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The duel between the Iowa star and one of Europe's top junior players was a classic and the game itself a heated confrontation that took overtime to decide before USA Midwest pulled away for a 103-94 win.
In semifinal action, Canada and USA East advanced to Sunday night's tournament championship. Canada eased past Senegal, 89-71, while Josh Selby's 30 points helped USA East past Brazil, 89-74.
But back to the performance of the day turned in by MaxPreps' No. 4 prospect in the class of 2010.
"We knew going in to this game that it was going to be a great game because we almost got into a little fight with them last year," Barnes said. "We felt like we had a lot to prove since we lost yesterday."
With the American squad looking flat and down by eight at halftime, Barnes took over in the second half, erupting for totals of 46 points, 14 rebounds, two steals and two assists. The Ames High School senior scored 11 of the United States' 13 points in overtime.
"We needed to go down and get buckets," Barnes said. "My shot was on … I thought it would be good for me to continue to shoot."
Stamenkovic, a 6-6, 220-pound wing forward, countered with 35 points, 14 rebounds and three assists of his own.
"I think he is a very skilled player and would not be surprised if he ended up in the NBA," Barnes said of Stamenkovic.
Barnes capped his performance by providing the dagger and the exclamation point – both coming on steals followed by jackhammer dunks. The first came at the 2:51 mark of the five-minute overtime period to give the United States an 8-point lead. The second came with 56 seconds left and erased any thoughts of a Serbian comeback.
Barnes left the game to a warm ovation shortly after.
Texas wing Cameron Clark (20), Tony Mitchell (12), Jereme Richmond (11) and Ray McCallum (10) also scored in double figures for the Midwest squad.
Filip Djuran added 18 for Serbia.
Semifinal: Canada 89, Senegal 71
Canada received double-digit scoring from five players, including double-doubles by Mangisto Arop and Maurice Walker, in a comfortable 89-71.
Arop, a 6-6 Gonzaga signee, scored 24 points and collected 14 rebounds. Walker, a 6-10, 275-pound behemoth, added 13 points and 10 boards.
Texas verbal commitments Myck Kabongo (12 points, six assists) and Tristan Thompson (11 points, eight rebounds) turned in their usual solid performances, while rising junior Kyle Wiltjer added 10 points.
Gorgui Sy Dieng led Senegal with 21 points, six rebounds and four blocked shots. Sy Dieng hit a game-winning three Friday night that helped Senegal upset USA Midwest.
Semifinal: USA East 89, Brazil 74
Josh Selby's 30 points, six rebounds and five assists helped USA East advance to Sunday night's final with an 89-74 win over Brazil.
Backcourt mate Kyrie Irving added 17 points and five assists, while post players Tobias Harris and rising sophomore DaJuan Coleman combined for 24 points and nine rebounds.
"I've played against a few of those guys (Canadian team members) in AAU and they beat us," Coleman said of the Global Challenge championship game. "We'll be ready."
Vitor Alves Benite, a 6-2 guard from Sao Paulo, led Brazil with 19 points. A hand injury limited Andre Silva to just 19 minutes. Silva was a thorn in the United States' side early on with 16 points and eight rebounds.
Selby put on a show for the fans that stayed all the way to end as the game wound down around 10:15 p.m., putting down a 360 dunk off an alley-oop pass from teammate Will Barton.
After being held scoreless in Friday night's game, Florida phenom Austin Rivers – the son of Boston Celtics coach Glen "Doc" Rivers – warmed up Saturday and led the United States to a blowout victory over All-Asia Camp, 107-82.
Rivers drilled five 3-pointers and finished with 21 points, five rebounds and two steals.
"Yesterday we got it handed to us pretty good," Rivers said. "I couldn't even sleep last night with the way that we played and that way I played. Tonight the goal was to not only win, but to play good. I know how good I am and I want to show everybody how good I am."
Ironically, it was a banked 3-point shot that sparked Rivers' barrage from beyond the arc.
"After I hit the bank shot, things started clicking and shots started falling," Rivers said.
Local product Terrence Jones of Portland's Jefferson High School led all scorers with 22 points. C.J. Leslie (17), J.T. Terrell (13) and Quincy Miller (10) added double-figure point totals.
Australian Anthony Drmic led All-Asia Camp with 20 points.
MaxPreps' coverage from the Nike Global Challenge continues Sunday from Hillsboro.
More highlights from Saturday's action at Liberty High School;
Harrison Barnes, 6-7, W, USA Midwest (Ames, Iowa): Just when it looked like Serbia's Svetozar Stamenkovic might be the best player on the floor, Barnes stepped up his attack on both ends. Early in the second half he pulled up and converted 3-point attempts on back-to-back isolation plays and also came up with a pair of key blocks defensively. That sequence sparked an American team that featured a lot of players looking ready for a break from the court after a long summer. Barnes' competitive spirit and will to win was impressive. He explained his motivation after the game. "Anytime you can go on the court with 'USA' across the front of your jersey, that's just an honor." Barnes believes his 46-point effort may have been a career high. "I don't remember scoring 46," he said.
DaJuan Coleman, 6-8, F, USA East (Jamesville, N.Y.): Coleman, just a rising sophomore at Jamesville-DeWitt High School in upstate New York, didn't post monster numbers against Brazil (10 points, five rebounds), but he was more than comfortable in the international setting competing against older players. "I've been playing against guys two or three years older than me my whole life," Coleman said. "It's nothing new for me." Coleman had a big flush in the first half coming off a drive-and-dish, and had a pair of nice finishes in key spots in the second half.
Austin Rivers, 6-4, G, USA West/South (Winter Park, Fla.): Through five quarters in this event (four Friday night and the first Saturday), Rivers really struggled to get his game going, particularly in the form of point production. But a banked 3-pointer jumpstarted a big effort for the future Florida Gator against against All-Asia. Rivers finished with 21 points.
Josh Selby, 6-1, G, USA East (Baltimore, Md.): Brazil sat back in a zone defense and used the 24-second shot clock as a sixth defender. With USA East struggling to get good looks and move the ball against the zone, Selby was asked to force the action. He pulled his team through by pouring in 30 points and adding six rebounds and five rebounds.
Svetozar Stamenkovic, 6-6, W/F, FMP-Serbia (Nis, Serbia): Stamenkovic did it all for Serbia and looked like a special player on Saturday. Operating from all parts of the floor, Stamenkovic finished strong around the basket (13-21 from the field), hit open jumpers (including six 3-pointers), rebounded (14), found teammates for easy buckets (three assists) and took charges. His understanding of spacing on the offensive end of the floor helped Serbia look like a great passing team. With dozens of NBA scouts in attendance, this might have been a monster performance in more ways than one for the 19-year old Serbian.
The All-Asia Camp team featured a pair of Chinese true 7-footers. Li Muhao of Dongguan was listed at 7-1 and Zhang Dayu of Zheijiang at an even 7-0. The pair combined for 15 points, eight rebounds and a pair of blocked shots in a blowout loss Saturday. …The Australian and Chinese All-Asian team hasn't been competitive through the first two days of the tournament. They have allowed an average of 120 points per game in two losses. … Several of the players competing for international squads compete for high schools or prep schools in the United States. Canada's Myck Kabongo (St. Benedict's Prep, N.J.), Junior Lomomba (Madison Memorial, Wis.), Laurent Rivard (Northfield Mount Hermon, Mass.), Melvin Ejim (Brewster Academy, N.H.), Tristan Thompson (Findlay Prep, Nev.), Kyle Wiltjer (Jesuit, Ore.), J.P. Kambola (St. Benedict's Prep, N.J.) and Maurice Walker (Brewster Academy, N.H.), as well as Senegal's Papa Samba Ndao (Montverde Academy, Fla.) and Baye Moussa Keita (Oak Hill Academy, Va.) are all expected at American schools next fall. ... Wiltjer was born and raised in Portland, Ore., but his father is Canadian and played on the national basketball team. He recently obtained dual citizenship in order to pursue international basketball possibilities. Wiljter reports that nearly all of the Pac-10, as well as Georgetown, Kansas, Kentucky and Wake Forest have been in contact. ... Lomomba, who helped Madison Memorial win a state title last winter as a freshman, is receiving interest from major programs as well, including Florida and Wisconsin. ... Michael Peck, head coach at defending national high school champion Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nev., is the head coach of the USA West-South team. He stuck around after coaching his team to a win Saturday to watch star pupil Thompson of Canada. ... How did the Serbian squad show up for the Nike Global Challenge outfitted head-to-toe in adidas gear? The European junior champions (Under-19) are contractually guaranteed a spot in the Nike Global Challenge. FMP Beograd (Belgrade, capital of Serbia) was the club team that earned its way in and showed up minus swoosh, plus stripes.
Sunday's Slate
2 p.m. - All-Asia Camp vs. FMP Beograd, Serbia (7th, 8th place game)4 p.m. - USA Midwest vs. USA West/South (5th, 6th place game)6 p.m. - Senegal vs. Brazil (3rd, 4th place game)8 p.m. - Canada vs. USA East (Championship game)


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Is Plato a Feminist?
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Plato was no feminist nor did he ever intend to be one. Some of his positions might seem to substantiate the claim made by many that he was indeed the first to think of women being equal to men. However, I will argue in this essay that his seemingly feminist stance is but the expression of misogynistic thought.
At first glance to say that we must teach women and men the same things to make them usable for the same purposes might tempt us to speak of the 'liberation' of women. Yet it is the exact opposite: As Annas argues in Plato's ideal city there is no room for women – what is in Plato's time identified as the 'female' identity is not only repressed in the Kallipolis , it is simply nonexistent. (Annas, 2003, p.49)
Here, feminist interpretations diverge: on the one hand one might applaud Plato for the eradication of traditional sexist stereotypes. Hence in the ideal polis women are free to do whatever men are free to do. They receive the same education, can occupy any 'office' and are not regarded as inferior just because they are women. (Plato, 1892, v.456)
Yet at the same time blatantly sexist remarks by Plato make him taking such a position implausible: […] the better principle in a man masters the worse. There are in cities whole classes— women, slaves and the like— who correspond to the worse […] (Plato, 1892, v.431). His sexist comments are however mostly implicit in nature: His opinion that women should be able to do as men do, does not mean that he values femininity to such an extent that he is eager to 'allow' them to participate in the discourse of the guardians and the production of goods. Plato instead aims at rooting out the female 'gender' from society – women are still part of the Kallipolis, their gender however is not. Sex as an intrinsic part of nature persists; the cultural identity of women is denied and abolished. Implicitly Plato is denying emotional closeness, as the main feature of women he names, its value. If the role of the woman and her value is degraded then surely we should say that Plato has nothing in mind but creating a male world within which women are free to assume the role of men. (Reeve, 2009, p.73)
So the analysis in terms of sex and gender has successfully overturned interpretations that asserted Plato a positive role in the plight for women liberation. (Lovibond, 2000, p.16) Indeed as we have seen Plato does not only not take a feminist perspective, he is all too concerned with 'male' gender to even consider the relevance of attributes of the 'female' gender – his solution then equals the exclusion of certain characteristics of being from the just life. It is without doubt then that Plato was not a feminist.
Plato. (1892). The Dialogues of Plato translated into English with Analyses and Introductions by B. Jowett, M.A. in Five Volumes. 3rd edition revised and corrected. [Online] Oxford: Oxford University Press. Available at: http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=767&chapter=93795&layout=html&Itemid=27 [Accessed: 5 November 2008]
Reeve, C.D.C. (2009) Chapter 4: Plato. In D. Boucher & P. Kelly, eds. Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.62-81
Annas, J. (2003) Plato: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Lovibond, S. (2000) Feminism in ancient philosophy: The feminist stake in Greek rationalism. In M. Fricker & J. Hornsby, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Feminism in Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.10-28

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Only two specialty films — "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia" and "Norwegian Wood" — entered the marketplace on the first full weekend of 2012, a group of 2011 holdovers helped make it a potent weekend. According to estimates provided by Rentrak, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy," "The Iron Lady" and "Pina" all soared well above expectations to give the specialty box office a nice kick into the new year.
As far as the noted openers went, both performed respectably given neither were particularly high profile. Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Turkish import "Anatolia" debuted on a single screen at NYC's Film Forum for distributor the Cinema Guild. The result was a $11,129 gross, impressive give the film's running time only allowed for three shows a day. The Cinema Guild said the film sold out half of all its showtimes.
"Norwegian Wood," meanwhile, opened on three screens in New York, DC and Arlington, VA. Distributor Red Flag Releasing reported that the result was a $13,000 gross and a $4,333 average. That's reasonable for the Anh Hung Tran-directed film, which Red Flag noted performed much better in New York and DC than in Arlington. At the IFC Center in New York, the film play to predominantly sold-out shows.
The weekend's biggest stories came care of a few holdovers. Focus Features made an aggressive expansion of Tomas Alfredson's "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy." After four very successful weeks in limited release, Focus pushed the film from 57 to 809 screens and saw it perform well beyond expectations. Grossing $5,767,288, "Tinker" shot into the overall top 10 with a fantastic average of $7,129.
Starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy and John Hurt, the well-reviewed film has not received many notices from awards season, getting shut out of the Golden Globe and SAG nominations. But it doesn't seem to have hurt the film at all, which has now totalled $10,418,437 (with plenty more where that came from).
"'Tinker's' box office momentum continues with the success of the film's new openings and the sustained success in art houses that are in their fourth and fifth week of play, where the film is consistently holding its number-one rank in many places," sad Focus Features' Adriene Bowles. "Many of the houses that opened in December had box office increases on Saturday that were even better than last Saturday's New Year's Eve results. 'Tinker' successfully crossed over to the commercial marketplace with its expansion this weekend and is demonstrating real legs in the specialty marketplace as well."
The weekend's overall best per-theater-average came care of the second weekend of Weinstein Company release "The Iron Lady." Expanding slightly from four to five screens, the film grossed an impressive $172,100. That gave "Lady," starring Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher, a huge average of $34,420. Even more impressive is that it's now grossed $516,395 from just 10 days of release on a handful of screens.
Just behind it was another lady, "Pina," which held steady on three New York screens but — for the third consecutive weekend — saw an increase in grosses despite no additional screen count. The Wim Wenders-directed 3D documentary that looks at the work of dance artist Pina Bausch grossed $81,000 over the weekend (in part thanks to Wenders' appearance at some screenings), averaging a huge $27,000. That gave it a total of $382,000 ahead of an expansion that could easily make "Pina" a huge success story for distributor Sundance Selects.
Also finding strong numbers was Asghar Farhad's Iranian drama "A Separation," which Sony Pictures Classics expanded from three to six screens in its second weekend. The film, which is heavily favored in this year's foreign-language Oscar race, scored a $96,618 gross, averaging $16,103. Its total now stands at $202,026.
Focus Features' release of Dee Rees's "Pariah" also expanded its second weekend. Going from four to 11 screens, the drama held on quite nicely after a somewhat underwhelming debut. Its grosses shot up 130% as it took in $111,573, averaging $10,143 and taking its total to $235,012.
Also not faring so well was the third weekend of Angelina Jolie's directorial debut "In The Land of Blood and Honey." A love story set against the Bosnian war, the Film District release went from two to seven screens and failed to attract a significant audience. It grossed $31,812 over the weekend, giving it a $4,545 average and a new total of $90,204
Roman Polanski's "Carnage" expanded slightly from 12 to 15 screens in its fourth weekend. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics, it grossed $115,834 for a decent $7,722 per-theater-average. Starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly, the film has now totalled $537,021.
Expanding from 167 to 172, Michel Hazanavicius's "The Artist" continued to give the Weinstein Company reason to celebrate as it heads into Oscar season with the assumed frontrunner. The film managed a $1,136,000 gorss over its seventh weekend, averaging $6,605. The film's total has now grown to $7,113,501, which is surely a record for a silent film.
"My Week With Marilyn," which stars Michelle Williams in a heavily Oscar-buzzed role as Marilyn Monroe (she received SAG and Golden Globe noms) dropped from 630 to 584 screens in its seventh weekend. The Weinstein Company release dropped 11% in grosses as a result, taking in $823,000 for a $1,409 average. The film has now totalled a healthy $10,454,013.
Steve McQueen's "Shame" dropped from 55 to 45 screens in its sixth weekend for Fox Searchlight. The NC-17 film starring Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan grossed $210,000 as a result, rising 5% in grosses despite losing screens. That gave "Shame" a $4,667 average and a new total of $2,336,610.
A fellow Searchlight release, Alexander Payne's "The Descendants," dropped 24% as its screen count fell from 758 to 737 in its eighth weekend of release. It grossed $2,565,000, which is still very respectable. It gave the film, starring George Clooney as a Hawaii land baron, a weekend average of $3,480 and a new total of $43,941,563. It's now the ninth-highest grossing film ever for Fox Searchlight.
Finally, Fassbender's other major specialty release, David Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method," went from 61 to 64 screens. The film, which stars Fassbender as Jung and Viggo Mortensen as Freud, took in $310,229 over the weekend, jumping 3% in grosses. That made for a $4,847 per-theater-average and a new total of $2,107,127. Like "Carnage," "A Dangerous Method" is released by Sony Pictures Classics.
Peter Knegt is Indiewire's Senior Editor. Follow him on Twitter and on his blog.
Indiewire tracks independent/specialty releases compiled from Rentrak Theatrical, which collects studio reported data as well as box-office figures from North American theatre locations. To be included in the Indiewire Box Office Chart, distributors must submit information about their films to Rentrak at email@example.com by the end of the day each Monday.


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JACKSON – Michelle Byrom, the only woman in Mississippi sentenced to die, lost an appeal Thursday of her conviction for killing her husband and for recruiting her son in the plot.
Byrom had asked that her conviction be overturned because of errors made by the trial court. But the Supreme Court ruled 5-3 in the Tishomingo County case that although the court did make some errors, they did not justify changing the verdict.
Edward Byrom Sr., an electrician, was shot June 4, 1999, with a World War II weapon that had belonged to his father.
In a rare move at her 2000 trial, Michelle Byrom asked Circuit Judge Thomas Gardner, instead of the jury, to decide whether she should serve life in prison or be put to death. Gardner sentenced her to death.
Prosecutors said Byrom killed her husband of 20 years for money, which defense attorneys argued she had been physically abused as a child and by her husband.
Edward Byrom Jr. testified against his mother during the trial as part of a plea-bargain arrangement. He later pleaded guilty to several charges in the murder-for-hire scheme, including conspiracy to commit murder. Gardner sentenced him to 50 years in prison with 20 years suspended.
Prosecutors claimed Michelle Byrom planned to pay a hit man $15,000 with proceeds from the estate, which were estimated at more than $350,000.
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that none of the errors cited by Michelle Byrom justified overturning her death sentence.
However, Justice George C. Carlson, writing in the majority opinion for the court, said Michelle Byrom's trial was not error-free.
"However," he wrote, "we have never held that a criminal defendant was entitled to a perfect trial, even with our heightened scrutiny in death penalty cases. A perfect trial is simply impossible.
"A defendant is entitled, however, to a constitutionally fair trial under our federal and state constitutions. We are satisfied that Michelle Byrom did receive a constitutionally fair trial."
In a dissent, Chief Justice Ed Pittman Jr. and two other justices said there were errors that justified a new trial, including the trial judge's decision to exclude from evidence a pornographic home video and some jailhouse letters.
In her appeal, Michelle Byrom argued that her actions were motivated by the abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband. She has alleged that a large part of this abuse was sexual and wanted to introduce a home video depicting her being forced to engage in sexual acts.
Carlson said Michelle Byrom was given sufficient latitude to convey her theory of abuse to the jury.
"The jury did not need this home video to be convinced of Byrom, Sr.'s abusive and pornographic tendencies," Carlson wrote.


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18 March 2013
My Anwers to the Questions of the Last Post
I asked questions at the end; I love the Socratic method. Asking questions allows me to provoke without showing my hand. Don't you love that?
What are my answers?
Mostly, I lean into grace... it is the only thing that keeps me moving forward. Grace for mothers who have 7 children by different men, none of whom are involved in their children's lives; grace for churches who put heavy burdens on people such that there is no awareness of how to love without rules and conditions; grace for myself when I feel so alone, inadequate, scared, ignorant - you name it. Grace.
As a friend to many women here, the example of a marriage is something I can share. As a follower of Jesus, the example of a life sold out to Him is something I can share. As an imperfect mama, the example of mistakes and redemption is something I can share.
I love Jesus.
Oh, how He loved the woman at the well! He was gentle, yet firm. He was mysterious in His presentation, yet simultaneously simplistic. He offered something eternal to a shunned woman.
He revealed Himself to her!
"I am He," Jesus said. He revealed Himself to a woman of a culture the Jewish people ignored.
Jesus is breath-taking, beautiful, brilliant.
If He were sitting in that outdoor kitchen with me, He would be revealing Himself to Miskito women - forgotten women by Honduran society standards. He would be sharing Himself with them and offering living water.
Oh, how He loves me! He is gentle, yet firm. He has been mysterious in His presentation to me, yet simultaneously simplistic. He offered me, a stained woman, eternal redemption.
He revealed Himself to me; and the least I can do is attempt to share Him with others.
These are my answers to my own questions.
Be blessed today, friends. And may Jesus reveal Himself to you, right where you are. May He offer you living water today and may you drink deeply of it and be satisfied.
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An open letter to a drunk driver
You! That's right, you! Because you just had to get in your car and try to drive after having had WAY too much to drink, you almost killed two beloved members of my family. Your irresponsibility came dangerously close to murdering two innocent, wonderful people. I fight the anger, looking for forgiveness. I try to understand.
Let's put you in my sister's place, shall we? It's late Saturday night. You've just finished babysitting two demanding toddlers for your son and daughter-in law. It's a long drive home, but your husband's a good driver and you trust he'll get you both home safely. You're tired, there's easy going conversation, you try to pay attention, but keep nodding off.
All of a sudden, you're rudely awakened by a sea of air bags enveloping you. You feel extreme pain and can't breathe. You feel someone (your husband) unbuckle your seat belt. That helps a little, but you're still gasping for air. The pain! There's so much pain! It's in your chest. "Am I dying?" you think. Someone gets you out of the car.
You know there are people around, talking. There are lights, too, but the only thing you're conscious of is the excruciating pain and desperate gasps for air. Are you dying? You're in an ambulance, sirens are going. A man is trying to treat and comfort you. "Am I dying?" you ask. You don't want to die. You have three grown children, three little grandsons, a man who loves you, a sister who is close as a twin, a brother-in-law who adores you, a big extended family and a thriving business that all need you. After many tests, you're released from the hospital; diagnosis: broken sternum. Your husband is more fortunate, many bumps and bruises, a foot that's enormously swollen and extremely painful, but no broken bones.
You'll both live, albeit both of you will have much pain and you'll have to use an apparatus to control your breathing so you won't get pneumonia. It's going to be a long recovery, but you will live. Thank God, He's not ready for you yet.
Could you put yourself in my sister's place? Did you even try? Or are you just eager to get this over with and get on with your life? Does the fact that you almost killed two people mean anything to you?
Because all of you live in Florida, if this was your first offense, you'll spend 6-9 months in jail, be fined $500-2,000, have your license suspended 180 days to a year and be required to have an Interlock Ignition Device (IID) installed on you car.* (This device works similar to a breathalyzer and prevents the car from starting if the driver registers a preset blood alcohol level).
If this event had happened in North Carolina, you would have been found guilty of a DWI, with five levels of penalties: the least being 24 hours in jail, a $200 fine, license suspended 60 days to one year, with no IID requirement.** Not much for what a victim's family could reasonably consider attempted murder, is it?
How much to drink is too much? If you consider that by North Carolina law, one drink is considered 12 full ounces of beer, 5 full ounces of wine or 1.5 full ounces shot of hard liquor, a person weighing 120 pounds is considered legally drunk after three drinks (blood alcohol content of .081).
A person weighing 200 pounds is considered legally drunk after 5 drinks (blood alcohol content of .080). How much does it take for a person to get a DWI in North Carolina by age? Under 21 carries a zero tolerance, 21 or older is .08 and for commercial drivers, it's .04 blood alcohol content. ***
Am I a Puritan who has never had a drink? No. Have I ever driven when I've had too much to drink and shouldn't? Yes. Am I judging you? No. Am I telling you not to drink? No. I'm just struggling with how my sister and brother-in-law came so close to dying because you didn't use good judgment before getting into your car. I'm hoping, no, I'm praying that God will have someone read this letter who will change their driving habits and save a life. Please, everyone, let's be responsible.
*Source: DrivingLaws.org, DUI Laws by State, IID -
**Source: DrivingLaws.org, DUI Laws by State
***Source: DrivingLaws.org, Blood Alcohol Level Chart
Char Avrunin is a Waynesville artist.
Well stated Char. The damage done by clueless drunk drivers is far greater than the penalties they pay.
A number of years ago a boy hit our wild plum tree and then our house. He was drunk. He had been judged a habitual offender and had no license. He was driving his mothers car. In North Carolina the state constitution has a clause whereby if someone is driving someone else's vehicle the owner of the vehicle is not responsible if they claim it was an unauthorized use at that time, regardless of how long they had use of it before. We got nothing from GEICO who had the car insured or our homeowners who treated us like it was our fault. We switched from General to Nationwide.
After several more arrests for no license, insurance, etc, etc, the boy was finally brought back to Haywood County for our trial. In a plea deal he agreed to pay $9,000.00 to us out of the app.$50,000.00 owed and had to do so much jail time. He was let go app. 2 months early last winter and we have received nothing. He has arrested again for resisting arrest, no license, altered registration, expired plate, no insurance, etc. Bailed out!!!
It is infuriating that this boy is out there not abiding by OUR laws and while given several opportunities to turn his life around, he apparently refuses.
As best we can tell he lives at home in a $250,000.00 house.
Mother supposedly worked at the Women's Correction Facility.
Has at least one kid, sired while out of jail.
Thank you both for your comments. I'm sorry for your experience, C.Z. It seems a shame that NC laws aren't more stringent for drunk drivers. It seems to me that at, the very least, DWI'S should have to have an IID installed on their car.
This punk owns nothing. his family gives him a vehicle to use. he has had numerous wrecks over the years. he did own a trailer just to have an address not the same as his folks. It is uninhabital. he relies on others like the several girl friends we've seen him with. he is pathetic really.


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As prices increase, many shooters are looking for ways to take the bite out of their shooting budget. Here are ten tips to help: Take the bite out of your shooting budget: If you are like most, you did not buy nearly enough ammo over the past few years. Most of us told ourselves that our budgets just couldn't be stretched any farther. So our ammunition reserves either dwindled or stayed static despite knowing that prices were rising. Boy are we sorry now! Anyone who was not paying attention had a severe dose of sticker shock when hunting season arrived, and it is just getting worse. This is not an "I told you so" piece despite my advice to stock up on ammo in articles from late 2006 and early 2007. This is a warning about what is coming next and what you can do about it. It is too late to buy cheap ammo. You will never see brass cased, boxer primed 308 of good quality for under $200 per thousand again. You will never again see even steel cased 7.62x39 to feed your $99 SKS for $99 per thousand. You will never again see 9mm Luger for $12 per 100. Not only has the price of factory loaded ammunition soared, the price of reloading components have begun to climb as well. What can you do? Here are 10 steps you can take to offset some of the financial bite in your shooting budget. #1) Shop wisely - use the internet and toll free phone numbers to research current prices and comparison shop. Information is power; use it to your advantage. Some sites raise prices more slowly than others. Some include shipping in their prices. Be sure that you are matching apples to apples when comparing prices and factor every penny including shipping and sales taxes when you are making mail order purchases. #2) Watch for retail bargains at local stores. If your local gun shop or back country general store has an odd box of cartridges or shotgun shells with a five year old price sticker on it. Buy it. The price of ammo has literally doubled in the last five years. Even those last few dusty corners will be cleaned out soon. If you can take advantage of a 'first in last out' inventory system, do it before someone else does. Every once in awhile the larger stores like Dick's and Wal-Mart will run ammunition sales with discounts on case quantities that still seem reasonable. If you see a good sale, stock up! #3) Roll your own. Reloading has long been a means of saving a few dollars as well as improving the quality of loads tweaked for your rifle. Despite the recent increase in the cost of reloading components, you will still pay less for ammo you load yourself than for off the shelf factory loaded ammunition. The price of reloading components and equipment have begun to climb as the cost for materials and interest in reloading have increased. The prices wil... |
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Don't Forget Ebay and Craigslist
We all know about Ebay and Craigslist so don't forget to use it for all your hunting gear. You really should shop ebay or your local craigslist if you are on a budget it will be a great place to save money. I just picked up a Harris bipod rest for my rifle for $50 (retail $120) also a trail camera for $30 (retail $70). Get your clothes, hats, shoes, backpacks, just about everything you can imagine. I picked up my Stiener Binoculars a few years ago for $300 cheaper than I could purchase anywhere else. You will find alot of hunters that haven't been drawn for anything this year that will be selling a lot of their equipment in this tight economy.... |
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Save $$$ at the Range
Rather than spend my hard earned pennies on those cool Shoot-N-See targets or even the preprinted targets at sporting goods stores, I save a few bucks for weekend plinking sessions by using paper plates as targets. A 100 count pack of paper plates costs less than a 10 count pack of preprinted targets. If you are playing with something like a semi auto AK, or building a young shooters confidence with a 22 or shotgun, those big eight inch blanks are perfect for putting holes in all weekend long without breaking your budget. An eight inch circle at 100 yards is also a reasonable approximation of deer vitals and perfectly adequate for sighting in your rifle at closer ranges. Most bore-sighters etc will put you on an eight inch target at 25 yards easily. After that, you can tweak your sights or dial in your scope as you move the next target plate back to 50, 75, or 100 yards. Once sighted in you can test reloading recipes at 100+ yards easily. And if you want to challenge yourself once you are comfortable with the sight picture and ammunition you can move your 8 inch plate back to 150 or 200 yards. My point is that you get 100 targets to play with for a few bucks instead of just a few of the more expensive pre-printed ones. That saves more money for other things - like ammunition to use putting more holes in your money saving targets!
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"Save America's Treasures" has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington's tent.
65% of Americans don't know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
The "Teaching American History" grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
40% of Americans can't identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
"There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country," John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
The "We the People Program," which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
The assignment—to select 10 books suitable for a lay reader that cover American history between the Constitution and the 1850s—sounds easier than it is. There are tens of thousands of books on the period, which saw massive economic, social, and political change, an extension of the United States from the Mississippi to the Pacific, and a series of crises leading to the Civil War. Clearly my list will have to be idiosyncratic, favoring titles that I have read and loved, that seemed to work well with my students, or that my friends and colleagues praise. Read more »


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Friday, October 24, 2008
Gethin Jenkins solid hit on opposing prop Carlos Nieto
Earlier this week we featured highlights from what was probably the game of the weekend, Cardiff Blues vs Gloucester from the Millenium Stadium.
Besides all the tries, which you can see here, there was some tremendous physicality on show from both sides, with a handful of big hits adding to the spectacle.
Cardiff Blues front rower Gethin Jenkins had a tussle with Italian international Carlos Nieto all match. The two heavyweights scrummed down against each other, which was a battle in itself, and early in the first half Jenkins got one up on his man.
It wasn't a powerful scrum though, it was in open field that Jenkins flew into Nieto with this fantastic hit. The massive side-on hit with the shoulder had a huge impact, actually causing damage and discomfort to Jenkins for some time afterwards.
It's not often that we get to see the fatties have a go one-on-one like that, so this was great to see, even if Nieto didn't really know that the contest was actually taking place.
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Oregon Privatization Supporters Abandon 2014 Push
June 6, 2014Backers of a campaign to privatize spirits sales in Oregon have halted their efforts toward a ballot initiative for this year, citing a lack of time to gather signatures on their preferred petition before the July 3 deadline.
Proponents of privatization raised two separate petitions toward their goal, but the Oregon Supreme Court approved wording and authorized the gathering of signatures on only one of them, the less desirable of the two for the privatization camp. (Among other concerns, privatization supporters sought to strike the word "tax" from the ballot initiative language—referring to a proposed levy on wholesaler to retailer sales included in the privatization measure—without success.)
Privatization coalition Oregonians For Competition says that, given the time constraints involved, its members would prefer to wait and renew their efforts during the 2015 legislative session and, if necessary, with another ballot initiative push in 2016.
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Blessed with a range of features that will allow you to demonstrate your culinary prowess to appreciative audiences, the Rangemaster Elise 110 Induction Range Cooker has a wonderfully contemporary design that demonstrates the heritage and quality that you would expect from the UKs number one manufacturer of range cookers. Experience equals excellence When buying a Rangemaster, youre receiving the product of over 180 years of experience and expertise. With all their range cookers being built at their Royal Leamington Spa factory - something which dates back to 1830 - you can be assured that when you use a Rangemaster, youre receiving the very best in cooking technology along with the rich heritage that goes with it. Two ovens are better than one The Elise 110 range features two large ovens, which have a total combined capacity of 138 litres. The main cavity is a 69-litre multifunction oven which offers seven different cooking functions - letting you choose the option that best suits the type of meal youre preparing. Offering such functions as a fan oven, base heating, fanned grilling, defrosting and more, youre able to provide the perfect cooking environment for any type of cuisine. A second 69 litre oven provides more space in which to cook further food alongside your main meal. Perfect for preparing two meals at the same time, or even for baking a cake or dessert, this fan assisted oven gives you the flexibility and versatility that can be essential when trying to prepare the perfect multi course meal. Tools that help As well as offering top notch technology to get your meals tasting their very best, Rangemaster also offer innovative tools to assist you in the cooking process. The Handyrack is a clever item which fits on to the door of the main oven and allows you to easily access and check the status of your food. Check to see if your roast is done or needs extra basting without any risk of accidently burning yourself. When youve finished cooking, the Elise 110 helps with the cleaning - there are catalytic liners in both ovens which work by absorbing any splashes and stains that may have occurred during the preparation of your food. When the oven reaches high temperatures during the regular process of cooking your dinner, these then oxidize and leave you with the simple task of wiping away the remaining residue. The days of scrubbing away for hours at tough baked on stains are a thing of the past! A cooking innovation Not only do you get superb control and functionality from the ovens, but this Elise 110 also features an induction hob. Being the very latest in cooking technology, induction hobs are a brilliant innovation that make cooking simple, quick and safe. Twice as efficient as gas hobs, theyre fast and remarkably responsive - you have access to almost instantaneous heat whenever you want it. Utilizing electromagnetic energy, the pan is directly heated and not the hob. This means there is no residual heat and makes induction hob surfaces considerably safer than conventional cooker tops and greatly reduces the risk of any accidents. Another benefit to induction cooking is that due to lack of heat on the hob, it is very difficult to burn anything onto the cooking surface. When youre finished preparing your meal, simply wipe down the surface with a damp cloth and youre left with a clean hob - ready to go again whenever you are. Premium design While the food produced by the Elise 110 will appeal to the gastronome in everyone, its aesthetic design is equally delightful. With a chic design that has a distinctively continental style, it comes in a distinctive china blue finish and is fitted with chrome trimming, bar handles and control knobs that compliment and complete the overall look. Technologically advanced but with a heritage and history that is second to none, the Rangemaster Elise 110 Induction Range Cooker is a stunning cooker that will act as a worthy centerpiece of any kitchen.
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Gary Allen Applegarth, 65, of Wenatchee: 10:30 a.m. memorial service, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in East Wenatchee.
Norman Lee Delabarre, 89, of Wenatchee: 3 p.m. celebration of life service, Brethren Baptist Church on Okanogan; dessert reception immediately follows.
Michael A. Houston, 60, of East Wenatchee: 3 p.m. memorial service, Wenatchee Valley Praise Center, 433 S. Mission St., Wenatchee.
Bonnie B. (Betts) Nelson, 62, of Wenatchee: 11 a.m. memorial service, Jones & Jones-Betts Memorial Chapel, Wenatchee.
Richard L. "Rick" Sinclair, 88, of Wenatchee: Noon memorial service with military honors, 19 Loon Lake, Rock Island; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. celebration of life gathering to follow.
Lionel "Nello" Garlini, 91, of Wenatchee: 3 to 6 p.m. celebration of life, Garlini's Restaurant.
Dr. Dwight Lee Bostwick, 79, of East Wenatchee and formerly of Cashmere: 10:30 a.m. memorial service, Cashmere Presbyterian Church; lunch reception to follow.
Truman L. Dissmore, 70, of Wenatchee: 3 p.m. memorial service, Living Hope Community Church, 11 N. Chelan Ave., Wenatchee.
Dennie Nicholas "Nicky" Durfee Jr., 46, of Quincy: 11 a.m. funeral service, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Quincy; concluding service and interment to follow at Quincy Valley Cemetery.
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Doris I. Bonwell, 85, of Manson: 11 a.m. graveside memorial, Riverside Cemetery, Chelan.
Ralph D. Hagenbuch, 80, of Pateros: 2 p.m. celebration of life gathering, Hagenbuch family garden, 19 B Black Canyon.
Mary Elizabeth (Best) McGowan, 95, of Nespelem and formerly of Okanogan and Omak: 10 a.m. Mass, St. Mary's Mission, Omak; burial to follow at Okanogan City Cemetery; 7 p.m. June 13 Rosary, Precht-Harrison-Nearents Chapel, Okanogan.
Robert John Stutesman, 65, of Leavenworth: 1 to 5 p.m. celebration of life party, Dryden Gun Club.
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The Newport Beach Athletic Club is in Newport Beach. With a plethora of gyms to choose from in OC, Newport Beach Athletic Club (NBAC) stands out because of its high-class amenities, reasonable prices, laid-back atmosphere and unique traditions developed since its 1971 opening. Unlike many other gyms, NBAC won't lock you into long-term memberships—they only do month-to-month. Everything is clean, simple, no-nonsense, utilitarian yet classy. The gym features separate training facilities designed specifically for men and women, as well as a sauna, basketball and racquetball courts, an outdoor track, a boxing area, personal training, Ping-Pong tables, and wireless-Internet access. All the amenities don't take away from the fact that getting in shape and staying that way are still the club's biggest focus: This is a gym, people, not a day spa. It's a pretty expensive place to get into, though, so make sure to know someone with the big money to get you in.


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On Monday, Houston-based David Weekley Homes announced that it would break ground in May at Daybreak, the 4,000-acre master planned community in South Jordan, Utah. This represents Weekley's initial foray into the Salt Lake City market, its 17th overall in nine states.
Weekley expects to start selling single-family detached homes out of this community by June. "This is an incredible opportunity for Dave Weekley Homes to expand our home building portfolio," said the builder's chairman David Weekley, in a prepared statement.
"Having David Weekley Homes join our builder group at Daybreak made a lot of sense to us based on our shared values," added Ty McCutcheon, vice president of Community Development for Kennecott, Daybreak's developer. "Its focus on an outstanding customer experience, quality energy-efficient construction, and award-winning design are all aligned with the Daybreak brand."
According to its website, about one in every five homes sold in the Salt Lake City Valley is purchased at Daybreak, which opened nine years ago. Last year, its sales jumped 37%. When it achieves its scheduled completion around 2022, Daybreak is expected to have 20,000 homes (of which more than 3,000 have already been completed) and more than 9 million square feet of commercial space. Including Weekley, Daybreak now has nine active builders: Bangerter Homes, Destination Homes, Garbett Homes, Holmes Homes, Ivory Homes (Utah's largest builder), Rainey Homes, Richmond American Homes, and Sego Homes.
David Weekley Homes is purchasing homesites in two upcoming communities at Daybreak: Creekside Village and Lakeside Village, both of which will open this summer and will total about 400 homesites. (David Weekley Homes tells Builder that the total number of homesites it will purchase has yet to be determined.)
In Creekside Village, Weekley will sell two products: cottage court–style homes that range from 1,200 to 1,650 square feet and which will be priced from the low- to mid $200s; and 60-foot homesites with houses from 1,800 to 2,300 square feet and priced in the high $200s to the low $300s.
In Lakeside Village, Weekley will offer 60-foot homesites with mountain and lake views. Houses in that neighborhood will range from 2,000 to 2,400 square feet, and be priced in the mid- to high $300s.
Weekley did not comment about what, if any, future expansion plans it has for Utah.
John Caulfield is senior editor forBuilder magazine.
Learn more about markets featured in this article: Salt Lake City, UT, Houston, TX.


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A year ago, almost to the day, Nick Reed signed a two-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings that would have paid him $1.2 million and solidified his status as a professional football player.
Instead, Tuesday morning Reed awoke before 4:30 a.m., made sure his room was fit for inspection, headed out to physical training and began what would be another exhausting 19-hour day that would trump the demands of any NFL training camp.
While Reed remains a bit confused as to why his NFL career was so brief, he is more than content to be among those elite recruits to be preparing to be a pilot at the Air Force Academy, now hoping to use his skills and athleticism to serve his country.
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Reed, 25, was a seventh-round pick of Seattle in 2009, out of Oregon, and is one of the all-time sack leaders in Pac-12 history. For much of his life he felt two callings -- one to football, the other to be a military pilot -- and he is approaching the pursuit of being a fighter pilot with the same vigor with which he played football.
"When I was a kid my dad was in the Navy," Reed said late Monday night, during one of the few spare minutes not accounted for by his rigorous schedule, "and he was flight surgeon -- a doctor for the pilots. So he would come home and talk about that stuff with me, and I think that's how I kind of got into it and knew that was something I wanted to do. Most kids want to be an astronaut or a pilot. I guess I never really got out of that stage."
That's not to say Reed, who is entering his fourth week of Air Force training, always imagined making the switch this soon. He appeared in all 16 games as a rookie for the Seahawks, seeing spot duty. He registered a sack and returned a fumble 79 yards for a score. Unfortunately, he was injured and left the team on an injury settlement, which began an odyssey across the country seeking to keep his dream alive.
Reed, an All-American as a college senior, an undersized defensive end who exuded effort and heart, bounced around 2010 working out for teams like the Eagles and Steelers, but was unable to land a contract. By then he was already preparing for Air Force, knowing the process just to be accepted was incredibly selective.
"I started this process after the Seahawks cut me when I got hurt," Reed said. "I was tying out for a bunch of teams -- I think I went to 10 teams in 2010 -- and I didn't get picked up until the Bears signed me in 2011. So I kind of saw the writing was on the wall and I started this process. It's something I always wanted to do, and it's a long process to be a pilot."
Chicago signed Reed to a futures contract after the 2010 season and on Sept. 1, 2011, he was informed he had made the team. On Sept. 11, he received word he was accepted to the Air Force, and nearly chose service then.
"It kind of put me in a tough position, because it's hard to pass up the NFL," Reed said, "but this is also a job I always wanted to do. So I decided this would be here for me in a couple of more years and I was still young enough that it wouldn't pass me up."
Reed played seven games for the Bears, was released, signed with Tampa Bay and played three games for the Bucs in 2011 as well. That ended up being the last time he would appear in a game, as the Vikings signed him in March 2012, but he was released before the season began.
"After the Bears cut me I decided I was done with the NFL and playing football," Reed said.But the Air Force program is so selective, he couldn't just pick up and join whenever he wanted. He had to wait for openings, and the timing started to work out better after the Vikings let him go at the end of August, 2012.
"I was cut by the Vikings around Aug, 31 and I found out from the Air Force I got in right around Sept. 10," Reed said. "I still had to get a flight physical and sort of hurry up and wait, until I could start. I was just getting ready, traveling, relaxing. I tried to do a lot of relaxing knowing what was ahead."
Finally, in April, Reed could begin his nine-week "Super Boot Camp," which will continue through the spring. It was around that time that his agent, Marc Lillibridge, received a text from Reed informing him he was definitely done with football.
"As much as I enjoyed football, this is what I am supposed to be doing. Thanks for the opportunities you provided me during my time in. It was a great experience."
Still, even in a brief conversation with Reed (who played at 6-1, 250 pounds) one can detect he isn't totally at ease with how his football career played out. He said he doesn't miss the game anymore, but believes he could have achieved more in the NFL if given the opportunity.
"There's not a lot I really miss, maybe the free time it affords you," Reed said. "But I was jaded by the whole experience. It's maybe still too soon to be asking me that question. I'm proud to say I played and got to do it and had that opportunity and I was lucky got to play. But I wasn't ready for it to be over. Not that I regret this track I'm on. But I still felt like I had some good ball left.
"That will always be my question -- what happened? I felt like wherever I went I had success when I got to play. I know I was small and slow, but I got the job done. But once you're gone, you're gone. When they're not answering your phone calls anymore you have to move, and everything happens for a reason, so I am sure there was something."
The last four weeks have been unlike anything Reed has ever encountered.
He's usually up before the 4:30 a.m. wakeup call, getting ready for his extended day of work. Besides the physical demands, the program is mentally exhausting, with hours of class work on leadership training and military history. By the time they get back to their rooms around 7 p.m., there is generally four or five hours of homework that must be completed before the early wake-up call comes for another day of the same. He spends every waking hour working with the same 14 members of his group, grinding through the nine-week program.
"They're long days, and one of the worst things about it is lack of sleep," Reed said. "I think that's part of the plan. I didn't really know exactly what to expect when I got here, but honestly it's been more mental than physical. This is some of the most intense schooling I've ever done and also some of the most efficient and effective learning I've ever been a part of. You always hear about how inefficient bureaucracies can be, but in the source of nine weeks they do a great job of making effective use of our 19 hours a day."
If all goes according to plan, Reed will complete this training and then begin pilot training in June, a process that takes a year.
"A lot of people say that will be even more difficult," he said.
However, there will be weekends off, a bit more free time -- every waking hour won't be as regimented -- when he reaches that stage, with the ultimate goal being to see active duty as a fighter pilot.
"I would like to be a fighter," Reed said. "Flying jets is cool and I would love to do it, but it's very competitive and depending on when I graduate there might not be any spots available. You need a lot of skill and luck to make that happen. If that doesn't work out then I will have a pilot's license and I'm excited to fly. Honestly, for me, and it might be different for guys with families who don't want to go overseas, but personally, I think going overseas and flying would be a great experience. I don't know about fun, but it's something I want to do."
Football is largely out of Reed's life now, except for rooting for Oregon and now, keeping an eye on his former college coach, Chip Kelly, who is entering his first season coaching the Philadelphia Eagles. Otherwise, Reed is focused on the duty at hand, seeking no attention for his pursuit and desire to serve.
"I'm just making my bed every morning," he said. "There are a lot of people here and throughout the military going a whole lot more."


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Benefits of multiple filtration
Filtration strategies
Considering how many members have questions about brands and types of filtration, there's another side of things; multiple filters.
By that I mean two or more filters on your tank. One can not over filter a aquarium. I am not talking about the media within the filters, just that the more water filtered the better water quality maintained.
I read in an old Tropical Fish Hobbyist Magazine (Oct. '03) about a fellow who had, among other filtration, both a fluidized bed and Hang on Back (HOB) power filter on his 55 gallon reef aquarium. That, along with his protein skimmer, kept his reef in top shape. The person was concerned about the weight on the back of the tank from all that filtration.
The recommendation was to build wood boxes for particularly the fluidized bed filter to sit on.
But I digress. There are many, many benefits from using two or more filters on your tank.
First, your fishes. Though most freshwater fish are adaptable to varied levels of pH, temperature and hardness, marine fishes are not. It is up to the keeper to keep their charges in stable, clean water.
More than one filter can really help accomplish that. For example, there are two canister filters, both rated for up to a hundred-gallon aquarium, filtering the 75 gallon freshwater tank to my right as I write this. There are roughly 55 tetras and multiple other small fishes in it. Those fishes are nearing their 14th year.
Without getting too technical on the hows and whys, it's because of top shelf water quality from multiple filtration.
The only caveat is the flow from too powerful multiple filters that makes it difficult for fishes to swim. So when you buy filters, make sure they are rated for no more than twice your tank size. Fishes like Bettas need considerably less flow.
Cleaning. What makes aquarium keeping possible is Nitrifying bacteria. When a person has one filter, those bacteria are impinged by the cleaning, even when the filter is cleaned in tank water as it certainly should be.
That can result in a mini Ammonia bloom until the bacteria fully rebound, which can take days. And readers of this should know that Ammonia, even a tiny bit of it, can damage fishes, particularly the lining of the gils. If one visits the forum daily, you'll see many unexplained deaths. Now you know why.
With multiple filters that can be negated. Say you have two HOB power filters for example, and you clean filters monthly. You can clean one HOB one month, the other HOB the next month. As long as your tank isn't grossly overstocked, that is.
Stability is the name of the game of aquarium keeping. Multiple filters can help.
Media. The more filters you have attached to a tank the more media you can use. Too much Phosphate causing algae? Add removal product to the filters, problem solved.
There is filter media available for nearly anything that is dissolved in water. Though canister filters, by their very construction, can hold more types and amounts of media than a HOB filter, more than one of any kind of filter is a very good thing.
Clean water is what every forum member should aspire to.
And there is water volume. In nature, marine and freshwater fishes have a great deal more water to swim in than any aquarium does.
Thus, the more water in a system the better. Multiple filters can provide it.
HOB power filters that are waterfall type, hold little water volume, but any extra is good. Canister filters hold more; many brands hold over a gallon of water.
Though refugiums are a marine thing, they also work in FW. It's beyond the scope of this post to describe details of FW refugiums, but hang-on models hold a good deal of water, from one to five gallons, depending on size and model.
If one has sump-based filtration, filters can be attached to it, keeping them out of sight. I'm one who detests the appearance of equipment in an aquarium, so all my tanks have sumps.
Water volume is another plus when using multiple filters.
So, to summarize. Using two or more filters on an aquarium can benefit your fishes. And benefiting the fishes is always a good thing.
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0Great read as always Dave.
I think Im gonna go get another filter (well in the morning).American League Champions! TIGERS!
0I completely agree with this post. I have several filters on my tanks because like you stated before, it's more biological filtration to help clarity and balance the tank out as well as give me time to repair 1 filter if one were to crap out on me. Great post Dave.
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0This relevant and informative post has sticky written all over it Dave.
A typically excellent post, Good Job.Gas mileage isn't everything OIIIIIIIO
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Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.
A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.
0I've recently added a second filter to my 29gl tank. I have an Aqueon Quiet Flow 55/75 HOB and an Aqueon Quiet Flow 20. If all goes well and I get the 75gl tank I'll probably get a second Quiet Flow 55/75 for it with the money I get from selling the 29gl. For me, the Aqueon Quiet Flow have been really good filters and are very, very quiet. I have my tank in my TV room and don't like noise when watching TV, plus the TV room is right next to our bedroom and I like it quiet when in bed. N o problem since I got the Aqueons and got rid of the Whisper 55/75 I had.
0Good article Dave.
This is exactly why many here have problems with cycling, as well. They have one small filter on their tank and think they should be able to grow a ton of bacteria in it. Doesn't work.
0Wow adding a filter to your sump, that's an interesting thought. I get some debris collecting in the bottom of mine. I put a pond filter in the bottom because I thought debris would settle in that and it would be easier to keep clean.
0Excellent as always Dave. I particularly love the line "you can not over filter".
While no one should ever "cheap out" when it comes to any aquarium equiptment, the very last place you should ever cut corners is filtration! It is the backbone of a quality aquarium.
Oh and as 850R said: Sticky!125g - 6 Zig Zag Rainbows, 6 Turquoise Rainbows, 6 Boesmani Rainbows, 5 otos, 6 corys
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0Great as usual Dave
I have run 2 filters on all my tanks for years.Sailor
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As a farm machinery mechanic and writer, Dan brings a hands-on approach that only a pro can muster. Along with his In the Shop blog, Dan writes a column by the same name as well as the Shop Series for Farm Journal magazine. Always providing practical information, he is a master at tackling technical topics and making them easy for all of our readers to understand. He and his wife, Becky, live near Bouton, Iowa.
I'm going to refine a suggestion I made a while back in one of my blogs. I suggested that it would be useful when repairing machinery to take a cell phone photo of the part in question, so you could show it to the person at the parts counter.
That has created problems. Some folks assume that a photo is worth a thousand words, and now simply hand their cell phone to the parts person and say, 'Gimme that part."
To help maintain the sanity of parts people across the country:
-The first photo should be of the machine's model number. The second photo should be a close-up of the serial number plate, with serial numbers clearly legible.
-Then take a series of photos, starting at a distance before ending with a close-up of the part in question. That will help the parts person identify where on the machine the part is located.
-Take time to look at the piece in question. Understand what it does on the machine, decipher how it is broken or why it isn't working correctly. There is an disturbing trend for folks to just take a cell phone photo and then hand their phone to the parts person at the local dealership with the assumption that everything the parts person needs is in that one, tiny 2-inch by 3-inch digitized photo.
Cell phone photos can be an immense aid in helping get the right parts efficiently. Or, they can make things worse because the person with the cell phone photo has no information aside from that one photo to help the parts person get the right parts.
If you're technologically sophisticated, figure out how to use your smart phone or iPad to access the internet, look up a parts diagram of the machine you're working on, and point to the specific part you need on that image. It will have the specific part number right there, and all the parts person has to do is type in the number to see if they have it in stock.
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NEW YORK—Two things seem to dominate the news of late. One is the distribution and administration of the Salk vaccine for polio. The President says that as far as the government and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare were concerned everything has been magnificently done.
This is probably true. But it seems to me that something a little out of the ordinary, a special program, was required to handle this situation, and perhaps even someone could have been put in charge on a special level months ago to follow developments and make plans both for inspection of those producing the vaccine and for the necessary methods of distribution. This must be a responsibility carried by the Federal government. If a special program had been ready by the time of the April 12 announcement none of the confusion that has existed would have occurred.
It is a case, I am afraid, of so many things hammering at the doors of the government for attention that it is difficult to sort out the things that should be prepared in advance and those that may come along later.
A sense of the priority of subjects is essential. And, of course, these priorities might change according to the views of the people who are examining them. And that adds to the difficulties because in the end the responsibility is on the head man, for he makes these decisions on the recommendations before him when he is burning the midnight oil—and I imagine it is sometimes impossible to burn the midnight oil long enough.
The second thing we read about from day to day is the constant changes in the situation between East and West.
Is the Soviet Union really changing her policies? Has she come to realize that some of these policies have been wrong? What can we hope for from a top meeting of officials?
First, I think we should accept one fact, namely that the ultimate objective of the Soviet Union is to have a Communist world and that never changes.
They will tell you themselves that they are prepared to wait, that they do not think this can be achieved quickly, and so it is understandable that they change tactics.
For the moment their tactics have changed and we should take advantage of this change to gain what advantages we can, but we should always bear in mind all the different factors that are involved. I never believe in letting the military interests predominate but neither do I believe in forgetting them, and you may be quite sure the Soviet Union never forgets them.
Economic and social and moral factors also enter in, and have a weight when we are playing for leadership of the world.
That is what is at stake today, and this rounded outlook must always be present in the minds of our leaders as they negotiate. Negotiation is essential, but on all sides it must be done with equal circumspection and wisdom.
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Last week, in Cleveland, Ohio, three more bodies of women were found wrapped in plastic bags and hidden in abandoned properties. A suspect, a registered sex offender, has been arrested and is being held on a $6 million bond. My heart sank, my anger rose, and my prayers went up for those women and their families. We have been through this before, most recently with the discovery of three women who had been kidnapped, raped, and held captive for more than ten years. Their escape made global news and also brought back the harsh memory of the Imperial Avenue tragedy a few years back when eleven bodies of women were found. The most recent suspect has said he was "inspired" by Anthony Sowell who is now convicted of those murders.
What is happening here?
Do we as a society care about the lives of women, especially women of color and poor women? There is a silent epidemic in the world when it comes to the valuing of women's lives which pervades our own culture insidiously. Sometimes it is easier to think that other cultures demean women, but that we don't do that here in the United States. But every day, in every city, in every part of the country, and in every community, women and girls are taken from the streets as they walk to school or walk home from work or the grocery store, and forced into commercial sexual exploitation. Every day, women are hit by their spouse or boyfriend, or verbally abused and intimidated. Every day, women are raped, including those serving in the military who find themselves vulnerable to their peers and commanding officers.
And we, for the most part, remain silent. There are no national demonstrations or outcries for justice for these women. They are our mothers and sisters, our grandmothers and daughters, our nieces and aunts. Just as we are not a post-racial society, we are also not a post-patriarchal society. As much as we think women have gained equality and access to success, however one defines that, the harsh realities of violence and intimidation persist.
Maybe we don't organize around these issues because we think they are "private" matters. After all, there is a supposed sanctity within the marriage contract or within families. Or maybe we characterized some women in such a way that we then believe that they "deserved" what was coming to them.
Remaining silent will only result in more deaths and more damage to women. If the news media were to cover what is actually happening to women and girls on a 24/7 basis, we would be astonished to know the extent of it. But there might also be a national conversation about what we need to do to change the landscape so that every woman and girl could walk safely on the streets of our cities or down a country road without fear, and know that she would be safe within the walls of her own home.
A silent epidemic is dangerous, until we speak out.
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Bahrain's Formula One organizers insist that the Gulf state's grand prix race will go ahead as planned in April, despite recent fears that its political situation has not improved.
A group of British peers appealed for the race to be called off in an open letter to The Times newspaper last week, saying that the same problems of social instability prevail as when last year's event was called off. However, a spokesman for the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) insisted on Tuesday -- the anniversary of the "Day of Rage" protests against the ruling monarchy -- that the April 22 event will take place.
"The calendar was confirmed for 2012 at the end of last year and Bahrain has a place on that calendar," the spokesman told CNN under condition of anonymity. He said motorsport's governing body, the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), had been in regular contact with the BIC. "We are entirely confident that the race can be and will be an excellent event. The FIA has been taking the situation seriously for a long time," he said. "Jean Todt (FIA president) has been visiting Bahrain himself, keeping in constant contact. The FIA has said that there is no reason why the grand prix should not go ahead."
The spokesman said although there had been continuing problems in Bahrain over the past 12 months, the riots in the main city of Manama were smaller than those which took place in Britain's capital London last August. "When I was out there two or three weeks ago it was very quiet ... There is no doubt that there have been some protests," he said. "There's no doubt that there have been some small riots, nothing like on the scale that we saw in London. There have been some public order disturbances, but on the kind of scale that Britain has endured many times."
Bahrain is scheduled to be the fourth race in the 2012 F1 season, which starts on March 18 with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. The spokesman said the BIC is "absolutely confident" that the Bahrain circuit will be safe for the drivers and teams. "When it comes to being in and around the track, the drivers and the teams will be extremely safe. Absolutely, totally confident about that."
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After erasing developers' iTunes Match accounts, Apple has supplied its developers with a new beta of iTunes 10.5.1 to test the new $24.99-per-year service.The third beta of iTunes 10.5.1 is now available to members of Apple's developer program. The company said it includes "a number of important stability and performance improvements for iTunes Match."
All who are testing the iTunes Match service, which also remains in beta, must update to the latest iTunes 10.5.1 beta in order to continue using the subscription service. The last beta was supplied earlier this month, and brought iTunes Match testing to the Apple TV.
The first beta of iTunes 10.5.1 was supplied to developers in October, soon after the public release of iTunes 10.5. Apple originally promised that iTunes Match would become publicly available by the end of October, but that deadline came and went without comment from the company.
As Apple continues to attempt to work out kinks with iTunes Match, the company once again erased accounts Saturday morning. Developers were notified on Friday that their iTunes Match beta libraries would be erased as Apple continues to prepare for the forthcoming launch of the service.
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I guess the owner of El Balazo thinks he's smart to close the one in Magnolia Square to open yet another restaurant in Pleasanton figuring he'll get away from the I.C.E. team in San Ramon.
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on Jan 27, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Get a life will you!
a resident of Livermore
on Jan 27, 2010 at 5:23 pm
It's time to take the HIGH ROAD! give it a rest tweety bird...chirp, chirp, tweet tweet...
I think that the number of "illegals" in the US is close to 30 million. Fortunately, Sharon has no choice about how many sneak across our borders and very little can be done to bring it to an immediate halt. It costs millions and millions and millions to catch them, to feed and house them and to transport them to where ever it is. While they're in the US, they get food stamps, medical care, dental and eye care, emergency medical care, and many even purchase houses. Plus, the "illegal" children get a free American education! s that cool or what? They work, many pay taxes, some date Americans and eventually get married! Check this out Sharon, "illegals" open businesses and often employ legal Americans!
Many "illegals" serve in the military and die for the US, never having been granted citizenship! I'm always tickled when I meet a few here 'n there, chat it up and offer advice about how to access services! I think of my services as a Good Deed.
Yup, Sharon, if you open your heart waaaaaaaay deeply, you might even find yourself a chubby hubby from south of the border. Nice little straw hat, cavities, nearsighted but with a heart of gold! Go Girl...even you have a right to find somebody that loves you...tee hee hee, tee hee hee...
The reason that I do my best to take the HIGH ROAD is because I know that I have a tendency to be nasty just like you. I been had that tendency from birth!!!
My only advice to you is to eat lots carrots squint hard so that maybe someday you will be able to see the light!
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a resident of Pleasanton Valley
on Jan 28, 2010 at 6:53 am
Are those of you sniping about this still eating at any of these eateries? I can tell you I haven't stepped a foot into an El El Balazo since the original story broke and I've never eaten at Mama Rosa or the Tower Grill.
If you want to do something about this -- stop eating there and get the word out. Or -- take the Main Street March idea to the front door of these restaurants.
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on Jan 28, 2010 at 9:03 am
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The best restaurant? Which one to eat in? It's spelled H-O-M-E.
If we have money to eat out in Pleasanton and fund employment of illegals, then we have no right complaining about PUSD cuts!
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Analysts at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. on Monday upgraded Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ, -0.17% to neutral from underweight and raised Fusion-io Inc. fio to overweight from neutral. "With HP, our view is that the headline news just cannot get much worse," the analysts wrote in a note. "As for Fusion-io, our research points to Fusion-io continuing to hold the pole position in server-side data acceleration technology." The J.P. Morgan analysts also downgraded IBM IBM, +0.07% to neutral from overweight, saying they were concerned that "investors could become less interested in the stock, given the company's limited upside potential and muted revenue growth profile at a time when broader tech end markets could be bottoming." J.P. Morgan also downgraded EMC Corp. EMC, -2.87% to neutral from overweight.
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Morgan Stanley upgraded Sprint PCS (PCS ) to outperform from neutral.
Analyst Luiz Carvalho says he feels more comfortable with the wireless telecom company given recent funding news and positive first quarter indications. Although risks still exist, he believes the stock should act well going into the summer, he says. He notes that the company has successfully obtained some $6.5 billion in new credit. This amount effectively meets all obligations and extra cash needed for operations for 2002.
However, some caution is warranted and fundamental difficulties remain, he says. With wireless carriers engaged in a price war, he believes cutting costs in order to drive profitability is crucial. He set a $17 year-end 2002 price target on the stock.


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A Little Good News for a Monday
First, The Cat got "beautiful" blood test results, according to the vet. Thyroid went down to the low end of the normal range (it was running high last time), and she put on some weight. Her white blood count looked good, too.
I almost thought she was going to high-five (four?) me when I told her the doctor didn't want to see her again until mid-January!
Second, The book sale wrapped up this morning (after several phone calls and much paperwork). By our estimation it probably made 2/3 as much as it had on average for the past few years, but considering the circumstances, that's better than what we expected. Plus we're happy to have room again for our classes/readers/studiers.
And we managed not to fight with or kill each other. (Offended a few teachers inadvertently, maybe, but they'll get over it as soon as they need our help with something.)
Finally, after a bit of a hiatus, I went back to the Book Club. It actually was quite pleasant.
And nobody fought or killed each other, either.
(Oh, I'll go into more detail over at the other blog. Eventually.)
Any other input on what to do in honor of the 800th post?
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- ccr in MA said...
I'm so glad about the blood results! I mean, the not killing or being killed is good too, but beautiful blood work doesn't come along every day.
- Kate P said...
Especially with The Cat, CCR--the doctor has been really wary of the low-ish white count for the past several tests. That's a side effect of the steroids. But she's holding her own!
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Seth Rogen and James Franco might've had the best "Bound 2" spoof of last week, but Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi are giving the actors a run for their money with their holiday card.
Inspired by the Kardashians' annual Christmas card — "This is not a joke. This is their holiday card. It is real." she says of this year's outrageous version — DeGeneres revealed on "The Ellen Show" that she and her wife took inspiration from Kim for their holiday greeting.
Yes, it's a still from the "Bound 2" video with their heads photoshopped on top, and it reads, "Bound for a Merry Christmas. Love, Ellen and Portia."
Okay, fine. It's clearly not their real card, but it's still pretty funny (only if you've seen the video, Ellen notes.)
Check out the full reveal below: