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Runaways, Chagrin Boulevard: Police were dispatched to Lander Circle on the morning of March 31 for two boys who had left the New Directions drug treatment facility. They were found in a rest room off of the Heinen's Supermarket cafe area and returned to treatment.
Runaway, Lander Road: After being dispatched initially to Orange High School on the afternoon of March 30 for a runaway missing from one of the cottages at the Beechbrook juvenile facility, police received a call about an hour later from officers in Moreland Hills, who had found the boy at the intersection of Chagrin Boulevard and SOM Center Road, after which he was returned to Beech Brook.
Runaway, Pinetree Road: Police also picked up a University Heights boy, identified as a runaway after receiving a report of a suspicious juvenile in the area during the afternoon of March 30. He was picked up at the police station by his mother.
Runaway, Lander Road: Responding to a request from Garfield Heights police, officers checked the cafeteria in the Anthony Pilla Center at Ursuline College and found a runaway boy there on the afternoon of April 2. He was brought to the police station to be picked up by his stepfather.
Menacing, Pine Tree Road: A manager at Chase Bank reported receiving a threatening phone message on March 25 from a suspect who was upset over receiving junk mail. An investigation is pending.
Lost property, Shaker Boulevard: A former employee from Maple Heights reported March 28 that personal property was missing that may have been left on the city premises.
Found property, Settlers Lane: A resident came to the station to turn in a State of Ohio Identification Card that was found on her lawn by her fertilizer company. The resident had concerns about reprisals and wished to remain unidentified.
Harassment, Chagrin Boulevard: Two juveniles having issues were warned to stay away from each other on April 1 -- as were their parents.


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Orleans Parish voters will decide Dec. 8 whether to increase the fees local customers pay on their phone bills to support the Orleans Parish Communication District, the agency that operates the city's 911 emergency phone system. If approved, the package of new and increased fees up for a vote would boost the district's annual revenue to about $7.5 million a year, up from a little under $5 million at present.
Officials said the money would pay for upgrades to the 911 system and consolidating personnel who now work for four different agencies, creating inefficiency.
In much of the parish, this will be the only item on the ballot, and turnout is likely to be very low, especially in the areas not involved in runoffs for two City Council seats.
At present, the Communication District, or OPCD, is authorized to levy charges of $1 a month on each residential land line and $2 a month on each commercial land line, with a limit of 100 lines per business. Under a state law, the district also receives 85 cents a month for each wireless line.
As more and more people rely only on cellphones, the district's revenue has been falling because wireless charges are less than those for traditional phones. Since 2008, the number of 911 calls has increased by 26 percent, to about 800,000 calls a year, but the OPCD's revenue has fallen by about 8 percent.
The proposal up for a vote Dec. 8 would raise the monthly charges to $2 for residential land lines, $3 for commercial land lines and $1.26 for wireless phones. It also would add new charges of $2 a month for a residential VOIP, or Voice Over Internet Protocol, connection and $3 a month for a commercial VOIP connection.
The higher fees would cost a resident or family with one land phone and two cell phones an additional $1.82 a month.
The new rates would take effect Jan. 1, with the money "to be used solely by the Orleans Parish Communication District."
In return for the higher fees, officials promise to modernize operations at the 911 call center. The center now has 149 personnel. The goal is to reduce that to 129 by consolidating the way calls are handled.
At present, only 14 staff members actually work for the OPCD. The rest work for the three agencies that use the center: the Police Department, Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services, with the NOPD supplying 87 of the 149 total workers.
Right now, call taking and dispatching are handled by the individual agencies, with the OPCD in charge of administration and managing the center. All 911 calls initially go to NOPD Communications, then are transferred to the appropriate agency for dispatching. With consolidation, the OPCD would take over all call taking and dispatching functions.
"Consolidation will remove duplicative service, streamline operations, increase efficiencies and enhance service," Landrieu administration spokesman Ryan Berni said. "Residents would also benefit from enhanced technology services under a consolidated 911 system including advanced automatic location identification, greater GIS/mapping capabilities and a more modern database."
If the higher fees pass, consolidation is expected to be complete by the end of 2013. Although the number of personnel is expected to be reduced, a higher staffing level will be needed initially as consolidation and cross-training get under way, officials said.
Even if the higher fees are approved, they still won't be enough to cover the actual cost of operating the 911 center, officials said. It costs $13 million annually to run the center, and the higher fees would bring in only $7.5 million a year.
"Even with the fee increase, the city will still have costs related to operations of the 911 center," Berni said. "Some dollars are going to have to be spent to maintain the technology/hardware/software to stay current with capabilities and functionalities to provide the 911 services."

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Campaigners' anger at Pope's latest 'homophobic' comments
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Lets hope Gay and equal rights campaigners come out in force and ruin his UK visit!
this is the reincarnation of hitler.
Give him aids tained drugs, and put him in a zoo where he will get gods true revenge.
And remember – lions aren't fussy about what they eat.
Perhaps LGBT should wear pink triangles for the duration of Nazinger's stay to commemorate the NAZI youth pope's visit to the UK – let's even have a rememberance day, pink triangle day instead of red poppy day. He does still share Hitler's views on Gay men.
he's an old ex-nazi, he wants marriage so that it can't be broken if there's abuse etc! he isn't rational or interested in facts – a trait bigots share, plus he has no perspective and was chosen for pope due to how vile he is
I'd be surprised if LAbour and the tories condemn him
Since when does this enabler of paedophilia and other forms of sexual abuse speak with any moral authority? What would he know about relationships let alone give advice and then make such absurd statements? If I had marital problems, a catholic priest would be the last person I'd seek counsel from. The more he opens his mouth, the more irrelevant his cult becomes.
Homosexual relationships and birth control are issues for individual consciences.
Gay rights are human rights.
Given his past pronouncements both before and after becoming Pope, I'm not surprised at this latest outburst. Of course, after the continuing revelations regarding the child rape scandal, the man does indeed have NO moral authority when it comes to any pronouncements on anything, but especially marriage equality. He gave that up when he began to help enable pedophiles to escape justice and continue their crimes in new venues.
Hope GLBT people come up with creative ways to make his Holeyness's visit miserable. He deserves it. The devil does indeed wear Pradas.
dangerous threat -you would know all about that old man in a white frock -the millions that have died to HIV in Africa (and other places) where you have not let condoms be used you should hang you head in shame and disgust.
It has always been my experience that the stronger one rants against homosexuality, the deeper into the closet they themselves are. Moreover, the greater the hunger to experience it for themselves. I'm convinced that this moron is no different from the other poor souls who have not learned to respect themselves.
Lynching – some people deserve it.
Even British catholics must be profoundly embarrassed about the arch-homophobe exposing his moral decreptitude in this country. Lets hope EVERYBODY protests; the 15 million aetheists, the 30 odd million women (although post-feminists seem keen to get back under the cosh – masochism by marriage) as well as LGBT and all other groups the pope likes to have a pop at.
The more he rants, the more he becomes an 'insidious and dangerous threat' to the survival of the Catholic Church.
Go Ratzy, go!
Funnily there are about 4 Million catholics in the UK, a number not too different from the number of gay people and of that 4 Million a certain percentage are gay.
A counter protest could be just as big as the crowd the pope draws.
And 'blurring gender' from a man in a dress, pot kettle
we are ALL Gods children He made Gay people the way they are we did not choose our sexuality like a straight man or woman they could have been gay.The Pope should not be allowed to come to the UK and should stop preaching and encouraging Homophobia,is he the not the dangerous and insidious one? power crazy like Hitler,he is the major threat to his own Church get rid of him now before Catholism becomes an exctinct religion.
Ghastly to see this man talking about "threats to the common good" and meaning gays and lesbians marrying and enjoying loving relationships. I'd list allowing his staff (RC priests) to abuse children, and then having an institutional cover up across whole continents as a much bigger threat. Along with denying contraception to women in the developing world whose lives are ended prematurely by the burden of too many pregnancies. And trying to stop the use of condoms, in countries hit by the horror of HIV infection rates we can hardly begin to imagine. And hoarding wealth in the form of gold, artworks and property, when his church should be feeding the poor.
The wicked old goat certainly seems to have plenty of experience of these "threats to the common good", how he has the nerve to try to dump the blame on us kinda floors me.
It's like a stuck record isn't it? I hope those guys who are trying to get him arrested for crimes against humanity or whatever it was manage it!
Portugal will soon have Gay Marriage as it is becoming more secular than catholic. The pope and his tribe have been against people using condoms, especially in the African states causing many unnecessary deaths from HIV and Aids. They have blood on their hands.
Musta been a sale on red velvet…
In the earlier photo this morning, he was wearing white on a lavender background…mustard tint.
This merchant of hatred is playing into the hands of secularists everywhere.The catholic church/cult/sect is fast becoming a laughing stock the world over due mainly to this evil bigot's homophobic tirade.Sadly there are still plenty of people out there who see this vile creatures words as those of god.We MUST protest in the strongest terms against this paedophile protecting,danger-mongering nazi's planned visit to our country.I am so glad I had the strength to turn my back on the catholic church!
I still don't think he will come to UK. It's becoming too risky, especially with Hitchen's and Dawkins' clamouring for his arrest. The man is a complete and utter disgrace; his fashion sense is also highly suspect. Gok Wan would go mental.
These aren't just "comments" lets call them what they are! A concerted political attempt to influence Government legislation which would allow gay men and lesbians to marry their same sex partners and legislation which allows women to choose to abort children if they need to. The Vatican is a political organisation and this pope uses every opportunity to attack LGB people and to lobby and politically influence governments and legislation. It's why the separation of church and state is so important. Because unelected religious organisations are desperate to be in the power game and want believers and non believers to bend to their irrational dogma and beliefs.
The "gift" that keeps on giving: this man is absolutely tone-deaf & blind to the truth. For comic relief see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VABSoHYQr6k.
No. 20 Davevauxhall….I've been advocating the diestablishment of state religion for decades. Its irrelevant and unncessary and a waste of tax payers money, more importantly ours. Ironic that our taxes help support the Anglican cult as well as funding for catholic and other religious schools. Time that ended.
Why don't they campaing for gay marriage in the UK instead. Spain and Portugal haven't listened to the pope. who is the UK listening to. What reason do THESE campiagners have for WHY THE UK DOES NOT HAVE GAY MARRIAGE? If you didn't notice the lab party also used relgion as a REASON NOT to have it!!!!! Double standards by our campaingners….
is there a facebook page with info on the protest when he comes here? we all need to go…. we want his visit to be all about gay people protesting against his disgusting views.. not him!
Alan: "Spain and Portugal haven't listened to the pope. who is the UK listening to. What reason do THESE campaigners have for WHY THE UK DOES NOT HAVE GAY MARRIAGE?"
The answer is simple: It is not the Catholic church that holds the power here, unlike Italy, it is the Church of England. The Church and the State have always been inextricably intertwined, and they still hold sway in the UK. Additionally, with the increasing Muslim immigration, they too have a large control over the government's decisions. Civil partnerships were set up as an alternative to marriage for that very reason; they are identical, but as they are not called "marriage", they won't be stepping on any religious toes. Both the Tory and Labour governments are essentially scared of pissing off religious organisations because they can bite back when they want.
Ratzinger is a fool to stir up this wasp's nest, because there is a strong chance he will have a war on his hands.
The Nazi pope is the most insidious and dangerous threat to the common good.
Love his various costumes, the red cape, flowing gowns, many rings, the cute beanie, and the red Capizio slippers, and this fool thinks he knows Jesus.
Ward and George,
54 years together, yet strangers before the law in our own country of the United States.
Me thinks he doth protesteth too much –
That an ex Nazi Pope will be lauded in London and Edinburgh and have the Queen bow, scrape and kiss his ring will have the millions of dead who fought so valiantly against the Nazi's, spinning in their graves. The utter insult to their memories to have a self confessed Nazi lording it over any one in this country is a disgrace.
The conservative estimate of cost to the taxpayer is supposed to be £25 million more like £100,000 million by the time this charade is over and the cost calculated.
For costs there will be, for this visit is likely to cause riots, like of this country has never seen. His behavior in Portugal is an indication of what he is about, and this simply will not be tolerated in this free democracy. Especially from an ex Nazi.
"Especially from an ex Nazi"
I didn't realize he was "ex"
I just thought he was semi closeted.
Eww, the poop is nothing but a dirty old man. Nice dress you pedophile!
The world is slowing learning to ignore this bigot.
I'll try to be there to protest him!
Once again the noble knight Joseph Ratzinger embarks into his quest to defend the world from the evils of the same-sex marriage in the same way a Don Quixote sweeps an evil breed of giants from off the face of the Earth !!
Sancho, the realist, tells his master:
"I sometimes think that all you tell me of knighthood, kingdoms, empires and islands is all windy blather and lies"
(Book 1, Part 15).
you hope it won't be tolerated Boston but there's still many homophobes and cherry-picking christians, many also deny he was nazi and claim he was forced to be, the UK may be a democracy but it's still influenced badly bt the evil bigoted lying christians
Rob – yeah you're right – the pope has no influence in the UK and it seems doesn't have the influence he once had in SPain and Portugal. It's governments that decide whether to have gay marriages or NOT and not the pope – I wish these campaigners would direct their anger at governments – CP are NOT marriages , the UK has CPs, the lab party have argued that marriage is the traditional one between people of the opposite sex . They said they would not bring in gay marriage becuase of relgion. Even these campiagners seems to agree with this line. Marriage should be available to all…the fact that CPs give the same rights (in the UK at least) doesn't detract from that.. The pope's view on gay marriage, the pill, abortion etc hasn't changed nor will it, it's well documented….it's NOT the POPE you should be campainging against but canvass those people who are campaingning for us ie Stonewall who say we don't need gay marrigae, it's ok to be ghettoised into CPs. Campiagn against your MPs both parties…For heavens sake is this pope business really news, the pope is against gay marriage, WHAT A SURPRISE!. The lab party is against gay marriage and so it Stonewall, THAT IS THE SURPRISE and the worrying issue!
When you realise the RC church has 'lost all credibility' (not my words, the Archbishop of Canterbury [and he should know]) in a country like the Republic of Ireland you know the writing is on the wall for the future of the universal church. The only thing keeping it going in its present form are countries like Italy, Germany and Austria which impose compulsory taxes on the entire population for church funds running into billions a year for the RC church.
The Pope is 10 centuries out of date: http://anarchoislam.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/the-pope/ – did you know that there was an openly gay bishop in the 11th century, and the Pope Urban II didn't give a monkeys?
I strongly believe that the papel visit later this year ,is not in this countrys best interests! His homophobic comments alone, are enough testiment to a ban. Then the cost to the british taxpayer,at a time when everyone needs to tighten the financial reigns. The former government got Fred Phelps and his evil funeral protestors banned, i see no differnece in Phelps's and the Popes comments/actions,except that the Popes is proberbly worse! That means we have strong grounds to ban the papel visit too! We should be organising a strong campaign against his visit with a petition to this new government for a start! The Pink triangle idea hits the mark too! a grim reminder to the wider british public, of his nasty nazi past! We just don't need or want him here! End of!
The Catholic Church is clearly "some of today's most insidious and dangerous threats to the common good"
The Pope Benedict and the church is the ONLY threat to man kind and this world has ever seen , he has done more sins by covering up all of the SINS that the Vatican and his so call good priest has done since the beginning of time, this word would be a better place with out religion, all it has to offer is hate,war and discrimination all you have to do is look at their history and learn the truth.
Religion has now become an impediment to the advancement of civilization, science and human evolution itself. One of the worst religions in this regard is the one run by a bunch of "insidious, dangerous" and deranged old men like the Roman Catholic Church. Its time this existential fantasy cult based on pre rational scientific thought, ancient tomes and manuscripts go by the way of the dinosaurs and become extinct because it has become an instrument of hate, bigotry, injustice, oppression, immorality and evil.
unfortunately the pope does have influence in spite of the UK church as many will listen and agree with him unfortunately, many don't even get why homophobia is wrong and they'll rant about biblical nonsense or lies to support their cfraziness
I don't really think he is normal – there seem to bits missing.
The Curse of Ham (also called the curse of Canaan) refers to the curse that Ham's father Noah placed upon Ham's son Canaan, after Ham "saw his father's nakedness" because of drunkenness in Noah's tent. It is related in the Book of Genesis 9:20-27.
Some Biblical scholars see the "curse of Canaan" story as an early Hebrew rationalization for Israel's conquest and enslavement of the Canaanites, who were presumed to descend from Canaan.
The "curse of Ham" had been used by some members of Abrahamic religions to justify racism and the enslavement of people of Black African ancestry, who were believed to be descendants of Ham.
They were often called Hamites and were believed to have descended through Canaan or his older brothers.
Christian proponents of slavery in the US increasingly invoked the 'curse of Ham' in the US during the 19th century, as a response to the growing abolitionist movement.
This old frock wearing w@nker is clearly using Leviticus 18:22 to justify the same old bigotry.
I think it's pretty much guaranteed that this old fool will end up in the hell that he believes in.
Isn't Christianity wonderful…… NOT
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Salem alekem.
In his scholarly work on homosexuality in in pre-Modern Europe, John Boswell writes that Pope Urban II could not be made to take an interest in the homosexual relationships of his prelates:
"Ivo of Chartres informed the papal legate and the pope himself that Ralph, the archbishop of Tours, had prevailed upon the king of France (Philip) to install as bishop of Orléans a certain John, whom Ivo knew to be the archbishop's lover (and to have had sexual relations with the king, since the latter boasted of it to Ivo).
In fact John had also shared his favors with the previous bishop of Orléans (Ralph's brother) and was generally so accommodating with his person that he was popularly known as Flora, in reference to a celebrated courtesan of the day.
…Urban declined to take any action whatever against the election of Ralph's lover, who was consecrated on March 1, 1098." (pp. 213-14).
As you know, the intolerance of the later Middle Ages was directed first against the Jews, as in Thomas of Monmouth's published account in 1173 of the ritual murder by Jews of a Christian child (William of Norwich, subsequently known as Saint William of Norwich), whose veneration became quite popular both in France and in England.
"No charge against a minority seems to be more damaging than the claim that they pose a threat of some sort to the children of the majority." (p. 273)
"Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality; Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century", John Boswell, Winner of the 1981 American Book awards for History.
Boswell was assistant professor of History at Yale University at the time.
'…Derek Munn telling the Daily Telegraph: "Some might say that it's dangerous and insidious for the Pope to spend so much time publicly belittling gay, lesbian and bisexual people."'
You got that right!!
I liked the suggestion near the beginning of this thread, that at any LGBT protests against the Pope's visit, the wearing of pink triangles, also probably lots of referencing the Pope's total absence of credibility due to his defending his Church's priests in the face of child molestation charges. Yeah Pope, like any sane person will believe gay people & a woman's right to control her own body are really more evil than your organisation being kiddy-fiddlers.
The Pope is a red herring, the guilty parties are government. My partner is a Quaker , his relgion says "British Quakers also supported the 2005 introduction of the legal status of 'civil partnerships' in the UK, and were taken to their 2009 support of same-sex marriage with the idea that "marriage is the Lord's work and we are but witnesses". The government doesn't listen to his relgion so why does it listen to any other? Relgions is a red herring… relgion doesn't govern equality!
"The Pope is a red herring" – to who? the billion catholics in the world he has an effect upon? The politicians, who use his rhetoric to justify their ideas? The journalists and media, who print and share his ideas to non catholics, and therefore spread his hate. The government does listen to his religion unfortunately. That's why some of us are protesting. So stop trying to undermine our protest.
#49 – I too think the pink triangle protest idea is a good one. I think a good protest would be thousands of LGBT dressed like we were going to the concentraton camps with pink triangles. Nazinger would love to exterminate us all if he could. It would highlight to the worlds media that nazinger is an ex nazi and that homophobia is a nazi idea, that if you are homophobic you are a nazi. People hate being thought of as a nazi, so it would stop people from being homophobic. I don't have anything against glitter, but I think the usual pink wig drag queen protest makes the worlds media think that we think its a big joke and that we are all 'gay and happy' and therefore it doesn't matter. We have to make sure the worlds media know that gay men are not hapy that this man has any power. It should be a solemn protest highlighting what can come from the ideas that nazinger has.
I loved my visit to Vatican City last year. There are so many naked male statues on display in the various musuems – honestly, I saw more penises there than I did in the sand dunes at Gran Caneria the year before.
I think the Pope is just jealous of gay people because even though he puts on his best dress and sashays up and down hoping to get the attention of the hottest guys, it's still a case of always the bridesmaid never the bride. Face it grandma – you're over the hill. Why not take up knitting instead of bitching.
Just let hope he keeps his trap shut as well as his legs during his upcoming visit to UK. He's the type who could cause a row in an empty room. I just cannot find a strongest word to describe this fat queen. Of course, I blame Italy for allowing this charade to go on for so long. The sheer vulgarity of it all is awesome to behold.
'He (ben16) called abortion and same-sex marriage "some of today's most insidious and dangerous threats to the common good"…'
Here in Canada, Marci MacDonald's new book entitled "The New Argameddon" suggests that "Primie Minister Harper is catering to Christian conservative groups in an effort to bolster his party's political base:
Identifying both abortion and same-sex marriage as threats against the common good does in fact give us a clear idea of the agenda that has been brewing as a reactionary force to neutralize the gains of the Human Rights Movement.
There now exists ample proof in the USA, Canada and the UK that social and religious conservatives are making strides to institutionalize their agendas, more or less forgetting about the outrageous sexual and psychological abuse of countless thousands of children by right-wing religious groups of all kinds.
It's high time the majority, who are not inclined to support religious fundamentalism in any way, shape or form, spoke up on these issues and more, eg., women, infallibility, priests in peril, divorce, dissent, euthanasia as well as church and state.
the good thing with all his recent stupid comments
he is pissing off believers.
and making the church institution look like a joke
that it is .
religion is a lie
so please do not judge us
see up your own ass and not mine
Thanks for the link. I think that should act as a wake up call.
Just like the Pope, conservative religious groups are using same sex arguments as a stepping stone to their broader agenda.
David Cameron's Tory party is not a strong government and therefore will lean on the same religious groups – if they haven't done so already.
Again another disgusting display by the current pope abusing his and the churches power, no change there then, for a faith which advocates rape, slavery, abuse of married women and much more, I would say the catholic faith is the biggest danger this world has to contend with.
It is amazing to think that the saviour of the Catholic Faith Jesus actually never discriminated against anyone even homosexuals and this story actually exists in the bible, in Matthew 8 where he meets a roman soldier who's servant was actually his partner was very ill and he asked Jesus for his help and Jesus did not condemn their relationship in anyway, he actually praised the Roman Soldier and Jesus commended this Roman Soldier for having more faith than anyone he had ever met and assured him that he would sit down in the Kingdom of Heaven with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. By this miracle of healing, Jesus preserved this loving same-sex relationship
Funny isn't it how the Catholic Faith and the Pope fails to actually highlight this particular story, anyone who is interested can read the whole story @ this link :
I must add I came across this by chance when searching for info on Transgender stuff and am not a member of this church but wouldn't it be nice if all Christians and Catholics embraced this quality of Jesus.
I think the term – Practice what you Preach – comes to mind in relation to the latest vile outburst of the bigot and inciter of hate called Pope Benedict XVI and his visit should be banned and he should be arrested by the UN and Human Rights Organisations for abuses to humanity in all its forms.
Personally,I'd like to see a bit more showmanship. Imagine having all that dazzling drag.
A few hours on the set with our dear Cher should it.
Apparently, he can still kick his height.
What do little girls and boys who were victims of pedophiles
have common with white adults(YOU) and were/are victims
of genocide against whites performed by
Parasites = criminals = PEDOPHILES = HUMANISTS = communists = terrorists
Why is just nothing ever good enough for these individuals who poison our societies….why is it that they are allways in need for change….different environments(exotic countries) while our white European people are simply not acceptable option for them…why do they always suggest and lie to you(when entering your homes or at work) how change is good..how foreigners are better..how even your ancestors have committed terrible crimes…why do they always knock on your conscious and are lying to you in the face when we can all see what their results are…what they have created from our clean streets or what is visible from videos their agenda is….
Everything right here….just seat back and enjoy learning TRUTHS about
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force us in state of anarchy or terror, stop America from genociding
our people in USA who have founded one and us Europeans in Europe, stop
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parasitic Slavic communists from advancing throughout Europe from East
and suppressing their own people for the sake of profits, demand corrupt
politicians to step down, condemn human rights organizations which
serve their masters only, condemn corruption of media and politics, free
our people and our continent so we can be useful as well for our own
people across the world ! Spree shootings in schools….gay
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He should not be alowed to come to this country and speek his homophobic hatefueled mind. Just because he's the head of his church, it doesn't mean he has the right to insult and upset people of this counrty. I'm all for free speach, if people want to hear his doctrin of hate then they are free to go to church or visit his website (or whatever), but when it comes to the mass media there needs to be more control.
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Introductory course in evaluating the reading and language abilities of individual children through instruction within a classroom setting. Includes group and individual evaluation, informal assessment procedures, selection of materials, and instructional strategies to meet the needs of individual learners. Prerequisite(s): LITED 1044 (230:044) or ENGLISH 4940/5940 (620:165g); LITED 3115 (230:115), LITED 3116 (230:116), or LITED 4117/5117 (230:117g); LITED 3119 (230:119) or LITED 3121 (230:121) or TESOL 4510/5510 (630:165g); or consent of instructor; junior standing. Students must earn a grade of B- (2.67) or above in Literacy Education minor courses numbered LITED 3119 (230:119) or above and have a cumulative and UNI GPA of 3.00 or higher to enroll in this course. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
Term: Spring 2013
Start/End Date: Jan 14, 2013 - May 10, 2013
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{I'm still collecting my thoughts about this afternoon's hearing, which was mostly positive -- but I needed a change from all that. I'll blog about it tomorrow when I have had a few more coherent thoughts.}
MEANWHILE, though -- we have the best ever opportunity to make our neighborhood greener, healthier and lovelier! Please, puh-leeze promise me that when you've finished reading this, you'll click on the Permalink, print it out, and share at least TWO copies with your neighbors. We could literally transform Foster-Powell!!
Friends of Trees is this phenomenal organization that gets donations and grants to subsidize the cost of trees for neighborhood streets (parking strips) and even for yards! They research and obtain the best possible trees for our area, and their website is full of info about trees so you can learn what would work best in your corner of the neighborhood (check out the Linear Arboretum!) And THEN, as if that weren't enough, volunteers come and HELP PLANT THE TREES at your place -- even leaving you with instructions for care.
Believe me, if you've ever tried to buy a new tree for your yard, you know they're expensive -- and far too often I see trees that were planted in the wrong place and are doing badly. With Friends of Trees, you get information, help, and some strong backs -- for less than you could anywhere just for the trees!
So how much will they cost? Get this -- they are priced by neighborhood. If you live in the Foster-Powell neighborhood, a street tree is only $40 and a yard tree is only $60 (other neighborhoods, check the online order link here)! And, for a limited time, if you let them put a sign in your yard about Friends of Trees, you get a $10 per house discount. Wow. . . .
The coordinator for our neighborhood is Elaine and here's her E-mail, or you can call her at 503-762-2394.
Businesses, benefactors, green-lovers everywhere, please note:
Friends of Trees is also in need of VOLUNTEERS to help plant, and contributions to pay for mulch for the plants and refreshments for the workers.
Can you think of a better way to celebrate the beauty of the earth? C'mon, plant one for -- well, for any reason you want!!!


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Jackie Huba wrote Monster Loyalty: How Lady Gaga turns Followers Into Fanatics. Photo illustration by Sean Driscoll
Author Jackie Huba thinks business owners should embrace at least part of Lady Gaga's schtick—her loving attention to her fans (or in business terms, her loyal customer base).
According to research from TARP Worldwide, it is five times cheaper to keep a customer than to get a new one. So the chief marketing officer's No. 1 priority is all wrong and may very well be damaging relationships with existing customers—customers who, if retained, would help bring in new customers based on customer satisfaction and word of mouth.
Where other businesses don't seem to have their priorities straight, pop star Lady Gaga understands that focusing on current customers is the key to building long-term, sustainable audience loyalty. With 23 million albums sold, five Grammy awards and Forbes' distinction as one of the world's most powerful celebrities, Gaga is one of the most well-known pop artists in the world.
But her stunning business acumen has earned her legions of loyal fans worldwide. Gaga is one of the most followed people in social media, with 35 million Twitter followers and 56 million "likes" on Facebook. But she and her manager, Troy Carter, spend most of their efforts focused on just 1 percent of her fan base, the die-hard fans Gaga calls her "Little Monsters." I call these super-engaged customers the "One Percenters," the core group of customers making up about 1 percent of a business' customer base.
This idea of the One Percenters is based on research conducted with my co-author, Ben McConnell, for our 2007 book, Citizen Marketers. In the early days of online community and social media, we looked at online communities and tracked what percentage of members created content and were most engaged. We found it amounted to just 1 percent of the total community members. That's a very small part of the community, and yet this disproportionate number of super-engaged members was creating most of the value for the rest of the community.
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A complete list of Toyland Express drop off locations can be found inside.
Anyone is welcome to drop off a toy here, at KBJR / KDLH at 246 Lake Avenue.
148th Fighter Wing
242 Yacht Club of Duluth
A and L Properties
Advantage Emblem
American Legion Post 71
Anytime Fitness
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Arbys Restaurant
Auto Value
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Avenue 45 Hair Designers
Baja Tanning
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Bayshore Health Center
Bell Bros Jarvi Dowd
Bonnie Perkins Agency
Bulldog Pizza
Caribou Coffee
Caribu Coffee
Cartier Agency
Center for Personal Fitness
Certified Public Accountants
Chripractic Health Center
Chris Jensen Rehab Center
Community Connection
Cub Foods
Curves for Women
Daugherty Appliance & Serv
Denfeld School
Dollar Tree Mall
Dollar Tree West
Duluth Business University
Duluth Children's Museum
Duluth Clinic West
Duluth Dodge
Duluth Internal Medicine - St. Lukes Clinic
Duluth Lawn & Sport
Duluth News Tribune
Dunn Brothers
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Hansen Auto
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Hermantown Elementary
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Hermntwn Fedral Crdt Union
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Northwoods Childrens Srvc
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Award winning actress Thandie Newton and veteran actor Cole Hauser team up for the second season of the hit suspense-drama Rogue. Cole joined us to talk about his character and why more movie actors are turning to television to find roles.
Season Two of Rogue premieres Wednesday, May 28, at 8:00pm on DirecTV. For more information, visit the show's website.


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In early April, the Louisville Cardinals cut down the nets and celebrated the 2013 National Championship.
And in mid-June, its coaching staff -- including head coach Rick Pitino-- started showing up to watch Ypsilanti's Jaylen Johnson play on the summer basketball circuit.
And as the months went on and Pitino continued to call and continued to show up, Jaylen's mother, Janetta Johnson, couldn't believe the amount of attention a program of that caliber was showing her son.
"I was like 'Wow, this is a national championship team, and they're treating my son like he's top 10 in the country,'" Johnson said. "They really really worked hard to develop that relationship."
The relationship that developed over a three-month span, plus a good fit style-wise and a shared vision for development, are why Johnson decided to commit to the Cardinals on Friday.
Johnson called Pitino Friday morning before school to tell him he would be accepting a scholarship offer. And it just so happened that Johnson made his call at the beginning of the induction weekend for the National Basketball Hall of Fame, where Pitino is one of the inductees.
The soon-to-be hall of famer spent the summer ingratiating himself with the Johnson and his inner circle -- he always answered phone calls, and spoke to everyone Janetta could think of who is important in Johnson's life. He was also regular presence on the sidelines and Johnson made a name for himself with a standout summer on the AAU circuit.
The Louisville coaching staff also broke down the 6-foot-9 Johnson's game, and provided a clear plan for developing him. While some schools saw Johnson's height and envisioned bulking him up and turning him into a post-up threat, Louisville saw his strengths as a passer in the open floor.
For Janetta Johnson -- an Ann Arbor native who played for Wisconsin and professionally, who still holds the Baders' single-season blocks record with 130 -- that was important.
"I didn't want anybody putting Jaylen in a box because Jaylen can do multiple things and I was looking for someone that could develop the things that he can do as well as add to them," Janetta Johnson said. "That's the program they have, and they assured me that that's what they want to do with Jaylen."
Johnson had originally planned to take his five official visits throughout the fall, and wait at least another month to make a commitment.
But after the recruiting process started getting more heated -- and ugly, according to Janetta -- and with the school year getting underway, mother and son sat down this week to have a frank discussion about where things stood.
It was then that Jaylen realized that he was ready to commit.
"Jaylen got to the point where he said he really wants to go to Louisville," Janetta Johnson said.
The early September commitment allows him to focus solely on school and the upcoming basketball season, after Janetta decided to cancel the official visits.
Johnson chose Louisville over a host of other schools, among them Michigan State and Tom Izzo.
"I personally love him and look up to him and he made a great impact on Jay," Janetta Johnson said of Izzo. "I just think Jaylen felt like Louisville was a better fit for him, and he wanted to experience going out of state."
Michigan had also showed interest in recent weeks, and Johnson took an unofficial visit to the school last month. But Janetta Johnson said the Wolverines were unable to offer him a scholarship.


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Like a caterpillar who wants to fly
But first must commit to a life of crawls
Near a pool shallow enough, you'd be surprised what could dissolve
Cause Charles Darwin taught me even Christians could evolve
Like Edgar Allan Poe. Or Vincent van Gogh
But I'd rather go...out with a fight
Because the time is always right to do what is right
So I write..for me
Write every letter from M-L-K to P-A-C
A poem from Kadeem's debut spoken word album, Return to Introversion (coming soon).
Out of Order encompasses the beauty in nature, inspiration, and even death while relating them all to the injustices on this earth.


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It's time we show you a little preview of what's coming up in Cosplay Gen #02 and how it's going to look. Check out on our Shop page 30 pages of the 100 pages we have prepared in our second issue. Also, if you pre-order it right away you will also be getting a free copy of Otaku Play which includes an EbOY NY city poster and a DVD.
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Field hockey: Smith to Glens Falls HOF
Cindy Smith is headed to the Glens Falls Athletic Hall of Fame for the second time.
Smith's state championship field hockey team from 2000 was part of the hall's 2012 induction class, and the successful coach will be honored again with four other individuals in an October ceremony.
Smith's stint with Glens Falls was highlighted by back-to-back state Class B title game appearances in 1999 and 2000.
The Indians only loss (20-1) in 1999 came against Garden City in the state final, 2-1. The Indians avenged that loss in the 2000 state semifinals, topping Garden City, 2-0, before claiming the title with a 4-2 triumph over Whitney Point.
The 2000 Glens Falls edition, which went 23-0, included Foothills Council first-team all-stars Cathleen Kerman, Avery Clark, Ashley Sturdevant, Kristen Vincent and Maggie Donohue.
Glens Falls won another state Class B championship in 2001 under coach Michelle Venditto.
The October hall of fame class will also include Jim Coclanis (football, basketball, baseball, track; posthumous), Matt Stevens (football, baseball), Marnie Sundberg (softball), Mina Ponda (distinguished service) and the 1973 wrestling team.
More hall of fame information is available by contacting Glens Falls athletic director Chip Corlew (792-6564).


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May 2008
THE NEWBERG REPORT — May 14, 2008
Several things from Tuesday
night's game:
1. In the second inning, he
In the fourth inning, he singled.
In the sixth inning, his sacrifice
fly gave Texas
a 3-2 lead it wouldn't relinquish.
Partly because, in the seventh inning,
he did this:
In the eighth inning, he singled
in a run to push the lead to 4-2.
He's long had a reputation for
doing the little things that help teams win.
Lately he's getting in the habit of doing big things, too.
He's a fundamentally reliable
defender who is hitting .344/.419/.516.
Ramon Vazquez is a Professional
2. The last time Texas won six series in a row was in 1999,
when the club took seven straight sets between July 15 and August 4. It was the Rangers' last playoff season.
3. December 22, 2007 Newberg
"I love the idea, as I've dreamed
repeatedly in this space for years, of having three center fielders patrolling
the Rangers Ballpark outfield together.
Add the fact that the starting outfield could boast three plus arms — Hamilton is possibly a top 10 thrower in the game — and
all of a sudden Texas
has a chance to change the way opposing runners behave. That's a really good thing."
Take a sheet of paper
out and write down all the center fielders this franchise has had who would
have made the catch Hamilton gave us in the eighth – taking into account not
only the breathtaking snag but the fact that he beat the ball to the wall in
the first place – and for extra credit, jot down all of the ones who even think
about throwing to first to try and double up the runner, which Hamilton nearly
Underneath that, list
all the Rangers right fielders who would have made the grab that David Murphy pulled
off in the seventh.
Then figure out another
way to use your blank sheet of paper.
4. Kason Gabbard deserved better,
but the pitch count got him. Since his
brilliant season debut in Anaheim,
the lefthander has made five starts, all no-decisions, posting a 2.78 ERA.
5. Through five innings, the
Rangers had forced Felix Hernandez to throw nearly 50 percent more pitches than
Seattle had
coaxed out of Gabbard. There are so many
good things about that.
Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News
notes that the Rangers are second in the league in on-base percentage and in
pitches seen per plate appearance. Whether
we consciously appreciate that or not, it makes watching this team play
baseball a better experience.
6. Eddie Guardado: nine pitches,
nine strikes, first save. Vintage stuff. Eddie Money.
7. C.J. Wilson has a 2.25 ERA (three
hits in eight innings) in nine save opportunities. It's 8.31 (11 hits in 8.2 innings) in
non-save situations. He'll be fine.
8. Seattle looks really beaten down.
9. Pay attention to this.
According to Grant, precocious Frisco
catcher Max Ramirez (.379/.455/.677) is starting to take ground balls at first
10. At the quarter point
of the season, Texas
is in third place in the AL West but is closer to first (four games) than
fourth (five games).
This has turned into a
team that, after finding ways to lose to start the season, is now regularly
finding ways to win. Amazingly, if we
are able to hold serve this afternoon, we'll have gotten back to .500. Despite limping out of the gate this year much
as this club did in 2007, the Rangers have reached 20 wins 19 days earlier this
season than last.
These last four games of
the homestand could be pretty cool.
You can read more from Jamey Newberg at www.NewbergReport.com.
You can read more from Jamey Newberg at www.NewbergReport.com.
THE NEWBERG REPORT — May 12, 2008
The game can fire you
up, and punch you in the gut. It can forge your belief in the strength of
numbers, and just as easily blindside you with something you could never have
Like Erik Bedard, staked
to an early 5-0 lead, failing to hold it and falling to 0-1, 5.79 against
Texas in three
2008 starts – after coming into the season as a lifetime 4-1, 2.42 pitcher
against the Rangers. The dramatic transformation in the Rangers' approach
against Bedard, forcing him regularly into high pitch counts, is every bit as
big as the impact that the unconventional infield shift the club employs against
Vlad Guerrero.
Like Cha Seung Baek
continuing to deal against this team: he's now 4-0, 3.38 against Texas in his big league
career, and 6-9, 5.44 against everyone else.
Like Josh Hamilton and
Milton Bradley, in the space of four pitches, hitting two of them a combined 857
Like Doug Mathis, a day
after getting an unexpected call to the big leagues, calmly throwing nine
pitches and emerging from the dugout to join the home plate scrum with a major
league victory to his credit.
The game, if you let it,
can bring out the worst in you, and the best. It's inspiring and depressing and
relentless and good.
And in the end, it
rewards you for hanging in there.
From the May 9 Newberg
chose Mark DeRosa as the utility infielder on my all-time Rangers team in this
week's MLB.com column, but Ramon Vazquez is in the conversation. That guy can
play on my team any day. He's not an everyday player, but there's not one facet
of the game that he embarrasses himself in."
Sure am glad he was
playing on my team tonight.
You can read more from Jamey Newberg at www.NewbergReport.com.
You can read more from Jamey Newberg at www.NewbergReport.com.
THE NEWBERG REPORT — May 12, 2008
I finally decided, a few weeks ago, that I needed to make
time for "Lost." As big a fan
as I was of "Carnivale," I knew that "Lost" would grab me,
but I'd just never gotten aboard the train.
I started a week or two ago with Season One, and I'm eight
episodes in now. I'm hooked. Love the concept, love the psychology, and —
for the most part — love the storytelling.
But there are two characters that bug me, and it has
nothing to do with their stories. It has
to do with how they are written.
Aside from my expectation any time now to see Sawyer break
into "Bawitdaba-da-bang-da-dang-diggy-diggy-diggy," he gets on my
nerves because everything that comes out of his mouth is a bad punch line.
I like Sayid's story but can't get past how badly he is
written, either. He'd have been a
perfect Dan Brown character in "The Da Vinci Code," overexplaining
everything, unnaturally and implausibly.
(The show "Numb3rs," same issue.) Sayid is "Lost's" Robert Langdon.
I'm going somewhere with this.
There have been sportswriters in this market whom I won't
read any more, but when it comes to coverage of the Rangers, even the ones I don't
enjoy as much — less because of their opinions than because of their style — are
basically Sawyer and Sayid. I'll fight
through it because it's Rangers talk. Just
as I'm not about to stop watching "Lost."
The players in the newspaper/Web business are as
competitive as the athletes they cover, and that's a good thing for all of us
who depend on what they produce. But when
a writer's agenda starts to look more like setting up a couple segments on the
next day's talk radio show than reporting the truth, that's not so good a thing.
On the subject of manager Ron Washington's job security,
one writer wrote this on Thursday (and I suspect was actually standing next to Jon
Daniels when working up the story):
"Daniels made it clear that no changes are being
considered right now. Daniels felt the
need to speak on the record about the subject because there still is
Internet-blog and talk-show chatter going on back in the Metroplex even as the
Rangers haven been on a decent roll. 'I'm
prepared to put this to bed,' Daniels said. 'The team is playing better, and we're
starting to get healthy. I'm very tired
of all of this.' If there comes a time
to review the Rangers' field leadership, Daniels said it will not happen before
the All-Star break. 'Hopefully it won't
happen then, either,' the GM said."
And this:
"'The bottom line is nobody should alone shoulder
the responsibility for us getting off to a bad start,' Daniels said. 'We did, though, and we owed it to the
organization and our fan base to review the situation. There's no secret we met. We did. Now we're getting healthy and playing better
baseball. You have to give credit to Ron
and the staff and the players for responding. They're playing hard, executing and playing
the game better. We need to let the team
get out there and play baseball and get rolling. If at some point we need to re-evaluate,
that's part of the game. But it won't
happen before the All-Star break.'"
Another writer (who I'm sure also spoke directly with Daniels)
offered this:
"'Nobody was pleased with our play in the first
month, but we've said all along that we do not want to have a knee-jerk
reaction,' Daniels said from Arlington.
'We are playing better now. I hope this goes away permanently, but if
there is a need to revisit it, we'll address it at the All-Star break and not
And: "Daniels said the topic is not an 'active
But then, two days later, another writer gave us this
(and I'm guessing was never on the phone with or in the same room as Daniels,
if even in the same building):
"Ron Washington, we were told, might or might not
have his job security addressed 'at the All-Star break [mid-July].'"
That writer went on to characterize the situation as Daniels
"hanging [Washington]
out there" and referring to the All-Star break as "a possible execution
The way I read the first two stories, Daniels was
standing behind his manager and perhaps trying to preempt the same questions
after every two-game losing streak. Basically,
I think, the general manager was saying the club won't reevaluate the manager for
the next two months, so don't bother asking — and hopefully, by that time
there won't be any need to reevaluate him at all, or to ask the question.
Somehow, another writer turns that into Daniels "hanging
his manager out there," as if Daniels has pronounced that the Rangers will
decide Washington's
fate at the All-Star break.
Well, that ought to fire up the talk show lines today.
"I'm very tired of all of this," Daniels said.
Me, too.
Look, I don't know whether Washington is the right manager for this
team. But do know that there's only one real
Rangers story at the moment, at least at the big league level, and that's the
five straight series wins and phenomenal pitching this club is getting despite a
crazy number of days lost to the disabled list, not the manipulated creation of
an hourglass that apparently doesn't really exist.
But of course it's the latter that makes us talk about newspaper
writers as opposed to the stories they write (and I'm guilty of doing that with
this report), and that feeds talk show energy, which, I suppose by design,
makes the writer himself more of a talking point today than Josh Hamilton or
Milton Bradley or Brandon Boggs or Doug Mathis.
Mathis wasn't given a non-roster invite to big league
spring training this year but midway through camp he earned one, and right then
it became apparent that the Rangers had him squarely on the radar. His solid 5-0, 3.55 start with Oklahoma (after a poor
0-3, 10.66 showing at the AAA level in 2007) was the reason that he (and not
Eric Hurley, for instance) got the call yesterday when a potential emergency
long man was needed.
There's no question that Mathis was headed for a winter
addition to the 40-man roster anyway, but now his options timetable will start
one year early, once he is presumably sent back to the RedHawks upon Kevin Millwood's
return from the disabled list, where his strained groin muscle should only cost
him the minimum 15 days.
Millwood's turn will be skipped Thursday, when the
Rangers have an offday, so Mathis should be available during the Mariners series
for long relief work. He's expected to
start in Minnesota
a week from tomorrow, which is the next time Millwood's spot comes up.
Just six weeks into the season, Vicente Padilla is the
only member of the rotation Texas
expected to start the season with who hasn't spent time on the disabled list.
The addition of Mathis to the roster momentarily brought
it to a full 40, but Texas had quietly gotten
Kazuo Fukumori through waivers over the weekend (at least one source reports
that he was released) and outrighted him to Oklahoma, where he's been pitching for more
than two weeks. Accordingly, the roster
is back down to 39 players.
I hate when a pitcher like C.C. Sabathia or Dontrelle
Willis gets compared to Vida Blue, because it's lazy, so understand that when I
say this, it's strictly because of Boggs's swing mechanics from the right side,
the way that he seems to choke his swing off on its upward plane, finishing
with the bat pointed toward the field rather than following all the way through,
and not because of anything else: Boggs reminds me of Ellis Burks.
(Here — this is what I'm talking about: http://www.alexsautographs.com/ellisburks1.jpg)
You just can't take your eyes off of Boggs, the way he
plays the game.
Marlon Byrd struck out four times in four trips in his
first rehab appearance for Oklahoma
on Saturday, but he went 3 for 4 with a double and a walk yesterday.
Remember our discussion in December about how unfortunate
it was that Akinori Otsuka's ominous medicals reportedly killed a deal with the
White Sox for Class A first baseman Chris Carter — whom Chicago
instead traded to Arizona
for outfielder Carlos Quentin? Quentin
leads the American League with nine home runs and with a 1.001 OPS.
As good as the Rangers' outfield has been this season, imagine
what it would be like if Texas
had been able to move Otsuka for Carter and to flip Carter for Quentin.
has removed Eric Gagné from the closer's role.
St. Louis
outfielder Ryan Ludwick is hitting .347/.407/.733 with 11 doubles and eight
home runs in 101 at-bats. If he wasn't 20
at-bats short of qualifying, his 1.140 OPS would rank third in baseball, behind
Lance Berkman and Chipper Jones.
The Joliet Jackhammers of the independent Northern League
traded infielder Johnny Washington (and righthander Mike Colacchio) to the Florence
Freedom of the independent Frontier League for two players to be named.
is in town, and we have encores tonight (Padilla vs. Erik Bedard) and tomorrow
(Kason Gabbard vs. Felix Hernandez). And
no Richie Sexson. His appeal has already
been heard, and the league reduced his suspension from six games to five. He began serving it on Saturday, meaning
he'll miss the entire three-game set in Arlington.
But I won't. I'll
be there for all three Mariners games (the finale pits Carlos Silva against Scott
Feldman, who has three straight quality starts), and I can't wait to see what
unfolds. The way the Rangers are playing
right now, the big club's story is, or at least should be, what's happening on
the field. Unlike "Lost," one
writer's creative interpretation of what the flash-forwards might look like for
this team doesn't really add to the story, and as far as I'm concerned it
detracts from it, presumably in the name of the almighty ratings book.
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THE NEWBERG REPORT — May 11, 2008
According to Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News, Oklahoma righthander
Doug Mathis is with the team this morning, likely to be added to the 25-man
roster for either Kevin Millwood or Travis Metcalf (and filling the open spot
on the 40 in the process). Mathis's
arrival was prompted by last night's 8.2 innings turned in by the bullpen. If a long man is needed for Sidney Ponson
during today's game, Mathis is the man.
He threw eight innings for the RedHawks on Tuesday, so today is his day
to pitch anyway.
The 24-year-old is having an outstanding spring for Oklahoma, sitting at
5-0, 3.55 in seven starts, scattering 43 hits (.253 opponents' average) and just
10 walks in 45.2 innings while fanning 30, and he's coaxed twice as many groundouts
as flyouts.
A Happy Mother's Day for Jan Mathis, and a big congrats to
her son, one of the real good guys in this system.
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THE NEWBERG REPORT — May 11, 2008
No team had a worse
ERA than the Rangers' 5.68 in April.
No team has a better
ERA than the Rangers' 1.84 in May.
No team allowed a higher
opponents' average in April than the Rangers' .302.
No team has allowed
a lower opponents' average in May than the Rangers' .197.
While Doc Medich,
Fergie Jenkins, Steve Comer, Bob Babcock, Danny Darwin, Rick Honeycutt, Charlie
Hough, and Dave Schmidt are probably hanging out somewhere tonight with Mercury
Morris, Paul Warfield, and Don Shula, this nonetheless has to be the most
pumped up 18-20 team in the history of the game. Even on a night on which our ace was done 12
pitches into the game, this was one that felt good the entire way, even though
it was against the team with the second-best record in the American League.
Five straight series
Just two games under
.500. Seems almost impossible.
I'm heading out to the yard for four of the next five games. And I can't wait.
baseball is so rewarding.
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THE NEWBERG REPORT — May 9, 2008
17-20, despite 239.
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THE NEWBERG REPORT — May 9, 2008
- David Murphy has been named
American League Rookie of the Month for April. He outpolled Boston outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury (who helped make
Murphy expendable in the first place), Detroit
righthander Armando Galarraga, and Oakland
lefthander Greg Smith.
- Frisco catcher Max Ramirez is
number two on Baseball America's
Hot Sheet for the week, recognizing the scorchiest minor leaguers in
baseball, with stats from the past week getting the most weight in the
determination. Ramirez hit .579/.636/1.158 last week, raising his
season line to a healthy .398/.480/.722.
- You can't make some of this
stuff up. Former Rangers farmhand Chris Bradshaw, a right-handed
pitcher out of TCU who was drafted in the 14th round in 2001
but pitched only one season in the system before a career-ending arm
injury, is a contestant on the new season of "The Bachelorette." I
know this only because he told me to check this out. I have never watched any reality TV and don't have a whole lot of
interest in starting now, but I'm rooting for Chris, a really good dude,
to win whatever it is that you win on "Dancing with America's
Top Survivorette of the Big Brother Swap," or whatever the show is called.
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THE NEWBERG REPORT — May 9, 2008
Regarding last night's melee: Bravo, Milton Bradley,
Eddie Guardado, and Ian "Brenden Morrow" Kinsler.
If it were up to me, this isn't over. There's still a debt to pay. Vicente Padilla hits Ichiro near the knee in
the first inning on Wednesday, and so Seattle
retaliates Thursday. I get that. But drilling both Gerald Laird and Ian
Kinsler above the waist was overkill, and when Kason Gabbard throws a pitch
high but no closer to the right-handed-hitting Richie Sexson than it was to the
left-handed batter's box, Sexson — who has 40 pounds on Gabbard — not only
charges the mound but throws his hat at the ducking pitcher before mauling him
and injuring Gabbard's leg.
The Mariners show up here Monday. Padilla gets the ball that day.
But it's not up to me.
(Yeah, that's me knee-jerking. I want Seattle
to pay, and not just with that series loss — Texas's fourth straight series win.)
Sexson will probably get suspended, and I hope he
appeals. And gets written into the
lineup Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
And I hope if we do retaliate, we choose someone else. Better to just go ahead and let Sexson
contribute a dozen outs.
There was speculation in November that Texas
and Seattle
might have discussed a Sexson-Padilla trade, before the Rangers dealt minor
leaguer Tug Hulett to the Mariners for Ben Broussard. Whew.
I loved a lot of things about Jimmy Johnson, one of which
was his lack of pride. Fullback Alonzo
Highsmith starred for him at the University
of Miami, and three years after the
Oilers made him the third pick in the draft, Johnson (a year into his job with Dallas) traded a
second-round pick and a fifth-rounder to make Highsmith a Cowboy. He'd appear in nine games and touch the ball
22 times before Johnson released him.
Johnson didn't care what he'd invested in Highsmith, didn't care about
their history together. He didn't think
Highsmith could help him win games, and he was gone.
I see some of that in Jon Daniels, too. He had plenty of reason to offer Akinori Otsuka
a contract in December, given that he was the lone survivor of the ugly trade
that sent Chris Young and Adrian Gonzalez to San Diego.
But Daniels didn't like the medicals on Otsuka, and he cut ties. Simple as that.
Armando Galarraga was all that remained of the Daniels trade
that sent Alfonso Soriano to Washington. Still, he tried to get Galarraga through
waivers, assuming the risk that he could lose the 26-year-old, which of course
he did.
Right or wrong, Daniels doesn't hang onto players simply
to protect an earlier personnel decision.
I applaud yesterday's decision to cut ties with Broussard,
even though he was only a month into a $3.85 million deal that Texas must still pay
(unless someone trades for Broussard or claims him on waivers, neither of which
will happen). He wasn't hitting, he
wasn't playing particularly good defense, he wasn't going to be here in
2009. There's really nothing else to
Jason Botts had an opportunity to do what Broussard
wasn't doing. Chris Shelton has a shot
now. Frank Catalanotto, too. Maybe Nate Gold will before the year is
up. Odds are that they're all placeholders
until Chris Davis is ready. The only
reason to keep Broussard around was cash — though that cost was sunk — and
pride, and I'm glad that Daniels didn't allow the latter to stand in the way of
moving forward. This was no knee-jerk
Speaking of which, Richie Whitt of the Dallas Observer posted
a blog entry yesterday, reporting that "two baseball sources [he] trust[s]"
said that Rangers management has had talks with Don Baylor, Mike Hargrove, Jim
Tracy, and Jackie Moore as potential successors to Ron Washington. Daniels told local beat reporters that the
report was full of unspecified inaccuracies, that he has no intention of making
a knee-jerk decision at manager, and that the club doesn't plan to address the
managerial position (if at all) before the All-Star Break.
That's two straight shutouts (and 21 scoreless innings)
for the Rangers, their first back-to-back blankings since the club beat the
Angels in Anaheim,
2-0 and 1-0, with two weeks left in the storybook 2004 season.
As for the bullpen, that's 24 scoreless relief innings and
counting. Even more impressive: just eight
hits and seven walks in that stretch. And
20 strikeouts.
I chose Mark DeRosa as the utility infielder on my
all-time Rangers team in this week's MLB.com column, but Ramon Vazquez is in the
conversation. That guy can play on my
team any day. He's not an everyday player,
but there's not one facet of the game that he embarrasses himself in.
Consider the outfielders who are producing for this team:
Josh Hamilton, Bradley, David Murphy, and Brandon Boggs. The really exciting thing about it is that not
one of them was here a year ago, when the outfield was justifiably considered a
black hole, both defensively and at the plate.
Daniels's success in reconstituting the outfield as dramatically (and
expeditiously) as he did is something that hasn't gotten enough attention.
With regard to the crowded outfield/first base/designated
hitter situation at Oklahoma, it appears that something's about to give. With Botts back with the RedHawks after having
cleared waivers, he joins Nelson Cruz, Gold, John Mayberry Jr., and Kevin Mench,
and conceivably Boggs once Marlon Byrd is healthy, but I still just can't see
Boggs losing his big league roster spot right now the way he's playing. In any event, Daniels said, "It's
crowded, but hopefully we'll be able to clear that up soon."
The likely interpretation is that Mench, who can be a
free agent on June 1 if not in the big leagues — and not presently on the
radar to join the big club — could be moved soon, whether by trade or straight
And Cruz might be on the verge of a return to Texas. The Broussard move created an open spot on
the 40-man roster, and Cruz was lifted before the third inning in Game Two of
Oklahoma's doubleheader last night, with no apparent injury, at least based on
a reading of the game recap.
Botts homered in his final Rangers game, a week and a
half ago. He proceeded to homer on his
first Oklahoma
swing of the year, last night in the nightcap of the RedHawks doubleheader. The bomb off big league veteran Kirk Saarloos
provided the RedHawks' only run of the game.
Botts's first big league home run (in May 2006) also came
off of Saarloos.
Righthander Luis Mendoza threw approximately 50 pitches in
the bullpen on Wednesday without discomfort in his right shoulder, but he
apparently tired toward the end of the session and isn't close to being
activated. He'll pitch a simulated game
Saturday and will be sent out on at least two rehab starts after that.
Righthander Jason Jennings hasn't thrown since going on
the disabled list with a right elbow strain a week ago.
Righthander John Patterson, who has been beset by nerve
damage in his right forearm the past two seasons, felt pain near the nerve over
the weekend at extended spring training in Surprise. He's been shut down.
Righthanders Dustin Nippert and Robinson Tejeda are
pitching in the AAA rotation, but only in an effort to increase their
workload. Both are still being evaluated
as relievers.
is showing interest in righthander Kevin Millwood, according to Troy E. Renck
of the Denver Post.
The Rangers named Clinton first baseman Ian Gac (.395/.485/.802,
nine home runs and 24 RBI in 23 games) and Oklahoma's Cruz (.380/.537/.785,
nine home runs and 27 RBI in 23 games, plus 25 walks, 14 strikeouts, and nine
stolen bases in 10 attempts) Co-Minor League Players of the Month for April and
Clinton righthander Kennil Gomez (4-0, 1.55 in five starts, 23 strikeouts and
two walks in 29 innings, .183 opponents' average, 2.05 G/F) the Pitcher of the Month. The organization has also implemented a new honor,
handing out Defensive Player of the Month recognition for the first time. Frisco outfielder Craig Gentry (who I put on
the system's all-defensive team after his rookie season in 2006) is the inaugural
recipient. The speed merchant committed
no errors for the month and cut five runners down on the bases.
Frisco catcher Max Ramirez's was the Texas League Offensive
Player of the Week last week. Clinton outfielder Engel
Beltre and infielder Renny Osuna were Co-Midwest League Offensive Players of
the Week. Bakersfield righthander Tommy Hunter was the
California League Pitcher of the Week.
Nine games into the season, Bakersfield center fielder Julio Borbon was
hitting .211/.225/.237. Sixteen games
later, he's lifted his season line to .321/.370/.404, going 27 for 71 (.380) with
eight doubles, seven walks, and five strikeouts in that span. He's riding a 13-game hit streak.
But that's nothing.
Blaze catcher Manuel Pina went 2 for his first 26 this year. Since then, he has gone 22 for 56 (.393) and
now sits at .282/.333/.333 for the season.
True to form, the defensive star has struck out only three times in 78
at-bats all season.
Get this: in Clinton's series opener hosting Peoria last night, Chiefs manager Ryne Sandberg was ejected with his team down, 7-0, after he reportedly (according to T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com) charged LumberKings manager Mike Micucci after the sixth inning and had to be wrestled to the ground. Sandberg apparently took exception to a Clinton hitter bunting at some point, though by looking at the game recap the only two bunts I find are one in the second innings with Clinton up, 2-0, and another in the third with the same score. I'd like to hear more about this story.
It's early, but Atlanta
is just 18-15 and sits in third place in the NL East (and fourth in the Wild
Card race). Won't be pretty if the
Braves fail to get to the playoffs in either of the two Mark Teixeira seasons that
cost them Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Elvis Andrus, Neftali Feliz, Matt Harrison,
and Beau Jones.
C.J. Wilson's next Guitar Hero Challenge charity event is
next Thursday, May 15, at Southwest Airlines Headquarters at Love Field, benefiting
the Scottish Rite Children's Hospital
of Dallas. Doors open at 6 p.m., with the tournament
beginning at 6:30. There's a $20 donation
to attend, and for another $10 the first 10 to sign up can tee it up with C.J. in
Guitar Hero. Email Robert Champagne at firstname.lastname@example.com for more
Doctors pronounced Doug Davis cancer-free yesterday. A
CT scan revealed no spread of the disease from his
thyroid, which was removed surgically a month ago. Spectacular news.
Independent league moves: The Sioux Falls Canaries
(American Association) signed outfielder Will Smith. The Joliet Jackhammers (Northern League)
signed catcher Patrick Arlis. The Kansas
City T-Bones (Northern League) signed righthander Gerry Oakes and released lefthander
Marc Major. The St. Paul Saints
(American Association) released outfielder Adam Bourassa. The Fort Worth Cats (American Association) released
righthander John Maschino.
Quick: Do you realize what your team's win-loss record
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THE NEWBERG REPORT — May 8, 2008
Bedard came into the game holding right-handed hitters to a .123 batting
average this season. He was 4-1, 2.42
lifetime against Texas.
Boggs, obviously having never seen Bedard, had as many hits off the star
lefthander as Seattle
had off the Rangers altogether. Boggs's two-out
triple in the fourth to break a scoreless tie was absolutely tattooed. He made Bedard throw five pitches in each of
their three matchups, and then forced Arthur Rhodes to throw eight pitches in
the eighth even though the veteran reliever started the rookie out 0-2.
is that Marlon Byrd is a couple days from heading out on a rehab assignment
that, assuming no setbacks, shouldn't last more than a few days.
the way Boggs (.313/.343/.500) is playing, can you really send him out?
Young is reportedly day-to-day with the sore left hip flexor he began to
experience in batting practice and then aggravated in his first-inning at-bat.
only disappointment as far as Vicente Padilla's night was concerned was that he
wasn't given the opportunity to pitch the eighth (after just 91 pitches), but on
the other hand, we've got to get Joaquin Benoit straightened out. Padilla, who won six games in 2007, already
has five victories in 2008. His seventh
inning was one of the most exhilarating performances by a Rangers pitcher in a long
time. After issuing his only two walks
of the night to start the frame, he looked like an Ace. Not the ace of the Rangers staff, but an Ace.
Padilla's next 15 starts go anything like his first eight have, it's going to
be fascinating to see whether the Rangers act on the trade offers they're sure
to field for him at the trade deadline. He's
under contract for 2009 at $12 million and has a club option for $12 million in
2010 (with a $1.75 million buyout). The
way he is pitching now, the way he is in command of the game when he is on the
mound, trading him may seem like a foolish thing to consider, but his history
of inconsistency – maddening inconsistency at times – may make him the kind of player
that you'd want to sell high on, even if that's something that as a fan you'd
rather overlook when he's dealing like this.
I've been looking forward to his starts more than any Rangers starter in
years. Right now, he's worth what his
contract pays.
Boggs is worth well more than his league-minimum $390,000.
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THE NEWBERG REPORT — May 7, 2008
According to multiple local reports, Jason Botts has
cleared league-wide waivers and has been outrighted to AAA Oklahoma.
As we discussed last week, the odds that Botts remains a
Ranger past 2008 are less likely now. If
he plays his way back to Arlington this season — not impossible though it's a
near certainty that Nelson Cruz (and Brandon Boggs, if in fact he returns to
AAA) would get opportunities before Botts if an outfielder is needed, and if a
first baseman is needed the Rangers might decide to give Nate Gold a look or make
the bold move of purchasing Chris Davis's contract — then the club can't push Botts
through waivers and outright him a second time without his permission. (He can't decline today's outright assignment
but will be able to turn down any subsequent outrights.) And if he's not on the 40-man roster as of mid-October,
he'll be able to leave the organization as a six-year minor league free agent
(as will Cruz and Gold).
This has to be a disappointing development for Botts, who
would have been a big leaguer if claimed and instead is a RedHawk for a fourth season. He'll presumably work in with Gold at first
base, as Cruz and Kevin Mench (who can leave if not in Texas as of June 1) and John Mayberry Jr. —
and possibly Boggs at some point — are commanding corner outfield starts. As Joaquin Arias gets more defensive work,
some DH at-bats will free up, and so Botts's immediate role isn't clear, but
he'll probably get back into rhythm pretty quickly and go back to terrorizing
Pacific Coast League pitching, which, like Cruz, he unfortunately hasn't shown the
ability to do consistently at the big league level.
More in the next Newberg Report.
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Both golf teams leave state with trophies in hand
The boys team takes second while girls finish fourth again.
They may have been two of the smaller teams at state, but both Bainbridge golf teams succeeded in making some big noise in their respective tournaments this week.
The boys golf trio of Carl Jonson, Kyle Hurt and Sean Leonard finished in second place at the 3A state golf tournament at the Bellingham Golf and Country Club Tuesday and Wednesday.
Jonson, a freshman, finished in a tie for second with Jens Bracht of Shorecrest with a two-day total of 143.
Hurt, a junior, finished in a tie for eighth with Jarred Bossio of Capital and Cory Mehl of ODea with a two-day total of 147.
Leonard, a senior, finished in a tie for 38th with Sean Narby of Kennedy and Dustin Hegge of Auburn Riverside with a two-day total of 160.
As a team, the Spartans finished with 76.5 points, well behind ODea, who scored 89.7 points to win the tournament.
Matt Rawitzer of Squalicum was the individual winner with a two-day score of 139.
Head coach Bob Dwyer said that Jonson could do no wrong out on the course.
He sank a hole-in-one on the 140-yard 13th hole for his first ace and shot very well on the back nine to stay in contention both days.
Hes pretty seasoned at big time tournaments, Dwyer said, noting that Jonson has played and done well in numerous amateur tournaments. Hes got a pretty good history of being in contention on the final day.
Carl can keep up with anybody, Dwyer continued. Hes creative all around the golf course. Whatever he needs to do, hell do it.
Dwyer estimates its the first time in his time at Bainbridge that a Spartan golfer has finished a state tournament under par since Austin Hurt did it.
Hurt, whose older brother Austin helped the team win a state title several years ago and was routinely in the top tier at state, had a tougher go of it.
The hole did not like him, Dwyer said. He had 10 to 15 putts that went in and out.
Most notable was a shot on the second day at the 16th hole that was inches away from going down for an ace.
But Dwyer said he is impressed with Hurts mental approach to the game of golf.
He manages his game, he said. He plays very steady. When everything goes bad, he digs down and gets something.
Leonard, who had won the Higgins Memorial tournament a few weeks ago, struggled to get anything going.
Dwyer said he had some problems with his swing, but also said neither he nor his teammates would let him beat himself up over it.
He felt like he let us down, but he didnt, he said. It just wasnt working for him. Thats the way golf is sometimes.
The toughest thing is to not go back over a round and think of all the things you missed, Dwyer continued. He worked to get what he did. I cant ask for anything more.
Dwyer said hes happy with how things worked out for the three golfers in earning a trophy.
Second place is nothing to shout at, especially with this field, he said. There were several schools who had four or five golfers with strong scores.
For the girls, they had to work hard to repeat at fourth place at the 3A state golf tournament at the Shuksan Golf Course in Bellingham.
Sophomore Anna Bourland was the top finisher for the Spartans when she tied for ninth with Lindsay Chinn of Mercer Island with a two-day total of 168.
Senior co-captain Melanie Trygg finished in a tie for 24th with Mari Peterson of Kelso and McKenzie Ballod of Interlake with a two-day total of 181.
Junior Ryan Nottingham finished in 27th with a two-day total of 182.
The Spartan trio scored 61.5 points to take fourth.
Holy Names Kristin Tan shot a two-day total of 148 to win the individual title while Enumclaw won the team title.
Head coach Steve Nielsen said nearly everyone had a tough go of it on the course as different changes in elevation on the course and rainy conditions combined with a poor drainage system ensured everyone would have to work to score well.
The 18th hole was a total swamp, he said. The kids balls were just plugged into the ground (upon impact).
Nielsen also said the girls had a bad go of it on the putting side as well, but did what they could to stay competitive.
After the first day I gave them a copy of the scorecards and on the way back (to the hotel) I could hear them going over each hole and what they could have done differently, where they could hit the ball differently. They came in with a smarter game plan going into (the second day).
Though the team did its best, Nielsen said the two players from Holy Names Tan and Cassie Pless, who finished above Bourland in eighth place each shot well over the two days.
But we were fighting the whole way, he said. The girls hung in there and fought. They might not do well on the front but they battled on the back side.
They get the team concept, Nielsen continued. Its more about the team than the individual and its been that way even with Katie (Saucier), who was more interested in how the team did than how she did.
They were fighting the whole way. We definitely earned that trophy; it was not easy.
With the end of the tournament comes change for both teams.
For the boys, they lose Leonard and several others, but many will return to send as many as they can back to state.
The best part is that the guys returning played in a majority of the matches (last season), he said. Theyll do well in summer tournaments.
Nielsen loses just Trygg, but its a major change, as she was a freshman when he took over the reins of the head coaching position of the team four years ago.
Well miss Mel, he said. She was a great captain. Weve worked together for four years on progressing this team. Itll be very weird to go out there next year without her.
But she was a good captain and a great leader, Nielsen continued. Shes passing on a lot of good traditions and she showed how to act on and off the course.
Shes got a lot of interests and shes going to do a lot of things in her life. Were lucky that golf was one of them.
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This year, the Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam is making a three-show stop Friday, Feb. 21, and Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Dow Event Center, 303 Johnson.
Among those getting the chance to show off their monster truck skills is veteran driver Michael Vaters, who drives Black Stallion.
Vaters has driven monster trucks as a profession for 32 years.
What's Vaters' favorite part of working as a professional monster truck driver after all these years?"Just working with the fans and the children – talking with them and answering all their questions," Vaters said.
While working with Monster Jam takes Vaters to many locales, he instantly recalls what it is like to visit Saginaw.
"I've been there many times," Vaters said. "We've got along of fans there.
"It's a lot of fun in Saginaw."
On top of the shows, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, along with 2 p.m. Saturday, Vaters will take part in the Party in the Pits.
The special event, held from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. gives fans the opportunity to meet their favorite drivers and see the trucks.
"It lets the kids get right up close to the trucks," Vaters said. "They can ask whatever they want."
While some have stereotyped monster trucks as a pastime for boys, Vaters said it is an all-inclusive atmosphere, with female drivers and fans, as well as a family environment.
"It's good for all ages," he said.
Tickets for the Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam, available at The Dow Event Center box office, online at ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000, cost $10 for kids and $15 for adults in advance. On the day of the event, prices increase by $2.
Pit party tickets cost an additional $10 each, while supplies last.
For information on Monster Jam, visit monsterjam.com.


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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The Alabama Bureau of Investigation is investigating an incident in which a police officer shot a man Monday afternoon.
Officer Brent Blankley would say only that a Tuscaloosa Police officer was involved in the shooting, which happened along 26th Street. Blankley would not say what he was doing, nor whether the person who was apparently shot was killed.
Sylvia Guyton tells The Tuscaloosa News that it was her son, Antonio Guyton, who was shot.
A later story from The Tuscaloosa News stated that Antonio Guyton was being apprehended on a first-degree robbery charge involving an incident in which a firearm was used. Guyton was taken to DCH Regional Medical Center.


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Kentucky Fans Are Expressing Their Joy in PrayerApril 3, 2009 – 12:08 am by admin
You might have heard that Kentucky basketball fans are intensely excited their program hired John Calipari. Really, super duper excited.
In fact, the Commonwealth is so stoked people are string words together in such a way that they vaguely resemble a poem. Who knew they could do such things?
Seriously. This was passed on to me by a friend and proud Kentuckian:
The Bluegrass Prayer
Our Calipari which art at UK
Hallowed be this game
Thy recruits they come
And championships be done
At Rupp as it was before
Give us this season the wish we expect
And give us our wins
And we will give you our cheers
Lead us not to the NIT,
And deliver us from L-ville.
For this is Kentucky;
Home of basketball glory
Forever and ever…
I had no idea people in Kentucky were capable of such things. Well done, people.