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Dealer is a very quiet, kind registered quarter horse. At one point, Dealer was a world-level reining horse, but due to chronic inflammation / arthritis in his left fetlock, is no longer able to sustain workloads more than walking. For the last two years, Dealer has been a wonderful therapeutic riding horse and is now looking for a home where he can be loved and enjoyed on the ground and for light riding.
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Height15.1 hh
Weight1000 lbs
SireDealin Dirty
DamKalico Dun It
LocationJacksonville, FL, USA
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Sally Barnes and Kaushik Murali
Sheraton Mirage, Gold Coast
Lofty and little, bashful and boisterous, patient and well, not.
Indian-born Kaushik, who is 6 foot 4 and Australian-born, Sally who is 5 foot 3 are
quite a couple. But, these self-confessed opposites balance each other beautifully.
"We both share a general curiosity about the world and love reading, discussing
current affairs and travelling together exploring new places," Sally says. "Kaushik
never stresses out or gets upset, so he is a pleasure to be around and he enjoys
my sense of humour and energy. We both share a sense of what the French call
'joie de vivre'!"
They met while Sally was in the Southern part of India on a six month work project.
Set up by a mutual friend, it took a while for composed Kaushik to get in touch, let
alone make a move. Meanwhile, Sally, who was instantly "smitten" by the "very
charming" Kaushik, was left spinning in circles. "He didn't give away any clues that
he was keen on me that first night," she says. Even after a second meeting, again
with their mutual friend in tow, Kaushik still didn't give anything away.
"It took me running in to that mutual friend a few weeks later who then reminded
Kaushik to call me," Sally says.
Her persistence paid off.
When her contract was over in India she returned to Australia, only lasting four
months before returning to be with her laid-back love.
The proposal
"I was hoping for a proposal pretty much straight away after I moved over to India,
but he kept me waiting for a few years," she confesses.
Indian tradition meant Kaushik wanted to follow certain protocols so that their union
was 'blessed.'
This involved a meeting of both their fathers.
"It all went according to plan and we got engaged a few months after they met,"
Sally explains. "He proposed on a specific day that was meant to be auspicious for
new beginnings."
While he took her out to dinner one evening and she knew something was up, he
waited until they got home to pop the question. "In typical Kaushik style, he
proposed while sitting on our couch at home."
The wedding
Coming from polar opposite cultures could have been a challenge to reconcile at
the wedding. But, again Sally and Kaushik embraced the differences and instead of
choosing one style or destination, they chose both.
The first, a traditional Hindu ceremony in Kaushik's hometown kicked off at 7am in
the morning and was "chaotic, loud and hot, but also beautiful, joyous and full of
tradition and rituals."
It was in complete contrast to the relaxed, beachy Gold Coast wedding, an intimate
affair with just 45 guests who had flown from around the world to help them
Having both her parents walk her down the aisle made the day particularly special
as did seeing tears in the eyes of consistently collected Kaushik. It was, Sally says,
the "first time I had seen him tearing up."
The details
The dress
A princess ball gown with floral lace tulle and a ruched dupion silk waistband in
blush & ivory.
The cake
A three-tiered cake with chocolate mud, strawberry and caramel layers by The cake that ate Paris.
The honeymoon
Kashmir in Northern India
The photography
Photographs were taken by Peter Crichton Photography
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Former Knicks coach and ESPN analyst Jeff Van Gundy disagrees.
"I never was on that bandwagon that their season was anything but a success," Van Gundy, who along with Mike Breen will call The Finals on ABC, said on a conference call Tuesday. "You know, it's steps in the NBA. You don't usually go from really bad to championships. There's intermediate steps, and I thought the Knicks took a big step this year and I thought the Pacers were very good."
The Knicks won 54 games in 2012-13. They also won an Atlantic Division title for the first time since 1994 and a playoff series this season for the first time since 2000.
But the Knicks, who finished second in the Eastern Conference, lost in six games to the Pacers, who were seeded third. Van Gundy thought the Knicks-Pacers series was decided after the first game, which the Knicks lost at Madison Square Garden.
"Game 1 swung the whole series," Van Gundy said. "Indiana took home court and were able to win three at home, and that's how quickly home court advantage can go if you don't play well. Six months of effort to get the extra home game, lose it in two and a half hours."
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Like him or not, Perez Hilton has become more than a headline writer covering celebrity gossip. Through the well-documented scuffle with will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas to this week's feud with Sam Rubin, a reporter at KTLA Morning News in Los Angeles, Hilton has become the subject of said headlines, especially with his new book, True Bloggywood Stories: The Glamorous Life of Beating, Cheating, and Overdosing. The notorious blogger says he hesitated before agreeing to do the KTLA show after a "heated" interview earlier this year with an anchor via Skype and only opted to appear because he's a "media whore" who wanted to promote his book. Who knew showing up an hour and a half before an appearance would cause such a stir and prompt Rubin's on-air tirade?
Hilton paused between posts and interviews to discuss the kerfuffle with Rubin, Bloggywood, polarizing audiences, and who his favorite target is.
Advocate.com: What happened with Sam Rubin on Monday at KTLA?
Perez Hilton: What happened was just an unfortunate situation that has spiraled out of control. Basically, what happened was there was a lot of miscommunication. That's the truth. I arrived to do a segment an hour and a half before I was supposed to go on. If I would have known when I really had to be there, I would have showed up on time or brought my laptop so I could still work. It was Monday, my busiest day of the week; I could not be away from my site for close to two hours, so I asked if there was any way possible that I could go earlier than 9:20 a.m., when I was scheduled to go. They said no.
I was trying to come up with options. I said to them, "I know it's not your fault. I apologize. It's not my fault either; there's just a miscommunication and let's see if we can come up with a creative solution for it." ... They weren't working with me. I was like, "Well, I've done your show via Skype before, can I do it via Skype at the scheduled time so I don't throw you off schedule?" They're like, "No, we can't really do that because we advertised and promoted you as you being here in studio and we have a whole five-minute segment planned just for you." I asked if I could do a quick hello from the studio, like 30 seconds or a minute, something like, "Hey, everyone, some breaking Tiger Woods news came up and I've got to run but I'll catch up with you guys at 9:20 via Skype with all the latest." And they weren't even willing or able to do that. At that point, I was like, let's reschedule. Then it really upset me. I don't know if you heard me on [KIIS FM with] Ryan Seacrest [Wednesday], but I called them out on their BS. I dropped names, and the one anchor, Sam Rubin, couldn't step up to the plate and hit a home run because he was batting with faulty balls.
So Sam's on-air tirade was based on ...
It wasn't necessary. I'm actually flattered because the reason they did it means that I'm newsworthy and they thought I'm newsworthy and/or they wanted to use me for publicity. So I'm flattered. I love that it's become a big story. Today [Wednesday], I told my publicist to send it to all the news shows. Hopefully it gets on all the news programs and hopefully people talk about my book!
What would it take for you to go on the KTLA morning show again?
Just for him to admit that he lied on air and misrepresented the facts. Saying that I was screaming at the people there. He said three things that were not factual: One, that I screamed at people there; two, that I thought I was bigger than [8 a.m. guest] Snoop Dogg when I said the complete opposite — I said, "I'm not Snoop Dogg, I know my place in the totum pole; Snoop Dogg is Snoop Dogg and I'm like a D-lister." So he misrepresented that. And then he said after that all happened that my publicist reached out to them to rebook me when it's the opposite that happened. Some woman named Grace reached out to us on Monday about rebooking before his little tirade on Tuesday.
If you were a manager at KTLA, and you're Sam's boss, what would you do? Do you think he should be suspended?
It depends. If he was really passionate and felt like saying that, then yes. But if somebody told him, "Oh, Perez was screaming," then I'll be the nice guy and give him the benefit of the doubt that somebody gave him bad information, but if you're a journalist, it's your job to get the facts right and going on-air and claiming that somebody did something they didn't do.
What sort of responses have you gotten since the feud began Monday?
Like anything I do, it's very polarizing. I'm getting a lot of support and Rubin is getting a lot of support. I'm a very polarizing figure.
What will you do if you don't get the on-air correction/retraction that you requested via Twitter?
No. I haven't even mentioned it on my website; it's almost beneath me.
Switching gears, do you have a favorite part of Bloggywood Stories?
My favorite part of the book is selling it! The website is like sex — hot, sweaty sex. The book is like long, all-night sex with multiple orgasms. So if you like the website, you'll love the book.
The New York Times, in a review of Bloggywood Stories, called you a "hard-to-ignore Hollywood player," while Rolling Stone said you were "the queen of mean." How do you feel about having that sort of reputation?
I just love that I'm being talked about by TheNew York Times! [Laughs] I'm old-school — I really think any press is good press.
Have you experienced any sort of backlash since your book came out?
Yeah. Actually, there were reports that Drew Barrymore was contemplating suing me over what I wrote about her, which is true, but she hasn't yet. I wouldn't have been upset if she did because it would have been great publicity for my book.
What did you write about her?
About this incident I had with her at a Peaches concert several months ago and her being a hot mess.
Does it bother you to create a career out of bad-mouthing celebrities?
No, because that's just part of what I do. I do what I do for the people who read my website every single day and because I love it. And the people that are reading my website every single day get me and see the full picture, which is in addition to the celebrity gossip, I include a lot of political posts. This year I was very involved with tons of gay issues, predominantly gay marriage. I also was very involved in other issues, like animal issues. I did a PSA for PETA; I also was involved with Rock the Vote and a campaign they had with health care reform. So I do all the political stuff, I do a ton of music posts; I often have charity posts for organizations that readers have become more aware of. And I post silly random funny videos too. I do it all, and there's positive and negative.
Is there one specific celebrity that you refuse to dish about?
No, I'll dish on anyone.
Who is your favorite target?
I guess it depends on the week. This week it's been all about Tiger Woods and I love it. It's great!
Who's your favorite target of the year?
I'd say Jon Gosselin. I hated even having to write about him but it became this big story. But he's just such a douche.
You put yourself on your Hot List in the book. What prompted you to do that?
It's my book, why not? I can!
If you weren't a blogger, what would you be doing?
I would be doing what I was doing before, which is writing for a lot of the gay publications.


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Retiring state Rep. Warren Chisum – who is running railroad commissioner – is once again challenging his Republican primary runoff opponent Christi Craddick to show she has the experience to serve in the agency that regulates the oil and gas industry in the state.
"For the third time, I'm calling on Christi Craddick to come out with a resume of accomplishments and show she has what it takes to stand up to the Obama Administration and the EPA (the Environmental Protection Agency)," Chisum said in a statement.
Although last week the Craddick campaign issued a page-long reply to Chisum, as of Tuesday evening, there appeared to be nothing.
This is what has triggered Chisum's demands.
"Through years of first-hand experience, I know and understand this industry, its people and their issues," Craddick says in her campaign website.
But so far, it appears that Chisum's challenge to Craddick is not getting much media attention. But then again, like the primaries, runoffs in races that usually don't get much attention don't pick up steam until just before early voting begins.
So, since early voting for the July 31 runoffs begins on July 23, there is still time for his challenges to draw attention. The same goes for Craddick. She has the time to counter.


text: These are the kinds of thing I think of when I have too much time on my hands. But in Disaster, Deanna could feel, presumably all the conscious people on the Enterprise. The unconscious ones may have been missed by her depending on how hurt they were. She was also able to feel the two Jellyfish aliens from a distance that seemed greater than the length of the Enterprise in Encounter at Farpoint. Now, I know this is a leap in logic, but she does have control over here empathic abilities and on a ship with just over 1000 people on board at any given time she must block out the emotions of most of them or maybe get lost in them. In The Survivors, Kevin Uxbridge put the music in her head to keep her from sensing that either he was more than what he said or that Rishon was not real. So that could indicate that she could read their emotions from orbit either with ease or by concentrating on them. What I'm saying is that she can feel the emotions or lack of emotions from tremendous distances. So why was she not able to sense the emotions of anyone in a cloaked ship? In The Neutral Zone she gave the vague answer to Picard, they're out there. Why couldn't she be used like in Nemesis. I know that movie is not very well liked, but it did expand on her abilities in that she could back track her way to the Viceroy, using the link he created, and give Worf a weapons lock. I'm willing to admit that in Nemesis that was a special case. But shouldn't she have been able to give Picard a warning that the Romulans were right behind the Enterprise in The Defector? Why didn't she feel them? So my question is couldn't her abilities at least give Picard the general location of any cloaked ship near enough to her by opening up her empathic abilities?


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Now everyone knows, or I assume everyone knows that Obito said he wasn't using Pain's Godly powers because he wanted to preserve chakra, while he was already manipulating 6 Jinchuuriki through the Gedo Mazou.
It was an analytical assumption made by Kakashi, and Obito merely agreed. But I don't think that was the case, I believe he only did that to make them think that he could so they would be even more wary of him.
I believe Obito cannot use any of the Six Path's abilities, which are, Unique Summonings, Demon Path's weapons, Naraka Path's King of Hell, Preta Path's jutsu absorption and Tendo's Über Godly powers. He can obviously use Taijutsu.
The only powers that I think he possessed were his Gedo Mazou Controlloing abilities and using the Jinchuuriki through it.
The same goes for Madara, with unlimited Chakra he has not demonstrated any of Pain's abilities except for Preta Path, and being synchronised up with the Juubi.
I believe that being an Uzumaki, Nagato unlocked specific powers from the Rinnegan unique only to him, courtesy of his Uzumaki blood.
Which is why I also believe Madara chose him for the Rinnegan in the first place.
What do u think?


text: I don't have a stance on this debate but I would disagree with your first sentence. I don't think most would be ripping winners with a smaller head. I'm a 5.0 but probably an extreme case. I've never been a very clean hitter for my level, in part because I hit with more spin than anyone I've ever played. If you have me a 90" racquet, my game would suffer against players my level. On the other hand, I have a 4.5 friend that I regularly beat 2 and 3 but he plays fine with a 90" racquet because he hits fairly flat. I'd guess that most players would play worse with a smaller head. 5" is not insignificant. It doesn't create less mishits but it makes your 50mph forehand 55, and your 25 mph stretch backhand 35 mph. That's where the big difference.


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Free Agency 2011
Some late morning signings to begin the day, this is lifted from Bob McKenzie's twitter:
- VAN: Sami Salo, 2M times 1.
- MIN: Josh Harding 750k times 1.
- DET: Patrick Eaves, 1.2M times 3.
- CBS: James Wisniewski, 5.5M times 6.
- VAN: Chris Higgins, 1.9M times 2.
- PIT: Tyler Kennedy, 2M times 2.
- NJD: Andy Greene, 4 years.
TWEET FROM MCKENZIE 9:08AM: Jan Hejda is going to the open market and is drawing significant interest***
I have to wash the car, buy beer, fill the propane tanks and find a clean shirt, but will update as able.


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Judgment of the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic of 4 February 2009, No. 1 Azs 105/2008-81
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Summary of facts
The applicant, a citizen of Turkey of Kurdish origin, stated that he refused to undertake military service in Turkish army, so that he would not have to fight insurgents of Kurdish origin. He also supported the opposition Kurdish party DTP and volunteered in distribution of a journal published by DTP. In 2005 he participated in the Kurdish national celebration of Nawroz, at which occasion he was arrested and detained for 2 weeks. After release he was summoned to police station on occasions, mainly for reason of his support of the DTP party.
Summary of legal findings
The main issue dealt with in the judgment was whether and to what extent the adjudicator could use the report of European Commission on the progress of candidate countries to membership in the European Union (in this case, Turkey) to support its conclusions.
The Court referred to its previous case law, according to which the country of origin information used had be to the greatest extent possible (1) relevant, (2) reliable and balanced, (3) up-to-date and corroborated from diverse sources, and (4) transparent and traceable [reference made to G. Gyulai, Country Information in Asylum Procedures: Quality as a Legal Requirement in EU, Budapest, 2007].
The Court referred primarily to two ECtHR cases. With reference to Saadi v. Italy judgment of 28 February 2008 (Application no. 37201/06, § 143), the Court stated that, in evaluating the reliability of country of origin information reports, it had to take into account the authority, authors' reputation, the research methodology, whether the conclusions were consistent with each other and whether they were corroborated in substance by other sources. The Court went on to mention the judgment of Grand Chamber of the ECtHR in N.A. v. United Kingdom of 17 July 2008 (Application no. 25904/07, § 120-122), stating that substantial consideration must be given to the independence, reliability and objectivity of the source, and the presence and reporting capacities of the author in the country in question. As such, greater importance had to be attached to reports which considered the human rights situation in the country and directly addressed the grounds for the alleged risk of ill-treatment. The relevance and weight accorded to such reports depended, however, on the extent to which they related to the questions considered in the procedure. Less weight would be accorded to a report generally describing socio-economic conditions in the country of origin.
The Court then went on to apply the criteria set in the above judgments to the report before it (Progress Report on Turkey for 2007), which had been used as the sole evidence by the adjudicator in the present case.
According to the Court, the report was based on information collected and analyzed by European Commission, using information provided by Turkey, member states of the EU, and reports from the European Parliament and a number of international and non-governmental organizations. The report related to the period between 1 October 2006 - beginning of October 2007, contained a short description of the relations between EC and Turkey, and analysed the progress made by Turkey towards fulfilling the political and economic criteria for membership in the EU, and the ability of the candidate state to comply with the future obligations flowing from the acquis communnautaire. It analysed the progress made in respect to the Copenhagen criteria. Thus, Turkey's international obligations, and relations with neighbouring countries and member states of the EU with the candidate country were assessed. Despite the fact that the progress report contained a chapter on the protection of human and minority rights, its main goal was to evaluate the progress in preparing for the membership to the EU. Accession of a candidate country to the EU was always a highly political issue given the conflicting geo-political, military and economic interests of the EU, its member states and the candidate country. The European Commission conducted negotiations with the candidate country on individual chapters, exchanging information, opinions and standpoints. The report analysed the progress achieved during the year, and was addressed to the Council of EU and to the European Parliament, key organizations in deciding on the accession of the candidate country to the EU. It was not intended to be used in the asylum procedures.
The report itself was a sensitive political document, in which every sentence had to be carefully weighed in order not to cause unwanted diplomatic falling-out and so that the interests of the actors in the accession negotiations were not threatened. It was also written in a diplomatic language which did not allow to 'decrypt' the actual situation in the country of origin. This was illustrated by the following excerpts of the report: "However, the prosecution and conviction for the expression of non-violent opinions under certain provisions of the Turkish Criminal Code are a cause of serious concern." or "However, the overall socio-economic situation in the south-east remains difficult. No steps have been taken to develop a comprehensive strategy to achieve economic and social development in the region and to create the conditions required for the Kurdish population to enjoy full rights and freedoms." The underlined parts were very vague, their intensity was rather subjective and unequivocal conclusions could not be drawn from them.
The clear-cut conclusion of the regional court that the progress report could not be used at all had to be corrected, however. The progress report could, of course, be one of the sources used as evidence in the international protection procedure. As prescribed under Section 51 para. 1 of the Code of Administrative Procedure, "every means of proof that are suitable to ascertain facts(...) may be used as evidence". However, the specific character of the report had to be considered in the weighing of evidence (in the phase of free evaluation of evidence); the fact that it was a political document not compiled for the purposes of the asylum procedure and not dedicated to the analysis of the circumstances and events relevant for international protection, had to be taken into account. The progress report could, therefore, only be used together with other country of origin information reports which did not suffer from the above mentioned deficiencies. The progress report could be used in order to verify/corroborate information in such other reports considered by the administrative body.


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Black Hills Corp. has laid off 11 of its workers at the Wyodak coal mine north of Gillette.
Black Hills external affairs manager Wes Ashton tells the Gillette News-Record the layoffs are in response to changing market conditions.
The layoffs leave the surface coal mine with 69 employees.
The Wyodak mine was expected to produce 4.5 million tons of coal this year after producing 5.6 million tons last year.
Production at the mine has been 3.1 million tons so far this year.


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How to enable the Contact Module in Drupal 7
Drupal 7 comes with many modules pre-installed with the default installation, but not all of then are enabled out of the box. The contact form module is one of the more popular ones. A contact form is a page where visitors will enter information into a form and then submit the information to you. It works by sending an email based with the information the visitor entered on the form page. Creating a contact form is easily done using the Drupal 7 Contact Form module. You'll need to enable the module first to create a form.
Enabling the Contact Module in Drupal 7:
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- Go to Modules
- Find the "Contact" module, place a check mark next to it and click "Save configuration"
- Close the overlay by clicking the "X" in the right corner
- Now that your contact form is enabled, you'll have to change the permissions so everyone can use it. Click "People" in the top admin menu bar
- Click the the "Permissions" Tab in the right corner
- Scroll down to the contact section and check the boxes you want to apply to the permissions. If you want everyone to be able to use your form, set Use the site-wide contact form to both ANONYMOUS USER and AUTHENTICATED USER.
- Click "Save Permissions" at the bottom of the overlay
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Toys 'R' Us To Build Largest Rooftop Solar System in North America
May 1, 2011 - Toys"R"Us, Inc. announced plans to build the largest rooftop solar power installation in North America at its distribution center in Flanders, NJ this week, with construction of the 5.38-megawatts (MW) installation expected to begin this summer.
The system will cover roughly 20 acres of rooftop space and is estimated to generate 72% of the electrical needs for the distribution facility. It will consist of more than 37,000 thin-film photovoltaic solar panels manufactured by United Solar, a subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices.
Depending on weather conditions, the system is expected to produce approximately 6,362,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year. Generating the same amount of electricity using non-renewable sources would result in the release of an estimated 4,387 metric tons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent emissions from 860 passenger vehicles or that of the electricity used to power 532 homes annually.
Utility Constellation Energy will build, own and maintain the rooftop solar power system. Toys"R"Us will purchase the electricity generated by the system from Constellation Energy through a 20-year power purchase agreement.
The Toys"R"Us facility in Flanders, NJ is the largest of the company's ten national distribution centers and covers over 1.5 million square feet, in addition to the roof, which spans 32 acres. The facility supports replenishment and fulfillment needs for Toys"R"Us and Babies"R"Us locations throughout the northeast.
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People stare at me when I wear my Team Edward t-shirt. I also have a t-shirt that says Warrior Chicks on it, and I get a lot of stares for that one. It's from a youth retreat. XD
There's one guy who I know that stares at me a LOT. It's really creepy. I am trying to figure out what pattern would be most effective. Sometimes when I look back at him, it's with the intention of getting him to look away. But he doesn't alway! Then it's like...Okay? I caught you dude! Look away! And sometimes I ignore it, but I can still feel him staring at me, so I don't even know what to do anymore. Lol. It's not even as though we talk all that much either.


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For calculating what house you can afford, I would recommend you don't complicate things by doing conversions and calculating taxes. Instead, use the standard formulas that the banks use. One simple one is I think 29% of your gross income can be applied to debt load, but.
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Regardless - you seem to have acclimated very quickly - complaining about taxes is a national passtime. Welcome to Canada.
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London mayor to discuss criminal charges today
Joe Fontana reacts to election results coming in that show Fontana is in a virtual dead-heat with incumbent Anne Marie DeCicco-Best in the municipal election in London, Ontario, on Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. (The Canadian Press/Dave Chidley)
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Published Thursday, November 22, 2012 5:56AM EST
LONDON, Ont. -- A southwestern Ontario mayor facing criminal charges in a fraud investigation is expected to speak publicly today about his political future.
London Mayor Joe Fontana was charged Wednesday with fraud under $5,000, breach of trust by a public official and uttering forged documents.
The RCMP says the charges are over alleged inappropriate use of funds when he was a federal Liberal cabinet minister.
The London Free Press has reported that two Government of Canada cheques were given to a London club to cover the cost of the wedding reception for Fontana's son in 2005.
Fontana's lawyer, Gord Cudmore, has scheduled a news conference for today for the mayor at 1 p.m.
Fontana has previously denied the allegations.
In a letter posted on his website on Tuesday, Fontana did not directly address the allegations but said he would not let them interfere with his job as mayor.
"Make no mistake, I treat the allegations that have been levied as serious, but I have not and will not allow them to be a distraction from my duties and obligations of my office," Fontana wrote.
"I will not stand aside or leave my responsibilities as mayor," wrote Fontana.
A motion was to be tabled at the city's finance committee on Monday calling on Fontana to temporarily step aside as mayor pending the outcome of the RCMP investigation.


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Cool chart I found that lists each School's NFL Players by Conference, Position and Drafted Round. Tide are climbing the charts baby! Expect to see them in the Top 5 within a year or two.
NFL College Pipelines
Cool chart I found that lists each School's NFL Players by Conference, Position and Drafted Round. Tide are climbing the charts baby! Expect to see them in the Top 5 within a year or two.
NFL College Pipelines
Surprised to see Miami still so high, because they have not done much in the last decade. Just shows how much talent is in that vicinity.
Roll Tide
Texas and Georgia prove what we already know: Mark Richt and Mack Brown are severely overrated as coaches.
Chart serves as an excellent example of how much talent Richt has wasted while he's been in Athens.
Is that list old? Hard to believe Miami still has more than SC?
On a similar note, does anyone have that pic of the NFL room that Alabama has? Remember seeing it posted here earlier this season. It has all the NFL helmets cut in half and sunk in a wall. Was pretty slick to see the Tide players who have went on to the pros honored like that on campus . Not a bad recruiting tool either I'd imagine lol.
I imagine that we will top that list in a few years and remain there for a while, long after this era of dominance is over.
Not so sure I agree with you on Bama topping the list in the long run, though. Bama's 1st round picks haven't worked out in the NFL anywhere near as well as those guys you just listed.
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Think that in ten years, Julio will still be there, and maybe another one or two. And, only one of Saban's recruiting classes has finished up. When ten of Saban's classes have graduated, there will be a lot of Alabama players in the NFL.
If you click on the rankings by conference, the SEC has nearly 100 more drafted players in the NFL than the next conference which is, oddly, the ACC. Crazy.
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Transfer Rumours: Wilfried Zaha 'certain' to sign for Manchester United
PUBLISHED: 11:28 22 January 2013 | UPDATED: 11:29 22 January 2013
Football writer Sian Trimble-Davey looks at today's hottest transfer rumours.
- Newcastle – After French side Montpellier accepted Newcastle's £7 million bid for centre-back Mapou Yanga-Mibwa, Alan Pardew didn't expect Yanga-Mibwa not to turn up for his medical and are now in fear of losing out to another Premier League club as rumours are going around that Arsenal are also in pursuit of the defender.
Another target for the Magpies is Yoan Gouffran, who currently plays for Bordeaux and has scored 10 goals in 22 Ligue 1 this season.
(The Telegraph)
- Chelsea – Frank Lampard is close to signing a contract with LA Galaxy on a free transfer, but the club insist that he will stay at Stamford Bridge for the rest of this season. The attacking midfielder's contract at Chelsea runs out at the end of this season and he has been in talks with the Galaxy, who have marked him as a replacement for David Beckham who left the team in November. He'll even be on the same salary as Beckham, £4 million a year.
(London Evening Standard)
- Fulham – Since Fulham's FA Cup tie against Blackpool, Manager Martin Jol has had his eye on the Seasiders midfielder Ludovic Sylvestre.
Jol is in the market for a midfielder but due to lack of funds he must consider Sylvestre along with Premier League players such as Tottenham's Tom Huddelstone and Jake Livermore as he has some competition who are willing to dig deeper into their pockets.
Sylvestre, 28, will be out of contract this summer and would suit Jol's budget.
(Daily Mail)
- Manchester United – Alex Ferguson is certain that United will sign Crystal Palace's Wilfried Zaha for £12 million pounds despite Arsenal also showing interest.
Ferguson has labelled Zaha the most exciting player outside of the Premier League.
Palace were adamant that Zaha would not be for sale but Ferguson has agreed to loan him back to the club for the rest of the season.
(The Guardian)
- Liverpool – Liverpool are close to snapping up Inter Milan's Phillippe Coutinho after the Reds agreed to increase their bid for the midfielder.
The new bid has gone up to £8 million and Brendan Rogers is confident that it will be accepted after the £5 million was refused by the Serie A club.
Coutinho is said to be a replacement for Wesley Sneidjer, who is moving to Turkish side Galatasary.
- West Brom – West Brom are currently struggling in the middle of the table and haven't seen a win in six games, the last thing they want to do is lose one of their best players.
Despite their best efforts to keep Peter Odemwingie, he has other ideas and apparently wants to get permission to talk to Queens Park Rangers, who have had their £2.5 million bid for the striker refused.
They want to offer Odemwingie £40,000 a week plus a bonus and contract extension for his signature and things look promising as Odemwingie has refused to pledge his future to Albion


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The School Community Youth Collaborative (SCYC) has announced the 2nd Annual Jingle Bell Dash. The Jingle Bell Dash is a 5k or 1 mile run/walk celebrating educators. The Dash kicks off with homemade hot cocoa and cider at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15 at Let It Grow Nursery and Garden Market in Cortez.
The Montelores Early Childhood Council (MECC) will host the Elf Scurry and fun crafts for children ages 3-8 and their parents. Parents must accompany young children. The Elf Scurry, a short 100-yard dash, will kick off the activities and the 5k or 1 mile race will follow. Expect a visit from Santa and holiday carols performed by the Montezuma-Cortez High School choir.
The Dash is a great way to kick off the holiday season, get some exercise and support education. The public may participate as a family, a team or individually, and participants can wear a costume. Every participant is encouraged to raise pledges in support of their participation and our local educators. Registration fees support SCYC youth leadership development programs, and funds raised through the pledge drive will be awarded to a winning school or early childhood center to be used for teachers supplies. Prizes will be given to those who raise the most money through the pledge drive.
Discounted early registration fees are available through Friday, Dec. 7, at a rate of $15/person or $12/team member (four or more participants equals a team). After Dec. 7, registration fees increase to $18/person or $15/team member. Participants may register the day of the race, but early registration is preferred. Children ages 8 and under participate free. Registration forms, pledge forms and more information about the Dash are available at http://scycmontezuma.wix.com/jinglebelldash or call 529-0635.


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Hello, I have tried to identify this insect but failed. I thought given the unusual eye colouration..it may be easy. As I recall this insect was not much more than 12mm. Thanks for help.
Its a male mason bee, and is most likely to be Osmia caerulescens (assuming the pics were taken in UK). I could also be O. leaiana


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US Launches Smart Cities Effort
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Uncle Sam is looking for more than a few good engineers to help build smarter cities around the world.
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology is putting out a call to deploy the Internet of Things in smart cities applications around the US, Europe, and Asia. ARM Holdings, Cisco Systems, Extreme Networks, IBM, Intel, Juniper Networks, and Qualcomm have already signed up to participate in what amounts to a second round of the Smart America program.
Vendors and municipal agencies that want to participate will gather for an NIST event September 29 through September 30 to form teams and set goals. Teams will be organized by application areas that fan out to any and all participating cities including ones in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
"We want to see these things get out of the lab and deployed in real-world scenarios," said Sokwoo Rhee, an associate director of the NIST division focused on the smart grid and so-called cyber physical systems.
"It's a great opportunity for companies to show off and apply their technology, and individual engineers can contribute being a member of a team," said Rhee in an interview with EE Times.
The teams will move quickly. Their goal is to showcase their deployments in June 2015 events in various target cities.
Separately, Rhee is developing a framework document outlining reference architectures, use cases, and test beds for the Internet of Things in smart cities. "The idea is that the next time a city wants to become a smart city, it doesn't have to start from scratch," he said.
He will also draft an IoT strategy document that will act "like a road map for global connectivity fabric of the IoT... [providing direction on] how different technologies work together," he said.
NIST launched a public working group to help work on issues such as contributing to the framework documents and developing a taxonomy of IoT terms. About 150 people gathered on August 11 for the group's first face-to-face meeting, creating sub-groups with due dates for deliverables in areas such as security, data interoperability, and use cases.
— Rick Merritt, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, EE Times
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Everyone's had something to say about Clint Eastwood's unconventional speech at the Republican National Convention last week. Now, Eastwood himself does, too.
"I may have irritated a lot of the lefties," Eastwood told The Carmel Pine Cone, in his home town of Carmel, Calif. "But I was aiming for people in the middle."
The highlight of Eastwood's 11-minute speech on Aug. 30, given just before Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made his speech, was a conversation with an imaginary President Barack Obama, where he asked President Obama why he failed to keep his campaign promises. Standing in for the president was an empty chair.
While many political pundits were baffled at one of the most unconventional moments ever at a political convention, the bit quickly took off on the Internet. Photos of empty chairs swept through social media. An @InvisibleObama Twitter account quickly popped up, filling in the other side of the conversation.
Romney and VP nominee Paul Ryan, he said, seemed happy with the speech.
"They were very enthusiastic," he told the Pine Cone, "and we were all laughing."
Eastwood told the Pine Cone that the chair bit was a spur-of-the-moment decision:
"There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down," Eastwood said. "When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody."
He asked a stagehand to take it out to the lectern while he was being announced.
"The guy said, 'You mean you want it at the podium?' and I said, 'No, just put it right there next to it.'"
In fact, Eastwood said he didn't have much of a plan for the entire speech.
"They vet most of the people, but I told them, 'You can't do that with me, because I don't know what I'm going to say,'" Eastwood told the Pine Cone.
He was given 6-7 minutes for the speech, he said, but took 11 minutes because people were applauding too much.
He was aware that the speech was "very unorthodox."
"They've got this crazy actor who's 82 years old up there in a suit," he told the Pine Cone. "I was a mayor, and they're probably thinking I know how to give a speech, but even when I was mayor I never gave speeches. I gave talks. ...
"It was supposed to be a contrast with all the scripted speeches, because I'm Joe Citizen. I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there."


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NEW YORK, NY - The second annual Big Strick Classic at City College started out as just another all-star game but quickly turned into a rivalry as top New York City players were pitted against some of the top players in the nation.
Team NYC, who led for the majority of Saturday's game, would squander their advantage down the stretch giving Team USA a slim 87-86 win.
"They played harder than us," said Chris McCullough (13 points). "They out-rebounded us and outscored us."
Team NYC started quickly as Kuran Iverson (21 points, 5 rebounds) and Isaiah Whitehead (10 points) scored early. Troy Williams (10 points) and Khadeem Lattin (13 points, 8 rebounds) and Robert Hubbs (14 points) countered for Team USA who finished strong wit an 8 point advantage to end the quarter
At the top of the second quarter, Team NYC finally got some continuity going on an 8-2 pull to within two points.
Dayshon Smith (6 points) began to set up his teammates Jermaine Lawrence (10 points, 11 rebounds) and Iverson and midway through the quarter a strong move the paint by Jordan Washington (10 points) gave 43-36 lead.
With all the hoopla surrounding the Harrison Twins, they started off slowly but as the half came to a close the duo begin to live up to expectations. After baskets by Lahin closed the gap, a basket late in the half by Andrew Harrison (15 points) would tie the game at 48.
Team NYC would manage to hold onto a 2 point lead to begin the third quarter but an offensive tirade by Iverson would extend their lead to a game high 13 points.
For a moment, Team NYC lapsed into typical all-star game mode and proceeded to attempt alley-oops, and trick plays feeling comfortably ahead.
"The alley-oops were attempted but they didn't go down," said McCullough.
While the New York team celebrated their lead, Team USA proceeded to reduce their deficit back to 2 points as the third quarter ended.
In the fourth quarter, Smith and Andrew Harrison went for a brief mano y mano as the crowd began to urge their home team on. For the majority of the quarter, Team USA was in an uphill battle but Aaron Harrison (13 points) and his brother became more aggressive offensively.
With 7:01 left to play, Andrew Harrison would finally knot the game at 75 from the foul line. Jalen Lindsey (10 points) would put Team USA ahead by 4 points with 3:38 on the clock.
Whitehead would stop an' pop cutting Team USA's team in half. McCullough had a chance to tie the game from the charity stripe but went 1 for 2.
Both team battled intensely and frequently hit the floor. There was a scare as Lawrence tweaked his ankle and had to be helped off the court. Team USA ended up with possession and a 1 point lead but with 34 seconds left, Shavar Newkirk (3 points) would get a steal but NYC was unable to convert.
Forced to foul Team USA was able to run the clock out and get the upset.
"It just came down to pride," said Andrew Harrison. "We didn't come all the way down here to lose so we just sucked it up and said 'let's go.'"
Lattin & Hubbs were co-MVP's for Team USA while Iverson and McCullough earned co-MVP's for Team NYC.
Andrew Wiggins, Tyler Ennis, Malik Price-Martin, Anthony Barber, Isaiah Lewis, Noah Vonleh and Emmanuel Mudiay were no-shows. C.J. Davis played on Team NYC.
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THEATER: Batt on a Hot Tin Roof
We were sad when his gay character Sal was written out of Mad Men (although faithful viewers know we have new representation on the series), but out actor-singer Bryan Batt is still performing in many venues, and this weekend he brings his tuneful cabaret act, Batt on a Hot Tin Roof, to New York City nightclub 54 Below. He'll showcase the talents that made him a star on Broadway and off long before he joined Sterling Cooper. Saturday and Sunday only.
9. BOOK: Battle Axe by Carson Taite
Summer is made for sexy beach reads, and Carson Taite's latest novel, Battle Axe (Bold Strokes Books, $16.95), which follows lesbian bounty hunter Luca Bennett, is the perfect pick. Luca is contacted by a woman from her past asking for help, and always-chivalrous Luca decides to lend a hand, leading into the world of organized crime. There's more drama at home too: A sexy cop, an enigmatic mystery woman, and a family reunion all add to the suspense, especially when Luca's personal and professional lives collide. While paperback is for the purists, the book also comes in e-book formats.
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The out jazz saxophonist and his colleagues offer plenty of "Hot Fun in the Summertime" — as a matter of fact, that's one of the many delightful tracks on this CD, which celebrates the horn-heavy style that fueled much rock, R&B, soul, and funk music from the late 1960s through the '70s. On the just-released Concord Records disc, Koz is joined by fellow sax players Gerald Albright, Richard Elliot, and Mindi Abair, with guest appearances by trumpeter-flugelhornist Rick Braun, trombonist Brian Culbertson, and singers Michael McDonald, Jeffrey Osborne, and Jonathan Butler. Their versions of "Rise," "Take Five," "25 or 6 to 4," "God Bless the Child," and others will put you in a mellow mood. Sample the disc at Koz's website; also, he and the "friends" will be touring this summer.
7. DVD: The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
Director Jerry Aronson (Chasing Ice, The Divided Trail) spent 30 years compiling footage of Allen Ginsberg, the gay poet who helped define American counterculture in the 20th century. The resulting documentary, The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg, is a revealing and authoritative portrait of one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation that spans 60 years of history. Originally released in 1997, the 84-minute film was expanded after Ginsberg's death to include interviews with friends and contemporaries, including Paul McCartney, Norman Mailer, Johnny Depp, Andy Warhol, and William S. Burroughs.


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Just attended an IDGA presentation on next-gen holographic display technology. Holy crap! Based on what I just saw, we could conceivably have Star Trek "holodeck" type displays within a decade or two. The basic tech already exists as a proof-of-concept prototype... it just needs to be scaled up by a few orders of magnitude. (Not unexpectedly, there's a mind-bogglingly huge amount of bandwidth and compute power involved.)
I had not been keeping up with recent developments in holography. This was a real eye-opener.


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The crash occurred about 10 p.m. on Disneyland Drive at Magic Way, Anaheim police Sgt. Bob Dunn said. She was taken to a hospital, he added.
The officer was conducting an investigation in the area and was making a left turn when he struck the woman, Dunn said.
Alicia Handy, 26, who was leaving the park with her family, said she was behind the woman when she saw a silver truck hit the woman when she was crossing the street.
Before the crash occurred, Handy said: "The pedestrian light turned 'Go.' She waited a second and then proceeded to walk."
Handy said the driver of the truck was in the far left lane when he struck the woman. The impact sent the woman flying some feet in front of the driver, Handy added.
He immediately stopped and got out, Handy said.
The crash is under investigation.
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Last season Raps were 25th in pace (89.3). This season Raps are 24th (90.4).
Last season Calderon played 33.9mpg with 2.0to. Lowry this season as a starter has played 31.6mpg with 2.5to.
Last season Raps were 10th in turnovers at 15.2 per game. This season Raps are 27th in turnovers at 13.7 per game.
Last season Raps were 28th at 90.7. This season Raps are 16th in ppg with 97.2.
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I got nothing. Your opinion is cool. Personally I look at it as too many excuses for everyone and everyone gets a free pass. At some point there needs to be accountability - from BC to Casey to the players.
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Actually flak is justified as there is a significant talent upgrade on this team. Casey has not adapted while players have.
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The youngest team in the league is 7 games over .500 and sitting in the 7th seed in the west.
Some notable teams that are younger than Toronto and have less experience are: Denver, OKC, GS, Indiana, Houston.
This fallacy and spin put forth by Casey is bullsh!t. Youth is not a problem, talent is - of which Toronto has much more than previous years. Coaching is now a problem - on both sides of the ball.
That is exactly what happens when a coach loses the room. If players aren't motivated, that IS on the coach. The problem is the message he has been pushing for 71 games this season failed and it would appear, in my opinion, the players don't care anymore.
I said this so often about Colangelo it hurts me to remember. I think it is slaw who has been talking about the oak tree.... no better time than now. Casey unfortunately is an extension of BC. Both need to go. And I am confused with this statement combined with the last sentence in the first paragraph where you stated since Casey has returned to coaching his way and thus the losses.... that is a bad thing, no?


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Gotta say, our elites have it coming.
Here in the early years of the twenty-first century, the American elite is a walking disaster and is in every way less capable than its predecessors. It is less in touch with American history and culture, less personally honest, less productive, less forward looking, less effective at and less committed to child rearing, less freedom loving, less sacrificially patriotic and less entrepreneurial than predecessor generations. Its sense of entitlement and snobbery is greater than at any time since the American Revolution; its addiction to privilege is greater than during the Gilded Age and its ability to raise its young to be productive and courageous leaders of society has largely collapsed.
I recently read a guy on another forum complain that none of the General Authorities were trained philosophers. In other news, I recently read a guy on another forum who was full-on gibbering-at-the-moon mad, stark raving crazy, a bug-eyed bedlamite.
You see, Meade is right with only a few exceptions. One of those exceptions is the leadership of the Church. The reason, I suggest, is the principle of lay leadership chosen on the basis of revelation. No credentials, no degrees, no self-important professional clique loyalty, no so-called "merit" drags us down. Three cheers for the inspired principle of lay leadership!
Or, rather, one cheer.
Democracy is the worst system, says Winston Churchill, except for all the rest. The Book of Mormon says something similar: a good king is a better ruler than the people ruling themsleves, but the people are a better ruler than a bad king, who tends to drag the kingdom down with him. Since kingships always go bad in time, the mediocre solution of popular self-rule is the best solution.
Lay leadership is like the people ruling themselves. I would even argue that it *is* the people ruling themselves. Myopia makes us think that our modern system of liberal democracy with frequent voting and elected leaders is the only form of democracy. But when the people ruled in the Book of Mormon, elections didn't come into it much. The judges who replaced the kings usually ruled for life and were somewhat hereditary. The difference between the democratic judgeships and the undemocratic monarchy was the the judges weren't special. They weren't kings. Their job was to administer the law in the name of the people. So the difference between democracy and kingship is that democracy is the system where no one is considered to be apart from the people and entitled to rule by virtue of that apartness. Representative democracy is just one way of putting democracy into practice. Consider juries, for example. Juries are decisions made by a body of 12 unelected people. Normally, we'd call that oligarchical and undemocratic. Juries aren't, though, because they are randomly chosen from among the people. Juries aren't elected but they do embody the principle that the people rule. Similarly, in ancient times democracies often made decisions or selected leaders by drawing lots. The Church is democratic, because our leaders aren't selected on the basis of wealth or heredity or credentials or merit or even superior spiritual power or charisma. God selects them, and to us his criteria aren't meaningfully different from randomness. In a real sense, the bishop is just one of us, and so is the prophet.
But whether Church leadership is democratic isn't the point. The point is that lay leadership, like democracy, is a flawed system which only looks good in comparison to the alternatives. The deranged guy was probably right that General Authorities often make huge philosophical bloomers over the pulpit. I could give a rip, but he's probably right. We should not kid ourselves that our system of lay leadership isn't full of big, gaping holes.
Take my hometown, for example. My stake president isn't deeply trained or all that experienced in counseling, management, public speaking, administration, theology, pastoral care, church history, or anything else. He is, with all due respect, a goofy screenwriter. My bishop is a crusty mechanical engineer. My Young Men's President is, well, me. No HR departments are salivating over our line-up. What we've got going for us is the firehose of direction from the Spirit, but then interpretation and, worse yet, implementation of that direction is left to us. The results aren't bad. They aren't that grand either. We're doing . . . OK. Lay leadership is a lousy system, better only than all the rest.
I love the Church. I believe its the one-and-only. My heart can't be persuaded that its not as fair as the sun, as clear as the moon, as terrible as an army with banners. But I also can't quite shake my suspicion that maybe the Church is just a bunch of Mormons.
I read scriptures like this—
And by the weak things of the earth the Lord shall thresh the nations by the power of his Spirit.
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The weak things of the world shall come forth and break down the mighty and strong ones, that man should not counsel his fellow man, neither trust in the arm of flesh
and I realize I'd always inserted an extra clause where God takes the weak things and makes 'em strong and only then do they thrash the mighty. But that's not what the scripture says. It says the weak, while still weak I suppose, are going to take on the great and win.
So one cheer for lay leadership. It isn't a great system. Its probably not even a good system. Its a weak system. Its only advantage is that its going to win, we're going to win, we're going the distance with the devil and we're going to overcome, not because of our weakness but not despite it either.
The sublime plan of our God is not to take the obscure and weak and make us potent, erupting from nowhere like a second Islam. His plan is to have an army of cripples–a three-man army, because most of us were too tired to show up, and some of us were too offended, and some were too scared–and the army is me, you, and that other guy; you have a bad back and bum leg and aren't too bright; I'm clumsy and smarmy and cut corners; that other guy is a bigot and isn't even sure he wants to be here. And the three of us topple the world.


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U.S. groups Seek Protection for Loggerhead Turtles
MIAMI - Loggerhead sea turtles in U.S. Atlantic waters face extinction from commercial fishing and global warming and should be designated an endangered species, two environmental groups said on Thursday.
The ocean conservation group Oceana and the Center for Biological Diversity are petitioning the U.S. government to win better protection for loggerhead habitats and nesting beaches along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.
The petition to be filed on Thursday with the U.S. Commerce Department and the Department of the Interior serves as a warning that the groups could sue the U.S. government if it fails to act to protect the species.
Loggerhead nest counts in Florida have dropped nearly 50 percent in the last decade, according to Florida's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
At the Archie Carr wildlife refuge, one of the key Florida loggerhead nesting areas, nest counts dropped from 15,645 in 2001 to 10,828 in 2006, and appear to be down again this year.
Under U.S. law, an endangered species is "in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range," while a threatened species is "likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future."
Of the six sea turtle species in U.S. waters, the hawksbill, leatherback, Kemp's Ridley and green are listed as endangered and the Olive Ridley and loggerhead are threatened.
A recent five-year study by the National Marine Fisheries Service concluded that the designation "threatened" should be maintained for the loggerhead.
Tens of thousands of loggerheads are killed yearly in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico by commercial fishermen, who snare turtles incidentally while going after other species, Oceana said.
"With 90 percent of the U.S. nesting occurring in Florida and a 50 percent decline in nesting over the last decade, it's quite possible these populations will become extinct," said Elizabeth Griffin, a marine scientist at Oceana.
The loggerhead, which can live a century or more, is among the largest of the sea turtle species. They can grow to about 3 1/2 feet and weigh up to 400 pounds (181 kg).
Although loggerhead populations are being decimated by commercial fishing, scientists believe global warming is a greater ongoing threat to loggerheads, said Miyoko Sakashita of the Center for Biological Diversity.
Rising sea levels could destroy Florida nesting beaches, and rising temperatures could dramatically tilt the balance of male and female turtles, endangering the species' reproductive abilities.
"Turtles' gender is determined by temperature. In warmer weather there are fewer males born," she said. "The gender could be skewed toward females. With just a few extra degrees of temperature you get almost all females born."
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Quintero back with the big club
Catcher happy to return to familiar surroundings
By Krysten Oliphant / MLB.com
Quintero was called up to replace J.R. Towles, who was optioned to the Express in an attempt to fix his offensive struggles.
The 28-year-old said he was glad to be back in the familiar territory of Minute Maid Park.
"I know everybody here, so it's good for me," he said. "I know the pitchers. I know everybody, so I'm really happy to be here with the team."
The native of Venezuela was sent down to the Minors on April 18 after playing one game this season.
In 32 games for Round Rock, Quintero had 28 hits and 18 RBIs with a .237 average.
Astros manager Cecil Cooper said Quintero's bat has steadily improved since he was designated for assignment.
"He does well when he hits it into right center," Cooper said. "He was struggling when we sent him down. He wasn't playing a lot, and some guys have to have regular time."
The Astros, who purchased Quintero's contract, expect him to back up Brad Ausmus, but Cooper said they could count on him full-time if necessary.
"He can catch and throw, and that's what a backup catcher is supposed to do," Cooper said. "He was with us in spring and was with us for three years. He knows the pitchers and he's familiar with what we try to do, so that's always a plus."
Krysten Oliphant is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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