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Alex Mitola's three-pointer with 6:47 remaining in this year's opener gave Dartmouth its largest lead in a commanding win over Maine back in November.
You can be pretty sure that while the freshman sharpshooter will make a lot more triples before he's through, he won't soon forget first one he ever made on his home floor.
Chris Cormier can relate.
He can still remember his first 3-pointer at Leede Arena as well. Not because it gave Dartmouth a big lead, however, but because it was the first he ever made. Anywhere.
Cormier, you see, was a first-grader at the time and his father, Paul, was the Big Green's head coach.
"I was a ballboy along with my older brothers and the two older Faucher brothers, whose father was my father's good friend and assistant," Cormier said. "At halftime we'd go out and shoot baskets. I'll always remember making my first 3-pointer. We used to have really good crowds back then and the place was really cheering for me."
Two decades after his Dartmouth basketball heroes James Blackwell '91, Jim Barton '89 and Derek Bunting '89 graduated, long after forward Brendan O'Sullivan '91 used to lift him to the rim so he could dunk, Chris Cormier is back as a volunteer assistant coach for his father, now in the third year of his second stint with the Big Green.
A two-time captain who scored 1,100 points while setting school records for steals and, yes, three-pointers at Roger Williams University, Cormier returned to Hanover this fall after spending two years as a graduate assistant at Vermont's Castleton State College.
The younger Cormier ended up wearing a pair of sneakers on the practice floor at the Division III school after a flirtation with wingtips and the business world following graduation from RWU with a degree in political science and history.
Ironically, while growing up in a basketball family played a big part in his decision to pursue a career as a coach, it was that same familiarity with life in the game that pushed him away from it for his first few years out of college.
"I saw how difficult it was with the way my father bounced around in the NBA," Cormier said. "He loved coaching so much that he was willing to put up with the instability and give up the regular lifestyle that most people have. I saw that, so I was a little reluctant to get into it at first."
But after several years helping to work out franchise agreements at the New England RE/MAX headquarters his feet started to itch for those sneakers again. The full realization hit him after the family gathered to watch younger brother James, then a guard at LeMoyne College, play at Assumption.
"My parents could kind of sense that I really wasn't too happy with my career path," he said. "Not necessarily what I was doing, but the path it seemed like my career was going down.
"We went out to eat and I will never forget the conversation we had. They basically said, 'What do you think would make you happy?' The only thing that I could think of was coaching, or some aspect of basketball."
A firm believer that happiness and success come from following your passion, the elder Cormier gave his third of four sons his blessing to join the coaching ranks and then essentially kicked him out of the nest.
"My thought was I am not going to make the road easier for him," Paul Cormier said. "I will offer him guidance but it will be up to him to find a way to get involved with a Division III program or get into a graduate assistant program. To his credit, he went to Castleton State and I had nothing to do with that."
While working on his master's degree at Castleton Cormier helped the Spartans go 15-12 his first year, then advance to the NCAA Division III tournament last winter with a sterling 15-3 league mark.
Most importantly, he was intricately involved in the entire basketball operation under coach Paul Culpo.
"Chris was his number one assistant so he was involved in every aspect," Paul Cormier said. "Everything from meetings to recruiting to on the floor practices. And in Division III they can do live scouting, so he was in the thick of it all. That was probably more valuable than anything he could have done."
In the Dartmouth College directory the younger Cormier's "department" isn't listed as 'men's intercollegiate' as it is for the other coaches. Instead it says ' '53 Commons.' "
For the uninitiated, the '53 Commons is the college dining and and that's where Cormier spends the first half of his day.
"He is really making some sacrifices," the father said. "He works from 7 to 11:30 or so checking IDs for the dining service and then comes over here to work as a volunteer. He does make a little bit of money based on our camps, but Dartmouth isn't paying him. He's still earning his stripes."
Given that he's engaged to be married in August, the younger Cormier's timing for taking a job without pay and moving back in with his parents to help make ends meet could probably be better. But with the blessing of fiancée Kristin, he felt it was an opportunity he couldn't pass up.
"I'm learning so much," he said. "If I'm ever fortunate enough to be a head coach I'll take things with me I learned at Castleton and at Roger Williams as a player, but primarily what I've learned from my father. Every single time we have a practice or game I three-hole punch the practice plan and put it in a notebook to keep. I've heard from people he doesn't even know about how much respect they have for him and his basketball knowledge."
To be sure, there can be awkwardness and even jealousy when a son goes to work for his father, but that hasn't been a problem for the Cormiers.
"If he tells me to do something, I just go out and do it," the son said. "If I see something that needs to be done I try to do it before he has to ask me. When I make a mistake he will get on me like any boss would get on his assistant and I have to make sure the next time around I try to eliminate that mistake. It's still a learning process for me but I know how lucky I am to have this opportunity."
Paul Cormier knew that both his players and his other assistants would be watching closely when he brought his son onboard.
"He's handling everything very, very well," the head coach said. "Like my other assistants, I think he's doing a terrific job. He's a kid who wants to voice his opinion but he's done a good job of judging what is appropriate in this environment. As I have told him, there are going to be a lot of instances where your ears have to be open and your mouth has to be shut."
It hasn't been the easiest winter in Hanover with just two wins in the first 12 games.
"I'm obviously anxious to win to turn the corner, first for my players, second for my young staff and third, I could use a few W's myself," Paul Cormier said. "We're going to turn this around and my young assistants are going to be part of something at ground level that is very special and they're going to have it early. It is difficult sometimes, but it's a great way to start your career."
Better, even, than hitting that first three-pointer as a 7-year-old with a standing-room-only crowd roaring its approval.


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Since his arrival in China's Jungle Village, the town's blacksmith has been forced by radical tribal factions to create elaborate tools of destruction. When the clans' brewing war boils over, the stranger channels an ancient energy to transform himself into a human weapon. As he fights alongside iconic heroes and against soulless...
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Since his arrival in China's Jungle Village, the town's blacksmith has been forced by radical tribal factions to create elaborate tools of destruction. When the clans' brewing war boils over, the stranger channels an ancient energy to transform himself into a human weapon. As he fights alongside iconic heroes and against soulless villains, one man must harness this power to become savior of his adopted people.
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The Man with the Iron Fists, the directorial debut of music artist RZA, is clearly a love letter to all of the Wu Tang frontman's passions. An old school kung fu movie infused with hip hop beats and a comic book aesthetic, Iron Fists rarely makes a lick of sense, but it's a collage of imagination — and that earns it a few points. Like a cinematic version of the backyard games we all used to play, RZA casts himself as a Chinese town's resident badass who teams up with a cowboy to take down an army of ninjas assassins. The freeform style allows him to run wild, rarely providing actual thrills, but resulting in an action movie overflowing with heart. Bloody, bloody heart.
The manic script for Iron Fists, written by RZA and Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel) interlocks a handful of colorful characters with varying degrees of success: The Blacksmith (RZA), a freed slave who hopes to earn enough bucks to whisk his love, prostitute Lady Silk (Jamie Chung), away from the Pink Blossom brothel; Madam Blossom (Lucy Liu), the brothel's owner (and local mobster); Silver Lion (Byron Mann), a murderous gangster out to overtake the city with the help of his magical metallic underling Brass Body (Dave Bautista); Zen Yi a.k.a. The X-Blade (Rick Yune), whose father was killed at the hands of Silver Lion and now seeks revenge; and Jack Knife (Russell Crowe), a mysterious British gunslinger taking residence at the Pink Blossom who may have ulterior motives. Iron Fists bounces between the plot threads without much worry — you never really know who is doing what or why. But if characters say what they're thinking with conviction, then beat the daylights out of their opponent, it's supposed to suffice. More often than not, it does.
What Iron Fists lacks in coherency, it makes up for in absurdity. RZA pumps up the volume on every element of the film, from costumes that shoot daggers, to flamboyant, overacting evildoers, to Jack Knife taking the goriest route to defeat an enemy (in this case, using a knife gun to rip up a heavyset man's insides). Taking a page from mentor Quentin Tarantino's book, anything can happen in this Eastern martial soap opera, and everything does happen. It's money shot after money shot, the rapid pace reminiscent of channel surfing — likely the way most kung fu fans stumbled upon the type of films that inspire Iron Fists back in the '70s and '80s.
Not every moment pops — unlike Liu and Crowe, RZA doesn't exactly light up the screen when given the freedom to go crazy. Blacksmith is a muted, mumbling character who doesn't throw himself into a fight the way a kung fu movie demands from its lead. Behind the camera, the fight scenes are choreographed similarly to how the movie is structured: randomly, with the occasional inspired moment. But the inventiveness of the mechanics keeps Iron Fists working. A scene with two twins using contortion to throw and kick and punch their way through hoards of bad guys is a joy. Seeing Crowe (obviously not an expert in martial arts) lay down a few moves is pure fun too.
The Man with the Iron Fists isn't as expertly crafted as Tarantino's Kill Bill, but it has more mind-boggling oddities. RZA unleashes his passion into the film, so even when the story or action isn't working, something else on screen is.
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We are given a description of Manny by the media --and then the man comes out and he is pretty much the opposite -- smart, charismatic, media-savvy, more than articulate in English, relaxed, very sure of himself, just chatting away. And that giddy laugh -- when have we ever heard that laugh?
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The Fairmont game last Thursday, was suppose to be the team's second to the last game of the season, but it turned out to be the last regular season game for the four seniors Michaela Nordby, Devon Flohrs, Emily Hurley, Aryn Eckstrom and their teammates.
The Saints girls basketball team was blown away Monday night - by the wind - not on the court.
The high wind warning and wind chill advisory caused the cancellation of the girls basketball game against Cedar Mountain/Comfrey on Monday night. The game was first postponed, but then it was canceled.
The end of the regular season snuck up on the SJA girls basketball team this year.
The Fairmont game last Thursday, was suppose to be the team's second to the last game of the season, but it turned out to be the last regular season game for the four seniors Michaela Nordby, Devon Flohrs, Emily Hurley, Aryn Eckstrom and their teammates.
Fairmont 61, SJA 42
The score does not reveal the positive that happened in this game. It was the girls best shooting night of the year, as the Saints it hit 54 percent from the floor. The only problem was the Saints got off just 26 shots during the game.
Coach Adam Schroeder said, "It was by far the best shooting night we've had all year. The worse part is that we only shot 26 times.
"Julia Beckius started out the night with 11 points right off the bat. They struggled guarding her off the dribble.
"Fairmont's size with the two players Lardy and Christiansen just proved to be too much for us."
The Fairmont front line size shows up in the SJA rebounding stats. "We had by far our worse rebounding night of the year as well. It's hard to win with only 11 total rebounds in a game." Schroeder said.
Fairmont secured the game in the first half as the Cardinals led 39-23 at the break.
As he did much of the year, Coach Schroeder substituted many players into the game, "I was very pleased with the effort I got from the B squad girls in the second half of the varsity game. They played aggressive on defense and hit the open shots on offense.
"Morgan Sandmeyer came in and hit a three right away then had another bucket off a screen in our offensive set."
Beckius was the only Saint in double figures as she had 13 points. She also led the team in steals with three.
The three seniors of Eckstrom, Flohrs and Hurley each had three rebounds.
With the regular season ended by old man winter the girls begin State Tournament play on the road as the eight seed against the top seeded Worthington Trojans.
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Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the world's most famous monsters - Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family...
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Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the world's most famous monsters - Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more - to celebrate his daughter Mavis's 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem - but this could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis. In 3D at select locations.
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Hotel Transylvania is studded with big names — Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi, Jon Lovitz, the list goes on — but no amount of star power and 3D effects can rescue this monster movie from its one dimensional cast of ghouls and derivative overprotective father plot-line. In creating a hotel for monsters, someone hit upon a clever idea. However, the freshness stops there, as neither the storyline nor characters are remotely fleshed out.
Count Dracula (voiced by Sandler) has opened up a hotel, deep in the heart of the haunted forest, where monsters can check in for a little R&R without fearing human contact. But while Dracula guards his hotel with his life, he guards his adolescent daughter, Mavis (Gomez), even closer. She has lived a sheltered life, confined to the hotel, since her mother's death a century earlier. That is, until human manchild Johnny (Samberg) unexpectedly arrives at the hotel on Mavis' 118th birthday and shakes things up. What ensues is a disjointed catapult of a movie, one which more closely resembles an advertisement for the latest virtual reality amusement park ride than the story-driven animated films we love.
Our first glimpse of Johnny, snapping photos incessantly on his smart phone as he backpacks across the world, is enough to illicit a few laughs — we've all seen that wide-eyed, technology-obsessed kid before. But soon the 21-year-old is riding his Razor scooter and dropping Dave Matthews Band and Slipknot references, and you realize just how out of touch this film is. The clinging father storyline — filled with daughterly exclamations of, ''I just want to see the world!'' - and love at first sight trope (referred to as a ''zing'') are equally stale.
In the movie's final act, our monsters — which include a mummy, Frankenstein, the Invisible Man, and a family of werewolves — leave the confines of the hotel and venture into the human world. As our gang stumbles across a Monster Convention, full of costume-wearing monster-obsessed nerds, the film hits a high point. The self-referential humor that arises from the absurdity of the situation is a welcome relief from the fart jokes and sight gags that fill the film's first two thirds. However, it's too little too late.
Ultimately, Hotel Transylvania is a great choice for distracting the kids, who will likely respond well to the toilet humor and break-neck pace. Unfortunately, there's not much in this film for theatergoers over the age of seven to hold on to.
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Augusta knocks top seed out of substate in the first round.
The Trinity Lady Knights entered the 4A Sub-State round as a No. 1 seed but they turned out to be a sheep in wolf's clothing.
Augusta came in as an 8-seed but never played like it as they controlled the pace and rhythm of the game and hit clutch shots every time the top seeded Lady Knights threatened to retake the lead.
"We just fought and executed our game plan," Coach Tracy Anderson said. "Our league really prepared us for tonight. We play in a really tough league. Except for Andale, we have been right there in every one of the last eight games."
Trinity took control early and it looked like the seeding would hold as they led 14-8 after one period. However, Augusta rallied the second quarter to take a six-point lead in and held on for a 24-22 lead at the intermission.
In the third quarter, AHS extended the lead briefly only to see the Lady Knights tie the game at 28-28 and again at 30-30.
But the Lady Orioles outscored Trinity 15-1 for the final 10 minutes of the game.
Coach Anderson said the upset was important for her team.
"It is as big as they can get," she said. "I am just so proud of our team."
She said the game plan going forward is to stick with what led to the upset Tuesday night.
"We have to focus on what we do best - which is defend," she said. "Eventually the shots will fall… As long as your defense is consistent, you will get a night where the shots will fall. Tonight they didn't fall for them."
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Driver is accused of causing crash that killed his brother
Four felony counts, including gross vehicular manslaughter, have been filed against the alleged drunk driver who Taft Police say is responsible for the death of his brother.
Leobardo Martinez Lopez is scheduled to be arraigned next week in Kern County Superior Court in Bakersfield.
Lopez, 24, was arrested Sunday night after a car slammed broadside into a tree on Highway 119 just north of East Kern Street.
Lopez and a second man escaped with minor injuries.
But the third man, who police say is Lopez' bother, was fatally injured and died later that night at Kern Medical Center.
His name has not been released.
Bail for Lopez has been set at $125,000 for the manslaughter cases, which also include charges of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, DUI causing great bodily injury, driving with a blood alcohol of greater than .08 percent causing injury and a misdemeanor count of driving without a license.
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WASHINGTON — The Phillies didn't waste much time making the first of what should be several key changes to their organization this offseason.
Just minutes after a 5-1 loss in the season finale to Washington at Nationals Park Wednesday afternoon, general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. announced in the Charlie Manuel office that first-base coach Sam Perlozzo would not have his contract renewed for next season. About an hour later a press release revealed that bench coach Pete Mackanin and hitting coach Greg Gross also would be replaced for 2013.
It is almost certain that Mackanin will be replaced by Ryne Sandberg, the Hall of Fame second baseman who has spent the last two seasons as manager of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Phillies' Triple-A affiliate. Sandberg has been rumored for some time to be the heir apparent to Manuel, 68, when his managerial tenure ends. It's also likely that third-base coach Juan Samuel will shift to first base next season.
Among the candidates for the other openings are Steve Henderson, the former Tampa Bay Rays hitting coach who has been a roving hitting instructor for the Phils' minor-league season the last three years, and former Phillie Mickey Morandini, who managed the Class A Lakewood Blue Claws in 2012.
Manuel sounded like a manager who was pressed to make a shakeup after an 81-81 season that saw the Phillies' five-year run as National League East champions end.
"It's definitely not what he did," Manuel said, speaking specifically of Perlozzo. "I look at him as a tremendous teacher and a great coach. When you have to do some things and people become involved, some people on your staff have to be moved. I think that's just the position we're in. That's how the organization feels."


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Tu Sei Matta! (You Are Crazy!)
Bonnie had been married before, but he was a drunk and would beat her when drunk. There did not need to be a reason, being drunk was the excuse. Finally it was enough and she knew he would not change. She began to save money to move and for a lawyer. Life was sad and lonely for her. She lost herself in work. One evening girlfriends decided she needed to go out and forget everything else for an evening.
A group of twenty some friends met at a local club to dance and listen to music. The girlfriends wanted to introduce her to some of the men in hopes that she would consider dating for fun. As everyone else got up to dance, Bonnie chose to sit it out and watch. Every time she looked up, Valentino was standing at the far end of the long table. He would catch her eye and she would laugh and look away. Finally Valentino walked over to her and asked permission to sit down. She replied of course because it was all of his friends there. Then he asked if he could ask another question. She laughed and told him alright. He wanted to know why she laughed at him every time he caught her eye. She replied, "Everyone needs a gimmick!" "What?" "You ignore all the girls flirting so my gimmick must have worked!" Valentino laughed too but told her she was crazy! They laughed and talked until the club closed in the wee hours of the morning. Everyone went out to the parking lot where her girlfriends said they were all going down to the local diner for breakfast and cheesecake. Some of the girls hustled Bonnie into the car with Valentino but then they jumped out and left in a waiting car. So there she was alone at 2AM with Valentino and not happy at all. When he asked why she was so upset, she angrily told him she was not in the habit of being in a car at 2AM with a man whose name she did not know! He was very insulted and told her they had been introduced by their friends. She then told him no one listens to names in a bar because no decent woman goes to pick up anyone that way! He put the car in drive and sped to the restaurant at top speed. Everyone friend and stranger knew they were both furious when they arrived! She doubted they would ever speak again.
A day later she went to work at the store she managed in Cranston. One of her employees was a young woman Lina from Naples in Italy. She told Lina how foolish she had been and how sorry she was. That Italian was one of the most handsome men she had ever met and his eyes were beguiling! His smile was sweet too. Lina finally asked if he was by any chance about 5 foot 7 and brown hair and eyes. Bonnie was totally exasperated – after all just about every man in Italy had dark hair and eyes. "Sure", Lina replied. "But not all of them are right here with a rose in hand!" Bonnie turned around to see Valentino with a long stem red rose – he leaned over to place a small kiss on her cheek as he handed her the rose. He told her she was about the most beautiful woman he had met and would she please go to dinner with him to start over! Every now and then Valentino would still tell Bonnie she was crazy but even after thirty years they laugh together in memory as she would remind him she had always been crazy from the first night on!
And now this weekend it is thirty four years later and it is just as if it was yesterday! Four sons, five precious granddaughters later, it is still Valentino. Through good times and bad, he has been her rock, her anchor in all storms. When the world seems set to fall apart it is he who holds her hand and her heart. They still laugh and Valentino still tells her she is crazy – but now instead of only one red rose, it is always 3 – for "I love you". And for Bonnie it is a true love story, a life-long story. This precious man who still makes her heart sing, her heart burst with love and joy each time he laughs with her. Io ti amo amore mi! She truly is Valentinoswife….. per sempre.
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Thank you for quite an interesting website and pictures. I'm descended from the Pannozzo family, originally from Campodimele and they moved to Fondi around 1840. Also, I grew up in Cranston, Rhode Island, my father's house was a small cottage at the start of Sabra St., near Twin Oaks. The Sepe family, who lived nearby were, I think, from Itri.
I've learned that two of my father's missing brothers, Antonio and Pasquale, were still living in Fondi at the time a third brother, Joseph Pannozza of Danbury passed away in 1964. My father was Vincenzo Pannozzi (last name spelling was changed at Ellis Island) and his parents were Salvatore Pannozzo (1844-18??) and Rafaela Filomena Carroccia. My father and some of his brothers had unusually colored blue-gray eye color and some of the Pannozzo women had green colored eyes which is a genetic marker for our branch of the family. Another brother, Luigi Pannozza of Danbury Connecticut, worked in a hat factory for 60 years and had numerous children. He had a twin brother Andre Pannozzo but I have no info on him. Anyway, thanks for the excellent pictures and blog they are quite interesting and informative.
Comment by James Pannozzi DOM— February 21, 2011 #
wonderful love story. Ironically, I found this today, on my 33rd Wedding Anniversary! 🙂
Comment by mimi— March 10, 2011 #
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A traveling exhibit on the Civil War in Missouri is on display in Versailles with only three weeks left for its display at the Morgan County Museum.
A traveling exhibit on the Civil War in Missouri is on display in Versailles with only three weeks left for its display at the Morgan County Museum.
Stop by the museum - the old Martin Hotel just off the square in downtown Versailles - to see "Divided Loyalties: Civil War Documents from the Missouri State Archives" as well as go on a guided tour of the museum provided by members of the Morgan County Historical Society.
The special exhibit from the state features panels of digitized documents and pictures from the Civil War era that are arranged topically to show the upheaval and uncertainty that overwhelmed Missouri during this time period.
Going beyond battles and military strategy, the exhibit examines the social conflict surrounding the war.
It begins in pre-Civil War Missouri with a look at the Kansas Border Wars of the mid-1850s and slavery's role in the state culture and economy. This part of the exhibit includes the famous case brought by Dred and Harriet Scott, slaves seeking their freedom in St. Louis through the court system.
Divided Loyalties is an apt name for the exhibit.
The Civil War divided the state and for a time Missouri had two governments, a pre-southern elected state government in exile and the federally-backed provisional government that took its place in 1861. The exhibit includes documents from these conflicting governing bodies.
Other documents such as muster roles and military correspondence shed light on the lives of Missouri soldiers on each side fighting here and outside of the state.
The documents show how individual Missourians were often subjected to suspicion, discrimination and violence from both Union troops and Confederate bushwhackers.
More than a third of the Divided Loyalties is dedicated to the post-war period including the 1865 state constitution which disenfranchised a large portion of Missourians. Anyone suspected of sympathizing with the Confederacy was prevented from voting, holding elected office, becoming a minister or teaching school. Documented court cases also saw Missourians fighting to regain their lost rights and trying to settle grievances over crimes committed during the war when chaos reigned. These cases include people seeking restitution from everything from murder and theft to slander and vandalism.
Unsatisfied in the courts, many Missourians turned to vigilante violence to settle disputes with Frank and Jesse James being among the most famous Missourians to seek to even the score outside of the law.
Overall, the exhibit chronicles the impact of a war fought not just on the battlefield but in people's every day lives.


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Over the weekend I decided to go ahead and roll that Death Knight Tank I had mentioned last week. I have a post in progress to discuss the details of tanking with a Frost DK that should be coming out sometime this week, but if you want details on him right now then you can check out his armory link: Psynister. I bet you didn't see that name coming, did you?
Today I want to tell you about an especially great group that I found myself in over the weekend. Generally when I queue for a random I run the dungeon and then regardless of how good/bad we did I go ahead and leave group and go find fresh group all together. That seems to be the norm from how quickly most people drop group after the final boss is down.
There was something different about this group though, so I went ahead and stuck with them. I think three of us asked at about the same time after the first run if everyone was up for another. With some amount of surprise from me everyone said yes. The second dungeon went down and we queued up as a group again. I think all together we did three dungeons, but there may have been a fourth in there as well.
I think as a group we functioned extremely well in the dungeons that we ran, and it was interesting to see that even though both the warrior and myself were queued for both Tank and DPS, the role of Tanking was mine every time we queued. I've seen the LFG tool swap people's positions before so I know it can change, but every time it came up as mine.
Generally I like to keep my Real PUGs of Power posts to a single person, but this group worked so well together that I'm throwing them all in there together. Deciding on the title was a bit of a challenge this time since it's about four people instead of only one, but it works for me even if it is a bit awkward. With four people deserving some praise, I initially was just going to write a regular post about it, but I think something like this shows a bit more sincerity when I say thank you.
Mr. I Had A Group Full Of Win's Guys
Bethannie, Druid Heals
Nikedawg, Warrior DPS
Aldy, Mage DPS
Adolat, Priest DPS
Psynister's Notebook presents: Real PUGs of Power
(Real PUGs of Poweeeer)
Today we salute you Mr. I Had A Group Full Of Win's Guys.
(Mr. I Had A Group Full Of Wiiiinn's Guys!)
You've shown us how a real group clears an instance.
With DoT's, HoT's, AoE's, and Whirlwinds.
(I think we could one-shot Arthas!)
Taking down bosses and trash mobs with ease,
And acknowledging the strengths of every member.
(Great job with the heals!)
Pathing mobs get pulled, no problem.
Mage's pet was set to aggressive, who cares?
The tank got mind controlled? Lets bring him down!
(Dang it, I wanted to kill him!)
So crack open an ice cold Frost Tank's heart, you group full of epic win.
There's no such thing as an unbeatable instance, when the five of you group together.
(Mr. I Had A Group Full of Wiiiinn's Guys!)
In case you're wondering, yes the warrior did really try to kill me when I got mind controlled just before the boss in that screen shot went down. We were both trying to fill that tank spot each time we queued, and he never got it. I planned to give him the chance regardless in the next run since I have yet to be chosen as DPS, but the group needed to split right after that boss, so I never got the chance. It was all in good fun (at least, I think it was…) and I think we all had a great time and enjoyed the group.
Hopefully luck will be on my side and I'll find myself queued up with them another time in the future.


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Chocolatiers: Anti-Gay, Anti-English Abuse Forced Us Out of Scottish Town
An English gay couple claims they will have to move out of a remote Scottish village because the town's citizens constantly subjected them to anti-gay and anti-English abuse from , the U.K. newspaper the Daily Mail reports.
Paul Maden and James Findlay moved to Scotland a decade ago to become chocolatiers and the couple eventually made a name for themselves while living in the remote village of Durness, in Sutherland, an area in the Scottish Highlands. Their chocolates became so popular U.S. senators, Yoko Ono and even Prince Charles bought their sweets.
Although business was good, the couple's home life was suffering as they were allegedly enduring anti-gay and anti-English abuse. The abuse started when they first moved to the area and the men claimed neighbors stalked them outside their home and shouted, "fuck off you English queer faggot," the British publication the Telegraph notes.
Maden, 45, and Findlay, 40, are now considering leaving the town when the tension came to a head and they were taken to court by John Morrison and his son Malcolm Morrison, members of the community who say the couple assaulted them. The chocolatiers, however, say that the father and son have harassed them since they moved to the village 10 years ago. The case was dismissed after Maden pleaded self-defense.
"We constantly live in fear. We're looking to get away as quickly as possible but at the moment it's difficult because of the financial climate," Findlay said in court. The couple goes on to say that the Morrison family has intimidated them since they arrived in the town but the Morrison family denied the abuse and claim the men have made other people's lives miserable.
John Morrison, 63, told the court that he and his son, 35, drove by the couple's shop when the chocolatiers singled for them to stop.
"I wound down the window and they just started punching me," John Morrison said. But the men's lawyer, Marc Dixon, said, "This is part of a campaign against these men that's gone on since they moved in because you don't like them and you don't like their lifestyle."
Kevin Crowe, the chairman of Durness Community Council, says the men "are not the only gays in the village." He expressed surprised at the couple's allegations and insisted that the community has been friendly and accepting.
Maden told the Telegraph that he and his partner have been threatened with death, physically attacked, pelted with seeds and the victims of racist and anti-gay abuse.
"It is quite frightening when you are in a remote place, a lot of places you do not get mobile phone signal and you feel quite vulnerable," he told the publication. "I feel Durness is quite a tolerant village. It's just the Morrisons that have taken a dislike to us," Findlay said.


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Late Winter Snowstorm on the Horizon (or Not)?
Alright, I know you've been waiting for it, so here it is! The extremely uncertain, but possibly fun, and potential non-snowstorm that is 4-5 days away! Models have obviously been hinting at this (which is why we're talking about it) but at this point in time, all we can really do is to watch for some sort of consensus to take shape. This thread is really just to get the conversation started, and we'll continue to tweak the forecast as the days and hours draw closer. I've got a feeling that we could get 6"+ in some part of our viewing area from this. I know, that's a very broad statement, but it's also a half of a week away. Let's hear your thoughts. Ready, GO!


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The thing is, a company can make a 500% profit or a 700 or 800% profit. The question is: does that hurt their sales long-term to go for the most extreme profit margin? I think it does
The thing is, a company can make a 500% profit or a 700 or 800% profit. The question is: does that hurt their sales long-term to go for the most extreme profit margin? I think it does
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Filmation Variants: She-Ra, Bow, Mantenna, Leech, Entrapta, Grizzlor, Prince Adam, Glimmer, Adora
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Well I just actually hope that Granamyr will not just turn YELLOW considering all the trouble they went thru to vote on the two other colors!!!
Hold it, they were upset the Wind Raider sold so "poorly," so they are going to... raise the price? Am I reading that correctly?
Can someone PM me the US number for Matty? I want to talk to someone who might has a clue of what is going on.
Evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
It's absolutely inconceivable that if a product doesn't sell to your expectations, you then make more of it and bring it back up with a higher pricetag to see if it sells better.
Toys, Movies, TV Shows and more reviewed at the pop culture mega site... INFINITE HOLLYWOOD.
"Geoff was the only one willing to do a figure for free and let us use his name to promote it."
You get what you pay for.
In this day and age you are looking just to make it to the next quarter without any catastrophes and give your shareholders reasons to invest. Its all about the short term as that is the most "controllable" aspect. You can't plan for the long term with an economy that could crash (see the Eurozone or even the US in 2008) , there is just too much instability.
We need to get real, its about making money and it always has been. Companies are run by how much money they make. If they are making a 700-800% profit margin the people who invest millions (aka NOT you and me) do not particularly care what the company is doing unless its illegal.
You bring in people with that profit margin they expect you to keep it, you don't they bail and you lose shareholders and then people lose their jobs. Its this way in video games, toys, and most other business.
Whether its right or not does not matter, we are not the ones investing the millions into the company and guiding its direction. Yes we buy MOTUC but in business the customer is only one part of the equation, and usually not a very important one in the grand scheme
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Besides that: Did you think Mattel would give you a 30 point of articulation dragon?
Granamyr fans can only hope, that their dragons won't yellowing like the Marshmallow Man
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Granimyr was a pass the moment they said he would be around $80.
Can someone PM me the US number for Matty? I want to talk to someone who might has a clue of what is going on.
Evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
Let's say they make 600% profit on the line. They could decrease it to 500% profit by keeping the same price (hypothetical example). Getting 500% profit you can add to your quarterly statement is a hell of a lot better than a 0%...right? Right!?
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Agreed. Keep the figures coming, because you never know when they'll decide to pull the plug and we'll belfet with a semi-complete line, like the 200X lie.
Recent.... HATMOTU Beast Man & Evil Seed
Wanted.... Filmation Mer-Man, Teela & Sorceress
Needed.... MOTUC Lord Masque
Oh man, did I forget to use these [sarcasm][/sarcasm] again? Sorry....
I don't believe he's in the sub.
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So who were the other 'celebrities' that were approached for this 30th slot?
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Mattel Q&A from www.PlanetEternia.de :
1) Without going into specifics, can you tell us if more Shadow Weavers were produced than SDCC '08 King Grayskulls, or less? Fans just wonder which figure had the lowest production run.
SDCC King Grayskull is the lowest run followed by Shadow Weaver and then Wun-Dar and Preternia He-Man.
2) Figures often arrive with bent weapons, and though it's not too complicated to fix that, it's still kind of a nuisance. Is there a way to ensure that accessoires ain't packed in a way that bends them?
We will pass this off to packaging and let them know customers are still looking for improvements.
3) Do you have concrete plans to motivate more fans to sign for the Club Eternia 2013 subscription who passed on the 2012 sub?
We did move a few 2013 figures around (for the first time) to ensure the Q1 figures are very strong to show fans how much life the line still has! When we aquired the Filmation rights it meant a reworked of all future line ups, so we used this opportunity to ensure the Q1 figures each year were very strong to help sell in the subs.
4) Since Filmation characters are possible now, would there be a chance to see the BraveStarr brand, like producing the Marshall himself as a sort of MotUC special surprise Exclusive?
Brave Starr is s separate license from MOTU. We do not have rights to every property CM manages, only MOTU (and Voltron!). But both are 100% separate agreements with the same partner.
"Why's Dragstor riding on Night Stalker?" "Cause he can."
Little baggies dropped at the feet of the figure. That's how it was done in the 80's, and it worked JUST fine.
Half the things I try to get out of these plastic death traps end up bend or 'near' breaking... I HATE unpackaging these guys
As long as Mattel don't reach out to new custumers (which I understand they were trying to do by getting Geoff Johns on board), the line will always have a ceiling. Profits will level out (and decline) if more new fans don't buy into the line.
Most-wanted MOTUC: Granita - Hunga the Harpy - The Melog - Dylamug - Sprag, Sprocker and Spritina - the Twiggets - King Ahgo - Filmation Grizzlor, Mantenna, Leech, Modulok and Multi-Bot
I;m wondering what they are actually going to do to promote Sir-Lazer Lot? There is no other marketing in this line, what is going to be different for him?
Was he paid for making this figure or was it really a free job?
Wouldn't it make sense for Mattel to work out some kind of arrangement to advertise some product in comics? (without Toyfare magazine around, comics are about the most similar demographic I can imagine Mattel could tackle. Could Mattel advertise in IDW titles? That company knows how to handle 80's properties and probably has a reader base that could potentially expand MOTUC.
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There are 54 Buckley's so far in my tree. The earliest is my 3x great grandfather, Thomas Buckley.
According to surnamedb Buckley is of Anglo-Saxon origin. It is said to be a locational name from a number of places such as Buckleigh in Abbotsham (Devon), Buckley Heath in Sussex and Buckley Green in Warwickshire.
Most of the place names derive from the Olde English pre 7th century "bucc(a), meaning a he-goat, plus "leah" – a clearing or wood.
In Ireland the surname is said to be found as an Anglicised form of the Gaelic "O'Buachalla" – a byname meaning cowherd or servant.
The name is believed to be first recorded in the early half of the 13th century and include William de Bockeleye in the Subsidy Rolls of Warwickshire in 1332. Also John Buckley in the 1545 Subsidy Rolls of Wiltshire.
These days there are many variant spellings of the surname such as Bucklee and Buckleigh.
Among the earliest namebearers to settle in the New World Colonies were Ben Buckley (aged 11years) and Daniell Buckley (aged 9 years), who left the port of London bound for New England in April 1635 aboard the "Suzan and Ellin"
The first recorded spelling of the family name is said to be Alan de Buckeleg which is dated 1235 in the Feet of Fines of Warwickshire.


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Soccer Box Score
Gardner-Webb (4-0) vs.
Clemson (2-2)
Date: Sep 08, 2013 Attendance: 544
Weather: 84 deg., clear, hum. 65%, winds calm
Win-Andrew Tarbell (2-0). Loss-SWAN, Matthew (2-2).
Win-Andrew Tarbell (2-0). Loss-SWAN, Matthew (2-2).
Play-by-Play Summary
|[00:00] SWAN, Matthew at goalie for Gardner-Webb.
|[00:00] Andrew Tarbell at goalie for Clemson.
|Foul on Gardner-Webb.
|Foul on Clemson.
|Foul on Gardner-Webb.
|[08:17] Shot by GWU CLARKE, Denzel WIDE.
|Foul on Clemson.
|Foul on Clemson.
|[12:42] Shot by GWU JUNG, Arjun WIDE.
|Foul on Clemson.
|[16:47] Offside against Clemson.
|Corner kick by GWU GURSER, Patrick [19:14].
|Foul on Gardner-Webb.
|Foul on Clemson.
|Foul on Gardner-Webb.
|[23:42] GOAL by CU Thomas McNamara (FIRST GOAL), goal number 4 for season.
|Clemson 1, Gardner-Webb 0
|[23:40] GWU substitution: NADER, Jonas for KENNEDY, Jake.
|Foul on Clemson.
|[26:41] Shot by GWU CLARKE, Denzel HIGH.
|[26:59] CU substitution: T.J. Casner for Bobby Belair.
|Foul on Clemson.
|[28:40] GOAL by CU Ara Amirkhanian, Assist by Iain Smith, goal number 2 for season.
|Clemson 2, Gardner-Webb 0
|[28:41] CU substitution: Alex Stockinger for Thales Moreno.
|Foul on Clemson.
|[31:03] Offside against Clemson.
|[33:37] GWU substitution: COMVALIUS, Kevin for GURSER, Patrick.
|[33:37] GWU substitution: TATSUMI, Satoshi for JUNG, Arjun.
|Corner kick by GWU MAFI, Iman [35:21].
|[35:27] CU substitution: Wes Nelson for Amadou Dia.
|[36:32] CU substitution: Austen Burnikel for Iain Smith.
|Corner kick by CU Thomas McNamara [38:20].
|Foul on Gardner-Webb.
|[38:59] Offside against Clemson.
|Foul on Clemson.
|Foul on Clemson.
|Foul on Gardner-Webb.
|Foul on Gardner-Webb.
|[41:58] Shot by CU T.J. Casner WIDE.
|[43:49] Shot by GWU AL-GASHAMY, Ali HIGH.
|End of period [45:00].
|For CU: #2 Kyle Fisher, #7 Alex Stockinger, #20 Austen Burnikel, #10 T.J. Casner, #21 Ara Amirkhanian, #15 Alexandre Happi, #18 Phanuel Kavita, #11 Amadou Dia, #5 Thomas McNamara, #27 Richard Robinson, #22 Andrew Tarbell.
|Start of 2nd period [45:00].
|For GWU: #3 BOGART, Matt, #1 SWAN, Matthew, #7 MAFI, Iman, #8 HAMMERSMARK, Marius, #32 RIVILLAS, Alejandro, #12 SWABY, Craig, #21 YEAGER, Eric, #10 AL-GASHAMY, Ali, #30 TATSUMI, Satoshi, #25 CLARKE, Denzel, #24 COMVALIUS, Kevin.
|Foul on Gardner-Webb.
|Foul on Clemson.
|Foul on Gardner-Webb.
|Foul on Clemson.
|[51:16] Yellow card on CU Austen Burnikel.
|[52:02] Shot by CU T.J. Casner HIGH.
|[52:07] CU substitution: Iain Smith for Austen Burnikel.
|Foul on Gardner-Webb.
|[54:36] Shot by CU Ara Amirkhanian BLOCKED.
|[55:53] Shot by CU Iain Smith WIDE.
|[56:45] CU substitution: Thales Moreno for Thomas McNamara.
|[59:14] Shot by CU Alex Stockinger HIGH.
|[60:56] Shot by CU Iain Smith, SAVE SWAN, Matthew.
|Foul on Clemson.
|[65:23] Shot by CU T.J. Casner, SAVE SWAN, Matthew.
|[66:33] CU substitution: Manolo Sanchez for Ara Amirkhanian.
|[66:33] GWU substitution: JUNG, Arjun for TATSUMI, Satoshi.
|[67:28] GWU substitution: GURSER, Patrick for MAFI, Iman.
|[67:28] CU substitution: Paul Clowes for Alexandre Happi.
|Foul on Clemson.
|[69:58] Shot by GWU AL-GASHAMY, Ali HIGH.
|[70:41] GWU substitution: NADER, Jonas for AL-GASHAMY, Ali.
|[76:54] Shot by GWU SWABY, Craig HIGH.
|[70:52] CU substitution: Thomas McNamara for T.J. Casner.
|[72:30] GWU substitution: ASGER, Brooks for SWABY, Craig.
|[73:21] GWU substitution: MAFI, Iman for YEAGER, Eric.
|[73:50] Shot by CU Thomas McNamara HIGH.
|[74:51] Shot by CU Manolo Sanchez, SAVE SWAN, Matthew.
|[76:15] CU substitution: Bobby Belair for Iain Smith.
|Foul on Gardner-Webb.
|[77:04] Yellow card on GWU COMVALIUS, Kevin.
|[77:08] Shot by CU Thales Moreno, SAVE SWAN, Matthew.
|Corner kick by CU Thales Moreno [77:26].
|[77:40] Offside against Clemson.
|[79:12] CU substitution: Alexandre Happi for Alex Stockinger.
|[79:27] GWU substitution: PEYTON, Dustin for RIVILLAS, Alejandro.
|[80:18] GOAL by CU Alexandre Happi, Assist by Thomas McNamara, goal number 1 for season.
|Clemson 3, Gardner-Webb 0
|Foul on Clemson.
|[82:42] Shot by GWU HAMMERSMARK, Marius WIDE.
|[82:43] CU substitution: John Cajka for Paul Clowes.
|[82:43] CU substitution: Tyler Happ for Manolo Sanchez.
|Foul on Clemson.
|[84:20] CU substitution: Wes Nelson for Amadou Dia.
|[84:20] CU substitution: Kyle Murphy for Thomas McNamara.
|[86:14] Shot by GWU PEYTON, Dustin HIGH.
|[86:57] Offside against Clemson.
|Foul on Gardner-Webb.
|Foul on Clemson.
|End of period [90:00].


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Existing medical marijuana businesses could have to wait until June 2014 to apply to convert to recreational pot businesses, and they would be limited to 1,000 plants under regulations that received initial approval from the Boulder City Council on Tuesday night.
The businesses could not hold dual recreational and medical licenses, and five existing dispensaries would not be able to convert because the required buffer around schools and daycares would expand from 500 to 1,000 feet.
The regulations would be stricter than those in most other Colorado cities that plan to allow recreational marijuana businesses at all.
Several marijuana business owners said those rules would put them at a competitive disadvantage to pot shops in Denver, a concern that was echoed by a number of City Council members.
Eight of Boulder's nine City Council members gave initial approval to the ordinance on the first reading.
Councilman Macon Cowles, who made the strongest criticisms of the proposal, was out of the room at the time of the vote.
A second reading and public hearing on the ordinance are set for Sept. 17.
Jeff Kless, owner of Helping Hands Herbal, said limiting marijuana businesses to 1,000 plants would severely limit the number of customers they could serve.
The number of plants a medical marijuana dispensary can have is regulated by the number of patients, and there is no set amount.
"If an industry was proposed to the city that would do as much for the city, to rent more than 100 locations, to hire so many architects and engineers, to pay so much in taxes, it seems that the council would advise staff to help that industry and not impose new rules to make it more difficult for us," Kless said.
City Council members marveled at the amount of marijuana that business owners believe they will be able to sell, with each plant estimated to produce between 1 and 4 pounds of marijuana.
City officials said they believe 1,000 plants is the most that inspectors can reasonably manage in a single facility.
Shawn Coleman, a consultant who works with the marijuana industry, said the number of plants is not a good proxy for the amount of marijuana being sold because some strains produce very little but might have other properties a grower desires.
Cowles said he would like the city to lift the 1,000-plant limit and let the market determine the size of marijuana businesses.
He said he'd also like to see dual licensing, which many other cities plan to allow, and conversions allowed as of Jan. 1, 2014. If the city needs to hire more staff to manage the process, then it should hire more staff, he said.
"I don't want to see new regulations put existing businesses out of business," he said.
Asked about Boulder's proposed regulations being stricter than other cities, Boulder police Sgt. Jeff Kessler said Boulder is regularly lauded as a leader in medical marijuana regulation, in part because it is so strict.
"I don't think we need to emulate anybody else because no one else has proven anything," he said.
Kessler said just four existing grow operations would be affected by the 1,000-plant limit.
Councilman Ken Wilson said the city is in uncharted territory, and increased access to marijuana will have consequences.
"We're going to do this because it's what the voters wanted, but this is a serious issue for this community," he said. "The states of Colorado and Washington are going to be the guinea pigs for what it's really going to be like."


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This light is tough, waterproof and highly effective, with enough runtime that you won't get caught out even on longer night-time rides.
So far as I can tell, this is a rebadged version of the RSP Asteri 3 that Big Dave tested back in March. He gave it the thumbs up and who am I to argue with a man who has been through more lights than Blackpool Illuminations?
The RSP version claimed 200 lumens, whereas this version claims 170, despite them both being powered by a 3w LED. Where have the other 30 lumens gone? Personally, I reckon they've been snaffled by the Solstice Goblins. Prove me wrong if you can...
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The head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency says Lance Armstrong knows the truth and he has decided that instead of airing every piece of evidence publicly and in front of an impartial court, the dethroned seven-time Tour de France winner has decided to "hold on to baseless soundbites."
Travis Tygart, the CEO of the USADA, spoke to All Things Considered's Melissa Block, hours after Armstrong announced he would not fight the agency's doping allegations.
Armstrong issued a statement calling the USADA investigation an "unconstitutional witch hunt" based on "zero physical evidence."
Tygart said that with that statement Armstrong was relying on "tried and true PR soundbites that athletes who have been caught cheating with performance enhancing drugs say about the very people who are simply doing our jobs," protecting clean athletes.
Melissa pressed Tygart to gives us some idea of what physical evidence the USADA had and also to provide the names of the people who were ready to testify against Armstrong.
Tygart said that their decision to strip Armstrong of his Tour de France titles can still be appealed by the Union Cycliste Internationale — the international cycling federation — so he would not be naming names.
But he pointed to the USADA's charging letter against Armstrong. A test from 1999, he said, was re-tested and showed a positive EPO result. EPO is banned substance that increases the production of red blood cells. Tygart said they had evidence that a positive test that same year was covered up by the team. Further in 2001, a test was suspicious but "did not go through." In 2009 and 2010, said Tygart, tests showed signs that Armstrong had received blood transfusions.
"To say there is no evidence is a soundbite," said Tygart. "They had an opportunity to contest (the evidence) through a legal process that provides constitutional due process. There's an obvious reason why that was not chosen."
He said what the USADA uncovered is that Armstrong and his USPS professional cycling team was running "one of the most sophisticated drug conspiracies we've ever seen."
"Part of us would have been happy to present all the evidence in court, if anyone had any questions about what the truth is," Tygart said. "We've seen all the evidence and we know the truth.
"I think Mr. Armstrong also knows the truth and decided that instead of a fact-by-fact, piece-by-piece coming out in open court under oath, he decided his better move at this stage was just not to contest and hold on to some baseless soundbites about witch hunts and personal vendettas."
Tygart said this a tough day for everyone, even the USADA.
"But on the other hand it does provide hope that kids in this country who desire and dream about being a professional athlete or an amateur athlete or a high school athlete that they don't have to use dangerous drugs against the rules in order to be successful," he said.
Much more of Melissa and Tygart's conversation is on today's edition of All Things Considered. Click here to find your local NPR member station. We'll post the as-aired interview on this post a little later on tonight.
It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish.
And I'm Melissa Block.
Today, they made it official. The United States Anti-Doping Agency or USADA officially stripped cyclist Lance Armstrong of his seven titles in the Tour de France. The agency also issued a lifetime competitive ban on Armstrong. These moves came after Armstrong's decision not to fight doping charges through arbitration. USADA says Armstrong was part of a doping conspiracy going back to 1998.
And I'm joined by the head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, Tracy Tygart. Welcome to the program.
TRAVIS TYGART: Thank you for having us.
BLOCK: Mr. Tygart, you have seen the statement from Lance Armstrong. He calls this whole process Travis Tygart's unconstitutional witch hunt. He says this is your personal vendetta against him. What do you say to him?
TYGART: Well, look, you know, those are sort of tried and true PR soundbites that athletes who have been caught cheating with performance-enhancing drugs say about the very people who are just simply here doing our job to protect clean athletes. It's the identical statements, I think, Marion Jones first coined back in '03 about us. Our decisions in every case, whether someone's famous, a celebrity hero like a Lance Armstrong or a Marion Jones, or is anonymous, we base all of our decisions on the evidence and nothing more than the evidence.
BLOCK: Well, let's talk about the evidence because Lance Armstrong says you have, in his words, zero physical evidence to support what he's calling your outlandish and heinous claims. Help us out here. What is the physical evidence that you have against Lance Armstrong?
TYGART: Well, we've got a number of people who have come forward who are participants and who eyewitnessed and were direct observers of one of the most sophisticated drug conspiracies that we've ever seen. And this was a U.S. pro cycling team sponsored by the U.S. Postal Service that really put in place a sophisticated and professional program to defeat testing but used these drugs in order to win. We've provided him the notice letter and the charge letter, blood testing data from 2009 and 2010 when he was competing as an elite cyclist that indicates manipulation of his blood.
BLOCK: Now, when you say it indicates manipulation, are you saying that it wasn't a positive result for something in his blood? Is it something other than that?
TYGART: Yeah, there's no current test for blood transfusions, so there's no positive test for blood transfusion. But when you look at someone's blood over a period of time, as we presented to him, you can draw - scientifically draw definitive conclusions based on that data. And what we said in our charge letter that he, you know, chose not to contest is that that blood indicated clear manipulation by him, and we had additional, you know, testimony and other evidence to support that.
BLOCK: You have - your agency has said, Mr. Tygart, that you have more than a dozen eyewitnesses who are prepared to testify against Lance Armstrong about doping. Who are they? What are their names?
TYGART: You know, we're - we've got three cases that are ongoing, and we'll be doing a findings of fact based on all of the evidence that's in our possession about this conspiracy to provide to UCI. So given, you know, just that legal process that's ongoing with those other cases, we're not in position to reveal that at this stage.
BLOCK: You mentioned UCI. That's the International Cycling Union.
TYGART: That's right.
BLOCK: This question of eyewitnesses is relevant because Lance Armstrong claims that you, USADA, cut them what he calls sweetheart deals in exchange for information against him.
TYGART: Again, I think what's really important is that Lance Armstrong and all of the people that have been charged - it's not USADA that makes a decision based on the evidence. They have an opportunity to contest whatever evidence we, you know, believe rises to the level to prove that they committed doping, anti-doping rule violations through an established legal process that the federal judge in Austin, Texas, on Monday said was fair and provided full constitutional due process to anyone that's accused and have your day in court. And we'll see what the truth is. And, look, there's the obvious reason why that path wasn't chosen.
BLOCK: You mentioned the federal judge in Texas who allowed this case to go forward. He also, though, did write this in his ruling. He said: USADA's conduct raises serious questions about whether its real interest in charging Armstrong is to combat doping or if it is acting according to less noble motives. And it implied politics and publicity. It's not just Lance Armstrong raising those concerns, it seems.
TYGART: Well, the judge said all that can be decided when the evidence is presented. I mean, no - you know, the judge was real clear that those weren't issues, and they weren't issues. And we didn't have an opportunity to provide any evidence on, you know, what are the merits of the allegations. And let's have Travis Tygart or the USADA board members take the stand, and we'll tell you what our motives are.
And our motives are nothing more than to treat every athlete the same and to ensure that future generations of athletes have the hope and the belief that they can compete on a level playing field and don't have to use dangerous performance-enhancing drugs in order to be successful.
And every parent out there - you know, look, it's a tough day. We don't like these situations either. But on the other hand, it does provide hope that kids in this country who desire and dream about being a professional athlete or an amateur athlete or a high school athlete, that they don't have to use dangerous drugs against the rules in order to be successful.
BLOCK: Travis Tygart, thank you for talking with us today.
TYGART: Thanks for your time.
BLOCK: Travis Tygart is CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, USADA. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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