboration in advance of their show Friday night at Summerfest. »Read Full Article
John Legend: What Music I'm Listening To
R&B star John Legend is almost certain to pick up a Grammy nomination tonight for his work on "Love in the Future." File photo. »Read Full Blog Post
Canadian Brass, MSO have holly, jolly holiday concert
The Canadian Brass put the "play" in playing musical instruments Wednesday evening, in a performance at Uihlein Hall with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
Now into its fifth decade, the brass group brought its signature virtuosic playing, tailor-made arrangements, playful showmanship and personable good humor to a program of holiday classics. »Read Full Article
'Out of the Furnace' simmers with a distinctive flavor
A movie producer's job is never done. Just don't ask what that job actually is.
Since "Out of the Furnace" required a whopping 21 producers, executive producers and co-producers, it's possible that their responsibilities sometimes include forming a flag football team. »Read Full Article(1)
Kacey Musgraves; Daughtry; John Tesh and more
8 p.m. Friday, the Rave, 2401 W. Wisconsin Ave. $17 to $74 at the box office, (414) 342-7283 and therave.com. »Read Full Article
When it comes to bars per population, Milwaukee is stuck in the middle
It's not exactly NSA-like news but Infogroup Targeting Solutions looked at cities nationwide to find that those with the most bars in the United States tend to be located in Midwest rust belt cities.
Milwaukee is included, of course. »Read Full Article
Prohibition repeal parties, ugly sweaters and more
Heather and Brandon hand-picked the best events happening this weekend in Milwaukee. Check them out before you go out with your friends. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Think the banjo was created by white men in Appalachia? Think again.
A little music history lesson for you: The banjo wasn't created by white men in Appalachia. It was a slave instrument, and consequently, African slaves are at the foundation of Americana music, from Woody Guthrie to the Lumineers.
We have Milwaukee native Dena Epstein to thank for this knowledge. »Read Full Article
Weekly audition notices
FALLS PATIO PLAYERS. Five women ages 35 to 70 are needed for "The Dixie Swim Club." Auditions will be held at 7 p.m. Dec. 9 and 10 at North Middle School Auditorium, N88-W16750 Garfield Drive, Menomonee Falls. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. Be prepared to read from the script. Information: www.fallspatioplayers.com.
FIRESIDE DINNER THEATRE. Boys ages 7 to 10, preferably under 54 inches tall, who can sing, move and act are needed to share the role of Michael Banks in "Mary Poppins." Auditions will be held at 5 p.m. Dec. 18 at The Fireside, 1131 Janesville Ave., Fort Atkinson. Two boys will alternate the performances, and they must be able to do a British accent. Rehearsals begin Feb. 10, and the production runs from Feb. 27-April 20. For complete audition requirements and information visit: www.firesidetheatre.com/Childrens_Auditions.aspx. »Read Full Article
Christmas movies at Milwaukee theaters: Dec. 6-12
Sleigh bells ring, and the movies listen: Milwaukee-area theaters are pouring on the Christmas movies.
In addition to the first-run holiday fare — "Black Nativity,""The Best Man Holiday" and "The Christmas Candle" — you can find these Christmas perennials on the big screen: »Read Full Article
New DVDs for release Dec. 10
DESPICABLE ME 2 (Universal) This sequel to the 2010 animated hit offers more minions and fewer plot details — and is better than the original for it. With voices by Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, Steve Coogan, Ken Jeong, Elsie Fisher, Dana Gaier, Moisés Arias. (PG; rude humor) ★★★ »Read Full Article
First trailer for Spider-Man 2, by Madison native Marc Webb
Secrets have a cost, Aunt May tells Peter Parker in the first trailer for "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," directed by Madison native Marc Webb.
Parker, a.k.a. Spidey, is played by Andrew Garfield and Aunt May by Sally Field. »Read Full Blog Post
UW-Green Bay concert program lands pop star Ke$ha
The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has landed an unlikely big hit for its Good Times Programming concert: trashy pop star Ke$ha, the Press-Gazette reports.
She'll perform April 13 at the Kress Events Center. »Read Full Article
Watch: Local doctor in 'Charade,' with Grant & Hepburn - released 50 years ago today
Long before practicing medicine was a twinkle in his eye, Medical College of Wisconsin professor and neurology department chairman Thomas Chelimsky was a child actor.
At the age of 6, he was living in Paris, when he and his parents responded to an ad looking for a child who spoke English with a French accent. The audition led to his role in Stanley Donen's "Charade," with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn, released Dec. 5, 1963. »Read Full Blog Post
On Tap Today: Celebrating Prohibition's repeal - 80 years ago today
Eighty years ago today, Prohibition was officially repealed. That being said - let's talk booze.
Tonight, an Esquire Network special "Best Bars in America" will highlight four Milwaukee drinkeries that the channel deems "the best." TV and film critic Duane Dudek, critiqued the list and implores you to give feedback. The show airs at 8 p.m. »Read Full Blog Post


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Byrne and Susan Hollander stroll home from a concert on a fine summer's evening in New York. Some hours later, their daughter Kristin arrives home to discover her parents brutally killed and the house ransacked. She also finds she is now a very young millionaire. A few days later the police trace the two killers to an apartment in Coney Island, ... more »


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To provide the safest possible living and working environment for staff, residents and visitors of senior housing communities by placing the issues of crime prevention, quality of life, reduction of liability, and reduced cost of risk at the forefront of a zero tolerance to crime format.
- The Senior Crimestoppers program operates in nursing homes, assisted living, independent living communities, HUD/USDA housing venues, and Veterans homes across the country.
- The program serves the entire community and campus, while covering incidents affecting residents, staff, family, visitors and vendors.
- Crimes/actions covered under the program umbrella include, but are not limited to: abuse, neglect, theft, vandalism, sub-standard care, fraud and unethical behavior of any type.
- The program is proactive, positive and intends to affect a senior housing community in the same positive manner that a Neighborhood Watch Program does for a community or neighborhood. The inference is not that a community has problems, only that crime of any nature is not tolerated under any circumstances.
Since the inception of Senior Crimestoppers in 1994, the actual, and total number of crime incidents at participating facilities have been reduced by a certified 93% through December 31, 2011.


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GULF SHORES, Alabama – Gulf Shores and Pensacola beaches were quieter Tuesday as locals and a few out-of-towners enjoyed a short lull in between college spring breakers.
Families and a random assortment of high schoolers and college students shared the uncrowded beaches. Several of the beachgoers were locals in the service industry. Jennifer Walker, a bartender at Lucy B Goode in Gulf Shores, was enjoying the wide-open space on the beach in Gulf Shores with her son Caeden Benton, 5 who was digging in the sand.
"It's a lull. It's been not as busy at work so you can tell there aren't as many people in town," said Walker. Tourists pay our bills and keep the city going. We're happy (when) people are in town, but we like to be able to enjoy the beaches too. It's quiet and laid back and you can actually find a spot by the water," she added.
Shawn Hacker, a bartender at The Hangout in Gulf Shores was serving food to families on Tuesday evening. He said the next big wave of spring breakers will be Louisiana State University students who are expected to arrive on Friday. "They'll roll in on Friday and start killing us on Sunday," he said.


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Congrats Spoo, you wanted a Ferrari for a long while now didn't you?
You deserve it.
Spoo is that a black 458?
The gf's old man has one in charcoal. It's an insane ride. Enjoy it. I fucking blow my load just sitting in the passengers seat. Absolutely amazing car!
Very very nice!
Super jealous. Enjoy it, mate.
I used to see cars as tools to get from a to b. That's before I sat in a 911 Turbo. After that, everything changed!


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Before they were famous: Sarah Jessica Parker
It's hard to tell if Sarah J had a nose job or not based on these photos. The folks over at Awful Plastic Surgery seem to think so. She defintely had some work done on her teeth. You would never guess from these pictures that she would grow up to be a famous actress!


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King County residents not currently registered to vote in Washington State can still register in person at the King County Elections office or the voter registration annex through 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Apr. 9.
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Rollie Fingers Still Rocking Handlebar Mustache 40 Years LaterApril 20, 2012 – 11:14 pm by Ryan Phillips
On Friday the Oakland A's began a two-day celebration of the team's first World Series championship back in 1972. Former closer Rollie Fingers was on hand and, as you would expect, his famous handlebar mustache was a topic of conversation.
The Hall of Famer claimed that in spring training of 1972, then-A's owner Charlie Finley offered $300 to any player who grew a mustache to start the season. Fingers took Finley up on it, as did many other teammates. All-in-all the owner shelled out 30 $300 checks to players, four coaches and manager Dick Williams on opening day.
Forty years later and Fingers' signature, Captain Hook-like mustache is still going strong.
The 65-year-old Fingers gave the following reason for going with the handlebar look as opposed to a normal 'stache:
"Just being different. Everyone was growing a mustache. I said, 'What the heck, I'll do a handlebar.' It was probably stupid, but then we win the World Series in '72, and then you win in '73 and then you win in '74, it's kind of tough to shave it off after that. That's why I kept it."
Yes, the impetus for the A's three-straight world championships may have been that mustache wager Finley offered his players and coaches.
Fingers claims he almost shaved it once. After losing both games of a doubleheader at Minnesota on Sept. 11, 1972 he had a razor out, ready to rid himself of his signature look. He decided against it:
"I said, 'Nah, I better not, I'm afraid what I'll look like without it. I didn't cut it off."
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A $300 offer from Oakland's owner has led to 40 years of lip fuzz and baseball's most famous 'stache is still going strong.


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Brewers beat Twins 6-2
Ryan Braun hit two home runs and Michael Fiers pitched seven strong innings to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-2 over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.
Braun added a double and a walk to back Fiers (2-2), the right-hander who gave up one run on four hits with five strikeouts. Aramis Ramirez and Cody Ransom also homered for the Brewers, who have taken the first two games in this interleague series.
Liam Hendriks (0-3) gave up five runs -- two earned -- on eight hits in five innings in his first start since being recalled from Triple-A Rochester. Trevor Plouffe went 0 for 1 with three walks, ending his streak of four straight games with a homer as the Twins lost their fourth straight.
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Donaldson Company, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Donaldson Europe BVBA – UAE Branch, has entered into an agreement to acquire Northern Technical L.L.C., a manufacturer of gas turbine inlet air filtration systems and replacement filters. The acquisition is expected to close in September, subject to normal closing conditions. Other terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Northern Technical, based in Abu Dhabi, sales are forecast to be approximately $22 million. After completion of this acquisition, Donaldson will manage its Europe, Middle East, and Africa Gas Turbine business from its Abu Dhabi branch office.Edit Module


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9/11 BlindWe're 10 years past the Twin Towers attack and still fighting wars in its name. Can we open our eyes in time?
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Triple fatality report identifies teenage driver errors
NEW CUMBERLAND-The car accident that took the lives of three Hancock County teenagers in January was the result of several split-second, fateful decisions made by an inexperienced driver, the Hancock County Sheriff's Department has concluded.
The Jan. 18 accident on state Route 8 killed the driver, Kristyn Butcher, 16, of Newell; her front-seat passenger, John "Emmett" Snow III, 16, of New Cumberland; and the back-seat passenger, Kaylin Rice, 16, of Chester.
The deaths have sent shock waves through the Oak Glen High School community in the weeks since the accident, leaving family members, students and teachers reeling and struggling to cope with their grief. Butcher and Rice were juniors at Oak Glen, and Snow was a sophomore.
The sheriff's department has proceeded deliberately with its investigation, choosing not to release the accident report until the students' parents had been notified.
"I wanted to make sure that the parents had an opportunity to sit down and listen and ask questions," Hancock County Sheriff Ralph Fletcher said.
Sheriff's Detective Matt Harvey led the investigation, with assistance from other officers, including sheriff's Lt. Brian Scott Swan and New Cumberland police Lt. Jeremy Krzys, the first officer on the scene.
Harvey's report said several actions by Butcher contributed to the crash-her decision to pass another car in a no-passing zone, her high rate of speed and her inability to take corrective action.
The three teenagers had just left a Saturday night home game of the Oak Glen girls basketball team and were on their way to Snow's house in New Cumberland. Snow's sister Alyson plays on the team.
Shortly after 9 p.m. Jan. 18, they were southbound on Route 8 in Butcher's father's 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible when they encountered a New Manchester Volunteer Fire Department pumper truck responding northbound to a report of a chimney fire, the sheriff's report said.
The fire truck had its lights and sirens on and was traveling between 50-59 mph, the report said. Driving it was Firefighter Markas Dunlevy, and riding in it were five other volunteer firefighters, the report said.
Butcher, driving with an intermediate license, attempted to pass another southbound vehicle in the vicinity of Tomlinson Run State Park, the report said. She was driving at about 68 mph in a 55 mph zone, the report said.
Butcher swerved back into the southbound lane, leaving a "yaw" mark in the northbound lane, the report said. She then swerved back into the northbound lane and into the path of the oncoming fire truck, the report said.
With the point of impact being the Chrysler's passenger side rear quarter panel, the collision caused the car to split in two and come to rest on the east side of the roadway, the report said. All three occupants were ejected, most likely because they weren't wearing seat belts, the report said.
"(The evidence) leads us to believe strongly that (seat belts) were not being used," Fletcher said.
The fire truck came to rest in the northbound lane, and two firefighters had to be transported to Weirton Medical Center for "non-incapacitating" injuries suffered in the accident.
Butcher and Rice were pronounced dead at the scene, and Snow succumbed to his injuries after being transported to East Liverpool City Hospital.
Harvey's report concludes that the fire truck did not have a sufficient amount of time or distance to either stop or maneuver away from the Chrysler. The time it took for the Chrysler to travel from the first swerve to the point of impact was about 1.25 seconds, the report said.
Considering driver reaction time and the reduced braking efficiency of a commercial vehicle, it would have taken the fire truck six seconds, or 244 feet, to stop from 50 mph, the report said. The distance from the first swerve to the point of impact was 113.5 feet, the report said.
The report notes that because of the restrictions on Butcher's graduated driver's license (Level 2), she should not have had more than one non-family member under the age of 20 as a passenger.
"Her experience behind the wheel does come into play," Fletcher said. "The truest definition of an accident is an unintentional happening. Nobody meant for this to happen. It was an accident."
But it was also more than an accident, he said.
"This type of accident-it didn't just affect the families. … It affected our entire community. The towns of Chester, Newell and New Cumberland all lost somebody. Those are three communities within our jurisdiction that lost a child," Fletcher said.
In the weeks since the accident, expressions of support and sympathy have poured in to Oak Glen High School, Principal Barbara Logue said.
The snow days following the accident-students did not return to school until Jan. 23-were a blessing in disguise because they "gave people a chance to grieve at home and grieve with their families," Logue said.
At Monday's school board meeting, Logue thanked Superintendent Suzan Smith personally for her help.
"We had such an outpouring from the community and surrounding communities," Logue said. "So many people who are so concerned and so sorry over what has happened."
Logue said U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia called the high school on Feb. 7 and sent letters to all three families.
High school students got a chance to sign and leave messages on wall posters that will be given to the families, she said. Hancock County elementary schools are taking a collection for the families through the end of the month, she said.


text: Each year, the Libraries honor OWU faculty, staff, and student scholarship at the Celebration of Scholarship. Join us on Friday, April 18, from noon-1pm in the Bayley Room as we recognize all faculty and staff who have published a book or article, created a music score or sound recording, exhibited artwork, or produced significant scholarship or creative work with an imprint date from the previous year. Also at the Celebration, the Libraries announce the winner of the $500 Libraries Student Research Award.


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Paper Fox has an unnatural obsession with stationery.
Paper Fox is a female. She thought that was pretty obvious.
Paper Fox sometimes sleeps backwards.
Paper Fox's favourite type of chocolate is any type of chocolate.
Paper Fox once ate a whole pepperoni pizza.
Paper Fox is 96% ninja.
Paper Fox is allergic to Pauly Shore.
Paper Fox's natural enemy is the ampersand.
Paper Fox makes bird houses out of floppy discs.
Paper Fox's pinky fingers are quadruple jointed. Yes there is such a thing.
Paper Fox is well aware that there's no business like show business.
Paper Fox's secret desire is to become Queen of the Pangolins.
Paper Fox poked a cat in the ear once.
Paper Fox has been bitten by a cat she once poked in the ear.
Paper Fox punches so many babies.
Paper Fox may have anger management issues.
Paper Fox loves you <3
SURVIVAL HORROR SOCIAL MEMBER HURT N HEAL DEATH STORIES (or SHSMHNHDS for short)
These are the stories that popped up in the first SHS Hurt n Heal. I was given permission to write the death story for Megacoolstar, which I hope you find entertaining. Ryu wrote my death story when I was eliminated from the game, and in return I wrote a death story for him.
MEGACOOLSTAR DEATH STORY by PAPER FOX:
Megapornstar looked around the darkened room.
"Who's there?" he called out, not wanting to sound scared. "I know someone is here, show yourse...UGH!" Megapornstar stumbled forward, clutching the back of his head. He pulled his hands to his face, staring at his fingers which faintly glistened with blood. He turned around to see the hulking figures of Elbow Smash, Ryu007, The Last Star and Mr. GTA Fantastic staring back at him. "But why?" Megapornstar cried out, looking at each of his attackers in turn.
As an answer, Mr. GTA Fantastic swung out his fist, connecting with Megapornstar's jaw, sending him flying. As if on cue, The Last Star lunged forward, club in hand and proceeded to strike Megapornstar's crumpled body, each blow punctuated with the sound of breaking bones.
Ryu007 remained stoic as the carnage unfolded, seemly unfazed by the actions of his fellows.
"Because we can" whispered a voice. Megapornstar, with great agony, lifted his head to see Guess 3008 towering over him. The last thing Megapornstar ever saw was the sly grin on Guess 3008's face, as his bloodstained axe came crashing down.
CARDBOARD FOX DEATH STORY by RYU007:
Cardboard Fox found herself in a dining room of sorts with a coffin adorned with diamonds and rubies at one side. The most unusual, besides the coffin of course, was that there was two wine glasses and a small vial next to one of the glasses.
"You know you are next." A voice called from a chair that was facing away from her. "You have two choices, go willingly or go with more of the brute force you've witnessed countless times now."
The chair slowly turned around to reveal Ryu007. He hadn't caused any attacks against her but he did give her the option. She was obviously bruised up from countless attacks of her fellow contestants. Ryu007 placed his hand on the vial and poured it into one glass, taking up the other glass.
"Its quick, its painless. I've even arranged the coffin behind me for yourself. Just drink the wine and slowly drift into the coffin." Ryu007 said as he took a sip from the non-poisoned glass.
....minutes later....
The rest of the 'mob' entered. Mr. GTA_Fantastic, The Last Star, Guess 3008 and Random Heroine Senior rush in with bloodied weapons getting ready to beat Cardboard Fox to a pulp only to find that she is in a deep, deep, sleep within a coffin. Ryu007 is no where to be seen but a golden pistol left on the table signifying he was there.
RYU DEATH STORY by PAPER FOX
Ryu007 gingerly opened his eyes. He felt a cool breeze on his face and the faint rustling of leaves. His head spinning, he slowly stood up and surveyed his surroundings. He was in a garden, and ahead he saw the mansion where his attackers were no doubt planning their next move.
"They're going to find you, eventually" said a female voice. Ryu looked around and noticed a girl standing a few metres away from him, her long, blonde hair swaying in the breeze. She slowly walked towards him. "Nobody can ever leave here, those are the rules".
Ryu looked at the girl who was now so close to him he could see the tears welling up in her eyes. "I can help you" she said, and leaned forward, pressing her lips against his. Ryu's head was spinning again, but this time he didn't mind so much. He closed his eyes, unaware of the silver dagger the girl held in her hand. In one swift movement the girl plunged the dagger deep into Ryu's chest. His eyes flung open and he stumbled backwards, breaking the kiss. The girl withdrew her weapon and rushed forwards, the dagger falling to the ground. She knelt down to Ryu's body, blood rapidly spilling from his wound. He looked up at her and saw the sadness in her beautiful face. He reached up and pulled her face to his, savouring the moment of this final kiss.
The following list in is no particular order, except alphabetical order, because that is the best kind.
Half Man. Half Beast. Half Lumberjack Commando.
If, by some bizarre occurrence, Chuck Norris and Bear Grylls were to have a bastard love-child, then Ajax would be it. He is a Sexual Tyrannosaurus both literally AND figuratively. To summarise: this guy is awesome. End of story.
A true Aussie legend, Cheskiman can be readily identified by his golden flaky crust. Cut Chelskiman open to reveal a mouthwatering mix of beef and gravy. Chelskiman can also be found in 'Cheese and Bacon' varieties. Chelskiman is best served with a side of chips and topped with tomato sauce.
Guy poops like a champion. His own words.
Dinotopia smells like apples. Mmm apples.
A man I adore; smart, funny, mysterious. He brings out my inner Metal Badger. Oh and he is a Transformers nerd too. Plus one billion affection points.
There is something intriguing about him that I just can't put my finger on. Is it his glasses? Yeah, it's probably his glasses.
Vero, I can say with 100% certainty that you are the greatest girl on Neo. You're a wonderful friend and soon to be a fantastic mother also <3
The first person I talked to on Neo. You're probably the nicest guy on the site, and are always willing to help out with everything. You're a bit obsessed with womens underwear though.
Marooned Chic:
Mistress!! Your beautiful personality shines through in your writings. You're such a sweet and caring girl, but I think there's a bit of a playful devil lurking inside too ;)
Alpha wolf. Heart of a lion. Cute as a kitty. Sassy as a sea otter.
My boyfriend, my best friend, my soulmate. I would be nothing without you. And you also make the best cheesecakes in the world!
Agent Mo:
Probably has the cutest accent ever.
I just farted.
"As in the soft and sweet eclipse, when soul meets soul on lovers' lips" (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Prowl: Oh meat swords!
Paper Fox: Bahahahaa!
Prowl: What? Oh no no no I meant like meat on swords, oh.
Paper Fox: You know if Ada Wong had her hair just a little longer, and with a fuller fringe, I could totally look like her.
And if I had greyish hair...
...and a red dress
...and guns
ok i dont look anything like her.
ItBeMe: Heheh yeah you look better! XD Plus you arent Asian lol
Paper Fox: o_O I'm not?
ItBeMe: Wait, is Australia in Asia?
Paper Fox: No. But I'm half Asian.
ItBeMe: Heheh you are like her then. lol nah I thought you were aussie.
Paper Fox: I am!!!
CALM DOWN! DON"T ANGRY AT ME OR YOU OFF HEAD FROM ME! – Kevin26
Maxpower6969: du u hav da sista 2 ?
ItBeMe: No, its just my brother.
Maxpower6969: duz he av a sista ?
ItBeMe: I already said, "No, its just my brother." I have no sister.
Maxpower6969: no but duz hee,...
PR: Well if ItBeMe's brother had a sister then ItBeMe would also have the same girl as a sister ._. And why are you asking that?
Maxpower6969: i wana add her 2 ma frendz. i lyk tha wimen in hatz. espez u papor fax *wink*


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Stop, Collaborate and Listen: Team Up to Get Message Out
With all that's occurred over the past year, I've seen a lot on how this is a time of opportunity for credit unions. What I haven't seen enough of is credit unions collectively and cooperatively working together to bring attention to the credit union movement as a whole.
When it comes to the issue of a credit union national brand or campaign it seems like there are a lot of different opinions on how to implement something like that and what the message should be. To me, it seems pretty simple.
People don't put their money in a bank because they like the foundation banks were built or how they operate. People use banks because the word "bank" is saturated in everyday life. When people think money they think bank; they don't think credit union.
Don't be afraid of associating with the word bank. Telling people to bank at a credit union shouldn't be a bad thing. The idea of having to "join" a financial institution in order to open an account is confusing at first.
I do think it is important to get the credit union message out and show people the credit union philosophy, especially now. But I don't think that's going to be successful in gaining members, especially not young members. The focus should be to get credit unions into everyday life and vocabulary, and it can't be done successfully on the individual level.
Credit unions should be working with other credit unions in their area to make sure that everywhere people look they are seeing something about credit unions. Over the past year I've heard many times that credit unions are not part of the economic crisis, but they are part of the solution. So far I have yet to see that message really communicated to people outside of the industry. Every time I sit down to watch television I do see commercials for at least five different banks promoting all the great services they offer.
The message shouldn't be "here is our philosophy, this is how we work." That's second tier. Many people, and not even just young people, don't even know credit unions are an option. The message should be simple: credit unions exist, this is what we offer and this is how to find one. The only way people are going to start thinking of credit unions as a solution to the economic problems is if more visibility is brought to the whole industry.
It's common sense that right now the opportunity for credit unions to grow and gain members is out there. It shouldn't just be talked about; it should be acted on in a big way and it should start with the basics.


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Huskies Capture First OVAC Title in School History
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Harrison Central came into the season with the goal of playing for championships in February.
It accomplished that and took it a step further Saturday afternoon inside the Health and Physical Education Center at Ohio University.
For the first time in school history, the Huskies can call themselves OVAC Girls' Basketball Champions.
Harrison Central reached the top of the Class 4A mountain thanks to a 66-58 victory against defending champion Steubenville.
"I told the girls that this is one no one in Harrison County will ever forget," Huskies coach Nick Yourkovich said. "I'll never forget the pure emotion on these girls' faces. I am just thrilled for these girls. This is just really special."
The Huskies played their style to get to the championship. They defended, utilizing more zone than maybe Yourkovich had expected, shot the ball fairly well and got production from several people.
"This was the type of game we expected," Yourkovich said. "Our girls gutted it out. We had some girls battling some minor injuries that didn't come off the floor."
The game featured 17 lead changes throughout the first three quarters, but the Huskies grabbed the lead at 44-43 after three and didn't look back.
"We wanted to keep within striking distance and we thought if we could do that, our depth was in our favor," Yourkovich said.
Harrison Central fould itself with a 54-51 lead after Steubenville's Mytia Barker cashed two at the foul line. However, the Huskies went on one of the runs they have been using all season, scoring seven in a row.
The spurt was capped by sharpshooter Jesse Ledger. As Big Red was chasing trying to foul with the clock turning down toward a minute, she got free from the wing and cashed in a 3-pointer.
"That was the shot when everyone seemed to start to sense that it was our turn," Yourkovich said. "Jesse's been hitting shots the last month. She was struggling early on, but for the past month or so, she's really started to heat up."
Also big during the Husky spurt was Steubenville played the last three minutes without its senior floor general Emiley Masloski, who fouled out. She had a big first half, scoring 13 of her 16.
Along with Ledger's production, Steubenville also had no answer for the penetration of guard Kara Dunfee, who Yourkovich thought could be an 'X' factor. She scored a game-high 19 points, including eight in the fourth quarter.
"We were focused on (Katie) Ellzy, but Dunfee really hurt us by driving the ball into the lane," Steubenville coach Phil Casinelli said. "She got the basket, finished and then got to the line and made foul shots."
The Huskies also iced the game away with a 13 of 16 effort at the foul line in the fourth quarter.
"We're disappointed," Casinelli said. "We didn't want (the OVAC) season to end this way, but I am optmistic and we'll go back to work and get ready for the sectional. This just wasn't our day."
Dunfee and Ledger, who scored 19 and 16, respectively, were complemented by Ellzy's 14 points and seven rebounds. Shianne Nameth provided a big lift with 12 points.
Steubenville (19-2) was paced by Barker's 21 points. Lysiah Rice added 11 points.


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Back in February this year I received a letter from a US university I had applyied for years ago. They offered me the possibility of doing a post-graduate in chemistry program in Chicago. They told me to go there anytime in march to do and interview and show me the university and its installations. I'm,like most of you, crazy for aviation, so when I was offered a roundtrip to ORD free I couldn't say no. The one & only problem that I had was that during that period I had only three days free, from march 5th (sat) to the 7th(mon).
The result was that i was leaving BCN on the 5th very early morning
(06:20) to connect in AMS with the KL 611 to ORD which departed at 10:40 and arrived at ORD at 12:40. the return trip was on sunday afternoon KL 612.
I actually live at 1h-drive from bcn, and I didn't want to bother my family on driving me to the airport at such hours; however BCN airport is very bad linked at those hours, even from BCN city itself. So on Friday night I called some friends and we went to supper, cinema...etc to make time. At 3am i took a taxi that took me the airport.
One hour later the KLM check-in counter opened and I proceded to check-in and get my boarding card. There I made the error that would spoil my trip. I was only carring my laptop and a little trolley, and I checked-in the trolley.
Once I both my boarding cards and pass through security...easy at those hours, I went to have sth to eat. Boarding was at 5:50Am so i had plenty of time. Moments later I realise that the flight is 30 min delayed...no problem, a little bit of patience...But then my worst fears come true and my flight is delayed indefinitly because of the big snowstorm that has closed AMS.
The airport was beggining to wake up at that moment, and my fellow passengers and I were beginning to fell asleep...then a man who had to connect to nairobi and I approached one of KLM employers in BCN to ask her if she could tell us whether our flight from AMS was delayed, cancelled or had flown away yet. She told us very kindly that all flights were delayed, because all the early morning flights from europe cities providing passengers to long-haul flights were grounded as ours was.
At that moment I could have asked her to have my bag back and go home, but I decided to take the adventure and go to AMS.
Finally my flight took off at 11:30, and 2h&half later we landed in an awesome and snowed Schipol!
I went out the B738 as quickly as I could and run to the G-Pier, where KL611 should be. As I was running trhough the crowds I noticed that my flight wasn't being shown on the screens...I saw a B744 at my gate, good sign..but it was going to Delhi!
Then I realised I had Lost my flight and went to one of the 9 transit desk areas that Schipol has (SCHIPOL IS A GREAT AIRPORT). Then I found that thousands of people, and I mean thousands, had the same problem that I had. All the transit desk areas where very very crowded. I ended up doing a 3h queue, where I met great people.
When it was my turn I told the Duch beauty I had in front all my story, and that if she could make me arrive at ORD that day it was ok. If not, I wanted to get back home and sleep a little bit.
She told me I could be booked on NW55 to MSP,and then take a connecting flight to ORD. At that point I only said "yes, thank-you" and didn't care that the flight in question was leaving in 10minutes!
So start running another time to Gate E-5 where the NW1224 ship (DC-10) was standing. I passed the security (you know, telling that I hadn't any bomb, that I had packed my baggage...etc) and boarded the plane. At that moment I feel proud of sitting in a window seat of a DC-10 as it also was the first plane that I flew, back in 1985 with only 2 years.That time it was Iberia.
5 minutes later the captain voice echoed all over the cabin to tell us that there was a problem with one of the navigation radios, and they where going to fix it, which would take 30 min aprox. It turned out to be only 15 minutes and when we were about to pushback the captain appeared again to tell us that the load on the plane was bad configured and that we would have to wait until some containers where unloaded. "Don't worry, your baggage will be untouched" he added.
That phrase made me think...If I had nearly miss that flight, it was sure that my poor trolley was not under me in the cargo deck, wasn't it?
Anyway, I had a very pleasant and smooth ride in that old bird, followed by a very smooth landing in MSP. There we were told that those who had been rebooked from a KLM flight would have our baggage at our final destination…a little piece of hope.
One of the best moments of the weekend was then, when I asked to visit the cockpit and the captain accepted joyfully. He explained me everything he could and took a photo of me in the left seat!
Then I passed through security and went to the walk a little inside the terminal. I saw nothing more than NWA planes, 753, 320, 319, DC-10…great airline and great livery.
It was 9:00pm in MSP when I boarded the old DC-9 that would fly me to ORD. Nearly empty plane, no more than 20pax, we were de-iced before taxiing. 45 minutes later we were landing in ORD. Then I headed directly to baggage belts to ensure that my trolley was not there…what a nightmare! At that moment I had had more than 30 hours without sleeping a minute, with the same winter heavy clothes, and I had no baggage! I went to NWA lost&founds and they told me that my bag was in AMS, that they would fly it to ORD tomorrow or the day after…"but I'm coming back tomorrow, that's the problem" I said. Then the old NWA agent asked me in a rough way "So what are you doing in the states?" Then I could not do nothing more than answering in the same roughly way…sorry…"You have nothing to do with that, and I should have been here by 12am, now its 23:00 and I don't have my baggge, I have no clothes, I have nothing! That's what matters now" Sorry for that, I was possessed by my own exhaustion and anger. I hope I could meet another time that agent. Finally she game me a little bag with a toothbrush, soap etc..and told me that my bag was going to be ferried on KL 611 the next day and it wouldn't be unloaded.
I had a reservation at the Chicago O'hare Hilton, here you have some photos from my window, great hotel.
Next morning I could go very very early to the university and in a world record time I manage to do all what I had to do. Then I had to go and check-out the hotel, and to talk to the KLM supervisor there in ORD to ensure where my bag was.
When I arrived at the airport the agent was very friendly and comprehensive with my situation, she told me that she would personally make sure the bag was in the plane. After that I checked-in and I realised with surprise that she had given me a World Business class Boarding card…which is what I really needed at that moment. Thank you wherever you are!!!!!!
I walked to do some quick spotting from the terminal where I could see AA 772, AF 332, LH343 SAS 333, BA 772…
Then I went to enjoy the business lounge and when I boarded the plane, KL 744 PH-BFK "City of Karachi" I wait till we took off and the immediately went to sleep.
When I woke up I had a very good breakfast prior to land in AMS at 6:30AM.
Once there I went directly to the transit desk to see If they could put me in a flight to BCN earlier, cause I had to wait till 16:00 to get mine... I didn't notice it when I made the booking. She told that she couldn't cause I had one bag checked-in…I HATED THE WORD BAG!
But Which airport is better than AMS to walk around? Here you have some of the results!
When I arrived to BCN my bag was there, plenty of sticks in it…what a different and usual trip we had had! But you know….I would repeat!
PD I don't know how to post the pictures...they are not on the web...how can I link them, they are in a folder in my pc?


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The port's move to East 55th Street will cost a half-billion dollars or less, according to a recent estimate from port President Adam Wasserman.
Some $300 million of that could be the port's responsibility.
Costs fall into two areas -- constructing the port's base and building port facilities.
Army Corps officials estimate some $250 million to $300 million in costs to build and fill three adjoining dikes. They would be constructed and filled in phases, from 2012 to 2034. Together, they would serve as the new port's foundation.
The port would pay 25 percent of the cost for building and filling the dikes, or roughly $100 million.
The new port would need docks and warehouses, a breakwall extension in the lake, road and highway links and a rail line passing over the East Shoreway.
The dikes would yield 157 acres around the state-run marina, under the Corps' draft plans.
The port would pay to replace the 362-slip marina, fishing platform and nearby amenities to gain the 200 acres it wants.
Costs for port facilities and related work could exceed $200 million, the port said.
The port is eyeing several ways to raise money.
The port board is expected to hire a master planner and real estate financial adviser soon.
They will gauge land uses, market demand and values the port can extract on future sale or lease of its 100 acres.
The value, estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars, would help pay for the port's move, Wasserman said.
Some of that land could be developed within the next five years, he said.
"We're banking on the value of the property to be an investment fund . . . a multihundred million dollar fund," Wasserman said.
The port also has turned to Congress, where it's lobbying to push the federal share of the dike construction to 90 percent, from 75 percent.
"We're saying please consider this an economic development project, not a place to put the mud," Wasserman said. "We're going to make a case to [Congress] that you can't refuse in terms of economic story, community hope and economic growth."
Local elected and business leaders also are lobbying for federal and state funds.
The port also could increase its countywide tax levy. The five-year tax generates $3.3 million yearly. It costs the owner of a $100,000 home a little less than $4 a year.
By law, the port could ask voters for an increase that would generate $30 million a year over five years.
Port officials would consider a tax increase "only if necessary, and even then we might not do it," Wasserman said.


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Cairo, Egypt- A court in Egypt has recently ruled that Hamas is to be considered a terrorist organization. Hamas is an Islamic group that resides mostly in the Gaza strip. The group was already at a bad relationship with the Egyptian government when the former president of the country, Mohammed Morsy, was ousted from office in a coup last 2013. The change in leadership angered the group which made them launch several attacks and protests in Egypt.
The Egyptian former president was a devout member of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood is an Islamist political organization and it has a deep bond with the Hamas organization. When Morsy was kicked out of office in the summer of 2013, the Muslim Brotherhood was labeled as a terrorist group several months later.
Egypt as a mediator between Israel and Pakistan
Hamas leaders and members condemned the decision made by the Egyptian court. The spokesperson for the terror organization said that the decision was not foreseen and one that is dangerous targeting the people of Palestine. He further stated that Egypt's judgment will deeply hurt the reputation of Egypt.
Egypt has been a neutral nation to the bickering between Israel and Palestine. For years it has played a very important role in the peace negotiations between the warring parties. Egypt's reputation was that one that is impartial. With the new high court ruling, this will surely create a new turn for the mediator role of Egypt.
The Egyptian court that made the ruling is the Urgent Matters Court. The court decision was based on evidences that Hamas supported insurgents and have series of attacks in the Sinai Peninsula. This region has been under hostility for recently.
On another note, the armed wing of the terror group, al Qassam Brigades, was also ruled as a terrorist group by Egypt's Urgent Matters Court last month.
Hamas is an organization founded in Palestine. It is a Palestinian Islamic group but has been designated by several countries to be a terrorist group. Among the countries that expressed blatant comments that the group is terroristic as evidenced by their activities are the United States, Australia, Japan, Israel, United Kingdom and Canada. In Jordan, the government prohibits the entry of Hamas members. In other countries such as China, Iran, Qatar and Turkey, the organization is not perceived as a terrorist organization.


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State Bar announces free legal hotline for Big Island residents affected by Iselle
A free legal hotline will be available for Puna residents affected by Tropical Storm Iselle, Hawaii State Bar Association President Calvin E. Young announced Thursday.
The hotline, which can be reached by calling 888-609-5463, will be established at the association's headquarters in Honolulu and will be staffed by volunteer attorneys, he said. It will operate from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, Tuesday, Aug. 19, and Wednesday, Aug. 20.
The line was established following consultation with representatives from the East Hawaii Bar Association, the HSBA Senior Counsel Division, and the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii. All concluded that the creation of the legal hotline would be the best avenue for attorneys to offer their services to assist Big Island residents affected by last week's storm.


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Auburn Area Middle School Career Conference to unfold
The fourth annual Auburn Area Middle School Career Conference begins Thursday for eighth-grade students.
The conference schedule:
• Cascade Middle School, Thursday, 7:55-10 a.m.
• Rainier Middle School, Jan. 15, noon-1:55 p.m.
• Mt. Baker Middle School, Jan. 16, 11:50 a.m.-1:45 p.m.
• Olympic Middle School, Jan. 17, 12:15-2:10 p.m.
Eighth-grade students from Valley Christian School will participate in the event with students from Mt. Baker.
The Auburn School District, Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce and Communities in Schools of Auburn have united to encourage students to stay engaged in school, plan appropriate high school courses of study, graduate from high school on time, and set goals for successes beyond high school.
Earlier this month, students participated in career interest surveys to determine which career informational sessions they will attend during the conference.
The career conference begins with an assembly followed by five sessions with representatives from local businesses, high school programs, community and technical colleges, and four-year universities.
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new roof is an investment. It adds value to your home depending
on your choice of not only type and style but most important,
your installer! The choice is yours. A licensed, high quality
company with workmanship guarantees, or a "low bid"
unlicensed "here today gone tomorrow" company whose
guarantee is meaningless in that they have been in business less
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Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center - Houston, Texas
Participants Needed For Schizophrenia and Bipolar Illness Study
June 21, 2012
HOUSTON - The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) is currently conducting research addressing the genetics of functional disability of individuals suffering with schizophrenia and bipolar illness.
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are chronic psychiatric diseases associated with considerable lifelong disability. Both conditions are known to have major genetic aspects with possible additional genetic contributions to their course and how they affect patients' daily lives.
"Genetic testing is a powerful tool to study any given disorder, including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder," said Rayan Al Jurdi, M.D., a MEDVAMC psychiatrist and an associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine. "However, a great many large-scale studies in this area have been curtailed because of the lack of study participants or lack of diversity in the patients studied."
The goal of the study is to conduct a gene-association analysis, comparing the DNA of 9,000 Veterans with schizophrenia and 9,000 Veterans with bipolar illness to the DNA of approximately 20,000 "mentally healthy" Veterans. This will help researchers discover genetic risk factors related to these disorders.
Researchers also hope to further define functional capacity among patients with schizophrenia and bipolar illness using tests previously shown to be connected to real-world functional disability and to establish a specimen and data repository for future research.
Treatments for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have improved in the last few years, but are still associated with relatively high rates of side effects.
"Genetic studies can also help researchers develop better treatments," said Al Jurdi. "This is extremely important because suicide attempts and completed suicides are very common in these two populations."
Veterans who qualify and participate in the study will receive $60 compensation for their time and inconvenience.
If you are a Veteran who has been given a diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar illness, has received treatment for either of these illnesses at the MEDVAMC, and would like to participate in research to enhance understanding and treatment, please contact 713-791-1414, ext. 6911/6938.
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Awarded re-designation for Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Services in 2008, the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center serves as the primary health care provider for more than 130,000 Veterans in southeast Texas and provides some of the most complex care within the VA Health Care System. The DeBakey VA employs nearly 3,600 staff and is one of 49 institutions within the prestigious Texas Medical Center*, one of the largest health and research centers in the world. The DeBakey VA is home to a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinic; Network Polytrauma Center; award-winning Cardiac and General Surgery Program; Liver Transplant Center; Epilepsy and Cancer Centers of Excellence; Substance Abuse Disorder Quality Enhancement Research Initiative; Health Services Research & Development Center of Excellence; Rehabilitation Research of Excellence focusing on mild to moderate traumatic brain injury; Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center; $26.8 million Research and Development Program; and Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center. The hospital offers sophisticated, cutting-edge technology such as PET/CT imaging, the Evident™ microwave ablation system, a CyberKnife®, a Varian Trilogy linear accelerator, a Philips Wide Bore Computed Tomography Simulator, the OR•Control System, the Abiomed Impella 2.5 catheter-based heart pump, and the Sapien heart valve. For more than 60 years, the DeBakey VA has served as the primary teaching facility for our major affiliate, Baylor College of Medicine* and operates one of the largest VA residency programs in the nation. Each academic year, more than 2,179 students are trained through 194 affiliation agreements with institutions of higher learning. Including the outpatient clinics in Beaumont, Conroe, Galveston, Houston, Lufkin, Richmond, and Texas City, MEDVAMC outpatient clinics logged almost 1.3 million outpatient visits in fiscal year 2011.
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This is an essay I wrote for my Philosophy 501--Philosophy of Religion final. It's an interesting one to post on line, because it was open-ended: basically give your thoughts on everything we had studied that semester, which had revolved around three philosophers. I think it says a lot about my basic philosophical perspective.
Hume: Hume's philosophy of religion needs to be understood in the context of his philosophy as a whole, which contained two main points:
*Empiricism: Hume divided all knowledge into "relations of ideas" (such as mathematics) and "matters of fact" (empirical knowledge). Only relations of ideas can be known a priori, and how ideas apply to the physical world is a matter of fact, know a posteriori.
*Skepticism: Hume thought a large variety of things which we think we know are things we cannot really know. Hume was especially skeptical of inductive reasoning, that is, any attempt to generalize from specific instances. Hume's skepticism was based on his empiricism, since the usefulness of induction could not be known a priori or a posteriori.
Hume used both of these theses to attack the metaphysics that was essential to theology in his day. If empiricism was true, it followed that the armchair proofs of the being and attributes of God could be only sophistry and illusion. From skepticism, Hume argued that if we can't be certain that the sun will rise tomorrow (and other knowledge of common life), wew can be even less certain of abstract reasonings. This explains why Hume's Dialogs Concerning Natural Religion spends so much time on the arg't from design and is so dismissive towards the cosmological and ontological arg'ts. This reading is supported by the fact that Cleanthes invokes the scientific theories of Galilleo and Newton as analogous to the design hypothesis, showing that the reasoning involved is not to abstract to be trustworthy.
When Hume jumped from skepticism to sticking to every-day reasoning, he was being grossly fallacious. His skeptical arguments purported to show we have no reason to believe common sense beliefs, could attach no certainty to them, and therefore theological claims couldn't be any less certain. Hume appears to have fleetingly recognized this in his "Letter to a Friend in Edinburgh," written when Hume was about to be denied a teaching position on grounds of irreligion. In it, Hume asks how he could be accused of irreligion when he held the truths of theology are as certain as the "Objects of our Senses." Hume would only admit to this consequence of his view when needed to save his job prospects, he shows no enthusiasm for it elsewhere in his writings, but this does not make the inference less valid.
Any credible philosophy of anything must get rid of global skepticism, and since skepticism of a very serious sort is entailed by Humean empiricism, that also must go. However, we may salvage from Hume his trust in everyday reasonings, even though it cannot be grounded in skepticism. It can be grounded instead in the fact that every-day reasonings are confirmed thousands upon thousands of times in an individual's life. Abstract metaphysics has no such confirmation, and has premises which one side of a dispute claims as obviously true, needing no argument, while the other side sees it as equally obvious that the premises are false. It seems unwise to build much on the assumption that one side in such a dispute is correct, so long as the contrary position would not totally undermine every-day reasoning (as is the case with, say, denials of the law of noncontradition).
Aquinas: Aquinas' approach was to establish the principles of his theology though a series of metaphysical arguments using premises drawn from ancient philosophers, mostly Aristotle, though occasionally others as well.
There are two main objections to his approach, one basic and one deep. The basic objection is that many of his premises were false or at least unsupported. For example, his first-mover argument used Aristotle's doctrine that an infinite regress is impossible. Aquinas says little in favor of this claim and there are plausible counter-arguments; Russell, somewhere, objected that the set of negative numbers provides an example of infinite regress. And even if the prime mover is established, Aquinas must still get through a great series of metaphysical deductions to show the prime mover has the properties normally assigned to God, and along the way Aquinas must use many questionable premises. He took far too much Aristotelian doctrine for granted.
The deep objection is that Aquinas was attempting to use armchair reasoning in areas where such reasoning can tell us nothing. This comes out most clearly in Aquinas' statements on fire, astronomy, and other scientific subjects. He establishes his claims on metaphysical reasonings that look as valid as anything he does in theology, but today we see his science as plainly wrong, and the reason is not better metaphysics but developments in empirical knowledge. Aquinas simply could not know all he wanted to know just by thinking about it.
Kant: Kant's approach was like Aquinas' in its armchair aspect, but differed in Kant's transcendental idealism, which said for the most part we cannot know things in themselves, only things as they appear to us. This protects free will, God, and immortality from conventional attacks, though rules out convention proofs. In the place of normal proofs, Kant argues these basic elements of religious belief must be postulated for the sake of morality.
Aside from the general problems with armchair reasoning shared by Aquinas, Kant's transcendentalism is deeply problematic. The argument for it in the "Aesthetic" part of his critique seems circular. It is not clear that the antinomian arguments in the Dialectic, are really antinomian pairs, and even if so Kant fails to give the sort of rigorous arg't that would be needed to show his radical transcendental solution is the only possible solution. The doctrine is unhelpful for morality, since it prevents us from knowing the consequences of our actions, and in spite of Kant's disdain for consequentialism, his morality requires one to know whether an action will harm a real person or an illusory person. For this and other reasons, the doctrine seems clearly false.
Unlike Hume, Kant does not seem to provide anything salvageable. His moral arg'ts for God and immortality are based on moral principles that are generally problematic and seem out of place in Kant's overall ethical system.
[I ended my answer to this question with a note referring back to my answer to a previous question, here's what I said there...]
Kant thought that if people were not justly rewarded or punished for their right or wrong actions, there would be something irrational about morality. He also thought that we can never have an oblication to sacrifice (either actively or passively) a rational existence, and that we can never have incompatible obligations (the second half of this point is important to emphasize and is somewhat controversial, as some philosophers think there are real moral dilemmas where no choice is right.)
It is not clear whether Kant thought we could know these things or they were merely rational to believe, but the natural theology interpretation will hold that we know them. The next step is to notice that without God and immortality, these things will almost certainly be false. In this life, people do not always get their just deserts, the only way they can gewt them is through immortality. Even then it is unlikely that their existence after death would bring justice unless there were a God managing the affair. Similarly, without immortality we would sometimes have to chose between saving one rational existence and saving another, but with immortality, it is merely a choice between one embodied life and another, which Kant thought acceptable.
Once these premises are established, the argument works like this:
1) The key moral principles above are true
2) If not-"God exists" and/or not-"the soul is immortal," then not-(1).
3) Therefore, God exists and the soul is immortal.
The problematic premise in this argument is premise (1). The very idea of morality is that it is rational to do things not in one's own self-interest, the fact that one will not be justly rewarded does not make moral action irrational. To take the contrary position is especially strange from a Kantian perspective, since Kant's fundamental moral principles involved the need to do one's duty in spite of the consequences and in spite of the fact that the relevant maxims may be being systematically ignored. Similarly, Kant is put in the position of arguing it is acceptable to sacrifice something of great worth for something else of great worth, just not maximum worth for something else of maximum worth. Without that claim immortality does nothing to affect moral dilemmas about loss of life, but Kant does not give clear reasons for the distinction, and without any such justification his position seems simply inconsistent, at lest in the sense of failing to apply a guiding principle in his distinctions.
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Susan Wagner made enough big plays to register its first win in two years Sunday, a 14-12 decision over visiting Lehman in Sea View.
With four minutes remaining and the Falcons (1-1) trailing 12-8 and facing a third-and-7, senior quarterback Christian Tufaro completed a huge 31-yard pass to Daniel Romolo down to the Lehman 31 to keep the drive going.
Three snaps later on third-and-6, Mike Abuhamdeh broke off a 14-yard run and followed that on the next play with a 13-yard touchdown jaunt with two minutes to go for a 14-12 advantage. The Wagner defense responded by forcing an incomplete pass on fourth-and-6 from the Lehman 34 to end the Lions' last chance.
"It's real good that they got that win," said SW coach Al Paturzo of his players, specifically his seniors who endured a winless 2012. "They work real hard, and it's been tough coming away with nothing."
"As brothers, we've been looking for that win. We've been needing that win," added Abuhamdeh, who suffered a minor concussion in last week's loss to Canarsie but bounced back to rush for 129 yards on 21 carries. "Coach (Paturzo) came up to me before the game and said, 'You owe me.' I inferred from that I was going to get the ball a lot today."
Abuhamdeh rushed the ball 10 times on an incredible 16-play drive that took up all of the first quarter and went into the second. But in a game of missed opportunities and internal mistakes for both squads, the Falcons first hurt themselves with two penalties then compounded that when Sami Ahmad dropped a perfect pass from Tufaro in the end zone as Wagner turned the ball over on downs.
Moments later, however, a 15-yard unsportsmanlike penalty on the Lions' Jonathan Mateo (who was also ejected on the play) helped push Lehman backward. And on fourth down, punter Richard Mameli bobbled the ball and the Falcons swarmed in. Wagner's Carlos Rios recovered the loose pigskin in the end zone for a TD and Christopher Chiusano followed by catching the ensuing PAT pass for an 8-0 lead with 9:38 to go in the second quarter.
A 4-yard punt by the Lions on the next series gave Wagner the ball at the Lehman 39. But on the ensuing play, Tufaro was hit as he threw and Mameli intercepted. Nine plays later on a fourth-and-goal from the 1/2-yard line, QB Maurice Blease scored to cut the margin to 8-6. A Wagner fumble on the next possession gave the Lions one more chance to dent the scoreboard, but Mameli was short on a 33-yard field goal attempt as time expired.
Lehman marched to the SW 12 on the first possession of the third quarter only to have SW's John Aguinaldo intercept a Blease pass in the end zone. But Wagner returned the favor minutes later when on fourth-and-19 at the Lehman 30, Romolo caught a pass at the 5, deked a defender then was stripped at the goal line, with the ball going through the end zone for a touchback.
Another 4-yard punt set the Falcons up at the Lehman 27 but they couldn't take advantage as a 15-yard unsportsmanlike flag sabotaged the series. When the Lions got the ball, Mameli turned the right corner on a third-and-5 carry for 45 yards to the SW 7. Three plays later, Petrit Boga caught a 2-yard TD pass putting Lehman up 12-8 with 4:31 remaining.
Three plays later, a fluttering pass from Tufaro was caught by Romolo on a critical third-and-7, setting the stage for Abuhamdeh's TD scamper.
"They executed on that (pass) play. You have to tip your hat to them," said Lehman coach Michael Saunds, whose club was coming off a one-point win over Adams. "But we played a sloppy ball game ... the fumbled punt in the end zone, the two 4-yard punts, giving up long drives that affected field position, missing a field goal, fumbling a two-point conversion ... the list goes on and on."
"We didn't really show any improvement from last week," said Paturzo. "Overall, the biggest thing we need to work on is mental discipline. It was an ugly win, but we'll take it."


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Curtis awoke from a first-half slumber to rally past Princeton Day School 62-58 in the Big Apple Invitational at Baruch College on Monday.
"We were hot and cold in the first half," explained CHS coach Rich Buckheit "We got off to a good start and then fell back on our heels. It was a lackluster defensive effort."
The (19-4) Warriors actually got out to a 10-0 lead before they stopped executing.
Behind Miami University-bound Davon Reed (team-high 23 points), the Panthers went on a blitz to finish the opening quarter with a 22-14 advantage.
"Fortunately, we were able to make a little run of our own near the end of the second period and that gave us a little momentum going into intermission," added Buckheit, whose team trailed 35-26 at halftime.
"We came out in the third quarter and extended the floor defensively. We forced some mistakes and took care of the ball (nine turnovers). We put pressure on the ball and did a better job of denying Reed."
Curtis grabbed the lead back early in the final stanza, but Princeton Day did not go away.
Reed converted a four-point play with a minute left to get the New Jersey quintet to within a trey. But Ben Ellis made two free throws and Jamel Olorunoje canned one to seal the verdict.
Hassan Martin (13 rebounds, 6 blocked shots) scored a game-high 24 points while Ellis (4 assists, 2 turnovers) added 16.
"It was nice to see us execute like we should in the second half," offered Buckheit, whose squad has a key non-league match with visiting East New York/Transit Tech on Thursday.


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Syracuse, NY -- With winter weather arriving in full force today, Syracuse police Sgt. Gary Bulinski is offering 10 winter driving tips for Central New Yorkers.
- Clean off your vehicle. Before you leave your driveway or your parking spot, make sure the headlights and taillights are brushed off. Also remove snow from the hood and roof.
- Defrost. Make sure your windshield is defrosted before you start to drive.
- Slow down. The speed limits are set up for ideal driving conditions during the day. Reduce your speed and slow down for road conditions.
- Back off. Increase your following distance between your vehicle and vehicle in front of you. During good driving conditions we use the three-second following distance rule. During winter driving conditions, increase your distance by one second, if possible.
- Leave early. Wake up earlier and give yourself more time to get to where you are going. That way you don't become an aggressive driver.
- Check your vehicle. Snow tires and winter wiper blades are very beneficial in the winter. Check the condition of your tires and make sure you have windshield washer fluid.
- Be alert. Be aware that bridges freeze before roadways. Be aware of your surroundings.
- Pack a safety kit. In the event of an emergency, a safety kit in your vehicle can be beneficial. A safety kit should contain flares, blankets, heavy winter coats and a flash light.
- Move over. In the event of an accident in the passing lane on the highway, move your vehicle to the side of the road or exit the highway, if possible.
- Call 911. If you are involved in accident or emergency situation, get to safe location and call 911.
The winter storm warning currently in effect for Central New York contains below zero temperatures and up to 12 inches of snow by Friday morning.
AAA also recommends the following winter driving tips:
- Avoid driving while you're fatigued. Getting the proper amount of rest before taking on winter weather tasks reduces driving risks.
- Never warm up a vehicle in an enclosed area, such as a garage.
- Never mix radial tires with other tire types.
- Keep your gas tank at least half full to avoid gas line freeze-up.
- Do not use cruise control when driving on any slippery surface (wet, ice or sand.)
- Use your seat belt every time you get into your vehicle.
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The Jersey City backpack giveaway is back.
"This annual event has given out more than 20,000 backpacks to Jersey City students in the past few years," said Freeholder Bill O'Dea, a founding member the Jersey City Back to School Program.
"It is something that people look forward to, from families looking to save on their back-to-school budget, to volunteers who get a sense of joy when they see the smiles from kids and parents as they receive their backpacks. It's a great community event that I urge everyone to keep supporting."
This year, some 10,000 backpacks, stuffed with school supplies, will be given out to students, from kindergarten to high school.
Parents interested in receiving the free backpacks for their kids must pre-register in person on Tuesday during Jersey City's National Night Out activities at Arlington Park, Audubon Park, Hamilton Park and Pershing Field.
The backpacks will be distributed in late August. Details will be announced, officials said.
Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, who has collaborated on the project in prior years, has chosen the Jersey City Back to School Program as the inaugural project of his newly formed Jersey City Youth Foundation.


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Monroe's Juliana Zaccarella shot 215 in the first game, and Julie Bray had a series of 388, as the Trojans improved its record to 10-1.
Melissa Wilson of Ypsilanti shot games of 166 and 129.
Monroe won the first Baker Game, but narrowly lost the second game by one pin. However, it rebounded from the early loss by beating Ypsilanti by one pin in the second regular game.
"The girls really buckled down and did well," Monroe coach Scott Bray said. "I just told them to go get it in the final game. Julie had a great day. She is averaging 190 to 195. When Sarah Bray is on her game, and Julie is on hers, we're tough to beat."


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By MIKE BOGEN
SOUTH HADLEY - It was, coach Lynn Hoeppner said, redemption.
It was the game she thought - and this, her face says, is intellectual, not emotional - should have happened last year, against a team her's should have beaten three times this season.
It was Mohawk Trail Regional's 2-1 victory over Greenfield in the 2008 Western Massachusetts Division II field hockey championship game.
The victory puts the Warriors (15-3-2) into the state Division II semifinals Wednesday night at Mohawk, against a team (Oakmont or Quaboag, which play today) to be announced, at a time to be determined.
"Yes, this victory was sweeter because it was against Greenfield," said Hoeppner, who coaches several Green Wave players in the offseason. It's redemption."
Redemption indeed, for 2007, when the Warriors - prohibitive favorites to win Division II - had a boy on their roster and were forced to move up to the Division I bracket, where they advanced to the final before losing to Longmeadow. Redemption for two losses this season, games in which Hoeppner says her team outplayed its title game foe.
"I felt we outplayed Greenfield in both games (5-1 and 1-0 losses) even though we lost them," she said. "So this is sweet."
There was no doubt that Mohawk dominated this one. The Warriors carried the play most of the game, and appeared to beat their foes to the ball consistently.
Mohawk got on the board first, on a penalty corner, only 6:50 into the game, when senior Maddy Hoeppner took a pass from classmate Kelly Johansmeyer just inside the arc and ripped a shot into the goal hitting the board at the back of the cage with an almost startling sound.
"I haven't been able to score all season. I've been working and waiting and it finally happened," said Maddy Hoeppner. "I've just been trying to get it at the net.
Both players were involved in Mohawk's second score, when Johansmeyer inserted the ball on a corner to Hoeppner, which hit another low, hard shot. This one, however, was deflected in my senior Bree Sumner, her ninth goal of the season.
Greenfield, which was 16-1 after defeating Smith Academy 3-0 in the semifinals, finally scored 10 minutes into the second half, when Meghan McHugh bore in on Mohawk goalie Khrystyna Mitchell and poked it past her when the keeper went for the ball.
The Green Wave was shorthanded for that goal. In fact, because of two yellow cards - issued after officials gave players from both teams warnings - Greenfield played 10 of the 60 minutes a player down.
"I'm not sure how big a part it (being shorthanded) played," Maddy Hoeppner said. "Losing a player pumps up the team that lost the player as much as it pumps you up. I think teams really play their hardest when they're shorthanded."
It was a physical game between girls who know each other, have played against each other for years, and sometimes play on outside teams with each other.
"At some points it was really physical, but only around the ball, there wasn't any off-the-ball stuff," Maddy Hoeppner said.


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Favorite thing The Christmas season is a great one here in Hong Kong. You really should come by and check it out at Christmas time. Starting right about the time of American Thanksgiving they start setting up the square with the Christmas village and large tree.
I really cant explain why but it was a surprise to see this and I was very thrilled to have seen a seasonal festival
Favorite thing Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated according to the lunar calendar and it corresponds to the15th of the 8th month. It is said that this is the time when the moon is the fullest and brightest during the year.
Families will get together for the dinner and kids will play with the multicolor lanterns. Throughout all the city, you would see tons of lanterns decorating residence buildings.
Fondest memory Every year, lots of families gather at Victoria Park (Causeway Bay) to admire the bright moon, eat mooncakes and light the lanterns and candles. I would strongly recommand a stroll in Victoria Park in the evening because the lit lanterns & candles are such a beautiful sight.
This year, we can see a HUGE lantern (the biggest in the world) and different giant lanterns lit up in Victoria Park. Also, there is the traditionnal 'Fire Dragon', made up of burning incense and carried by 20/30 men accross a neighborhood in Tai Hang, Causeway Bay.
Fondest memory The Wishing Tree, located near the Tin Hou Temple in Lam Tsuen (TAI PO), is usually crowded during the Chinese New Year. The tree is laden with wishes written on bright red paper.
Take the Kowloon Canton Railway (KCR) to Tai Po Market Station and transit for a bus or taxi to Lam Tsuen.
Go to my TAI PO page for see more about the Wishing Tree.
Favorite thing If you happen to be in Hong Kong during the Chinese New Year or the anniversary of the handover (1st July), you should definitely not miss the fireworks on Victoria Harbour.
They are really beautiful and impressive. The picture was taken from my parents' appartment on the 5th anniversary marking the return of HK back to China.
Favorite thing If possible, try and visit Hong Kong just after the Chinese New Year, flights into Hong Kong are slightly less busy but the atmosphere is still there. The decorations are really pretty too! It was amaaazing
Fondest memory There are a lot of things I miss!! I miss:
the heat
the people
the shops!!
the scenery
and after i went to the Po Lon Monestary
the great veggie food!
Fondest memory On lunar month July is Chinese Yulan Festival (Ghost Festival). People believe that the hell's gate is opened and all ghosts will release to the human world. Pilgrims burn paper money and scatter food on the streets to treat the ghosts.


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Here's a fascinating image taken this afternoon, January 4th, from a polar-orbiting satellite. You can cleary see areas which are snow covered, mainly west of the Fox River and south of the Kankakee River. You can also see the areas which have received lake-effect snow: over the near north suburbs of Chicago, and across Porter County in Indiana. Most of the areas with some snow on the ground warmed into the lower 30s today, while areas without snow cover managed to reach the mid 30s. This occurs because snow reflects more of the sun's energy than bare ground does, and the melting process takes energy away from warming the surface and air.
If you'd like to check out SSEC's website, visit http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/.