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A while back we asked you what courses you would like and the programme of masterclasses, workshops, and events we've come up with is a reflection of your responses.
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WASHINGTON — Seeking to regain their budget footing versus President Barack Obama, Republicans controlling the House are moving quickly to try to defuse a potential debt crisis with legislation to prevent a first-ever U.S. default for at least three months.
The Republicans are giving up for now on trying to extract spending cuts from Democrats in return for an increase in the government's borrowing cap, but the respite promises to be only temporary, with the stage still set for major battles between the GOP and Obama over taxes, spending and deficits.
The first step comes Wednesday with a House vote on GOP-sponsored legislation that would give the government enough borrowing leeway to meet three months' worth of obligations, delaying a showdown next month that Republicans fear they would lose.
While it's commonly assumed that the Treasury Department wouldn't allow a disastrous default on U.S. Treasury notes, the prospect of failing to meet other U.S. obligations such as payments to contractors, unemployment benefits and Social Security checks would also be reputation shattering. House Speaker John Boehner and other GOP leaders have made it plain they don't have the stomach for it.
The legislation is disliked by many Democrats, but the White House weighed in Tuesday with a statement that the administration would not oppose the measure.
It also appears that Senate Democrats will grudgingly accept the bill, which Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., called "a big step in the right direction" since the three-month GOP debt measure isn't conditioned on a dollar cut in spending for every dollar of new borrowing authority as Boehner has long demanded.
"The Boehner rule of 1-for-1, it's gone," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. "So it's a good step forward and we'll see what happens."
The idea driving the move by GOP leaders is to re-sequence a series of upcoming budget battles, taking the threat of a potentially devastating government default off the table and instead setting up a clash in March over automatic across-the-board spending cuts set to strike the Pentagon and many domestic programs. Those cuts — postponed by the recent "fiscal cliff" deal — are the punishment for the failure of a 2011 deficit supercommittee to reach an agreement.
These across-the-board cuts would pare $85 billion from this year's budget after being delayed from Jan. 1 until March 1 and reduced by $24 billion by the recently enacted tax bill. Defense hawks are particularly upset, saying the Pentagon cuts would devastate military readiness and cause havoc in defense contracting. The cuts, called a sequester in Washington-speak, were never intended to take effect but were instead aimed at driving the two sides to a large budget bargain in order to avoid them.
But Republicans and Obama now appear on a collision course over how to replace the across-the-board cuts. Obama and his Democratic allies insist that additional revenues be part of the solution; Republicans say that further tax increases are off the table after the 10-year, $600 billion-plus increase in taxes on wealthier earners forced upon Republicans by Obama earlier this month.
"We feel by moving the issue of raising the debt ceiling behind the sequestration ... that we re-order things in a way that Democrats will have to work with," said Rep. John Fleming, R-La. "The cuts are the kind of cuts we want, they're just not in the places we want, but they're also not in the places that the Democrats want. So hopefully they'll be forced to come to the table and work with us on a bipartisan basis to put them where they need to be, where it has the less pain."
According to the latest calculations, which account for the recent reduction of this year's sequester from $109 billion to $85 billion, the Pentagon now faces a 7.3 percentage point across-the-board cut, while domestic agency budgets would absorb a 5.1 percent cut. The calculations are not official but were released Tuesday by Richard Kogan, a respected budget expert with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities think tank.
GOP leaders have also promised conservatives that the House will debate a budget blueprint that projects a balanced federal budget within a decade. For the past two years, the fiscal plans of Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., have contained strict budget cuts but have never projected balance.
In a slap at the Senate, which hasn't debated a budget since 2009, the House debt measure would withhold the pay for either House or Senate members if the chamber in which they serve fails to pass a budget plan. This "no budget, no pay" idea had previously been regarded mostly as a gimmick and had been earlier dismissed by many lawmakers as unconstitutional since it seems to run counter to a provision in the Constitution that says Congress can't change its pay until an election has passed.
To address that problem, the measure would deny pay until Jan. 3, 2015, if either chamber failed to pass a budget.
Schumer said Sunday on NBC's "Meet The Press" that Democrats are likely to adopt a budget this year. Under congressional rules, a joint House-Senate budget resolution is a nonbinding measure that sets forth an outline for follow-up legislation but doesn't accomplish any cuts by itself.


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MIAMI — Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, LeBron James finished with 24 points and seven assists, and the Miami Heat snapped a two-game slide by topping the New Orleans Hornets 106-90 on Saturday night.
MIAMI — Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, LeBron James finished with 24 points and seven assists, and the Miami Heat snapped a two-game slide by topping the New Orleans Hornets 106-90 on Saturday night.
Chris Bosh scored 13, and Ray Allen and Shane Battier each added 11 for Miami, which took control by outscoring the Hornets 33-10 over the final 11 minutes of the first half. New Orleans started the game 10 for 12 from the floor, then shot 9 for 31 over the rest of the half.
Ryan Anderson scored 24 for New Orleans, which got 20 from Robin Lopez and 12 from Jason Smith.
Miami shot a season-best 58 percent and turned 19 New Orleans turnovers into 22 points.
James has scored at least 20 points in all 18 Miami games this season. He tied a Heat record by scoring 20 in 23 straight regular-season games (going back to last season) and 39 consecutive games overall, including playoffs. He made 10 of his first 11 shots on Saturday.
The Heat have been plagued by defensive issues at times throughout this season, especially lately, and they looked to have returned in the early going on Saturday. The Hornets ran out to a 25-18 lead by the time this game was 7 minutes old, playing nearly flawlessly in the early going.
It didn't last much longer.
Not only did Miami soon clamp down on the defensive end, the Heat offense began really clicking as well.
Take away Smith's 5-of-7 effort in the second quarter, and the rest of the Hornets shot 2 for 13 in those 12 minutes when the game turned. Miami outscored New Orleans 33-15 in the quarter — James, Bosh and Wade outscored the Hornets by three — and seven different Heat players had at least one assist in that period alone.
New Orleans' starters were 1 for 2 in the pivotal second quarter, both of those shots by Lopez. Anderson was limited to 31 seconds of time on the court in the second because of foul trouble, and the other three Hornets starters besides Lopez failed to get a shot off in more than 12 combined minutes.
By halftime, Miami's lead was 64-47, and the Heat weren't in much trouble again — though had to work in the final minutes to finish off the team with the worst record so far in the Western Conference. Anderson and Greivis Vasquez made consecutive 3-pointers to get the Hornets within nine late in the third quarter. And with 4:40 left, Lopez's three-point play got New Orleans within 95-87.
That was the last gasp for New Orleans. Battier took a pass from James and made a 3-pointer from the right corner with just under 3 minutes left, giving the Heat a 101-87 lead, and Wade sealed it with a jumper on the next Miami possession, part of what became an 11-0 game-deciding run by the hosts.


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Blogdosts, I wrote this a couple of weeks ago, and just this morning I saw lovely pics of Ms. Sen leaving the Mumbai High Court, with her new baby. Sushmita looked jubilant and was quoted as saying she hoped to adopt more kids down the line. Little Alisah's eyes were wide open as Mom met the media outside the court. Welcome to the world .... and the spotlight, Baby Alisah!!
It is customary for columnists to write a year- ender that reviews the months gone by (notice how EVERYONE exclaims, "How time flies! This year just whizzed past my ears.") and come up with a report card based on supposedly dramatic milestones that define the rapidly fading annus horribilus ( thank you, Queen Elizabeth!). Frankly, what's gone is gone and nobody really remembers or cares once the countdown to the next year begins at midnight, come 31st December. That's my experience.So, forget journalistic conventions and read on… I want the last column of 2009 to be upbeat and peppy. Cheerful and jaunty. Like Sushmita Sen. My kind of woman! No. Why be sexist? My kind of person. I mean… look at what she pulled off recently – two beautiful, bouncy babies in one go! One, a human – Alisah, a three- month- old infant she adopted this month. The other, an important beauty pageant franchise that she bid for and now owns – the Miss Universe (
I distinctly recall Sushmita's triumphant 'Welcome Home' party at the Taj Mahal Hotel,to which she'd arrived like a warrior- empress in a horse drawn carriage, grandly greeting the crowds and acknowledging their adulation with a royal wave. She was on top of the world , and there she has remained ever since, through all the turbulence in her personal and private life. Sushmita has the mindset of a born winner, regardless of the circumstances that would daunt the faint-hearted. Formidable and imposing , Sushmita has worn her successes and failures with the same degree of equanimity. This is the quality which makes her special. Which is also why when I was looking for a chief guest to launch my tween book, 'S's Secret' recently, I didn't think beyond Ms. Sen.Unlike a lot of Bollywood super novas with idiotic attitude, Sushmita has unfailingly engaged with people at all levels with the same degree of warmth and graciousness. Let's put that down to her sensible, middle class upbringing. Today, she plays the unchallenged Bollywood Diva with aplomb ( her old rival, Aishwarya, has settled a bit too comfortably into the domestic Bachchan Bahurani groove) but continues to remain appealingly grounded and accessible at all times. This level of 'good behaviour' is indeed unusual in eccentric\erratic\arrogant showbiz. Her refreshing openness has set new standards in an industry that thrives on subterfuge and fibs. As someone who has survived in showbiz without letting her flops affect her standing, Sushmita represents the new breed of power women in Bollywood – there aren't too many of them around, no, not even in
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Shinseki: Shutdown 'directly threatens' vets
Testifying as the sole witness in an Oct. 9 House Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki warned Congress that if the federal government shutdown continues, millions of America's veterans will stop receiving about $6 billion in monthly payments on Nov. 1.
Shinseki said that veterans service organizations, such as The American Legion, "have been, quite directly, helpful to me over the past four and a half years, and trying to help us understand how to be better at our responsibilities of caring for veterans, but also servicemembers and families, and survivors that we are responsible for."
The effects of the shutdown on Shinseki's department "are negative," he said. "It is an impediment to VA's ability to deliver services and benefits that veterans have earned through their service." Shinseki called the lapse in federal appropriations an "avoidable situation," and that veterans across the country "will be harmed if the shutdown continues."
"We understand the process and dynamic tension," said American Legion National Commander Dan Dellinger in regards to the hearing. "However, The American Legion urges Congress and the White House to stop holding America's veterans hostage to their political standoff. We saw several members of Congress gathered last week at the World War II Memorial in Washington. They were supporting our veterans who were being kept from visiting their own memorial. We hope those same legislators are doing everything they can to end this shutdown."
Shinseki said that in the last six months, VA has reduced its disability claims backlog by about 193,000 claims, yet, the shutdown "directly threatens VA's ability to eliminate the backlog," he said. "We've lost ground we fought hard to take. Roughly 1,400 veterans a day are now not receiving decisions on their disability compensation claims due to the end of overtime (for claims processors).
"If the shutdown does not end in the coming weeks, VA will not be able to assure delivery of 1 November checks to more than 5.18 million beneficiaries. And that accounts to about $6.25 billion in payments that people are expecting."
At a critical time for veterans, "everyone at VA should be focusing on how best to accomplish their missions," he said. "And so I ask the committee and the rest of Congress to help us by resolving this fiscal impasse now, so that VA and our federal partners, on whom we have to rely to do our work, can get back to work full time."
Because of the shutdown, VA was forced to furlough nearly 10,000 employees on Oct. 7 and suspend mandatory overtime for disability claims processors, who had been working at least 20 hours of mandatory overtime per month. Such overtime by claims processors has been instrumental in helping to reduce the claims backlog, which has dropped from about 611,000 claims last March to about 418,500 at the end of September, according to VA.
Funding for veterans benefits will become exhausted within two weeks, VA reports. At that point, claims processing for compensation, pension, education, vocational rehabilitation and employment benefits would be suspended. Benefits payments would also be halted for disabled veterans, their surviving spouses and eligible children. Tuition and stipends for hundreds of thousands of veterans and servicemembers would also be suspended.
"On 1 November, I will not be able to pay all these beneficiaries who are expecting those checks," Shinseki said. "I need the authorization, appropriations and a budget to be able to do that. I don't do that independently.
"What is best for veterans, and for all of us right now, is a budget for the entire federal government. Let us get back to work. The sooner we do it, the faster I get back up to full speed."
Dellinger provided remarks about Shinseki's testimony. "VA Secretary Shinseki gave Congress many grim details today about how the government shutdown is affecting our veterans, including the fact that millions of our nation's veterans may not be receiving about $6 billion in benefits next month. The VA claims backlog has started to go up again. Our student veterans would also stop getting GI Bill education benefits.
"The secretary told Congress this is a critical time for veterans and that he can't solve this dilemma independently. We agree with the secretary and urge Congress and the White House to act immediately to either end this shutdown or fund the accounts that ensure the well-being of so many of our veterans."
Other programs for veterans affected by the shutdown include the Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service that supports employment and counseling services for veterans. The Small Business Administration has closed 10 Veterans Business Outreach Centers nationwide and has suspended all of its programs for veterans business development and service-disabled veterans procurement. And the Department of Housing and Urban Development is no longer issuing new vouchers for homeless veterans' housing.
VA services that are continuing during the shutdown include health services at more than 1,700 facilities across the country thanks to funding by advance appropriations for fiscal 2014. The American Legion pushed for federal legislation that resulted in such funding.
The Veterans Crisis Line, which has already accounted for about 30,000 life-saving rescues, will remain open on a 24-hour basis at (800) 273-TALK (8255). VA insurance processing and home loan processing will also continue.
For more information on how the government shutdown is affecting veterans, visit www.va.gov.


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Cassese, a three time All-American, graduated from Duke in 2003 after serving as a two-time captain and garnering three All-ACC selections for a Blue Devil team that made three NCAA Tournament appearances and a pair of ACC Championships during his career. After serving as an assistant at Duke from 2005-07, during which the Blue Devils advanced to the 2007 NCAA Championship game, Cassese spent one year at Stony Brook before being named head coach of the Mountain Hawks in 2008. Now in his sixth season at Lehigh, Cassese has had an immediate impact on the program, capped off by Lehigh's first Patriot League Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance last season.
Murphy enters his fourth season as head coach at Penn after spending seven seasons at the helm at Haverford College. In his time at Penn, Murphy has led the Quakers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2006 and placed second in the conference standings during the 2011 season, the program's best finish since 1989. Murphy, a 1991 graduate of Duke with a degree in history and political science, was a three year starter for the Blue Devils, and served as a captain of the 1991 team.
Wray took over as head coach of Saint Joseph's in 2011 and quickly helped the Hawks make great strides. In 2012, Wray inspired a Hawk team that tied for eighth in the country in overall improvement, led the nation in win percentage increase and tied for fourth in the nation in biggest jump in total number of wins. Prior to taking over at Saint Joseph's, Wray coached at Lehigh University for four seasons. A 2003 graduate of Duke, Wray helped the Blue Devils to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances as well as back-to-back ACC Tournament titles in 2001 and 2002. In his senior season, Wray served as team captain and garnered the Eric Tyler Hardy Defensive Player of the Year award.


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As cameras rolled at Hoboken restaurant Dino & Harry's, reporter Lisa Mateo from the WPIX 11 Morning News and comedian and Hoboken resident Artie Lange sat down for a taping of the television show "Taste Makers: Food and Fame," which airs Saturday nights at 6:30 p.m. on WPIX. The show takes viewers through an intimate interview with a celebrity on a drive to their favorite restaurant, as well as a conversation over their favorite meal. The show includes lessons on how to prepare the meal as well as what to do with leftovers (in the "Doggy Bag" segment).
Food and fame inspiration
The show was the idea of Tony Monte, creator, writer, and executive producer. Monte, whose background in the music industry includes work for RCA and Capitol Records, is a Secaucus resident and was born and raised in Jersey City. He currently produces a web series called "New Music Director," which can be found at newmusicdirector.com.
The idea for "Taste Makers" was born out of an inspiration that came to Monte last year after he watched a presentation by the TMZ creator Harvey Levin on the future of media, then later watched an episode of "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives" on the Food Network.
"I thought it would be interesting to get celebrity perspectives on what they eat and where they get their meals," said Monte. "There were really no shows that focused on celebrities and food."
The idea for "Taste Makers" came from Secaucus resident Tony Monte.
"It just hit me," said Monte. "I just thought about finding out about celebrities…finding out about food [and] watching them experience eating the meal."
The idea took off and Monte put a team together. His company, Melonte Partners, backed the show. Monte shot the first taping earlier this year that featured WPIX morning show host Sukanya Krishnan, whose favorite restaurant is Tamarind in New York City. Guests have included Danny Aiello, Jerry Springer, Wycleff Jean, and psychic medium John Edward. The first "Taste Makers" show debuted Oct. 27, 2012.
Local favorite with Lange
At a December taping, Mateo and Lange sat down to his favorite meal of porterhouse steak with creamed spinach, broccoli rabe, and baked potato. Lange, who has been a Hoboken resident since 2001, is known for his work as a comedian and his work on The Howard Stern Show and Mad TV. He currently hosts a radio and television show "Nick and Artie" five nights a week. Lange's second memoir, "Crash and Burn," is due out in April.
"Good people, good food," said Lange, about why he regularly goes to Dino & Harry's.
"It feels like home…it's like family."
Lange lives a few blocks away in the uptown Shipyard development.
Lange said that throughout the years, his family has celebrated birthdays at the establishment, including a recent gathering for his mother's seventieth.
Lange said that the porterhouse steak is one of his favorite meals because, "It's big, first of all, and it's a good cut of meat."
During the 30-minute show, Mateo picks up the celebrity guest, they determine where they are going, and on the ride over she conducts an intimate interview. At the restaurant, viewers get to go behind the scenes and into the kitchen to learn how the celebrity's favorite dish is prepared. Then Mateo sits down with the celebrity guest to enjoy the meal.
"It sounded right up my alley," said Lange about appearing on "Taste Makers."
Show Host Mateo said she loves all aspects of the show including, "talking to great people."
"I love to eat," said Mateo. She noted that viewers enjoy getting to see what celebrities like to eat and how to make their favorite dish.
At the end of the show the "Doggy Bag" segment shows viewers how to prepare leftovers.
"People more and more want to take something home," noted Monte. "Especially with the economy…we thought this was very relevant with people."
Translating a vision
"I am overwhelmed by the response," said Monte. The show has an initial 12-week run. Monte feels strongly that the show can expand to markets outside the New York and New Jersey Metropolitan area to include a "Taste Makers" Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, or Houston.
Monte described the process of producing the show as non-traditional and unconventional.
"There have been so many people who have given their time and effort," noted Monte. As executive producer, his work entails everything, from securing guests, to working closely with his business partner Melinda Martinez in production and post production, to dealing with marketing, among other duties.
His business partner Martinez, also a Secaucus resident, co-executive produces the show. She shared at the recent taping in Hoboken that she enjoys producing the show because of "the full creative control of having a vision and seeing it on film."
"It is a vision I believe in," said Monte. "It is a show I believe in."
"Lisa does such an incredible job," said Monte of the host. Monte noted that Mateo wakes up at 1 a.m. to be on the 4 a.m. news and that even on news marathon days she looks forward to taping "Taste Makers."
"That is what I enjoy…that everyone involved feels so positive and so good," said Monte.
The "Taste Makers" episode featuring Lange airs Jan. 5 at 6:30 p.m. on WPIX. For more information, visit www.mytastemakers.tv.
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Pics: Floyd Mayweather's Fiance Shantel Jackson
I can be oblivious to a lot of things because honestly I am not paying attention. When we did the story about Floyd Mayweather going off on Top Flight Security of the World (watch the video here) I commented on the vehicle he was driving in.
Here is what I said:
One last thing I know he is pushing hard for his artist Miss Jackson, but that is never going to blow up, so he might has well sell that SUV.
After I posted that someone close to the Mayweather team email me to let me know that Miss Jackson isn't an "artist" she is a "Model/Actress" and that she is actually Floyd's fiance'.
Shockingly, I could not find any movies that Miss Jackson has starred in, but I am sure there are some things under production.
Floyd may not have good relationships with Top Flight Security, but at least his choice in ladies is pretty good sans the Drake Eyebrows.
She takes a pretty picture whoever her photographer is should get a raise he takes a lovely photo, I can see Floyd spared no expense.


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Portions of the following information are based on facts provided by the arrested individuals. Those individuals have been booked with, not convicted of, the offenses shown. All accused should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Terrebonne Sheriff's Office
Denise Renee Sneeze, 26, 206 Naquin St., Houma, pornography with juvenile, violation of protective order.
Romallic Lionel Nash Sr., 40, 755 Deadwood Road, Gibson, two counts failure to appear, domestic abuse battery, simple criminal damage to property.
Burton Cleveland Williams, 33, 215 Crozier Drive, Houma, two counts failure to appear.
Kayla Ann Chaisson, 23, 110 Picone Road, No. 2-B, Houma, domestic abuse battery in presence of juvenile, possession of marijuana, illegal use of controlled dangerous substance in presence of juvenile, unlawful possession drug paraphernalia.
Jake Michael Leboeuf, 23, 110 Picone Road, No. 2-B, Houma, domestic abuse battery in presence of juvenile, possession of marijuana, illegal use of controlled dangerous substance in presence of juvenile, unlawful possession drug paraphernalia.
Jason Conyers Greer, 36, 3049 West Park Ave., Gray, simple assault, theft less than $500.
Lee Adonijah Ruffin, 33, 2949 Express Blvd., Houma, domestic abuse battery.
Ronnie Wayne Newman, 33, 257 T Leigh Drive, Houma, domestic abuse battery.
Houma City Police
Efren Gaona Gutierrez, 36, 1128 Grand Caillou Road, domestic abuse battery (strangulation.)
Harry Lonzo Bonvillain Jr., 49, 5874 Grand Caillou Road, Houma, DWI, open alcohol container in vehicle, traffic control signal violation, driving under suspension.
Louisiana State Police
Rontrell Pierre Robertson, 24, 116 Antoine St., Houma, contempt of court, speeding, no driver's license, possession schedule II drug.
Thibodaux Police
Gage Burnham, 18, 605 N. 6th St., Thibodaux, three counts resisting an officer with force or violence, entering/remaining after being forbidden.
Seth Burnham, 19, 111 Brunet St., Schriever, three counts resisting an officer with force or violence, possession of drug paraphernalia, 2nd possession of marijuana, disturbing the peace, battery on police officer.
Nelson Jasmin Jr., 29, 3295 Domino St., Vacherie, 2nd DWI, driving on roadway laned for traffic, operating a vehicle while under suspension for certain prior offenses.
Carl Johnson, 48, 514 Karla Dr., Thibodaux, safety belt use, 2nd DWI.
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Donald Loston, 55, 526 Triple Oaks, Raceland, parole violation warrant.
Chase Ordoyne, 22, 176 Rodrigue St., Thibodaux, fugitive of St. Mary Parish.
Ryan Burks, 24, 2511 Waverly Dr., Bossier City, child passenger restraint, DWI, tail lamps required, illegal carrying of weapon, possession of cocaine, turning movements required signal, no driver's license, battery of police officer.
Irvin Settoon, 40, 109 A. Central St., Houma, five counts contempt.
Jason Bussie, 31, 165 Blueridge Dr., Gray, domestic abuse battery, aggravated assault with a firearm.
Steven Rousse , 44, 1212 B. Hwy. 20, Thibodaux, possession of marijuana, simple criminal damage to property.
Golden Meadow Police
Jacques Abshire, 25, 119 Southland Dr., Abbeville, contempt, speeding.
Terrebonne Sheriff's Office
Carl Anthony Plaisance Jr., 24, 2025 La. 55, Montegut, failure to appear, simple battery, disturbing the peace by fighting.
Troy Anthony Rogers Sr., 51, 5756 Shrimpers Row, Dulac, resisting arrest by violence, battery on police officer, disturbing the peace by offensive language, possession schedule IV drug, simple criminal damage to property.
Jonathan Mora, 23, 121-B Henderson St., Houma, domestic abuse battery.
Maryorith Fabiola Escheverria, 18, 4311-A John Birch Ave., Bourg, obstruction of justice.
Kevin Reniery Escheverria, 23, 9207 Houma Highlands Court, Houma, obstruction of justice.
Ardelio Cabrera, 23, 4311-A John Birch Ave., Bourg, hit and run, operating a vehicle without a lawful presence in U.S.
Jose Eduardo Choc, 22, 2115 Bayou Black Drive, Gibson, soliciting for prostitution, sexual battery.
Houma City Police
Betty Ann Authement, 39, 222 Santa Monica Drive, Houma, DWI, improper lane usage.
Kevin Michael Jones, 53, 440 Authement St., Houma, domestic abuse battery.
Patrick Paul Sapia, 37, 10516 East Park Ave., Houma, second offense DWI, reckless operation.
Clint Johnson, 31, 158 Whispering Oaks Court, Houma, parole violation, domestic abuse battery.
Ron Sherman Singleton, 38, 2626 Larry St., Houma, aggravated assault with firearm.
Lafourche Sheriff's Office
Ivan Galliano, 23, 314 Myrtle Dr., Lockport, driving under suspension, use of multiple beam road lighting equipment, four counts contempt.
Clark Gaudet, 22, 129 Naquin Ln., Thibodaux, simple criminal damage to property, unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling.
Ernest Myers III, 41, 173 W. 130th St., Galliano, domestic abuse battery involving strangulation, cruelty to juvenile.
Lionel Caine, 60, 463 E. 23rd St., Larose, DWI.
Shaun Rutherford, 25, 242 Hwy. 3161, Cutoff, two counts felony theft, simple criminal damage to property.
Thibodaux Police
Wesley Williams, 33, 104 Government Cr., Thibodaux, violation of protective orders.
Louisiana State Police
Felipe Moreno, 35, 137 E. Front St., Lockport, driving under suspension, 3rd DWI, driving on roadway laned for traffic.
Lockport Police
Desiree Guidry, 34, 307 Comeaux Dr., Lockport, child desertion.


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Welcome to Our Garden Party. Tune your TV to USA Network and join us for the dogdom's ultimate armchair quarterbacking. Please say hello to your host when you come in and then feel free to mingle. It's like any other open house.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Welcome to Our Garden Party. Tune your TV to USA Network and join us for the dogdom's ultimate armchair quarterbacking. Please say hello to your host when you come in and then feel free to mingle. It's like any other open house.
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Too bad I'm in the five mile way nosebleed seats. Oh well at least my tv is good.ReplyDelete
Hi everyone! Welcome to the Bwest In Show Daily/Dog Show Poop Garden Party. We have lots of surprises to share with you tonightReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:59 PM
I just love tonight!Watching from MO.ReplyDelete
We are in the Press Box, high above the Garden Floor. It's very dramaticReplyDelete
Welcome, Missouri!ReplyDelete
We had three of our Top Ten from last year eliminated today.ReplyDelete
We're being joined by Pilar Kuh, on of my Best In Show Daily partnersReplyDelete
VERY high in the press box! Great view, eh Billy?ReplyDelete
You got into the press box? Lucky....ReplyDelete
Pilarpicked up an AOM today with her Bouvier, GarrisonReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:06 PM
Does anyone if there is a live feed online anywhere? Unfortunately, work eliminated our cable and I am stuck here until 9!ReplyDelete
And the first commercial showed....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:08 PM
I've been looking forward to this! Had so much fun chatting last year, and I know it'll be the same this year. Watching from Michigan, by the way.ReplyDelete
Living liker an eagle or a bat in the belfry, I'm not sure whichReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:08 PM
And here we go!ReplyDelete
Her come the Hounds, The big surprise in Hounds today was the winningest Pharaoh Hound in history, GCH cH Northgates aS You Like It, was beaten in the breed.ReplyDelete
And the Hounds have entered :DReplyDelete
Pier 94/95 next year? Really?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:10 PM
Yes, that's the second year in a row Qing lost the breed.ReplyDelete
- jen smithFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:12 PM
crazy stuff happening today!ReplyDelete
This is GCH CH Kiarry's Pandora's Box. This youngster has already won two BIS this yearReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:13 PM
Online feed... anyone?!? Westminster's keeps taking me to Ridgeback breed judging :(ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:26 PM
I feel your pain, I think they may stream the groups from today, tomorrow... If memory serves me right.Delete
Handler Erin Roberts had three breed wins today, including this BasenjiReplyDelete
Hi everyone, good luck to your favorites :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:15 PM
Lovely Basenji. I know she won tons of group placements last year. I'm surprised she hasn't won any Bests yet.ReplyDelete
- jen smithFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:15 PM
besides the schip and gigi, what else did erin have?ReplyDelete
I don't think there's an online feed of the groups. Just the breed judging highlights.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:19 PM
i love the american english coonhound!ReplyDelete
Sure beats the other televised dog showsReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:22 PM
you got that right!Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:20 PM
Very unfortunate that the only option is to have cable to watch the groups. Guess I'll live vicariously through here and Facebook.ReplyDelete
Mr. D, the other televised dog shows have been filmed earlier, edited, and then televised after the fact. Westminster is the only "live" televised broadcast. Isn't it great seeing all the breeds?ReplyDelete
Has everyone herd about the changes in store for nest year?ReplyDelete
Once again Westmisnter will allow entries for class dogs, provided they have at least one major.ReplyDelete
The piers.......ReplyDelete
The Wirehaired Dachshund had such a lovely free stack after her down and back.ReplyDelete
They will also increase the entry to 3200 dogs. This year's entry was limited to 2000 because of the construction here at the GFarden.ReplyDelete
They will also split the venue. Breed judign wioll be done at the west side piers and only the Group and BIS judging will be done here at the Garden.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:29 PM
Fantastic group so far, but I think the best is still to come!ReplyDelete
It will allow for a lot more room for exhibitors & spectators alikeReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:31 PM
dont know how they think everyone will have time to get to the garden in time for groupsReplyDelete
Yes, I heard of the changes, and I did hear that Westminster used to allow class dogs. I've never been to the show, so the only opinion I have really is the one when you know there is change..that it will feel odd lolReplyDelete
Hi Billy. The best is yet to come.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:31 PM
Good Evening, I am here from SC, dont have cable to have to live through hearing from all of youReplyDelete
14 inch blizzard, enough said.ReplyDelete
Isn't Chet the same Harrier that won Group 1st at Eukanuba?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:33 PM
Gorgeous Harrier. I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that he takes the group.ReplyDelete
Welcome Mill Valley & SC!ReplyDelete
Hey Billy... know anything about this Wolfhound and why he's getting so much applause around the entire arena?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:36 PM
I was wondering the same thing.Delete
The Irish is a breeder/owner/handler dog.Delete
The Irish Wolfhound, GCH Pinehurst Garret, was No. 1 all breed/breed last year and we're all proud of his owner/breeder/handlerDelete
Pat Trotter has won the Hound Group ten times with her home bred NorwediansReplyDelete
Those wolfhounds are large....ReplyDelete
Chet, the harrier, is the same dog that took the group in Orlando.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:38 PM
go pat trotter!!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:38 PM
My friend owns the greyhound, I hate that I cant see him.ReplyDelete
The PBGV is another huge crowd favorite! Massive applause!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Texas has that jolly PBGV personality to spare.Delete
This Pharaoh Hound won the Breed here last year.ReplyDelete
That is a successful breeding program by the sounds of itReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:39 PM
The PBGV looked real nice on TV!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:40 PM
curt willis rocks!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:41 PM
Well, I think it will be interesting to see how this turns out because this judge gave the whippet the group last year!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
This was the #1 Saluki last year with four BISReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:42 PM
at eukanabaReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:44 PM
here goes your group winnerReplyDelete
Chanel is the top winning Whippet of all tiome with 69 BISReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:44 PM
If I had my way, the american foxhound would be first, the wire hair would be second, the whippet would be third and the harrier fourthReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:30 PM
Yay for Jewel, cobred by my Texas friends at Brazos American FoxhoundsDelete
Recently saw ChaCha the Whippet in person at the show here in Atlanta and I must say, she is gorgeous in person. And I just LOVE what they did with her leash! She has a Coco Chanel charm on it..too cute! :DReplyDelete
She is my pickReplyDelete
Here comes the cutReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:46 PM
But lets see, who has predictionsReplyDelete
Chanel won the Hound group here in 2010.ReplyDelete
Drumroll pleaseReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:47 PM
I think Chanel has it in the bag at this point. But I love both the Dachshunds she pulled out.ReplyDelete
13" Beagle, LOnghaired Doxie, Wirehiared Dachshund, Elkhound, PBGV Rhodesian., & WhippetReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:48 PM
Wow! Wirehaired Dachshund!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:49 PM
wow, I love itReplyDelete
YAY CHEESE (Longhair Dachshund)!!!ReplyDelete
Wow that bitch is breathtakingReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:52 PM
Anyone else over this dig show?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:59 PM
Don't let one unexpected group win ruin the entire show. Each breed winner has the potential to earn a rightful spot as the group winner.Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:53 PM
great group!ReplyDelete
Well you got your shelter ad.ReplyDelete
Dog not digReplyDelete
chanel didn't show as good as she can!ReplyDelete
Definitely a bit surprising, but not disappointing by any means! She was gorgeous, and had the personality to match!ReplyDelete
The Wirehaired Dachshund, GCH CH Raydachs Playing With Fire V Gleishorbach SW wind the Hound GroupReplyDelete
The PBGV, Texas, is second, the Whippet, Chanel, is third, & the Elkhound, Erik is fourth.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:55 PM
We've watched upsets all day today, in Pharaoh HOuds, Cardigan & Welsh Corgis, & the biggest surprise, the Standard Poodles.ReplyDelete
Yes, the poodle contest was surprising. What domyou know about the breed winner?ReplyDeleteReplies
I had never seen her before.Delete
The big face off to watch ehre is between the Pekingese, Malachy, & the Affenpinscher, Joey.ReplyDelete
What about Classy?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:04 PM
go monkey go!!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:04 PM
Pug all the way!!ReplyDelete
Tina Fey came out of a very tough line up todayReplyDelete
This Cavalier is breeder/owner handled by Pat KellyReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:06 PM
Lovely expression on the Cavalier.ReplyDelete
The Smooth coat Chihuahua, Dee Dee, is also breeder/owner handled. She won the br3eed here last year.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:07 PM
I love the gait on this Long Coat Chihuahua.ReplyDelete
I am using a netbook with a little keyboard tonight. I'm a lousy typist, but not usually this lousy.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:08 PM
Go, Dee Dee go!ReplyDelete
This Havanese beat a multi BIS winning Havanese to take the breed today.ReplyDelete
I posted a pic of Dee Dee and Gloria Johnson on our Facebook page yesterday after they won the specialty at the Hotel Pennsylvania!ReplyDelete
I think this is really the toughest group of the nightReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:17 PM
that havanese was niceReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:18 PM
I do too!ReplyDelete
This Miniature Pinscher is the Number One Toy Dog in the US currentlyReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:21 PM
Classie is certainly giving Joey and Malachy a run for their money.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:22 PM
i'm sorry but that papillons front is incorrectReplyDelete
Is that a dog or a dust bunny.ReplyDelete
If I ever own a Peke, I think I'll name it "Roomba" because that's what they remind me of!ReplyDelete
such a pretty face on the pekeReplyDelete
Diego has done a lot winning with this PugReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:26 PM
Love that pug head!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:27 PM
The toy poodle was pretty stunning moving and groomed to perfection. Like her for a piece of the group.ReplyDelete
In Europe the Silky Terrier is shown in the Terrier GroupReplyDelete
Chase the Shih Tzu, looking gorgeous tonightReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:29 PM
i can't believe the poodle had never been in BOB compeition before todayReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:29 PM
That's got to be one of the most beautiful coats I've ever seen on a Silky Terrier.ReplyDelete
Picks anyone?ReplyDelete
what a little showdog the TFT is!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:32 PM
Pug-Affenpinscher-Peke-Min pinReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:32 PM
Peke aff min pin griffReplyDelete
Affenpinscher, MinPin, Englis Toy Spaniel, Griff, Maltese, Toy Manchester, & SilkyReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:34 PM
Damn. Pug was robbed!ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 10:02 PM
The Pug, frankly, is not that good. He is in fantastic condition and handled to perfection - but that doesn't change the underlying structure.Delete
This will be hardReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:35 PM
This will by far be the toughest group in my opinion.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:36 PM
Peke, Affenpinscher, Min-Pin, Silky.ReplyDelete
Peke, Affenpinscher, MinPin, & SilkyReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:36 PM
great group!ReplyDelete
GCH CH PalaceGarden Malachy repeats his Toy group win from last yearReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:41 PM
Great Dog!ReplyDelete
Up comes the Non-Sporting Group, where I had expected one of the two Top Standard Poodles might win BIS, but it's a whole new game.ReplyDelete
There was a Smooth Collie placard on the floor by the Lhasa Apso sign, but someone removed it before we're hitting the air. Tee hee!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:48 PM
Looking forward to seeing that Standard Poodle that won today!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:49 PM
Go Armani (XOLO)ReplyDelete
The Bichon is handled by Scott Sommer who has one BIS twice here once with a Bichon and once with a Sussex SpanielReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:54 PM
It'll be interestng to see if the Chinese Shar-Pei repeats her win.ReplyDelete
The French Bulldog was one of the largest entries hereReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:57 PM
Looks great for 9 years old.ReplyDelete
Kelli Denton looked really good w/her keeshond. kelli is one of the top junior handlers in the Midwest.ReplyDelete
I love this lhasaReplyDelete
One of our new breeds the Norwegian Lundehund is on the table... read all about them. http://www.bestinshowdaily.com/blog/2012/02/norwegian-lundehund-means-puffin-dog-2/ReplyDelete
Sugar Baby is the Number One Miniature Poodle and has already won three BIS this yearReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:07 PM
That Schip looks unbelievable for 10 years old.ReplyDelete
Did you know that the Chow Chow is co-owned by Martha Stewart, yeah that Martha Stewart.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:10 PM
I think the Xolo has a decent chance at placing in the group. He's a multi-BIS winner, and he's not even two years old.ReplyDelete
This Xolo is named Georgio Armani. At least the owners have a sense of humor.ReplyDelete
Well that explains that..The Standard Poodle popped up out of nowhere from Canada as an accomplished show dog there. Fair enough hahaReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:11 PM
Armani is a wonderful dog and such a great one too. I hope he placesReplyDelete
Armani, the Xolo, has great muscle definition and development.ReplyDelete
The cut, the Bichon, the Shar-Pei, the Dal, the Low Chen, the Miniature Poodle, and the Xolo.ReplyDelete
I just got goosebumps watching the Xolo!ReplyDelete
It's the Dal, Ian, followed by the Shar-Pei, the Low Chen, and the Miniature Poodle.ReplyDelete
That judge looks like T.R with a ponyatil.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:16 PM
You should look into the eyes of that Xolo, he has a look like he sees into your soul. HE is one awesomeReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:18 PM
Fantastic short list. Every single one of them would have been deserving of that group win.ReplyDelete
It is too bad there is so much politics involved in dogs shows. The dogs deserve better!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:19 PM
I agree that was a nice N/S group.ReplyDelete
Now I predict the GSD, Capi will have this group.Replies
Jimy, the most successful handler of alltime with more than 1000 BIS, is rumored to be retiring after this show.Delete
A really great Cattler Dog, Brick!ReplyDelete
Capi has been my pick for this group since I saw him in his first U.S. show last year.ReplyDelete
I recently saw Aster win the Group in Atlanta, beating out Capi, and she's just beautiful..I'm going for Aster. But I'm not counting out Capi's good chances of winning.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:31 PM
that is probably the best i've ever seen the border collie showReplyDelete
This is the first Briard I have seen with drop earsReplyDelete
Gorgeous B order.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:35 PM
that might be the best front i've ever seen on a cardigan corgiReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:35 PM
Striking facial markings on the Corgi. He also seems to have quite the personality!ReplyDelete
Any favorites?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:38 PM
Out of the dogs that have gone so far, I think the Bouvier has a bit of an edge.Delete
Both Capi & Jimmy get a rousing receptionReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:42 PM
jimmy should have started over!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:46 PM
jackie's suti is crazy!ReplyDelete
I Like the GSD, the Puli, The Bouvier, & the Cattle.ReplyDelete
The tone of this year's comments has been so much better than last year's. i really appreciate y'all. It was a downer last year, especially all the snide remarks during the terrier group Thanks.ReplyDelete
He pulls, the Aussie, the Bouvier, the rough Collie, the GSD, the Old English, the Pulis, & the Sheltie.ReplyDelete
It'sd the GSD, GCH CH Babheim's Captain Crunch,followed by the Bouvier, OES, & the SheltieReplyDelete
Join us again tomorrow at 8:00 PM EST for the Terrier Group, the Sporting Group, the Working Group, & BIS! Goodnight everyone.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 9:57 PM
Yes, Thanks for doing this! Looking forward to tomorrow night.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 10:00 PM
ziggy threw up!ReplyDelete
- ElwayswayFebruary 13, 2012 at 10:00 PM
Looking forward to tomorrow! So excited to see what happens with the poodles Breed), if the cocker can get through. Don't forget the fox terrier battle between the smooth and wire. so much to look forward tooIReplyDelete
- ElwayswayFebruary 13, 2012 at 10:02 PM
When are standard poodles? That is a breed worth tuning in for? Do we know if Timmy or Taffee will be showing?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Poodles were already shown today. A Poodle from Canada won the breed.ReplyDelete
Nice line up so far - surprised at some, not with others. Looking forward to seeing tomorrow's groups and BIS. Enjoyed this commentary - didn't post this year - fighting a head cold and watched from my couch corner! Definitely think Cappy looked great with Jim Moses so we will see what happens tomorrow - night all!ReplyDelete
Now this has gone really political (rolls eyes).


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Early mornings have been cold and crisp lately along Wildcat Boulevard. Eight degrees was the coldest I read on a bank thermometer. I had trouble with my cheekbones getting cold on those frigid days, but think I have that problem conquered now.
Early mornings have been cold and crisp lately along Wildcat Boulevard. Eight degrees was the coldest I read on a bank thermometer. I had trouble with my cheekbones getting cold on those frigid days, but think I have that problem conquered now.
I did walk the morning we got snow. For some reason, crows and squirrels were all I saw on my morning trek. In many places mine were the first footprints in the blanket of fresh white snow.
My North Dakota brother, who walks each morning in below zero weather, sent me some farm-related materials lately. They all involved water. If we don't get some heavy rains here to fill the ponds, lakes, rivers, and springs soon, we are going to have even greater drought problems. Come on rain! A couple feet of snow could even help with our moisture deficiency.
I was thinking about stress the other morning as I walked along. It seems to be a problem with many people. I recently read that college students in a Swedish university have an unusual way to relieve their stress.
At 10 p.m. each evening they open their dorm windows and scream out the window for two minutes. Wouldn't that scare you if you were walking by?
I don't have much stress since I retired from the classroom. I have not tried opening the window and screaming. Doing so would give the neighbors something to talk about, though.
After my stress thinking, my mind wandered to some country song lyrics I heard the morning before when I was shaving: "I thought I was king on the mountain, but I was only a fool on a hill." Quite an ego destroying thought. Now that's country.
Guns and changing gun laws have certainly been in the news lately. What will filter out I do not know. I would feel bad though if only the "bad" guys and government agents were allowed to have guns.
When I was a youngster on the farm, I carried a gun most of the time I was home. I also carried a large hunting knife on my belt. Things change. These practices would be frowned on by quite a few people today.
When I began at Neosho High School, many pickups in the student parking lot had weapons in the rifle racks in the back window. That could not happen today.
You even have to fill out paperwork to buy a .22 nowadays, but at least you can buy one. I recently read that American citizens own around 300 million guns—about one gun per person of our population.
Take a walk, pray for rain, use those signal lights, do something to relieve your stress, and see what you would think about when walking along Wildcat Boulevard.
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No improvement in patient access to RA treatment in seven yearsFebruary 23, 2010 at 2:25 pm | Posted in arthrits, rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pai, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 2 Comments
Tags: aches, arthritis, diagnosis, doctor, general practitioner, GP, pain, patient access, practice manager, RA, referal, RF test, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatology
According to the Management in Practice website , which is a website for GP practice managers, the delay in getting patients proper rheumatoid arthritis treatment is the same as it was seven years ago. I suppose we should be grateful it hasn't got worse!
Worryingly, to my mind, they say, "The Commons Public Accounts Committee has revealed that patients could suffer damage to their heart and lungs if access to treatment is delayed." Well I have two things to say on that point. Firstly it's not exactly a 'revelation' by the Commons Public Accounts Committee, but that's more of a personal gripe about writing style than anything. More fundamentally there appears to be no recognition that patients could suffer permanent joint damage and a drastic reduction of quality of life if access to treatment is delayed. It's as though 'heart' is the magic buzzword – if you put 'heart' in your article, at least when it comes to GPs who are forced to be target driven and probably have a big government target about reducing heart disease right now, then people might take action!
Mind you, they say that the average number of visits to a GP is four, before a patient is referred on to a specialist, and blame this on a lack of GP training. I would have thought that wasn't soooo bad. It is hard to diagnose. It does vary enormously between patients. And it is possible to show symptoms that appear to be RA and then disappear – it happened to a good friend of mine. So I would have thought that an average of three visits (maybe not four) and attempts at less drastic treatment like 'take Neurofen' would not be unreasonable. I was very lucky – I had two visits before my referral and the GP spotted immediately that it might be RA and organised a blood test on the first visit. However if I'd been seronegative (negative RF test) then I shudder to think how long it might have taken!
Apparently, according to the same article on the same Commons report, "GPs receive on average only two hours of teaching on musculoskeletal conditions during their training, including minimal coverage of inflammatory arthritis." I have to say I find that hard to believe, but if it's true then it's pretty scary, and it might explain why it's taking 6-9 months to get people referred.
They also say that there's a lack of awareness among the public of what symptoms to look for. I'm sure that's true, and that does stop people going to pester their doctor when they have intermittent pain, but I suspect another thing that stops people going to see their GP is the difficulty in getting an appointment in the first place! But that's another story for another post on another day …
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I saw this article. It is such a shame.
I often wonder if the reason docs take so long to give a definitieve diagnosis is b/c the disease is so awful they are afraid to subject us to a lifetime of it. Still, not naming a disease doesn't make it any less real, so it would be better for us all in the longrun if they would just get to the business of diagnosing and treating the RA already!
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July 15, 2011
National Dance Council of America:
It has been NDCA's intent not to enter into rhetoric and recrimination in regard to the suspension of its member USA Dance (USAD,) thus the releases put out by the Council have been short and purely factual. It would be hard to say the same of the most recent release from USAD, therefore it has become necessary to respond in some length to the misleading accusations published on Wednesday evening. However, first it should be said that, while the two associations have had their differences, NDCA has been a strong supporter of USAD since its inception by Normand Martin, and through many ups and downs in its fortunes over the years, as even a quick perusal of the association's history will clearly show.
The NDCA and its members are professional organizations; the members of the organizations are also professionals. Dancing is their livelihood, not their hobby: it is the way they pay their bills, raise and educate their children, and put food on their tables. Understandably then, their point of view may be somewhat different from that of an organization of self labeled 'volunteers' whose job security and quality of life does not depend on the business of dance or dancing. NDCA is happy to include among its registrants many amateur dancers; we value their participation and look forward to continuing to welcome them at NDCA competitions and championships.
Contrary to the statement made by USAD, NDCA has made no attempt to restrict the ability of USA Dance to conduct its activities; USA Dance is free to do what it decides to do. However, in the matter of the WDSF Congress USAD knowingly disregarded the rules of the NDCA, of which it is a member, and of which it had full knowledge. The published 2011 NDCA Rule Book contains a statement as follows: "NDCA organizers are not allowed to accept sanction or recognition from any other organization unless approval is given by the NDCA. It is the decision of this council that approval under this rule will not be given to IDSF sanctioned events for the foreseeable future."
On January 30, 2011, the USAD Dance Sport VP, Mr. Ken Richards, wrote to the president of NDCA regarding the IDSF congress, asking " will the NDCA object to another venue such as Ohio Star Ball? In other words does the new restriction only cover IDSF competitions?" The reference to " another venue ." being a reference to the fact that IDSF Congresses have been held for the past 5 years at the Embassy Ball, as mentioned in the USAD Wednesday release. Indeed, the owners of the Embassy Ball have been extremely supportive of USA Dance, organizing and hosting these congresses for USAD at their own cost, supplying the venue and the services of Embassy expert judges to lecture, free of any charge to USAD. Further, Embassy Ball organized and completely sponsored the entire professional show of six couples for the USA Dance organized World Championship in Brooklyn last fall. Given that one of the owners of Embassy Ball is the NDCA president, these are hardly the actions of a professional organization intent on restricting USA Dance.
Mr. McDonald replied to Mr. Richards the same day, Jan 30, 2011, "At this point in time we are not prepared to have any of our NDCA organizers involved in any IDSF activity." A Judge's Congress is a sanctioned IDSF, now WDSF, activity where approval is given by IDSF/WDSF and is a required qualification for an IDSF/WDSF judge's license. Nothing further was heard from USAD about this matter. Evidently, a decision was taken to completely ignore this correspondence and move ahead without regard to, and in full knowledge of, how the professional organization felt, and in direct contradiction to NDCA's clearly stated position. NDCA learned of the congress through USAD's recent advertising.
Also contrary to the Wednesday release, NDCA has not moved " to immediately discipline, fine or otherwise punish judges, lecturers, organizers or other officials who participate in WDSF competitions or congresses ." thereby inferring that the NDCA is the big bad guy. On the contrary, on Wednesday morning, several hours before this long USAD release was posted, NDCA put out a release telling its professionals that, despite USAD's suspension, they may continue to do following this action, exactly what they were doing before it, "to abide by the current 2011 Rule Book." USAD president, Ms Lydia Scardina, was sent a courtesy copy of this release prior to its posting, and therefore had full knowledge of this position before USAD's erroneous statements were posted. NDCA's Rule Book, as it relates to USA Dance and judges, has not changed in very many years.
Further, on Tuesday July 12, 2011, a full day before the USAD Wednesday release, in a conversation with one of the professionals contracted as a lecturer by USAD for the WDSF Congress, the NDCA president instructed that professional "to fulfill your contract with USAD." Once again then, the statements made by USAD demonstrate misleading rhetoric at best. NDCA counts among its registered professional judges a number that have chosen to become IDSF judges, who currently hold IDSF licenses, and who are current professional members of USA Dance. NDCA has made no statement regarding these licenses; it has stopped no one from becoming licensed by IDSF, and several of the NDCA officers hold, or have held, IDSF licenses.
For more that sixty three years, NDCA has worked diligently to promote ballroom dancing through its teachers, registrants, organizations, and competition organizers; for the past forty five years the NDCA has been a member of the World Dance Council, formerly ICBD. There have been many changes over the years in the transition of the International Council of Ballroom Dancers to World Dance Council, just as there have been many changes in the transition of the International Council of Amateur Dancers (ICAD) to the International Dance Sport Federation and, most recently, to World Dance Sport Federation, this is to be expected. The lines between professional and amateur have been blurred so as to be almost impossible to determine, but NDCA and WDC have always been the professional organizations, administering to the profession, and it is true that the NDCA leadership have tried to have world bodies stay out of USA affairs, stating strongly "Leave us alone!" and managing for a very long time to do just that, since WDC has never interfered in the NDCA's relationship with USA Dance or with NDCA business in America.
However, when IDSF became WDSF earlier this year, its change of name solidified its new position and vision of itself as an international body that now incorporates a professional division, that runs professional competitions, qualifies judges, and bans couples and judges from participating, not only in events in Europe, but now in the USA too. The world's leading amateur champions were banned from participating in the Grand Slam in the USA; judges contracted by USA Dance for the IDSF World Championships in Brooklyn were banned one week prior to the event, and were removed by USAD.
This professional division was formerly the International Professional Dance Sport Council. IPDSC was an independent and completely autonomous professional body, which intended to work in harmony with the IDSF. The NDCA was a member of the IPDSC under the registered name of 'Dance Sport America.' In October 2009, the IDSF completely absorbed the IPDSC into its main body, thereby making it the IDSF professional division: Dance Sport America resigned immediately, therefore to say that this current issue is one between NDCA and WDSF is untrue; NDCA has no relationship with WDSF. USA Dance is its member, with whom it has a relationship; its professional relationship is with WDC.
In closing, there is naturally a great deal more to this small history lesson than can be discussed here and there are always two sides to every story. NDCA recognizes that an atmosphere of mutual respect and cooperation should prevail in all its dealings with both its members and all other organizations, and had expected that USA Dance and NDCA would negotiate to iron out their differences in just such an atmosphere, not the current one of public pillorying with unfounded and misleading rhetoric as initiated by USA Dance with their Wednesday release.


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University of Colorado administrators and football fans might not think much of the coaching abilities of former head football coach Jon Embree and his assistants, but there appears to be plenty of respect for them in the football community.
Embree was hired as tight ends coach by the Cleveland Browns on Thursday nearly two months after being fired in Boulder. He produced a 4-21 record over two years trying to rebuild his alma mater.
Embree will work for newly hired Cleveland head coach Rob Chudzinski and offensive coordinator Norv Turner.
"It's just good to get going again and be coaching," Embree said. "I'm excited to get going and work with Norv and Chud. Norv's track record as an offensive coordinator is pretty strong. So I'm excited to work with him and some of the things he does from a creative standpoint with the tight ends. It should be a lot of fun."
Embree is the fourth member of last season's CU coaching staff to be hired by another school or organization. Former offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy was hired by the Kansas City Chiefs as an offensive assistant coach, former defensive coordinator Greg Brown was hired by two-time defending national champion Alabama to coach defensive backs and former linebackers coach Brian Cabral was hired as defensive coordinator at Indiana State.
Prior to being hired as CU's head coach, Embree spent five years in the NFL coaching tight ends for the Chiefs and Washington Redskins.
Embree said he talked with numerous friends in coaching about living and working in Cleveland and received positive reviews. He said former CU quarterbacks coach Rip Scherer and offensive line coach Steve Marshall both coached in Cleveland and said good things about the city and the organization.
Embree and his wife plan to keep their home in Boulder and make it their permanent residence. He said they had talked about building a home in Boulder in the years before he was hired as CU's coach. Embree said that he continues to hear from many of the players he used to coach.
"When I look back on the time at Colorado, I look back at the relationships that I've had with the players and that I continue to have," Embree said.
Embree founded the Buffs4Life charity in 2005 to help former CU student-athletes in need. He said he plans to continue his work with the organization. Its latest endeavor is endowing a scholarship with the CU athletic department. Embree said Buffs4Life is also trying to provide assistance to the family of former CU offensive lineman Bryan Stoltenberg, who died suddenly earlier this month after suffering serious injuries in a December traffic accident.
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Vincent left CU last year after pleading guilty to exposing himself to a female student while she was showering in a campus dorm in November 2011. He received five years probation.
Plati said Mike MacIntyre has not spoken with Vincent. Plati said Vincent is paying his way at CU and would have to walk-on if he is welcomed back into the program in the spring. It is unclear if he would be academically eligible to compete right away if he was welcomed back to the program.