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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Nobody thought much of it when the Kansas City Royals sent Jonathan Sanchez to the Colorado Rockies last season for Jeremy Guthrie in a swap of struggling starters.
These days, the Royals look like they got a steal.
Guthrie kept the Indians guessing on Sunday while pitching into the seventh inning, and Alcides Escobar and Alex Gordon homered to help Kansas City to a 9-0 rout of Cleveland in the opener of the first day-night doubleheader in the history of Kauffman Stadium.
Guthrie (3-0) allowed six hits over 6 2/3 innings for his 16th consecutive start without a loss, tying the Royals' record set by Paul Splittorff from Aug. 13, 1977-April 22, 1978.
"I knew it's been a number of starts in a row, because people kept reminding me of it," Guthrie said with a smile. "Ultimately, it means a lot because hopefully the guys behind me when I go out are confident that we have a chance to win the game."
Confidence was perhaps the biggest thing that Guthrie was missing last season in Colorado. He was just 3-9 with a 6.35 ERA prior to the trade, but went 5-3 with a 3.16 ERA the rest of the way in Kansas City, earning a three-year, $25 million contract from the Royals in November.
Guthrie's gone at least six innings in all four of his starts this season.
"I have the kind of confidence I want to go into each start with," he said, "that good stuff or not, I can keep us in it and give us a chance to win the game."
Escobar's solo shot came in the fifth inning and Gordon's two-run homer came in the eighth, capping a big day for the Kansas City offense. Jarrod Dyson also drove in a pair of runs, and Mike Moustakas had a single and three walks -- one with the bases loaded.
"The walks to Moustakas were big," Indians manager Terry Francona conceded.
Justin Masterson (4-2) allowed seven runs in 6 1/3 innings for the Indians. The right-hander, who entered the game with a 1.85 ERA, was trying to join Bob Lemon, Greg Swindell and Cliff Lee as the only pitchers in franchise history with five wins in April.
Instead, Masterson got roughed up by the bottom of the Royals' lineup.
He walked Moustakas, who was hitting just .152, on four pitches with two outs in the second. Jeff Francoeur and Dyson followed with back-to-back doubles to give Kansas City a 2-0 lead.
Masterson threw four more balls to Moustakas in the fourth -- "I think he had a force field around the strike zone," Masterson quipped afterward -- to walk him again. This time, Francoeur and Dyson made Masterson pay with back-to-back singles for a 3-0 lead.
"Justin Masterson is such a good pitcher, and going into the game, my mind was prepared for a low-scoring affair," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "I thought we'd have to squeak out some runs."
So much for that.
Escobar homered on the first pitch he saw in the fifth inning, the solo shot just skirting the foul pole in left for a memorable 500th career hit. The Royals added three more in the seventh, and Gordon's two-run shot off reliever Scott Barnes in the eighth put it away.
"The guys down the bottom of the order you want cranking your offense down there," Yost said, "and then it comes back around to your main guys, and that's where you score big."
The closest the Indians came to scoring against Guthrie was in the second inning.
Carlos Santana hit a drive to center that hit off the green padding atop the wall. The ball bounced back into play and was ruled a double, and the call was upheld when the umpires checked the replay. Santana was left stranded when Guthrie retired Ryan Raburn and Lonnie Chisenhall.
"It was close," Francona said. "I wish it had went about 2 inches further."
Game notes
RHP Corey Kluber (1-0, 1.80 ERA) was starting Game 2 for the Indians, while the Royals recalled LHP Will Smith from Triple-A Omaha to start for them. ... Cleveland put C Lou Marson on the DL (right shoulder strain) and recalled C Yan Gomes and LHP Scott Barnes from Triple-A Columbus prior to Game 1. ... Escobar has a hit in eight straight games.


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Seahawks 22, Ravens 17
4. The Ravens defense can look good at times, but they also have a lot of holes, including a few they probably can't fix. One of the reasons it would be silly to try and blame this loss entirely on one person -- like Cam Cameron, Joe Flacco or David Reed -- is because of how poorly the defense played in important moments. Two third downs, in particular, stick out. In the second quarter, the Ravens had just scored a touchdown to pull to within 10-7. Baltimore's offense was showing signs of life, and Seattle was facing a 3rd-and-9 from their own 22-yard line. All the Ravens had to do was get the Seahawks off the field and they'd have not only great field position, but also a ton of momentum. It was one of those moments you could almost feel Seattle wobbling a bit. If this was a boxing match, that would have been the moment the Ravens had Seattle leaning back against the ropes. But Tarvaris Jackson hit Baltimore's defense with a stunning haymaker. Pernell McPhee flushed him out of the pocket, Jackson rolled to his left, essentially jumped in the air, and threw an incredible pass to Daniel Baldwin for a 50-yard gain. It was clearly a blown coverage of some sort, since Baldwin got wide open before Bernard Pollard dragged him out of bounds, but the throw was remarkable. That one throw completely changed the dynamics of the second quarter. Suddenly, Seattle looked fearless. The other troubling third down came late in the game, when the Ravens desperately needed the ball back, and Marshawn Lynch caught a pass and faked Ray Lewis and Jarret Johnson out of their socks. It could not have been pretty to watch as a Ravens fan. But there is really no fix in either situation. The Ravens coverage schemes are limited by Pollard's below-average cover skills. And the Ravens linebackers struggle in space because they're either aging (Lewis, Johnson) or imperfect (Jameel McClain). Also, has anyone seen Ed Reed? He's been a non-factor lately. Reed (pictured) had two interceptions and four passes defended in Week 1 against the Steelers. In the eight weeks since, he's had only one pass defensed. That's it. Time to start making some plays, playmaker. That fact that the defense couldn't get off the field during the final six minutes of the game has to be a little embarrassing.
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At a workshop Wednesday night at City Council Chambers, Department of Environmental Management officials agreed they have not been on top of monitoring storm water runoff at Green Airport and that the current method for capturing deicing fluid sprayed on airplanes is inadequate.
"We rely on the Rhode Island Airport Corporation 100 percent," Angelo Liberti, DEM chief of surface water protection, said in response to questions from Michelle Komar. Komar was one of a handful of residents to turn out for the session designed as a prelude to the May 14 hearing on RIAC's Rhode Island Pollution Discharge Elimination System (RIPDES). The workshop was so poorly attended that, soon after starting, everyone gathered around the council conference table rather than take turns at a podium some distance away. Noticeably absent was representation from RIAC, which, under the terms of the permit, will build a $22 million collection and treatment system for propylene glycol sprayed on airplanes.
Pressed on why DEM would rely on RIAC to monitor the effectiveness of its collection systems, Liberti said, "We have a lot of other priorities. It is something we should commit to. It is a good point."
So, will things improve?
"What they did before is not acceptable going forward," Liberti said. "We believe it [the proposed system] will correct it."
As outlined in schematics, gates would divert runoff from deicing areas at the terminal and the cargo area, which would then be pumped to holding tanks and a treatment facility on the east side of the airfield, not far from the maintenance garage. The system would be activated when it detects certain levels of glycol. After treatment, the water would be pumped into the city sewage system.
Presently, RIAC uses trucks to vacuum glycol from the tarmac. That system is estimated to capture about 40 percent of the chemical before it enters the storm water system, ending up in either Buckeye Brook or the brook's watershed.
"What they're doing now is not good. That's why we wanted a new permit," Liberti said.
But the fact that the new system is projected to capture only about 60 percent of the glycol prompted questions of whether that was sufficient.
DEM officials thought that was pretty good, as some of the glycol stays on the plane, some sticks to the asphalt and some is expected to fall outside of the collection area.
Eric Beck of the DEM Water Resources Division said that, after spraying, 77 percent of the glycol is available for collection. "They're saying they'll get 60 percent – I don't know of a system that consistently collects more than that," he said.
"They're going beyond what the Environmental Protection Agency requires," Liberti said of the airport plan. Further, he noted that the 60 percent figure is a projected average and, depending on conditions, the system could be collecting anywhere from 40 to 80 percent of the glycol.
Even at higher rates, any glycol ending up in Buckeye Brook or Warwick Pond is too much, said Phil D'Ercole. Since living on the pond for the past decade, D'Ercole said he is seeing fewer wild animals as well as deformities in some of the animals still living there. He said the pond water has lost its clarity and is murky and that, following winter storms, he has spotted a "bubbling skin" on the pond surface.
"We don't want to see anything discharged into that water," he said.
Beck said he didn't think the airport is primarily responsible for the cloudy conditions of pond water. He attributed that to phosphorous from fertilizers, which stimulates the growth of algae that clouds the water.
"The airport is not a source of phosphorous. It doesn't use much fertilizer," he said.
Nonetheless, the conclusion of DEM testing is that the brook is "highly stressed throughout the watershed."
Komar identified the former Truk-Away landfill, which RIAC bought, and the fact that the landfill was not properly capped, as a source of pollutants.
"Why isn't the state being taken to task for Truk-Away?" she asked.
"That's a good question," Liberti answered.
The May 14 public hearing will be held at 6 p.m. in Room 300 of DEM offices at 235 Promenade St., Providence.
EPA published its guidelines for Glycol Management today 5/1/2012. There is no requirement for "existing airports." Victory for the lobbyists! What a chrock.
However, RIAC has agreed to a 60% requirement. This seems low considering the flowage into Buckeye and the T Brooks.
Here's the language:
The rule does not establish uniform, national requirements for aircraft deicing discharges at existing airports. Such United States Office of Water requirements will continue to be established in general permits, or for individual permits on a site-specific, best professional judgment basis.
EPA-821-F-12-002 Environmental Protection 4303T April 2012
Fact Sheet
Recently issued EPA guidelines for treatment of Airport Deicing Effluent is NOT the only requirement for RIAC to comply with.
1) 1st, they are "guidelines" meaning that EPA and RIDEM have agency discretion over permit stipulation within permits issued as part of the RIPDES program, which is a flow down of the federal EPA NPDES program as required under the federal Clean Water Act (CWA).
2) The CWA requirement prohibits RIAC from discharging without a permit. yet RIDEM as the local regulator and enforcement agency has failed in its regulatory responsibilities by allowing RIAC to discharge pollutants without a valid permit.
3) Notwithstanding the recently issued guidelines for treatment of Airport Deicing Effluent, discharges must be limited to an amount that does not degrade the dissolved oxygen level of the receiving waters below federal standards, so to claim what is proposed merely by percentage collection meets or exceeds federal standards in itself is not necessarily compliant with the Clean Water Act.


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Leah Remini Files Missing Person's Report On Scientology Chief's Wife
Updated Friday, 3:00 p.m. PST
The Los Angeles Police Department has quickly closed its missing person's investigation opened by actress and ex-Scientologist, Leah Remini.
Remini filed a missing person's report regarding the whereabouts of Shelly Miscavige, the wife of Scientology head David Miscavige, who hasn't been seen publicly in six years.
"The LAPD closed out its investigation last night, and as TMZ first reported, cops say they had a face to face with Shelly. They did not indicate if they probed as to whether Shelly was being held against her will."
In a statement to The Los Angeles Times a rep for the church denounced Tony Ortega (who originally reported on Remini filing the report), Remini and the latest reports regarding Ms. Miscavige:
"This ill-advised, ludicrous self-promotion and the media inquiries it generated caused an inexcusable distraction for the LAPD in an era when the time and resources of its officers are stretched thin each day," a rep told The Times in an email.
"Creating this unnecessary burden for law enforcement was even more irresponsible given the entire episode was nothing more than a publicity stunt for Ms. Remini, cooked up with unemployed, anti-religious zealots, such as Tony Ortega, who blog on the fringe of the Internet," the statement said.
"Sadly, rather than move on with her life and career, Ms. Remini has aligned herself with a handful of untrustworthy, lunatic tabloid sources who obsessively harass the Church to advance their selfish agendas."
What do you think, Instincters? The LAPD may no longer be looking into it, but is the case CLOSED-closed?? We still haven't seen Shelly....
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Is Leah Remini about to blow the roof off of Scientology?
The former King of Queens star and The Talk co-host left the controversial church this summer and now the outspoken actress is taking things a step further. A BIG step further.
According to The Underground Bunker's Tony Ortega:
After speaking with the Los Angeles Police Department, we have confirmed that on Wednesday Remini filed a missing-person report for Scientology leader David Miscavige's wife, Shelly Miscavige, who has not been seen in public in six years.
As we reported when we broke the news July 8 of Remini's departure from Scientology, one of the main reasons she began to question her involvement in the church was discovering at the wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in November 2006 that Miscavige was there without his wife, who had disappeared without explanation. When Leah asked about it, then church spokesman Tommy Davis told her, "You don't have the fucking rank to ask about Shelly."
In other stories, we have explained that in late 2005 or early 2006, Shelly was transferred from Scientology's International Base near Hemet, California to a secret compound near Lake Arrowhead in the mountains above Los Angeles. This compound, the headquarters of the Church of Spiritual Technology, is home to only a dozen or so Scientologists who are completely cut off from the outside world. We've been told that Shelly has been there for the past six years. But Miscavige and his
Now, Remini has put enormous pressure on the church to do just that by involving the LAPD.
Yikes. This goes beyond a simple break from the church. Now real questions are being asked about the safety and well-being of the head of Scientology's allegedly missing wife, Shelly.
It looks like Leah's about to make a lot of noise to get answers about her friend and we don't think she'll be backing down.
What do you think about Leah's latest bold move, Instincters?
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What I find the biggest hidden (and probably unintentional irony):
Zero black nations are represented on the surviving countries (it's russia, china, europe, and the US only, basically)... I've heard a lot of people complain that the movie is racist (despite having a black US president and the main scientist guy black... i.e. racist against african nations, not black peopel)
So outside of american black people basically there's no people of color that are saved.
Okay, so that's ironically somewhat realistic given world politics... But then, after it's all over the scientists proclaim that Africa shifted higher than they had thought and never actually flooded, so they head there to start a new civilization...
Except, uh, you know... The Africans are there? So we have ~40,000 white people that survived heading to a giant continent filled with presumably millions and millions of survivors that are black ....
I.e. the white race is doomed to be a tiny minority at the end of the movie, and likely intermix to near extinction shortly.
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I thing I found particularly unrealistic in the movie was how for the most part cellular communications kept working everywhere, even until the last minute before a region was completely flooded or destroyed. Unless of course they can make satellite phones the size of regular mobile phones in 2012.
But even then, in the Netherlands emergency services have trouble keeping their own specialized emergency network running properly during a mildly sized event or disaster (absolutely tiny compared to the scale of events from the movie). When certain areas in the US were destroyed in the movie, I can image everyone in the whole world who had any friends or relatives there would have wanted to contact them - causing completely communication mayhem.
Also, why would the area the surviving people take refuge to be only in one place? Isn't that like putting all your eggs in one basket (which horrifically can collide hard into each other too - as happened in the movie)? I would have designated a few more sites, so that if one is destroyed at least people from other refuge areas might make it.
And of course the speed of events is waaay to fast. But then again, this movie is from the makers of the The Day After Tomorrow so that shouldn't come as to much of a surprise.
Also, it occurred to me some of the events of this movie are somewhat similar to the movie Nihon Chinbotsu (2006), which I happened to have seen in (a Japanese) cinema. While the events of that movie only apply to Japan, some of it is very similar.
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2012. Worst. Movie. Ever.
I even found myself to be feeling
rather insulted with how they made
the Russian characters come across.
And the blonde woman with the small
dog, having an affair and looking for money,
just after she had breast implants?
Typical and boring.
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^ That's because the movie was perfectly planned around the right time. The movie didn't even need to be advertised and hyped up because the hype was already there thanks to "end of the world" theorists and the mayans.
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I'd rather give my money to good books, good manga, and good anime. Eh.
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My sister pretty much knows I'm the weird brother who sticks his nose up and refuses to have anything to do with that stuff though, so I was never really bothered.
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It was either about how they narrowly escaped death or how everyone else got killed. It was an alright movie. The popcorn was good, and my headache was bad. It was thanksgiving and I couldn't spend it catching up on series .
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Slide illustrations one after another until you come across your favorite one and tap OK button in the menu, and the illustration will be installed. Just like reading a comic book, please enjoy reading the title of each illustration. You can change the frame on the home screen by tapping the frame button in the menu. There are a myriad of combinations. Please make your own combination.
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Environmentalist Bob Purdy is bringing his World Paddle For the Planet to the beautiful beaches of South Walton next weekend.
Purdy has been on his standup paddle board and surfed every day on his Lake Okanagan since Jan. 1, 2011 in his one man effort to change the way we live on the planet.
After completing a year of paddling in 2012 last June, Purdy founded the World Paddle For the Planet event in his hometown of Kelowna, B.C.
South Walton's Leslie Kolovich traveled to Canada last June to meet Purdy and be a part of this paddle. Joan Vienot accompanied her to video and document the event. The women invited Purdy to come to South Walton and hold this year's event here. He agreed.
World Paddle For the Planet will be held over four days, Oct. 10-13, with activities for children, adults, and families and paddling taking place on Lake Powell at Carillon Beach.
Purdy will do a 24-hour paddle on Saturday, and invites others to join him in the endeavor. If you can't do the entire 24 hours, do what you can, said Vienot.
World Paddle For the Planet's mission is to motivate people to make informed personal and political choices with the intention of conserving and preserving the planet�s resources and environmental health through education to raise awareness and together send the message to �be the change you want to see.�
When he speaks of his endeavor, Purdy says he considers himself an elder in training. Purdy believes that as a species, humans have taken advantage of nature�s good nature for too long. He said the evidence is in the land, the water and the air.
�Nature is calling us to change our ways,� he said.
Paddle For The Planet is for any type of paddle craft, said Vienot, who has been SUPing for three years.
Purdy�s mission has touched Vienot personally. She said she used to go through a case of bottled water a week. These days, she reuses not only bottles, but also plastic bags from grocery stores.
"We all have these things and have the right heart. But his commitment is to bring change, and his gimmick is paddling," said Vienot. "If we all create a single change it will create a wave of changes around the world and in our communities."
The World Planet Paddle Day at Lake Powell will be like a festival, and there will be satellite events around the world. This will be an annual event with future World Planet Paddle Day's locations yet to be determined.
This year's beneficiary is Florida Expedition 500, which benefits motherocean.org.
While donations are appreciated, there is no cost for family day Friday, which will include SUP, an eco expo, live critters in touch tanks, and artists painting en plein air. An evening SUP on lit boards in Carillon costs $50.
During an afternoon yoga main event organizers are also asking for donations.
For the 24-hour paddle or any part of it, cost is $50 solo or $350 for teams. There will be water stations and reusable water bottles will be available and T-shirts sold for $12.
The 24-hour paddle launches from Camp Helen, preceded by a ceremony by our local Muscogee Indian tribe at 11 a.m. This is considered sacred and no photography will be allowed, said Vienot.
"It will set the tone," she said. "It's not just about having fun. There will be no racing; it's a cooperative event."
Vienot said she has always had an interest in the environment and went camping as a child. She has lived in Point Washington since 1986.
"It's about taking care of your playground and nature," she said.
Oct. 10
- 6 p.m. Opening Reception and Meet-n-Greet
Oct. 11, Family Fun Day
- 6:30 a.m. Qi Gong with Bob Purdy, on the beach
- 7-8:30 a.m. SUP Yoga by reservation
- 8 a.m. Daily paddle with Bob Purdy, Gulf of Mexico or Lake Powell
- 10-noon, round table summit with Planet Paddlers
- Noon � 6 p.m.
� Education Day, advocating ocean and waterway preservation and conservation
� NOAA�s touch tanks
� Lake Powell Community Alliance�s coastal dune lake education
� Turtle Watch, and other eco-educational groups
� Sara Brenes, the �Shark Whisperer�
� Plein air artists, on location, painting the scenes of the festival
� Eco-friendly product vendors
� Music
� Kids Yoga
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"I've met griefers who consider themselves well-adjusted folks in other parts of their lives, gamers who have fallen into the trap of separating game behavior from "real-world" behavior. The reality, though, is that if you're a bleep in an online game -- and it's a recurring thing -- you're a bleep, period. You're not a part-time bleep, or a bleep on the weekends, or a bleep after the wife and kids are safely bedded down. You're simply a bleep. Regardless of whether certain game mechanics enable your bleephead behavior, the choice to actively make another person unhappy is in fact a choice, and it's yours alone. You don't get to rationalize or compartmentalize it. It simply is what it is, and you are what you are."If your main pastime is being a sadistic jerk to people on the internet, how can you honestly believe you are not 'really' a sadistic jerk? Last I checked, 'real life' includes sitting in front of a computer an interacting with others. Interacting with people through games in this way IS what you're doing 'IRL'. There is no magical line that makes what you do to other people in a game less 'real' than anything else you happen to do in your life, and it defines who you are just as much as any face-to-face interaction.
May 7, 2011
[The Psychology of Griefing]
On Massively's Soapbox column, Jef Reahard tries to analyze why people grief, and what indulging in a constant habit of asshatery in games reveal about their 'real' selves: there is no imaginary line between 'IRL' and 'the game' -- you are not magically a 'nice guy' in real life, because in 'real life' you are an asshole to random people on the internet for your own amusement. The very fact that doing that is your preferred means of online enjoyment makes your assholery completely real:
2 comments:
- Jan said...
Aren't they just life's pathetic losers who lack the courage to live a full and decent life?
- Pai said...
In online games, there is this strange thing where many of these people will deny their behavior actually reflects on themselves in any way because 'it's just a game'. Personally, I've never bought that excuse.
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Sunday, January 01, 2012
Reminder Lesson!
We had a rainy, slushy day today. The visitors are gone, and the house, and it's occupants slowly are getting back to normal. (Hey, Halifax! My daughter's back in town! Treat her right, O.K.!)
The pups are still a little stressed, and grumpy. So, when Happy finally settled down tonight, I wanted him to stay in his bed, but that's not up to him. Usually Denny throws him out, and snuggles in himself. So I said, "Denny, go to your place!" and pointed to the heap of blankets on the floor (artfully arranged by me, especially for him).
No back talk, Mister D!
You bore me! Go away, I'm still the boss.
O.K. - O.K - you be the boss.
Is she still watching me?
You bet, D-man!
Oh well, it's actually quite comfortable here!
Something note worthy, because out of the ordinary: December 30, in the afternoon. Denny finds a duck in our backyard. Denny chases duck. Duck gives him the wing, and escapes unharmed (barely). Actually, it was a male Mallard. What's HE doing here at this time of year?
13 comments:
- momsue84 said...
Milo is happy to have life back to normal, too. He loves visitors, but likes it when they leave, too. Gee, kind of like me!! I thought I was the only one who makes a bed out of blankets for my pup. :D
- January 02, 2012 8:41 a.m.
- lexa said...
Denny reminds me SO much of my Maggie! lol She would have chased the duck, too. When I take her for a walk if she sees a crow, cat, squirrel... well, I have to hold on tight!
- January 02, 2012 9:34 a.m.
- monica said...
Happy New Year to all of you! I am glad the house is back to normal for the pups. :)
- January 02, 2012 11:30 a.m.
- CelticCastOn said...
heheh Poor Happy doesn't get a minutes peace.
There are ducks still around here too. I think they might be getting confused with this odd weather.
- January 02, 2012 12:27 p.m.
I have the same conversations with my shepherd Kodiak lol. Tank will collapse just about anywhere and stay but Kodiak is so BUSY!
- January 02, 2012 2:10 p.m.
- Wanderingcatstudio said...
Oh that Denny!
I bet the mallard is still around because there is still so much open water!
- January 02, 2012 3:57 p.m.
- Susan said...
Denny, Denny, Denny.... you do like to keep your mom on her toes, don't you?
A duck?? I know it's been a mild winter but I thought ducks migrated based on the number of hours of daylight. That duck is likely to regret not going south when the real winter weather hits.
- January 02, 2012 5:37 p.m.
- Lorraine said...
Monika- Is someone trying to be the alpha dog here?
- January 02, 2012 10:12 p.m.
- Knatolee said...
Love the dog photos!! WE still have plenty o' mallards around here. I saw a Great Blue Heron the other day, too. :( They should be gone by now!
- January 02, 2012 11:00 p.m.
- Sharon V said...
I think you scored some peace for Happy and some 'boss' points with Denny. LOL
If the ducks and geese in my area didn't have enough sense to leave yet, they're going to be mighty cold this week. Winter has finally arrived.
- January 03, 2012 12:00 a.m.
- Virginia said...
Dogs are so awesome. :)
- January 03, 2012 1:27 p.m.
oh my gosh! your dogs are so funny! =D
due to a computer reformatting, i totally blanked on the name of your blog (eventhough i visit frequently). i googled happy, denny & maggie. your blog was the first hit! LOL
- January 03, 2012 7:16 p.m.
- 2paw said...
I'm glad everything is back to normal, and that you are The Boss of Denny. he's so funny, I love his expressions, How nice for Happy to have his own bed and I hope Maggie is feeling well?? Hurray for your daughter being back, that's lovely news.
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A man wanted on a domestic violence charge and his three young children were found safe Monday night at northern Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore after a search involving ground crews and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter.
"The kids are all OK. The man is OK," said Leelanau County Sheriff Mike Borkovich. They were found about 7:50 p.m. a rugged mile from where the man's car was found abandoned about 13 hours earlier. "It's a very strange event but it all ended well."
The 50-year-old man from the Detroit suburb of Orchard Lake was placed under arrest on the domestic violence charge and was being questioned. He will be jailed overnight and arraigned Tuesday in Emmet County, where the charge originated, Borkovich said.
It appears that the man and his children arrived the previous day and spent Sunday night at the national park with little if any food, water or shelter, Borkovich said. He said they were "physically exhausted," and very hungry and thirsty. The children are the man's 14- and 10-year-old daughters and his 9-year-old son.
The motive for the man's actions was unclear, and authorities said they hoped interviews with him and the children will provide answers.
"They didn't appear to have a lot of supplies or equipment with them," said Phil Akers, chief ranger at the national lakeshore. "Just kind of a spur-of-the-moment, `let's take off into the woods and go camping' trip."
Borkovich characterized it as "a rogue camping event." He said the man's name would be withheld until he appeared in court.
The man was the subject of a massive search after an empty car he'd been driving was discovered near a museum at the lakeshore.
He got into a conflict with his wife Sunday during a visit to Emmet County, Borkovich said. She filed a complaint against him, and the Emmet County Sheriff's Department issued a misdemeanor domestic violence warrant.
"It's not like it's a military guy and a survival expert. It's a dad with kids," Borkovich said before the four were found safe. "We don't see any signs of struggle, any signs of violence. We don't have any threats of him doing any harm to himself, to the kids or his spouse. We don't have any signs whatsoever to indicate violence. What we have is either lost people or people hiding."
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There was something about the car itself that caused authorities to be concerned, but Borkovich declined to be specific.
Borkovich said searchers walked the shoreline and combed wetlands and inland ridges. State police and Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Department K-9 units and Michigan Department of Natural Resources crews also took part.
Reinforcements from volunteer fire departments and other agencies arrived Monday night and began combing the area more systematically. The family was found about an hour later. The terrain in the park along the northern Lake Michigan coast is a mixture of towering sand dunes and swampy woodlands thick with trees and undergrowth.
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February 5, 2010 12:07:00 PM
The unpleasant history of racism in Mississippi through the 1950s has plenty of familiar stories of black people persecuted and white people allowed to persecute because that was just the way things were done back then. All-white juries could be counted upon to come to the conclusion that a white man could not be guilty of a crime against a black one.
There was, however, a case famous in its time in which the courts, and Mississippi in general, knew of the guilt of a white man who had murdered three black children in 1950, horrifying the nation and the state. It resulted in the sort of justice that was far from universal at the time.
The importance of this story was forgotten, even by Stokes McMillan, whose father had played an important role in the way it was reported. McMillan is an engineer who has never before been an author, but his One Night of Madness (Oak Harbor Publishing) represents a superb recounting of the lead up to a crime, the crime itself, and the aftermath.
The episode is worth remembering, but McMillan never would have started on it if it were not for a family scrapbook. At the time of the crime, his father was a photographer for The Star-Herald of Kosciusko, and was on scene when the criminals were captured. The picture he made of the arrest won a best picture award from the National Press Photographers Association. This was important enough that his wife made a scrapbook of that and other photos of the case along with newspaper clippings.
McMillan inherited the scrapbook and might show it to his sons, but it wasn''t until 2001 that he really looked through the scrapbook and saw it anew: "a story of violence, fear, race, love, revenge, politics, and courtroom drama captured me." He thus began visiting the sites involved, looking through newspaper records, and doing interviews, because he thought this was a story other people needed to know.
Much of the story is distressing to read. The main characters are sharecroppers, moonshiners, good-old-boys and low-lifes, but the way McMillan goes into their histories like a good novelist produces a sense of inevitability about the crime and the outcome.
There is a long reach into the past, touching on slave days and leading to Howard Turner, a farmer and logger who lost his first wife to tuberculosis after she bore him a son, Leon. Howard was as poor as the black farmers around him, and had been used to hearing his mother, a former Southern belle, make derogatory remarks about blacks. He went on to take as a lover a black woman who bore him children (with the sorts of nicknames traditionally given to black children, like Bug, Hop and Rat).
The son Leon had trouble accepting that his father was siring black children, and as he grew up he developed an explosive temper; he left the home and got married in 1931. He wasn''t cut out to be a farmer; he was a superb shot and got food that way, but his main vocation was moonshining, with an avocation of womanizing. He depended on other citizens, many of them black, to distribute the liquor for him, and he enjoyed not a little of it himself. He was handsome and could be charming, but everyone around the town of Newport in Attala County knew to be careful around him.
That didn''t help a fellow patron at a dance in nearby Sallis in 1940; Turner showed up with moonshine and a pistol, and committed a senseless attack that almost killed the other man. A sentence of 10 years at the infamous Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman was interrupted when in 1943 his grandmother walked all the way to Jackson and promised the governor that Turner would behave. Of course, Turner didn''t change, and he was quickly arrested again for moonshining, with his parole revoked.
Newport didn''t see him again until his release in 1948. The next year, he was joined by the brothers Malcolm and Windol Whitt, who came to Newport to be with their relatives, but were literally there because of the toss of a coin -- one wanted to visit family in Huntsville first, but the coin toss went to the one preferring family in Newport. All might have been different had that coin gone the other way.
The brothers met up by chance with Turner, and all got liquored up. Turner led the brothers to the house of a black sharecropper and highway worker, Thomas Harris. Harris had sold moonshine for Turner before, but this time Turner went for drunken malice and an attempt to rape McMillan''s wife. Sheriff Roy Braswell had been alerted that Turner and the brothers were on a tear, and was able to arrest the troublemakers before more serious crimes occurred.
The three miscreants were able to break out of the deteriorating local hoosegow, and lay low while Turner plotted some sort of mistaken idea of revenge. When they returned in drunken vengeance to Harris''s home, Turner shot Harris in the back, and killed three of his children. A huge manhunt followed, allowing McMillan to introduce us to the colorful character Hogjaw Mullen.
Hogjaw is one of the most likeable characters in the book, despite his taking the revolving door in and out of Parchman, sentenced for various crimes including murder. He could not handle being on the outside, but in his time in Parchman, he had become a trustee.
"Hogjaw was in his element," writes McMillan, "As the prison''s chief dog handler, he had authority over dozens of men; he had a pearl-handled revolver in a strap-on holster to wear during manhunts; he had all the food he wanted... Parchman was where he belonged; the one place in the world where he fit in perfectly." It was Hogjaw and his dogs that tracked the three criminals down, an exciting capture that includes the best line of dialogue in the book: "Leon, this is Hogjaw Mullen. You know I''m badder than you. Come on out."
The trial was a sensation, with national press informing the curiosity of all of America about what sort of justice Mississippi might grant to the accused. Realizing that there was national interest, McMillan''s father was responsible for convincing the judge that photography be allowed at the trial, and he was responsible for ensuring proper protocols, such as no use of flash bulbs.
Testimony in the trial included that from Thomas Harris, on a stretcher because of the bullet injury to his back; he was to die three weeks after the trial. In the final argument, the District Attorney had to remind the all-white jury of basics, and it shows perfectly the attitude of the time and place: "The law says the crime is killing a human being and it doesn''t say what color. Oh, yes, they''re just Negroes, but gentlemen, this family was in its home; and no matter how humble, a man has no right to be safe if not in his home."
The jury convicted Turner, who was to die in Parchman eighteen years later. There was considerable approval that he had been found guilty, but many felt he deserved the death penalty.
Among them was William Faulkner, who wrote a letter to a Memphis paper praising the conviction but not the sentence. Faulkner''s letter, reproduced here, became a focus of discussion and debate after the sentencing was all settled. It appears in the last part of the book; it is fitting that Faulkner winds up doing a star turn here in a story filled with characters that would have fit nicely into Yoknapatawpha County.
Stokes McMillan has produced a fine book. He has a good eye for important detail, and peppers his prose with the sort of homey metaphors that spring from his Attala County roots; land in the Mississippi Delta is "flatter than felt on a dance hall pool table," or "the tension was thicker than cold sorghum molasses." Best of all, this is a page turner but more: it is a reminder of a strange past and of one small step toward racial fairness.
Rob Hardy is a local psychiatrist who reviews books for a hobby. His e-mail address is [email protected]
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Julie Mohedano Named Fulbright Fellow
July 17, 2013
Julie Mohedano, a 2013 Bradley graduate, was named a Fulbright Fellow and will teach English abroad in the coming year.
Mohedano, of Brookfield, Ill., will head to Brazil in early 2014 on a highly coveted English Teaching Assistantship, a Fulbright program in which U.S. students serve as English teachers and teaching assistants at schools, colleges and universities throughout the world. She will teach English at a school yet to be determined.
Mohedano, a double major in French and Spanish, said she chose Brazil because her father is from the country though she has only visited it once when she was young. She cited her passion for learning languages, traveling and a chance to explore new career paths as reasons for applying to the prestigious program.
Like other past recipients, Mohedano applied for the program under the guidance of Dr. Timothy Conley, an associate English professor. She enrolled in a course created by Dr. Conley that focuses on helping students apply for Fulbright grants.
The University's Fulbright committee helped Mohedano with the extensive application process, which included selecting her country-specific program, writing multiple drafts of essays and gathering letters of recommendation. Mohedano said the assistance was very beneficial.
"If you are not sure of where to go or what to do, Dr. Conley will give you advice on how to apply," she said. "He helped me decide what would be the best fit for me."
Mohedano is the third Bradley student this year to be awarded a Fulbright grant. In April, Bradley alumnae Anna Treesara '13 and Nausheen Farishta '11 received English teaching assistantships for the 2013-14 academic year in Thailand and Spain respectively. Also selected was Associate Professor of Teacher Education Dr. Cecile Arquette, who received a Fulbright Fellow grant to teach in Chile in spring 2014.


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SEATTLE (AP) — The family of a Washington state woman who leads a vigilante police force in Mexico has enlisted a Seattle human rights group to help push for her release after three months in custody on kidnapping allegations.
Nestora Salgado, a U.S. citizen from the Seattle suburb of Renton, was arrested Aug. 21 in the state of Guerrero, south of Mexico City, where she had been leading a vigilante group targeting police corruption and drug cartel violence.
Under state law, indigenous communities such as her hometown of Olinala are allowed to form such forces.
"They have no real case against her," her daughter, Grisel Rodriguez, told The Associated Press. "There's no proof at all. We're hoping that because this is a political case, that with a little bit of political pressure from here they will release her."
The family has enlisted the help of the International Human Rights Clinic at Seattle University School of Law, which filed a petition for her release on Monday with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, based in Geneva. The group claims Salgado is being held because she opposed government corruption and violence by drug cartels.
Salgado, 41, has been accused of kidnapping in connection with the arrest of several teenage girls on suspicion of drug dealing, and of a town official for allegedly trying to steal a cow at the scene of a double killing. According to the petition, the cow belonged to the victims.
The Guerrero state government said following the arrest that authorities had received complaints from the families of six kidnappings victims, including three minors, and that ransom had been demanded. The investigators said they obtained a warrant for the arrest of Salgado and that her rights were being protected throughout the process. Thirteen suspects in all were taken into custody.
"The government of Guerrero has as one of its objectives to protect its citizens and to work to create conditions of tranquility," said spokesman Jose Vilanueva. "To obtain that, absolutely everyone must follow the law; not one individual or group can impose their own methods or criteria in applying justice."
Salgado grew up in Olinala and moved to the U.S. when she was about 20, settling in the Seattle area and working as a waitress and cleaning apartments, her daughter said. Her husband, Jose Luis Avila, has worked in construction.
Beginning in 2000, Salgado began returning to her hometown a month or two at a time, bringing blankets, clothes, toys and other donations, Rodriguez said. Each time, more people in the impoverished community asked her for help.
Salgado suspended her trips after being paralyzed in a car accident about a decade ago. Through rehabilitation, she regained 90 percent of her mobility and in recent years has resumed visiting Olinala, but she continues to suffer from painful neuropathy — a serious concern for her continued detention, Rodriguez said. She said her mother was held incommunicado for weeks, only appointed a lawyer a month ago, and can't make long distance calls home.
The killing of a taxi driver who refused to pay protection money to a cartel sparked Salgado and others to form the vigilante group, which mounted patrols to protect residents from the gang, according to the clinic's petition.
Clinic director Thomas Antkowiak argued that Salgado's solitary detention in a high-security federal prison at Tepic, Nayarit, betrays the political nature of her arrest: Kidnapping is a state crime, and defendants would normally be held in state prison, he said.
"She was in a situation where she was opposing government corruption and she was opposing violence by drug cartels," Antkowiak said in an interview. "You challenge those and you put yourself in the line of fire."
Associated Press writers Manuel Valdes in Seattle and Olga Rodriguez in Mexico City contributed to this report.
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It's super nice outside with mild temperatures, low humidity, and trees and blooms bursting to life. It's tempting to take Fido along for a ride. But it can be surprisingly dangerous to leave your pet in the car, and few of us realize how quickly temperatures inside can reach life-threatening levels.
According to the Partnership for Animal Welfare (PAW), a car parked in the shade on a 78-degree day can reach 90 degrees inside. Parked in the sun, the interior of that car will soar to 160 degrees! And because dogs and cats don't sweat and are forced to pant, inhaling that overheated air, just 15 minutes is enough to leave your beloved pet with nervous-system damage or comatose.
Leaving the windows down doesn't help that much, says PAW, and leaves your pet vulnerable to being stolen and you liable if your animal bites someone who reaches through the window (it happens). And while leaving the car running with the air conditioning on might seem like a reasonable solution, several animals, including a Texas police dog, have been killed when engines overheated and their AC systems began pumping the vehicles with hot air.
Maryland is one of the few states where it's illegal to leave your pet in a car "in a manner that endangers or safety of the cat or dog."
The best idea, experts say, is to leave your animal at home when temperatures are above 70 degrees or below 40 degrees (freezing to death is not a nice way to go, either). If you're on your way to a destination where your pet is also invited, take along plenty of fresh water for your furry friend. And be aware of signs of heat exhaustion, including excessive thirst, heavy panting, lethargy, glazed eyes, vomiting, lack of coordination, or an unusually dark tongue. A dog or cat exhibiting those symptoms should be taken to the vet immediately, while you offer water to drink and place a cold towels or ice packs on his or her head, neck, and chest.
If you see an animal suffering in a hot car, call 911 immediately.
You and your pet can have a great spring and summer with a little common sense. Bring on the fun!


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Well-Thought-Out Tabletop from OXO
It's all in the details and this is evident in OXO's design approach to kids' goods. Most of the new goods on display at ABC Kids from OXO were for mealtime, whether at home or on the go.
I particularly liked their portable bottle brush (2 pieces screw together to become full size) with mini drying rack. If you visit grandma's house often, get her this for Christmas to have for you. Or get yourself one for visiting family, friends or staying in hotels.
More Info: Oxo Baby & Toddler
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I like pumpkins just as much as the next guy.
But nine days after Halloween, pumpkins and their assorted permutations are as welcome as those political lawn signs littering our lives. The party's over.
As a kid, a carved jack-o'-lantern appeared on our front porch a day or two before the 31st of October. We'd roast the seeds. At Thanksgiving, there'd be a pumpkin pie and I remember my mother making a lovely pumpkin cheesecake.
But in the fall of 2012, pumpkin is ubiquitous. Not partaking in pumpkin is like not having a fall flu shot. What's with our obsession with an oversized squash? Give me acorn or butternut over pumpkin any time.
"Pumpkin is here!" says the sign at the Dunkin Donuts drive-through where I stop for coffee on the way to work. But I want nothing to do with pumpkin muffins or pumpkin mocha lattes.
The National Restaurant Association survey reveals 63 percent of restaurants are offering at least one seasonal pumpkin menu item. Libby's tells me pumpkin is the new super food. Add pumpkin puree to hummus and chili, and bump up the nutritional content of butterscotch and chocolate topping by adding pumpkin before making ice cream sundaes.
At Publix, I see Pepperidge Farms Pumpkin Cheesecake Soft Dessert Cookies and Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese. The lady at the Aprons counter is making pumpkin sage grits. It's even worse at Fresh Market where I see pumpkin salsa, pumpkin biscotti, pumpkin scone mix, pumpkin-covered pretzels and pumpkin spiced almonds. Yuck!
At Total Wine, I try not to be diverted, but I've become a kind of pumpkin GPS: Samuel Adams Harvest Pumpkin Ale, Dogfish Head PunkinÖ Ale, Shock Top Pumpkin Wheat, Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale.
When is the pumpkin madness going to stop? Pinnacle Vodka makes a pumpkin pie flavor. There's pumpkin pie soda and pumpkin spiced seltzer.
But the biggest atrocity comes from Pringles. As if stacked potato chips weren't ridiculous enough, they've now released a pumpkin pie spice flavor. They were introduced along with white chocolate peppermint and cinnamon & sugar. Just in time for holidays!
Don't get me started because I happen to hate gingerbread.


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by Sue Ann Rybak
One poll worker said there was a line when the polls opened this morning (Tuesday, Nov. 5) at the Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting House, 100 East Mermaid Lane.
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson's decision to issue a partial injunction against the state's Voter ID law, which according to one study would have disenfranchised up to 700, 000 registered voters who lacked state-approved ID, means that every registered voter in Pennsylvania can vote in today's Presidential election.
The Voter ID law has been a hot-button issue in this year's Presidential election.
Zack Stalberg, President of the Committee of Seventy, a non-partisan organization that works to ensure fair elections, said he expects problems at the polls.
Philadelphia Voters can call the Committee of Seventy hotline, at 866-OURVOTE to report any problems.
The Local talked to Betsy Masters, a Democratic committeewoman in the 4th Division, about Hurricane Sandy's effect on voting in Chestnut Hill.
"There were two trees down ,which were blocking the road on Saturday, so even pedestrians couldn't get by," Masters said. "At 5 a.m. On Saturday, I began calling and emailing people to get them removed."
She added that it was extremely important that people be able "to get here today." Masters declined to comment on the controversial voter ID law.
Bob Rossman, Republican committeeman for the 4th Division, said the voter ID law was a good idea. He said he didn't think voter fraud was a problem in Chestnut Hill.
"It doesn't solve a problem in this district," Rossman said. " I suspect that there are places in Philadelphia where people do vote early and often. I think it is a real problem."
Nicholas Langan, an area voter, adamantly disagreed.
"I am very against voter suppression," Langan said.
Langan said he brought an expired driver's license, which was more than a year old and a government-issued doctor card with his signature.
Langan said if the purpose of the law really is to verify your identity, then that should do it.
He added that PENNDot didn't require him to show any other identification except his expired driver's license before they issued him a new one.
"If it's good enough for that government department, it should be good enough for Governor Tom Corbett," Langan said.
Ginger Arthur, 58, another voter, disagreed.
"I think it's a great idea," Arthur said.
Arthur said she has friend who is a former district attorney who said there is "rampant abuse of voter fraud."
"I think there should be someway to double check," Arthur said.
Arthur, a lifelong independent who said she has never missed voting in an election, voted for Mitt Romney.
"It's about jobs," Arthur said. "My husband's industry has been decimated."
Marilyn Johnson, a psychotherapist, voted for Obama because she was not impressed by Romney's perspective.
"I think he [Obama] has done a very good job in very difficult circumstances," said Johnson, who was happy the court decided to postpone the voter ID law.
"I had to bring ID because this was the first time I voted in this neighborhood," said Johnson, who decline to give her age but said she was a baby boomer. "After gathering all the required information to vote, I realized how complicated it could be for people who didn't have a photo ID."
Kathleen McCafferty, 28, had mixed feelings about the voter ID law.
"I think they should give people a little bit more time to learn about it before the election," said McCafferty, the mother of a 6-month-old girl.
McCafferty said she voted for President Obama because she was concerned about middle-class families and low-income families.
"Healthcare is a big issue for me," McCafferty said. "We don't make a lot of money. We're concerned about our daughter's future. We want to make sure she can go to college."
William Valiante, 30, McCafferty's husband, said this was the first time he voted for a Democrat in a while.
"We like the philosophy of 'we're all in this together,'" Valiante said.


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grifftron wrote:Just leave it alone and keep the BETA process... why try to change what is good already? Everyone knows BETA maps can change during the process.. just drop it geez.
Every process should be constantly under review and improved and improved when possible..
that is um called growth of product and business.
attend many seminars do you?


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HOST: Leigh Combs
this was a lively Fresh Fruit pledge drive enstallment — thanks to all of those that pledged
tonight: Fresh Fruit hosts Justin Anderson, Dixie Treichel & Kendrick Davies joined me in the studio !!
along with our guest Sweetpea ! promoting 2 greatr shows she is doing at the Bryant Lake Bowl … one with Colleen Cruse ..now that's just asking for trouble ;) <3 —
we had the Justice League from Blake High school on sharing all kinds of information including the upcoming Stan Up, Speak Out event !
and Internationally known astrologist Heather Roan Robbins with her fall forcast ~ <3 <3 <3
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Guests: Rev. Rebecca Voelkel, Representative Susan Allen, Matthew Everett, Jefferson Fietek
Religion & Politics: MN Marriage Amendment & Voter ID Amendment from the Faith and American Indian perspectives
"But Not For Love"-a gay marriage themed play; Justin's Gift, an LGBTQ youth group denied participation in the Anoka Halloween parade
Pete welcomes guests: Kendra Plant, marketing coordinator for Gadfly Theatre Productions, to discuss their current production of Mitzi's Abortion; Melissa Thompson, parent in the Anoka-Hennepin school district, to discuss ongoing bullying issues; and Chris Kluwe, punter for the Minnesota Vikings, to discuss the marriage amendment.
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Protest Song Strikes a Chord
|Monica Cohen and Renato Milone
Last summer, Berklee alumnus Renato Milone '09 and current student Monica Cohen created a stir in Cohen's native Colombia. After their song "Mentira"-which translates as "Lie" in Spanish-received nationwide airplay on La W radio in Bogotá, they touched a political nerve among Colombians.
"It's a powerful combination of music and social protest," Milone says. The song sampled the responses of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez to a reporter questioning his statements about the late Raul Reyes, a former spokesperson for and adviser to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), a Marxist guerrilla organization. On his radio show, Chávez had called for a moment of silence for Reyes, though he subsequently denied making the request and denied his affiliation with Reyes and called the entire incident a lie.
Milone and Cohen interspersed the dialogue between Chávez and the reporter with lyrics sung by Cohen. "It's an artistic response to political manipulation of the truth," says Milone. "We don't want to get dragged into a debate about what is or is not true," Cohen says. "We just wanted to move people to ask questions for themselves and create an awareness of political issues."
The song appears on Milone's new album Black Tea, released in October (www.myspace.com/blackteaspace). Hear it on Cohen's site at www.monicamusiccreator.com/music5.html.


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BAYOU CORNE, LA (WAFB) - Officials say cleanup continues at the site of the massive sinkhole in southeast Louisiana.
There was a short period of time that Highway 70 was closed Thursday morning while a flare was checked at Crosstex. Assumption Assumption Parish officials say the morning flare had nothing to do with the sinkhole or bayou bubbling. According to parish officials, the flaring will start back Thursday afternoon and last through the night.
Earlier this week, crews installed three vent wells around the Bayou Corne- Grand Bayou area to get a better understanding of what is causing it to get bigger. The vent wells detect the presence of gas in the ground nearby.
Assumption's Office of Emergency Preparedness director John Boudreaux says other scientific tests are finally helping them connect the dots between Texas Brine's abandoned salt dome, the sinkhole, and the bubbles that have been in the water since may.
"The sinkhole as well as the cavern itself has crude oil both in the cavern and on the surface, and those two actually match as far as isotopic analysis. It also matches the natural gases that's within the cavern as well as the natural gas that is bubbling in the waterways," said Boudreaux.
A 25′ section of pipeline (from Acadian Gas' pipeline) floated to the surface Wednesday on the edge of the pipeline right-of-way. The pipeline was emptied previously which made it become buoyant and since the sinkhole occurred there is no earthen cover to keep the pipeline submerged. The risks associated with this incident is for workers in the sinkhole – that they don't run into/over the floating pipe. Safety measures are being taken at the site to avoid the risk.
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