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What better ways to spend a first day in Hawaii.
The Lipscomb Lady Bisons, 19-2, are in Honolulu for the Hawaii Spring Fling. They arrived in the Pacific paradise late Monday night. They started the day with practice Tuesday before heading off to have some fun.
The Lady Bisons are ranked 24th in the Ultimate College Softball Poll and are getting votes for the top 25 in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll and the EPN.com/ USA Softball Coaches poll.
"We got on the field a little bit and got familiar with it," Lady Bisons coach Kristin Ryman said. "It kind of reminds me a little bit of a conference tournament atmosphere. We are in a warmer and sunny place. We got here a day ahead of time.
"It's an unbelievable experience for all of them. Most of them spent the day at the beach. We have addressed the fact that is gorgeous here, but we are here to play softball against two teams that we feel like are going to make us better regardless of the end result."
Wednesday the fun is over for the most part. The Lady Bisons open the tournament against No. 12-ranked California-Berkeley at 9 p.m. CDT. They play Hawaii, a team knocking on the door of the top 25 in couple of polls like the Lady Bisons, at 11 p.m. Games are being played at Rainbow Wahine Stadium.
Cal-Berkeley is 19-4 this season and is perennial power in the Pac-10. Ryman sees no weaknesses in the team.
"They have been to the World Series," Ryman said. "They play in one of the top two softball conferences in the country. It is not just a West Coast team known for good softball. It is literally a team that is one of the top teams in the country every year.
"They are a very quick team. They run the bases extremely well. They have a ton of stolen bases. We know they are going to put the pressure on if they get on base. From one through nine they hit the ball well. Their defense is solid. They have two strong pitchers. It is going to be a battle. We are excited about the challenge."
Cal has four players batting .400 or better. Jace Williams leads the way with a .444 average. Cal enters the tournament on a 10-game winning streak. The Lady Bisons have won 17 of their last 18.
Leading the way on the mound for Cal are freshman Jolene Henderson with a .72 ERA and a 7-2 record; and junior Valerie Arioto with a 10-2 record, 1.57 ERA.
Hawaii, 18-9, plays in the Western Athletic Conference also offers its own challenges for the Lady Bisons who are anxious to prove they are good enough to be considered on a higher level in terms of competition.
"Hawaii has some good regional experience," Ryman said. "They have a good softball tradition.
"They have hit the ball extremely well in terms of both average and power. That will be a challenge. They also have two good pitchers."
The two pitchers are sophomore Stephanie Ricketts (8-5, 2.70) and Kaia Parnaby (9-4, 2.10) lead Hawaii.
Sophomore Whitney Kiihnl leads the Lady Bisons on the mound with a 13-0 record and 0.08 earned run average. She has five shutouts and three no-hitters including one perfect game.
The Lady Bisons are hitting .339 as a team. Three starters are hitting at the .400 level. First baseman Kellie Sirus is batting .407. Second baseman Abby Keese and pitcher-designated player Kiihnl are each hitting .400.
"We have seen some good pitching this year, but to go up against some very strong pitching will really challenge our hitters to improve with every at bat," Ryman said. "Playing better competition is going to let our girls, even our older girls, will mature through this process."
Thursday they play another doubleheader. They face Cal-Berkeley at 8 p.m. and Hawaii at midnight.
Friday they face Cal-Berkeley again at 9 p.m. Saturday they play Hawaii at 5 p.m. A team from Tokyo was originally scheduled to be part of the tournament but dropped out.
"The experience we are going to get in one day of this tournament is going to go a long way for our older girls as far as leadership the rest of the year and for our younger girls in terms of experience," Ryman said. "We are going to come back better prepared for play our conference games."
Live stats are running throughout the tournament through Hawaii athletics.
Hawaii's games on Wednesday and Thursday will be broadcast live on a Honolulu TV station, KFVE. There is a nominal fee to watch.
Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations


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Where is God when dark things happen? Does he know what's going on or care? Will there ever be an end to evil?
These are the sort of questions the book of Revelation was made to answer and it's answer, for the most part, is summed up in this statement:
"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more." (Revelation 21:1 CEB)
Appreciate the meaning of this and the place of "the sea" in Revelation. In an earlier post, I had noted the following text:
"Something like a glass sea, like crystal, was in front of the throne." (Revelation 4:6a CEB)
Whatever is right in front of God's throne is plainly obvious to him and is clearly affected by him. And what is the significance of "the sea?" It is not beauty, like heaven's reflecting pool, but rather as an image of the source of evil. Take for example what stands at the sea's shore:
"Then the dragon stood on the seashore …" (Revelation 12:18 CEB)
Or consider what emerges from the sea:
"… and I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads … and on its heads were blasphemous names." (Revelation 13:1 CEB)
Both the dragon and the beast oppose God, but they are not able to overcome him. In fact, in the end, even their place of origin, the source of their strength, is no more.
"… the former heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more." (Revelation 21:1 CEB)
Even God's people were at first were separated from God's immediate presence by the sea, and they had to worshiped him from a distance:
"Then I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire. Those who gained victory over the beast, its image, and the number of its name were standing by the glass sea, holding harps from God. They sing the song of Moses, God's servant, and the song of the Lamb, saying, 'Great and awe-inspiring are your works, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, king of the nations. Who won't fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and fall down in worship before you, for your acts of justice have been revealed.'" (Revelation 15:1-4 CEB)
Now, however, that which separated God and his people, that which harmed his people and all others, is gone. There simply is no place for "the sea" in the new order of things. God has swept it away.
Darkness will not have the last say. Evil will not always be. God can clearly see all that is going on and he can, and will, set things right once and for all.
And for that, we can only worship God all the more.
Heavenly Father, thank you for telling us of your presence and perception of things. Thank you for answering our yearning for all that is wrong to be finally and fully answered. Thank you for bringing us close to you and delivering us to where we long to be, with you forever. Amen.
* This devotional marks the conclusion of the Fresh Bread series of devotionals, a series based on a ninety day reading of the New Testament, the Fresh Eyes project. After a two day pause, daily devotional posts will resume this Mon., April 4, as I dive into the Lenten Blog Tour.


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Lipscomb Associate AD Brent High reports in from Honduras on day one of the Softball mission trip.
The lightning, thunder and rain from the outer bands of Tropical Storm Ernesto have made for a dazzling backdrop as our mission team of 17 has gathered around the fire at Mission Lazarus in Jayacayan, Honduras in the Choluteca province. We got here around 4:30 p.m. local time (they are an hour behind us in Nashville) bringing an end to 13 hours of travel that began this morning at 3:30 a.m. at the Allen Arena loading dock.
11 of the Lipscomb players and their coaches, along with Brian Ryman, Alex Ross, Ryan Terry from the Bison Golf team (our Spanish-speaking interpreter) and I all got here safely and without incident. For all but one of the girls on the team, today was their first-ever trip outside the United States.
We stepped out of the airport and into a downpour as we loaded our luggage into the back of four Nissan pickup trucks. Several of us wrestled with blue tarps and rope and did our best to keep the water at bay. We made the three-hour drive from Tegucigalpa to Mission Lazarus. All of the girls commented on the radical form of driving that is normal to this part of the world. There are no rules. Two of our vehicles were stopped by immigration officials and everyone inside had to produce their passports and documents. The heavy rains this summer have washed away large chunks of the main road between Tegucigalpa and Choluteca. The normal players were all accounted for including wandering cows, pigs, massive potholes, mudslides, weaving bicyclers, massive buses, chickens and small children playing literally inches from the incredibly dangerous roadway.
After an incredible meal of steak, potato, corn, tortillas and bean dip with chips, all of the girls are playing a game called Mafia. Most of us didn't have much sleep if any last night. We'll all be turning in fairly soon unless a game or three of Farkle breaks out.
Wednesday morning weather permitting we'll be headed into the town of San Marcos de Colon to help build a house. We will also be delivering food boxes to several families in the hills near the refuge.
I am so thankful for Mollie Mitchell and Whitney Kiihnl. They were the ones who had the vision for this trip as seniors on the Lady Bison Softball team last year. They made it happen. Whitney is in P.A. school at Harding University in Arkansas and couldn't come with us this week. Mollie is here and starting to make the transition from player to coach. Both of them had tremendous influence and impact as players. This week their influence and impact may very well extend farther than they ever dreamed.
Dozens of donors helped make this trip possible. This is the kind of trip that makes Lipscomb unique. God continues to bless us with supporters who see the vision and faithfully step up to make vision a reality.
We are all mindful of the Lipscomb track team while they are in Haiti. Our hearts are with them as they serve across the Gulf of Mexico.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 15, 2005) - The Buccaneer men's tennis team clinched the SoCon Regular Season Title with a 6-1 win in their match against the Wofford Terriers on senior day in a Friday afternoon contest at the ETSU Tennis Courts. East Tennessee State picks up their 15th straight win and are now 17-3 overall and 10-0 in SoCon play. This is the second consecutive season the Bucs have finished the regular season with a perfect record to clinch the SoCon title. With the loss, the Terriers fall to 5-3, 7-13.
In his three years as head coach, Yaser Zaatini has led his team each year to a regular season title.
"It's not too shabby," commented Zaatini on this achievement. "It's a great feeling to be able to complete the season on this mark. It's a privilege to coach a group of guys who have an understanding of how to compete in this league and they come out and give their heart at every match."
ETSU started the match against Wofford by garnering the doubles point with a sweep of all three slots. Mois�s Serrano (Cartagena, Colombia) and Sebastian Serrano (Cartagena, Colombia) defeated Alex Fridzon and Michael Barber 8-3 at the No. 3 slot to start things for the Bucs. Then Oscar Posada (Valencia, Venezuela) and Fernando Fiuri (Villa Maria, Argentina) picked up a win at No. 1 against Andrew Stubbs and Chris Barlow (8-6) just before Lisandro Picardo (Mar del Plata, Argentina) and Daniel Escobedo (Woodland Hills, Calif.) finished their battle at No. 2. Picardo and Escobedo won the match against Jeff Muthig and Brett Johnson 9-7.
In singles action, ETSU picked up five wins in straight sets to win the match. Escobedo quickly finished his match at No. 6 over Barber 6-0, 6-2 to give the Bucs a 2-0 lead. Posada then added to that tally with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Stubbs at the No. 1 slot, while S. Serrano clinched the match with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Alec Wilson. The Bucs would then add two more wins from Picardo at No. 4 and M. Serrano at No. 3 before the Terriers' Johnson would score their lone point at No. 2 over Fiuri.
Also competing for the Bucs in an exhibition match, senior Federico Ochoa (Manizales, Colombia) defeated Wofford's Richard Cahi 6-0. Ochoa along with M. Serrano and team captain Fiuri were recognized for their dedication to the team during their careers before the match.
"Seniors always pave the way for the incoming players," stated Zaatini. "This year's seniors are a solid group of guys and they made it an easy road for the newcomers and it has been a privilege to have them as part of the team."
Up next for the Bucs is the SoCon Tournament in Charleston, S.C., which begins on April 21. As the No. 1 seed in the tournament they have a first round bye and will face their first opponent the winner of the No. 8 vs. No. 9 on Friday, April 22 at 10:00 a.m.
1. Posada/Fiuri (ETSU) d. Stubbs/Barlow (WC) 8-6
2. Picardo/Escobedo (ETSU) d. Jeff Muthig/Johnson (WC) 9-7
3. M. Serrano/S.Serrano (ETSU) d. Fridzon/Barber (WC) 8-3
Order: 3, 1, 2
1. Oscar Posada (ETSU) d. Andrew Stubbs (WC) 6-4, 6-0
2. Brett Johnson (WC) d. Fernando Fiuri (ETSU) 7-6 (9-7), 6-2
3. Mois�s Serrano (ETSU) d. Chris Barlow (WC) 6-4, 6-2
4. Lisandro Picardo (ETSU) d. Alex Fridzon (WC) 6-3, 6-0
5. Sebastian Serrano (ETSU) d. Alec Wilson (WC) 6-3, 6-2
6. Daniel Escobedo (ETSU) d. Michael Barber (WC) 6-0, 6-2
Order: 6, 1, 5*, 4, 3, 2
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Exhibition: Federico Ochoa (ETSU) d. Richard Cahi (WC) 6-0


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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Larry Fitzgerald is the most formidable receiver struggling in Arizona's impotent offense, but the whole group is contending with problems often beyond its control.
Bad passes and missed blocks in the protection have thwarted big plays that seemed ripe for the taking. Sometimes when that goes right, the receiver drops the ball. It's been that kind of year in Arizona, where the Cardinals take a seven-game losing streak into Sunday's road game against the New York Jets.
Now injuries have added to the problem. Andre Roberts, the No. 2 receiver behind Fitzgerald, missed practice for a second straight day Thursday with an ankle injury, although he said he was ``very optimistic'' he would be able to play Sunday. Early Doucet, usually the No. 3 receiver, missed Sunday's home loss to St. Louis with injured ribs and has been limited in practice this week.
Asked to assess the receivers as a whole, coach Ken Whisenhunt said, ``It's hard to assess any position. We haven't had enough consistency or continuity offensively this year.''
``Our guys are trying, we've got to get better,'' he said. ``Last week we had a good half of football. If we don't turn the ball over, it could have been a very good day for us offensively. We've just got to build off of that.''
Doucet's injury opened the way for the NFL debut of undrafted rookie LaRon Byrd, who took a vicious hit against the Rams and left the game with dizziness. He said he has been cleared to play this week.
One player who has taken advantage of his opportunities is first-round draft pick Michael Floyd, who had seen his playing time grow even before Doucet was hurt.
Floyd had dropped some passes early and said he took it to heart. After eight catches in his first seven games, Floyd has 16 for 169 yards in his last four.
``I'm always my worst critic,'' he said. ``I mean, I'm yelling at me, I get down on myself more than anybody else could. But it's always motivation because I expect a lot out of myself to be productive and make plays when they come my way.''
A critical flaw for Arizona is the inability to get the ball to Fitzgerald, one of the best receivers in the game.
In the last two games he has four catches for 42 yards and had none in the second half against St. Louis, when the Rams outscored the Cardinals 17-0 en route to a 31-17 victory.
Rookie Ryan Lindley got his first NFL start on Sunday and completed 31 of 52 for 312 yards and no touchdowns with four interceptions, two of them returned for touchdowns.
On two of the interceptions - including one brought back for a TD - Fitzgerald was open for big gains but Lindley badly underthrew him. In the previous game at Atlanta, Whisenhunt benched quarterback John Skelton when he missed a wide open Fitzgerald in the end zone.
Fitzgerald has taken pains not to criticize anyone for his situation.
``You've got to maintain your professionalism,'' he said. ``It was like my son when we were home and eating dinner and I'm trying to get him to eat his vegetables and he's doing everything he can to not eat them. That's frustrating, but I know we're trying to do everything we can to make sure we have big plays. It's not a conscious effort that, `We're not going to get Fitz the ball' or `We're going to overthrow him on this one or not call his number.' We're just not executing.''
One thing for certain, Fitzgerald is sick of this losing streak.
``Seven weeks, the urgency is like if you would be drowning,'' he told reporters on Thursday. ``You ever been in the pool and you're struggling for air, how hard do you fight to get to the top? That's kind of how we all feel right now. We're struggling and fighting and doing anything we can to get to the top. If we're close enough I'll pull you down to get to the air.''
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Federal agents�on Friday�arrested�one co-owner of accused pyramid scheme TelexFREE and have issued a warrant for the other, authorities said.
James Merrill, who was arrested by Homeland Security Investigations agents on Rte. 9 in Worcester, and Carlos Wanzeler are both charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud�for their alleged roles orchestrating the worldwide multi-level marketing operation, with its�U.S. headquarters�in Marlborough.
"The scope of this alleged fraud is breathtaking," U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said in a statement Friday.�"As alleged, these defendants devised a scheme which reaped hundreds of millions of dollars from hard-working people around the globe."
The scam was built around charging investors for accounts that allowed them to earn money by posting daily ads for the company. While TelexFREE purported to sell a phone service, authorities allege sales of the product only accounted for less than 0.1 percent of the company's total revenue.
Investigators say the scheme primarily targeted Brazilian- and Dominican-Americans, some of whom invested tens of thousands of dollars in the company. Many of those investors claim they have essentially lost their money after TelexFREE abruptly shut down its multi-level marketing platform in early March and began forcing customers to start selling the phone product to withdraw money from their accounts.
Both the Securities and Exchange Commission and Massachusetts Secretary of State filed complaints against TelexFREE a month ago, days after the company filed for bankruptcy in Nevada.�The SEC also has obtained a court-ordered freeze on the company's assets.
This past week, a judge ordered the bankruptcy case moved to Massachusetts.
Merrill, 53, of Ashland, and Wanzeler, 45, of Northborough, told attorneys from the state's securities division in March they got into multi-level marketing together more than a decade ago, according to federal court records. At the time, Wanzeler, an immigrant from Brazil, had been an employee at Merrill's Ashland cleaning business.
They started TelexFREE in 2012, and the company quickly took off, raising more than $300 million over the following two years, the SEC has estimated.
Merrill made an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Worcester Friday afternoon, according to authorities.
Wanzeler is considered a fugitive; the SEC believes he may have fled to Brazil.
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Federal agents�on Friday�arrested�one co-owner of accused pyramid scheme TelexFREE and have issued a warrant for the other, authorities said.


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Plumley Village and Belmont, Elizabeth, Laurel and Prospect streets don't naturally come to mind when one speaks of the Shrewsbury Street neighborhood.
Yet those were the names thrown out by Gary Vecchio to rationalize spending $434,000 in CSX mitigation money on a gunfire-detection system in the Shrewsbury neighborhood and parts of Grafton Street and the Canal District. Another $35,000 will be used to set up a surveillance camera in the Grafton Street area.
I suspect the residents of the depressed areas mentioned by Mr. Vecchio would benefit more from programs designed to fight poverty rather than from cameras and acoustic surveillance systems, but, unlike Mr. Vecchio, I am not a member of an advisory committee appointed by the city manager to oversee the expenditure of about $2 million in CSX mitigation money.
"It is a wonderful project that will be beneficial to the neighborhood and the police department, and will make the city a lot safer," was how Mr. Vecchio described the hard sell that ShotSpotter company officials and Worcester police laid on his committee, which voted 5-1 to approve the project.
Police Chief Gary Gemme concurs with the company's assessment of its product, noting it will allow his department to "apprehend offenders, locate crime scenes and collect evidence more efficiently.
"The technology will also allow the Worcester Police to collect more data on where gunshots are originating from and allow us to deploy personnel in those locations where and when they are needed most," he said. "Investing in this technology has the potential to reduce crime and improve quality of life."
I wonder what happened to noise abatement? Wasn't that the big concern of residents who live around the CSX freight yard?
The city manager and the City Council will decide the matter, but before they do, they ought to know that Trenton, N.J., law enforcement officials also sang the system's praises when they implemented it in 2009, and held onto it despite almost two-thirds of the 1,500 detections over a 12-month period being false alarms, or what Trenton police officials dubbed "wild goose chases."
Trenton finally gave up on the expensive system last year when it failed to pick up the shooting of a man who was left lying in the street for more than five hours.
This year Newark decided not to expand its $80,000-a-year ShotSpotter program for several reasons. Since 2010, 75 percent of the gunshot alerts have been false alarms, but police are often deployed to the location anyway, just in case there is a shooter. In the past three years, gunshot-detection sensors in Newark went off 3,632 times, and 17 shooters were arrested on scene. Apparently, without an accompanying camera, the system is not as effective as it is trumpeted to be.
This tells us that the nearly half-million dollars the city is being asked to spend on this program is just the ante to get in the game.
The real cost will come when the city seeks to expand the program in future years. Here is the kicker: The CSX mitigation funding source will end in three years. After that the city will need to find an alternate funding source, and chances are highly likely that source will be the taxpayers.
Allen Fletcher, who represents the Canal District on the advisory committee and who cast the lone vote against the surveillance system, believes that extra beat cops would provide a higher, more effective level of public safety response in the targeted areas.
I agree. The city should shoot down this expensive spotting system.
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Reed leaves Texans with no deal
HOUSTON (AP) — Free agent safety Ed Reed left the Houston Texans on Friday with no deal in place.
The nine-time Pro Bowl safety departed Reliant Stadium after two days of talks with the team. He arrived in Houston on Thursday morning aboard team owner Bob McNair's private jet and the team announced on its Twitter site that he was back at its facility on Friday.
The Texans are trying to sign Reed to make up for an otherwise disappointing free-agency period so far. Receiver Kevin Walter was cut, safety Glover Quin signed with Detroit and tight end James Casey and linebacker Connor Barwin signed with Philadelphia.
Houston star receiver Andre Johnson, speaking Friday at an appearance at the Houston Health Museum, said he was confident Reed would eventually join the Texans. Johnson had dinner with Reed, his former college teammate in Miami, on Thursday night.
"If I had a sense of it, I think we're going to get it done," Johnson said. "Everything has been going great, it's all been positive. We had a good dinner last night and we still hung out a little bit after that. He's very interested in this organization."
The 34-year-old Reed has played all 11 of his NFL seasons in Baltimore, where he's the franchise leader in interceptions with 61. His 1,541 return yards with those pickoffs is an NFL career record. Shortly after Reed helped the Ravens win their second Super Bowl last month, Johnson called Reed shortly to congratulate him. Johnson said that Reed responded, "Thank you. Get me to Houston."
Johnson, three years younger than Reed, said the two have remained close since helping the Hurricanes win the national championship after the 2001 season.
"He was just a guy who kind of took me under his wing," Johnson said. "He's just been like that big brother. Whenever you need to talk about something, you could go to him. He was the leader of our team when we were in college, and I think he can bring the same thing to us."
Johnson was the third overall pick by Houston in the 2003 draft and he's the only player who's been here since before Gary Kubiak arrived in 2006. Like Reed, Johnson has spent his entire pro career in one place and suggested that maybe that's factoring into Reed's thinking.
But Johnson also got the sense that Reed felt very comfortable with the Texans.
"If he didn't really strongly consider coming here, he wouldn't have come," Johnson said.
In 2010, the Texans signed Johnson to a two-year contract extension worth up to $38.5 million. He said Friday that the Texans haven't asked him to restructure his contract to free up more money for Reed. But Johnson said he would be willing to do it if the team thought it would help.
"It's something we joked about, playing together again," Johnson said. "You never think that will happen. But the opportunity has presented itself. Hopefully, we'll take advantage of it."
Losing Reed would be another blow to the Ravens this offseason.
They traded receiver Anquan Boldin to San Francisco for a sixth-round pick and linebacker Ray Lewis retired and joined ESPN. When free agency began, linebacker Paul Kruger signed with Cleveland and linebacker Dannell Ellerbe left for Miami. Baltimore also released safety Bernard Pollard, a former Texan, and Philadelphia signed cornerback Cary Williams.
Reed has scored 14 career touchdowns and is the only player in NFL history to score on a punt return, a blocked punt, interception and fumble recovery. He played in all 16 games during the 2012 regular season, recording 58 tackles and a team-high four interceptions.
He's deal with hip and neck injuries in recent years, but he's played in all 16 games in all but three of his 11 seasons. The exceptions were 2005 (10 games), 2009 (12) and 2010 (10).
Reed would fill the vacancy left by the departure of Quin, who signed a five-year contract with Detroit. Quin was a fourth-round pick in 2009 and was the starting free safety in each of the past two seasons. He made 107 tackles, including his first career sack, in 2012 had started 60 consecutive games for Houston.
"He's a great player, probably the best safety to ever play the game of football," Johnson said. "He's a great player to have in the locker room. He's a ball hawk, he creates big plays on defense. We'd love to have him as part of our organization."


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Mo' money
After seeking millions in tax credits to mitigate his losses from a failed housing development turned state park, Hunter Craig, the lead investor in Biscuit Run, isn't satisfied. On behalf of his investment team, he has filed a $20 million dollar suit, with taxpayers as the target. Who's behind this big idea, and could it work?
Halfaday's swath
Former Charlottesville city council candidate James Halfaday lost his bid and is facing felony election fraud charges, but the trauma from his drama– and accusation-filled campaign continues for the now-vindicated woman he accused of stalking him.
Paterno's failure
Good news in college sports including UVA's victory over Maryland have been overshadowed by the apparent egregious moral failure of Penn State's legendary Joe Paterno. Juanita Giles weighs in.
Messed up
Think your messy desk isn't messing with your chances for success? Think again. Penelope Trunk says that what you might see as a personal choice for your personal space is sending the wrong message– and could be sending your career down the toilet. At least one Hook reporter has taken note.
The current entrance to the Biscuit Run tract, eventually Biscuit Run State Park, on Old Lynchburg Road
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CLEVELAND, June 12 (UPI) -- An Ohio man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of raping three women while holding them captive in a Cleveland home for more than a decade, officials say.
Lawyers for Ariel Castro entered the plea during a brief arraignment, CNN reported.
Castro, 52, was indicted last week on 329 counts.
Among the charges, he is accused of two counts of aggravated murder by purposely causing the unlawful termination of a pregnancy.
Police say one of the kidnapped women was made pregnant five times by Castro and another woman bore a child fathered by him.
He also is charged with 139 counts of rape, 177 counts of kidnapping, seven counts of gross sexual imposition, three counts felonious assault and one count of possession of criminal tools.
Only the first half of the 10 years the women were held hostage are covered by the indictment.
Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Georgina "Gina" DeJesus were freed last month after Berry yelled for help while Castro was gone.


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Case Studies of prominent projects at all stages in the development cycle – built, under construction, on hold, conceived, or envisaged – will be presented, including those that represent 'best practice' in aspects of sustainability, design, construction and/or economics. In addition, the world's leading experts who have made these projects happen over the past 20 years – the owner-developers, architects, engineers, financiers and occupiers – will convene to outline their reflections on the successes and excesses of the past two decades and outline their thoughts on what tall buildings need to become. Will the skyscraper rise up to meet the challenges of the future?
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1. Following the recent completion of Trump Tower Chicago, the Tallest Building Constructed in the US since Sears Tower (and now the second tallest building in the US), there will be a ceremony to acknowledge this achievement, and a presentation from the developer of the project regarding this and other projects within the Trump portfolio.
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Barrett Esophagus
by Michelle Badash, MS
The esophagus is a tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach. Chronic esophagitis is inflammation of the esophagus. Barrett esophagus is a complication of chronic esophagitis.
Barrett esophagus is a change in the cells that line the esophagus. Normal cells are flat-shaped squamous cells. Barrett esophagus cells are shaped like a column. This cell change is called metaplasia. It is a premalignant phase that may result in esophageal cancer if it is not treated.
Causes TOP
The exact cause of Barrett esophagus is not known. It may result from damage to the esophagus caused by the chronic reflux of stomach acid. Frequent or chronic reflux of stomach acid into the esophagus is called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
Risk Factors TOP
Barrett esophagus is more common in Caucasian men and in people aged 50 years and older. Other factors that may increase your chance of Barrett esophagus include:
Symptoms TOP
In some cases Barrett esophagus may not produce symptoms.
Some people with GERD may have the following symptoms:
More serious symptoms include:
Diagnosis TOP
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. In order to diagnose Barrett esophagus, your doctor may recommend an upper GI endoscopy with a biopsy.
Treatment TOP
The cell changes from Barrett esophagus are permanent once they occur. Talk to your doctor about the best treatment options for you. Treatment may include:
Your doctor may recommend the proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). PPIs help control GERD symptoms and prevent further damage to the esophagus.
Your doctor may recommend surgery if the disease is severe or the medication is not helpful. Surgical options may include:
A part of the upper stomach is wrapped around the esophagus. This is done to reduce further damage caused by GERD.
Endoscopic Eradication
Endoscopic eradication destroys the Barrett cells in the esophagus. Eventually, the body starts making normal esophageal cells where the Barrett cells used to be. The most common endoscopic eradication procedures include:
This procedure removes the part of the esophagus that has the Barrett. The esophagus reconstructed using a part of the stomach or large intestine.
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Your doctor may recommend endoscopy from every 3 months-5 years depending on how abnormal the cells in your esophagus look.
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The best way to prevent Barrett esophagus is to reduce or treat the reflux of stomach acid into the esophagus. This is usually caused by GERD. Self-care measures for GERD include:
If you have GERD and are at a high risk for Barrett esophagus, talk to your doctor about a screening schedule.
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Barrett esophagus. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T115861/Barrett-esophagus. Updated August 2, 2017. Accessed April 4, 2018.
Barrett's esophagus. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases website. Available at: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/barretts-esophagus. Accessed April 4, 2018.
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Color Forecasting 2010
Before I rub my crystal ball and look into the future of colors, let me predict another thing first: the end of color forecasting as we know it. There used to be people like trend forecasters and fashion directors and magazine editors who could tell you things like, in three years from now, all eight year olds will be wearing pink Hello Kitty back packs and using tangerine iMacs. I think that's about to disappear with the cathode tube television and the answering machine.
It used to take a long time for such prognosticators to fly around to trade shows, collect tear-sheets, make mood boards, collate information and get it ready for publication six months later or at the end of the fourth quarter. The camera phones and the internet gave us instant dissemination of such material and trends are out, predicted and over before they've begun. But here's an interesting coincidence.
Pantone released its 2010 color pick and it's Turquoise — chosen as a color of deep healing and tropical paradise. I can never deduce how these things are selected, if it's pink one year only because last year it was chartreuse, but this must be noted: Apartment Therapy readers recently voted the same basic thing "best of" in October's Room for Color contest. Have Apartment Therapy readers lead the leaders, or is there some je-ne-sais-quoi zeitgeist in the air?
I found this color at the Paris trade show Maison&Objet last January (along with Plum and Pumpkin Spice, ubiquitous all year) and have watched it trickle into store fronts across the land since then like a bubbling brook. Now I see Teal in Crate & Barrel window displays.
I personally find this color to be redolent of several things: Europe, especially Paris; Mid-Century Modern, somewhere between Butterfield-8 Blue and Brady Bunch Blue; and, yes, the next wave.
Look also this season for Jade, though I stop short of bringing it into my own home. I wonder what will happen to the cave colors of yore, if they'll lighten slightly or hold firm; and if pattern will become even more exuberant. Only time will tell.
Do you have color predictions of your own for 2010?
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Carson, Johnny, 1925–2005, American television entertainer, b. Corning, Iowa. Carson, who grew up in Nebraska, began his career as a magician, then wrote comedy sketches for radio and hosted daytime television quiz shows. From 1962 to 1992 he hosted
The Tonight Show,where the personable demeanor and wry humor he displayed in his monologues, comedy sketches, and interviews were vital to making it America's most popular late-night program.
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Department of Revenue News Release
October 08, 2009License Office Management Contracts Awarded in Carrollton, Excelsior Springs, Montgomery City, Monticello, Raytown & Willow Springs
JEFFERSON CITY - Six more local motor vehicle and license office management contracts were awarded today using a reformed competitive bidding process that has been implemented by Gov. Jay Nixon and supported by bipartisan majorities in the Legislature.
"This new system of open competition is a big improvement compared to the old way that offices were awarded without consideration of merit or customer service," Gov. Nixon said. "Even when an incumbent agent is awarded an office, that person or group has an incentive to improve their operations in order to retain the office."
The six offices awarded today are in Carrollton, Excelsior Springs, Montgomery City, Monticello, Raytown and Willow Springs. All of the offices will remain at their current locations. Bidders also have the option of returning a portion of the office's revenues to the state. Four of this week's winning bidders chose to return some of their revenues to the state. The cumulative amount of funds that will be returned to the state in the first contract year from the 107 offices that have been awarded so far under the reformed bidding process is $581,265.
The Carrollton Area Chamber of Commerce will continue to be the agent for the Carrollton License Office, which is at 111 N. Mason St. The chamber has operated the office since 1948. The chamber's winning proposal was one of three bids for the office. As part of its bid, the chamber will return one-tenth of 1 percent ($63) of the office's estimated first-year revenues to the state.
The Excelsior Springs License Office has been awarded to Tipton Tigers, a not-for-profit group designed to support youth athletics, which is associated with the incumbent agent, Ben Wierzbicki of Excelsior Springs. Wierzbicki, who has been the agent of the Excelsior Springs office since 2005, will be the contract manager of the office, and he is also the former agent of the Richmond License Office. Timothy and Joy Tipton of Lawson are other officers associated with the group. Two bids were submitted for the Excelsior Springs office, which is located at 115 Crown Hill Rd., Suite 1. One-half of 1 percent ($771) of the office's first-year revenues will be returned to the state.
The Montgomery County Farm Bureau will continue to be the agent for the Montgomery City License Office. The group, which submitted the only bid, has operated the office since 1981. The office is located at 652-B S. Sturgeon St., and no return to the state was included in the bid.
The Monticello License Office contract has been awarded to Brenda Redmon of Canton. Mrs. Redmon is the current manager and her husband, Craig Redmon, is the current agent. The couple has been involved in running the office since 2005. Mrs. Redmons' bid was the only one submitted for the office, which is at 204 E. Lafayette St. No return to the state was included in the bid.
Sharp Services has been awarded the contract for the Raytown License Office, which is located at 6138 Raytown Trafficway. The company is associated with Lee's Summit businessman and businesswoman, Bennie and Betty Sharp. A 10 percent ($54,642) return to the state was included in the bid, which was one of five offered for the office.
The Willow Springs License Office will continue to be operated by the Willow Springs Chamber of Commerce. The chamber has run the office, which is located at 112 E. Main St., since 1975. The city's bid was the only one offered, and a return to the state of one-fourth of 1 percent ($83) was included in the bid.
Details about any changes in office operations, if any, will be announced by the agents.
Although Gov. Nixon authorized the Missouri Department of Revenue to implement the new bidding system in January, it didn't become part of state law until legislation was signed by the Governor this past summer. The new law was overwhelmingly approved by both Republican and Democratic members of the Missouri Legislature.
Of the 107 offices awarded so far, 59 have gone to incumbents or been awarded to family members of incumbent agents. Forty-eight of the offices have been awarded to new agents. Of the 183 total offices, bidding has closed on 181, and two remain open. For a list of winning bidders for license offices, please go to http://oa.mo.gov/purch/awardedfeeoffices.pdf.
Alana M. Barragán-Scott, acting director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, noted the openness of the news system.
"Once the evaluation teams from the Department of Revenue have chosen a winning bid and all the paperwork is checked by the Office of Administration, the bid documents are open for everyone to see," she said. "The department realizes losing bidders are sometimes disappointed, but the relevant documents and reasons for the judgments are available to anyone who is interested in the process."
All local license offices provide services that are overseen by the Department of Revenue, but each office is operated by an independent contractor. Transactions that are conducted at these offices include the issuance and renewal of driver licenses, issuance of titles for motor vehicles, and the issuance and renewal of registration for motor vehicles, boats and outboard motors.


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Energy Expenditure Responses to Different Temperatures
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- The way that the body burns calories is known as energy expenditure. Some studies show that when we are cold, we burn more calories to keep our bodies warm. Brown fat is a special kind of fat that can use energy to keep the body warm. Small animals and infants have been known to have brown fat for many years. Recently, it has been suggested that adult humans also have brown fat. If brown fat becomes active (burns calories) in adult humans when exposed to cold, then these people would tend to burn off more calories and might not gain weight easily. Learning more about the relationship between energy expenditure, brown fat, environmental temperature, and body temperature may help explain why some people become obese and other people do not.
- To better understand how the body burns calories when exposed to different temperatures.
- To study brown fat and how it burns calories in cold temperatures.
- Healthy men between 18 and 35 or 55 and 75 years of age.
- Healthy women between 18 and 35 years of age.
- To control for ethnicity, participants must be non-Hispanic whites or African Americans.
- Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood and urine samples will be collected.
- Participants will stay in the Metabolic Unit of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center as inpatients for no more than 14 days. The length of the hospital stay will depend on how participants respond to the different study temperatures.
- Every afternoon, participants will walk for 30 minutes on a treadmill. All meals will be provided.
- Participants will stay up to 5 hours per day in a specialized room with different temperature settings. Temperatures will range from about 61 degrees to 88 degrees Fahrenheit. Body temperature, activity, calorie burning, and cold/hot sensations will be monitored. On the study day of the coldest temperature, participants will have an imaging study to look for brown fat activity.
- Participants will be compensated for their time and participation at the end of the study.
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Surprisingly little is understood about how the body regulates heat production (energy expenditure, EE) in response to subtle changes in environmental temperature. For example, only recently has it been realized that brown adipose tissue is functional in adult humans. It is plausible that the mechanisms governing heat production contribute to regulation of body weight and thus may be contributing to the current obesity epidemic: even small changes in EE, if not compensated by changes in food intake, can have long-term effects on body weight.
The thermoneutral zone (TNZ) is the environmental temperature range over which EE is at a minimum and does not change with environmental temperature. The lower and upper critical temperatures define the temperature limits of the TNZ. At environmental temperatures below the lower critical temperature, the EE vs. environmental temperature graph is reported to be a straight line with the extrapolated X-axis intercept being the defended body temperature. Some of these parameters are predicted to be different for obese as compared to lean individuals. With the global obesity epidemic coinciding with improved indoor temperature control, a better understanding of the relationship between EE and thermoregulation is desirable.
This protocol has three phases. The first is a pilot in lean males to optimize procedures and establish the feasibility, sensitivity, and behavior of the assays. Second, lean and obese male cohorts will be compared to ensure that the expected differences can be observed. Third, additional variables will be examined, such as age, race, sex, and menstrual phase in women.
Specifically, we will map the resting EE response to environmental temperatures from 16-31 degrees Celsius during inpatient stays in the NIH Metabolic Clinical Research Unit. Each day resting EE will be measured in a room respiration calorimeter with a different environmental temperature (subjects will be blinded as to room temperature). The remainder of each study day will be spent at 23-25 degrees Celsius in the individual patient room.
Standard diet and physical activity will be maintained and body weight will be held stable. Additionally core body and skin temperatures, heart rate and variability, muscle activity by surface electromyography, and thermal comfort and hunger using visual analog scales will be measured.
This study will establish techniques and provide baseline normative data, allowing insight into the mechanisms regulating the EE in humans and how these are affected by obesity. It is envisioned that this study will provide the basis for investigation of the effects of acute and chronic weight change and the effects of drug therapy.
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|Energy Expenditure Responses to Different Temperatures
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- Males between the age greater than or equal to 18 -35 years or between 55-75 years, male orand females between the age 18-35 years.
- Self-reported non-Hispanic and non-Latino Caucasian and African-Americans
- Written informed consent.
- Hypo- or hyper-thyroid (history or TSH >5.0<0.4 miU/L)
- Psychological conditions,such as (but not limited to) claustrophobia, clinical depression, bipolar disorders, that would be incompatible with safe and successful participation in this study
- Weight change >5% in the past 6 months or a trained athlete
Blood pressure greater than 140/90 mmHg or current antihypertensive therapy
- History of cardiovascular disease
- BMI <18.5, between 25.1-29.9, and >40 Kg/m(2)
- Diabetes mellitus (fasting serum glucose > 126 mg/dL)
- Liver disease or ALT serum level greater than two times the laboratory upper limit of normal
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The article in question is titled "Windows 7 Unmasked", and in it, author Randall C. Kennedy tries to prove that Windows 7 is Windows Vista. While this may or may not be the case - it's the methods that he used that made me - as someone who enjoyed a strictly scientific education - almost want to poke my eyes out. Let me walk you through some of them.
He starts by using the Windows Performance Monitor tool to look at the kernel included with the Windows 7 PDC build - build 6801. "When comparing Windows versions," Kennedy explains, "it's always good to start with the kernel because this is where the most fundamental changes take place." This is a pretty reasonable starting point. However, he follows up with his findings.
Oh boy. Where on earth do I start. First of all, the number of threads running within a kernel says absolutely nothing whatsoever about how many changes have or have not gone into the kernel - in much the same way that the number of parts in a 2009 model of a Civic compared to the number of parts in a 2007 model doesn't really say anything. When I entered the #haiku irc channel yesterday, I asked the developers to make sure the Haiku kernel didn't have the same thread count as Vista's, because else Kennedy and InfoWorld will conclude Haiku is the same as Vista.
In all seriousness, Microsoft has been very clear that when it comes to under the hood, there won't be many changes between Windows Vista and Windows 7. There will be optimisations to improve performance - but nothing drastic. Microsoft has made this very clear, so Kennedy is trying to look for changes that Microsoft never promised would be there in the first place.
Which brings us to MinWin. Kennedy is so wrong about MinWin I'm again at a loss as to where to start. Despite a number of fairly clear explanations from Microsoft (most notably, by Mark Russinovich), Kennedy shows a clear lack of understanding on what MinWin actually is. Microsoft never promised a "clean break", it never promised a "new kernel". Microsoft has been very clear: MinWin is not a new kernel. It is not a streamlined NT kernel. In fact, it is the NT kernel. The only thing Microsoft did was reorganise parts of it to make it cleaner, and to make sure they had a small core without any outward calls, so that they could make changes to the Windows kernel without causing massive breakage.
It's kind of like how every now and then, I reorganise the clutter of cables behind my computer desk and my TV cabinet. Over time, it turns into a tangled mess, which prevents me from making changes easily. So, every now and then, I reorganise everything so that I can make changes much more easily. I didn't add anything, didn't remove anything, I just made it easier to maintain. MinWin is the same thing, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realise that.
Kennedy doesn't stop there. He draws the same conclusions based on the information gathered from processes. He sees Windows 7's system processes having similar thread counts and similar memory footprints, and as such, concludes that Windows 7 is the same as Windows Vista.
Let me emphasise that I'm not disputing Kennedy's conclusions - the article contains a benchmark (a rather vague one, but a benchmark nonetheless) which doesn't show any significant performance improvements between Windows 7 and Vista. What I'm disputing, however, are the observations and data he bases his conclusions on. The number of threads means absolutely nothing - in fact, an increase in the number of threads may even indicate progress, as the kernel and several subsystems may have been optimised for multicore processors - you know, multithreaded programming. In any case, it's an empty statistic.
The same goes for memory usage. It is irrelevant how much memory is in use at any given time. In fact, if I have loads and loads of memory, I'd prefer it if the operating system and its software actually use it. What is relevant is how efficient the operating system manages memory, and how it allocates memory in such a way that benefits me, the user, in both low memory as well lots-of-memory conditions.
Vista was a dog when it was first released, but these days, after lots of patches, fixes, and a service pack, it's actually quite snappy. If Windows 7 continues this trend, then that's a good thing. There won't be massive performance gains, and Microsoft never promised anything like that either: they promised that Windows 7's system requirements would be at least similar to those of Windows Vista. And from reports online, it actually seems as if they overshot that goal, and made Windows 7 a bit more efficient resource-wise.
This brings us to the final point: we are talking pre-beta here. I think the fact that people overlook this detail really proves just how well Windows 7 is doing. I have it installed on my machine (dual-boot with Windows Vista SP1), and the experience of this pre-beta build is nothing like the days of early Vista builds - in fact, Windows 7 right now completely blows Vista RTM out of the water. And it's not even done - there's probably lots of debug code in there, unoptimised changes, like in all pre-beta products.
Contrary to previous Windows releases, Microsoft has set some very modest goals for Windows 7, and they're not promising the world like they did with Longhorn/Vista. From what we've seen so far, and from reports from all over the net, it seems pretty clear to me that Windows 7 is going to be a modest, yet fun and interesting release (I'm especially looking forward to the UI changes). As some brave souls already said when it was first released, Vista was an infrastructure release. Redmond bit through the sour apple, but now has a solid base to work from. And while Apple is still making fun of Vista, Microsoft can fly in from under the radar.
In summary, I think his article clearly shows that either Kennedy has absolutely no idea what he's talking about, or he did a Dvorak. In any case, if I were InfoWorld, I'd seriously reconsider my involvement with him.


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PHOENIX A man who did more than 40 years in prison in a Tucson hotel fire that killed 29 people broke down in tears Wednesday as he reflected on his case and described how he spent his first hours of freedom, including going on a hike and enjoying a burger from a fast-food joint.
Louis Taylor, 58, was released Tuesday after doubts about his conviction surfaced and he entered a no-contest plea in a deal with prosecutors. He told reporters Wednesday that he is innocent and called his case an "injustice," but said he decided to take a deal with prosecutors to get out rather than fight for a complete exoneration.
"I had no choice," Taylor told reporters about the plea before referencing the county prosecutor, Barbara LaWall. "She didn't want to do the honorable thing. I didn't want to give another minute, another hour, another decade. I wanted out. The whole world knows I'm innocent."
Taylor was 16 years old when he was arrested in the Pioneer Fire in Tucson in 1970. Taylor, who is black, was later convicted by an all-white jury and sentenced to life in prison.
Reports in 2002 and Sunday by CBS' "60 Minutes" raised questions about whether the fire was, in fact, arson, and the Arizona Justice Project, which works on behalf of inmates believed to be wrongly convicted, said prosecutors committed misconduct at Taylor's original trial when they neglected to inform his defense team that no accelerants had been found at the hotel.
Tucson authorities at the time then began reviewing evidence while the Arizona Justice Project examined case files to determine whether he received a fair trial.
On Wednesday, Taylor described his first day of freedom since he was a teenager, including his adjustment to technology and his struggles with using what he called an "Apple telephone."
"They had only 8-tracks in 1970," he said.
He said he took an hour-long hike in Sabino Canyon near Tucson to "transcend back into society." He went to In-N-Out Burger and got some food and a T-shirt. He cooked bacon and eggs for breakfast. Now that he's out of prison, he said he doesn't know what he'll do for a living or where he'll live.
The case ended up back in court Tuesday after a new defense team and others raised fresh questions about the evidence used to convict Taylor. Authorities still insist Taylor is guilty, but they acknowledged that gaining a conviction at a new trial would be dicey given that some evidence has been lost and witnesses have either moved or died.
Taylor faced a choice as new doubts emerged about his conviction: He could continue his fight, maybe for years more, to clear his name and potentially sue for a big settlement. Or he could enter a plea and get out of prison now, giving up any opportunity to file a lawsuit against the state.
"You can't make up for 42 years. You just gotta move forward," he said.
The blaze was one of Arizona's worst as hundreds of people gathered at the Pioneer Hotel in Tucson to celebrate Christmas festivities. When the fire erupted, exits were blocked and fire truck ladders were too short to reach the upper floors. Many guests were trapped in their rooms. Some jumped to their deaths while others burned alive. Most victims died from carbon-monoxide poisoning.
Tuesday's hearing was marked by dramatic testimony from a Washington, D.C., man who was 4 years old when his father, an attorney, was killed in the fire at age 31. Paul d'Hedouville II said his dad had been awaiting his family to celebrate Christmas. He had gifts piled in his suite for his two sons.
"Instead, my father was buried on Christmas Eve 1970," he said. He lamented how his father was never there to show him how to ride a bike or teach him his Daffy Duck impression, and how his now elderly mom, who is recovering from leukemia, doesn't have her husband by her side.
"I harbor no feelings of ill will or vengeance against you," he added, staring at Taylor who sat at the defense table dressed in orange prison clothes.
Then d'Hedouville offered a single thought to Taylor: "Do as you choose Mr. Taylor. But choose wisely. Do not waste your new beginning."
Pima County prosecutor Rick Unklesbay noted his office's insistence that Taylor is guilty. He added, however, that fire investigators for the defense and the state, reviewing the remaining evidence, say a cause of the blaze could not be determined, something that also would hamper efforts to secure a fresh conviction.
Unklesbay later explained how both state and defense experts at Taylor's original trial determined the blaze was arson. He said Taylor was found at the hotel with five boxes of matches. He wrote in a memorandum to the court that hotel employees "found the defendant standing by himself simply looking at the fire."
In his deal with prosecutors, Taylor was allowed to avoid admitting guilt outright to each count against him, read aloud by the judge in a monotone voice, to which Taylor replied 28 times, "No contest." Taylor was never charged in the death months later of a 29th victim.
A no contest plea allows defendants to neither dispute the charges against them nor admit guilt while offering no defense. Taylor also gave up his right to seek vindication or compensation from the state. He offered no statement to court.
Attorney Ed Novak explained outside court that Taylor chose to accept the deal instead of remaining in prison for an indefinite amount of time. He said prosecutors promised to fight the case all the way to the Supreme Court if he chose to seek a new trial.
"It's a question of freedom now versus freedom three years from now," Novak said.
Questions of race have long loomed over the case. The lead fire investigator at the time told AP this week he had profiled the suspect as "probably a negro," but the man insisted the statements had nothing to do with Taylor's arrest.
"That statement had nothing to do with Louis' prosecution," Cy Holmes, now 83, said. "I wasn't part of Mr. Taylor's guilt. I was just involved in determining whether or not the fire was arson."
The judge who presided over his trial, meanwhile, had publicly expressed skepticism about the conviction and stayed in touch with Taylor, sending him Christmas gifts and law books.
Albert Pesqueira, an area assistant fire chief, was just 21 when he responded to the scene. He remembers parts of the once exclusive hotel reduced to rubble and ashes. But what he recalls most are the victims, specifically three children who fell to their deaths from an upper-floor window. To this day, he wonders if they jumped or were pushed by their parents in an attempt to save them.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (April 11, 2012) – ETSU freshman Gabriella Wahl (Heidenheim, Germany) put her name in the record books on Wednesday at the Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Golf Championships, but her team was unable to do the same.
Wahl captured the conference individual title by overcoming Mercer's Lacey Fears on the second hole of a sudden death playoff at the Venetian Bay Golf Club. Both players ended the 54-hole tournament at 3-under-par 213, however Wahl ultimately joined former ETSU standout Laura Jansone (Jurmala, Latvia), who captured the 2008 and 2010 titles, as an A-Sun individual medalist.
"I am very happy with the way I played this week," said Wahl, who also won a tournament title just two weeks ago at the John Kirk/Lady Panther Intercollegiate and finished the season with back-to-back individual honors. "In the first round I could feel all parts of my game coming together physically, and then during the whole tournament my mental game was very much the way I always want it to be."
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"Gabriella earned this win with her fight and her hard work throughout the year," Shelton said. "She is a great player and I am very proud of her."
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The Owls – who set the conference record for individual round score with a 284 in Tuesday's second round – used that performance to power to the team title and hold off the Bucs, who actually got within two strokes of KSU midway through the round but were unable to complete the rally.
Shelton said she was pleased with her team's performance and was disappointed the Bucs' season was coming to an end.
"Our team gave its all today and played with confidence until the very end," said Shelton, whose team looked on as the Owls placed four players in the Top 11. "Kennesaw had a great day yesterday, and even though we beat them today and in the first round, their total score still bested us. We are peaking and playing our best golf of the year right now, so it's unfortunate that we won't be able to continue. But we plan to bottle up this confidence and bring it to the start of the fall season."
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Sophomore Sian Evans (Gillingham, England) struggled a bit on Wednesday, but still finished tied for seventh and enjoyed a solid performance overall at the championships.
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