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The Varsity ASA Softball leagues are holding registration for the 2011 fall season every Sunday at the Richmond County Youth Complex (formerly the ASA complex) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be two divisions on Saturdays and Sundays and doubleheaders for each team. An early response guarantees a spot and complimentary softballs. Call John Gino at 718-979-7801.
Tennis tournament
The Staten Island Mixed Doubles Tournament is scheduled to begin July 29 at Richmond County CC. Call Dot Ryan (718-227-3210) or Tom Carlson (718-612-5597) to enter.
S.I. Lions youth football
The S.I. Lions youth tackle football organization will be holding registration for boys ages 5 through 15 tonight from 7:30 to 9 p.m at Great Kills LL clubhouse. Visit www.statenislandlions.org.
Daniel Kelley Twilight Mile
The second annual Daniel Kelley Twilight Mile festival will be held at the St. Joseph by-the-Sea track Friday with the first race going off at 5 p.m. The series of races features an elite women's mile, slated for 6:30 p.m., followed by an elite men's race, scheduled for 6:35. Pre-entry fee is $10, with day of entry fee $15. Afterwards, there's music and a barbecue.


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"Teen Mom" turned porn star Farrah Abraham was kicked out of rehab two days before her 10-day program was scheduled to be completed. A report said the 22-year-old single mother was given several chances to stay, but was a "disruptive influence" on other patients at the Lukens Institute rehab center in Florida, including inviting paparazzi to take pictures of her there (as well as with "Tan Mom" Patricia Krentcil). She didn't appear upset when she was spotted shopping Tuesday, though. Abraham, just weeks after selling her sex tape, said she entered rehab because she wanted to make "better choices" for her 4-year-old daughter after getting a DUI in March.
Even Taylor Swift wouldn't do this: A new Selena Gomez song features Justin Bieber, or rather a voicemail from her on-again, off-again boyfriend. "Hey babe, it's me," the Biebs appears to say in a recording at the beginning of "Love Will Remember," which leaked Tuesday. "I just wanted to let you know that you are my princess... you are the love of my life." Gomez then responds with the breakup ballad, singing "You said you loved me/I said I loved you back/What happened to that?/What happened to that?" The track will appear on her next album "Star Dance," due in stores July 23.
» Hear the song at YouTube and read more at Billboard.
Former "American Idol" judge Nicki Minaj wants to have kids, she tells the latest issue of Marie Claire. "I want to be a mom one day, and I want to start becoming the woman who I want to parent my child," the 30-year-old rapper said. She also talked about her "Barbz Nation" of fans and the pressure she's feeling about making her acting debut in "The Other Woman" with Cameron Diaz. Minaj appears in the magazine in a curve-hugging leather dress, but says she doesn't work out because if she loses weight she'll "lose my boobs."
» See photos and read more at the Daily Mail.
"The Newsroom" star Jeff Daniels says "Dumb and Dumber To" starts shooting in September with a planned 2014 release. Unlike the ill-advised prequel, the "Dumb and Dumber" sequel is written and will be directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly brothers with Daniels and Jim Carrey returning as the dim-wittted Harry and Lloyd. "It'll be the 20th anniversary of the first one next year when it's released," Daniels told Jimmy Fallon on Monday night. "I've seen the script. I''s hysterical. We're middle-aged. We're not pretending we aren't. We're middle-aged and we're still that stupid."
» Read more at Slash Film.
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KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A Merritt, B.C., father was in a psychotic state when he killed his three children and is therefore not criminally responsible for his actions, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled.
Allan Schoenborn, 41, sat quietly with his head bowed Monday when Judge Robert Powers found him guilty of three counts of first-degree murder but not to blame for what he'd done.
Earlier, Schoenborn twice swore at Powers while he read his ruling.
Powers said no one can know for sure if Schoenborn was suffering from a mental disorder when he killed his daughter and two sons in April 2008 but that on the balance of probabilities it's more likely that he was.
Powers pointed to Schoenborn's history of psychotic behaviour in the months, weeks and days leading up to the murders.
He rejected the Crown's assertion that Schoenborn killed his children as revenge against their mother, who discovered their bodies in their home.
"I find it unlikely (he) would have killed his children out of anger given the close and caring relationship he had with his children," said Powers, who heard the case without a jury.
"Mr. Schoenborn, if anything, was overprotective. The irony is that the real danger to the children was Mr. Schoenborn himself and none of the dangers that he imagined in his mind."
But Powers said Schoenborn's imaginary fears can't justify his crime.
"Any reasonable or rational person would know that was wrong," he said. "However, due to his psychosis at the time he was not able to make that decision."
Powers said Schoenborn must appear before the British Columbia Review Board within 90 days to determine where he will be held.
Outside court, Schoenborn's defence lawyer, Peter Wilson, called the verdict "the right result."
"It shows the system works," Wilson said. "It's clear Mr. Schoenborn was mentally ill. He loved his children. What he did didn't make any sense. He loved them."
During the trial, Wilson maintained Schoenborn was living a "psychotic reality" and believed that killing his children was the morally right thing to do.
Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Shabehram Lohrasbe, who twice interviewed Schoenborn in jail, testified that Schoenborn told him he killed his kids because they were being sexually abused and it was his duty to protect them.
There was no evidence in court to suggest that the children were, in fact, being abused.
In his testimony, Schoenborn described how he slashed his 10-year-old daughter Kaitlynne with a cleaver and then suffocated eight-year-old Max and five-year-old Cordon.
In one chilling exchange, Schoenborn told the court that Kaitlynne fought back as he slashed at her neck and pleaded with him to forgive her.
Wilson cited the testimony of two psychiatrists as evidence that Schoenborn, who's never been professionally diagnosed with a mental illness, suffers from a major disorder.
Dr. Roy O'Shaughnessy told the court that he felt the killings were influenced by mental illness.
But Lohrasbe, who testified for the Crown, said that while he agreed Schoenborn suffered from illness, it was also possible he killed out of anger towards his estranged common-law wife after she severed their 15-year relationship.
Schoenborn would often veer off in odd directions and say things that didn't connect, Lohrasbe said of the man's behaviour during the interviews.
Lohrasbe told the court that when he asked Schoenborn to explain the days leading up to the children's death and what may have set off the murders, he gave a very unusual response.
"He said, `the fucking day I met her,"' Lohrasbe testified last December, adding that Schoenborn was referring to the children's mother, Darcie Clarke.
He said Schoenborn told him that he didn't think of killing Clarke but that he murdered the children, saying `Those kids are mine. Darcie is not mine to take.'
Lohrasbe also testified that Schoenborn told him he says good morning to his three dead children when he wakes up and good night when he goes to sleep.
Merritt, B.C. dad found not criminally responsible for killing his three kids
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A Merritt, B.C., father was in a psychotic state when he killed his three children and is therefore not criminally responsible for his actions, a B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled.
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M. J. Person, J. L. Elliot, S. W. McDonald (MIT), M. W. Buie, E. W. Dunham, R. L. Millis, R. A. Nye, C. B. Olkin, L. H. Wasserman (Lowell), L. A. Young (SWRI), W. B. Hubbard, R. Hill (LPL), H. J. Reitsema (Ball), J. M. Pasachoff, B. A. Babcock (Williams), T. M. McConnochie (Cornell), R. C. Stone (USNO)
An occultation by Triton of a star denoted as Tr176 by McDonald & Elliot (AJ 109, 1352), was observed on 1997 July 18 from various locations in Australia and North America. After an extensive prediction effort, two complete chords of the occultation were recorded by our PCCD portable data systems. These chords were combined with three others recorded by another group (Sicardy et al., BAAS 30, 1107) to provide an overall geometric solution for Triton's atmosphere at the occultation pressure. A simple circular fit to these five chords yielded a half-light radius of 1439 ±10 km, however least squares fitting revealed a significant deviation from the simple circular projection of a spherical atmosphere. The best fitting ellipse (a first order deviation from the circular solution) yielded a mean radius of 1440 ±6 km and an ellipticity of 0.040 ±0.003.
To further characterize the non-spherical solutions to the geometric fits, methods were developed to analyze the data assuming both circular and elliptical profiles. Circular and elliptically focused light curve models corresponding to the best fitting circular and elliptical geometric solutions were fit to the data. Using these light curve fits, the mean pressure at the 1400 km radius (48 km altitude) derived from all the data was 2.23 ±0.28 microbar for the circular model and 2.45 ±0.32 microbar for the elliptical model. These pressures agree with those for the Tr180 occultation (which occurred a few months later), so these results are consistent with the conclusions of Elliot et al. (Icarus 143, 425) that Triton's surface pressure has increased from 14.0 microbar at the time of the Voyager encounter to 19.0 microbar in 1997. The mean equivalent-isothermal temperature at 1400 km was 43.6 ± 3.7 K for the circular model and 42.0 ±3.6 K for the elliptical model. Within their calculated errors, the equivalent-isothermal temperatures were the same for all Triton latitudes probed.


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Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 9:30 PM - Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 4:00 AM (EDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Cinco de Mayo Sexy House Party Bash!
A On-Premise Event!
This is an Official SLS Event: Hats Off, VIP Soiree, & Karma Sutra Lounge came together to offer you the Lifestyle party of the Year!! And everyone is welcome for this thrilling & very sexy event. You will not be discourage in this House of Pleasure!
This house will be transformed in an erotic oasis! Let's all come together and celebrate in a sexy and erotic atmosphere! This is one party you don't want to miss! Playrooms, Great music, Dance pole, Sexy bartender serving all your favorite drinks, BYOB, Food and Snacks, Mixers, Live DJ mixing the best sounds, Huge outdoor patio, & very sexy atmosphere. Grab your Sombrero and Come ready to meet, mingle, flirt, dance, drink and play in your sexy outfits!!!! This is going to be an unforgettable and very sexy party!!!
Time: 930pm
Location: (TBA) Coram, NY 11727 Complete address will be sent the night before.
Dress code: Ladies dress in your sexy outfits, sexy skirts, sombreros, etc., show some skin!
Gentleman dress to impress!
Donation: Couples $65, 10 selected singles $65(must be registered to receive discount)($5)
Single Ladies $25
Food and mixers will be provided
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Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 9:30 PM - Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 4:00 AM (EDT)
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Hats Off Couples Lounge was created to indulge you in an open minded environment. Our lounge welcomes everybody, from the curious, beginner to the most experienced. That is why our goal is to provide a fun, intimate and cozy atmosphere where individuals and couples interested in forming friendships with other open-minded couples feel comfortable.
The intention of our couples lounge is to provide a no pressure atmosphere with our events. A setting where couples can get together socially for cocktails, dinners, parties, etc. and to meet other like-minded couples. This lifestyle is all about having fun, flirting, exploring possibilities, forming friendships, and making connections..


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Since we haven't seen a doc yet....I bought some MB-12 sublinguals( from whole foods) and some MB-12 liquid with nasal ( New beginnings).
I was planning on taking the sublingual MB-12 after I give birth because it increases energy and helps with IBS...but I was thinking about giving it to DD before her liquid arrives. It is 5000 mcg. I can return it and get the 1000 mcg if needed though.
What is the dosage a DAN or any other professional would give to a 2 year old? Either Nasal or shot. I need it in Mcg though....not CC's . I can convert though if needed.
We are not planning on seeing a DAN because I don't think they are covered by Tricare.


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Updates from Thursday, June 26
Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowksi reports likely destinations for Joel Embiid tonight:
Joel Embiid's seriously in play for three spots in top part of lottery: 76ers (3), Celtics (6), Lakers (7), league sources tell Yahoo.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) June 26, 2014
Wojnarowski also talked about the Sixers' level of interest in the Kansas product:
Philadelphia is still working on a final decision at No. 3, but Joel Embiid has a tremendous chance to be selected there,— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) June 26, 2014
Bill Simmons passed along information on how the Celtics view Embiid:
Celts not nearly as sold on Embiid as people think. The medicals worry them. Could still take him, more likely they trade down. (PS-Go USA!)— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) June 26, 2014
Updates from Wednesday, June 25
Ken Berger of CBS Sports has the latest details on where Joel Embiid will land just 24 hours before the draft:
How far will Joel Embiid fall?
Widely expected to be the No. 1 overall pick by Cleveland until a fracture was discovered in the Kansas center's foot last week, Embiid now is viewed in front-office circles as going somewhere between the third and seventh picks. Several teams, including the Sacramento Kings at No. 8, have called teams ahead of them in the lottery to propose potential trades to move up and select Embiid, a league source with knowledge of the conversations told CBSSports.com.
Updates from Tuesday, June 24
It's unclear what teams have received Joel Embiid medical information, but Dei Lynam of CSN Philly reports on a few teams who have been given the papers:
According to ESPN.com's Chad Ford in a podcast with Bill Simmons posted Tuesday afternoon, only Cleveland and Milwaukee had been given Embiid's medical information.
Later Tuesday afternoon, an NBA source confirmed to CSNPhilly.com that the Sixers are also among the teams that have Embiid's medical records.
The Sixers are reportedly interested in taking Embiid with the No. 3 pick despite his injury problems.
Updates from Saturday, June 21
Chris Forsberg of ESPN has the latest on Embiid's potential draft stock:
I think we all want to know exactly what [the injury prognosis] is," Celtics director of player personnel Austin Ainge said after the team hosted another pre-draft workout on Saturday. "But even when you have a lot of information, sometimes it's still just a best guess. I'm not sure what the conclusions will be by the doctors and I'm sure, as with Avery Bradley and Jared Sullinger when we drafted them, the medical staff all had different opinions for every team. So it's hard to predict."
Pressed on how hard the decision might be if Embiid was available with the Celtics on the clock, Ainge smiled and offered, "Quite a gamble. I don't know. We'll see."
Ainge admitted that "Foot and back -- those are not good body parts to injure," but said the Celtics often weig the long-term effects of the injury rather than the amount of time the player will miss initially.
"We try to focus on the long-term health, rather than that short term when you're dealing with draft picks," said Ainge. "Free agency, it might be a little different. But when you're drafting kids that are [age] 19, 20, 21, it's usually best to think, 'Two years or five years down the road, will it be a concern?' Those are the ones that we usually try to avoid.'
Updates from Thursday, June 19
On Thursday news came out that Joel Embiid has a stress fracture in his foot. This will likely hurt his draft stock and frighten some teams away. Not the Boston Celtics according to A. Sherrod Blakely of CSNNE.com:
The stress fracture in Joel Embiid's right foot will certainly scare some teams away from selecting him near the top of the draft.
But the Boston Celtics aren't one of them.
In fact, a source tells CSNNE.com that the Celtics will give some serious thought to potentially moving up in the draft to select him.
Boston has kept "all options" open leading up to the draft, including the possibility of moving up from their current No. 6 spot.
FOX Sports Live has more on Embiid's current draft stock:
"Cleveland is not going to consider Embiid at No. 1, league sources tell me." -@WojYahooNBA— FOX Sports Live (@FOXSportsLive) June 20, 2014
Updates from Tuesday, June 17
ESPN's Chad Ford provides an update on how Joel Embiid performed in his workout and interview with the Cleveland Cavaliers:
Embiid's workout and interview in Cleveland last week were major successes, according to sources close to the Cavs. Embiid did a full workout there in front of the Cavs' front office and owner Dan Gilbert. Multiple sources said that the team was blown away with the workout. Embiid even ended one session by launching and nailing a series of 3s. Directly after the workout, two different sources told me that Embiid was the strong favorite to be drafted by the Cavs. Even Gilbert was on board.
Updates from Friday, June 13
FOX Sports' Sam Amico and ESPN Cleveland present conflicting reports on Embiid's physical with the Cavaliers:
Cavs put Joel Embiid through rigorous workout. His physical checked out fine, source says.— Sam Amico (@SamAmicoFSO) June 13, 2014
.@TheRealTRizzo: Sources tell me Joel Embiid's physical w/ the #Cavs did not go well. Enough red flags that they won't take him #1 overall.— ESPN Cleveland (@ESPNCleveland) June 13, 2014
Amico provides more details:
Former Kansas center Joel Embiid was put through a rigorous individual workout during his visit earlier this week. Word is Embiid looked every bit as talented as expected and his physical checked out just fine. That means there were no major "red flags" about his troublesome back.
Updates from Thursday, June 12
Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times sheds light on how the Cavaliers plan to use the No. 1 overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft:
Several NBA officials told me the Cavs have no desire to unload the top pick and have honed in on Joel Embiid.— Gery Woelfel (@GeryWoelfel) June 11, 2014
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The Cleveland Cavaliers' incredible luck continued when they drew the No. 1 overall pick for the third time in four years in the NBA draft lottery.
With several elite prospects to choose from, it seems new general manager David Griffin and the front office are wary of selecting Kansas center Joel Embiid.
According to FoxSportsOhio.com's Sam Amico, sources with knowledge of Cleveland's current thinking suggest the back injury that kept Embiid out of the NCAA tournament is a big red flag:
Sounding as if Joel Embiid basically out of running for No. 1 pick. Sources say #Cavs' extremely leery of potential for longterm back issues— Sam Amico (@SamAmicoFSO) May 23, 2014
Embiid will have to undergo extensive evaluation by #Cavs, sources say. Team will not rely on independent evaluation.— Sam Amico (@SamAmicoFSO) May 23, 2014
This comes on the heels of a report on Wednesday by ESPN.com's Jeff Goodman, whose sources told him that the Cavs had Embiid at the top of their draft board. However, Goodman did note that Cleveland hasn't ruled out Embiid's teammate from this past season in Andrew Wiggins or Duke star Jabari Parker.
Embiid's draft workout can be seen below:
BasketballInsiders.com's Steve Kyler thinks that Embiid is well deserving of the top choice as long as his health checks out:
If Joel Embiid is completely healthy, almost no chance he does not go #1 overall...— Steve Kyler (@stevekylerNBA) May 23, 2014
Jayhawks coach Bill Self praised Embiid for his accelerated progress that led to declaring for the draft after his freshman season.
"His ceiling is ridiculously high," Self told The Kansas City Star's Blair Kerkhoff. "We knew he'd be really, really good [...] But we didn't know how long it would take. He kind of exceeded our expectations."
Who should the Cavs choose No. 1 overall in the 2014 NBA draft?
The Cavs have already invested a recent first-round pick in Tyler Zeller, along with power forward Tristan Thompson. Neither has been spectacular, but Cleveland also has Anderson Varejao up front, limiting the need for another player in that part of the rotation.
This is a monumental decision for Cleveland, especially in a state that saw a No. 1 overall pick in former Ohio State center Greg Oden suffer through injuries and bust.
There is also justification to choose either Wiggins or Parker. Both would likely man the small forward position, which has been a glaring weakness for the Cavs since LeBron James' departure.
Embiid could be a franchise-changing force thanks to his proficient, versatile offensive game, exceptional rebounding and defense that saw him average 11.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per contest in 2013-14.
However, the medical questions make him a precarious commodity.
Therefore, it makes sense that the Cavs are a bit apprehensive, since they haven't managed to translate their high draft statuses in recent years to playoff appearances.


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Skip to comments.Obama Colluding With Left to Subvert His Own Afghan War Policy
Posted on 12/07/2009 11:27:43 AM PST by markomalley
[Note: This is the latest segment in an ongoing series about Code Pink and its co-founder Jodie Evans. Click [1]here [1] to read earlier articles.]
In a move by the Obama administration that is gallingly cynical and would be considered treasonous in a less progressive era, a message sent by Code Pink [2] and an article published [3] by the left wing online publication AlertNet indicates the White House is working with the left wing terrorist support group Code Pink to agitate the public and undermine President Barack Obamas newly announced Afghanistan war policy.
Top Obama funder, Code Pink co-founder and terrorist supporter Jodie Evans [4] wrote at AlterNet of a White House initiated phone call she received last week, two days after Obamas Afghan war speech at West Point. The Obama official said the administration wanted to consult with Code Pink in response to the groups e-mail campaign targeting the White House with opposition to the presidents surge strategy.
However, it appears that the Obama administration was already in consultation with Code Pink before this reported phone call. In its message to supporters, Code Pink guaranteed their e-mails would be read by someone in the White House.
Its time to turn our outrage into sustained action. Use our quick and easy tool to send your response to Obamas announcement to the Executive Office of the Presidentwhere it will be read by a member of Obamas team! Let them know that you are mad as hell and will push back on the escalation. It is our job to continue to press them as we move forward.
In the article at AlterNet, Jodie Evans gloats about Code Pinks success, noting the Obama official called three minutes after the e-mail campaign was launched.
It was working! Impassioned CODEPINKers all over the globe were being heard inside the White House!
Obama has been consulting with Jodie Evans for nearly three years since first inviting her to co-host the breakthrough Hollywood fundraiser in February 2007 [5] that made his presidential candidacy a serious contender. He appointed her a bundler for his campaign [6] and took tens of thousands of dollars in contributions [7] from her for his Obama for America and Obama Victory Fund campaign vehicles.
Obamas last known meeting with Jodie Evans was in October [4] when she gave him an antiwar propaganda package based on her recent trip to Kabul. While in Afghanistan, she met with members of the Taliban [8], according to her friend Jane Fonda. Obama allowed himself to be filmed [9] accepting the propaganda package.
Jodie Evans and Code Pink have a well documented history of working to bring about Americas defeat in the war on terror. They have the blood of Americas soldiers on their hands from funding the other side in Fallujah [10], acting as a mouthpiece [11] for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [12] and sympathizing with Osama bin Laden. [13]
Obama and his team know this, yet they continue to work with Jodie Evans and Code Pink as Obama sends more of Americas sons and daughters to fight Code Pinks allies overseas.
Nice article ping.
Looks like 0bama is conducting a half@%% surge to surrender.
The Muslim Messiah, the US Congress, or anyone else in this country that can't back and support our military 100%, needs to stand in front of it.
That would be Treason with a capital "T".
There's more to the article at the source link.
Impeachment starts in the House Judiciary Committee, which is chaired by John Conyers.
Conyers serves on the board of the Progressive Democrats of America--alongside Code Pink's Jodie Evans and Medea Benjamin.
Those on this site who support Obama's War and Obama's escalation of that war will do anything to avoid the logical implication of their decision: they are on Obama's side!!! Those of us who oppose Obama's War, however, know better. When this war proves to be a disaster, the conservatives who are now giving him our blood and treasure will be partly to blame. The supporters of Obama's War can't have it both ways. Either they are for him or against him. Those who oppose Obama's War are the only ones who are clearly against him.
Obama can't send the troops anywhere UNLESS conservatives vote to cut off funding for Obama's War and demand that we bring home the troops home. Are you willing to do so? If not, you are just as guilty as Obama for any consequences.
And they collude with the Taliban. Simple really. He is not one of US he is born outside the USA and is their Manchurian Candidate.
I don't understand what this means.
My point is Obama has announced he is going to withdraw in 18 months and is working with Code Pink and other leftist anti-American groups to undermine our troops and to help ensure defeat.
It is far and above negotiating with a terrorist and democratic political correctness. It is treason.
Okay then, the logical implication of your position is that we should bring the troops home NOW, rather than let them suffer needleessly through inevitable defeat, right? Let me ask you more directly: do you think Congress should vote yes or vote no when they are asked to approve Obama's request to send MORE troops to Afghanistan? Voting present is not option.
My point is that we should replace the current slimy politicians with real leaders who have the courage and intelligence to create and follow a winning strategy.
NO...would be an unmistakeable vote of "no confidence" in 0bama. But they won't.
Fine...but that's not a realistic option until at least the next election. As a purely practical matter, American lives are at stake in the here and now. Again, in the next few weeks, Congress will vote directly on Obama's request to send more troops to Afghanistan. Do you think it should vote yes or no on this request? There will be no third choice.
Bingo. Those conservatives who will vote Yes (which they will) will share the blame for the consequences. Whether or not they like it, they can be considered Obama's allies pure and simple, regardless of their rhetoric.
If the current situation is expected to remain in place and there is little or no chance to develop a winning strategy then I would vote no. If there was a good chance to reverse the political situation and put a winning strategy in place I would vote yes. I am not playing both sides, I believe that the decision depends on whether the current situation in Washington can be reversed.
Good post!
A sensible answer. Thanks.
A sensible answer. Thanks.
Thanks for your question. Let me put it another way. Unless I could be confident that there would be a change in the current policy I would vote no.
Obama Orders 1 Million US Troops To Prepare For Civil War
(3rd entry down)
The European Union Times reports that Russian Military Analysts are reporting to Prime Minister Putin that Barack Obama has issued orders to his Northern Commands (USNORTHCOM) top leader, US Air Force General Gene Renuart, to begin immediately increasing his military forces to 1 million troops by January 30, 2010, in what these reports warn is an expected outbreak of civil war within the United States before the end of winter.
According to these reports, Obama has had over these past weeks numerous meetings with his war council about how best to manage the expected implosion of his Nations banking system while at the same time attempting to keep the United States military hegemony over the World in what Russian Military Analysts state is a last ditch gambit whose success is far from certain.
And to Obamas last ditch gambit, these reports continue, he is to announce in a nationwide address to his people this coming week that he is going to expand the level of US Military Forces in Afghanistan by tens of thousands of troops, while at the same time using the deployment of these soldiers as a cover for returning to the United States over 200,000 additional American soldiers from the over 800 bases in over 39 countries they have stationed around the Globe bringing the level of these forces in America to over 1 million, a number the US Military believes will be able to contain the explosion of violence expected to roil these peoples when they learn their economy has been bankrupted.
Note: The European Union Times isnt welcome on Free Republic. It seems to attract many anti-semites - I just ignore all morons anyway, but the article is interesting.
Considering that both Hussein and his Chewbacca ARE terrorists and have been for years (hussein being groomed as one, chewie to manage/oversee him and give him legal and political cover), this is no surprise.
Backgrounder: These are all basically fundriasing communications. Such messages (from the Right or the Left) are always basically "We are winning really big... the end is near... send us money so we can finish off the right wing." or "We are losing big.... the end is near.... send us money so the right wing doesn't finish us off!"
The line "where it will be read by a member of Obamas team" is used to try to convince the reader that the writing organization has some inside track at the WH, Congress, the State House, wherever. It's not a lie. All emails are read by "a member of Obamas team." It's some 19 year intern ensuring there are no threats and counting how many are pro, how many are anti. Some thing with letters and phone calls. They are called the "wet finger' staffers, because they keep a "wet finger" up in the air to see which way "the wind (of public opinion) is blowing."
The secret is to see where the emails are addressed to. if it's to the regular WH inbox, it's BS, and will be dealth with as described above.
Sender gets back a generic... "Thanks for writing. The President greatly appreciates it. He will keep your thoughts in mind as he makes his important decisions, yada, yada yada" email reply.
If it goes to a non .gov box, then it's going to the organization, Code Pink, etc, where the sender's email address is saved for future fund-raising and then automatically printed out and also sent electronically to the WH. Then they make a big show of delivering the boxed "Tens of thousands of ordinary people's emails, begging the President to....."
This gives the org political clout.
As I said, it's all BS.
Know your enemy
Progressive Democrats of America
Congressional Progressive Caucus
Masooda Jalal
Ms. Jalhal, the former Afghan minister of women, bluntly told her both were needed. "It is good for Afghanistan to have more troops – more troops committed with the aim of building peace and against war, terrorism, and security – along with other resources," she answered. "Coming together they will help with better reconstruction."
Shinkai Karokhail (an Afghan member of Parliament and woman activist)
"In the current situation of terrorism, we cannot say troops should be withdrawn," "International troop presence here is a guarantee for my safety."
Medea Benjamin
"That's where we have opened ourselves, being here, to some other possibilities. We have been feeling a sense of fear of the people of the return of the Taliban. So many people are saying that, 'If the US troops left the country, would collapse. We'd go into civil war.' A palpable sense of fear that is making us start to reconsider that."
Scott Horton (Antiwar.com)
Horton: Um, okay. Well, I guess, you know, I'm for that. You know, I'm an individualist and a libertarian and I believe in natural rights for all people no matter where they are.
Horton: Well now there is a real problem here in a sense of... this is the "catastrophe in waiting," the worst case scenario, is when the Belgians pulled out of Rwanda and left a minority group that they and propped up in power all along high and dry, and the majority came and got their revenge, and it was an absolute bloody mess...
He has no policy to be victorious. His agenda is death & destruction.
When you fight to lose, you lose. Obama only wants to win on one front: his own.
The road to victory- Obama style.
Obama is sending thousands of patriotic Americans into harm's way to possibly be killed or maimed for life in order to provide political cover for an eventual surrender. Is their any more proof required that this evil slimeball hates America and hates good patriotic Americans? If your husband or father or son or daughter or other loved is killed in these next 18 months you can be assured he gave his life to promote Obama's political career.
You are correct. My son is there for his brothers, that is all.
I'm speechless (again) ping.
Tell them not to worry. Obama has figured out a way to defeat our troops.
My brain has found itself in a State of Startled for a year now. Maybe it's age? It's not just rhetoric- this administration IS trying to undermine and sabotage the country.
Communists all - working to destroy capitalism and replace it with a socialist/communist dictatorship. Wake up America!
Communists all - working to destroy capitalism and replace it with a socialist/communist dictatorship. Wake up America!
In the article at AlterNet, Jodie Evans gloats about Code Pink's success, noting the Obama official called "three minutes" after the e-mail campaign was launched.That's nice -- it means Code Pink is on a watch list. Obama has already gotten everything out of them that he needs; no matter what he does, he knows they'll go down like zombies in 2010 and 2012 and vote for the Demwits on the menu. But he's not going to do anything with them, merely handle them with good public relations.
Nobama and his minions will lose.
My son-in-law has orders for late January-early February for Afghanistan. This sucks. Pray for our military, they need it now more than ever.
My kids were seriously contemplating getting out of the military. Then, they concluded, our country needs us now more than ever, they will protect and defend the constitution of the United States. No matter what Obama wants, he's in for trouble if he seriously messes with our soldiers. They feel like they're on 'standby', ready for business with the marxists. It's just not my kids. It's all the guys in their platoon, in their division. You saw it on the cadet's faces at West Point. You see it everywhere, you can feel it. When we unleash, it's going to be BIG. Our constitution specifically says, we can remove a rouge government. We're near there. Americans are patient, we're almost out of patience.
Why does anyone take code pink seriously!!
It's time to get louder, no doubt!!!
It's listed number 827 on this list
...and said "Lead us to defeat and I'll blow your brains out."
Just when you think Obama can't get any worse.
This man is the devil personified. He is deeply EVIL.
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MOBILE, Alabama - Malala Yousufzai's blogging against the Taliban set her apart from other 14-year-old Pakistani girls.
On Tuesday, gunmen opened fire on her school van, leaving her seriously wounded along with two other classmates.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, Taliban spokesman Ihsnaullah Ishan told CNN. Ishan blamed the shooting on Malala's activist blogging.
Yousafzai was still in a critical condition Wednesday after surgery to remove a bullet, her surgeon told NBC News.
Doctors said her head, face and neck started swelling Tuesday night, prompting doctors to call an emergency meeting at 1 a.m. Wednesday (3 p.m. CT) when they decided to operate upon her.


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In sober education management circles, they call it "mainstreaming."
There are all sorts of other accepted code words in the trade these days, imposed by the correctness police. "Special-needs" children are inserted into the mainstream educational environment, usually in a "resource room" in order to enrich and foster understanding and "tolerance" among all parties.
In 1962, the mainstreaming director at John Harris High was just a football coach. He didn't know that's what he was doing. He didn't have a manual to follow or Masters-degreed management specialists overseeing his little project. He just thought it was a good idea.
George Chaump, then 25 and about to launch a golden age in Harris High football, noticed a neighborhood kid who came every day to watch his practices over by the baseball diamond adjoining what is now called Severance Field. Back then, Harold Gaffney was called "retarded," before the term came to have a negative connotation acquired in street slang and was banished to the Bad Words bin. He was a Down Syndrome baby, the last of Val and Evelyn Gaffney's five kids who grew up down the hill from the school on 23rd Street.
Kids with the affliction have all sorts of handicaps in learning and behavior. They often die much earlier than normal adults, not uncommonly in their 20s or 30s. They can be abnormally impulsive and impetuous with short attention spans. Their physical stature is usually stunted. They have limits to what they can learn.
Most heartbreaking to their parents, these kids are smart enough to perceive their limitations. They sometimes grow depressed and frustrated because of it.
But the Gaffneys decided early on in Harold's life that he would be treated with equality and immersed in all the myriad activities of the family. He was dressed with meticulous care by his mother. He was included in all their outings. He had opportunities to interact.
"They were good parents," said oldest son Bob Gaffney, now retired. "There was never any question that wherever we went, Harold went, too."
"We were taught and brought up to include him in everything we did as a family," said brother Greg Gaffney, the closest in age to Harold. "We never thought of him as being different or having an inability to do what we wanted to do."
And so, Harold rarely showed such frustrations at his lot in life. Endowed with the awareness and development limits of a young grade-school kid, Harold lived his life as a happy perpetual 8-year-old might. Which, when you think about it, isn't such a bad life at all.
Said Greg Gaffney: "The thing you heard Harold say more than anything else was, 'I'm happy! I'm happy!' You could give him something that cost a dollar or something that cost a thousand and he appreciated each one equally.
"Maybe because he didn't understand dollar values. But he could teach everyone the value of unconditional love, regardless of a person's wealth or physical appearance or stature or the color of their skin."
Harold Gaffney died on April 7 at the age of 63 after a long and full life, one that took a fortuitous turn that late-summer day in 1962.
* * * * *
The day George Chaump first noticed Harold, he thought he was no more than 10. Only upon attending his viewing two weeks ago did he discover he had really been 15. The diminished stature had fooled him.
"It was a different time back then," said Chaump recently. "His mother dressed him up in a beautiful jacket with a tie, a hat with a feather."
In that odd way that a life can wrap around to its beginnings, Chaump finds himself back at what is now Harrisburg High again coaching a prep football team after stints with Ohio State, Marshall, the U.S. Naval Academy and the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He will turn 74 on Wednesday.
"Harold would be watching and looking at the plays. He looked a little lonely, I thought, like he was looking for something to do."
So, Chaump decided to make him a de facto team manager, gave him a clipboard and got him involved in workaday duties.
"It ended up the kids began to wrestle with him and had fun with him. And he was such an engaging kid, loved to give hugs and get hugs. He was inspirational because he made you feel good with his presence. He was just always pleasant."
And Harold began showing up on the sideline. Then and there were the beginnings of what became an unlikely institution. Over the next half-century, it's quite possible more midstate high school football fans became acquainted with Harold Gaffney than anyone else in the game.
Though his language skills were limited and often cryptic, Harold was an accomplished mimic because he was a master at duplicating mannerisms. Which made his impressions of everyone from principals to priests to Elvis Presley all the more entertaining.
These included, of course, Chaump.
"One night after supper, Harold did an imitation of Coach Chaump doing his halftime speech," said Greg Gaffney. "You have to know that my mother regarded George Chaump with an esteem equaled only by Billy Graham and Perry Como.
"Harold didn't leave out any words and he blurted out a couple of swear words. My mother admonished him: 'Oh Harold, Coach Chaump never would have said that!' But Harold couldn't tell a lie. He said right back, 'Yes, he did, Mom. Yes, he did.'"
To celebrate Harris High's 1967 undefeated team, the school had what amounted to an all-day pep rally:
"We rocked the place," remembered Chaump. "The chandeliers were rattling.
"Harold forced his way to the mike and made a speech like he was the superintendent of schools. No one had any idea what he was saying but he had all these mannerisms and gestures. The student body , they just went wild. They gave him a standing ovation."
Harold's hero departed the next year for Ohio State. Chaump's assistant Mickey Minnich took over at Harris. By 1985, Minnich was the hub of the Big 33 game and realized the event had no association with special-needs kids. He decided to change that. He built the game's "buddy" program, where it pairs such children with players during the week leading up to the game, around Harold.
"The most important part of Big 33 is the buddy program," said Minnich last week in a letter to Greg Gaffney. "And Harold started it all."
* * * * *
Four Chapman grew up the son of a Harrisburg coaching legend, Harry Chapman III. So, he knew all about Harold Gaffney.
When Chapman took over as the boy-coach at Bishop McDevitt in the early 1990s, he brought with him all sorts of ideas as nutty as his hyper-kinetic mannerisms – hand signals to send in plays to his quarterback, a no-huddle offense, a high-octane, spread-formation passing attack.
"Coach Gaff," as he was by then known around town, had seen Harrisburg High's season end when Mike Elby's team failed to make the district playoffs.
That's when Chapman and his roommate and assistant coach Kevin Lawrence hatched a kooky plan before McDevitt's 1994 District 3 playoff game at Elco against Cocalico:
"Basically, we kidnapped Gaff," said Lawrence. "Four said to me, 'Y'know, his season's over. Why don't we see if he wants to coach with us?'"
And that's when Harold became a Crusader.
Lawrence, now a hair stylist/promoter living in Hampton Roads, Va., was known to the McD posse as "Zoomer" for his 1983 high school sprint titles. He remembers only having a vague idea of where Gaffney lived when the two tooled over to the Governor's Place apartments in Chapman's Jeep Cherokee. But it didn't take long to find out; everyone knew Coach Gaff.
At the doorstep of Gaffney's group home, the two coaches made their pitch. Recalled Lawrence:
"I don't think he knows what we're talking about. So, Chap goes and gets a McDevitt sweater and shows it to him. All Gaff said was, 'Yes!'"
Chapman exclaimed, 'That's it, Zoomer, suit him up!'"
Lawrence quickly assessed, "I think he looks like a lineman, Chap." And so they assigned Gaff jersey number 61 which he wore to the Cocalico playoff game and for 15 years thereafter.
"Four's giving the pregame speech," remembered Lawrence. "And Gaff keeps grabbing me by the arm and points to himself. This is a district playoff game. But Gaff wants to talk to the team.
"He gets up there and the only thing you could understand was, 'Win!'"
But the players loved it. Unfortunately, they could not comply. The Crusaders lost in a thriller.
"He's crying like he's at a funeral," said Lawrence "We think we've seen the end of Gaff. His coaching stint is over at 0-1. We drop him off at Governor's Place."
Nine months later, in September 1995, the McDevitt coaches drove up Market Street to the school at 8:30 a.m. for the team's season opener against Middletown, to begin two hours later. Not a word has passed between Gaffney and anyone on the staff in all that time.
"There he is on the steps to the school, bag in hand," said Chapman. "He'd taken the bus all the way from his home. And he's ready to go."
Commanded a delighted Chapman in theatrical flourish: "Zoomer, suit him up!"
* * * * *
So, began a second golden age of high school football in Harold Gaffney's life – the bouncy ride toward McDevitt's 1995 PIAA state title, navigated by Chapman's staff of barely-adults.
"He made such an impact on us," said Chapman. "Because someone not as fortunate as us loved life so much.
"Almost everybody's bothered by this pressure or that pressure. But that's what you get from a lot of Down Syndrome kids: They don't let those pressures get to them. Gaff had such a zest and a love and enthusiasm for life. He just sort of let it flow."
Coach Gaff's duties included keeping the score and play-by-play on his clipboard and fetching the tee after kickoffs and placements. Although, sometimes he was sidetracked by his tangential loves – the band, the cheerleaders and free food doled out by every concession worker who knew him, of which there were many.
"The people would sneak him hot dogs," said Lawrence. "We'd have to keep an eye on him. Once I asked him how many he had. He said, 'One, Coach.' I said, 'Coach, are you lying to me?' He looked down a moment and then says, 'Coach, I sorry, I had five.'"
"The players loved him and treated him as a brother," said Gregg Sheibley, another assistant and professional graphic designer (206 Design Studios) who whipped up the Crusaders' professional-looking logos, tees and sweats. "They were always concerned about, 'Where's Gaff?,' wanting to make sure he'd be ready to go out for the coin toss."
The band loved to play for him and he'd dance with the cheerleaders.
"After about three years, the fans expected it. And he was a great dancer. He'd start breakin' it down to Nothin' But a Hound Dog. You'd laugh so hard your stomach would hurt."
More mature adults probably would not have indulged Coach Gaff in every detail of the business. On the other hand, Harold would not have had so much fun.
"Against better judgment, we gave him a beer one time at a coaches' meeting," said Lawrence. "Next thing you know, he got silly on us. Then, he was hunched over for a while and I'm going, 'Oh, my God, Chap, we've killed Coach!'
"Then he got real loud for a minute and then he just conked out on the couch."
When McDevitt streaked through the '95 state playoffs to the title game at Mansion Park in Altoona, a crowd of over 1,000 well-wishers sent off the team on Friday afternoon at the school.
Among them were about a dozen Down Syndrome adults from the group home at Governor's Place. They held a sign that read GOOD LUCK, HAROLD.
"Gaff's dressed up in a suit and tie," said Lawrence. "I pointed over to his buddies and said to him, 'That's for you, Coach.' He nodded and said, 'Yeah. That's for me.' It makes me tear up thinking about it."
Two buses were parked at the ready, one for the coaching staff and first team, one for the reserves and support staff.
And one problem: Coach Gaff refused to climb into the second bus. He would only board the first one. But it was full.
"I had to do some quick thinking," remembered Chapman. "I said, 'Coach, we have two head coaches, right?' He nodded. "'And we have two buses, right?' He nods again. 'Well, we need a head coach on the second bus!'"
Coach Gaff agreed. He climbed in and took role call, one of his duties. And off they rolled to Altoona.
And there the Crusaders defeated Burrell on a bitterly cold afternoon for the state title. There's a well-circulated photo of Coach Gaff coming out with the McDevitt captains for the coin toss. There is not one of him almost setting himself on fire next to a sideline heater.
Harold did not like the cold weather and quickly located one of the fire-breathing conical heaters. Unfortunately, it began melting his nylon warm-up pants, layered over sweats, before anyone noticed. He spent most of the second half in the relative warmth of the locker room.
All happy runs must come to an end. So, it was with this one. By 1997, the young staff had fractured among various personal dramas, the most intense involving Chapman. He let it be known he would quit at the end of the season.
After an upset loss to Northwestern Lehigh in the state quarterfinals, Gaffney was inconsolable. He sat in a corner of the Hersheypark Stadium locker room sobbing more intensely than after any other loss.
"Chap asked me to go see to him," said Lawrence. "But I couldn't make him stop.
"I realized he knew the ride was over. It took me forever to get him in the car to take him home. We never coached another game together. I remember Four said to me, 'He does know it's over, doesn't he?'"
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Coach Gaff stayed on through the succeeding tenure at McDevitt under Jeff Weachter. His health gradually declined. He was ferried about more often by one of his closest friends, equipment manager John Vugrinec. By this time, Harold was a local celebrity.
"Every homecoming, he had to be on the senior's parade float when we started from 29th and Berryhill," said Vugrinec. "He'd lead the band on the field.
"He wasn't our mascot and I don't like it when people use that word to describe him. He was our heart and soul when he was with us. If I didn't bring him, all the kids would demand: 'Where's Gaff at?'
When McDevitt opened the 2001 season against Central Dauphin, Gaffney was absent. He was on an ARC-sponsored vacation to Colorado. But false rumors circulated that Harrisburg High had stolen him back.
"These people were ready to lynch me," said Vugrinec. "I had to have the P.A. announcer say that Coach Gaff was on vacation, that he had not defected to Harrisburg High."
There was a memorable trip to Hooters on the Carlisle Pike in Mechanicsburg in 2005. Harold, known for marriage proposals to pretty girls, proposed to the entire staff.
When McDevitt lost 14-13 deep in the 2005 state semis to McKeesport, Vugrinec spotted Jeremy Ricker crying afterward. When he tried to console the quarterback, he replied, "It's not about me. We wanted get a ring for Gaff."
By the next year, Harold had reached a depressing milepost.
"I had to do a sad thing," recalled Vugrinec. "Dr. Dan Kambic, our team physician, was worried about him at the start of the season. He was real red and sweating. We put towels soaked in cold water and ammonia on his head.
"So, I had to sit him down and not let him get the tee after kicks anymore. The Doc said, 'I don't want to have to pronounce him at a football game.'
Harold's last full year with the team was 2007.
"He was sad that he couldn't do his job but still happy to be around the team. It got to the point where he was so tired after a game that I had to undress him."
Two seizures, the first near Thanksgiving 2008, set in motion a final downward spiral. Harold could not walk or feed himself. He could not attend a game in 2009. After 48 seasons, his coaching career had finally ended.
On occasion, Vugrinec finds himself pausing with the TV remote when he happens upon Radio, the movie about a character eerily similar to Harold, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. in the title role.
"Every time we see that movie, my wife says, 'That could be about Gaff,' and I say, 'It sure could.' The way he affected the community, it's the same story."
When he finally passed two weeks ago, over 200 came to pay respects at the viewing on Derry Street.
"Being in line to talk was the toughest part," said Bob Gaffney. "You'd be chatting with people and someone else would come up to talk. You just couldn't get to everyone.
"People came and stayed. All of these coaches were there. You'd hear a roar of laughter go up and ask what was going on and they'd say, 'Oh, another story about Harold.'
"I've never been to a viewing like it. It was the perfect celebration of someone's life where everyone was happy.
"I think Harold would have enjoyed it."
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One of Tulane Coach Rick Jones' favorite mantras is the importance of stretching a lead.
The Green Wave failed to accomplish that task Saturday in an 8-6 10-inning loss to Memphis in the second game of their Conference USA series at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
Tulane (25-18, 6-8 C-USA) had leads of 2-1, 5-3 and 6-5 -- the last with two outs in the ninth, but couldn't hold, much less extend any of them. The Tigers (19-24, 5-8) won the game in the 10th on Brett Bowen's two-run homer off Nick Pepitone.
"It was just one of those days," Jones said. "I thought we played hard, really well defensively. But Memphis played really well, too."
The loss to a team which was tied for last place in the league could be a momentum-killer for Tulane's late-season drive to gain an NCAA Tournament berth. The Green Wave had won eight of nine, including a 12-4 victory against the Tigers in Friday's opener.
"Any loss now is really disappointing because of the situation we're in," senior right fielder Scott Powell said. "It's harder to get them back now, so we need to win one we can."
Powell had scored what could have been the winning run, getting a two-out double in the seventh and coming home on Jeremy Schaffer's single to right that broke a tie at 5.
But in the Memphis ninth, Chris Newsom led off with a single, bringing on Pepitone, who had pitched 2 1/3 innings of hitless relief Friday.
Newsom advanced to second on a bunt and to third on a groundout to short, bringing up Tyler Huelsing.
Huelsing hit a grounder between shortstop Josh Prince and third baseman Matt Ryan, which Ryan laid out for, but couldn't make the throw in time as Newsom scored the tying run.
"When you're protecting a one-run lead, you want groundballs like the kind Pep was getting," Jones said. "Matt made a great play to get to his, but it just took him off his feet. Sometimes it's a game of inches."
Tulane went down in order in the ninth, and in the 10th, Bowen followed Trey Wiedman's leadoff walk with his shot off the scoreboard in left.
It was the third homer of the game for Memphis, the first time this season the Tigers have accomplished that.
Tulane, which had scored 32 runs in its past three games with eight home runs, had only one extra-base hit, Powell's double.
"We'd just kept battling all day, and the chance to tie it up late gave us the momentum," Memphis Coach Daron Schoenrock said.
"Our pitchers worked behind the count a lot of the time (five leadoff walks), but they kept the ball down, and we got the pitches we need in some RBI moments."
Seth Henry walked with two outs in the 10th inning, but Memphis reliever Matt Yokley, who had a 13.03 ERA and had allowed four home runs in the nine innings he's pitched this season, struck out pinch hitter Jared Dyer to end the game.


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Listen in as Grand Rapids Press Political Editor Jeff Cranson and Editorial Page Editor Ed Golder talk about:
The national health care debate. Michigan Rep. Dave Camp, R- Midland, authors the House Republicans version of a health care bill released Wednesday. Camp made appearances on several morning TV talk shows to pitch the plan.
Questions remain about whether the U.S. can truly achieve some sort of universal health care coverage, how much it would cost and whether CEOs, who say health care costs are killing business, will go along with some sort of government involvement.
The discussion also focuses on why the U.S. spends a larger share of GDP on health care yet has worse outcomes than many Western nations and whether any plan needs to put the burden to eat better and exercise on the consumer.
Michigan's fiscal crisis. The state Senate Tuesday and Wednesday proposed dramatic cuts, including Promise Grants designed to help Michigan students attend college, revenue sharing for local communities, and per-pupil funding for secondary schools in the next two years.
The question for state and federal leaders is the same: Can a budget be balanced through cuts alone? An increasing number of people suggest new revenue, meaning tax hikes, is the only answer.
The race for Michigan governor in 2010. EPIC/MRA pollster Bernie Porn said this week it would be very difficult for presumptive Democratic nominee John Cherry to win based on numbers now and his analysis that a Democrat in a blue state should be polling better head to head with Republican candidates.
Also Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra launched another Twitter flap when he tweeted that the use of Twitter by protesting Iranians to get their message out was similar to Repubicans' use of Twitter to throw light on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision to cut off Republicans on debate of an energy bill last August.
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DELRAY BEACH, Fla. – A memorial service will be held on Jan. 18 at 10 a.m. at The Second Congregational Church, Cohasset, Mass. for F. Allen Weisenfluh, 79, formerly of Cohasset, Mass., who passed away on Dec. 20 after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease. Burial will be private.
He was born an only child son of Frederick & Olive Weisenfluh in Ridgway, Penn. on August 17, 1934.
He was known to everyone simply as "Al" or more commonly "Fluh." He graduated from Ridgway High School in 1952 and matriculated at Northwestern University. He was drafted into the United States Army in December 1952. He served as a combat paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division, known as "The Screaming Eagles." Upon returning from the Korean War, he entered the Pennsylvania State University where he served as President of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. At Penn State he met his first wife, Barbara. They were married a week after he graduated, on June 20, 1959 on the Penn State campus in University Park. After a honeymoon on Nantucket he and Barbara ultimately moved to the Boston area and settled in Cohasset where they raised their three children.
Al began his career at Corning & Co. and then joined investment firm Coffin & Burr in Boston as a municipal bond analyst. He later joined John Nuveen & Co. as a bond trader and State Street Bank & Trust as a portfolio manager. In 1970 he joined what was then known as the Bond & Corporate Finance Department of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. He was widely known for his dedication to his craft of fixed income portfolio management, spending thirty-nine years in the industry.
He will be fondly remembered for his passion for boating in New England and alpine skiing at Attitash, N.H. He also enjoyed antique cars and Dalmatians. His favorite car was his red 1948 MG TC and through the years his boats typically carried the name, "Saucy Fox."
He was a member of the Cohasset Golf Club, the Cohasset Yacht Club, The New York Yacht Club and The St. Andrews Club of Delray Beach. He served as Commodore of the Cohasset Yacht Club, as President of the Municipal Bond Club of Boston, as Trustee of The Sandy Beach Association, as Trustee of The Cohasset Savings Bank, as President of The South Shore Art Center, as Vice President of The St. Andrews Club and as Trustee of The South Shore Music Circus. He was elected and served as Assessor of the Town of Cohasset. He was well known in his role as Santa Claus at the Village Fair every Christmas on Cohasset Common.
He is survived by his second wife Susan Neer Weisenfluh of Delray Beach, Fla.; one daughter, Pamela Lessard and son-in-law Kevin Lessard of Woodstock; two sons, Kurt and daughter-in-law Maura of Orinda, Calif. and Bart and daughter-in-law Heather of Falmouth, Maine; and his grandchildren, Taylor, Curtis, Matt, Owen, Kurt Jr., Finn, Zoe and Rowan.
The family expresses their deep gratitude to Fluh's devoted caregiver, Jackie Paraison, and to all his caregivers from Hospice of Palm Beach County.
He was predeceased by his parents, Fred and Olive Weisenfluh; and by his wife Barbara.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Scituate Animal Shelter, 780 Chief Justice Cushing Highway, Scituate, MA 02066.
This obituary first appeared in the January 3, 2013 print edition of the Vermont Standard.
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Bruce Pearce and Bea Courtney look over a report on homelessness that she presented Thursday afternoon at St. John's City Hall. Courtney is a management consultant with the firm Goss Gilroy Inc. while Pearce is the community development worker for the committee. — Photo by Gary Hebbard/The Telegram
More than 10 years and $18 million later the St. John's Community Advisory Committee on Homelessness (CAB) has no intentions of slowing down until everyone has a place to live.
Formed in 2001, the CAB is a 25-member committee made up of 13 community and nine government organizations with a mandate to develop and implement a series of community plans to address homelessness in St. John's.
Once it reached its 10-year mark it decided to have a consultant review its accomplishments over the past decade. That report was prepared by Bea Courtney, of Goss Gilroy Consultants and presented Thursday following the seniors housing forum at city hall in St. John's.
"We have made significant progress in an effort to address homelessness despite the ever- growing challenges that are going to be with us for the forseeable future," said Bruce Pearce, the community development worker for the committee.
"We want people to see what has worked and I think we've offered some solutions over the last decade. The report can also be used as an invitation to new partners in all sectors to help us finish the job because I think at the end of the day we're convinced we can end homelessness because it's not a problem that always needs to be with us," he said.
During her presentation, Courtney said when the committee first formed there was very little infrastructure in place, programs were lacking and there was very little support for young people. She said if a teenaged boy needed emergency shelter back then he was sent to the Wiseman Centre, a shelter for men.
She said her study found the committee has since filled in the gaps by making a significant increase in infrastructure and programs and services.
Courtney said that was all made possible with $18 million of federal money invested through policy initiatives over 10 years. She said that then leveraged other money from the province and municipalities and in kind resources.
According to the report, there were 63 projects funded which included newly constructed or revitalized existing shelters, as well as a number of transitional and supportive housing projects developed and outreach services put in place.
"The CAB is recognized as a leader in the country. It has brought a profile to homelessness," Courtney said.
But she said at the end of the day what really matters is people have been helped.
"The individuals that we talked to spoke to personal compelling stories about on how they gained self-sufficiency and they have more stable lives. Everything from people who are off the street now in a supportive housing environment where they may live for the rest of their lives to others who moved out of abusive situations and moved into having a career and are very much self-sufficient as single moms. There's a whole spectrum of people who have been helped by CAB," said Courtney.
Pearce said part of the work of the committee is to address the underlying factors that are driving people into homelessness such as job loss, family breakdown, escaping from violence and youth trying to find their place, and all those people affected have a role to play.
"I hope the message this report conveys is one of hope, that we've done some good work in St. John's, but that it's also a call to partners and the community to join us in being part of the solution," he said.


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May 01, 2007 3:02PM PST
Hey peeps, Here's some videos for 3 games scheduled to be released this year, don't worry about the length, they're all short. COD4 (which is not a WW2 shooter anymore ^^), Burnout 5 (or burnout paradise), and the latest trailer of Ninja Gaiden Sigma (which is pretty good). They're all for the 360 and PS3, except Sigma of course.
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First Comment?Posted: May 01, 2007 12:00AM PST by CloudNight
I saw the new Call of Duty trailer yesterday. I was pretty surprised their coming out with a more modern type of shooter. But Im glad... I never was interested in the old WWII shooters. The only one I played all the way through was CoD II
YeahPosted: May 01, 2007 12:00AM PST by GodsAdoptedSon
COD4 looks really good & Ninja Gaiden Sigma is abought to make me buy a damn PS3 right now lol.
Breaking the CyclePosted: May 02, 2007 12:00AM PST by Goshyn00
It's about time someone shifted gears from WWII shooters. Looks freakin sweet too. Burnout was pretty fun from what i played, but i never played Ninja Gaiden aside from older ones since it was only on Xbox as i recall.
About damn time...Posted: May 06, 2007 12:00AM PST by DrOctashawn
CoD looks great and I too am glad to see that developers are FINALLY starting to break away from WWII. Ninja Gaiden Sigma also looks great, but I seeing as I played the hell out of Ninja Gaiden Black, I wouldn't see myself buying it again. Just give us real sequel already.
I'd be willing to bet...Posted: May 06, 2007 12:00AM PST by retroyoshi
...that Ninja Gaiden Sigma also jumps to the 360 by year's end...
daaamn.Posted: May 06, 2007 12:00AM PST by elie_rockz_kazama
CoD4 looks awesome, now that it isn't set in WWII. I've played CoD2 and currently 3, so I'm a big fan. And I still yet have to play a Ninja Gaiden game, and I think NGS would be my first.
Awsome!Posted: May 10, 2007 12:00AM PST by Nemesis_Enforcer
CoD4 OMG looks crazy good and im real excited about it!!
Ninja Gaiden is my Fav Game so Definetly its something I will have to check out..the only sad thing is..I really found the game perfect..so it seems like I feel weird that they keep working on a game that is flawless to me..they should really spend time on making great new games for us..oh well I will still get it..


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Ruscha spent much of his life documenting the characteristics of Los Angeles. This one of four prints focuses on the street sign, a ubiquitous feature of Los Angeles and its surrounding motorways. This work relates to themes explored in Ruscha's earlier work, of long haul road trips across generic highways. What should be garish, bright signs loaded with information are instead wiped clean, to resemble an abstract series of white shapes. Ruscha has said, "My work is abstract in the sense that even recognisable objects become just shapes – abstract shapes."


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Local security company owner says device distracts drivers when misused
On Wednesday, The Telegram told the story of how laser pointers are proving to be a nuisance for aircraft.
According to the owner of a security company in St. John's who previously worked in law enforcement in Alberta, the safety risks posed by such devices are not limited to airline pilots.
"I don't think (laser pointers) should be in the general public," said Justin Crocker.
The current owner of SecuraCon Security dealt with complaints from drivers in Alberta distracted by people in other vehicles using a laser pointer.
"It's pretty distracting, and it can almost cause an accident," he said.
According to a Government of Canada website, flash blindness caused by split-second contact with a laser has no long-term effects. However, if a beam is reflected off a surface such as a mirror, exposure for even a fraction of a second can cause permanent eye damage and burn skin.
For airline pilots, laser pointers have the potential to temporarily blind or distract them if a beam of light reaches the cockpit. As reported in The Telegram Wednesday, three separate flights arriving at St. John's International Airport last month reported being illuminated by light.
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According to Transport Canada, reported incidents involving lasers and aircraft in Canada from 2009 to 2013 increased 410 per cent — from 108 in 2009 to 443 last year. The vast majority of those incidents were reported in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. In Newfoundland and Labrador, only four incidents were reported over the same five-year period.
Crocker has witnessed people at arenas use a laser pointer to target hockey players from visiting teams.
"Even in sports arenas, I've seen security have to remove people because they're trying to get the goalie off their game or players off their game or just trying to make a distraction themselves."
In the case of drivers, Crocker can recall cases in Alberta where people provided statements to police concerning the misuse of laser pointers that resulted in criminal charges being laid.
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JACKSON, Mississippi -- Mississippi lawmakers pushed through dozens of bills to write the state's $6 billion budget before a midnight Monday deadline.
But House members rejected a pair of transportation spending bills, saying they were upset about special projects inserted by Senate members.
The rejected bills could mean that Republican Gov. Phil Bryant will have to call a quick special session. Members could also override legislative rules to consider budgets later, or push back the official closing date of the session even if they don't meet for any more days.
Most measures passed Monday with little debate, as rewritten bills emerged from House-Senate negotiations with little time for rank-and-file lawmakers to review them. All bills passed by both houses go to Bryant for his consideration.
Figures provided by the state Senate showed lawmakers plan to spend $6.04 billion in the budget year that begins July 1, up $215 million, or 3.7 percent, more than the budget they passed for the current year. Lawmakers are also adding about $100 million to the current year's budget, to cover deficits in the state prison system, its Medicaid health insurance program and other programs.
House leaders objected to special projects worth about $40 million that senators directed the state Department of Transportation to develop. They include $11.2 million to upgrade a bridge on Mississippi 14 in Rolling Fork; $10 million to expand Lakeland Drive in Rankin County; and $10 million for work on the U.S. 82 bypass around Greenville.
House Transportation Committee Chairman Robert Johnson III, D-Natchez, told House members that the list of projects was unfair, and the House sent the bill back for more talks. But the bill came back late Monday, and Johnson urged House members to reject it, with support from House Appropriations Chairman Herb Frierson, R-Poplarville.
"After two years, I think it's time to send a message," Johnson said, with House members cheering as the 'no' votes piled up.
Republican Lt. Gov Tate Reeves said he didn't understand why House members rejected the language after agreeing to multiple conference reports. He defended the Senate's push to mandate spending on Lakeland Drive, the suburban spine that runs through the area where Reeves lives.
"I make no apology for fighting to prioritize transportation projects in our state," Reeves said.
Debate also flared over the state's K-12 budgets, with some lawmakers protesting not enough money was put into the state's K-12 funding formula.
Republican leaders put the legal limit of $410 million into the rainy day fund, the state's largest savings account. Frierson said that was a benefit to the state, because it allowed lawmakers to waive a requirement that the state set aside 2 percent of general revenue to cover potential shortfalls. That freed up money to spend in 2015, he said, and means the state budget is in "structural balance," without using temporary money to plug holes.
"I think it's significant," Frierson said. "I think we ought to be outside shooting fireworks."
Democrats, though, said they would have preferred to spend more on raises for employees or the state's K-12 funding formula. The budget adds only $10 million to the funding formula, leaving it $255 million short of what the formula legally requires.
"The priorities of this budget are not healing the sick and the priorities of this budget are not educating the poor," Sen. Hob Bryan, D-Amory, said in opposing the education budget. Earlier in the session, Bryan had successfully amended the Senate budget to add $60 million to the funding formula.