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Telegraph columnist Cristina Odone: Banning 'gay' as an insult would be like banning 'chav'
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Stupid woman – Take the word "gay", as being used as a synonym for "bad, unwanted, broken, defective, horrible, vile, nasty" etc and replace it with any other innate personal trait – eg Asian or black or Jewish – and use it in the same bloody context and see the point.
That she equates being LGBT (innate and immutable) with being a "chav" (might as well say…hipster…and certainly not a defining innate personal trait) just proves her to be an ignorant fool.
But what do you expect from the Torygraph – rag for the middle class hateful.
Chav is actually an insult against gypsies – so, 'innate' and 'immutable'- maybe you need to think about the language you use too.
Is it? The word itself is said to be of Roma origin so I'm not entirely sure how it can be seen as an insult.
1. There is no proof the being gay is innate and immutable. No matter how much you want to believe it or how often you say it, doesn't make it so.
2. Take the word gay and replace it with any other innate personal trait? Okay then:
It was a *black* day for the economy.
John is the *black* sheep of the family.
Suzy gave me a really *black* look this morning.
The meaning of words change, and they only have as much power as people give them. Gays need to get over themselves.
Perhaps if we were to adopt "Odone" as a synonym for "someone who acts as if they have been licking paint" she'd get the point about what it is like to have a deeply personal trait used as a synonym for something people dislike…
…except, of course, she could always change her bloody name.
Lol It made the point quite well in the case of Santorum, didn't it ?
She is just soooooooooooooo christian!!!!!!!!!
(As in "of below normal intelligence") Well she believes in supernatural invisible beings doesn't she?
That is just soooooooooooooooooo christian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She is the sort of woman that sucks on a lemon, and the lemon goes "Ewww!"
Too bloody bad Odone if gays marrying upset a lot of believers. There are many non-believers in the UK who aren't upset by it and who far outnumber those who are addicted to some imaginary sky pixie.
These morons choose to be religious, nobody is born that way, all learned behavior for which their definitely is a cure.
Perhaps we ought to resurrect that old slur such as 'papist', see how she likes it. I prefer 'roman cultist' and I don't think she'd take too kindly to the term 'the whore of Babylon' once used by Ian Paisley to traduce ecumenism between Canterbury and Rome. Idolatrers was also another one that used to be banded about but it's still applicable today.
Also there are religious people who are very much pro same sex marriage and atheists who are against it.
Many believers in the 'sky pixie' actually want to hold same sex weddings.
Many atheists are homophobic.
Let's not assume homophobia is restricted to the religious. I know of a few atheists who hold very homophobic views that go beyond a dislike of same sex marriage.
The religious might not be the only homophobes, there does seem to be a preponderance of vocal religious homophobes
I'm well aware but we're not hearing from many believers who support equal marriage, none seem to be standing up to the bigots, atheists for and against included. The opposition gets far more coverage in my view than it deserves and the reason why more of them contacted MPs and the Lords is because they were better motivated and committed.
I don't know whether any statistics have been published concerning atheist homophobia, but the organisations representing atheists in the UK, notably the British Humanist Association and the National Secular Society, as well as the International Humanist & Ethical Union which represents atheists worldwide, are staunch supporters of LGBT rights, including same sex marriage.
The terms 'papist ' and 'Whore of Babylon' are good and very old names for the popish institution. I heartily recommend their use. The Daily Telegraph is owned by papists, edited by a papist and, therefore, has strong papist leanings. It is not surprising to find the papist Odone writing for it. The Telegraph tends to have more homophobic comments than other papers, probably including the Daily Mail whose readers tend to be of lower intelligence.
I rather like 'Papist', there's something quite satisfactory and spit-out-able about it.
I really like it, Rehan. From now on, I'm going to continue using it. It's somewhat of an alienating word but richly deserved by Odone and others of her ilk.
I strongly urge all of us to use whatever derogatory terms we can to put this harpies knickers in a twist. She'll be among the first to cry foul, along with that other moron, Andrea Minichiello Williams.
"Catholic baiting is the anti-Semitism of the liberals."
I wouldn't be surprised if you homophile fascists with your rainbow swastikas(not to mention Nuremberg-style 'pride' rallies) are also members of the KKK or some other anti-catholic hate group.We've seen people like you in the 1930's in Germany – they were called browmshirts and most of them are what you would call 'gay' now – they hated jews and catholics .
In his classic Nazi history, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, author William Shirer describes Ernst Roehm as "a stocky, bull-necked, piggish-eyed, scar-faced professional soldier…[and] like so many of the early Nazis, a homosexual"
Yes, because after all so many people were sent to the concentration camps purely because of their catholicism, weren't they?
Your hysteria makes you sound exceptionally foolish.
yes thousands and thousands died – you it seems are a revisionist .
yes they were ^ – you are a holocaust revisionist and a catholic hater it seems .
Get over yourself, Ray. Your persecution complex combined with your predilection for trolling a gay news website makes you seem profoundly disturbed. Seek help – perhaps from your nearest Papist priest, maybe he will help you calm down.
the hate mongers are really coming out (so much for your lie of 'diversity' and 'equality') :
'The Daily Telegraph is owned by jews, edited by a jew and, therefore, has strong jewish leanings. It is not surprising to find the jew Odone writing for it. The Telegraph tends to have more anti-aryan comments than other papers' ….oh sorry you said that about supposed catholics – it's a conspiracy is it not ,The Protocols of Zion all about catholics taking over !! :
'The Daily Telegraph is owned by papists, edited by a papist and, therefore, has strong papist leanings. It is not surprising to find the papist Odone writing for it'
Welcome to the world of the homo-fascist and the No 1 thought crime – so-called 'homophobia' ! Fly your rainbow swastikas – or better still do what you do in the privacy of your own home and leave civilised society alone .
Strictly to be fair, I believe Odone's grouse to be with same-sex marriages in church, something I for one am unconcerned about (though I believe if individual priests want to do it, they should be allowed). To the best of my knowledge she isn't opposed to equal civil marriage (someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this).
Did you not read her comment? She is clearly disgusted entirely with gay people "play acting" like they are real people, real citizens, real couples, real humans.
But she was talking about religious services. And I have to say, I find same-sex couples emulating the worst of conventional religious marriage rituals rather disturbing, I don't know why we can't devise less stale, and incidentally less ostentatious, ceremonies of our own.
Even with opposite-sex couples I think a number of the conventions – the woman being "given away" for example, or the hideous US convention of unmarried women trying to catch the bride's bouquet for "luck" – quite repellent and well overdue for overhaul.
I believe that gay people should be given the right to choose something that I, or you, find objectionable if it is a choice that everyone else is given. I believe that EVERY citizen should have the ALL the freedoms of choice that EVERY other citizen has. I wouldn't choose to get married on the very same alter that condemns me on Sunday but it's none of my business, or yours, if others make that choice.
You and I are free to choose the ceremony that reflects our opinions, our faith (or lack thereof), our idiosyncrasies, our whims and desires but we aren't free to choose OTHER people's ceremonies.
I find your intrusiveness into other people's marriages no less offensive than those who, based on their beliefs and opinions, feel that we shouldn't be allowed to wed in church or at the registrar's office.
Hayden, by expressing my opinions I am in no way suggesting these things should be restricted by law or anything like that. It's a matter of personal taste, nothing more. If people want to undergo what seem to me bogus ceremonies, they're perfectly entitled to – just as I am, to find them absurd.
Having said that, I do not feel that we are in a position to dictate to churches, which I see as a form of club, what they should or shouldn't do: I don't think we can force churches to hold same-sex marriages any more than we can force Catholic churches to marry divorced people – their club, their rules. I think people who're desperate to be part of a club that explicitly and implicitly rejects them are, frankly, bonkers.
I wouldn't read to much into that Rehan. To her, civil marriage has a religious connotation as it does to the RCC because she's saying that 'gay marriage' isn't real marriage which would apply to a civil ceremony too. She's simply traducing the Marriage Bill in every aspect and in turn, our relationships.
We should all write to the 'papist' and remind her that name-calling can be work both ways, please or offend.
Oh that's great. I won't feel so bad about calling her a 'bimbo' and an 'air-head' and 'eye-candy' and 'bigot' a stream of other offesive and derogatory terms.
I don't think so.
This type of candy is poisonous.
Don't try to Jew me out of protection!
Misquotation alert: this post contains irony, and I do not in any way condone anti-semitism.
Quite, she must have conveniently forgotten that example.
Similarly, when I was in primary school we used to hear "don't be Irish" when people were being stupid or contrary, back in the days when the UK government was censoring media reporting of anti-establishment opinion during the conflict in Northern Ireland. I like to think we've all learned and grown up a bit since then.
I had a tutor two years ago in college who used to say don't be Irish quite frequently, and a housemate who used to call everyone he didn't like a jew. He was the world's biggest ass but my tutor was quite a lovely person, apart from her disgusting anti-Irish sentiments…
Point fairly made, I think. Language usage this way is not tolerated any more. Sure, people can do and say what they want in their own homes and with like-minded people but in general social terms we just don't use those words that way because it is offensive.
Should we be surprised that she asserts privilege and tries to dictate what is and is not acceptable or offensive although not her truth? Would she say the same to people offended by the horrible usage of "Jew" as described by Commander Thor? (my grandmother used the term the same way, I had forgotten). Nothing but vile arrogance on her part.
I'd be interested to know if Odone, who is of Italian descent, would be OK with being called "wop", since she's such an advocate of free speech.
It's also interesting that her own parents divorced (Lorenzo, as in Lorenzo's Oil was her half-brother), and she herself is married to an Anglican who was married before. So much for being good practising Catholics, eh?
does spewing hatred come naturally ?
"Hatred"? You need to get out more sweetie-pie, your sense of perspective is more than a little skewed – perhaps from wearing those fuchsia-tinted Papist spectacles of yours.
Very true.
Yawn yawn
she wants to be noticed…..our career must be in decline I think
I think they call it 'Relevance Deprivation Disorder'.
People like this add fire to our cause. In essence her bigotry (read the last paragraphs if your unsure what I mean) sets us forward by light-years as it shows the other side for what they really are – feral.
Particularly when you reads the comments section.
The bile and poison truly flows in there.
I always come away from that place feeling filthy.
Homophobe and she's too stupid to know it.
I'd say she is more likely to be wilfully homophobic, but too stupid to realise that it is 'unchristian' to be so hateful.
But I bet she'll claim she has 'gay friends' to excuse herself from that label, but you're right, too stupid and ignorant to even realise it.
It's amazing how these people still attempt to describe the world in their own terms. They seem unable to countenance the fact that a very, very large number of people in most Western democracies understand that is either no such thing as 'truth' or there are several versions of 'truth' and we are finding ways of accommodating these. It's called pluralism. The opposite (what Odone's ilk preach) is absolutism -and we know where that leads.
Cristina Odone suggested banning the word "gay" as an insult would be akin to censoring the word "chav".
Ok, so how do you feel about the unacceptable 'n' word, surely the same logic applies to that! Of course not, it is totally reprehensible to use the 'n' word, so why is it ok to use 'gay' as a term of abuse. So how about this Christina, we start using 'Odone' henceforth as a general term to connote a particularly stupid woman? Would that be ok, you 'odone'?
Pronounced to rhyme with 'drone'? I like it!
A hideous excuse for a human being!
Was tempted to stop after getting to the bit "The former editor of The Catholic Herald"….
Think that lines says it all.
She disrespects humanity because she doesn't understand it. She doesn't understand how people are she just assumes it.
She's low… Very low!
Lets make the word Odone a synonym for taking a dump and see how she likes it… Ignorant Roman paedophile cultist….
I think the anagram of her surname shall suffice:
Please "DO ONE".
I'm pretty sure Gove saying that we should raise public awareness that it's not ok to use "gay" as an insult, and to push for that in schools, does not even remotely come close to putting anyone who says it "on a sinister register of 'hate speakers' – disqualifying him as an applicant for just about any job".
1) There's a difference between making it illegal to use gay as an insult and just banning it in schools. I believe that people have a right to hold racist opinions (it makes it easier for us to work out the morons). But I also think using racist language in schools should be banned. Certain freedoms don't apply under every conceivable circumstance.
2) The word "chav" is also a vile and snobbish insult and its use should be treated with contempt.
And this from a woman who condemns her Church because it won't recognise her marriage because it is to a divorced man!
Well, maybe she's just a 'slag'?.
Oh, sorry, is that an insult?!!.
no – more a statement of fact lol
Yeah, it totally would be like that… if chavs had a history of discriminatiory laws and hate crimes against them, which, the last time I checked, they haven't
This woman is largely seen as a figure of fun, even by many telegraph regulars.
So much for her christian concern about young people who may well be hurt by gay being used as an insult. But you wouldn't expect anything better, the hate always bubbles to the surface
The cult of the Roman Catholic Church is no more the 'real thing' than a Quaker or Reform Judaism wedding. If fact, the lies, deceit, murder and hypocrisy of the morally-bankrupt Roman Church weighs heavy on it's shoulders. The pacifist Quakers and many other more liberal leaning Christian churches on the other hand, don't carry this burden around.
Quite right, but the RC Church still exerts great influence, and not just with its own flock. You only have to recall the huge sycophantic media coverage of the new pope's election to realise this.
I detest that they still hold any influence. If any other institution had a history of abuse and corruption like theirs the people would demand it be destroyed and stripped of all its power and assets and given to the victims. Yet the church is still alive and well and being allowed to continue its 2000 year old Festival of Cruelty and the big boys still bow at their feet… truly pathetic.
It disgusts me that these peope use the word of the Flying Spaghetti Monster to brainwash people into keeping them in power and financing their corruption and abuse. The Catholic Church is a ball & chain and a chastity belt.. nothing more.
How anyone can continue to go to church, put money in their coffers, or have the audacity to call themselves "Holy" knowing the atrocities commited by the church is beyond me. How anyone can call themselves "Christian" after what they have done is beyond me. How can you associate yourselves with such poison?
That was a rhetorical question, not aimed at you :p
so, then, ms. ordure would condone our calling her a bitch, a c***, etc. for all its strengths, the daily telecrap does have certain weaknesses which make me a longtime non-purchaser of that rag.
Ah The woman then is of the opinion that using the word gay is OK as an insult, is she also OK with using the word kraut for germans as an insult?
I think that the woman should know better!
An insult is an insult, and as such should be banned!
So this telegraph – Bitch – oh dear there's another word that is similar to naff or chav – reckons Gay means naff or just wrong.- Why are all these critics of Gays either Catholic die-hards or collapsed Catholics who hide their hatred and bigotry behind an outdated superstition?
Because they follow the RC teachings on homosexuality in its Catechism and the Pope's pronouncements on homosexuality.
To digress, why was the "Live Blog: House of Lords debates Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill comments disabled?
And I suggest we should adopt the word 'priestly' whenever referring to paedophile behaviour.
You can bet that she would start to make a fuss if it caught on. She might start to understand why gay people object to the use of the word as a constant drip of derogatory insult, undermining the self-esteem of young gay people in schools. In any case it is not equivalent to 'chav', as 'gay' is often used as a sly form of homophobia just as 'chav' is a form of snobbery (which I'm sure is soaked up by the Telegraph readers of course).
Priestly also sounds like beastly. The great sin at boarding school used to be called 'beastliness'. Now at catholic boarding schools run by 'priests' they can add 'priestliness' to the list of prohibitions (except for the priests of course!)
Isn't it time we repealed the Catholic Emancipation Act 1829?
I see the Little Stalinists are out in form as usual. I commented on my sister's weight on Friday night and she gave me a very 'black' look. Quick! Call the racist police! Remember 'santorum?' Free-speech, people! It's the single most precious right we have! Don't chip away at it (any further) for the sake of some delicate little flowers who can't handle the real world.
Old homophobes often complain that gays 'hijacked' the word gay. They opine sadly that the word used to mean 'cheerful.' Gays tell them that English is a living language, that words constantly change, but then said gays whine and bitch about improper use of certain words. Which is it? Is English changing or static? You can't have it both ways, I'm afraid.
Words do change their meaning: as of course you will know, nice, originating from the word for ignorant, more recently meant particular, not pleasant as it does today.
However, if you can't see that a new pejorative usage of a word used to describe a group of people is an unwelcome development, then I'm afraid you're pretty nice in the earliest possible sense.
Excellent: so go up to a nice big Afro-Caribbean chap and hail him in a jocular fashion as nigga. Go on, off you go, you big flower.
If you're called a retard (though I, of course, would never call anyone that) I'm glad to know that you, at least, won't be offended – regardless of the accuracy of the observation.
The 'n' word was used to refer to blacks during the days of slavery. It's usage nowadays in any format is repellent (blacks can say it, of course, as a reclaimed word, just like gays can say 'queer' or even 'fag'). You can't compare calling a black man a 'n*gger' to calling a bad movie 'gay.' Anyone can see that.
Why? I'm not "anyone" (thank God), so you might need to explain for my benefit.
And incidentally, the N-word was commonly used long after the days of slavery. Well into the 1970s, in fact.
Cristina is a Vatican press agent masquerading as a journalist. The visit of that Counter-Reformation militant Benedict XVI to Britain was portrayed by her as some sort of affectionate drop-in by everyone's favourite uncle designed to promote a family love-fest. Take with a large pinch of salt – or even holy water, if that's your bag.
So Cristina Odone is in the pro-bully lobby now.
I see that the Brits have their share of ASSES as well as us Yanks! Sad really, such a waste of brain power to finagle in hate speech when ever it suits them. Try using the "N" word in the stats and see what happens these days!
"Naff" and "chav"??? WTF??? You Brits sure come up with weird idioms! I'm still trying to figure out "sod"… baffling to those of us on my side of the Atlantic…
Interestingly, Naff is gay slang (or 'Polari', used by gay men in the 1950s and 1960s as a kind of secret language)…sod is short for sodomite…although confusingly, it also means a small piece of turf or grass…not sure where Chav comes from…
'Chav' comes from a Romany word meaning 'child' or 'boy'. The Spanish colloquial word 'chaval', meaning 'youth' or 'young person' is also derived from it and is of gypsy origin.
I find it ironic and amusing that homophobes that complain about the loss of the word "gay" in its original context now comment that it means "naff" without appreciating that it is actually a Polari term invented by gay men that has since fallen into common usage to mean "crappy". The term "naff" was originally targeted at straight men, and meant "Not Available for F*cking"
No, that version is generally thought to be a back-formation ("backronym") now.
Sod, is short for sodomite.
Silly bugger :)
Stupid, homophobes like Odone bore me; just an example of the s##t you get from the telegraph.
If I ask someone are you "homo or hetero?" is that an insult or must those words not be used either?
Maybe you should rather ask yourself why you're so anxious to know.
Would this individual be okay if people were to say "that's so Catholic" when someone is a paedophile, a child abuser, a bigot, has bad fashion sense or does anything someone deems stupid?
Maybe we should start calling the catholic herald 'kiddy-fiddler gazette' and see if it hits her then?
The thick is strong with this one. I've not heard anything intelligent ever come out of her mouth. She's so insufferable.
I'm really tired of this fking KVNT
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Elections Nova Scotia has launched an investigation to determine what happened in that case, and Marzetti said party officials have discussed the matter with the elections watchdog.
"We've said this is an honest error because of not having the right list," she said.
Marzetti said NDP officials were checking into a similar problem in the riding of Timberlea-Prospect. A party spokesman later confirmed that the name of the 2009 Progressive Conservative candidate instead of the current Tory contender was given to Forum Research for a telephone poll it conducted in that riding.
Marzetti said NDP officials would call those voters who took part in the surveys, apologize for the error and provide them with the correct names of the candidates.
During a campaign stop earlier in the day in Halifax, Premier Darrell Dexter was asked whether his party was trying to suppress the vote by using faulty polling information.
"Of course not," he said. "Polling is expensive and it's a very precious resource and nobody would waste it in that fashion."
Liberal candidate Kelly Regan said she wasn't buying the NDP's explanation, adding that Mellish was nominated well in advance of the Sept. 7 election call.
"To me there is no reason why that (mistake) would have happened," said Regan.
Mellish was nominated on Feb. 24.


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Football Heat Awareness, Rules Interpretation meeting
The annual Southern Tier Heat Clinic and Football Rules Revisions and Interpretation meeting will be held Thursday, Aug. 9 at 7 p.m. It will take place at the Olean Middle School library.
John Eaton, ATC, will present a "Heat Awareness" workshop and Bill Beckerink (football rules interpreter) from the Southwestern Chapter of the New York Football Officials Association will be present to address and answer questions on the 2012 football rule changes.
For more information, call 375-8042.
Gary Tripp Golf Tournament
Registartion is now open for The Gary Tripp Memorial Golf Tournament.
The event is being held Sunday, Sept. 9 at Shorewood Country Club. The cost is $90 per golfer with dinner to follow at the Kosciuszko Club.
Registration is held at the Kosciuszko Club or by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
Dunkirk sports meeting
All Dunkirk City School District student-athletes participating in varsity, junior varsity and modified sports for the 2012 fall season, along with their parents/guardians are strongly urged to attend a sports information meeting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 8 in the Dunkirk High School Auditorium.
The fall coaching staff has been asked to attend this meeting so team meetings can be held after the general meeting. These team meetings will cover a variety of topics including, but not limited to, season expectations, team requirements, practice schedules and other pertinent information.
Required athletic forms will be available and can be completed prior to leaving for the evening. This meeting is an opportunity to ask questions and obtain information about the 2012 fall athletic season.
For more information, call Al Gens, Director of Athletics, at 366-9300 ext. 2068.
Also, any Dunkirk City School District student who is considering participating in the 2012 fall sports season must have an up-to-date physical on file with the respective middle school or high school nurse prior to participating in any practice sessions.
On Thursday, Aug. 9 at the Dunkirk Senior High School Nurse's Office, the school doctor will be available for those individuals still needing a physical. Initial paperwork must be filled out prior the physical exam - these forms (requiring parent/guardian signature(s) will be available beginning at 8 a.m. in the nurse's office. Physicals will begin at approximately 9 a.m.
Physicals for athletics are good for one year so students having physicals in June of 2012 do not need another physical until June of 2013.
Pinehurst Golf Course
On Saturday, Aug. 4, Tim Szocki got his first career hole-in-one at Pinehurst Golf Course. He used an 8-iron from 161-yards out on No. 4. The ball hit a foot behind and spun back into the hole. It was witnessed by Mark Zinni.
Cassadaga Country Club
Using a 4-hybrid, Beverly Kozak scored a hole-in-one on the 120-yard hole No. 6 at Cassadaga Country Club. The shot was witnessed on Aug. 3 by her husband Dave Kozak.
Adult Pool
Gowanda APA League
Standings: 8-Ball Assassins, Da Wicked Skibbies, Jamestown St. Marauders, Drew's Team, Ronnie's Crazy 8's, Jamestown Tavern and Howey's Team. Top gun: Jake Upson is first in the Purple Tier. Tony Leroy is first in the Red Tier. Terry Bridenbaker is first in the Yellow Tier. Jim Smith is first in the Blue Tier.


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W: 216 lbs
Bday: 02/25/1997
(19 Years Old)
Current: PF
Possible: PF
|Pick: 10 in 2016 Mock Draft
|Agent: Mike George
High School: Athlete Institue
Hometown: Wau, Sudan
Drafted: Pick 10 in 2016 by Bucks
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Jaylen Brown
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Thon Maker
Domantas Sabonis
Malik Beasley
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Thon Maker works out in preparation for the 2016 NBA Draft in New York City.
Thanks to Anthony Seratelli of Ars1Productions for his assistance in filming this video
Thon Maker tells us, in his own words, why he decided to enter the 2016 NBA Draft. He also dives deep into his philosophy on basketball and life on and off the court, talks about specific NBA players he studies, and much more.
Thon Maker, a Sudanese 7-footer by way of Australia who plays his high school basketball in Canada, will attempt to enter the 2016 NBA Draft, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told DraftExpress.
The 19-year old Maker believes he has a strong case to be considered draft eligible, since he reportedly graduated high school in Canada in June of 2015, and is now technically in his fifth year of high school.
The official NBA collective bargaining agreement rule states that a player can be eligible for selection in the NBA Draft if the player is or will be at least nineteen years of age during the calendar year in which the Draft is held, and, at least one NBA Season has elapsed since the player's graduation from high school.
Subsequently, Maker has elected to withdraw from participating in the Nike Hoop Summit event this upcoming week in Portland in order to focus on his workouts and preparation for the draft. Maker had participated in last year's event and did not leave a strong impression throughout the week of practices and games.
Once considered a potentially transcendent prospect, mostly by uninformed voices based on his Youtube highlight reels, Maker's draft stock has never really gotten off the ground in the eyes of NBA scouts as he has struggled to separate himself in many of the events he's been seen at.
Besides Portland last year, the last exposure NBA scouts have gotten to Maker came in Toronto at the NBA Basketball Without Borders Global Camp during All-Star Weekend, which we attended alongside numerous scouts and executives. Maker had a better showing there, but still did not dominate the event the way some may have expected considering he was the oldest player in attendance.
Still, Maker is very highly regarded by the high school recruiting services, as he's ranked as a top five prospect in the loaded 2016 class by Scout.com.
His competitiveness, physicality and intensity level are impressive for a 7-footer with a 9'3 standing reach, and the fact that he's been able to add some bulk to his upper body and can knock down an open 3-pointer at times bodes well for his role-playing potential. So will his work ethic and strong character. Still, his lack of offensive polish, pencil thin legs, average feel for the game and explosiveness suggest that may be the extent of his long-term upside. And considering how big the jump is from high school basketball to the NBA, it will likely take years to achieve that, which some teams may feel is not worth the time or effort it will require.
With that in mind, Maker will be relying on building momentum in pre-draft workouts and potentially the NBA Combine to try and cement himself as a first round caliber prospect. If he can showcase a more polished offensive arsenal than he's been able to display up until now, in particular a more consistent jump-shot, he could certainly help his standing.
College coaches may express disappointment in Maker's decision, as he had taken official visits to schools like Kansas as recently as the past few weeks. Amateurism concerns were likely always going to be a significant hurdle in Maker's ability to ever get eligible for college, and may have played a role in his surprise decision to enter the 2016 NBA Draft.
Maker will now wait to see if the NBA agrees with his belief that he should be considered draft-eligible already in 2016.
Thon Maker returns for a second appearance at the Nike Hoop Summit, after an uneven showing in last year's event. A year older and more physically developed, Maker will have a chance to regain some of the ground he lost. While not the most explosive athlete or skilled perimeter shooter, Maker is a big time competitor who is not afraid to put a body on opposing big men and is more than willing to do the dirty work. Although he's unlikely to emerge as the NBA superstar his YouTube highlights unfairly billed him as earlier in his career, Maker can still continue to show the type of defensive versatility and team spirit he's become more known for recently. He finished the 2015 Hoop Summit with 2 points and 10 rebounds over 14 minutes.
There's still some question marks about whether or not he may be eligible for the 2016 NBA Draft, and his performance in Portland will go a long way in clearing up how much he might want to force the issue there.
Thon Maker, 7'1, Orangeville Prep, Sudan/Australia, 1997
Jonathan Givony
-Has great size for a big man at 7'1. Has gotten bigger in the upper body. Reportedly around 225 pounds now.
-Fairly quick off his feet. Can play above the rim with time and space
-Physical and competitive big man. Plays with a superb motor at all times. Doesn't give up space in the post. Went at DeAndre Ayton with everything he had.
-Fairly versatile defensively. Hedges out long almost to half-court with quick feet. Will come up with some chase-down blocks in transition. Has solid timing. Has some potential switching on perimeter defensively.
-Willing to take hits around the basket.
-Will pass ahead in transition.
-Can handle the ball and attack in a straight line
-Will knock down an occasional catch and shoot 3-pointer.
-Looks like a great teammate. Intelligent guy off the court.
-Does not have great length relative to his height. Also has very small hands.
-Lacks lower body strength and not clear how much he can continue to fill out with his very narrow frame
-Good, not great athlete
-Bobbles a lot of good passes
-Feel for the game is not great. Looks way too sped up, forces the issue quite a bit. Turns the ball over more than you'd hope
-Struggled to make plays inside the arc in the half-court, but is not a consistent threat from the perimeter either.
-Shooting mechanics are not great. Slow and rigid release. Does not have great touch. Struggled with his jumper all week
-Slow reacting to things on the fly, particularly defensively. Awareness is just average
-Just an average rebounder due to lack of length, small hands and questionable timing
Outlook: Was a year or two older (on paper) than all the other prospects in attendance, but did not have an overwhelmingly productive camp. Somewhat stuck between the power forward and center positions. Long-term he is likely better suited for a role as an energy-giving big man rather than the superstar he was being hyped as. May need a few years in college to continue to improve his skill-level and frame.
An interview with elite high school prospect Thon Maker of the World Select Team at the 2015 Nike Hoop Summit.
Thon Maker 2 PTS, 10 REBS (5 offensive), 0-for-5 FGs in 14 min
Maker played hard and was very active on the glass but really struggled on the offensive end, bobbling passes (which he did all week), forcing shots at the rim and showing below average basketball instincts. Maker is a unique prospect given his size, length and mobility but the game was too fast for him on Saturday and he didn't show much in terms of touch or skill in the game after an up and down week of practice.
Thon Maker continued to play with great energy, showing terrific activity and much more toughness than you'd expect considering his extremely frail frame. Offensively he wasn't overly productive, at times looking too focused on showing off his ball-handling skills and forcing the issue rather than making the simple pass. His versatility and basketball IQ is very impressive at his size, and it will be interesting to see if his outside shot can continue to become more consistent.[Read Full Article]
Thon Maker
Height (w/ shoes): 7-0
Weight: 218
Wingspan: 7-3 1/4
Hand Width: 9
Hand Length: 9
Standing Reach: 9-3
Country: Sudan
Maker's terrific 9-3 standing reach stands out immediately among power forwards, as it's one of the ten longest in our database at that position. While his skill-set and scoring instincts aren't even in the same stratosphere and his game doesn't really resemble his much at all, the closest comp we can find in terms of body type is indeed that of Kevin Durant's. He's actually 12 pounds heavier than Nerlens Noel was coming out of Kentucky, so there is definitely plenty of time for him to continue to fill out.
Elite 2016 big man Thon Maker is one of the top attractions of this year's event, and he delivered in the adidas USA select team's matchup with the French U20 National Team scoring 22 points on 9/16 from the field in a 77-67 loss. Averaging 13.9 points and 7.7 points per-game for Team Loaded VA in the inaugural season of adidas AAU-circuit, the Gauntlet, the Sudanese born big man has been among the most hyped players in all of youth basketball recently due to his blend of size and skill in addition to his unique backstory that took him across the globe before he landed at the Carlisle School in Virginia.
Knocking down a number of jump shots over the course of today's game, Maker's unusually deft perimeter stroke for a player his size was obvious, as he was able to score from the midrange both off the dribble and when facing up and even connected on the lone three-pointer he attempted. Taking and making a number of difficult, off-balance shots, Maker's fluid mechanics are highlighted by terrific follow through which coupled with his size and footwork, help him overcome his sometimes questionable shot selection, making him a difficult matchup.
At this point in his career, Maker's main weaknesses are obvious on first glance. Lacking physical strength in a major way like most 17 year old 7-footers, he's not a refined scorer in the post, struggles to finish through contact, and has trouble defending more physically mature players on the block. Matching up with the 6'11, 249-pound Mouhammadou Jaiteh for stretches today, Maker, who weighed 195 pounds at the LeBron James Skills Academy last year, unsurprisingly had a difficult time keeping the far more experienced French center away from the rim. His 7'2 wingspan makes him a capable shot blocker at the high school level, but he's still in the early stages of his development on this end of the floor as his fundamentals remain a work in progress
Eligible to declare for the 2017 NBA Draft at the earliest right now, Thon Maker gave the dozens of NBA decision-makers in attendance a glimpse of things to come. One of the youngest players at this event, his special talent is unmistakable. Few players his age can step into a setting like this one and hold up against more mature, organized competition, and there's little doubt this will be the first of many times we write about the promising power forward in the coming years.
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'''Basic Trope''': A work or part of a work seems laden with ValuesDissonance to modern readers, but it made perfect sense (or was even a bit radical) in the time and place it was written in.
* '''Straight''': A set of laws gives its women certain rights (such as initiating divorce, partial inheritance, prohibiting the killing of a baby girl just because it's a girl, etc.) but not all the same rights or treatment as men.
* '''Exaggerated''': The work specifically mentions things (such as how women are to behave, how men are the head of the family, etc.) that sound very backwards to modern readers used to gender equality.
* '''Downplayed''': Family politics in the story shows that the father commonly has the highest rank in the family, rather than the mother.
* '''Justified''': Some changes were needed, but people are slow to affect change. Giving women some rights is better than giving them no rights at all.
* '''Inverted''': The laws in question give women the same rights and responsibilities as men, and thus make perfect sense in the modern age, but did not when the work was written.
* '''Subverted''': The work sounds like it was written in TheDungAges or even belongs in a historical DorkAge.
* '''Double Subverted''': But it was, in fact, really radical and controversial for its time.
* '''Parodied''': The work ends up being a, not entirely accidental, UnintentionalPeriodPiece with how society works, including people reacting, in story, to things the way society at the time would have.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': The work makes perfect sense to modern readers.
* '''Enforced''': A period drama deliberately invokes this values dissonance in its characters for authenticity, but goes as far as possible to the fair side as to not completely alienate the audience.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Do times not change, and attitudes not adjust? Why, we've just given women more freedom than they have had before, and maybe one day they will have even more freedom than that, and this freedom will seem small."
* '''Invoked''': Someone is less-than-satisfied about [[NoWomansLand how women are treated in his/her society]], and wants to do something about it, but knows that doing too much would be too radical for people to accept.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': This person writes in laws and edicts that specifically grant women the same rights, treatment, and responsibilities as men, and if people don't like it, too bad.
* '''Discussed''': "Dear reader, if you are living in a time when the views expressed in this work are outdated, my apologies."
* '''Conversed''': "That poem was so sexist." "It was, but compare it to everything else written back then."
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The writer uses a conservative point of view in a controversial issue, so this view will probably be out-of-date soon.
* '''Deconstructed''': Even if it was comparatively fair, the work's ValuesDissonance is so bad (e.g. the "moral" of the story is a racist sentiment) that the work is far too offensive to be taken seriously.
* '''Reconstructed''': But still, it gives valuable insight into the context the work was made in.
* '''Played For Laughs''': The edicts are similar to "Blue Laws" that [[ItMakesSenseInContext made perfect sense to the society in question]], but sound absurd and nitpicky to modern readers.
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The other day while in Vancouver in hopes to meet any cast, I met 2 fellow twifans: Virginia Guenett & Alicia James. Really nice girls, we talked for a bit, walked around and soon I had to go but not before exchanging twitters! While talking & chatting, glimpses of: Xavier, Peter, Ashley & Kellan were also seen. Turned out, one of them is actually a friend of a friend of mine! So blogging about their encounters they have had so far with the Eclipse Cast & have been very very lucky...see all the photos here and follow her twitter here.
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The ancient Romans had an expression, "De mortuis nil nisi bonum," which meant "Of the dead, say nothing but good."
New Jersey theatergoers could have a similar expression all their own: "De Nisi nil nisi bonum," which translates to: "Of Nisi, say nothing but good."
Critics and audiences have mostly done that regarding Nisi Sturgis. Two years ago, the actress had the third lead — Stella in the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's production of "A Streetcar Named Desire." While the performers playing Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski were very good, Sturgis' Stella stole the show.
Now she is back at the Madison playhouse. This time, however, she has the unchallenged lead: Raina in George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and the Man."
In the 1894 comedy, Raina is a contented young Bulgarian engaged to Sergius Saranoff, already an enemy-killing hero in the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War. That he'll probably kill many more before peace is declared strikes Raina as dashingly romantic.
Then into her bedroom comes Bluntschli, who is fighting for the other side.
"Raina wants true love, but doesn't know what that means yet," says Sturgis. "As a young lady in a privileged house, she is who others think she should be. Once Bluntschli comes in, she starts to see war in a different way, and starts to feel things for him that she's never felt for Sergius. Raina gets the chance to be herself and discovers who she really is. It's a terrific coming-of-age story."
Sturgis has her own intriguing coming-of-age story. She was born and raised in Conway, Ark., "originally — I'm not kidding — Toadsuck, Ark.," she says.
Being nowhere near Broadway didn't prevent her from performing. "At Dong Day Care Center — again, I'm not kidding," she says. "I took the microphone out of the teacher's hand and sang 'I'm a Little Teapot,' though I did change the lyric at the end to 'Sock it to me baby, let it all hang out.' My parents knew right then that they were in trouble."
Actually, Sturgis' performing kept her out of trouble. She volunteered to sing at local nursing homes and, at 11, joined the Youth Theatre of Central Arkansas. "It was the year my father died, so I really needed something," she says. Relief came courtesy of Shakespeare; she played Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
By the time she reached high school, she had discovered "Oklahoma!" and yearned to play Laurie. "Trouble is, my school didn't do musicals," she says. "So I started a petition that the school do one." Soon she was singing "Many a New Day" to many an appreciative Arkansan.
She weaned herself a bit from musicals when she attended the University of Central Arkansas, and even more when she went for a graduate degree at the Old Globe Theatre School in San Diego. By then, she was entrenched in the classics — although she hasn't been above appearing on Broadway in "The 39 Steps" or in the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire."
"But the Shakespeare Theatre here is what most feels like home," she says.
Part of that comes from having met her current beau, Jordan Coughtry, here. "We met in 2006 when I was doing 'Pride and Prejudice,' but we didn't ignite until 2008 when I was doing 'Streetcar' and he was rehearsing 'Romeo and Juliet.' "
And that atypical first name? She lets out a breath before launching into an explanation she's given many, many times in her 32 years.
"Mother wanted to name me Nanka after her great-aunt, while Dad wanted Irene for his mother," she says. "Neither liked the other's choice, but Nanka Irene Sturgis would have initials Nis, and considering that I'd be 'I,' they added an 'I' to it and made it Nisi."
Arms and the Man
Where: Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Ave., Madison
When: Through Aug. 1. Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Opening night (this Saturday) at 7:30 p.m.
How much: $39-$54 ($66-$70 for opening night). Call (973) 408-5600 or visit ShakespeareNJ.org.


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Prizes:116 Prizes totaling over $10,000 will be awarded: a Grand Prize of $1,000.00, 40 First Prizes of Limited Edition 24 karat gold clad medals (retail value of $125 each) and 74 Second Prizes of Limited Edition silver clad medals (retail value of $60 each). We award additional prizes in case of ties. Winners will be announced October 1, 2011.
Eligibility: This contest is open to all poets whether published or not, and regardless of experience. All poems received by World Poetry Movement, for all categories, are entered into the International Open Amateur Poetry Contest. All poems must be 20 lines or less. Only one entry per contest. Multiple entries will result in automatic disqualifications. Contest ends August 31, 2011.
Decisions: Judges are members of the World Poetry Movement Selection Committee. Entries are judged on the basis of originality, creativity, imagination, characterization, artistic quality, and the adherence to line limits. All judges' decisions are final.
Rights: All poems remain the property of the artist: By submitting a poem for this contest, the artist may also be eligible for the one-time publication of his or her poem by the World Poetry Movement in a hardbound volume and on the Internet. World Poetry Movement is under no obligation to publish every contest entry and can disqualify an entry at any time.
Winner's Notification: All prize-winners will be notified by mail. Winners will be announced October 1, 2011.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
29 comments:
- Jayne said...
Winter has officially begun (even if it's not until next Tuesday!) and I'm betting we'll see more and more of the white beauty. :c)
- December 14, 2010 at 7:45 AM
- Garden Sense said...
The snow adds a nice touch to your Christmas decorations! Very authentic.
- December 14, 2010 at 8:12 AM
- Meredehuit ♥ said...
Real snow is always the best flocking!
- December 14, 2010 at 8:22 AM
- Laurrie said...
I'm still struggling with the idea that you have so much snow --- all of the midwest is blanketed, and even parts of England are flocked with white, and here we sit in New England, with our Christmas lights bedraggled in the rain and mud!
- December 14, 2010 at 8:29 AM
- Gail said...
Lisa, I ran outside to top up the birdbath~and could not believe how deceptively warm it looked. 9* and too cold for man or beast! Snow does make the garden look festive. gail
- December 14, 2010 at 8:49 AM
- Rose said...
Your front door decoration looks perfect with that authentic flocking! Everything looks so pretty in your garden with a dusting of snow, but I could do without all that wind. I'm just glad the trees weren't covered with ice when the strong winds came. I've been busy with Christmas preparations and haven't been blogging very much... Hope you're staying warm and all ready for the holidays, Lisa.
- December 14, 2010 at 8:59 AM
- Phillip said...
It is beautiful. I want snow!
- December 14, 2010 at 9:17 AM
- Cyndy said...
Hi Lisa, We had a nice just enough dusting last night here in CT, and it is sweet to be inside looking out! Love your photo of the storm just starting.
- December 14, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- The Wessex Reiver said...
As long as travel isn't needed, snow just makes everything so much more festive, more planned for the UK soon
- December 14, 2010 at 12:07 PM
- Eliza said...
I love snow on Christmas decorations! We don't see it all that often here, it's rare to get more than a few dustings each season and ours usually happen after December.
- December 14, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- Naturegirl said...
Lisa my area is in a "state of emergency'! It's been snowing for a week now!! I have never experienced such cold and winds..but inside as I look out the window I feel toasty and warm..always a mug of something brewing!
- December 14, 2010 at 1:40 PM
- Nan said...
Ah, snow! I've not ever heard the word, 'flocking' before, Lisa. Toasty warm in this house.
- December 14, 2010 at 11:14 PM
- verobirdie said...
Your decoration looks very Xmasly :-)
- December 15, 2010 at 12:33 AM
- CanadianGardenJoy said...
Lisa girl I LOVE that shot of the pink sun trying to burst out of the clouds .. something like that is usually a warning for sure : )
You have some lovely decorations girl!
PS .. we have escaped a lot of the blizzard conditions that much of my province have slugged their way through .. very scary stuff !
- December 15, 2010 at 7:15 AM
- Diana said...
It certainly is looking like the holidays at your house! Not here - balmy 77 today. But I'm missing the snow. We were in IN for Thanksgiving and saw a few minutes of flurries one evening. That's it. Maybe I'll just keep looking at your blog every day and stand in front of the open fridge!
- December 15, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- Mr. McGregor's Daughter said...
Snow in December is such a welcome, festive sight. It's also so very good for the plants.
- December 15, 2010 at 5:38 PM
- SandyCarlson said...
That snow is just gorgeous around your lovely home. Beautiful!
- December 15, 2010 at 8:52 PM
Loved your garden covered with the white stuff. The Winter always makes things look different.
I've already lost some plants due to extreme cold down here. My poor little Blueberry had fruit on it but no more. At least till Spring {I hope}.
- December 15, 2010 at 10:14 PM
- Julie said...
Toasty warm? We even got down to below 32 in some areas of south Florida last night as some had ice to prove it!!! Inside, though, we really have had our heaters on and enjoying the toasty warm inside at least! Your place looks so beautiful with the snow and ice...
- December 15, 2010 at 11:16 PM
- Babara said...
I hope snow will stay a little longer at your place so you'll have a real white Christmas :-) ! All my best wishes and happy season!
- December 16, 2010 at 1:05 AM
- Yolanda Elizabet Heuzen said...
It certainly is starting to look like Christmas at your place and over here as well. Just had a bit of snow today.
Your garden looks great in its white dress.
- December 16, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- Commonweeder said...
We haven't been able to make it down the field to get our Christmas tree yet, although we did scout it out. It will really look like Christmas when we get the tree up.
- December 17, 2010 at 8:04 AM
- Q said...
It is cold here too. I wish we had a bit more snow. Yours looks pretty.
Keeping the bird feeders and suet holders full is a daily event. The birds need water too!
Stay warm! It is a good tome to stay in and create.
- December 17, 2010 at 10:10 AM
- troutbirder said...
Snow and Christmas naturally seem to go together in the North Country . I love it!
- December 17, 2010 at 5:56 PM
- Deb said...
Everything looks so pretty with a flocking of snow :-)
Have a wonderful weekend Lisa.
- December 17, 2010 at 6:54 PM
- messyfish said...
Gorgeous! So glad it's not cold, but a snowy Christmas sounds magical !
- December 18, 2010 at 6:33 AM
- Tanya Boracay said...
The snow give you some cold to feel the real christmas time.
Just like to share with you a beautiful quote...
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." - Albert Schweitzer
You can get more happiness quotes at http://www.quotelandia.com/category/Happiness
- December 20, 2010 at 3:36 AM
- yoon see said...
I am enjoying the best picture sharings from Lisa. I am surprise to see the close up of the snow frost on the plant!
Very impressive indeed!
- December 27, 2010 at 10:07 AM
- yoon see said...
Now, I know what you mean by dumping the snow....by looking at the second photo a little closer!
I adore the beautiful heavy snow scene, afterall it's just once a year things and tradition to do so!
Hardwork but it pay off:)
- December 27, 2010 at 10:10 AM


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Coal trains spew smoke for debate | Klaas
The debate over whether the Green River Valley should open its rails to a proposed coal train express is a complex, contentious one.
The likelihood of long trains running through the heart of the valley is very real – and the public needs to get on board.
Positions are firm on both sides of the rail: those who support job growth and exports; and those who are blowing the whistle on coal trains for their anticipated cargo-carrying strain on the environment and infrastructure.
And then there are those positioned in the middle, trying to negotiate and mitigate the all-encompassing plan.
If coal trains soon come running, opponents fear coal dust, congestion and frustration.
Just driving across downtown Auburn and Kent could get tougher, as mile-long trains chug their way north. As many as 18 round-trip export trains could roll through the center of town each day.
If the trains come running, proponents say they will bring much-needed employment and revenues, enhancing industry.
"The thing about this issue is that while to some it may seem a simple issue, it's not," said Lauri Hennessey, spokeswoman for the Alliance for Northwest Jobs & Exports, a nonprofit trade organization that supports new, regional export projects. "These are difficult times for many people in the Northwest. These projects – and the jobs they will create – represent a ray of hope for thousands."
All rails would lead to the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal (GPT) – a multi-commodity, dry bulk cargo-handling facility on nearly 1,500 acres in Whatcom County. The shipping, stevedoring and warehousing facility would be the largest on the West Coast, the latest innovation of SSA Marine, a Northwest company and a global leader in maritime services.
The terminal – positioned at Cherry Point, just 17 miles south of the Canadian border – would provide a portal for American producers to export dry bulk commodities such as grain, potash and coal to Asian markets.
Trains would bring coal from Wyoming and Montana to Spokane through the Columbia River Gorge and up north through Auburn, Kent and Tukwila on the way to Bellingham.
Citizens in Bellingham already don't like the idea. A political action committee – No Coal! – is putting up a fight to derail coal trains.
Elsewhere, another state project, the proposed Millennium Bulk Terminal (MBT) in Longview, is ramping up for an environmental review process, due this spring.
The MBT proposes to build a $600 million terminal west of Longview to export 44 million tons of coal annually, an amount that would make it one of the largest such facilities in North America.
But such plans are up for review – steps that will command considerable time – a long, arduous process of fielding public input, drafting and approving environmental impact statements (EIS). There are also possible legal hurdles and other factors characteristic of bureaucratic protocol.
Local communities are weighing in
The Kent City Council recently issued an EIS scoping letter in an effort to get the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and state Department of Ecology to look at its impacts on the city. Mayor Suzette Cooke signed it.
The Corps of Engineers understands that much is at stake.
"The Corps recognizes the intense public interest in both the Gateway Pacific Terminal project and the larger regional issues about terminals servicing coal as a whole," wrote Muffy Walker, Corps chief of the Regulatory Branch, Seattle District, in a statement. "The Corps is committed to fully complying with the NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) regulations and all the other applicable legal requirements when making the final permit decision."
The City of Auburn has taken no position on the GPT project.
"Our main focus this legislative session is closer to home, the completion of (State Route) 167 – a vital link to the Port of Tacoma that will fuel an estimated $10.1 billion in job and economic growth," said Auburn Mayor Pete Lewis.
The GPT scoping process has collected public comment with the intent of designing the best EIS possible.
The public will get its chance to comment during the draft and final EIS preparation.
From recent polling data, the public is backing the GPT idea. One survey conducted by Moore Information said the following about rail traffic:
• 77 percent support individual evaluation of each proposed export facility (vs. 16 percent who prefer a combined regional review of all proposed facilities).
• 74 percent support additional rail and barge traffic for the projects, viewing it as crucial to Washington's export economy and a sign of economic growth.
These results were consistent with other polls taken over recent months that show strong support for the proposed export terminals and coal exports, Hennessey said.
An unscientific Reporter website poll recently asked readers if they were concerned about coal trains passing through their cities. Seventy-six percent of Auburn readers said no; 55 percent for Kent readers also said no.
The debate will carry on. Sides will continue to inspect the issue. Nothing is certain. The process promises to extend well into next year, possible longer.
Those pushing for the coal trains are committed to doing it right, secure more jobs without harming the public and the environment.
The public needs to stay in tune.
"We believe this is a region that depends on trade and exports. In fact, 4 out of 10 people in this region rely on trade for their living," Hennessey said. "These terminals would indeed ship coal, but they would ship other products, as well. They would provide a critical economic boost in communities that sorely need jobs and tax revenue.
"We believe we can build these proposed bulk export terminals, and we can build them right – in a way that provides jobs and does not harm the environment."
For more information on the proposed terminal, go to www.ecy.wa.gov/geographic/gatewaypacific/.
Kent City Council raises concerns about coal trains: http://www.kentreporter.com/news/187338941.html
Let's stay on track, find solutions with coal trains | Keikkala: http://www.kentreporter.com/opinion/189272311.html
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In retaliation against California's tuition hikes and education budget cuts, students from across the state kicked off a "Day of Action and Strike in Defense of Public Education" on Thursday with assemblies, walkouts and teach-ins. The action was part of a national protest.—JCL
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Students against cuts in education funding kicked off a national day of protests Thursday with generally peaceful rallies, walkouts and teach-ins at universities and high schools.
A large crowd had gathered at UCLA's Bruin Plaza where hundreds of students, faculty and staff members chanted, "Who's got the power? We've got the power!" as others walked out of classes for the protest.
The protest was just one of hundreds all over the state, and nation, for the Day of Action and Strike in Defense of Public Education.
More than 200 protesters blocked two main campus entrances at UC Santa Cruz and reportedly smashed a car windshield with a metal pipe, officials said. At UC Berkeley, nearly 150 protesters – chanting "Money for jobs and education, not for war and incarceration" – blocked the main pedestrian entrance to campus and also sought to stop people from walking into the university by hanging "danger" tape across paths.
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Superheros are good.
When he's being sweet (hey, he's three - it's a mixed bag), sometimes he tells me I'm his superhero.. because I'm good. Even when I'm having the worst of days, the fact that my interactions with him brand me as one of the good guys makes my heart melt, and I can't do much but oblige him with some superhero play. Sometimes we fight each other in battles of epic proportion (one of us usually has to be a bad guy, and the other is a good guy - he *always* gets the lightsaber, though), but sometimes we save people together, whether they're stuck on the wooden train set that's about to be derailed or Rex (who he named after Rex from Toy Story, but it's actually a one-armed Jurassic Park Tyrannosaurus rex) is about to crush their little abodes Godzilla-style. We save the day - together! All because we are the good guys.
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When author Chloe Hooper takes her seat at the din ner table of Elizabeth Doomadgee, whose brother died in police custody, she notes that her hostess prays "for my ears, so that I would not miss any important details."
Most of the older woman's prayers will go unanswered, but she receives at least this mite of grace: Hooper's ears and eyes miss few details, and she deploys them with devastating skill in "Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee."
Hooper, a white, suburban Australian whose first novel was shortlisted for the Orange Prize, begins this beautifully written book as she meets her first Aborigine. Soon she is caught up in a whole tumultuous community on Palm Island in Australia's wild northeast.
Hooper arrives three months after Cameron Doomadgee's 2004 death in the island jail, some 40 minutes after detective Chris Hurley arrested him for swearing. The Aborigine man punched Hurley, and the pair tumbled inside the jail. An autopsy showed Doomadgee died of a blow to his abdomen so severe it tore his liver nearly in half.
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TUSCALOOSA, ALA.-- It took a solid country mile walk out of the heart of Alabama's campus to get a whiff of LSU on Saturday afternoon. That familiar jambalaya fragrance hit the nostrils on the corner of University and Greensboro avenues.
"We knew we were coming (to this game), we just didn't know there would be 15 of us," Bruno said while tidying up her tailgate. "Everyone here is from New Orleans, La., but most of them live in Georgia now."
Her jambalaya wasn't being served yet, but the smell of a fresh batch wafted about two blocks away from a makeshift Tiger Town. Six hours remained to game time, but the party was in full swing in the epicenter of LSU faithful: an RV lot at the bottom of the hill by the Black Warrior River.
"It's like the college Super Bowl," Houma's Lauren Ellender-Strattman said.
"It won't be long until the entire crowd is right here," said her friend Chelle Guidry, also from Houma.
Guidry wore an LSU cheerleading uniform and a pair of Prada sunglasses, and was dancing on the tailgate of a truck among the RVs.
Another friend from Houma, Audra Cenac, said the trio arrived Friday and partied until 4 a.m. before calling it quits. But it didn't take long to rev up again as the makeshift Tiger Town came to life with music, Louisiana cuisine and LSU chants.
"We slept four hours and woke up and said, 'It's on, let's go,' " Cenac said.
A few Alabama RVs were also parked in the lot, which housed about 50 vehicles and easily thousands of fans.
"Yeah, there are a few blow-up elephants around here, but we've had a lot of Alabama folks come over here and admire the setup," said Bruce O'Krepki of Hammond. "We feed them all."
O'Krepki's RV was decked out with a gourmet kitchen that produced steaks and shrimp stir-fry, among other goodies. A super-sized blow-up Mike the Tiger stood right under the RV's awning, and a ring of festive purple and gold big-bulb lights were strung across the eating area.
A group of Alabama fans approached and asked to photograph O'Krepki's tailgate area, which he happily agreed to.
"There is another group over there that is not as conservative," O'Krepki said. "They are a little more spirited. They'll stay up until 2 or 3 in the morning with the Tiger music going. We tend to get a little sleepy."
That crowd, just about four rows of vehicles away, was in full fan mode by mid-afternoon. Hundreds of college-aged students bounced with rap music blaring from loudspeakers. When a golf cart containing Alabama fans whirled by, the group immediately erupted into a chorus of "Tiger bait."
Chris Authement, 21, a Baton Rouge native decked out in a purple and gold 1970s style tuxedo with a leprechaun hat and sunglasses, monitored a game of beer bong in the midst of the youthful bunch.
"This is amazing," he said. "I came to Alabama two years ago and we had a great time -- before the game. After the game wasn't so good. Before the game we had a great time, but it was nothing like this. We got invited by a friend of a friend (to this party). There is at least 300 LSU fans here just in this tailgate and everyone is just having a great time."
This was Tuscaloosa's Tiger Town on Saturday.
Houndstooth and crimson dominated the pre-game scene on Alabama's campus. It made Kelly Leger's bold purple tent stand out on the quad.
"This is my first year over here, I don't think I'd have it any other way," said Leger, 28, of Eunice. "I like having the Alabama people around."
Leger and friend Trey Wimberley go hunting at a camp about an hour away, but decided to detour to Tuscaloosa on Friday morning to set up a tent on the quad. They were careful not to reveal their colors until game day, however.
"We just put the skeleton up, we didn't want to put this thing up (the LSU awning)," he said.
There was no hiding the hue Saturday mid-morning, though. The duo hadn't yet bestowed a cry of Tiger bait on their crimson-colored neighbors. But then again, several hours remained to kickoff.
"Just a little bit of 'Go Tigers,'" Wimberley said. "Come back, let me get a few in me, and come back and see then."
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Review: 'Jim Henson's The Storyteller," by iFanboy
iFanboy's Paul Montgomery posted a review of Jim Henson's The Storyteller, saying "if you're unfamiliar with this winning ode to western oral tradition, Archaia's collection of nine tales from some of the industry's most talented creators proves an excellent introduction." Paul also writes:
"Overall it's a lovely package and an ideal gift for anyone looking for the right bedtime story. Each story is brief enough to be told in one sitting, and features its own visual style. Appropriately, they also open and close with at least a panel–sometimes more–of the Storyteller and his dog bickering or bargaining over some matter that segues into a story recalled."
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Get into the Gold Rush spirit with this fast and fun card game. Find all the gold you can—and when you find it, you better be quick! If someone else sees it first, you may never see it again, just like during the California Gold Rush.


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PRINCETON —Taking a play from the travel industry, McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton introduces a new "pay what you want" ticket service for select performances.
McCarter will make select tickets available on Pricewhispers, a website that works in the same way as Priceline. Patrons can decide what they're willing to spend to see a show, and McCarter can accept or decline the offer.
The program has been introduced quietly as an extension of similar promotions they do at the theater, said Annie Gribbons, the theater's marketing director.
"It's really tricky, the whole discounting notion," Gribbons said. "We don't ever want to intentionally undercut our subscribers and members."
But with 250 performances a year, there are always going to be some tickets that are more difficult to sell, and so McCarter is trying to be as creative as it can, she said.
"Some people like to be in control of their destiny, like to say 'I'm setting the price, I'm in control,'" Gribbons said. "And we can reject a bid."
So while there are no tickets to the current hit, "Proof," currently on the site, there are seats to Oct. 18's performance by Vieux Farka Toure, a master of West African guitar music, and the Nov. 7 appearance by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.


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Rollercoaster season continues
Just when you think you've turned the corner you realise you're on a roundabout. After last week's blowout win over the Chiefs, I like a lot of Bucs fans, thought we had turned a corner and that with a newly earned level of confidence could push on to beat the struggling Saints at Raymond James on Sunday. Sadly this wasn't the case.
The Buccaneers came out the traps on fire jumping out to a 14-0 lead and then a 21-7 lead only to be dragged back by Drew Brees and his passing machine of an offense. My beloved Bristol City managed an equally stunning effort on Saturday going 2-0 up early on only to lose 3-2. It wasn't a good weekend for sport in my house.
Finally Tampa Bay seem to be hitting their straps on offense with Doug Martin running hard and Josh Freeman looking more like the 2010 model than the scattergun 2011. It is so nice to see Josh moving around in the backfield using his undoubted talent on the move to make plays down the field.
If only the last time he did this had stood. On that subject like it, or like it not, it was the right call on Mike Williams. In Mike Williams' own words, "He gave me a little push. I have to be strong enough to stay in-bounds".
Vincent Jackson and the aforementioned Williams have been nothing short of outstanding the last few weeks with Jackson setting both all time Buccaneer game record for receiving yards and the single play record in Sunday's game. Teams are scared of him, they double cover him and then he goes 95 yards...just a shame he didn't have the extra one yard in his legs as that would quite possibly have won the game.
The Buccaneers' big problem again Sunday was the same problem that they had against Eli Manning earlier in the season. If we don't get any pressure on the quarterback then we get torched up and down the field with deep passes. The Buccaneers front have done a nice job against the run all season but against the pass when those front four guys don't get a push the Bucs are woeful.
When the Buccaneers' defensive line don't get to the QB instead of reassessing the game plan they seem to get more and more defenders to the blitz packages and leave matchups against top receivers all over the field. You just can't do that with people the calibre of Drew Brees.
I said last week that people will struggle to deal with the Buccaneer offense in terms of whether you try to stop the run or stop the pass. That again came true this week as the one-two punch put up big points but with a defense that is giving up 400+ yards of passing to top QBs you're never going to win games.
The comparisons to Bristol City at present are staggering. Both added some great players in the off season, both score for fun and both can barely defend for toffee. At first it was exciting to watch my two teams go punch for punch and have these close games but now its a tough time to be a Tampa Bay Buccaneer - Bristol City fan.