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Fire Services
The Union Township Fire Department offers the following services:
The function of public education is to educate the children and citizens of Union Township about fire prevention. The Union Township Fire Department offers fire house tours and demonstrations of vehicles and equipment for educational purposes. The use of a fire safety house is also provided by the fire department as a tool for teaching school age children about the dangers of fire. The fire safety trailer is also available for other community education programs by request. In addition, the fire department offers child safety seat/car seat inspections to township residents. Car seats are evaluated for safety compliance and compatibility.
The Union Township Fire Department continues to be proactive in the area of fire prevention and education, both internally and in the community.The Union Township Fire Department provides, free of charge, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, and batteries to township residents.
Child Safety seats
The department evaluates child car seats for safety compliance.
CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) and AED (Automatic External Defibrillator) education is provided to the West Clermont Local School District. Each year, the department trains students and faculty in both of these life-saving endeavors. In addition, the department provides this training to neighborhood and community groups and local businesses. For upcomming CPR and First Aid Classes, visit Upcoming Events.
Fire Event Planning
Fire escape plan training, fire extinguisher training, and other non-emergency training are available through the department.
At your request, department personnel will make a home fire inspection and provide suggestions on better fire-proofing your residence.
The fire safety house is a tool Union Township firefighters use to educate local school children about the dangers of fire. The fire safety trailer also is used for additional community education programs.
Safety Inspections
Safety inspections are conducted in accordance with the Ohio Fire Code. These inspections are conducted by certified, on-duty fire safety inspectors with the goal of providing a safe occupancy for the business owner, occupants and customers.
Adopt a School
In addition to fire prevention and education, our personnel are involved in the "Adopt a School" program in township elementary schools. The goal of the program is to ensure a fire department presence in the school every couple of weeks for an hour or two. Firefighters participate in activities such as reading to students, becoming involved with a school project or fair, and having lunch with a group of students or a class. These activities also include fire safety education and the crews familiarize themselves with the building layout and the school staff. The education of the students, staff and firefighters will be extremely helpful in the event of an emergency at school, or even at home.
Blood Pressure Checks
Township residents may go to one of the fire stations any weekday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. for a blood pressure check. This service is also coordinated on a regular basis with Clermont Senior Services at the Civic Center. For information on scheduling any of the above services and educational programs, call the Union Township Fire Department at 528-4446.
Fire Safety
4 Easy Steps To Help Save Your Life!
1. Install at least one smoke detector on every level of your home. Especially near sleeping areas.
2. Keep your smoke detectors properly maintained. Test them at least once a month to insure they are working properly. Replace batteries at least twice a year.
3. Develop an escape plan and review the plan with all members of your family. Be aware that children and elderly people may need special assistance.
4. Practice fire drills in the home. Make sure everyone knows what to do in case of a fire. Since you may not be able to reach your children during an actual fire, it is important that they participate in the escape drills. They need to know how to escape.
Is Your Home Safe?
It is a question we do not think about very often, but it could mean the difference between life or death! American homes suffer an unwanted fire every 10 seconds, and every 60 seconds they suffer a fire serious enough to call the fire department. Most importantly, every two hours someone is killed in a house fire - that exceeds 4,000 people last year alone. Another 20,000 people are injured in house fires each year. Protecting your family from fire requires advanced planning for what to do if a fire strikes. It also involves learning how to prevent fires from ever happening. Most house fires occur in the kitchen while cooking, but are often extinguished with only minor damage since a person is generally present. The most dangerous fires occur at night while most people are asleep. Most victims succumb to the smoke and toxic gases and not to burns. Fires produce poisonous gases that spread rapidly and far from the fire itself to claim victims who are asleep and not even aware of the fire. Even if they awaken, the effects of exposure to these gases can cloud their thinking and slow their reactions so that they cannot make their escape. This is why it is so crucial for you and your family to have sufficient warning so that you can all escape before your ability to think and move is impaired. More than half of fatal fires occur when people are asleep so test your detector now!
CPR/AED Training
The Life Safety Division provides instruction for cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillation (AED) training for residents and commercial organizations in Union Township. This training is utilized by neighborhood and community groups as well as team coaches and local businesses.
Smoke/CO Detector Program
The Union Township Fire Department is relentless in its pursuit to provide smoke detectors and CO detectors for all its citizens to ensure safety in every home of the township. The fire department works in conjunction with the American Legion and The American Red Cross to provide smoke detectors, CO detectors, and batteries free of charge to its residents.
Plan Review
The function of plan review is to collect and evaluate the commercial business plans for new development and the rehabilitation of existing buildings in Union Township. The fire department works in conjunction with the Clermont County Building Department to ensure that all construction is designed and built to code and is safe for our residents and visitors.
Inspection Program
The purpose of conducting life safety inspections of commercial businesses is to promote the safety and well being of our customers and visitors to the township. Every commercial building is inspected annually to ensure that fire safety codes are being enforced. The Union Township Fire Department utilizes the Ohio Fire Code for enforcement purposes. Inspections are also available for foster care and adoption licensees as required by the State of Ohio.
Fire hydrants are one of the most important elements for firefighters during a fire incident.
Within the Union Township Fire Department response area are approximately 2700 private and public fire hydrants that are maintained by department personnel.
In order to ensure that every fire hydrant is in working order, fire department personnel inspect, grease/oil, and flush every hydrant beginning in spring.
During summer months fire hydrants are inspected on a regular basis to remove any obstructions and cut grass and weeds from around the hydrant. In the fall, firefighters check every hydrant to make sure the hydrant is free of water (dry) to prevent freezing during cold weather.
Frozen fire hydrants are a serious problem and cause the hydrant to be inoperable for fire operations.
Fire hydrants are required to be free of any obstructions, including high grass, weeds, and or shrubbery for a distance of 36 inches and should be visible from the street. Many of the fire hydrants are also color coded to indicate their rated capacities in gallons per minute (gpm) flow.
The top bonnet of the fire hydrant, or a reflective band, will be colored light blue, indicating 1,500 gpm or greater; green to indicate 1,000-1,499 gpm; orange to indicate 500-999 gpm; and red to indicate flows of less that 500 gpm.
Repair of public fire hydrants is the responsibility of the Clermont County Water Department, or the Tate-Monroe Water District for some fire hydrants located in the Village of Amelia.
Clermont County fire hydrants are painted red and the Tate-Monroe Water District fire hydrants can be distinguished by their light blue color.
Repairs to private fire hydrants are the responsibility of the property owner.
Fire hydrants that are out-of-service awaiting repair are identified by a large yellow circular disc attached to the front hydrant discharge.
Fire hydrant problems should be reported to the fire department by calling 528-4446.


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GREENWICH, Conn. -- Four Greenwich residents are among the 500 richest people in the world, according to a newly released list from Forbes.
Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio ranked 69th in the world on the list with a net worth of $14.4 billion. He moved up the list from 76th last year. Bridgewater Associates is based in Westport.
Despite recent insider trading convictions of several of his employees at Stamford-based SAC Capital Advisors, company founder and Greenwich resident Steve Cohen also moved up the Forbes list to 107th. He is listed with a net worth of $11 billion.
Interactive Brokers founder Thomas Peterffy made a huge jump on the world's richest list, rising 101 spots since last year as the 147th richest person in the world. Peterffy has a net worth of $8.8 billion, according to Forbes.
Rounding out the Fairfield County residents on the Forbes list is Greenwich's Paul Tudor Jones II. Jones also made his way up the list to 345th in the world from 376th. The Tudor Investment Corp. founder reportedly has a net worth of $4.3 billion.
The world's top billionaires have an aggregate wealth of $6.4 trillion, Forbes said. At the top of the list is Bill Gates of Medina, Wash. The 58-year-old founder of Microsoft is worth $76 billion. He was No. 2 on the list last year.
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Obituary: Barrie Leigh Stocker
Barrie Leigh Stocker, age 63, formerly a resident of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., passed away on Feb. 6, 2013. Barrie was born in Salem, Mass., on Oct. 31, 1949, and lived in Marblehead, graduating from Marblehead High School.
He attended college at the University of New Hampshire and graduated from Berkley University with a degree in physics. He resided at both North Lake Tahoe and South Lake Tahoe where he owned several homes.
He worked for various companies including Oracle as a senior software engineer. His passions were skiing, sailing and biking. He could often be found coming down a slope on a nearby mountain.
Barrie is survived by his father, George Frederick Stocker of Osterville and Yarmouth Port, Mass., and formerly of Marblehead; his brother William Frederick Stocker of Swampscott, Mass.; and his sister, Sharon Stocker Masters of Holly Springs, North Carolina. He was predeceased by his mother, Nathalie Corning Stocker.
A memorial service will be held at the Eustis and Cornell Funeral Home, 142 Elm Street, Marblehead, Mass., on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 11a.m. Burial to follow in Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Mass. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Donations in Barrie's memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen Street, Framingham, MA 01701. Please visit the online guestbook for Barrie at http://www.eustisandcornellfuneralhome.com.


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Misawa Sailors Commence Snow Sculpting at 68th Sapporo Snow Festival
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Samuel Weldin
SAPPORO, Japan (NNS) -- Sailors stationed at U.S. Naval Air Facility (NAF) Misawa and its tenant commands began work on a snow sculpture as part of the 68th annual Sapporo Snow Festival, Jan. 30.
This is the 34th consecutive year the Navy has sent a team of Misawa Sailors to Sapporo to create a sculpture and take part in the world's largest snow festival.
This year's ice sculpture is going to depict a Navy diver wearing a dive suit used in the early 1900s.
The team started the diver sculpture from a 10-by-10 block of compacted snow and has 5 days to complete it. After that, the ice is blocked off and will be on display for over 2 million predicted festival visitors to view.
"This year's team shows a lot of motivation and drive; it's the end of day one and the diver and other features are already recognizable," said Chief Petty Officer Frank Ring, assigned to Public Works Det. Misawa, and this year's snow crew chief. "I am very excited to see the end result and what we can accomplish by the end of this week."
The Sailors were chosen by their commands as a result of their exceptional performance while on and off duty.
"This is such a unique and exciting opportunity," said Seaman Andrew Chazzarreta, attached to NAF Misawa security department, from Fort Worth, Texas, and a member of this year's snow sculpting team. "I am grateful to my command for selecting me, and can't wait to start interacting with the festival goers and put my best foot forward for the Navy."
In recent years, the Navy snow sculpting teams have sculpted replicas of "The Lone Sailor," an aircraft carrier, a replica of the surface warfare pin, the famous U.S. Navy Seabee logo "The Fighting Bee," and the Navy's oldest commissioned ship USS Constitution.
While in Sapporo, the Navy's team will once again be hosted by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) members at Camp Sapporo.
Along with Ring and Chazzaretta, this year's all-Navy snow sculpting team is also comprised of Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas Thornton, assigned to Public Works Det. Misawa, from Chicopee, Massachusetts; Petty Officer 2nd Class Benjermin Larscheid, from De Pere, Wisconsin; Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriele Tate-Santos, from Boyton Beach, Florida; Seaman Desiree Ankney, from Hicksville, Ohio; Petty Officer 2nd Class Apolinar Nebria, from Long Beach, California; Seaman Jeffrey Postal, from Shawnee, Oklahoma; and Petty Officer 2nd Class Samuel Weldin, from Columbia, South Carolina.
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When I imagined this recipe, for some reason, I thought prosciutto was part of the plan—which it wasn't—and went so far as to buy some at the store. Perhaps it was just wishful thinking. I decided to add it anyway, and it turned out to be a fortunate mistake. The salty bite bulked out the sandwich, making for a more filling meal. The last secret is to bake the whole sandwich in the oven until the bread warms and the cheese starts to melt just slightly.
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divMany advocates of promiscuous military intervention angrily reject the claim that America is an "empire." Granted, the U.S. doesn't directly rule its imperial dependents. But Washington policymakers do insist on maintaining a military presence wherever and whenever possible, irrespective of America's defense needs.
The Obama administration's attempt to pressure the Iraqi government into "inviting" the U.S. to remain is almost comical. Rather than requiring Baghdad to demonstrate why a continuing American presence is necessary, U.S. officials have been begging to stay. Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said: "I hope they figure out a way to ask." His successor, Leon Panetta, recently blurted out: "dammit, make a decision."
However, it is Washington that should make a decision and bring home America's troops.
The U.S. continues to garrison Europe, Japan, and South Korea, decades after American forces first arrived. All of these international welfare queens could defend themselves. Despite President Bill Clinton's promise that American troops would spend just a year occupying the Balkans, an area of minimal security interest to the United States, some troops remain to this day. And uber-hawks talk about maintaining a permanent presence in Afghanistan, as distant from conventional U.S. defense interests as any nation on the planet.
But right now Iraq is exciting the most concern, since the United States is supposed to withdraw its combat forces by year-end. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, the top military spokesman in Iraq, said Washington "has committed to an enduring partnership with Iraq," but it would be easier if the Iraqis spoke up "while we have troops here and infrastructure here."
From start to (almost) finish, the Iraqi operation has been a tragic fiasco. The United States invaded to seize non-existent WMDs. American forces destroyed the country's system of ordered tyranny, turning the country into a bloody charnel house, killing hundreds of thousands and forcing millions to flee. Washington's occupation transferred democracy to Iraq without the larger liberal culture necessary for democracy to thrive. U.S. intervention empowered Iran while destroying Baghdad's ability to control its own borders.
Yet President Obama wants to stick around, meddling in Iraq's domestic affairs and defending it in foreign matters.
The United States should not have invaded Iraq. Washington can't undo the ill effects of the war, but it can avoid the costs of a permanent occupation.
America's job in Iraq is done. The Iraqis should be left in charge of their national destiny. All U.S. troops should be withdrawn. Washington should stop collecting increasingly dangerous dependencies for its empire.
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MADRID — I was completely unprepared for the sheer volume of people that would be taking over the Spanish capital this week.
It's Tuesday, the official start date of WYD, and I think most Madrileños have left the city to escape the hoards of pilgrims that have invaded. Almost everyone I saw today was sporting a WYD shirt, hat, backpack or other item emblazoned with "JMJ 11." It's great to see so many people here, but I'm getting the sense that it will take some real digging to get to the heart of this city and really experience its culture.
Luckily, tomorrow is a fairly "free" day for pilgrims, with no major events planned. It is a day to embark on a cultural journey across the city, that is all part of the specially designed program, "A faith made culture." Over 300 organizations are taking part by providing free events that highlight Madrid's rich history and culture.
I had a taste of the cultural program this morning, when I paid a visit to the Prado museum, one of the biggest cultural attractions in Madrid. Thousands more had the same idea, and the lines stretched on (see the CNS video on our Facebook page.)
I dodged through the crowds to see the highlights of the museum, such as Fra Angelico's The Annunciation, Francisco Goya's Saturn Devouring His Child and Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas. My favorite piece, which I was really looking forward to seeing, was Hieronymus Bosch's triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights. It's a fascinating and gruesome work.
I spent the rest of the afternoon exploring the city and watching all the interactions between pilgrims. There is always singing going on, wherever you go. Many groups have chants about their country that they yell while walking through the streets in hopes of inspiring other groups to respond with their own chants. People are so proud of their country, and many are focused on that.
The display of national pride is fun to experience, but I hope that by the end of the week pilgrims will be less focused on their nation, and more focused on the Universal Church.
Pretty soon, it was time to head over to Plaza de Cibeles for the opening Mass and ceremony. Pilgrims began gathering even before 5 p.m., though the event began at 8 p.m.
The early birds had the advantage, because Cibeles was not large enough to hold the estimated 500,000 people in attendance, leaving many on side streets with no view of the stage. Despite all the waiting and the intense heat, singing, dancing, chanting and flag-waving commenced.
The archbishop of Madrid presided over Mass and there were nearly 800 concelebrants. Even after three months of living in Rome, I have never seen so many priests in one place. Surprisingly, Holy Communion went pretty fast.
The majority of Mass was in Spanish, so it was tough to follow along, but everyone understood the several mentions of Blessed John Paul II and the crowds went crazy!
Giving the sign of peace was no problem, even with the language barrier. Everyone speaks the language of a big hug, and hugs filled Plaza de Cibeles tonight.
Sara Angle, 21, is a senior at Villanova University and has written for CNS from Rome and Washington. She enjoys traveling and soaking up the culture of her surroundings, be it through food, fashion or faith, and looks forward to covering WYD for CNS — from the big events to the off-beat adventures. Sara loves reading and writing (but not arithmetic) and dancing like no one is watching. You can also follow her on Twitter @CatholicNewsSvc. She'll be using the hashtag #SaraInMadrid.


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"I have to smoke because of all my stress!"
Stress is considered a cause for smoking by many people. Actually, smoking is a cause of stress. Recent correspondence dealt with reasons people give for going back to smoking: social situations, parties, alcohol consumption and stress. This month I wish to amplify on stress.
In January of 1979, Chicago and vicinity was devastated by a major blizzard. Heavy snows fell just after the New Year crippling the area. Additional snowfall continued throughout the week. During this time period I was barraged with phone calls from participants of the November, 1978 clinic claiming to be terribly nervous, upset and anxious from "not smoking."
Curiously, most of them were feeling well during the month of December. They had occasional urges which lasted only seconds and were quite easy to overcome. What they were experiencing in January was different. Many felt that they were on the verge of cracking up. To them life was "just no good" without their cigarettes. Was the anxiety they were now experiencing really a side effect from giving up smoking?
To any outside observer the answer to the mysterious intensification of perceived withdrawal was obvious. In fact, if our ex-smokers listened to radio or television or read the front page of any newspaper, they would have encountered a story on cabin fever. By simply comparing their symptoms with those accompanying cabin fever they would understand what was happening.
Attributing the anxiety to smoking cessation was transference of blame. In fact, they were having a normal reaction to an abnormal situation - confinement due to the blizzard. They would have had the same anxiety whether or not they had given up cigarettes.
The above story illustrates an atypical time period in which numerous people experience similar complaints. Inherent problems exist in everyday life. Work, family, friends, and money can all contribute to daily distress.
Ex-smokers often think that if they just take a cigarette during a stressful episode the situation will be solved. For example, consider a person who finds he has a flat tire in a parking lot during a freezing rain. When encountering this kind of misfortune, the ex-smoker's first reaction often is, "I need a cigarette." What will actually solve this problem is changing the tire, and driving off in a warm car.
What would a cigarette do to help this situation? It only makes the person see the flat tire longer and freeze more. This adds up to greater frustration. The first puff will probably reinforce the addiction to cigarettes which is a much greater crisis than the flat tire ever was. In fact, taking the first puff almost always results in a bigger problem than the crisis that "caused" them to take the puff.
Even in a real catastrophe, such as a death in the family, injuries, illnesses, flooding resulting in major property loss, bankruptcy and so on, a cigarette will not solve the problem. It will just add another major problem to the originally bad situation.
Remember, smoking cannot solve problems of daily living. No matter what the problem, there is a more effective way of solving it than smoking. In fact, a smoker's health risks are a real problem that can only be solved if they - NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!
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The Honda Accord doesn't engender many feelings in most people. It's a car that looks and acts much like a car should.
So why does this woman hate it so much that she's destroying it with a hammer?
This video, which comes from our brethern down at Jalopnik Brasil, shows an angry lady hitting an Accord with a wee little hammer. First off, we bet this isn't all about the car. Perhaps it's her husband's car and he cheated on her. Maybe it breaks down all the time and she had enough.
Secondly, if she really wanted to damage it, she would use a larger hammer. This is kind of silly.
Which is why it may just be a marketing stunt. It looks like the woman has a microphone on her and the blacked out windows of nearby cars may have cameras in them. Who knows? But we do know it probably wasn't for a Honda ad.
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Pro-Lifers rarely win court cases, so it is very gratifying to win one in the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, even in victory, there is disappointment, and a sense that the constitutional rights of pro-life people have been relegated to second-class status.
The case was McCullen v. Coakley, and it arose out of a terrible Massachusetts law that established a 35-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics. Pro-lifers were prohibited from entering that zone, which effectively banned any attempt to speak to women seeking abortions ("sidewalk counseling") completely. However — and this is crucial — abortion clinic staff were permitted to be in the zone and speak to the women who were approaching the clinic.
The Supreme Court, by a unanimous decision, found that the law was unconstitutional. However, the Court's unanimity is actually deceiving — although all nine justices agreed that the law was invalid, the Court was actually split 5 to 4 on the reasoning. And the reasoning of the majority is very troubling.
One of the fundamental principles of the First Amendment guarantee of free speech is that the government cannot pass a law that is based on the content of a person's speech, and that discriminates against one particular point of view. The principle is called "viewpoint neutrality". The majority found that the Massachusetts law did not violate the requirement of neutrality, but still found the law unconstitutional because it burdened speech more than was necessary to fulfill the government's legitimate objectives.
But that reasoning is gravely flawed. Take it out of the abortion context for a second. Consider the hypothetical case of a law that places a buffer zone around a mine entrance where there is a highly contentious strike taking place. Imagine that the law prohibits striking miners from being in that zone, but allows management employees to be in the zone and speak openly to strike-breaking workers seeking to enter the plant. Can anyone imagine a court upholding such an obviously biased law? Of course not — it would be a clear case of the government taking sides in a strike, and showing favoritism towards one point of view.
The Massachusetts statute is exactly the same, and is clearly not "viewpoint neutral". It was specifically designed and intended to prosecute and deter only pro-life speakers, while giving pro-abortion speakers free reign to speak and act.
Nevertheless, the majority of the Court, led by the Chief Justice, implausibly concluded that the law was "viewpoint neutral", because on its face it did not single out pro-life speech. This is absurd — everybody understands very clearly what the goal and effect of this law is. As Justice Scalia stated in his concurring opinion,
The obvious purpose of the challenged portion of the Massachusetts Reproductive Health Care Facilities Act is to "protect" prospective clients of abortion clinics from having to hear abortion-opposing speech on public streets and sidewalks.
In short, although the Court unanimously struck down the law, there is only a minority of Justices who believe that pro-lifers deserve the full protection of the Constitution. This follows a disturbing trend in the Supreme Court, in which abortion distorts the Constitution — indeed, abortion corrupts everything it touches.
Again, to quote Justice Scalia:
Today's opinion carries forward this Court's practice of giving abortion-rights advocates a pass when it comes to suppressing the free-speech rights of their opponents. There is an entirely separate, abridged edition of the First Amendment applicable to speech against abortion.
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Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana has dealt a serious blow to the credibility of the beloved Notre Dame football movie "Rudy," claimed the beloved Notre Dame football classic is on emotional steroids.
Sure, Montana was there when ultimate underdog Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger recorded an unlikely sack in the waning seconds of the 1975 Notre Dame-Georgia Tech football game. It was a play that was memorialized in celulloid that become the tear-jerking climax of the 1993 classic "Rudy."
But the famous play by Rudy (played memorably by Sean Astin) was apparently hammed up for Hollywood, according to Montana.
"It's a movie, remember," the football pro told Dan Patrick's radio program. "Not all of that is true."
Montana was a little-known freshman quarterback at the time of the famous play, so he would know. And he didn't seem to keen to talk about it on the program.
Yet he took time to hit on some themes that have been scrutinized in the past, such as the team's alleged insistence that Rudy get into the game -- even handing in their jerseys to the coach when Rudy wasn't on the dress list.
"No one threw in their jerseys," Montana said. "Back then they tried to play someone at the end of [the season] that all the seniors could get in the last home game. The schedule was kind of set that way."
Montana noted the infamous sack did happen as the final seconds ticked away.
"He did get in," he said. "He did get a sack."
But even the scene of the players carrying Rudy off the field had emotional steroids.
"I won't say it was a joke," Montana said of the actual moment, "but it was playing around. He worked his butt off to get where he was and do the things he did. But not any harder than anyone else."
"You're ruining it for me," host Patrick moaned at one point. Amen, brother.


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Hamamatsu, Japan, October 30, 2010- Italy overcame the Netherlands in a gruelling five-set match (18-25, 25-21, 25-13, 26-28, 15-12) on the second day of Pool B action at the 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship at Hamamatsu Arena on Saturday. In a high-quality tussle lasting more than two hours, the Dutch showed surprising cohesion for a team with a 20-year-old setter, Laura Dijkema, and grabbed a one-set lead from the fancied Italians. But Italy's hustle plays created good breaks that helped them overcome early deficits in both the second and third sets. The Netherlands fought off two match points en route to winning a dramatic fourth set but in the decisive fifth, Italy's superior firepower made just enough of a difference in a match that either team could have won. FIVB Women's World Championship Japan 2010 official page
A captivating rally at 3-3 set the tone for this much-awaited contest, with the Netherlands repelling a fierce Italian attack that Massimo Barbolini's charges eventually won to take the lead. The Oranje appeared in command leading 22-16 before Italy fought back with Valentina Arrighetti serving to earn a point and Eleonora Lo Bianco then setting up a Serena Ortolani spike on the right wing. Yet the Netherlands held back the tide with some solid blocking, and Caroline Wensink wrapped up the set 25-18 with a cross-court spike catching Italy off-guard. After an even start to the second set, Manon Flier's soaring leap and spike from the backcourt sparked a run of four straight points for the Netherlands, who led 13-10. Italy dug themselves out of trouble with spikes from Simona Gioli, Arrighetti and Antonella Del Core, before Dijkema hit a laser down the middle to restore the Netherlands' lead at 16-15. But the tide then turned with the Dutch letting a Del Core serve slip through the middle and Flier tripping before a spike. Italy duly moved 20-17 ahead and closed in on the set. They found a formula for success – feeding the right wing where their spikers hammered balls off Dutch hands and out of bounds – and the set was theirs at 25-21. In the third set, the Netherlands built a 5-0 cushion as the youthful setter Dijkema belied her years. Although Italy cut the deficit to 7-6, Avital Selinger's team remained in front until the latter stages of the set. With the Dutch leading 17-14, Lo Bianco dug out a ball and Gioli's miraculous one-handed windmill save from the backcourt won a key point. Lo Bianco's nifty serve then caught the line to inch Italy within a point of their opponents. The Dutch replied as Ingrid Visser smashed two mid-net spikes straight down but a missed spike then allowed Italy to move 24-22 in front. Down a set-point, the Netherlands brought on their experienced setter Kim Staelens but Italy nailed the set shut at 25-23. Fighting to stay alive, the Dutch went ahead in the fourth set at 8-3 and then 11-8. Italy recovered to make it 13-12 before Flier's blast from backcourt levelled the scores once more. Flier then fooled Italy with a clever placement for a 19-17 lead but Italy ran off four straight points to 21-19. With the tension mounting, Gioli took an easy chance to set up match point only for the Netherlands to hold on with a Maret Grothues spike. Italy returned to the right wing for Ortolani's clean winner for another match point but again the Dutch refused to die, and Flier and Visser blocked down a spike. After Ortolani missed a cross-court spike from the right wing, Chaine Staelen's emphatic spike earned the Dutch the set at 28-26.In the deciding fifth set, Lo Bianco's diving dig set up a spike to give Italy a 9-5 lead, as their power and experience wore down the Dutch. Although two Italian unforced errors restored the Netherlands' hopes, Chaine Staelens also ticked the net as Italy moved 12-7 in front. With Flier serving, the Dutch reduced the deficit to 12-9 but in the end, Lo Bianco's ability to find a variety of spikers with openings proved pivotal as Italy claimed a 15-12 win, and with it the match. Italy are next in action against Kenya, while the Netherlands face Brazil on Sunday.


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EAST PIKELAND - East Pikeland Police Department recently gave the public an inside look of the duties the department handles.
The department held its first Citizen's Police Academy on April 13. The event was held at the East Pikeland township building and police station.
Members of the community were able to gain information and see first hand different types of police procedures, through the many demonstrations that ran throughout the day.
Chief James W. Franciscus said he hoped people would gain a better perception of how the police work. 'It gives them an insight as to what police do, why we do what we do, so they have a better understanding,' said Franciscus. 'It's also so that we can communicate with them better, so they can be more helpful to us and have a better understanding for what both sides are doing.'
Franciscus said he thought the day would help build bridges with the community, which is helpful to the department when crimes do occur.
'What we do isn't secret,' he said.'What we're trying to do overall is keep the community safe and ask for cooperation from the public when a crime does occur. When you do have a problem, we're approachable. You can come and let us know if you have information about a crime.'
Members of the community were given a tour of the police station, which included the holding room complete with arm and leg shackles, the questioning room with video surveillance cameras and the evidence room which included various weapons and objects seized from crime scenes.
Some of the demonstrations included showing the public the inside of a police car and how all of the interior equipment operates, such as the radio system, the computer, and the in-car camera. People were also shown the speed timing devices, speed trailers and how police measure speed and do traffic enforcement.
In the garage of the police station, there was a mock crime scene set up, so community members could see how police officers would investigate it. The display included a 'suicide victim' which was dummy lying on the ground with a suicide note in his shirt, bullets on the ground around him, and a fake gun by his side.
Officer Thomas Douglas gave an in depth discussion and Power Point presentation on traffic violations and DUI arrests. He explained the protocol police officers follow to determine when making such arrests. The presentation included screening police car video footage of Officer Thomas pulling over a suspected DUI driver whose car almost ran off the road into a tree, and the sequence of events that led to him arresting the subject on the video, which included simple questioning and administering the Field Sobriety Test.
Franciscus said they plan on making the Citizen's Police Academy an annual event.
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Hope's hometown continues to earn national acclaim. Forbes has included Holland as just one of 15 communities on its list of "America's Prettiest Towns."
Hope's hometown continues to earn national acclaim. Forbes has included Holland as just one of 15 communities on its list of "America's Prettiest Towns."
The listing recognizes "towns seemingly custom-designed for soaking in the sights, with charming main streets, a variety of activities and beautiful vistas." In addition to citing the annual May Tulip Festival and Windmill Island Gardens specifically, Forbes's description of Holland notes that "Holland attracts visitors year-round with wide beaches, a lively arts scene, shops that celebrate Dutch culture, and even a sidewalk snowmelt system that keeps downtown's streets dry during those cold, wet Lake Michigan winter days."
In addition to Holland, the communities on the list are: New Iberia, La.; Camden, Maine; Anna Maria, Fla.; Decorah, Iowa; Breckenridge, Colo.; Fort Benton, Mont.; Athens, Ga.; Lambertville, N.J.; Kapa'a, Hawaii; Edgartown, Mass.; Asheville, N.C.; Leavenworth, Wash.; Galena, Ill.; and Fish Creek, Wash.
Holland has earned accolades from multiple organizations and on a variety of measures through the years, including recognition as one of the country's "happiest" and "tidiest" communities, as well as inclusion among the "smartest" cities based on education and as a "distinctive destination." Holland has also received multiple honors in the national America in Bloom competition, including the top spot in the 25,000-50,000 population category in both 2011 and 2012 (this year's winners have not yet been announced) and induction into the "Circle of Champions."


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The late Sid Gillman, we think, would've seen vast potential in West Virginia's playmaker deluxe, Tavon Austin.
A creative strategist who coached the Chargers to their lone league title, in 1963, Gillman believed in using the football field's entire width.
Austin, quick, fast, versatile and elusive, is a summa cum laude graduate of the very same school of thought.
Austin's talents as both a receiver and a running back, coupled with a clever spread attack directed by Geno Smith, stretched defenses to a threadbare state.
Against Oklahoma, that a person of Austin's stature -- 5-foot-8 ½ and 187 pounds – could run for 344 yards, as he did last fall, would've been thought impossible by conventional thinkers.
But where talent and tactical creativity meet, the chess board can open up. Football men look at Austin, and see exciting ways to unclog and thus better attack defenses.
"I've seen quick guys, I've seen fast players -- but I've never seen very many that have the combination of speed and quickness like Austin has," said Super Bowl-winning coach Jon Gruden, an ESPN analyst who spoke to reporters on Monday.
"He ran for 8,000 yards as a high school tailback in Maryland, and he averaged about 7 or 8 yards a carry this year when they handed it to him."
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It's questionable whether Austin is more capable than the players to whom he is often compared: Darren Sproles, the 5-foot-6 dynamo and fourth-round selection of the Chargers in 2005; and Percy Harvin, a 5-11, 192-pound mainstay on two national champion teams, drafted 22nd overall by the Vikings in 2009.
But in the coming week, Austin will be drafted well before the fourth round, and could be gone sooner than Harvin went.
Harvin, meantime, has only increased in value. The Seahawks this winter trade a premium draft pick to get him and toss in an an extension for $64.5 million.
NFL football, it's said, is becoming more of a "space" game. What's always been true of the sport is that if an opponent is impelled to defend all 53.3 yards east-west, the north-south avenues are more easily found. Known as a "joker" for his breadth of abilities, which include returning punts and kicks, Austin is seen as a means to that end.
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Standing next to her budding winter garden of lettuce, collards, turnips and banana peppers, Ethel August pointed to the blue tarp on her roof and lamented.
"The roof is leaking real bad in the kitchen," said August, whose home on Forrest Street still bears a sun-worn blue tarp more than four years after Hurricane Ike damaged her roof in September 2008.
Having lived in her home for some 27 years, August said she has mixed emotions about the federal government's first round of $190 million in Ike funding, which is paying to demolish and rebuild her home.
"They'll tear this one down and build me a new one," she said. "I don't know what they're waiting for."
Although most of Southeast Texas' blue roofs in the wake of hurricanes Rita and Ike have been removed and the residents' homes fixed, thousands of leaky, blue-tarped roofs still exist in the Golden Triangle.
According to the Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission (SETRPC), the body responsible for disbursing recovery money, all of the federal dollars allocated for hurricanes Katrina and Rita have been distributed.
But take a drive through some of Beaumont and Port Arthur's poorest areas and one sees there are still some holdouts from Hurricane Ike.
A second round of Ike funding, some $120 million, will be streamlined for people just like August, said Shaun Davis, executive director of SETRPC. He said with each round of federal money comes completely new guidelines to distribute that money, adding he will likely sign the contract for "round two" of the new funds and begin construction at the end of November 2012.
"That requires us to spend the dollars for round two on areas where there's significant levels of minority populations, poverty concentrations and flood zones," he said. "Where those three things come together, those are the folks that have to get served first."
Davis said he spent at least $95 million of the original $190 million on housing in Jefferson, Orange and Hardin counties from the first round of federal recovery dollars after Hurricane Ike in 2009, but with new funding comes new federal guidelines and policies that add to the time it takes to right what Ike wrought.
"With each round of funding, it's like its own funding source," Davis said. "So you have to develop the guidelines again."
Much of the disaster recovery system in Texas, Davis said, was born in a disastrous situation: that of Hurricane Katrina.
"It started with trying to make a horrible situation better. But we've never done it before," he said. "Then you have to develop the program from scratch. The government's not that great at that— starting with a new program in a disaster situation that requires 'go fast.'"
Davis said 16 other councils of government (COGs) like his, who are responsible for distributing such funding in communities throughout Texas, haven't been able to take a breath and debrief after allocating funding for one hurricane after the other.
"My point is it's a new science," Davis said. "So everything has had to be hacked out of rock."
In the wake of Katrina, lawmakers in Congress left it up to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to disperse funds. From there it took months to trickle down to COGs like the planning commission in Beaumont and even longer to translate into new construction on the ground. For instance, Davis said, it takes three months to choose a contractor through the bidding process and at least another two months to schedule the required three public hearings for the public to voice their concerns.
Once the money is actually approved, Davis said the procurement and eligibility requirements coupled with state and federal bureaucratic bungling have added exponentially to the time it takes to get homeowners the relief they need.
Davis cautioned, however, against assigning blame to any one governing body.
"I don't ever try to say, 'This is who you need to blame,' but until there is a program established that deals with this new science of disaster recovery, we're actually building the airplane as we're flying it," he said. "It had never been done before. They (the federal government) said, 'Here's the money, now develop the program to distribute the funding.'"
Part of the problem, as Beaumont resident Kirk Huggins knows all too well, is not every homeowner knows they may still be eligible for Ike recovery dollars even at this late a date.
"No I haven't (applied for money)," said Huggins. "That's why I had to put that tarp up there."
Huggins, whose home on Leight Street has been in their family for more than 40 years, said it was badly damaged after Ike.
"I had a couple of broke windows. I had a few trees down. I had got the trees cut off the roof," he said. "I didn't know there was a lot of damage to it until it started leaking."
Huggins' wife and two sons live in the home ,which still leaks to this day. Huggins said he doesn't know of any program to help him fix the damage.
"I haven't heard anything," he said.
Still others are angry at being denied federal help.
"It's leakin bad. It's starts raining and I get the rain ... in the living room, the bathroom," said Beaumont resident Warren Phillips. "That's why this house is all like that," he said, pointing to the crumbling tarp on his home on Forrest Street. "The storm tore up all that."
Phillips said he's disabled and doesn't know why his application was denied.
"I haven't heard from those people in a while," he said. "They denied it and I just left it alone."
Posed with the offer of a new home, some elderly residents like Barbara Jones said they didn't want a new home and would make due with what they have.
"They wanted to tear the whole house down and build one smaller, and I didn't want that," she said. "I got two bathrooms and a den and a kitchen and a living room, and they weren't going to do it like that."
But after years of pounding an aged blue tarp on the roof of her North End home, the rain is just as stubborn.
"It just collapsed in the living room," she said. "I'll see if I can fix it myself, but it costs a lot of money. I'm on a fixed income and I can't get money just like that."
The city of Beaumont, for its part, has used recovery funds to demolish at least 200 homes with blue roofs from Hurricanes Rita and Ike, said Community Development Director Chris Boone.
With at least 4,000 applications for recovery money, Davis of SETRPC said he doesn't have time to change the system. He said at least half of those applications will be sifted through and denied.
"There's really only one fix in my opinion, and that is this program has to mature. If we're gonna continue to respond or recover from disasters in this manner, the program has to mature to a point where it's a true disaster recovery," he said. "It's not this hybrid HUD and CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) dollar rules and local restrictions. There's gotta be this package that, believe it or not, is something like what FEMA does. They've got decades and decades and decades of experience of how they respond to a storm."
Davis said this means streamlining and pre-clearing contractors and home designs along with a more realistic procurement policy that cuts down the time it takes to fix ailing homes.
"There's just so many things inherent in government that are built in for accountability, and rightly so, that don't match up with responding quickly to natural disasters," said, Davis adding that all of the round-two funding should be dispersed by March 2015.
When asked what he would tell homeowners who've waited five years or more for federal help, Davis said homeowners shouldn't give up and should be persistent.
"I don't like it, either," he said. "But it's the horse we have to ride right now."
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Conan O'Brien has been tapped to host this year's MTV Movie Awards, the news coming Tuesday from both the network and the man of the hour.
"After eight years of intense negotiations, I am honored to announce I am hosting MTV's second-most prestigious awards show," says O'Brien.
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Shiny buckets of popcorn honoring the best kisses, fights, gut-wrenching performances and more will be handed out April 13 at Los Angeles' Nokia Theater. The nominees will be revealed Thursday morning.
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Rebel Wilson did the honors last year, which saw The Avengers named best movie and Wilson play Jennifer Lawrence's twin sister in a bit that didn't make the show but was of course released online.
In addition to hosting one late-night talk show or another for the past 21 years, O'Brien has also hosted the Emmys twice and he emceed the 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Here's hoping he pulls out all the stops for MTV. Team Coco for the win!
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In this video that's titled "Selyna Bogino doing the 5 balls longest routine ever! XD," Italian acrobat Selyna Bogino apparently does the 5 balls longer than anybody — woman or man — has done it before.
You should see what she can do with a couple of hula hoops and Shakira accompaniment.
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Jay Leno asked President Obama what was up with Donald Trump's latest stunt to try to sink the president's candidacy — which Comrade Marinucci told us about yesterday.
Asked Leno: "What's this thing with Trump and you? It's like me and Letterman. I don't get it."
Obama fired off one of the better zingers of the campaign: "This all dates back to when we were growing up together in Kenya." And the riff continued from there…..
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Braden Tanner, right, a participant in Abraham Lincoln
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Getting back into an exercise
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Set attainable goals.
"A lot of people set a goal of losing 20 pounds, but it's better if
you break that up into smaller, attainable goals," Anderson said. A
more realistic goal might be to say you'll work out three times a
week. The next goal could be to work out four times a week, then up
it to five. As you reach your smaller goals, you'll move steadily
closer to your big goal.
Anderson works with local athletes and others who want to
maintain an active and healthy lifestyle to set attainable goals in
the 18-session Performance Plus. Participants work with a certified
performance enhancement specialist to improve their power, agility,
endurance and speed. The program is customized to a participant's
current fitness level to help them reach their sport or personal
Start slowly. Some people try to jump back in where they left
off when they resume their workouts, Anderson said. That can be a
recipe for failure. You'll become sore and may find yourself
discouraged. Start at a slower rate, and don't feel obligated to
work out for the same amount of time as before you stopped your
exercise routine.
Walk or jog lightly before stretching. "Many people stretch
as a warm-up before working out, but you could injure yourself if
you don't begin with a light walk or jog for five to 10 minutes,"
she said. Our muscles can be like a cold rubber band, Anderson said.
If you stretch it right away, it could snap. But if you give it time
to warm up, it's more flexible and can stretch farther.
Don't think you need fancy equipment. "Everybody says they're
going to join a gym to get into shape; many of them never follow
through," Anderson said. People use that as an excuse why they
haven't started working out. However, there are plenty of ways to
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great biceps. "It's OK if you want to build up your biceps, but you
have to make sure the opposite muscle, the triceps in this case, is
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workout," Anderson said. "You don't need to buy that stuff. Low-fat
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milk has carbohydrates and proteins, helps your muscles and energy
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For athletes and others ready to go to the next level, Anderson
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performance. Performance Plus uses scientifically valid,
evidence-based applications that can help achieve remarkable
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To schedule an appointment or for more information about
Performance Plus, call 217-605-5500.
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Making small digital news providers sustainable has become the holy grail of journalists and the search continues for workable business models and revenue streams.
Advertising may produce some revenue, but it will never generate sufficient resources to support digital journalism because so little advertising money is available for sites with small audiences. About three-quarters of all online advertising goes to the top 10 sites and Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Yahoo account for about 60 percent of all online revenue. This leaves very little advertising expenditures to be contested among all other players--of which news providers are only a small fraction. At the same time, the prices paid for online advertising are falling because there are so many sites offering advertising, the advertising inventory is nearly infinite, and audiences continue fragmenting.
This means the majority of funding for start-up digital journalism must come from elsewhere and online news sites—especially start-ups—are having mixed success trying to construct multiple revenue streams from philanthropy, memberships, events, consulting services, and payment systems. Both large legacy news organizations that dominate provision of news in the digital space and free automated aggregators are hampering efforts of small sites to develop audiences. The primary successes that can be observed have been for start-ups carrying out special forms of journalism or concentrating on highly specific topics.
The answer to sustainability may not lie in the business creation and business operational approach. The key to making emergent digital news providers sustainable may lie in the 18th and 19th century approaches to journalism, in which journalism was an avocation and not a profession (or at least only a part-time profession).
If one reviews the history of newspaper start-ups around the world, one finds that the bases of journalistic compensation were not journalism itself. It many cases it was funded by public employment—serving as postmasters, teachers, or other civil servants—or by operating commercial endeavours—such as printing firms, taverns, and retail shops (Even brothels funded the costs of newspapers in some towns in the Western U.S. during the nineteenth century).
The current inability to effectively fund small-scale digital journalism means that we all need to be thinking more broadly about how we can support the functions and people involved in them. If the past is a guide, we may need to return to provision of local journalism as community activism, political activity, or business support service—all of which played significant roles in establishment of news provision in years past.
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General Motors (GM) and Ford (F) both have compelling valuations. UBS analyst Colin Langan, however, sees preferences on the Street shifting towards GM, arguing that the U.S. auto giant has more positive catalysts over the next six months.
In a note published today, Langan writes:
…GMNA margins should benefit from the full-size pickup ramp up, with margins likely peeking in Q2 or Q3 post the Q1 heavy duty and SUV launch. Moreover, it is increasingly likely that GM will return cash to shareholders given excess liquidity and recent management comments.
It's an opinion Barrons.com shares. Last month, Senior Editor Dimitra Defotisweighed in bullishly on General Motors after the company reported that EBITDA generated during the third quarter beat expectations and showcased strong North America vehicle sales, especially trucks.
But that's not to say we haven't take Ford for a drive. In June, another Barrons.com colleague, Teresa Rivas said Ford was in the fast lane, arguing that strong vehicle sales demonstrated that the automaker was primed for gains.
Today, shares of GM rose 0.2% to $37.71, after rising roughly 54% over the last 12 months. Ford, meanwhile, rose a similar pace over the last year. Today, the shares fell 0.32% to $16.95.
But UBS's Langan predicts that 2014 will be a transition year for Ford as it launches its new full-size pick-up truck next summer. That means rising costs, at the same time GM trucks will be increasingly available, allowing the company to pressure Ford's market share and pricing.
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While we expect improved profits in Europe, the close to $1bn in savings from the Genk plant closure will largely be a 2015 benefit as it closes near 2014-end. That said, Ford is setting up for an unprecedented 2015 given the new F-150 pickup launch and EU restructuring savings. The new pickup will reportedly have dramatic styling changes and include more aluminum content, which should result in superior fuel economy and performance relative to peers.


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I feel happy, excited and inspired to share this article with you!! Beautiful things happen on the planet!! What an amazing first step for humanity and our friends from the animal kingdom – the Gadhimai slaughter festival will never be a festival of slaughter again!!!
Remember, just last month I shared two article about the waves of energy we currently receive from heavens, and how they carry the potential for healing with the animal world, https://edithboyertelmer.com/2015/06/20/the-june-2015-solstice/, https://edithboyertelmer.com/2015/06/26/sacred-circle-for-calling-the-animals-into-the-diamond-vortex-by-celia-fenn/. And here it is! First chance given – first chance taken – for humanity, a big step on its way into the creation of a world in balance and harmony. And a loud statement that cruelty in the name of tradition is no longer tolerateable!! We need to be brave and embrace changing our actions on all levels of life!
Go home – hug your dog, watch a bird on your way to work or enjoy the sound of bees in the air!! Remember the peace that comes from understanding, how we are naturally one with nature!!
In a glorious tribute to the power of compassion, the Gadhimai slaughter festival will now be a 'momentous celebration of life.'
This sacrifice has occurred every five years for the last 300 years.
And it stopped — today.
The Gadhimai Temple Trust hereby declares our formal decision to end animal sacrifice. With your help, we can ensure Gadhimai 2019 is free from bloodshed. Moreover, we can ensure Gadhimai 2019 is a momentous celebration of life … For every life taken, our heart is heavy. The time has come to transform an old tradition.
The Gadhimai Temple Trust has shown that tradition is no excuse for cruelty with its landmark decision.
The Festival of Sacrifice is responsible for untold suffering of cattle, sheep and goats — millions of whom have been sold for profit through Australia's live export trade; closer to home, in the name of Christmas, highly intelligent pigs and turkeys not only experience the terror of slaughter, but entire lifetimes of suffering in factory farms; and sporting events such as bull fights and rodeos still present cruelty as 'entertainment'…
The roots of cruelty are not so much strong as widespread. But the time must come when inhumanity protected by custom and thoughtlessness will succumb before humanity championed by thought. Let us work that this time may come. Albert SchweitzerCompassion is fundamental to all human cultures — and when it shines through, traditions steeped in cruelty can be transformed. On scales grand and small, if we want to live in a kinder world, we all have a role to play.


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LANCASTER, Pa. – Sophomore running back Lamont Jackson scored on a 9-yard run with 0:15 left in the game to lift the Franklin & Marshall football team to a 35-28 victory over Washington and Lee on Saturday at Williamson-Sponaugle Field.
The Generals (0-1) knotted the game at 28-28 with 2:40 remaining when junior quarterback Nick Lombardo (Duluth, Ga./Peachtree Ridge) capped a 13-play, 66-yard drive with a 3-yard touchdown run on fourth down.
W&L held a 21-14 lead at halftime, but committed two costly turnovers in the third quarter, allowing the Diplomats to capture a 28-21 lead early in the fourth quarter.
Senior safety Jake Pelton (Charlottesville, Va./Monticello) picked off F&M junior quarterback E.J. Schneider on the Diplomats' first play of the second half, returning the ball to the F&M 25-yardline. However, W&L fumbled a pitch on the next play and the Diplomats recovered to remain within one score.
Jackson capped a 10-play, 62-yard drive to tie the score at 21-21 when he scored from 1-yard out with 2:14 left in the third quarter. W&L senior running back Luke Heinsohn (Charlottesville, Va./Covenant) rumbled 58 yards to the F&M 27-yardline on the next possession, but senior running back Brett Murray (Lookout Mountain, Tenn./Baylor) coughed up the ball following a 12-yard run to the Diplomats' 15-yardline on the next play and the score remained tied at 21-21.
Franklin & Marshall pushed out to a 28-21 advantage with 9:44 left in the game as Schneider engineered a 13-play, 93-yard drive that ate 6:44 off the game clock. The signal-caller's 6-yard touchdown run capped the drive for the Diplomats, setting up the game-ending dramatics.
The W&L offense gained 366 yards (331 on the ground) led by Heinsohn, who carried 15 times for 130 yards and one touchdown. Murray rushed 11 times for 85 yards and two scores, while Lombardo rushed 17 times for 47 yards and one touchdown, and completed 3-of-6 passes for 35 yards. Pelton paced the W&L defense with nine tackles and a career-high three interceptions, including a pair inside the W&L 5-yardline in the final minute of the second half (one was fumbled back to the F&M offense).
The Diplomats (1-0) gained 444 yards of offense, due in part to the play of Schneider, who completed 26-of-39 passes for 270 yards and two touchdowns (3 INTs) and rushed 12 times for 110 yards and one touchdown. Jackson rushed 14 times for 42 yards and two scores, while sophomore wide receiver Jordan Zackery hauled in 11 passes for 93 yards. Junior defensive back Chris DeStefano led the F&M defense with nine tackles and a forced fumble.
Washington and Lee returns to action on Saturday as it travels to Sewanee for a 1:30 pm contest (central time) against the Tigers.