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Urban legend: When two largest U.S. cities clash
LOS ANGELES -- It's the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings squaring off in the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup finals, and Tommy John, an Indiana kid who made good in America's two largest cities, is loving it.
A sports fan now, known more for a transformative surgery on his left elbow performed four decades ago by Dr. Frank Jobe than for his 288 Major League victories, John is familiar with the magnitude of New York vs. Los Angeles on any grand stage -- especially the ones he graced for both clubs.
LOS ANGELES -- It's the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings squaring off in the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup finals, and Tommy John, an Indiana kid who made good in America's two largest cities, is loving it.
A sports fan now, known more for a transformative surgery on his left elbow performed four decades ago by Dr. Frank Jobe than for his 288 Major League victories, John is familiar with the magnitude of New York vs. Los Angeles on any grand stage -- especially the ones he graced for both clubs.
Having pitched for the Dodgers against the Yankees in the World Series showdowns of 1977 and 1978 and for the Yankees against his old team in the 1981 Fall Classic, John has a unique perspective on the rivalry of coastal Goliaths.
"These are two of the most highly recognized teams in baseball, both of them with a great tradition," John said. "They represent the financial and entertainment capitals of the East and West Coasts. No two teams are more publicized. It's a bonanza for the TV network and the commercial sponsors when New York and Los Angeles meet. But, mainly, it's terrific for the fans."
It's been four decades since N.Y. and L.A. squared off in an NBA Finals, but there was a time when the Knicks and Lakers ruled the sport. They collided three times in a four-year span in the early 1970s.
Featuring Willis Reed and Walt Frazier, the Knicks took a seven-game series in 1970 that was made famous by an injured Reed limping onto the floor for Game 7 at Madison Square Garden. Coach Red Holzman's crew, which included backup forward Phil Jackson, got the upper hand again in 1973 in five games.
The 1971-72 Lakers, having rolled to an all-time sports record 33-game regular-season winning streak, subdued the Knicks in five games behind Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West.
"The Knicks were a team with great personalities and a style that captivated fans," West said. "We had a lot of mutual respect. When we finally won the title, it was more of a relief than anything else, really."
Since the Dodgers relocated from Brooklyn, they've faced their old interborough rivals four times in the World Series, each franchise winning twice.
The 1963 Dodgers, riding the left arm of the incomparable Sandy Koufax, silenced and swept the Bronx Bombers. Powered by Reggie Jackson and the magic of Graig Nettles' glove, the Yankees prevailed in 1977 and 1978 before the 1981 Dodgers avenged those defeats in six games, taking the finale at old Yankee Stadium.
That '81 World Series was a true Fall Classic on so many levels, bringing fans back to the sport after a labor dispute had turned ballparks dark from June 12 to Aug. 9.
The Yankees, with Jackson nursing a calf ailment, appeared in command in taking the first two games in New York. But the Dodgers roared back to sweep the three games in Los Angeles, leading to the infamous elevator incident involving George Steinbrenner following Game 5.
Reports were conflicting and confusing, but the Boss' fractured left hand confirmed that he struck somebody or something -- a heckler or an elevator door, depending on the version you chose to believe -- on a wild Sunday evening in the Wilshire Hyatt House.
If Steinbrenner, as some Dodgers personnel suspected, had concocted the tale of beating up one of the miscreants in the scrap in an effort to fire up the troops, it didn't work. The Yanks were flattened, 9-2, in Game 6, with Ron Cey, Steve Yeager and Pedro Guerrero sharing the World Series Most Valuable Player Award.
Moments after Steve Howe's last pitch settled into the glove of center fielder Ken Landreaux, Steinbrenner released a swift apology to Yankees fans for his team's showing -- an act swiftly and sarcastically ridiculed by his marquee star.
"I apologize, I apologize, I apologize, I apologize, I apologize," Jackson said as he read Steinbrenner's statement. "Well, I don't apologize for anything. I'm sorry we didn't win, but we tried our best. ... Are we supposed to do time because we lost?"
Jackson had personally destroyed the Dodgers in the 1977 Series with five home runs, including his three blasts on three swings in the decisive Game 6. His well-timed hip check to redirect a ball thrown by Dodgers shortstop Bill Russell, depriving the Dodgers of a crucial double play at Yankee Stadium, weighed prominently in the Yankees' 1978 triumph, also in six games.
Mr. October, coming back from the calf injury in '81, hit .333 with one homer in 12 at-bats in what would be his final Series in a Yankees uniform. Jackson signed a free-agent deal that winter with the Angels, along with John, a player he once called his "favorite all-time teammate."
John's final appearance in pinstripes was puzzling, even to T.J. Having gone 9-8 in the strike-shortened season after winning 21 and 22 games his first two seasons as a Yankee, the lefty was yanked for a pinch-hitter in the fourth inning of a 1-1 Game 6, dueling Burt Hooton.
"I couldn't believe it," John said. "I didn't know what was happening. I don't get angry. [Manager Bob Lemon] just said, 'I'm taking you out. We're going to try to get some runs.' It was out of my hands."
Jumping on George Frazier, who lost a record three games in the Series, for three quick runs, the Dodgers cruised to the championship as fans quietly evacuated the Bronx cathedral.
The momentum had turned the Dodgers' way in Game 3, when they returned home and were resuscitated by the wondrous Fernando Valenzuela. The NL Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year Award winner, Fernando, 20, outdueled AL Rookie of the Year Dave Righetti. The headline the next morning in the L.A. Herald Examiner read: "All Fernando had was heart."
Valenzuela unleashed 145 pitches, yielding nine hits and seven walks while somehow holding the Bronx Bombers to four runs in a one-run triumph that paved the way for the three wins that would follow.
"He was like a poker player bluffing his way through a bad hand," said Tommy Lasorda, the Dodgers manager who knew better than to relieve a remarkable pitcher who invariably did his best work when he was in trouble.
Cey's three-run homer in the first inning was the big blow against Righetti, who almost had been dealt to the Dodgers for Don Sutton at the 1980 Trade Deadline in July.
Cey, in Game 5, had taken a 94-mph heater from Yankees closer Goose Gossage in the helmet. It was a frightening scene -- notably to Cey, known as the Penguin.
"Here we are at the most important time of our lives," Cey said, "going after the most important thing in the world. The last thing you expect is the possibility of death. It was like an explosion in my head. And then I felt like I was falling in slow motion. I knew I was conscious, but I felt like a fighter who had passed out on his feet. I lay there on the ground and it was almost as if I were in another world.
"I tried to stay on the pitch as long as I could. Depending on the velocity, you have one second or less to react. I would guess I probably had a tenth of a second to try to get out of the way. But the ball seemed to follow me like a magnet.
"I guess you can just never tell when it's going to be your turn to bow out."
As the teams returned to New York, where the Dodgers had endured six straight bad Series endings, a rainout helped Cey recover full control of his senses and balance. He delivered a pair of hits, scoring a run and driving in another as Guerrero's homer, triple, single and five RBIs toppled the Yankees.
"I guess you could say we owed them this one," Russell said, acknowledging that the Dodgers had let the manic environment of New York and its fans negatively impact them in 1977 and 1978.
Russell recalled how low-key club owner Peter O'Malley stood in stark contrast to Steinbrenner.
"The only time our owner came in the clubhouse was when we won a championship," Russell said, calling O'Malley "a gentleman."
As with the '77 and '78 adventures, '81 wasn't exactly a stroll in Central Park for the L.A. tourists. A bottle hurled from the stands narrowly missed Dusty Baker's head in left field in Game 1.
"We stood our ground and didn't let anything get in the way of our goal," Baker, the club's spiritual leader, said. "We might have had more talented teams, but that one was driven."
"I guess there was a certain amount of destiny involved," said Steve Garvey, who batted .417 with 10 hits in the Series. "It was kind of the feeling that the third time was the charm."
Lasorda, a Hall of Fame manager, called it "the greatest thing that's ever happened to me in baseball. It's something that escaped us twice before.
"I always wished that if the good Lord let us ever win the World Series, I hoped it was against the club that beat us twice."
In the aftermath, "New York, New York," by Lasorda's favorite singer and pal, Frank Sinatra, did not echo across Yankee Stadium.
Lyle Spencer is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Apatow's 'This Is 40' hits close to (his) home
"This Is 40'' is a midlife crisis movie. The twist is that it's a marriage having the crisis. We last saw Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) advising Debbie's sister Alison for better and mostly worse in "Knocked Up'' (2007), a breakthrough film for writer-director Judd Apatow. There, the two served as an antic Greek chorus; here they're the whole show. (The first film's stars, Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen, are nowhere to be seen.)
The movie's a contradiction in terms — a personal Hollywood comedy — predicated on commonality of experience. Apatow, who has been slowly moving in this direction since 2009's "Funny People,'' knows that many of us will relate to his pair of frazzled married-with-kids, their lies and subterfuges, the way they hate each other while yearning for the days when they loved each other like crazy. The director is reaching so deeply into his own mishegoss
that he has again cast his wife, Mann, and their two daughters, Iris and Maude, as the couple's children. It seems almost ungentlemanly for Apatow to insist a well-groomed Hollywood actor play himself. Dude, man up!
The kids are sharp little players, even if you feel like you're being forced to watch someone else's home movies at times, and the two leads throw themselves into the free-for-all with relish and knowing humor. "This Is 40'' is fairly plot-free, charting as it does Debbie's passive-aggressive freak-out over turning 40 and Pete's stewing in the juices of looming business failure. Sex, or the lack thereof, is a frequent topic. His independent record label is bleeding cash; her clothing boutique is on oxygen support. She's a secret smoker, he's a secret lender of money to his deadbeat dad (Albert Brooks). Both of them careen around Greater LA railing to their assorted friends about their miserable dead-end existences, and we're meant to laugh and recognize ourselves — or at least the people next door.
We do and we don't, because Apatow may simply be too close to his subject. "This Is 40'' has some real laughs — Paul and Debbie talk to each other with the salty bluntness of two people used to seeing each other in the bathroom — but in shooting for the universal, the movie hits the generic. Apatow's better with the supporting roles, which he fills with familiar faces: Megan Fox as Debbie's vavavoom shopkeeper, Chris O'Dowd as Pete's long-suffering label employee, John Lithgow as Debbie's distant father, Jason Segel (narcissistic personal trainer), Charlyne Yi (two-faced salesclerk). Because Apatow's a well-connected music junkie, Ryan Adams, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Graham Parker all play themselves, the latter serving as a genial running joke: the oldies act who's serene in his irrelevance.
The best scenes — the only time "This Is 40'' taps into genuinely messy comic anxiety — feature Brooks, who shpritzes shabby false confidence as Pete's pop, saddled with a younger wife and triplets he can't tell apart. Otherwise, the movie never quite comes to a point. Those of us in the target demographic (guilty as charged) may settle in hoping for farcical insights and walk away wondering why we're paying for something we can get at home for free.
There are hints that Apatow means to satirize his woolly headed strivers. When a schoolmate taunts one of the daughters online, Debbie goes hilariously medieval on the kid (Ryan Lee) — her cruelest taunt is that he looks like Tom Petty — after which Pete backs her up with a scathing verbal assault on the kid's mom (Melissa McCarthy, dropping in from "Bridesmaids''). These scenes are horrifyingly funny, not least because Pete and Debbie are briefly reunited through the shared high of their obnoxiousness. When "This Is 40'' clicks, it's bracingly honest about the self-absorption of privileged suburbanites — both the us-against-them and the me-against-you.
At an overlong 134 minutes, though, the movie increasingly seems like a parade of White People's Problems. Apatow doesn't have the distance of a genuine comic observer of human foibles — a James L. Brooks, for example — and he never breaks out of his bubble, which in this case isn't just Los Angeles, but the upscale Brentwood neighborhood where the filmmaker lives. "This Is 40'' is smart about the things that stall marriages — the way we retreat to corners, nurse grudges, forget how we got here in the first place — but it's blind to any notion that a larger world or other sorts of people might exist.
That may be a more accurate reflection of its maker's outlook than he realizes. I hate to say it, but if Judd Apatow wants to be a seriously funny filmmaker, he may have to leave home.

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Miranda Cosgrove & Jennette McCurdy: Bruno Mars Concert Cuties!
Miranda Cosgrove is all smiles as she poses with Jennette McCurdy at the Bruno Mars concert at the Staples Center on Saturday night (July 27) in Los Angeles.
The pals and former iCarly co-stars reunited to enjoy the show together!
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Earlier that night, Jennette rocked pink heels at Variety's 2013 Power of Youth held at Universal Studios.
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LONDON (AP) — A supernaturally tinged barnyard manual has won Britain's quirkiest literary award, the Diagram Prize for year's oddest book title.
"Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop" by Reginald Bakeley was awarded the prize Friday by trade magazine The Bookseller.
The book took 38 percent of the votes in a public ballot, beating finalists including "How Tea Cosies Changed the World," ''Was Hitler Ill?" and "God's Doodle: The Life and Times of the Penis."
"Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop" is subtitled "and other practical advice in our campaign against the fairy kingdom." It is described by its Massachusetts-based publisher, Conari Press, as "the essential primer for banishing the dark fairy creatures that are lurking in the dark corners and crevices of your life."
Diagram Prize overseer Horace Bent said it was no coincidence "in these austere times that a book aimed to assist members of the public frugally farming their own produce proved the most popular title."
The book's editor, Clint Marsh, said he and the author were honored to receive a prize that "celebrates the playfulness that is at the heart of much of the world's best book publishing."
"Reginald and I take this as a clear sign that people have had enough of goblins in their chicken coops," he said. "Our campaign against the fairy kingdom continues."
The prize was founded in 1978. Its rules say the books must be serious and their titles not merely a gimmick.
Previous winners of the quirky prize include "Bombproof Your Horse," ''Living With Crazy Buttocks" and "Managing a Dental Practice: The Genghis Khan Way."


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CBS Films is ready to launch a new tough guy based on Vince Flynn's novels, and a trio of screen idols are on the short list to play the role.
Gerard Butler, Colin Farrell and Matthew Fox are said to be the studio's first choices for the role that's in the Jack Bauer/Jason Bourne/Jack Ryan/James Bond mold -- will they have to change his name to Jake or some such "J" name? Butler is said to be in the pole position.
"Consent to Kill" will be the first of Flynn's 11 novels featuring CIA counter-terrorism agent Mitch Rapp to hit the big screen, reported Deadline Hollywood. The studio already has director Antoine Fuqua lined up to helm the first installment in what they hope will be their very own action star franchise.
Why you would hitch your tent-pole wagon to Butler's star is anyone's guess. Since bursting on the scene in "300," he's starred in a string of terrible films, none of which have performed terribly well at the box office.
Of course Farrell hasn't done much better since his "It Boy" moment following "Minority Report," though "In Bruges" was great.
That leaves Fox, who might be able to bring some of his soon-to-be-lost "Lost" fans out to the theater. He also has the advantage of actually being American, which you would think would be, if not a prerequisite, certainly in his favor.
In any event, Fuqua could be a good choice for such a project. As shaky as "Brooklyn's Finest" was, he still manages to get good performances from his actors and knows how to move a camera around a shoot out.


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Food allergy is treated by avoiding the problem foods. Once a patient and doctor have identified the food to which the patient is sensitive, the food must be removed from the patient's diet. To do this, patients must read lengthy, detailed ingredient lists on each food they are considering eating.
Many allergy-producing foods -- such as peanuts, eggs, and milk -- appear in foods one normally would not associate them with. Peanuts, for example, are often used as a protein source and eggs are used in some salad dressings. The FDA requires ingredients in a food to appear on its label. People can avoid most of the things to which they are sensitive if they read food labels carefully and avoid restaurant-prepared foods that might have ingredients to which they are allergic.
In highly allergic people even minuscule amounts of a food allergen (for example, 1/44,000 of a peanut kernel) can prompt an allergic reaction. Other less sensitive people may be able to tolerate small amounts of a food to which they are allergic.
Patients with severe food allergies must be prepared to treat an inadvertent exposure. Even people who know a lot about what they are sensitive to occasionally make a mistake. A restaurant may also make mistakes and use dishes and utensils that may contain small amounts of the food you are trying to avoid. Anaphylactic allergic reactions can be fatal even when they start off with mild symptoms such as a tingling in the mouth and throat or GI discomfort.
To protect yourself, you should:
Schools and day care centers must have plans in place to address any food allergy emergency.
There are several medications that a patient can take to relieve food allergy symptoms that are not part of a full-blown anaphylactic reaction. These include antihistamines to relieve gastrointestinal symptoms, hives, or sneezing and a runny nose. Bronchodilators can relieve asthma symptoms. You should take these medicines if you have accidentally eaten a food to which you are allergic. They do not prevent an allergic reaction when taken before eating the food. No medicine in any form will reliably prevent an allergic reaction to that food before eating it.
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Boyce JA, Assa'ad A, Burks AW, et al. Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of food allergy in the United States: report of the NIAID-sponsored expert panel. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Dec;126(6 Suppl):S1-58.


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Crude-oil futures briefly surged past $70 a barrel for the first time ever as Hurricane Katrina barreled toward the heart of U.S. oil and refinery operations in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, shutting down an estimated 1 million barrels of refining capacity.
The Category 4 storm advanced on an area crucial to the U.S. energy infrastructure _ offshore oil and gas production, import terminals, pipeline networks and numerous refining operations in the southern states of Louisiana and Mississippi. Oil companies evacuated workers and shut down more than 600,000 barrels of daily production in the Gulf.
After slamming ashore, it charged toward low-lying New Orleans with winds of 145 miles per hour and the threat of an extremely dangerous storm surge.
"This is the big one," said Peter Beutel, an oil analyst with Cameron Hanover. "This is unmitigated, bad news for consumers."
Light, sweet crude for October delivery jumped as much as $4.67 a barrel to hit a high of $70.80 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, before slipping back to $69.71 by afternoon in Europe. That was still up $3.58 from its close on Friday in New York.
Gasoline traded at $2.1275 a gallon, up 20 cents, or 12 percent, while heating oil rose by more than 12 cents to $1.9587 a gallon.
Brent crude was not trading Monday, with London's International Petroleum Exchange closed for a bank holiday.
Hurricane Katrina threatened a 28-foot storm surge, forcing a mandatory evacuation of the below-sea-level New Orleans.
Katrina has already forced the shutdown of an estimated 1 million barrels of refining capacity and curbed offshore production, but analysts said the storm's potential damage to facilities was even more worrying.
"It's not only the suspension of production that's causing concern, it's the fact that we could see potential damage to the platforms, which would cause longer disruptions to production," said energy analyst Victor Shum of Texas-headquartered Purvin & Gertz in Singapore.
The Gulf of Mexico normally produces 1.5 million barrels of crude oil a day, or about a quarter of the United States' domestic output, according to the U.S. Mineral Management Service.
"It looks like the perfect storm to drive prices up," Shum said.
Katrina quickly grew from a smallish storm threatening Florida into a menacing hurricane in just a few days.
On Friday, the Nymex crude oil contract fell more than a dollar to $66.13 a barrel as many traders took profits on forecasts that Katrina would likely have little impact on U.S. refineries and production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.
"But then the storm reloaded over the weekend, gained strength and set on a path toward the oil facilities," Shum said. "The people who sold on Friday are probably kicking themselves now."
Unlike last year's Hurricane Ivan, which only hit the edge of the oil and natural-gas producing areas in the central Gulf of Mexico, Katrina is plowing right through the heart of that region.
"If this thing knocks out significant quantities of refining capacity ... we're going to be in deep, dark trouble," said Ed Silliere, vice president of risk management at Energy Merchant LLC in New York.
PVM Oil Associates in Vienna, Austria, said Katrina had the potential to do more damage to southeastern Louisiana than Ivan, which damaged seven platforms, 100 underwater pipelines and shut down production at some facilities for several months.
Some analysts have said the only way to rein in surging prices would be for the United States to tap some of its petroleum reserves.
"President Bush could announce a release of supply from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve," said commodity strategist David Thurtell of Commonwealth Bank of Australia in Sydney. "(That's) the only thing that will prevent further significant price rises from here."
The Bush administration has said the petroleum reserves should be tapped only when there are disruptions of oil imports from overseas.
The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, the largest oil import terminal in the United States, evacuated all workers and stopped unloading ships on Saturday.
Royal Dutch-Shell Group, BP PLC and ExxonMobil Corp. also evacuated offshore workers by Saturday.
ChevronTexaco Corp. evacuated all workers in the eastern and central Gulf of Mexico and nonessential workers in the western Gulf late Saturday, but company spokesman Matt Carmichael said Chevron will continue to produce 90 percent of its normal production by remote.
Shell estimated 420,000 barrels of oil and 1.35 million cubic feet of gas per day will be shut in at its central and eastern Gulf facilities. ExxonMobil said it has ceased daily production of 3,000 barrels of oil and 50 million cubic feet of gas.
French oil company Total SA said Monday it has joined the growing list of producers to evacuate from Katrina. Staff began leaving Friday, said Total spokesman Paul Floren.


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Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co.: Our Food Heritage "Spanish Rule" Spain was one of the first countries to explore the New World and was responsible for Louisiana's system of laws, the architecture of the "French" quarter and the food markets of New Orleans. Dr. Paul E. Hoffman introduces us to early Spanish Louisiana. Chef Folse along with Tee Wayne Abshire and Ricky Breaux demonstrate how to make jambalaya, one of Louisiana's most common dishes, which was inspired by Spanish paella. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Scotland's Islands and Highlands" Rick tosses a caber (log) at a Scottish clan gathering, remembers Highland massacres and takes a ferry to Iona.G
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "Algo Inesperaado" This episode features some facts about Guadalajara. Carlos reveals to his family that Gloria has a gambling habit and he needed to withdraw money.G
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "Yo Invito" This episode covers phrases used when ordering food in a restaurant.G


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Father Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, issued the following statement today about the latest lawsuit to be filed against the HHS contraception mandate.
"I congratulate Legatus for deciding to jump into the legal assault on the HHS Mandate. This brings the total to ten lawsuits, including that of Priests for Life. It is a strategic benefit to have various lawsuits in different parts of the country, so that more courts get involved in ruling on the issues involved, and creating the potential kind of conflict that the Supreme Court may be more likely to resolve."


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Art, in a State of Revolution: Egypt One Year after Tahrir, Leonardo Electronic Almanac - Deadline Nov 15, 2012
Art, in a State of Revolution: Egypt One Year after Tahrir, Leonardo Electronic Almanac
This issue investigates the relationship between activism, electronic and digital avant-garde, the role of the social media, cultural production and artistic experiments in the pre-Revolutionary and post Mubarak Egypt, one year after the so-called Arab Spring which upset Egyptian (and Arabic at large) politics and society.
The central role of social media in the 2011 Egyptian revolution (and in the uprisings of Tunisia, Bahrain, Libya, Syria and the Arab world at large) has been strongly emphasized by Western media, highlighting how Twitter, for instance, supported the occupation of Tahrir Square, the cohesion of the movement and the ideological solidarity of the Mediascape.
Additionally, the strategic role of electronic devices has been elevated to agent of the immediate success of Egyptian revolution. According to most social and cultural analysis about the now famous 18 days disseminated by global media, the circulation of digital media sanctioned the success of the demonstrators and the fall of Mubarak regime.
It is not surprising that on June 2012 the work of media artist Ahmed Bassiouny killed by police snipers in Tahrir Square was chosen to represent the country at Venice Biennial with a video installation that mixed the documentation of one of his performance pieces and the footage of the artist shot in Tahrir Square. It is probably the first time that a young artist not affiliated with the official Fine Arts sector has been granted such a prestigious solo presentation.
Senior Editors for this issue of LEA: Lanfranco Aceti and Digicult (with Lucrezia Cippitelli and Tarek Abou el Fetouh).


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The NFL has announced the complete draft order after awarding 32 compensatory picks to 15 teams yesterday for free-agent losses last year. The Eagles were not among those teams.
Click for the complete draft order in PDF form.
Here is a rundown of the Eagles' nine picks, but you can expect the Eagles to find a way to gather some more on draft weekend. They always do.
The NFL draft is April 26-27-28.
Round 1: 15
Round 2: 46 and 51.
No. 51 was acquired from Arizona in the Kevin Kolb trade.
Round 3: 88
Acquired from Houston in the DeMeco Ryans trade.
Round 4: 114
Round 5: 153
Round 6: 172, 194 and 200
No. 172 from Indianapolis in Winston Justice trade; No. 194 from Denver in Joe Mays trade and No. 200 from New England in Tracy White trade.
Round 7: None
Les Bowen's quick take is that the Eagles will select a defensive tackle in the first round and use their second-round picks on a quarterback and a big wide receiver.
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Authorities have now confirmed seven deaths in Arkansas after a severe storm
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Lawsuit Over New Basketball Arena In Seattle
SEATTLE (AP) — Efforts to build a new professional basketball arena in Seattle face a hurdle today as a judge hears arguments in a lawsuit to slow or stop the deal. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union is concerned that adding a third stadium to the area south of downtown would choke freight traffic. Lawyers for the city, King County and the investment group planning to build the arena say officials will decide whether to invest in the new arena only after the environmental review is completed.


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Martin's line was rather impressive: 6 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K.
The Stockton Ports scored their only two runs of the night in the first inning, aided by a Darnell Sweeney error -- his 13th in 24 games. Addison Russell was on first when Martin gave up a booming triple off the center field wall to Antonio Lamas. Lamas would later score on a sacrifice fly.
But Martin was the story for the Quakes. He gave up just two hits, zero walks and struck out eight. Martin had a start last season for the Great Lakes Loons which was as follows: 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K. That was against lesser competition, so I'm calling tonight's outing the best of his Dodger minor-league career.
Martin used an overpowering fastball that sat in the 92-94 MPH range and touched 96 -- including the last pitch of his evening. His slider sat around 84 MPH and his changeup -- used seldom -- was in the low-80s and didn't offer much in the way of effectiveness.
But when ones fastball is as dominant as Martin's was, there's not much need to throw a changeup. His slider was just good enough to keep hitters form sitting on his fastball.
His fastball also featured some nice arm-side movement, something that comes naturally with left-handed pitchers.
Here's an admittedly crappy video (shot by me on an iPhone) of Martin getting Russell to ground into a double play in the sixth inning.
Martin, 23, has trouble with command and control. Tonight, he didn't have trouble with either. If he were more like this, not only would he be a more highly regarded prospect, he'd have a definite Major League future.
Now, the fact he throws in the mid-90s and is left-handed should precipitate an MLB career, but likely as a reliever.
For now, he's the Quakes' No. 2 or No. 3 starter, and he should have a chance to hone his skills in the California League the rest of the season.
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"Obama is, in some respects, the ideal candidate of the Yearly Kos contingent--an insurgent who opposed the Iraq war, generated grassroots enthusiasm, and built a massive online fund-raising apparatus. But the bloggers who champion these things have not all rallied around Obama… Obama's readiness to embrace conservatives and chastise his allies on the left have caused many bloggers to wonder how strongly he would fight for liberal priorities as president." READ MORE >
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"In parts of Africa where bandits and warlords shoot or rape anything that moves, you often find that the only groups still operating are Doctors Without Borders and religious aid workers: crazy doctors and crazy Christians. In the town of Rutshuru in war-ravaged Congo, I found starving children, raped widows and shellshocked survivors. And there was a determined Catholic nun from Poland, serenely running a church clinic. Unlike the religious right windbags, she was passionately 'pro-life' even for those already born — and brave souls like her are increasingly representative of religious conservatives. We can disagree sharply with their politics, but to mock them underscores our own ignorance and prejudice." READ MORE >
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An agreement that will allow completion of New York's Sept. 11 museum without spending additional public funds was reached hours before today's 11th anniversary of the World Trade Center terrorist attack, Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
The accord ensures that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will restart construction "very soon and will not stop until the museum is completed," Bloomberg said late yesterday in a statement. The deal protects taxpayers from bearing additional costs, Cuomo said in a statement.
The agreement reduces the influence of the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum Foundation, led by Bloomberg. Decisions on policy and events will be shared by the foundation board with a task force, a working group and an advisory committee. The members will be representatives of the Port Authority, the governors of New York and New Jersey, the memorial board and the mayor.
"We have made extraordinary progress at Ground Zero and today's agreement is yet another milestone in our work to finally complete the site as a place where people from around the world can come to work, visit and remember," Cuomo said.
Bloomberg and Cuomo have clashed over costs for finishing the project. With the agreement, the Port Authority estimates its exposure for delays and overtime has been reduced to $150 million from about $300 million, according to the memorandum of understanding.
The accord calls for major events such as today's anniversary to be governed by a "working group" with representatives appointed by the governors, the Port Authority and the city, which will present plans to the board. Unresolved disputes will go to another panel, an advisory board, likewise appointed.
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Tulane, East Carolina to join Big East
(AP) -- Tulane is joining the Big East as a full member in 2014.
"I would go as far to say as this is a historic day for Tulane University ... the Big East is coming to the Big Easy," school President Scott Cowen said.
East Carolina will also join the rebuilding Big East for football only in 2014, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday because neither the conference nor the school was prepared to make an official announcement. East Carolina, located in Greenville, N.C., has a news conference scheduled for 5 p.m.
Tulane and East Carolina currently play in Conference USA. They will become the fifth and sixth C-USA schools to join the rebuilding Big East in the last two years.
Rutgers announced last week that it would leave the Big East for the Big Ten. Rutgers would like to join the Big Ten by 2014, along with Maryland, but the Scarlet Knights have left their departure date from the Big East ambiguous.
Conference bylaws require members to give the league notification of two years and three months before departing, but the Big East has negotiated early exits for Syracuse, Pittsburgh and West Virginia in the past year.
West Virginia joined the Big 12 this year. Syracuse and Pitt will begin play in the Atlantic Coast Conference in September.
With Maryland leaving the ACC, there has been strong speculation that Connecticut or Louisville will be the next to leave the Big East.
If either does, the conference is still on target to have 12 football members in 2014, just not the same ones as it will have in 2013 when the new Big East debuts.
Boise State and San Diego State, currently in the Mountain West, are set to join for football only starting in 2013, anchoring the Big East's new West Division. Also on schedule to join next season are current C-USA members SMU, Houston, Memphis and Central Florida.
Navy has committed to join the Big East football in 2015. The conference had planned to find a 14th member to balance out its divisions even before Rutgers left. BYU and Air Force were top targets for that spot.
Officials from San Diego State and Boise State have said they are still committed to joining the Big East but have expressed a desire for the conference to add more western schools.
Tulane seems an odd choice based on the school's recent performance in football and men's basketball, the two most prominent sports.
The Green Wave haven't been to a bowl game since 2002 and last made the NCAA men's basketball tournament in 1995. Tulane just completed a 2-10 football season under first-year coach Curtis Johnson.
Though the Big East has been trying to gather as many major television markets as possible and New Orleans comes in at 53rd-largest in the country, the move also gives Memphis a natural rival.
The Green Wave play their home football games in the Superdome, but have struggled to draw fans. Tulane's average attendance for six home games was 18,085 this season.
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January 21. 2013 9:51PM
Nashua hospital chooses new CEO
By KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
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NASHUA - Following a nationwide search, St. Joseph Healthcare announced on Monday that Dr. Richard Boehler, a California health care executive, will take over as the company's new president and chief executive officer on April 1.
"I am delighted to be joining such a truly special organization," Boehler said in a statement. "St. Joseph Healthcare is well positioned to continue to lead the way in innovative, high quality care for the residents of the region."
Boehler is taking over for former St. Joseph president David Ross, who resigned from his position in August 2012 because of personal family matters.
James Hamill, interim CEO, has been filling the role since Ross' departure and move to Missouri. According to a release, Boehler is a seasoned physician executive with more than 20 years of health care leadership, and his selection was a unanimous decision by the search committee.
Boehler is currently employed at Medeanalytics, a California-based health care software technology company where he serves as chief medical officer for provider solutions. Previously, he served as vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md., and senior vice president and chief medical officer at Kennedy Health System in Voorhees, N.J.
"Dr. Boehler brings a vision and a level of expertise to the role of president and CEO at St. Joseph Healthcare that is unique among community hospitals," David Lincoln, president and CEO of Covenant Health Systems said in a statement. Boehler began his career as an internal medicine physician in Albany, N.Y., in 1983. He is a graduate of Albany Medical College, and earned his MBA from SUNY Empire State College.
According to a release, Boehler has held academic appointments at Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Albany Medical College and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. In addition, he was named Best Samaritan in 1999 by Hudson Valley Magazine for his community service to the homeless and chemically addicted.
St. Joe's is a 208-bed acute care community hospital and trauma center with nearly 2,000 employees, according to its website.


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A pedestrian was killed early Saturday trying to cross the Southwest Freeway near Kirby, police said.
A 25-year-old man, whose identity has not been released, died at the scene after being struck around 5:30 a.m. by a motorcycle as he crossed the mainlanes of Highway 59.
John Cannon, a spokesman for the Houston Police Department, said the motorcyclist, who was not impaired or speeding, was taken to an area hospital with minor injuries. He is not expected to be charged in the wreck.


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Inspired by the Mission of a Dedicated World War II Veteran, Redbox to Donate More Than 10,000 DVDs to U.S. Soldiers
Inspired by the Mission of a Dedicated World War II Veteran, Redbox to Donate More Than 10,000 DVDs to U.S. Soldiers
OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL--(Marketwire - Dec 21, 2012) - With the help of Packages From Home, Operation Gratitude, the USO and a family on a mission, Redbox, America's destination for entertainment, is helping make this season merry by donating more than 10,000 DVDs to U.S. troops serving abroad.
Hyman Strachman, a tenacious and charming 93-year-old World War II veteran, and his family, have made it a mission to provide entertainment to the troops. When Redbox leaders were contacted by the Strachman family, they were inspired to leverage the company's DVD collection to boost Mr. Strachman's contributions to the troops. Through a partnership with Packages From Home and with help from the USO and Operation Gratitude, Redbox will be donating more than 10,000 DVDs through 2013, starting this December.
"Movies offer a special connection to home, especially around the holiday season," said Anne Saunders, president, Redbox. "We're humbled by the opportunity to elevate Mr. Strachman's mission by providing even more movies and hours of entertainment to our troops."
Redbox sent about 6,000 DVDs to forward deployed troops through Kandahar Afghanistan and will be regularly donating DVDs to Packages From Home, a nonprofit that sends care packages to deployed U.S. military personnel and facilitates activities that elevate the morale of veterans. To celebrate the holidays, the company's employees also built care packages that included a donation of more than 1,500 DVDs for Operation Gratitude, a nonprofit that annually sends thousands of care packages to U.S. Service members, their children, Wounded Warriors, Veterans and First Responders.
Movies provide much-needed entertainment to troops, who often watch them at social events or use them as opportunities to have shared experiences with loved ones back home.
"Sending movies to the troops is just one way Redbox is sharing our gratitude for their service," said Saunders.
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OSNews reader rom508 sent us a note that apparently, Sun has ceased selling all of its UltraSPARC-based workstations, with only their x86 workstation offerings remaining. The Ultra 25 and Ultra 45 workstations, both UltraSPARC-based, are still listed on Sun's website, but are marked as 'end-of-life', with the notice that they are "superceded by the next generation Sun Ultra 24 Workstation [x86]". One must wonder if this means the end of Sun's UltraSPARC workstation line. As a proud owner of an indestructible Ultra 5, I must say, that would be rather sad.


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Greek crisis spreads to banks - June 17th (part 2)
Will Turkey be forced to invade at least a part of Syria? Not so far-fetched, argue François Picard's panelists. Also, in the short run Europe may sort out "the bailout of the bailout" of Greece but the debate rages over whether private banks should be forced to pay their part for the debt crisis.
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Description for African Violets (Purple)
These East African beauties come in a variety of colours. They are compact and neat, making them ideal for a small, crowded desk. African Violets do well under florescent light, but aren t suitable for offices which don't switch lights off overnight - they need at least eight hours of darkness a night to produce flowers. Water from the bottom up by keeping the pot in a water-filled bowl or tray.
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|Bright, indirect or filtered sunlight, for at least 6 hours per day, will keep an African violet full of blossoms. If morning and afternoon sunshine can be provided (protect from noon sun).
|Prepared potting mixes for African Violet are a good investment if you are planning to start and grow your own plants. Such prepared mixes have been pH balanced and have been amended with calcium.
|Never allow African Violet soil to dry completely. The use of the water wicks (available at most florists and garden centres) can help you accomplish the constant watering. Placing plants on humidity trays (shallow baking pans with gravel and water) allows development of large leaves because it provides added humidity.
|Home temperature environment of 65 to 70°F at night and 75°F or higher for days. Quick changes in temperature must be avoided, as well as chilly nights.
|Select a high phosphorus fertilizer, such as 12-36-14, to promote bloom. Bone meal, blended with the soil mix at potting time, is also an excellent slow-release source of phosphorus.
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Sequester? Siesta!: Your government at work
March 03. 2013 4:19PM
We're not sure which is more pitiful: the Obama administration's "sky is falling" sequestration scare tactics or the fact that Congress and the President all say this is a very bad thing, yet most of them took the weekend off.
A friend suggests that the idea to in effect sequester the Congress itself ought to be front and center in this story.
Maybe, he says, the budget-cutting should BEGIN with Congress. Since clearly neither the House nor the Senate is doing its job, or particularly wants to even be in Washington for the heavy lifting, perhaps they are unnecessary. Ya think?
President Obama clearly doesn't care about the public in all this. His administration has made no attempt to deal rationally with this latest self-manufactured crisis. Here were its first moves:
Free from jail illegal immigrants who were bound for deportation.
Tell air travelers they would be delayed a minimum of 90 minutes due to fewer TSA workers and FAA tower personnel.
Tell state and local school departments that teachers would be cut, or not.
And our personal favorite, and a really, really serious threat to the nation: warn NASCAR fans that U.S. Air Force acrobatic flyovers at a racetrack near you may have to be stopped.
Oh, the humanity.
Meanwhile, the President burns up jet fuel and millions of dollars in every farflung appearance he has been making to campaign for his plan to cut the ?budget: raise taxes yet again.
Whatever patch job is found for this latest spectacle, don't expect it to last. The next "deadline" of March 27, for once again raising the debt ceiling, looms. The groundhog didn't see his shadow, and yet it looks like there will be no early end to the maddening Washington winter.


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Environmental Illness: Evaluating Your Home or Workplace
Topic Overview
If you think you are being exposed to toxins, allergens, or other materials that are affecting your health, consider the following questions about your home and workplace. Write detailed answers to the questions, and discuss them with your doctor.
Do you come into contact with or handle any of the following at work or at home?
- Metals, such as during soldering or welding
- Dust or fibres, such as from textiles or building materials
- Chemicals, such as from solvents, paint, glue, pigments, or dry cleaning fluids
- Fumes
- Radiation
- Biological materials, such as bacteria, blood products, or human or animal tissues
Have you been exposed to any of the above in the past?
Are you exposed to loud noises or vibrations at work or at home?
Does anyone in your household come in contact with metals, dust, fibres, chemicals, fumes, radiation, or biological materials?
Do you know what kinds of metals, fibres, chemicals, fumes, or radiation you were exposed to? Did any of the materials get on your skin or clothing?
Are your work clothes washed at home?
Can you smell any of the chemicals or materials you work with at your job? Do you need to use protective equipment, such as gloves or masks?
Do you wash your hands with solvents?
Do you smoke or eat in your workplace?
Are any of your co-workers or family members experiencing unusual symptoms?
Have any pets had a change in health or behaviour?
Do your symptoms get better or worse at home, at work, on weekends, or while on holiday?
Is your workplace poorly ventilated?
More questions about your home environment
- Do you live near an industrial plant, dump, commercial business, or non-residential property?
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It is possible that the main title of the report Myotonia Congenita is not the name you expected.
Myotonia congenita is a rare genetic disorder in which an abnormality of voluntary (skeletal) muscle fiber membranes causes an unusually exaggerated response to stimulation (hyperexcitability). As a result, affected individuals have difficulty relaxing certain muscles after contracting them (myotonia), muscle stiffness (rigidity), and associated symptoms. Such symptoms tend to occur when attempting to move certain muscles after rest. In many cases, individuals with myotonia congenita also have abnormal enlargement of the muscles (hypertrophy), resulting in a "herculean" or "body-builder like" appearance.
Two main forms of myotonia congenita have been described: Thomsen disease and Becker disease. In individuals with Thomsen disease, symptoms and findings such as myotonia, associated muscle rigidity, and abnormal muscle enlargement may become apparent from infancy to approximately two to three years of age. In many cases, muscles of the eyelids, hands, and legs may be most affected. Thomsen disease is transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait.
In those with Becker disease, symptoms most commonly become apparent between the ages of four and 12 years. As in Thomsen type myotonia congenita, affected individuals develop myotonia, associated muscle rigidity, and abnormal muscle enlargement (hypertrophy). The symptoms tend to remain constant, with little progression. Becker disease is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.
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Mushrooms (Psilocybin & Psilocyn and other Tryptamines)
A number of hallucinogenic substances are classified chemically as tryptamines. Most of these are found in nature but many, if not all, can be produced synthetically. Psilocybin and psilocyn (4-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine) are obtained from certain mushrooms indigenous to tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Mexico, and the United States.
As pure chemicals at doses of 10 to 20 mg, these hallucinogens produce muscle relaxation, dilation of pupils, vivid visual and auditory distortions, and emotional disturbances. However, the effects produced by consuming preparations of dried or brewed mushrooms are far less predictable and largely depend on the particular mushrooms used and the age and preservation of the extract. There are many species of "magic" mushrooms that contain varying amounts of these tryptamines, as well as uncertain amounts of other chemicals. As a consequence, the hallucinogenic activity, as well as the extent of toxicity produced by various plant samples, is often unknown. Generally it is sniffed, smoked, or injected. The effective hallucinogenic dose in humans is about 50 to 100 mg and lasts for about 45 to 60 minutes. Because the effects last only about an hour; the experience has been referred to as a "businessman's trip."


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I'm going to be honest with you folks here, I'm not sure how I feel about this. If you weren't aware, there are those who have taken their fantasies of becoming super-heroes beyond dressing up for costume parties and comic conventions. They have become what have been dubbed as "real-life superheroes." Now, this idea is nothing new. There are a bunch in Chicago, a few in San Diego, and one in Seattle who has gotten a lot of publicity. Seattle has even given rise to a super-villain, who if you ask me, offers more in the way of entertainment.
And now you have this new show from Stan Lee's YouTube channel "World of Heroes" called "Academy of Heroes," and in it they are going to take a number of "real-life superheroes" and mentor them. Here's how it was put to me by the PR rep:
"Stan Lee's World of Heroes will introduce a new series: Academy of Heroes to fans and hero enthusiasts. Stan Lee's Academy of Heroes, comes from Emmy Award winning producer Jon Kroll (The Amazing Race, Blade: The Series), and takes real heroes from all over the country and gives them the mentoring and training they need to take their fight for good to the next level. The nuts and bolts training includes financial planning, public relations, and of course the Zen of heroism from Stan himself"
The thing that concerns me about "real-life superheroes, though, is that the concept of the "costumed vigilante" just doesn't translate that well into the real world. The folks who get into the life-style tend to be amateurs who have very little training and can end up doing more harm than good. And don't even get me started on the costumes.
Anyway, I'm curious to see how the "heroes" that participate in "Stan Lee's Academy of Heroes" fare. If anything, seeing the Hoff give lessons in charisma should be fun.
What do you think? Are "real-life superheroes" cool? Or are they dorks who are gonna get themselves, or worse yet someone else, hurt?
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, AND TO WEST PASSAGE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, BENEDETTO CERILLI, Shareholder of WEST PASSAGE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, the unknown Shareholders of WEST PASSAGE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, and the Heirs and Devisees of Unknown Shareholders of WEST PASSAGE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, and RHODE ISLAND SHARE DEPOSIT INDEMNITY CORPORATION:
WHEREAS, a Petition has been presented to said Court by the Town of Jamestown, a Rhode Island Municipal corporation, to foreclose all rights of redemption from the lien proceedings described in said Petition in and concerning a certain parcel of land situated in the County of Washington and State of Rhode Island, bounded and described in said Petition as follows:
That certain lot or parcel of land with all the building and improvements thereon situated on Beacon Avenue in the Town of Jamestown, County of Newport and State of Rhode Island, laid out and designated as Lot No. 42 (fortytwo) on that plat entitled: "Jamestown Shores Plat No. 1 in Jamestown, R.I. Owned by James G. Head, March, 1947, E. Newman, Engineer", said plat being recorded in the office of the Jamestown Town Clerk and designated as Hanging File No. 1A.
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If you desire to make any objection or defense to said Petition, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and an Answer under oath, setting forth clearly and specifically your objections or defense to each part of said Petition, in the Office of the Superior Court, in Newport, on or before the 10th day of August, 2007, that you may then and there show cause, if any, why the prayer of the Petitioner should not be granted. Unless your appearance is filed by or for you, your default will be recorded, the said Petition will be taken as confessed, and you will be forever barred from contesting said Petition or any Decree entered thereon. In addition to the usual service of this Notice as required by law, it is ordered that the foregoing Citation be published forthwith, once per week for three successive weeks in the Jamestown Press, a newspaper published in the Town of Jamestown, County of Newport and State of Rhode Island.
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Don Cherry overlooked for Order of Canada once again
Don Cherry doesn't need the Order of Canada to validate his importance to Canada — or his love of the country, either.
And that's a good thing because it doesn't look like he will ever receive one.
Most involved in the behind-the-scenes, decade-long movement to try to ensure Cherry joins this exclusive club were counting on this being the year he would finally get his due.
Grapes turned 80 in March and Hockey Night in Canada is no longer a CBC entity. Cherry is coming out of an incredible era of national pain where he more than anybody else helped a country grieve and cope with far too many losses in Afghanistan — and among our police and emergency services people, too.
There is still nobody better when it comes to talking hockey which is why Coach's Corner is one of the most watched shows in TV history.
It just seemed like such a no brainer to finally give in and award the honour to the most deserving Canadian out there.
What a gesture it would have been to have this news come out for Canada Day!
If he can't have it, who the heck else exemplifies Canada? Well, the committee, which decides such things, have found some.
Cherry's name has been left off the list.
Sometimes the Order of Canada is used to reward. Sometimes it's used to punish.
If you are wondering, here are members of the current Order of Canada Committee: The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin PC — Chief Justice of Canada (Chair); Dr. David Barnard, Chair, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada; Dr. Graham Bell, President, Royal Society of Canada; George T.H. Cooper CM QC; Monique F. Leroux CM OQ; H. Sanford Riley CM; Joseph L. Rotman OC, Chair, Canada Council for the Arts; Mary J. May Simon OC OQ; Colleen Swords, deputy minister, Canadian heritage; W. Brett Wilson CM SOM; and Wayne Wouters, clerk of the privy council and secretary to the cabinet.
My suggestion is to add another appointment to this list. A regular Canadian. One that sits in traffic, struggles to pay bills and has no political connections. There are more than 30 million to chose from.
Coach of the Year in the NHL and AHL, on the coaching staff of the 1976 Canada Cup champion, three decades on Hockey Night in Canada and countless acts of charity is not enough — it seems — to be considered a special Canadian by the current group.
Nor is sticking up for freedom of speech or for our warriors.
In hindsight, one must admit the Lib-left has got a few things right over the years. Tommy Douglas' universal health care is perhaps the best example. But kudos to former prime ministers Pierre Trudeau — for fighting to keeping both order in the streets and Canada together — and Jean Chretien for what turned out to be a sage decision to stay out of the Iraq war.
They have made some grand contributions but the repeated, concerted effort to keep Cherry from being bestowed the Order of Canada is callous, contemptuous and cowardly.
But they have done it again. The left have this one wrong.
Justin "Shaker" Van Dette was devastated.
"I really thought this would be the time," he said.
But he won't quit.
"I have put his name up four times and I will do it again or 20 more times if that is what it takes because he deserves it."
In fact who deserves it more?
Cherry is just as accomplished as many other winners and certainly as a worthy Canadian was past recipients like Dr. Henry Morgantaler, David Suzuki, Valerie Pringle, Sue Johanson, Margaret Atwood or Jean-Daniel Lafond.
But they all have something that it looks the Coach will never have.
It's not going to change the fact that Canadians from coast to coast think that Cherry being repeatedly snubbed for the Order of Canada is as mean as it is ridiculous.


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Once a long time ago when I was in the 7th grade I had a mad crush on a girl. I don't remember what her name was, but that is not important to the story anyway. What is important to the story is how I felt every time I was around her... Which was um... Befuddled.
I was in a video game store in Des Moines looking for the original Mario Bros. game for my Nintendo 64. I wasn't having any luck, as apparently modern video game stores have deemed the 64 console obsolete. I walked up to the counter to inquire why such a kick-ass game system didn't get the respect it deserved when I came face to face with a real life MIDGET. Suddenly I had that feeling of euphoric anxiety that I had in the 7th grade all over again.
So here I was in the video game store just 3 feet away from this little guy and I couldn't form a sentence. I was caught entirely off guard and words can't describe the scary pressure that took over my thought process. This little dude was wearing a Slayer tee, ripped up jeans and high top tennis shoes. He had long wavy blonde hair, just on the cool side of a mullet. In other words, this little fella was the Holy Grail of the midget kingdom. He knew it and I knew it and I was speechless.
"Hey man, what's up?" he casually said to me as he filed video games into a sliding drawer.
"Not much there little whipper snapper... Just kickin' it old school... We should totally become besties and go listen to some speed metal or something..." is what I wanted to say, but all I could manage was "N-n-not much. Just looking."
"Cool man, if I can help you just let me know!"
I turned around and went across the store pretending to take another look for games that fit my console, knowing damn well that there was nothing even close to a Nintendo 64 item in the entire place. I stood behind a rack of PlayStation 2 games and peeked back to the counter. Little dude was still filing merchandise. There were a few other people in the store and I couldn't shake the anxiety that was building within me. One part of me wanted to approach him again, this time with a with a sense of coolness, but the other part of me which seemed to be stronger just didn't allow me the courage to do so.
So I just stood there and stared... 10 feet away... Like a puppy on a leash.
To make a long story short, I stood behind that rack for about 5-10 minutes before I just decided to leave the store. Little dude took me completely by surprise and had me in his web. I couldn't summon the guts to approach him, or even the words to say. I mean how do you approach a midget under the guise of just hanging out. It's not like I was out to exploit him or anything, just to hang out with him and expect him to want to always be by my side no matter what, and hope that he had some midget friends that would join us... It's hard to find words for that.
Knowing where he works I look forward to going there again someday, this time with a headfull of courage and the right words to say. Meanwhile if anyone knows where to find a working version of the Nintendo 64 Mario Bros., give me a shout... And if you know a midget or two give me a call.