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Murray's humility can't deflect from great expectations
ANDY Murray wears the mantle of a champion with a lightness that augurs well. His determined efforts to talk-up Tim Henman's achievements in the aftermath of his Madrid Masters title win is a theme he has visited on many occasions, but the reality is that the former British No 1 is no longer a valid reference point for the Scot, and perhaps hasn't been for some time.
Murray is perhaps charting a more notable course, one destined to follow in the distinguished tread of Fred Perry. A Spanish journalist asked him whether he now considered himself the greatest British player since Perry on Sunday, and Murray replied with the humility which is now becoming as much of a trademark as his fiery temperament. "There's a long way to go before anyone can say that," he said. But is he possibly on the way?
Since falling to Rafa Nadal at Wimbledon, Murray has not failed to reached the semi-finals or better at any tournament he has entered, and, aged, 21, is without question worth his place among the best top four players in the world – a status Henman briefly occupied in 2004. Murray's target now is top three, although, such is the quality occupying those top berths, it is impossible for the Scot to overhaul Novak Djokovic this year, the Serb has 4,575 points compared with Murray's 3,420 with only two events remaining.
Not that it matters. His progress since his first win of the year, in Doha in January, has been more than acceptable, and were it not for hiccups such as at the Australian Open, where he made a first round exit, top three in the world might have been remained a realistic ambition. As it is, the Scot must declare himself content with his year's work, while his modesty helps mark this out as a crucial year in his development. The odds on him winning Sports Personality of the Year have tumbled, and while he might not have sufficient support to compete with triumphant Olympians and a possible Formula One world champion it is a clear indication that opposition to someone often cast as a brat in the past has mellowed. His disappointing performance in the US Open final was followed by a gracious speech, where he won the hearts of American fans and claimed new ones here.
His reaction to winning in Madrid has further impressed, and while he is too humble to suggest it, it must be ranked as the culmination of one of the best years in British tennis history. Leicester-born Mark Cox is the only Open-era British player to have won three titles in a single season, so Murray is now out on his own with four. As for Henman, all he owns over Murray is longevity – and French Open and Wimbledon semi-finals. Health permitting, Murray will surely sweep these achievements away in the near future, as he shows signs of entering a new, mature phase. His triumph over Roger Federer at the semi-finals in Madrid was not followed, as many feared, by a let-down in the final. He did what he had to do against the admittedly drained Gilles Simon.
It isn't, of course, the Grand Slam he craves, which makes comparisons with Perry redundant. Yet, with respect to a giant of the Thirties, the Scot is operating at a different level when we take into account the speed, strength and intensity required to flourish in the game now. Murray is executing shots never before seen by a British tennis player, and cut Federer down last week with a ferocity that Henman could only dream about. The Swiss player then noted Murray's development. Auspiciously, he compared it with his own.
"Since from the first moment I played him in Bangkok (in 2005] I knew that if he didn't screw it up himself, he'd most probably be in the top 10 soon," said Federer. "He was able to achieve that, for some maybe six months too late, for some maybe two years too late as people always like 15-year-olds winning grand slams, but that's not going to happen in the men's game.
"I think he's improved at his pace. I think first he had to grow up a little bit, become a man. I think he's taken that step well and now he seems much more relaxed on the court, which I think helps him.
"He's still fiery, which he's supposed to be," added Federer. "I think you need to give the young guys time to learn. He's like me, you can see how he is before and see how he is after. I share that in common with Andy."
Yet still Murray talks himself down, claiming that Henman's successes over a period of years means he occupies a plateau which he is striving to reach. There is clearly some truth in this. Whether Murray, whose injury problems are perhaps the greatest barrier to him doing what he wishes to do in his tennis career, will enjoy a period of sustained success is a question only the future can answer. Murray still believes there is significant improvement to come from him, and rejected talk that he is a top three player in all but official status. "I've played great the last few months, but those guys have been unbelievable for the last couple of years," added Murray.
"They are so consistent on every surface and throughout the whole year. The points total that Djokovic has got for being the number three player in the world is ridiculous.
"He would have been by far number one in the world at some stages. Those guys have been awesome and I'm still not close to them yet, I still need to keep working hard."
It is perhaps the very fact he offers no claim to have made the final breakthrough that helps others form the impression he soon will.
ANDY Murray, who has netted 1.25 million in his last five events, has no time to reflect on his success in Madrid. He is already en route to the St Petersburg Open, where he is defending champion. Here begins a season finale which is worth a possible further 750 ranking points to the Scot.
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Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Russia rejected U.S. criticism over a Russian arms shipment to Syria, saying it's not acting illegally by supplying weapons to the Middle Eastern country.
"We don't consider it necessary to explain or justify ourselves because we aren't breaking any international agreements or UN Security Council resolutions," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters in Moscow today.
Russia accuses western countries of seeking to overthrow Assad and has blocked sanctions against Syria at the Security Council. The U.S. and European Union have both imposed an arms embargo against Syria, where more than 5,000 people have died in a crackdown on unrest that began in March, according to the United Nations.
The U.S. has "very grave concern" about arms reaching Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said yesterday after news reports that a Russian shipment of ammunition arrived in Syria.
Chariot, a Russian-owned ship carrying bullets, was detained by Cypriot authorities last week and allowed to proceed after agreeing to change its destination to Turkey. The ship stopped transmitting its automatic-recognition signal and went to the Syrian port of Tartus instead, the Cypriot national broadcaster CyBC reported, without saying where it got the information.
'Overdue' Embargo
"Unfortunately there is not an arms embargo against Syria, which we certainly think is overdue, in part because as you well know some members of the council including Russia have indicated opposition to any form of sanctions," Rice said in New York yesterday.
Russia has weapons contracts with Syria of at least $3 billion, according to the Moscow-based Center for the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies. The orders include Yakhont anti- ship cruise missiles, MiG-29 fighter jets and Pantsir short- range air-defense systems. The port of Tartus is the only Russian base outside the former Soviet republics.
Lavrov said Russia only trades with Syria what is legal under international law. "Unilateral sanctions imposed by the U.S. and EU and some other countries can't be regarded as legitimate as far as Russia's actions are concerned," he said.
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Women Should Drink Up! – Caffeine, Women, and Depression
Posted by Lisa in Uncategorized on October 7, 2011
TweetI'm not an advocate for coffee or caffeine. Not by a long shot.
I think the parade of lines that flow out of chain coffee shops like Starbucks is ridiculous; paying as much as $3.50 for a cup of coffee that you can make for less than a dollar at home.
I think that frequently putting caffeine, artificial sweetners, and straight sugar in your body is more harmful than good.
I think coffee is a culturally accepted drug.
I think that caffeine is a culturally accepted addiction for children and teens (soda) and adults (coffee and espresso drinks).
All that being said, I had to point some attention to this article I found from some Harvard folks who did an "observatory" study and found that there might be a relationship between caffeine consumption and fighting depression. While the researchers are not yet ready to make a recommendation, for the 1 in 5 women who will be diagnosed with depression in their lifetime, this could be some interesting news for them to consider. I write that with a cup of coffee next to me. I average 1 cup/2 weeks or so. And I must say, I like how it feels.
Caffeinated coffee is a mood elevator and, coming off a hard week of work, and it being Friday, I let myself have a nice cuppa Joe with a swig of Silk Hazelnut to keep it vegan. Delicious for my tongue and my brain which is propelling my thoughts forward.
However, depression is a whole big animal that cannot be solved by one cup of caffeinated coffee (wouldn't that be great, though, if it could be?) and good habits of diet and exercise should be evaluated and practiced before women reach for a pot of happy liquid. And it's essential for my readers, mostly women in the age bracket of 22- 44, to know that women are twice as likely to develop (major) depression and that is nothing to be ashamed of. It's also critical to know the difference between clinical depression (as described in previous link) and the general forms of depression that nearly everyone experiences with the everyday cycle of life which exposes us to trauma, suffering, and loss. Again, this is nothing to be ashamed of.
So, I would answer Winston Chung's question in combatting depression as an inflammatory (link in his article), "Could it be as simple as taking the time to smell the aroma or savor the flavor?" No. There are too many conditional factors that contribute to one's depression.
But, even knowing all that complexity, if the question was, "As a working writer and mother of a toddler, trying to make ends meet and support your spouse through his graduate program which eats up ungodly hours of your life and spits you both out every day and night on your couches, does that cup of coffee help stimulate your energy, thoughts, and productivity and, in turn, make you feel better about yourself and work?" The answer, then, is quite simple: YES.


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3:43pm Friday 4th May 2012 in Your Letters
IS it too late save the UK? I ask this question as there seems to be a huge difference in what appears to be important between, say the over 55s and the below 40s.
You have been pointing out for an age now that the Bucks NHS is erroneously trying to close our High Wycombe A&E, or whatever they care to name it these days.
The response to your/our campaign published in last week's Free Press (April, 27); a grand total last week of 1,300 people out of a population of circa 93,000 who bothered to sign the second petition! This is the paltry addition to the initial campaign that raised some 468 names.
Compare this to the reported 800 people who have joined in a Facebook campaign to allow a converted Rastafarian to keep living in woodland near Booker.
In last week's BFP, your Vox Pop on "Should this man be forced to leave High Heavens"; the replies are all to the effect that he should be left to carry on with his lifestyle!
Unbelievable – what does he do with his human waste? What if ten, then 20 or even 100 all decided to live in the woods?
I suggest it might become rather smelly and unbearable and who may I ask would pick up the cost of clearing up such a mess?
Terry Hill (sorry my spell checker can't cope with his new name); the convert to the Rasta ideals has every right to convert to whatever his fancy desires and I support him in this.
However since the Rasta creed rejects Western ideals, culture and codes, it is strange that he is able to wash himself and recharge his mobile phone at the house of a friend, as reported in the BFP.
So you under 40s citizens, please think about what cause you are taking to your hearts. Guess what? You are the people who will have to live with all this when you get to pensionable age unless you start to address our current malaise.
May I respectfully suggest you really do knuckle down and get a grip before it is too late?
I think you would know this as "wake up and smell the coffee".
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LaRue Barn
Kevin Durkin
We found the LaRue barn through a phone call from a woman in northern New Jersey who had heard about our work of moving and restoring barns. She wanted to know if we would possibly want to move an old barn that was in danger of being demolished to make way for a new suburban development.
At the time this was only our second barn to move, so we did not know entirely what we were getting into, except that we wanted to restore more barns. As it turned out, this unique barn was originally built about 1760 in the northern New Jersey town of Mahwah, close to the New York state border on Route 202, an old Colonial road that runs from Boston to Philadelphia, skirting to the west around New York City. It is what is known as an English framed barn, though the LaRue family who built it was of French Huguenot descent. The timbers are oak and chestnut, felled by ax from the surrounding virgin forest and hewed by hand. It was moved in 1876 to about a half mile from where we found it. Moving barns was a common occurrence, as they were meant to last for centuries and could be readily unpegged, disassembled and relocated to another farm.
Crooked Braces
As you look overhead you will see the unusual curved and dovetailed wind braces connecting the long overhead tie beams to the outside wall posts. These are called "crooked braces" because they were cut from the crook or curved limb of a tree. This feature is unusual to find in an American barn because there was so much good, straight wood available for building timbers that it was not necessary to use such curved pieces of wood. The use of such tree cruks indicates that the barn was probably built by a barn framer who learned his trade in Europe, where cruks were often used due to the shortage of straight timber.
A Role in the American Revolution
Early in its history, the LaRue barn played a role in the American Revolution. During the cold winter of 1780, General George Washington spent two days at the LaRue house, and undoubtedly Continental soldiers under General Washington spent nights in this barn. The soldiers would have been part of a Virginia regiment of "light horse" cavalry under the command of Colonel George Baylor, and were also known as Washington's "Life Guard," soldiers whose job it was to protect the commander-in-chief. They accompanied Washington wherever he traveled. It was not far from this barn in 1778, when temporarily detached from the main army, that Colonel Baylor's men were sleeping in barns and massacred by a British surprise attack in the middle of the night. It was part of a deadly rivalry between the armies and included a young British officer and spy, Major John Andre, who was later hanged as Benedict Arnold's accomplice in attempting to sell the important American fort of West Point to the British.
We can imagine the conversation of these soldiers about the war and their families as they settled down in the barn loft for the night. But one thought that definitely did not cross their minds was the fact that one day, over two hundred and twenty years later, some young men from a place called Texas would come to New Jersey and dismantle the barn they were sleeping in and move and rebuild it nearly two thousand miles away – much less that they would fly through the air to get there! We can also most likely claim that "George Washington's horse slept here!"
We have placed the La Rue barn with a log cabin in a small homestead setting. They are a combination of homestead elements from different times and different places: a 1760 New Jersey barn, an 1830 Missouri cabin, an 1860 New York smokehouse, an 1890 New York silo and a 1930 Texas windmill. Yet somehow they all complement one another. If you can, visit on a late winter afternoon as the sunset casts a golden light across the fields and over the homestead.
Editorial Comment:
Barns like the La Rue were developed over centuries of sustainable, small scale farming. They were designed for diverse crops and livestock and could house all that a family living sustainably off the land needed: a place for chickens, draft animals, grain and hay storage overhead in the mow and even a place to thresh grain on the nave floor. This also means that with the coming of the industrial age, they were regarded as dinosaurs, not well-suited for modern agribusiness.
We have placed the LaRue barn next to our model homestead garden. A 10,000 gallon cistern stores rainwater harvested from the barn's roof, for use in the garden and for livestock. We use the LaRue barn as a place to hold seminars, and plan to add climate control to it for year-round use.
Published in SustainLife Quarterly Journal of the Ploughshare Institute for Sustainable Culture (Spring 2012).
Colonel Drake Saves the Whales
From time to time, in my travels in the Northeast, I pass through the sleepy hamlet of Greenville, New York—just another rural American village on the landscape of formerly thriving agricultural communities. Over the last eighty years, such communities have undergone a relentless depopulating, as generations of young people abandoned their agrarian roots and made their ways to urban centers that offered more "economic opportunity." In our travels, we have all likely noted this scenario: boarded-up main streets with few businesses left, other than maybe a video store, tattoo parlor and a used comic book shop. The shops that once provided essential products and services have long departed, washed away by the rising tide of superstores that squat on the outskirts of town, often in what had previously been a productive hayfield. The only remarkable feature left to such towns is the nineteenth-century architecture, which in the case of Greenville includes several Greek Revival and Victorian masterpieces that now look shabby, with peeling paint and other signs of recession-induced neglect. You can also see an empty church or two. These have now passed into their afterlives as community centers or jazzercise establishments.
At the center of Greenville stands an unnoticed and unread cast-iron historical plaque ("placed by the authority of the Historical Commission of the State of New York, The Honorable Hugh L. Carey, Governor") dedicated to Colonel Edwin L. Drake. Drake is the man who did more to save the whales than probably any other man ever did. His birthplace, this historical marker informs us, lies a mile or so to the north, which happens to be under what is now a supermarket parking lot.
Edwin Drake (who came to be known as "Colonel" Drake) was the Greenville local-boy-makes-good. In 1858, he migrated to the adjacent Quaker state town of Titusville, where he drilled the first commercial crude oil well. Drake's first well was housed in a rather unusual building that bore little resemblance to a modern drilling rig, save for its obelisk-shaped wooden tower at one end. The title "Colonel" was added to Drake's name by Drake and his business partners, in hopes of impressing the people of Titusville. This was an effort to overcome the local perception of Drake's well-drilling operation as something of a joke, referred to as "Drake's Folly."1
Before learning about Drake, I didn't associate Pennsylvania with the oil business. From what I had known, crude oil belonged more to the realm of states like Texas and Oklahoma. Actually, in those early days, Pennsylvania produced half of the world's oil before the great oil boom in east Texas in 1901.2 Prior to Drake's technological breakthrough in crude oil drilling and its subsequent refining into kerosene, early nineteenth-century lamplight came from homemade tallow candles and a steady flow of whale oil. This demanded that a substantial supply of whale pods be hunted down, harpooned and their blubber rendered into oil on the high seas. By drilling the first oil well, Drake saved the whales from their inevitable extinction at the hands of globe-trotting Yankee sea captains.
Yet, ironically, one of the direct descendants of Drake's first oil well is the BP wellhead located one mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. As you probably know, last year, in the wake of an offshore oil rig explosion, this well spewed gobs of crude onto the shores of our southern Gulf states, causing an environmental disaster in the Gulf. This region had already been laboring under the burden of a 2,500 square mile dead zone, also induced by our dependence on oil, as the runoff of petroleum-based chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides drain down the Mississippi River from the once-fertile heartland of the Midwest.
Prior to Drake's drilling of the first oil well, the world's main source of fuel was wood. With the rise of industrialism and urbanism, entire regions and countries had been deforested, including all of England, and by 1860 much of New England. Along with domestic heating and cooking, steam engines and iron furnaces had a voracious appetite for wood. Firewood cutters and colliers traveled far and wide in their search for cordwood and charcoal.
When Drake tapped crude oil, he contributed greatly to the universal turn to economic dependence on the finite supply of nonrenewable fossil fuels, beginning with coal and oil, and then natural gas. Compared to renewable fuels like wood, fossil fuels have such concentrated energy that they build economies and nations quickly by saving enormous amounts of human labor. I recently heard that for every person in America, the energy we consume is equivalent to the labor of 100 people working for each one of us full-time! This potential did not elude the captains of the Industrial Revolution, who quickly tapped into this new and seemingly inexhaustible source of energy. Along with the refining of gasoline and diesel from crude oil came the internal combustion engine, superseding the wood-fired steam engine and becoming our largest consumer of fuels derived from crude oil. 3
Aside from the big fossil fuel guzzlers like automobiles, home heating, air conditioning, lighting and food production, today we are increasingly surrounded by and dependent on labor-saving electrical devices as the mark of civilization. I recently realized this late one evening when darkness had settled over our home and I could hear the lonely call of the whippoorwill outside my window. As I turned off the house lights, I looked around and noticed our home was aglow with little green and red lights! Lights on the computer, lights on the oven. Lights on the alarm clock. Lights on the telephone and refrigerator. Lights on the smoke detectors and battery charger. Gadgets everywhere, drinking up electricity night and day, whether in use or not.
We have come to rely on Drake's crude oil as our cheapest and most available energy source. But considering the argument being made by more and more people today, that we are running out of and being drawn into political conflicts over this cheap source of energy, it seems that Drake let the petrol genie out of the energy bottle, and there does not yet seem to be an effective incentive or initiative to get it back in. And if there is any hope to reverse this trend at all and avoid what many predict is a looming global energy shortage and accompanying political crises, the cure may well have to arise on a grassroots, individual level.
The question is, what meaningful steps can we take as individuals and families to free ourselves from Drake's unsustainable oil, which has so insinuated itself into our lives as to seem indispensable? We can start in little ways . . . from the ground up. Over thirty years ago, our community began such an exodus from the suburbs of New York City, with backyard, postage-stamp-size gardens, abiding by the premise that we should not "despise the day of small beginnings."
Here are some simple beginning steps you might consider:
• Start a garden in your back (or front) yard, or secure a plot in a local community garden. Maybe you can even raise a surplus so you can then learn the art of food preservation, like canning and drying.
• Start a compost pile. (Confine this venture to your backyard.) You will be making the best free fertilizer for your garden.
• Learn to sew your own clothes and/or learn to knit.
• Learn to cook; get away from pre-packaged foods and eat simpler with local foods in season.
• Hang your laundry out to dry on a good old-fashioned clothesline and skip the clothes dryer. One of my friends who does this says that her family's clothes actually last noticeably longer.
• Bake your own bread, "the staff of life," and use whole grains so you can really lean on that staff. Few foods can rival the taste and satisfaction of fresh-baked bread.
• Take every opportunity to walk or ride a bicycle instead of driving your car.
And once you begin to put one foot in front of the other, don't stop. When you've gained this ground, move on and seize more territory. Do you really need that dishwasher? I enjoy helping wash the dishes because it is an opportunity to talk with my daughters. If you have enough land, get a milk goat or small breed cow like a Jersey and make your own butter, yogurt and cheese. Be adventurous and get a few chickens for eggs and meat. And consider even bigger leaps, like starting a cottage industry.
In the process, you'll be lifting yourself up from a sedentary, unsustainable life. You'll no longer need that membership at the gym since you'll be burning calories working in the garden, doing dishes, churning butter and pedaling your bicycle. The money you'll save at the grocery store, gas pump and in gym membership dues will ease your credit card debt, while you and your family will feel invigorated and accomplished. And though you may not get a historical marker erected at the center of town in your name or save any endangered sea creatures, you and your family will be on the road to freedom and fulfillment as you provide for your own essentials . . . and you'll have a whale of a time along the way!
1 "The Story of Oil in Pennsylvania," Petroleum Education: History of Oil (Ithaca, NY.: The Paleontological Research Institution), http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/history/pennsylvania/pennsylvania2.html.
2 Ibid.
3 The steam engine is an external combustion engine in which the fuel is combusted to heat water in a boiler to make steam that is then channeled to a cylinder where it is released to expand and push a piston. The gasoline or diesel engine is an internal combustion engine where gasoline is combusted within the cylinder and pushes on a piston. Unlike most molecules that expand when heated and contract when frozen, water's property to expand when heated and frozen is unique. If ice did not expand when frozen, it would be heavier than water . . . and therefore SINK, ultimately making the Earth uninhabitable. Whoever made ice to behave in such an unusual way knew what He was doing!


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Updated Feb 13, 2013 - 4:07 pm
Tearful Felix leaves no doubt about love for Seattle at contract signing
Originally published: Feb 13, 2013 - 3:45 pm
If there were any doubts about how Felix Hernandez feels about Seattle, they were washed away in a wave of tears at an emotional news conference Wednesday at Safeco Field.
The 26-year-old broke down soon after he began speaking at the gathering to announce his new 7-year, $175 million deal, making him the highest-paid pitcher in baseball.
Felix Hernandez breaks down in tears at the signing of his new contract Wednesday at Safeco Field. (AP) |
"Oh man, I need a minute," he said as he took a deep breath and tried to compose himself while thanking everyone from the Mariners and Safeco Field ground crew to his family.
"To all the people in Seattle that trust me, that believe in me, I want to say this. I'm not going to disappoint anybody. I'm going to do my best," Hernandez said tearfully.
"This is a great day in Seattle Mariner history," said Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik. "When I came here I realized we had a great pitcher and through this whole process I said on many occasions we had no intentions of trading Felix Hernandez. And Felix had made it very clear to a lot of people he wanted to stay here in Seattle."
That was evident throughout the news conference, as Hernandez repeatedly expressed his affection for the city and the team. And while he could have easily played out his contract and gone elsewhere for more fame and fortune, he insisted there's no where else he'd rather live and play.
"I don't do this because I care about the money. I do this because I care about the people in Seattle. I do this because I love this city," he said.
Zduriencik said the deal is fully guaranteed and includes a complete no-trade clause, the first in Mariners history. And he disputed reports from over the weekend the team found problems with Hernandez' elbow that put the deal in doubt.
"You can sign anybody to any kind of contract and there's always a risk to it. And I think we got to the point where you realize this young man is 26 years of age, he's completely healthy [...] and I think you look at what he's done even physically to keep himself in shape," he said, adding team doctors gave Hernandez a clean bill of health.
The contract does include some protections for the Mariners if Hernandez misses a full season with elbow problems. But Zduriencik said there were never any doubts on either side.
"This is our guy. We know him better than anybody and he was raised in this organization and I think when you have that right in front of you those are the type of marriages I think you'd really like to have as opposed to trying to go do something with someone you don't know quite as well."
"I'm totally healthy, I'm fine," Hernandez said emphatically.
Hernandez backed his contract with some big promises, vowing he would lead the Mariners back to the playoffs soon.
"We've got a lot of young guys in the minor league system, they're going to be good. We've got a lot of young talent when they get experience man we're going to be tough, we're going to be tough to beat. That's why I believe in this. We are going to be one of the toughest teams in the league," he said.
Hernandez plans to head back to Arizona for Spring Training Thursday, where pitchers and catchers reported earlier this week. And despite the pressure that will come with his new contract, he insists he's ready.
"I'm not going to disappoint anybody. I will do my best. It's going to be the top."
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Capcom releases Mega Man II for iPhone, iPod touch
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Published: Thursday, March 26, 2009
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Capcom has released a port of its Mega Man II game for the iPhone and iPod touch. Originally appearing on the NES, the game features fourteen levels, nine different bosses—each with a unique weapon—on-screen, arcade-style controls, and "rebalanced gameplay" optimized for the iPhone. In early testing, the game appears to be a nearly direct port of the original, except with poor controls. Mega Man II is available now for the iPhone and iPod touch and sells for $5.
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Cancún's Zona Hotelera lies on a narrow white-sand island in the shape of a number 7. The point of the 7 is Punta Cancún—this is the heart of the Zona Hotelera and is crowded with hotels, restaurants, and most of the nightclubs and malls. The southern foot of the 7 is called Punta Nizúc—a few hotels and clubs are there.
Between Punta Nizúc and Punta Cancún is the island's long (13 kilometers/8 miles) "leg," lined with high-end hotels and resorts on the ocean side, and restaurants, clubs, and some water-sport agencies on the other. The short leg leads directly into downtown Cancún. Busy Boulevard Kukulcán runs the entire length of the 7, and most addresses in the Zona Hotelera are simply a kilometer marker.
Downtown Cancún is on the mainland and is divided into numbered super manzanas (square blocks, or SM for short). Avenida Tulum is downtown's main thoroughfare; west of Avenida Tulum is Parque Las Palapas (downtown's central plaza), and beyond that Avenida Yaxchilán.
Most of downtown Cancún's hotels, restaurants, and music venues are on or around Parque Las Palapas [1] and Avenida Yaxchilán, primarily in SMs 22–25.
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very good service, clean rooms, decent cesar salad, sucked waiter, nice property, clean approachable staff, nice property ideal
Julian Rouas Paris Perfumes. Hidden Health Hazards.. The Julian Rouas Paris perfumes make people sick! They come with a laundry list of side effects. Julian Rouas Paris' s toxic chemical-laden fragrances are known to trigger crippling headaches, skin rash, heart palpitation, sneezing frenzy and eye irritation. Unless you work in a chemical factory, the Julian Rouas Paris perfumes will make you cringe! They have a foul-urine smell, ironically, they seem to be the perfumes of choice to disguise bathrooms odors. Julian Rouas Paris' s synthetic fragrances are (dangerous) garbage; they should be banned! A new study has shown their high level of toxic chemicals to exceed the EPA' s safety standard guideline: Benzyl acetate, Phthalates, Benzaldehyde, Methylene Chloride (carcinogenic banned by the FDA in 1988! No enforcement possible due to trade secret laws protecting unscrupulous companies like Julian Rouas Paris). These known toxics are capable of causing cancer, central nervous system disorders, birth defects, lung and liver toxicity, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease. Predictably, Julian Rouas Paris was thrown out of several department stores due to health hazards arising from its toxic perfumes. It is interesting to note that on his website and online advertising, self-proclaimed Perfume Designer Julian Rouas, touts his perfumes as being "all natural" with no water, nor alcohol; no additives, nor chemicals. The lying, deceipt, obscene lack of accountability of Julian Rouas is shocking and unsettling! Julian Rouas is an uneducated Bedouin from North Africa who considers himself above the law and sees the American people as gullible preys. Stay away from his shady company!!
Fair at best!.
While the atmosphere in the restaurant was nice and the service was very good the food was only ordinary. I ordered the bone in rib eye steak and while it was cooked perfectly it had no seasoning and was kind of tough. Like the first post says, it is as expensive as any fine steakhouse but I think the steaks at Sizzler are even better.
My wife ordered the seared Ahi tuna which also had no flavor and was stone cold. We are used to the sear being done immediately before delivery to the table and this was obviously done ahead and kept cold for service.
JW = Just Wrong.
My husband and I had dinner here tonight. Let's start off by saying the positives the hostess was very nice and the Cesar Salad we split was decent.
Now for the not so good stuff. The prices here are simliar to what you would pay at Ruth Chris's or Flemings. Designed the same way you order your steak and then any extra side dishes you want are extra. But the food quality is far from the above mentioned steakhouses. JW's food was mediocre at best, one would think we were eating at a Sizzlers but paying about four times as much.
The decor was very hotel furnishings ... just kinda blah all around. Even if you are staying at this hotel, I say spend a few bucks take a cab to a REAL steakhouse and really enjoy your dinner. Our waiter sucked! We finished eating and had to wait over 15 minutes until he came to clear our table. He never came once to refill my husbands ice tea glass. I felt bad for him becasue his section was busy so he was running around and it didn't seem like they had any busboys to help clear away plates ect ...
Our bill came to over $90 and that included no booze at all, no appetizer and no dessert. And in the end it just wasn't that pleasant of a dining experience. We wanted our bill so we could leave pronto!
We will never return here, so many choices to eat in LA ... this one is definitely something everyone can pass on.
One among the many of standard, airport business hotels..
The Scene
Passengers on approach to LAX can see the huge, red neon sign that announces the name of this airport hotel. Many will travel on, but some will be required to stay here for one of the myriad conventions or meetings it hosts. In an area teeming with enormous business hotels, this high-rise tower complex may not offer anything new, but it also won't disappoint.
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Renovated in 2000, guest rooms are spacious and contemporary, but lack sophistication and a strong design sense. One exciting aspect to the rooms is the incredible views of approaching jumbo jets from all over the world. Lively almost 24-hours a day, the huge lobby holds a good steakhouse and feisty sports bar, which shows the games on big-screen TVs.
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I suppose I have to admit that I'm a major label fan of Robyn Hitchcock. I was with him for Globe of Frogs, Queen Elvis, and Perspex Island. Each of those albums contained Hitchcock's signature strangeness, Beatles-influenced melodies to the weird, but they also had accessible moments. Globe of Frogs had "Flesh Number One (Beatle Dennis)"—a sitting-on-the-side-of-the-stage-with-a-tambourine laidback rocker. Queen Elvis had the riff-heavy, drone-like "Freeze". And Perspex Island had the radio-friendly power pop of "So You Think You're in Love."
2011 brought Hitchcock's Chronology which only featured one of those tunes, "So You Think You're in Love." Erstwhile, the compilation points to the strange, diverse world of Hitchcock. Unfortunately, from Globe of Frogs, the choice was "Balloon Man," a bouncy tune that's just too odd with its picture of a balloon man exploding with strips of flesh and tomato sauce. And yet, the collection does give you an overall picture of Hitchcock's mad universe and penchant for indie pop rock tunes.
Yet, 2011 wasn't without power pop. Go back and grab Ralph Covert & the Bad Examples' Smash Record. Covert—who in his kid-friendly garb is known as Ralph's World—lays out Beatlesque pop rock that can also conjure up memories of the Kinks. Smash Record works in the varied styles explored by the Beatles—big rock ("Big E Chord"), piano-led pop ("Pictures of a Masquerade"), and hint-of-twang-and-roll ("No Message in Your Bottle"). Think the Smithereens, and you start to get in the neighborhood. The rockabilly flashes compare to the Spanic Boys or to Ian Hunter's recent work.
While there are certain moments of joy on Smash Record, nothing quite comes close to the power pop opener "Big E Chord." It's three-minutes of pure bliss dedicated to rock music. It's big chords, clanging guitar fills, and a Traveling Wilburys/Jeff Lynne-like bridge. Those "clashing guitars" make me want to put the track on repeat—a very, very unlikely thing for me to do. (Thanks to Pop Geek Heaven for turning me onto the song).
Meanwhile, I'm hunting for a good copy of Globe of Frogs on CD, since apparently it's out of print and not available for download. Here's to a good hunt, because that album finds Hitchcock in fine form.


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Object Thought to be a Bomb Checked Out OK
State Police and Wakefield's first responders were at Salem and Main Wednesday night for what one caller thought was a live grenade in the street.
Wakefield Police were called to the area near Salem and Main streets around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday night after a caller reported a possible live hand grenade in the street.
At 7:23 p.m. on Wednesday night, the caller said that there was a can-shaped item in the street with smoke coming from it. That drew a prompt response from the area's law enforcement and rescue personnel. At least one social media report around that time also told local media that a hand grenade had just been found in downtown Wakefield.
However, Wakefield Police quickly confirmed in a phone call that there was never a hand grenade. Instead, it was some sort of smoke bomb. Wakefield Police told this website that the object was not homemade, but more likely something that could be purchased at a fireworks type shop.
The apparent pyrotechnic device drew the State Police Bomb Squad to town, which confirmed that it was safe, according to the Thursday morning police log. The street was also shut down and a staging area was set up at Common and Church for the personnel.
In a followup email with Patch, Lieutenant Craig Calabrese of the Wakefield Police Department noted that if caught, the individual who placed the object in the road could be charged with possession of or placing a 'hoax' device, which carries a sentence of up to five years in prison.


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If you are referred for specialist treatment by your GP, you can choose to receive that treatment at any hospital in England, including many independent (private) hospitals which have contracts to treat NHS patients. You can still decide to go to your local hospital if you wish, but this new system of 'patient choice' - introduced in April 2008 - allows you to be treated at a time and place which is convenient for you.
Your GP has access to information about the different hospitals available to you so you can discuss the options and decide together. You may then be able to book your appointment before you leave the surgery.
If you want some time to consider where you would like to be treated, your GP can give you a unique password and reference number which may allow you to book your own appointment online or by telephone.
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It is important to note that choice of hospital may not be appropriate for all services, for example, for emergency treatment – your GP will be able to advise you.
For further information please talk to staff at your GP practice, visit your local library, or see the NHS Choices website. You can also compare information about hospitals online on the NHS Choices website.
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I am having trouble pulling myself out of a rut I have gotten myself stuck in. I have had a lot of stress and negativity recently andI can;t seem to get myself out of the cycle of negative thoughts, can some one help me please? |
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I think that can happen to all of us.... You posted here for some (good ) reason, methinks So have you phrased an intention to address this? I personally think that intentions that have generally positive introductions can be particularly good for this sort of situation, since the positive introductions can kinda keep you in that positive frame of mind, even before you get to your specific intention... Good luck, you'll do it! |
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I've worked a lot on breaking negative thought patterns and one of the most helpful things I've discovered is that when a negative thought arises, you don't have to come up with it's opposite in order to neutralize it. If you just think about something else - and really, it can be anything else at all that's even vaguely positive, including stuff like wondering whats on TV that night - you'll displace the negative thought and that's often all it takes to short-circuit a whole chain reaction where the original thought ("God I'm lonely tonight") gives rise to a whole series of further negative thoughts ("I don't know how I'm ever going to meet anyone") that turns into a miserable, repetitive cycle that leaves you feeling awful ("I feel so trapped and hopeless!") The key for me is, interrupt the pattern as soon as I realize that I'm thinking something negative. For instance, if you find yourself starting the "I'm lonely" cycle you don't have to convince yourself that you're not lonely to break the pattern. If you can get yourself to think about anything else at all with even the slightest positive slant - and I do mean anything, - your focus will automatically shift and that stops the thought from spiraling into a cycle. Best of luck to you, and I mean that sincerely. Getting stuck in those negative thought cycles is really awful, I know from my own experience. I hope this helps. |
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Not sure if you've checked it out or not, but EFT worked on me for this purpose. I was like bombarded constantly with negative thoughts, the whole "self critic" continually bashing me about anything. after getting familiar with the technique I made it one of my goals to get rid of the self-critic since I read someone else was able to make this happen by dealing with a specific issue. So I went to work on that goal, and after a few months I was able to go for days without that automatic talking down to myself about anything, was really bizarre to be without it for once. one of the big keys for me was dealing with the belief that I was worthless, now that's a belief that can cause problems.. Once the memories surrounding that belief were dealt with, it helped a LOT. Another method is using cognitive therapy techniques in identifying irrational thoughts and refuting them with rational alternatives. Lots of websites out there with information about it. Here's an example if CT isn't familiar. Say you lost a job. Take the thought "this is so horrible, I'll never be able to find someplace new to work" That would be considered irrational since first of all horrible implies that it's the worst thing that could happen. Is it actually? unlikely as you could probably imagine something much worse happening. the second part of the thought is also irrational, since it's also unlikely that you'd never ever find another place to work. So first you identify the irrationalities, then you replace the thought with a rational one, such as "Even though losing this job was extremely disappointing to me, I can still look for work and get a new job in the future." It's not simply optimistic thinking, it's looking at the situation for what it really is. This kind of reframing of the situation helps reduce the power of negative thoughts/beliefs and it's what I used before I found out about EFT which IMO can reduce the power completely if you just find the source. |
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I've actually read that blog entry before, but it didn't really sink in. I think that it finally worked because I started to believe that I could do something about the depression myself, that I didn't need to see psychiatrists or take medication or that I had to live with it for the rest of my life. Anyway, the point is that you have to do three things to break out of a negative thoughts cycle: 1) Recognize that you are in fact in a negative thinking cycle. This is crucial, and the shorter the time between the start of the cycle and the time when you recognize that it started, the easier it is to break it. This comes with practice -- the more you do it the faster you'll notice the cycle and break it, eventually making these cycles end before they even start. 2) Once you've recognized that you're in a negative thinking cycle, immediately change your focus to something else. Slap yourself if you have to, and then look out the window and think about the weather, or what you're having for dinner tonight, or how David Copperfield manages to do all those crazy tricks. Just seriously focus on something other than your problem. 3) Once you've interrupted the pattern by doing step 2, and while you're still aware that you're in this whole process, change your focus from the random thing you decided to think about to something in your life that you're happy about. Maybe a recent accomplishment you're proud of, or how grateful you are for having all the things that you have, or for having great friends or how much you love your significant other. Everyone has something positive in their life, or as Tony Robbins would say, "something in your life you feel good about, or could feel good about if you wanted to" (paraphrasing from Personal Power II). This technique is a combination of what Steve talks about in his Overcoming Depression blog entry, and what Tony Robbins talks about in the Personal Power II audio set. It works because in step 2 you're breaking the neural pattern. If you do this enough times for a specific chain of thoughts, you'll destroy that chain completely. The neurons in the brain will change their connections and the thoughts will no longer be connected on the chemical level. By adding step 3, you're also teaching your brain to come back to a positive state quickly after being knocked into a negative state. You can only fix your problems by doing something about them, and you can only be truly effective when you're in a positive mood. As far as depression goes I want to give a small disclaimer: I exercise fairly regularly (jogging 3-4 times per week) which is another thing I attribute to helping me fight negative thinking and depression. From what I've read, exercise has been shown to greatly help people who have low levels of serotonin/dopamine/other related chemicals in their brain. I can certainly vouch for that, and recommend exercise to anyone who struggles with depression. Last edited by Baltar; 11-26-2006 at 04:57 AM. | |
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Quick and easy, albeit short term: I put on a beautiful piece of music, and dance to it, or while it is on I intention what I want. It usually works like this: 1. Recursive negative intention loop begins, I will use that example of being lonely mentioned earlier 2. I reach for my iPod and put on Emilio Estefan's Pennies in my Pocket 3. I dance and remember I have the power to attract friends if I choose to. 4. I remember that all I must do now is wait and recieve a bit bizzare but it has worked for me Last edited by The Protagonist; 11-26-2006 at 06:37 AM. |
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Here's a trick I use to get rid of negative thoughts: I consider all thoughts as frames in a movie. Whenever a "bad" frame is projected, I skip it away by saying "I've seen this before. Next." I'll do this until I'm satisfied with the thoughts I have. I use this trick since more than 20 years and it works every time for me. |
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I'm relatively new to the whole L of A/manifestation thing, and I've had the same difficulty overcoming negative thoughts, but it's more in the nature of stress over money. Due to a setback where I had no income for a month, I now dread even going to the mailbox for fear of seeing new bills arriving. Little things like that constantly remind me of the predicament I'm in. And I don't blame myself, and am trying to keep positive thoughts and a good attitude. What's EFT, and could I benefit from it? For all the positive thoughts, intentions I put out there - maybe 30 minutes devoted to it a day- it seems like my money fears and negative thoughts are creeping into my brain for the the better part of the day. |
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EFT is Emotional Freedom Technique. It is tapping on energy meridians on your body to free blocked energy. Google it. You change your thought by reaching for a thought that feels a little better. Look for something to appreciate. When you are reaching for a thought that feels better, it will attract similar thoughts and you will feel better and better. |
11-27-2006, 10:43 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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EFT is brilliant! - see the threads on it here. I've found it's the best and quickest way to drop negative emotions, thoughts and habits. have a go! There's a Beginner's Guide on my homepage. Joy to you Hazel |
11-28-2006, 05:46 AM | #15 (permalink) |
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Some of us are more skilled than others, in using different techniques to break negative thought cycles. However there is one method that works for everyone, whether you're highly skilled or not. Go exercise vigorously. The nervous tension required to sustain your negative thought cycles will be dissipated. That's why people always feel good, after a nice long run or swim or cycle. |
11-28-2006, 12:19 PM | #16 (permalink) |
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Here is an article on breaking negative thoughts from Steve Pavlina. http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/200...ught-patterns/ |
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Hehe, I just read Steve's blog http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/200...ught-patterns/ which was suggested by mej023 and it really works! You should try it too!
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Since I first learned about LOA, I've been manifesting a new life for myself, but, as it says in the movie, the secret, I am also living out the residual of my former life. The life I created, by default, before I learned to intend conciously. I'm also aware that much of that residual life, I'm living does not impact me as it would have in the past. I still have to go through the process of, "cleaning up", after myself, to make more room for my new life. As I clean up, the residual life, I gradually make that space for all the new things, and new life, I've been manifesting. Also, I'm intending forgiveness, in all areas. "Forgive us our debts, as we, forgive our debtors." Debts and indebtedness are some of those things created by us, when we were unaware of what we were doing, (before our awareness of the LOA, and living conciously), so if I harbor a bad feeling about the debt I have, and the companies to which I owe it, then the debt remains. When I intend to forgive my debtors, and harbor no ill will, or feelings then the debt fades away. Paying on my debt, now, is just like sweeping the floor, and cleaning up after myself, when I made a big mess. But, I no longer focus on the balance still owed. I focus on mercy, and forgiveness, and with each payment I send in, I see the freedom expanding in my life. |
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Posted on 08/30/2011 9:54:25 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
The heat continues claiming the lives of dozens of illegal immigrants facing extreme temperatures day after day out in area ranches.
For the Webb County Medical Examiner, more deaths poses a bigger task of identifying all those people who were left stranded to die alone.
Our Annette Garcia spoke with her about the illegal crossers their tragic story and chances of being reunited with their loved ones.
Dozens try but never make it.
This is one who illegally crossed the border who walked for miles most likely days, but fell victim to the blistering heat.
We understand why they want to come across but its very dangerous. At this time of the year its more dangerous than at any other time. Its just too hot out there.
This is what just one week of heat does to a deceased human body.
Medical examiner Dr. Coreen stern says the summer heat has claimed dozens of lives bodies that fill every inch of cooler space all left to be identified.
I will send photographs of the decedent of their clothing if they had piercing if they had unique dental work. I take photographs of that.
The process can take as little as 72 hours.
But for some patients, it takes every possible method to get a positive ID.
just recently in the last couple of weeks we had an elderly man identified because his daughter had just bought those shoes before he went on his journey to come across.
There are a lot of belongings that people wear on their person that help identify them these are just an example of that. This rosary and this watch were worn by two people that have already been buried. They were never identified.
The deadly price for a better life in the United States. I feel we are their voice.
Stern says her patients are usually kept for at least 60 days to be identified and then buried by indigent services.
But she says because of the overwhelming number of bodies being brought in they're only staying for a few days.
Stern says still the majority of people do make it to where they are going meaning the deaths will continue until people learn about the deadly consequences.
Never been safer?
Stupid is as stupid does.
Breaking the law has consequences; don't look for sympathy from me
Here's a quarter-——call someone who cares. I don't
Would land mines be more humane?
Maybe the illegals should sneak into the US in the winter, when the temperature in the desert is not 110-115 in the daytime!
Foreign invaders should be buried Iraqi style: in a mass grave.
And of course, if they were in Mexico, they would have been perfectly safe.../sarc
Perry supporters worry about these dears!
That euphemism papers over what they really are: CRIMINALS.
These lawbreakers deserve death. Thankfully, the heat is doing a job that O'Bambi refuses to do.
Mexico is messed up because it's been run by Mexicans for hundreds of years. I don't know why they can't get things right, but watching them screw up my country isn't on my list of things to do!
I don't mean to sound uncaring but these people live in Mexico. Its not like they don't how stupid it is to go out and try to cross the desert in the middle of the summer. There is not much we can do about it except try to discourage them from crossing.
Better life includes American welfare, food stamps, taking American jobs, free education, free health care, have endless babies and charge the sucker tax payers, all while being coddled and pandered to by government at all levels, as they rush to print everything in Spanish. All this while the corrupt American leaders celebrate holidays like Cinco De Mayo up in the White House, while watching our electoral process being undermined and subverted.
I have nothing but burning contempt for those who've aided and abetted this epic betrayal of America and I want them held responsible for this 30 million man gang rape of our sovereignty, our borders and our laws.
Here is one of them, lending support and credibility to a racist organization, which totally supports amnesty, illegal aliens and the destruction of American sovereignty.
Make posters showing the dead, and send them to Mexico. Post them at the border. Maybe it will make people turn back.
I was just listening to that song not 5 minutes ago!!!
Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! Ideally, it would go down something like this:
Ramone: "Such a shame about Fernando back there."
Juan "Yeah, I'm sure glad I brought an extra jug of wa..."KaBOOOOOOOM!
(juan less illegal entry!)
I like this idea. Some of the posters could show dehydration victims, while others can show pictures of nooses and guns.
Whatever works... (I'm just sayin'.)
If Obama really cared about Hispanics, instead of touring around in his bus he'd send the bus to the border to transport the illegals safely to Austin.
Hmmmm(tapping chin) what can we do about this?
We could, I don't know, maybe, tell them to stay home and not break our laws?
Death in the commission of a crime; who cares?
The folks crossing the border from Mexico ain't going to a Mensa meeting.
"If a bunch of idiots want to marry each other, why should I care?"
I care, frankly, I don't think a tortuous death penalty is a just result of illegally crossing a border.
I want a fence, I want border control, etc.
But I don't hate these people, and I am truly sorry they have died what must be such horrible deaths.
I'm with you, I cannot take pleasure or celebrate, the death of another human being, whether they brought it on themselves or not.
Awww gee, attempted invasion of our nation can be fatal?
Needs to happen a LOT more often.
Now, just stop wasting taxpayer funds to identify these invaders.
Drop the bodies at the nearest Mexican consular office or border station for the Mex. to deal with as they see fit.
I really doubt they would lift a finger to identify them.
Actions have consequences.
Kind of like the "Texans" at the Alamo -- right?
I'm rather puzzled by your response. Please elaborate if you will. Thanks much.
It's not a death penalty, penalties are imposed on a person by other persons. Nobody is forcing them to trek across the desert; their deaths are self-initiated. Too many stupid criminals and stupid people who take illegal or ill-conceived actions which cause their own deaths. Their deaths are no more horrible than the guy that I knew years ago who died as a result of smoking a cigarette while cleaning a garage floor with gasoline. I felt some sympathy for him because he wasn't breaking the law, just being stupid. The illegals are breaking the law, trashing our borders, demanding resources and dollars we don't have and in many cases killing, raping and injuring American citizens. They're no better than thieves who take advantage of your unlocked door. In the absence of border control they will continue to come illegally, some will die and I don't care; too bad for them.
I think I've made myself clear. Many of the leading defenders of the Alamo were there to wrest control of Texas from Mexico. They were foreign (American) adventurers looking to come up in the world, who thought they had a chance because Mexico had been ineffective at limiting immigration.
Strangely, when I visited the Alamo the message (delivered by docents in hushed and reverent tones) was that we were treading in a place of holy martyrdom, eternally ennobled by the "Texans'" sacred cause. I was very polite and kept my thoughts to myself. But I wonder why your barbaric logic shouldn't be applied to them as you'd have it apply to poor Mexicans today who took a gamble and lost.
The heroes of the Alamo were engaged in a sacred cause, on the side of freedom and liberty against a tyrannical dictator, General Santa Anna who overturned the constitution that had been established in 1824.
To equate the righteous defenders of the Alamo with illegals swarming across our border is simply preposterous.
I steadfastly embrace American Exceptionalism without apology. Do you?
Should have stayed in Mexico .
Heck no. I already have a religion.
Without question, I respect your long and distinguished tenure as a FReeper. Rather than escalate this matter into what may devolve into an unduly harsh argument, I'll simply wish you well and thank you for your response to my initial query in this thread.
May God Bless you. Really. (No /sarc tag expressed or implied).
Thank you. And the same to you.
I was responding to comments like
"These lawbreakers deserve death. Thankfully, the heat is doing a job that O'Bambi refuses to do. " by re_nortex. There are several in that vein.
"There is not much we can do about it except try to discourage them from crossing."
Ironically, if we had decent control of our borders we'd probably save many of these lives.
It's that time of year to trot out the heat-related death stories, to wring out the tears for the poor UDAs.
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Salem police officer charged with DWI
SALEM — A police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after being charged with driving while intoxicated.
Lt. Kristen L. Fili, a 14-year veteran of the Salem Police Department, was charged with driving while intoxicated Monday.
Police responded to a reported single-car accident at 190 Millville St. around 1:26 p.m. Monday and found Fili sitting on the back stairs of a home, according to police. Officers reported that Fili was impaired. She was off duty at the time of the incident, police said.
She was taken to a Lawrence General Hospital in Massachusetts and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said. While at the hospital, Fili was told that she was being charged with DWI and issued a summons to appear for arraignment Sept. 17.
She is on paid administrative leave while the investigation in ongoing.
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