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RIP Tony Greig, a larger than life all-rounder
By Kersi Meher-Homji, 29 Dec 2012 Kersi Meher-Homji is a Roar Expert
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The passing of Tony Greig came as a shock to me, and us all. It was always interesting discussing cricket with him in the SCG Press Box.
He had that certain presence, that certain aura, a charisma that attracts. At 6'7″ he was larger than life-size, but was very approachable.
Tall, fair, handsome and articulate, Greig has gone through the gauntlet and emerged unscathed. Born in South Africa, he shone out as an all-rounder for England, later captaining his adopted country to success. He was one of the key figures in the formation of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket in 1977. His voice was recognised internationally as the cricket commentator on Channel 9 in Australia with that typical 'Greigy' unflappable style.
He was a leader of men, charming and multi-talented. He knew what he wanted and he got it.
According to Christopher Martin-Jenkins in World Cricketers (1996), "[Greig] was a brave determined and skilful all-round cricketer who seldom failed in Tests and many times seemed to be holding England's fortunes on his shoulders."
At times ruthless, he relished challenges, imposing his personality on matches and on events.
He usually batted at number six and showed the bowlers who the boss was. And who would argue with his tall frame? He came out swinging his bat round his shoulders as he took the 'middle' from the umpire. Mostly a front-foot batsman, he specialised on the off-drive and lofted straight drives which went over the ropes and within the Stands.
Like Keith Miller before him he had 'six appeal' and he was a crowd favourite, especially in India. Many of his best innings were played on his two tours to India.
In 1972-73 he shone out as a batsman playing unbeaten innings of 68 and 40 (and accepting five catches) in the Delhi Test which England won by 6 wickets. In the final Test in Mumbai, he hit 148. During this innings he added 254 runs with Keith Fletcher.
Greig achieved all-round success when England toured the Caribbean the next season. He scored 430 runs (including two centuries) at 47.77 and captured 24 wickets at 22.62 runs apiece.
In the third Test in Bridgetown he made 148, his joint top score and bagged 6 for 164, becoming the first to record a hundred and take five wickets in an innings of the same Test for England. Inspired, Greig scored another century in the Georgetown Test and captured 8 for 86 and 5 for 70 in the final Test in Port-of-Spain.
Both his 8 for 86 in that innings and 13 for 156 in the match were records for England against the West Indies at that time. On this tour he had switched from swing to quickish off-spin which may explain his success. This bowling bonanza enabled England to win the Test and draw the series.
However, his copybook was blotted somewhat by a controversy in the first Test in Port-of-Spain. When West Indian batsman Bernard Julien played the last ball of the second day down the pitch, Greig picked it up. Then observing that Alvin Kallicharran was out of the crease, he threw down the stumps and appealed. Kallicharran was given run out by umpire Sang Hue and the crowd was furious. After long consultations between captains, umpires and administrators, the appeal was withdrawn. Greig apologised and peace was restored.
He carried his fine batting form to Australia in 1974-75, playing a buccaneering innings of 110 against Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson at their peak. This was the first century in a Brisbane Test by an England player since 1936-37. He put in an impressive all-round performance in the third Test in Melbourne, scoring 60 in the second innings. lofting off-spinner Ashley Mallett for a monstrous hit in the outer and taking valuable wickets.
Appointed captain, Greig led England to a successful tour of India in 1976-77. England won the Test series 3-1 as he totalled 342 runs at 42.75. His 103 in the Kolkata Test, his 49th, was memorable as he became the first one to achieve the double of 3,000 runs and 100 wickets for England.
Greig led England in the historic Centenary Test in Melbourne in March 1977 which attracted the largest collection of international cricketers in history.
Although England lost, Greig remained a very popular player on and off the field. At that time he was "earning upwards of £50,000 a year from various cricket contracts and allied business activities", according to Christopher Martin-Jenkins in World Cricketers (1996). He was also certain of leading England for many years.
Then came Kerry Packer's rebel World Series Cricket (WSC) with Greig as one of the key figures and he lost credibility with the establishment. Although he was the captain of England, he travelled the world between March and May 1977 to sign up many of the world's best cricketers on Packer's behalf, including some of his own team-mates. The WSC was born soon after and Greig was dismissed as captain of England for what was regarded as "his betrayal of trust" but he continued to play for them successfully under Mike Brearley in 1977.
In 58 Tests he scored 3,599 runs at a healthy average of 40.43 with eight centuries and took 141 wickets at 32.20, claiming 5 wickets in an innings six times and pouched 87 catches.
He was one of the four cricketers who averaged more than 40 with the bat and under 35 with the ball in Test arena, others being Aubrey Faulkner of South Africa, the West Indies' legend Garry Sobers and South African Jacques Kallis.
And in 350 first-class matches, he amassed 16,660 runs at 31.19, took 856 wickets at 28.85 and held 345 catches. As a slip fielder he was superlative, the safest and the most brilliant of his era. Well, his height helped too.
Greig migrated to Australia in 1978 and started as a chairman of an insurance company and became a successful television commentator on Channel 9.
Along with WSC pioneers Richie Benaud and Ian Chappell, Greig has been broadcasting the game and presenting his views on the box for 30 years. He spoke his mind without fear or favour and remained popular with TV viewers from the time the coin is tossed (with his key in the pitch as his trade mark) to interviewing the man of the match at the end.
One cannot speak for hours on end without a gaffe here and there and Greig is known for putting his foot in his mouth on occasions. He was once 'caught out' when commentating on Channel 9 during a one-day international between Australia A and West Indies on the Sydney Cricket Ground on 10 January 1996. When a batsman hit a sizzling six, he yelled in excitement "It's a HUGE sh*t" instead of "It's a HUGE six."
A lively after-dinner speaker, he told a humorous story at a cricket function. He had just started playing county cricket for Sussex after leaving South Africa. The bowler steamed in and had Greig out plumb lbw. That was the first ball he had faced and to his relief the appeal was turned down. He took a single off the next ball which brought him near the umpire who whispered to him: "Do you know Sandy Greig from Queenstown?" "He's my father", Tony replied. "Damn good decision, then!" was the retort from the umpire who was Sandy's mate. Greig went on to make 150-plus, captured newspaper headlines and never looked back.
Tony Greig will be remembered for his tall frame, tall hits and tall (but true) tales.
With the passing of Peter Roebuck, Roar's Vinay Verma and now Greigy, the SCG Press Box will not look the same.
Vale, Tony Greig.
Kersi is an author of 13 cricket books including The Waugh Twins, Cricket's Great All-rounders,Six Appeal and Nervous Nineties. He writes regularly for Inside Cricket and other publications. He has recently finished his new book on Cricket's Conflicts and Controversies, with a foreword by Greg Chappell.
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December 29th 2012 @ 8:39pm
Kento said | December 29th 2012 @ 8:39pm | Report comment
Vale Greigy; a fine character of the game. For those who fondly remember his enthusiasm in the box, here are some of his more humourous moments to celebrate the man.
December 30th 2012 @ 6:55am
Kasey said | December 30th 2012 @ 6:55am | Report comment
Terribly saddened to hear the news of Tony's passing, I doubt there's an Aussie kid of my era that didn't play backyard cricket mimicking the commentary from the Great man: It just won't be the Commentary 'team' without Bill and Tony.
"You cawnt pawk you caw on the grawse, then go see jurassic pawk yew stewpid bawstid"!
Thanks for the compilation Kento…classic stuff:) Was it Griegy who once commented "I wonder how much she cost?"on an Asian lady getting married in the parkland around a cricket game?
vale Tony Grieg:(
Anybody else think it was disrespectful of Mr Cricket to not delay his retirement Presser or was it just bad timing? I was thinking that the only cricket story today should be all Tony Grieg.
December 30th 2012 @ 11:31am
Brick Tamlin of the Pants Party said | December 30th 2012 @ 11:31am | Report comment
The clip with Tony going on a mathmatical diatribe while a bag pipe band wanders around the WACA is priceless.
December 29th 2012 @ 8:47pm
Jason said | December 29th 2012 @ 8:47pm | Report comment
Sad news. Hopefully he and Kerry can watch the SCG test together from the great members pavilion in the sky.
While in Australia he is best known as a commentator, his record as a player is truly outstanding. A very under rated cricketer I think.
December 29th 2012 @ 8:53pm
The Kebab Connoisseur said | December 29th 2012 @ 8:53pm | Report comment
Summer will never be the same without his voice on the tele.
December 29th 2012 @ 9:15pm
DubbleBubble said | December 29th 2012 @ 9:15pm | Report comment
That's a real shame. I always liked his presence in the commentary box. He had a habit of keeping the Aussie parochialism in check. He was a person who spoke his mind and a man of strong convictions but not without a sense of humour.
December 29th 2012 @ 9:25pm
Football United said | December 29th 2012 @ 9:25pm | Report comment
England legend and one of crickets champion
December 29th 2012 @ 9:25pm
Jason Cave said | December 29th 2012 @ 9:25pm | Report comment
While I'll always remember Tony Greig as an outstanding commentator, as a player he was very good.
Two innings stood out for me when remembering Greig.
One was his knock of 110 for England in the 1st Test of the 1974-75 Ashes series. It wasn't how he got his century, it was the way he did it, especially when you consider he was facing probably the best fast bowling pair in the world-Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson, and the game was played on an average pitch.
The other was in India in 1976-77.
After delivering his team a pre-match blast to his England side, Greig went and made 103 at Calcutta (Kolkata)-possibly the most important innings in his time captaining England
But probably the lasting impact Greig made was in a courtroom in London, 1977.
He alongside Mike Procter, John Snow and Kerry Packer took the ICC and the Test and County Cricket Board (now England and Wales Cricket Board) to the High Court over the ban on WSC cricketers via restraint of trade.
Justice Slade found in favour for Packer, Greig, Snow and Procter, with the ICC/TCCB ordered to pay $A320,000 in court costs.
To risk all that-the England captaincy, his own career at both international and county level-in order so that players of the future will be well rewarded would be the greatest legacy Tony Greig left to cricket.
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Passing out transcripts to juror of the hour long meeting. Sounds like a very noisy environment. Having a hard time making things out but I do hear Bernard. "Looks like there will be 2 separate agreements," says Rosendall. Bernard laughs.
Rosendall says the agreements are what he was talking about.
"So I mean I can't tell them you're involved," Rosendall had said in recording.
Rosendall says he couldn't tell Synagro because they were uncomfortable paying someone so close to the mayor. More recording. Really hard to make this out with all the restaurant background noise. "If all we do is keep our noses clean," apparently says Rosendall. "45, 45, 10," says someone.
They are discussing the breakdown of payments.
"Forgot what you were going to do, 40, 40, 20?" asked Bernard. Rosendall then says 45, 45, and 10. Rosendall says he was going to break it down like that. He was going to break it down 45% for Jackson and 55% for Olumba so that Bernard's name would not appear on the contract.
So, basically Olumba would take her 10% and pass the rest on to Bernard without him being named. He paid them between $7 and $9 million at different periods.
11:30AM More recording played.
Olumba now speaking as well.
Rosendall saying something about monthly and progress payments and a lump sum when the construction piece and another lump sum when facility is up and running and so on. Rosendall says in that portion there were discussing timing of payments.
Monthly payments made for a "success" fee.
There was an agreement produced by Synagro that went to Rayford Jackson but did not list Olumba. So they wanted to modify the agreement to list Olumba.
They discussed $125,000 success fee that was supposed to be paid shortly after City Council approval.
Rosendall says he believes it was $25,000 a month. There were also "milestone" payments for several hundred thousand dollars. Bernard's lawyer John Shea objects. Rosendall says that in total $7 to $8 million was paid to Jackson who then shared it with the others.
More recording. I can hear Bernard and Olumba as they finish the conversation and get ready to leave.
Bullotta asks Rosendall if he hears when Bernard references when he sat down with Ed McNamara and Mike Duggan in the taped recording. Rosendall says he does.
Shea objects again and the lawyers head to sidebar.
Rosendall says he was talking about the past.
"We sat down with McNamara, Duggan and this and we carved out this. We know this is borderline illegal.....The county was a different animal....."
Bullotta reads what Bernard is saying in the meeting.
Rosendall says that Bernard was saying that they were carving out deals with the county at the time that was similar to what they were carving out with Synagro. Rosendall says Olumba did no work on the Synagro deal and her role was to cover for Bernard.
December 20th 2007 voicemail recording.
Rosendall still doesn't know at this point that the FBI are listening into his conversations.
Transcripts being passed to the jurors.
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"This was, by far, the greatest game—I've been coaching 15 years, and I wouldn't trade this for the world," Karlo said of Friday night's 42-35 upset of the Cougars.
A Grossmont alumnus in his first year as head coach, Karlo later gave a nod to his predecessor: "And most of all, guys, I'm sure Coach is very proud of you," he said, referring to the late Ron Murphy, whose memory has inspired the team.
According to U-T San Diego, junior quarterback Lawrence completed 23 of 40 passes for 214 yards and five touchdowns. East County Sports had picked the Cougars to beat the Hillers by 3 points, even though Grossmont is the No. 10-ranked team in the county.
On Friday, Valhalla (4-3) travels to Grossmont after having beaten West Hills 45-17. Grossmont shares first place in the Grossmont Hills League with Helix Charter High School, which rocked Granite Hills 48-0. The Scotties host the Hillers on Oct. 26.


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News about Brazil, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jul. 11, 2014
At least 200 people from Ghana who entered Brazil as tourists to watch World Cup soccer games are seeking asylum. MORE
Jul. 10, 2014
Germany's World Cup rout of Brazil is vivid reminder of how the fortunes of host country's national soccer team can mirror how Brazilians view their society even as other traumas recede into history; humiliating loss stings for many Brazilians but others are trying to put loss in perspective and wonder how much it really matters. MORE
Jul. 10, 2014
Brazil's soccer fans are still stunned by team's 7-1 loss to Germany in World Cup semifinal; Germany's five goals in match's first 29 minutes, more than many teams scored during the entire tournament, amounted to five gut punches for Brazilians everywhere. MORE
Jul. 9, 2014
Jere Longman On Soccer column; Brazil is reeling from its defeat at hands of Germany in World Cup semifinal game played on its home turf in Sao Paulo; coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has asked public forgiveness for loss considered by many to be grotesque embarrassment. MORE
Jul. 9, 2014
Across Brazil, where pride over five World Cup championships is forged into national identity, people are struggling to make sense of country's stunning 7-1 loss to Germany and are searching for a way to move on. MORE
Jul. 9, 2014
World Cup's home team of Brazil, one game away from final, loses 7-1 to Germany; Brazil, regarded as soccer's superpower, was throttled by German team in game called a soccer massacre; at very least, game will go down as Brazil's worst loss, first in a competitive home game since 1975. MORE
Jul. 8, 2014
Racism expressed by many Brazilians toward Colombian player Juan Camilo Zuniga after World Cup game against Brazil points to racial tension that exists in the country; Zuniga had kneed Brazil's top player Neymar in the back, which resulted in a broken vertebra. MORE
Jul. 7, 2014
Peladao tournament, held in Brazil's Amazon rain forest each year is equal parts soccer and beauty pageant; it draws thousands of competitors and each of the 500 or so teams in the main field enter a queen; parallel competitions will run from mid-September until early January, one to determine the champion soccer team and the other to choose the Queen of the Peladao. MORE
Jul. 6, 2014
Inhabitants of Catalao, floating village in Brazil's Amazon River basin, have adapted their lives, and their passion for playing soccer, to the annual flooding of the Black River; houses, school and even provisional soccer fields are built to float. MORE
Jul. 5, 2014
Tens of thousands of Argentines have traveled to Brazil for 2014 World Cup, stirring worries among Brazilians about violence and about Argentina hoisting the trophy on the host country's soil. MORE
Jul. 3, 2014
Security researchers have uncovered what they believe is significant cybercrime operation in Brazil that took aim at $3.75 billion in transactions by Brazilians; it is unclear what percentage of compromised transactions was actually stolen. MORE
Jun. 30, 2014
World Cup 2014 Roundup; survey on the wealth and race of fans attending a World Cup match in Brazil indicates that those attending games are overwhelmingly rich and white; finding is particularly striking in Brazil, with a highly mixed population that has more blacks than any country except Nigeria; other World Cup news noted. MORE
Jun. 30, 2014
Brazil's goalkeeper Julio Cesar helps propel team past Chile and into the World Cup quarterfinals, giving a huge boost to Brazilian goalkeepers, who are often held in low esteem. MORE
Jun. 29, 2014
Juliet Macur Sports of The Times column; Brazil's gleaming new soccer stadiums built for 2014 World Cup were billed as a boon for country, but many of its impoverished residents wonder how they will benefit after the last goal is scored; meanwhile, FIFA is expected to generate $2 billion profit from Brazil's World Cup. MORE
Jun. 25, 2014
Four-lane highway in Sao Paolo, Brazil, affectionately known as the Minhocao, becomes a local gathering place for soccer and picnics when it is closed to traffic on Sundays and holidays; area's combination of ugliness and beauty make it a curious source of relief from city's crowds, skyscrapers and heat. MORE
Jun. 24, 2014
World Health Organization reports it has detected polio virus in Brazil for the first time since 1994. MORE
Jun. 24, 2014
Arrival in Brazil of more than 200,000 Spanish-speaking soccer fans from nearby countries for the World Cup illustrates rise of middle class in Latin America; middle class in Latin America has grown 60.3 percent since 2003. MORE
Jun. 23, 2014
Brasilia, Brazil, one of the host cities for the 2014 World Cup, has a rigid, distinctly un-Brazilian nature, standing in jarring contrast to the nation's unpredictability. MORE
Jun. 22, 2014
Rio de Janeiro and its famous beaches provide the touristic backdrop for 2014 World Cup, but the fevered grip of the world's most popular sporting event can be felt even in some of the most isolated areas of the Amazon rain forest, where outsiders seldom visit. MORE
Jun. 21, 2014
World Cup Postcard; Gremio and archrival Sport Club Internacional, two local soccer clubs in Porto Alegre, highlight how regional soccer styles act as cultural touchstones in Brazil; teams play in an aggressive style that is most commonly associated with Uruguay and Argentina, style that evokes warrior-like culture of region's gaucho heritage. MORE
Jun. 19, 2014
Despite concerns about an emphasis on the business of education, private equity funds and investment banks are buying and merging educational institutions at a rapid pace. MORE
Jun. 18, 2014
Brazil's Pres Dilma Rousseff meets with Vice Pres Joseph R Biden Jr as the two countries move to improve relations. MORE
Jun. 18, 2014
Worst concerns about the World Cup in Brazil seem not to have materialized, though a number of logistical problems have arisen; inconveniences related to lack of preparedness have largely been eclipsed by a steady series of enthralling games. MORE
Jun. 17, 2014
Vice Pres Joseph R Biden Jr arrives in Brazil, seeking an opening during World Cup soccer tournament to thaw relations with country, which soured after revelations of National Security Agency's surveillance practices; makes it clear ahead of meeting with Pres Dilma Rousseff that Obama administration is hoping to discuss range of issues. MORE
Jun. 16, 2014
Brazilian soccer style brings together competitive efficiency with inventive and beautiful moves, much like a dance. MORE
Jun. 15, 2014
Dozens of inmates manufacture soccer balls at a Brazilian prison near one of the 12 cities hosting the 2014 World Cup games. MORE
Jun. 14, 2014
Aldeia Maracana, crumbling edifice that lies in the shadow of Rio de Janeiro's Maracana Stadium, has had a long and storied history; building has been a grand residence, a government office building, a museum dedicated to indigenous people, and a home to vagrants and squatters; was saved from planned demolition by protests as Brazil prepared for World Cup, and is now slated to be renovated and reopened as cultural center. MORE
Jun. 14, 2014
Jere Longman On Soccer column discusses Manaus, Brazil, fiercely humid Amazon city that is the most dreaded site for World Cup matches; conditions are expected to be especially difficult for England, which will face Italy in Manaus in upcoming match. MORE
Jun. 13, 2014
Political discord is on display for international audience as Brazil kicks off opening match at World Cup in Sao Paulo; protests both during and around match reflect anxieties and discontent over economic slowdown, spending on stadiums and reports of corruption involving FIFA, organization that oversees international soccer and World Cup. MORE
Jun. 12, 2014
Workers at Rio de Janeiro's airports say they will go on a 24-hour strike on the opening day of the World Cup soccer tournament; say they are seeking better conditions and a new collective bargaining agreement. MORE
Jun. 10, 2014
Brazil, host of 2014 World Cup soccer tournament, is marked by rifts, with some people genuinely excited about event while others are simmering with resentment over its ballooning costs and a sluggish post-boom economy; bitter strikes are roiling country's major cities. MORE
Jun. 10, 2014
Game days for Brazil's soccer team during 2014 World Cup will not be national holidays, but they will likely seem so in the soccer-obsessed host country. MORE
Jun. 9, 2014
Soccer fans coming to Brazil for the World Cup may also enjoy futevolei, popular Brazilian version of beach volleyball in which players use any move that would be legal in soccer to get the ball back over the net. MORE
Jun. 8, 2014
Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janiero hosted historic loss for the Brazilian national team in 1950 World Cup, and is set to host the final of the World Cup in 2014. MORE
Jun. 8, 2014
Sam Borden reviews Hotel Unique in Sao Paulo, Brazil. MORE
Jun. 4, 2014
Brazil's Pres Dilma Rousseff, facing discontent over her government's preparations for the 2014 World Cup, defends the funding of new stadiums and says the event offers an opportunity to strengthen the country's position on the global stage. MORE
May. 31, 2014
Crime wave in Rio de Janeiro is setting nerves on edge in the city, which is expecting 900,000 visitors when World Cup begins in Brazil in less than two weeks; muggings and homicides are surging and at least 110 officers have been shot in Rio in 2014, increase of nearly 40 percent from the same period in 2013. MORE
May. 27, 2014
Vanessa Barbara Op-Ed article challenges notion that Brazil is too far behind in its preparations for the World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games; says country has grown sick of foreign micromanagement; argues that delays are part of nation's bureaucracy and culture, and that if FIFA and the Olympic committee had wanted punctuality, they should have looked elsewhere. MORE
May. 27, 2014
Cuiaba Journal; city of Cuiaba, Brazil, will likely still look like a work in progress by the time the World Cup begins in June 2014; many Brazilians were surprised that the city was chosen as one of the 12 host cities, and at the $1.4 billion invested in Cuiaba to overhaul its antiquated infrastructure. MORE
May. 22, 2014
Brazil and a host of governmental and private partners agree to create a $215 million fund to expand protected areas of the Amazon rain forest by more than 34,000 square miles and to help pay for its management through 2040. MORE
May. 21, 2014
Brazilian soccer legend Pele criticizes his country for spending billions to host the World Cup, saying money could have gone toward schools, hospitals and other worthy causes; other soccer news noted. MORE
May. 20, 2014
Some officials fear that visitors to World Cup soccer match in Brazil, which is suffering world's worst epidemic of dengue fever, will carry virus back to their home countries MORE
May. 19, 2014
Rio de Janeiro's polluted Guanabara Bay has become focal point for criticism as Brazil struggles to prepare for 2016 Olympic Games; waters, infamous for their sewage, trash and even animal carcasses, will nonetheless be site of all sailing and windsurfing events at the games; well-financed efforts to clean up the bay have fallen short for decades. MORE
May. 16, 2014
Troops are deployed to Pernambuco State in northeast Brazil to restore calm after police strike sparks crime wave. MORE
May. 10, 2014
Electrical work is halted at World Cup stadium under construction in Cuiaba, Brazil, until safety precautions are put in place; decision follows accident that killed construction worker. MORE
May. 9, 2014
Worker at World Cup stadium in Brazil dies in electrical accident, temporarily halting construction at the site only five weeks before the tournament is scheduled to begin June 12; other soccer items noted. MORE
May. 4, 2014
Look column presents photos taken by William Mebane of Brazilian tourists visiting New York; Brazil's boom times combined with high taxes on imported goods have made New York an attractive shopping destination. MORE
Apr. 27, 2014
Seth Kugel travel article on 36-hour visit to Belo Horizonte, Brazil. MORE
Apr. 23, 2014
At least two people die during day of violence in slum that abuts the Copacabana tourist district of Rio de Janeiro; disturbance began after young man who was a dancer on television was found dead, and residents charged that he had been killed by police. MORE
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Apprenticeships number goes up
3:00pm Tuesday 8th January 2013 in News By Adam Richards
THE number of people starting an apprenticeship in the borough has risen by more than 100 per cent in the past two years according to the latest Government figures.
In the 2011-12 financial year, 1,020 people took up an apprenticeship scheme in Basingstoke and Deane.
This was an increase of 12 per cent from the year before, and a 100 per cent rise from 2009-10, when there were 510 people registered on apprenticeship courses.
The data was released by the Government's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
The figures were welcomed by Basingstoke MP and Culture Secretary Maria Miller while visiting automotive apprentices at Basingstoke College of Technology, in Worting Road.
"It is fantastic that 1,020 people in Basingstoke started an apprenticeship last year. Apprenticeships are a great way to help people get the skills they need to make a better future for themselves," said Mrs Miller.
"BCoT is a top-performing college, delivering a wide range of apprenticeships, and it provides a fantastic opportunity for people in Basingstoke to have the chance to earn and learn at the same time."
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Written by Angora Holly Polo // June 8, 2011 // Donnybrook Manor // 33 Comments
I used to have horrible nightmares, but when I entered my more responsible adult bill-paying phase, like a light switch, my dreams became intensely, ridiculously euphoric. Maybe it's because I stopped doing drugs, and my brain needed to uphold the same percentage of time spent hallucinating. Maybe it was all this talk about Donnybrook Manor and the life I'm creating around me, taking on a physical presence (but in dreams). For whatever reason it happened, it rules:
Lounging on pillowy couches surrounded by loved ones, in a sunlit field in the summertime; trying on the most gorgeous dresses in the world as tiny kittens toddle around me in every direction; cuddling blissfully with tiny sleeping babies; lying in the grass on ecstasy (literally, I took ecstasy pills in my dream) and watching the stars explode into a fireworks show. These dreams are so girly and orgasmic, I actually laugh at myself when I wake up. What a loser!
But the most vivid ones are my house dreams. Feel free to start psychoanalyzing me now. I dream of huge crystal towers that are stacked so high you become dizzy; entire cities that fit into one vast, never-ending structure. I didn't realize it at the time, but I was totally dreaming about a Phalanstère: a self-contained Utopian community in one huge building. Commie!
Most people would ignore their druggy dreams, but being Donnybrook (anything is possible!), we're totally going to attempt these home design ideas once Donnybrook Manor is a reality:
1.) The Shower of Terrifying Exhilaration
I had a dream about Donnybrook Manor where the shower was inside of a one-way mirror cube that you could see out of but not into. It was a free-standing, second-story column much like an elevator, so you were essentially floating while you showered with a view of the whole foyer/building. Imagine being totally naked, showering, and feeling like everyone can see you! But they CAN'T! Or maybe we can turn the one-way mirror off sometimes just to fuck with people. GOTCHA!
2.) The Study
I want to have at least one room with a blackboard across the entire wall, and strange and scary equations written across the entire thing so we look really smart. If anyone visits, I'll have the butler tell them to meet me in the study, where I'll be standing in front of the blackboard wearing bulky spectacles, lost in thought until the fifteen minute mark, at which point I'll say "Sorry, I was just on the brink of reconciling quantum mechanics with the theory of relativity. And it doesn't even involve string theory, can you believe it?! What was it you stopped by for again?"
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Office of Minority Health welcomes three new members to the Advisory Committee on Minority Health
The Office of Minority Health, at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is pleased to announce three new appointments to the Advisory Committee on Minority Health (ACMH or Committee).
The ACMH advises the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health on improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations, and on the development of goals and program activities of OMH. The next meeting of the Committee will be on March 27-28, topics to be discussed during this meeting will include strategies to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities, as well as other related issues. The Committee will meet at the Doubletree Hotel, 8120 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 on March 27 from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and on March 28 from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
The new ACMH members are:
Beverly A. (Ashleigh) Guadagnolo, MD, MPH – Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology; University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Houston, TX. An enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Dr. Gaudagnolo is committed to improving the health care of underserved populations, in particular, American Indians. Her expertise is extensive in the areas of academia and research that focus on development, analysis, and reporting of community-based participatory research to eliminate cancer-related health disparities among American Indians. Dr. Guadagnolo is a member of the Walking Forward program, which utilizes research methods to reduce cancer-related health disparities and improve cancer treatment/outcomes for American Indians in western South Dakota. She is board certified in radiation oncology.
Beverly L. Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN – Chief Executive Officer, National League for Nursing; New York, NY. Dr. Malone has committed her professional career to minority health issues in her work towards eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom. An accomplished nurse leader, Dr. Malone serves on a variety of diversity task forces directed at targeting racial and ethnic minorities, particularly African Americans. Previously, she assumed leadership positions both nationally, and abroad as President of the American Nurses Association and as General Secretary to the Royal College of Nursing in the United Kingdom. In addition, Dr. Malone served two separate terms on the World Health Assembly, appointed by both President Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Sela Panapasa, PhD – Assistant Research Scientist, Program for Research on Black Americans, Research Center for Group Dynamics; Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. - Dr. Panapasa is a sociologist trained in demography. She has advised and evaluated censuses and national surveys for several island nations in the Pacific, including Fiji and Tonga. Her research focuses on minority health issues with special emphasis on the elderly in underserved populations. Additionally, Dr. Panapasa has interests in health disparities between Pacific Islanders in the United States as compared to the Pacific territories of American Samoa and Guam. Other research areas include the relationship between disability, family support networks, and health outcomes.
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A popular math teacher at Nazareth Area High School in Northampton County is still missing.
Matthew Greene disappeared while backpacking in California.
No one has heard from green since July 16, when he chatted with his parents.
Several of his friends flew to California to speak with anyone who may have seen him, but no luck.
Greene's friends are now organizing fundraisers, to pay for additional search and rescue efforts.
They're using the Twitter hashtag, #FindMattGreene, as well as a Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/findmattgreene.
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On March 2, come out and support the 9th Annual Hooley Plunge at Rocky Gap State Park.
We hope to have over 1,000 plungers brave the waters of Lake Habeeb with registration beginning at 10 a.m. and the Plunge at 1 p.m.
Come watch your family, friends and community support Allegany County Special Olympics and our local developmentally disabled. If you support Special Olympics, BSA Troop 89 or any of the Allegany County School programs for the developmentally disabled, the Plunge is made for you.
Last year over 700 made the dip and over 6000 watched from the shore. Don't miss this year's Hooley Plunge!
Eight years ago 30 Plungers raised $15,000. The last two years we have gone over $100,000 and keep growing. Cumberland Rotary Members helped raise over $10,000 last year and are on track to go over that number again this year.
Allegany High School freshman Mike Nelson will Plunge as the Junior Rotary representative this year and is well on the way to his challenge.
Several businesses and schools are organizing their Plunge teams. This year we have the Knippenberg Nationwide Insurance Challenge. Knippenberg Insurance will match up to $1,000 the school that raises the most money.
South Penn Principal Steve Wilson has challenged several staff members to see who can raise the most money.
Whoever wins does not have to Plunge! There are all kinds of incentives to Plunge but the best is to help our community. All the money stays in Allegany County and helps our families and our friends.
If you have been to the Plunge you understand. If not, come and watch 700 to 1,000 people rush into the water.
Watch the different schools gather in groups and Plunge together. A sea of Red and Black from Mountain Ridge, a sea of Red from Fort Hill, Burgundy from Bishop Walsh, Light Blue from Calvary and a sea of Royal Blue from Allegany.
Watch kids from Washington and Braddock middle schools follow the high school students. Then watch elementary students from all over the county try and keep up with the older kids. Come meet Jake Reynolds, this year's Hooley Plunge King and our World Special Olympics Gold Medal winner! Come see and support all of them when they go in.
If you are a student in Allegany County, ask your teachers if they have envelopes and registration forms for the Plunge. Ask your family, neighbors and friends to pledge money if you do the Plunge.
Anyone can Plunge. You need to raise $50 to get a T-shirt and meal or $500 to get a sweatshirt and meal. If five people pledge $10 or 10 people pledge $5, you're in. Truth is, with only little effort you can raise much more than the minimum.
Come out and join the Fort Hill, Allegany and Mountain Ridge cheerleaders in the Cheerleader challenge. If you cheer for the CAYFL, Pee Wee league or any team come out and go in with the high school cheerleaders. If you march in any of the school bands come out and march Into the Plunge!
Everyone supports Special Olympics and our developmentally disabled. This is your way to help. Plunge or pledge.
This year we will be recognizing the Mountain Ridge State Champion bocce team. bocce is a Special Olympics Inclusion Sport in Maryland high schools. Last year, Allegany High School won the state championship, but this year, Mountain Ridge took top honors, keeping the title in Allegany County.
Let's keep supporting our own. This is one day a year we all work together. Rivals 364 out of 365, but working together for Special Olympics one day a year!
Sean McCagh
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Whispers out of the tech and financial worlds today suggest Google has signed off on its rumoured acquisition of Twitch.2
Sounds like Homefront: The Revolution is in a lot of trouble
Homefront: The Revolution game director Hasit Zala is said to have walked away from the project in continued rumours out of Crytek UK.4
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It's a high-flying adventure when Louie, a mute trumpeter swan, is given the gift of a trumpet, andfinds his voice!
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The Fourth of July means barbeques, beach time and, of course, fireworks! But for those that can't make it to their local fireworks display in-person, fear not: There are several ways to catch a colorful show — and lots of great musical performances — on your very own TV screen.
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Felled by congestive heart failure on Christmas morning, James Brown used his final breaths to tell longtime manager Charles Bobbit, "I'm going away tonight," the New York Daily News reports. "I didn't believe him," Bobbit relates, adding that a short time later, Brown sighed three times, closed his eyes and died. Per the News, fellow music legend Little Richard remembers Brown as "an innovator, an emancipator, an originator... Rap music, all that stuff came from James Brown." Adds Public Enemy's Chuck D, "To this day there has been no one as funky. No one's coming even close." Noting the singer's most holy final day of life, the Rev. Jesse Jackson says, "He was dramatic to the end.... He would have it no other way."
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You've seen them dance. You've seen them lose weight. You've even seen them ice-skate. Now it's time for celebrities to grab a mike and start singing. The contestants on Fox's Celebrity Duets will have a little help from well-known recording artists such as Clint Black, Macy Gray and Chaka Khan, so we're hoping the audience will be spared the torture of another William Hung. But with Simon Cowell wearing the executive-producer hat, anything is possible.
The show (premiering Aug. 29) is hosted by Wayne Brady and features eight celebrity "nonsingers" — wrestling champion Chris Jericho, actress Lea Thompson, Queer Eye lifestyle expert Jai Rodriguez, Xena's Lucy Lawless, actor Cheech Marin, Olympian gymnast Carly Patterson, Fresh Prince's Alfonso Ribeiro and comedian Hal Sparks. The warbling wannabes will be competing for $100,000, to be donated to the
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For the first time since Superstorm Sandy derailed New York City Monday, the New York City subways returned Thursday with limited service and New Yorkers were forced to try to get to work.
For those living in Brooklyn, a trip to Manhattan via "limited subway service" Thursday meant a 2- to 3-hour commute involving a train, long wait, and then a shuttle bus to get over the bridge.
Edith Schraemli, a Fort Greene nurse who was planning to volunteer at the Red Cross in Manhattan, arrived at Barclays Center at a little after 7 a.m., the line was so long, she was about to go home. But a driver picked her up and drove her into Manhattan in order to reach the carpool requirement. The drive was fairly fast and Schraemli arrived at the Red Cross offices on West 49th St. and 10th Avenue by 8 a.m.
The way back was a different story. Even though she set out for Brooklyn well before rush hour at 2:45 p.m., the return bus trip was slow and she didn't arrive back at the Barclays Center until about 5 p.m., she said.
Millie Sanchez, an accounts payable supervisor, said her trip to the city was easy, taking only two hours from her Brownsville home to her office at 33rd Street and Lexington Avenue. When she arrived at the Barclays Center at 6:30 a.m., there were no lines for the shuttle buses, she said.
"Going into the city was fantastic," she said. Coming home not so much. Sanchez waiting two hours for a shuttle bus at 4:15 p.m. and didn't arrive at the Barclays Center until after 7 p.m.
On Wednesday, Sanchez got to work by taking the B46 to Williamsburg, walking across the bridge and catching the bus on the other side. That trip took three hours and 15 minutes.
Asked if she would venture back to Manhattan tomorrow, Sanchez's answer was the same as every other rider interviewed: "I've got no choice. I have to."
While many Brooklynites braved the subways, others took to their bikes. The bike lanes on Bergen Street and Vanderbilt Avenue, which are always busy during the evening rush hour, were packed on Thursday.
Kat Casale, manager of Cycleworks on Vanderbilt Avenue between Bergen and Dean streets, said Wednesday was the shop's "busiest day by far of the whole year."
People were in the store buying new bikes, fixing up their old ones and buying accessories, especially lights, she said.
Aaron Israel, a 30-year-old chef who lives in Crown Heights, said he had a lot more company on his trip to Manhattan than usual, with most of the new bicyclists of the "Sunday rider" variety—people who usually ride recreationally, rather than as their primary mode of transportation.
"They just don't know what they're doing," he said.
But, since a bike trip, even with additional riders, usually takes under an hour from North Brooklyn to Manhattan, about a third of the time many straphangers spent Thursday, perhaps they know exactly what they're doing.


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Smallest elements in array
C = min(A) returns the smallest elements along different dimensions of an array.
If A is a vector, min(A) returns the smallest element in A.
If A is a matrix, min(A) treats the columns of A as vectors, returning a row vector containing the minimum element from each column.
If A is a multidimensional array, min operates along the first nonsingleton dimension.
C = min(A,[],dim) returns the smallest elements along the dimension of A specified by scalar dim. For example, min(A,[],1) produces the minimum values along the first dimension of A.
Return the minimum of a 2-by-3 matrix from each column:
X = [2 8 4; 7 3 9]; min(X,[],1) ans = 2 3 4
Return the minimum from each row:
min(X,[],2) ans = 2 3
Compare each element of X to a scalar:
min(X,5) ans = 2 5 4 5 3 5
For complex input A, min returns the complex number with the smallest complex modulus (magnitude), computed with min(abs(A)). Then computes the smallest phase angle with min(angle(x)), if necessary.
The min function ignores NaNs.


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I've been amused, this week, as I watched South Carolina's two largest cities -- Charleston and Columbia -- duke it out over tourism supremacy.
Both are, of course, also-rans to Myrtle Beach, the state's premier tourist destination, but let's not go there for the moment.
The feud began with a poll of some 46,000 Conde Nast readers that showed that of all the great cities in the world, Charleston was the one they would most like to visit.
Yes, you read that right. Our own little old Holy City is their favorite destination in all the world, even better than Florence, Italy (No. 3), Bankok (No. 4), Sydney (No. 6) or Buenos Aires (No. 9).
New York? London? Paris? Rome? Too bad. None of them made the cut.
The State newspaper in Columbia, in a weekly column called The Buzz, celebrated the news this way:
"(Gov. Nikki Haley) visited Charleston on Wednesday to celebrate the region being named the best tourist town in the world -- seriously? -- by Conde Nast.''
To which Brian Hicks, a Charleston Post and Courier columnist, replied:
"Seriously? Not sure what we did to deserve that.''
Sorry. Brian. You're my hero in these parts but my reaction to the Conde Nast news was exactly that: Seriously?
I agree that Charleston has some neat stuff.
It has a lot of history, most centered around Fort Sumter and the Charleston Harbor.
It's got a some nice restaurants and a few nice golf courses. It has an aquarium.
Columbia, on the other hand, claims to have the top tourist attraction in the state, the Riverbanks Zoo.
I've been there and it is, indeed, a fine zoo.
Hicks would agree: "Stop and see it if you're in Columbia and bored.''
So it goes.
What neither of them have are the Grand Strand's 14 million visitors a year, more than 100 designer golf courses, tbe finest sclupture garden in the country, the largest Ferris wheel on the East Coast, its own aquarium and about 50 miles of beachfront.
Well, actually, Charleston does have one beach. It's called Folly. Need I say more?
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Police: Burglary victim catches suspectMay 04,2013BENNINGTON Alert neighbors helped police solve what they called a string of burglaries and also captured the woman expected to be charged for the crimes, according to Lt. Lloyd Dean of the Bennington Police Department.
Nikki Lixx, 42, of Bennington, is expected to be charged with at least three felony counts of burglary Monday in Bennington criminal court. Dean said police also cited Lixx for possession of stolen property.
Dean said Sgt. Camillo Grande of the Bennington Police Department had been on foot patrol in the area of Robinson Avenue on Friday morning because of a string of burglaries committed at homes, some of them empty, but others while the residents were inside.
Around 1 a.m. Friday, a Robinson Avenue homeowner, who police did not identify, found a woman, who police later identified as Lixx, in his home.
Lixx fled but the homeowner called 911 and chased her. The homeowner tackled Lixx with the help of other neighbors and held her until Grande and Officers Benjamin Lackey and Thalia Hudson arrived.
Dean said Lixx admitted to three burglaries.
She was on furlough at the time of the arrest after pleading guilty in October to felony counts of identity theft and forgery and a misdemeanor charge of using false tokens. Officers with the Vermont Department of Corrections revoked her furlough after the arrest Friday and she was taken to the Rutland jail.
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Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes Staff
I write about how to build, manage and enjoy your family's wealth.
By ruling that ObamaCare is constitutional, the Supreme Court has set in motion a slew of tax hikes. Well, someone has to pay for it. For rich folks, looming big is the 3.8% Medicare surtax on investment income, and the 0.9% Medicare payroll tax hike (from 1.45% to 2.35%). And then there are the tax hikes for everybody else.
Obama's pledge against any form of tax increase on Americans making less than $250,000 a year "was thrown out the window" when he signed the healthcare law, says John Kartch, communications director with Americans For Tax Reform (founded by anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist).
Here's a rundown of seven ObamaCare tax hikes that affect the hoi polloi.
No. 1. The Individual Mandate Excise Tax. Starting in 2014, anyone not buying "qualifying" health insurance must pay an income tax surtax. It goes up each year until 2016 and beyond when a couple would pay a tax of the higher of $1,360 or 2.5% of adjusted gross income.
No. 2. The Over-The-Counter Drugs Trap. Since Jan. 1, 2011, employees with health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts or health reimbursement accounts have no longer been able to use pre-tax funds stashed in these accounts to buy over-the-counter medicines for allergy relief and the like without a doctor's prescription (there's an exception for insulin).
No. 3. The Healthcare Flexible Spending Account Cap. Starting Jan. 1, 2013, employees will face a $2,500 cap on the amount of pre-tax salary deferrals they can make into a healthcare flexible spending account. There is no cap under current law. In light of the new cap, employee benefits groups are lobbying for Congress to modify the use-it-or-lose-it rule that means employees forfeit unused funds in their accounts at the end of the plan year.
No. 4. The Medical Itemized Deduction Hurdle. Starting Jan. 1, 2013, taxpayers who face high medical expenses will only be allowed a deduction for expenses to the extent they exceed 10% of adjusted gross income, up from 7.5% now. Taxpayers 65 and older can still use the old 7.5% threshold through 2016. For how to score the medical expense deduction before 2013, click here.
No. 5. The Health Savings Account Withdrawal Penalty. Since Jan. 1, 2011, taxpayers who withdraw money from health savings accounts for non-medical expenses before age 65 face a 20% penalty, up from 10% before.
No. 6. The Indoor Tanning Services Tax. Since July 1, 2010, folks using indoor tanning salons face a new 10% excise tax. This one hasn't been bringing in as much revenue as anticipated.
No. 7. The Cadillac Health Insurance Plan Tax. Starting in 2018, there will be a new 40% excise tax on taxpayers who are covered by high-cost health insurance plans (with premiums at or above $10,200 for a single or $27,500 for a family). Insurers or employers who are self-insured will pay the tax, but it is expected to trickle down to mean higher costs for consumers.
Americans For Tax Reform has a full list of ObamaCare's 20 new or higher taxes on American families and small businesses.
What about those citizens who have their property (money in this case) taken from them by force (taxes)? Do individuals not have a right to their property and to dispose of it the way they wish? What about the healthy people who do not want health insurance and will be punished, through taxation, because they voluntarily and peacefully wish to not participate? Do they not have a say? Are they not allowed to disagree and not pay into a system they do not wish to be a part of? No individual, group, mob, and/or government has the moral right to rob Peter to pay for Paul, so-to-speak. According to your ethics there is no worth to human life, because you wish for individuals to be nothing more than chattel. I expect better from someone who claims they desire humanity's well-being.
"how biased not to post all the financial benefits of the law, which could easily outweigh the tax increases"
You call it "biased" to not perpetuate a leftist talking point that is also a much-debunked lie (but what leftist talking point isn't a lie of some sort?). Ridiculous.
"What about those citizens who have their property (money in this case) taken from them by force (taxes)? Do individuals not have a right to their property and to dispose of it the way they wish?"
ANS: Do u pay: State and Federal income tax, sales tax, utility taxes, gas taxes, meal taxes, every time u buy a good or service, part of the charge is to cover the taxes associated with the creation of the good or service. How horrible: u r being Forced to pay all these taxes. Don't pay any of them.
"What about the healthy people who do not want health insurance and will be punished, through taxation, because they voluntarily and peacefully wish to not participate? Do they not have a say? Are they not allowed to disagree and not pay into a system they do not wish to be a part of?"
ANS: If u don't know the ans to that q, health care policy is too complex 4 u.
" No individual, group, mob, and/or government has the moral right to rob Peter to pay for Paul, so-to-speak."
ANS: Tell that tho GWB who gave Billions in tax breaks to the rich; from u and me.
" According to your ethics there is no worth to human life, because you wish for individuals to be nothing more than chattel. "
ANS: You have my deepest sympathy.
On point #7. It's not an additional tax on every comprehensive plan, only for those with annual costs exceeding $10,200 for individuals or $27,500 for a family. I don't think many under 250k earners are signing up for these plans.
3 Hours go by, and you have not corrected a glaring, misleading mistake.
It's obvious you'd rather not report the facts.
You aren't the arbiter on what is and is not a fact. In fact, I'd guess you're a "progressive". Progressivism is founded on lies, including lying to yourselves. Only an intellectually bankrupt tool could believe that one can take a document, declare it "living", and "interpret" it to mean what it plainly does not say.
My COBRA premium was $14,000, including dental
Lots will not pay the tax. They will not make the plan available and the total out of pocket cost ( insurance+ co-pay) will increase. Insurance will go down but the copay will go up thousands. Restricting health spending accounts by its self increases taxes. Take a Cadillac plan and a person spending $6000 a year on co-pay and compare it to now when the co-pay goes to $10,000 with only $2,500 tax free. In this case there is an income tax increase on the $7,500 that is not tax free.
Ms. Ebeling,
Thank you for pointing out just a few of the new taxes and financial burdens we will now bear as a result of ObamaCare.
As U.S. citizens, we should recognize that there's truly not much time left to start a path of correction to the devastation that this corrupt and incompetent Administration has implemented.


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Originally published on Thu February 7, 2013 5:28 pm
There was another U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday. At least three people were killed when missiles struck a compound in North Waziristan, near the border with Afghanistan. The strike comes as Washington debates the use of drones and not long after Ambassador Sherry Rehman said the use of drones was a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty and international law. Throughout Pakistan, popular reaction to the drone strikes continues to be vociferously negative. Robert Siegel talks to Jackie Northam.


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Berlin's Reborn Reichstag
By Rick Steves
This building, the heart of German democracy, has a short but complicated and emotional history. When inaugurated in the 1890s, the last emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm, disdainfully called it the "house for chatting." It was from this Parliament building that the German Republic was proclaimed in 1918. In 1933 Hitler had this symbol of democracy burned, using the fire as a handy excuse to frame the Communists and grab power. As World War II was winding up, Stalin ordered Reichstag taken by May 1st (the workers' holiday). More than 1,500 Nazis made their last stand here — extending World War II by two days. On April 30, 1945 it fell to the Red Army. It was hardly used from 1933 to 1999. For its 101st birthday, in 1995, the Bulgarian artist Christo wrapped it in silvery-gold cloth. It was then wrapped again in scaffolding and rebuilt by British architect Lord Norman Foster into the new parliamentary home of the Bundestag (Germany's lower house, similar to the US House of Representatives). In April, 1999, the Bundestag was transferred back to the Reichstag from Bonn. To many Germans, the proud resurrection of the Reichstag symbolizes the end of a terrible chapter in German history.
The glass cupola rises 155 feet above the ground. Its two sloped ramps spiral 755 feet to the top for a grand view. Inside the dome, a cone of 360 mirrors reflects natural light into the legislative chamber. Lit from inside at night, this gives Berlin a stirring new nightlight.
Above the door, surrounded by stone patches from World War II bomb damage, it says "Dem Deutschen Volke" ("To the German People"). The lobby, 90 feet high with a 60 foot tall German flag, is towering and open with glass doors showing the central chamber. The message: there will be no secrets in government. Look inside. The German eagle (a.k.a. the "fat hen") spreads its wings behind the podium. Notice the doors marked "yes," "no," or "abstain" — the Bundestag's traditional "sheep jump" way of counting votes (for critical and close votes, all 669 members leave and vote by walking through the door of their choice).
Ride the elevator to the base of the glass dome. Pick up the free audioguide, and take time to study the photos and read the circle of captions — an excellent exhibition telling the Reichstag story. Then study the architecture: Stylistically it's broken, new on old, like Germany's history. Notice the giant and unobtrusive sunscreen which moves around the dome as necessary with the sun. Winding up to the top you can survey the city as you hike. But for Germans, the best view is down — keeping a close eye on their government working below the dome.


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This year got off to a fast start for severe weather, but the summer's heat and drought means 2012 is likely to go down as a comparatively mild year for tornadoes.
The Storm Prediction Center has a preliminary count of 1,006 tornadoes in the U.S. through October 15. That's not the number of actual tornadoes, but rather a count of the reports to date.
In most cases, the actual count lags behind the estimated count by several months. But that's not the case in Iowa this year.
"This year is sort of easy to keep track because there have been so few," said State Climatologist Harry Hillaker.
According to Hillaker there have been 16 tornadoes in Iowa in 2012, compared to 51 in 2011. That includes one that touched down briefly near the Oskaloosa airport in April. There have been none in the state since May 24, which Hillaker called "a really exceptional streak."
While tornadoes are possible at any time of year, it appears 2012 will go down with the fewest in Iowa since 1963. And Hillaker said that year likely had additional tornadoes that today's equipment would spot but weren't recorded then.
The basic reason for the drop in 2012 is simple: Drought. If you don't have rain, you don't have storms. If you don't have storms, you don't have tornadoes.
At least, that's the way it usually works. Hillaker pointed to 1988 as the exception. It was a very dry year with few stormy days. But on one day everything came together and the state saw more than 20 tornadoes.
Tornado deaths this year are down as well, with 68 people killed nationally. That figure is higher than either 2009 or 2010, but well below the record-setting 553 people killed by tornadoes in 2011.


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The Town of Southampton Youth Bureau is sponsoring a ski, snowboard, snow tubing trip to Blue Mountain, PA on Saturday, January 26th for youth 12 years old and up or younger with an adult. The fee includes roundtrip transportation, sport and lunch. The following options are available:
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Bus will depart from Red Creek Park (Hampton Bays) at 4:00am and return to Red Creek Park at approximately 10:00pm. Chaperones will be provided by the Youth Bureau. For more information, you can find us on facebook & twitter @SouthamptonYB, visit us on the web at www.southamptontownny.gov/youthbureau for a registration form or call us (631) 702-2427.


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India's Stakes in the Middle East
The Pew Research Center just released a superb infographic drawing on World Bank remittance data that makes it possible, with just a few clicks, to instantly see how remittances flow from source to recipient countries. It might not be a surprise to anyone that the United States is the number one source country, with more than $123 billion in remittances flowing to countries all over the world in 2012, the most recently available year. And it might not be a surprise, either, to learn that India is the number one recipient country, with $69 billion coming in during 2012. But how many people would guess that even though the United States is the number one source country for outflows worldwide, it isn't the largest source of remittances going to India. That would be the United Arab Emirates (UAE). More than $15 billion was remitted to India from the UAE during 2012, compared with $11 billion from the United States. Read more »


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'Glee' star Lea Michele hopped on Twitter on Tuesday to give a status update to her oral surgery. Is the actress still in pain? Has the swelling gone down any from having a pair of teeth pulled?
Although some may say that Lea Michele having her top two wisdom teeth out was no big deal, it certainly was enough of a "pain" to post multiple times about her teeth and recovery.
Thankfully, Lea felt quite a bit better on Tuesday than she did on Monday (even though she was reportedly out to lunch earlier in the day with Cory Monteith). Lea tweeted, "Already feeling so much better! Upper wisdom teeth are way less painful than the bottom!"
Of course, Lea did try to distract herself from any pain that she did have by taking in 'Moonrise Kingdom' and watching several of her favorite shows that she had taped while on vacation in Europe with Cory.
So, what's next for Lea Michele (and presumably boyfriend Cory Monteith)? How about a visit to ComicCon where she is expected to be on the 'Glee' panel. Talk about a fun and hectic life! No rest for the weary, that's for sure.


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Angels General Manager Jerry Dipoto described Albert Pujols' recent right-knee surgery as "a very minor procedure," adding that he expects the first baseman to be "back at full strength" within a month or so.
"It was a cleanup, nothing significant, kind of a blip on the radar," Dipoto said Thursday of the operation, which was performed on Oct. 9 in St. Louis. "We knew he was playing through pain, he took care of it and is good to go. I've spoken with him since, and he feels great."


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Hanon x Saucony "Shadow Master"
February 19th, 2013 by Brendan Dunne | 6 comments
As it turns out the Hanon x Saucony project is one that smashes two separate Saucony retro models together into one brand new silhouette (A precedent set by Bodega's earlier hybrid movements). The Saucony Master Control upper is planted on top of the Saucony Shadow 5000 sole kit. As far as materials go they've selected a mixture of pig suede, full grain leather, satin, and 3M. Continue reading for the first full look at this fiery pair (one whose colorway kind of looks like an extension of that last Hanon collab) that will be releasing at Hanon on Saturday, March 2nd.
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The sprawling Secrets Wild Orchid is one of the more luxurious adults-only all-inclusive resorts in Montego Bay, and has a laundry list of property features, including eight restaurants and five bars, and a host of activities: a theater, a spa, a water sports and dive center, a shopping center, and a casino. But the resort shares virtually all of its amenities with the next-door Secrets St. James, and some of the best amenities and freebies are reserved only for the VIP guests staying in the "Premiere" part of the resort.
A massive, beautifully landscaped 850-room Spanish mega-resort, the Grand Bahia is great for families or couples, but it's a pretty tame crowd--even with all-night karaoke and access to a nude beach. The huge, slightly dated rooms come with Jacuzzis, the streaming pool is superb, and the restaurants are better than at most all-inclusives.
The Grand Lido's great liquor, decent food, 24-hour room service, intimate setting, and naked hot-tub parties bring a little grown-up indulgence to the more traditional, family-focused all-inclusive resort scene. However, that indulgence comes with a rather over-inflated price tag and the guest rooms are showing considerable wear -- Couples Swept Away is often the better deal.
The least expensive of Montego Bay's Iberostar trio, this upbeat, and at times rowdy, all-inclusive megaresort features tons of amenities -- four restaurants, four bars, water sports, a spa, a theater, a casino, a nightclub, and an awesome kids' club -- all for seriously affordable rates. The rooms may be small, the decor may be outdated, and the grounds may be packed to the brim at times, but it's one of the best values on the island.
A mega-resort, the Grand Palladium feels like a shopping mall but is expansive enough for privacy, romance, and fun. It has five pools, large rooms, name-brand liquor, tasty breakfasts, mini-golf, and more--all for lower rates than lesser-equipped all-inclusives. But its remote locale comes with rocky, man-made beaches.
Opened in September 2008, the Riu all-inclusive mega-resort provides ample and eclectic food, name-brand liquor, a great beach, a 24-hour sports bar, a huge pool, a modern gym, a free liquor-stocked minibar, and an array of water sports. But guests can feel pretty anonymous in the crowded 681-room property.
The 70-room Treehouse is about the most relaxed hotel in Jamaica, almost to a fault. There's only a skeleton crew on staff at night, and rooms feature little more flat-screen TVs. But most guests don't seem to care, once they're swinging on a porch hammock overlooking Jamaica's best beach. Plus, great bars and restaurants are right next door.
A friendly resort with a mellow beach, free minibars, and a surprisingly solid buffet -- the Riu Negril is a great value. Rooms aren't spectacular, and many activities require a long walk across the sprawling resort, but most guests are sold once they join revelers on the dance floor.
The all-inclusive, 430-room Sunset, which features a kids' club and an impressive water park, could be a decent family destination -- were it not for the decidedly adult drinking contests, nude beach, and late-night parties. This barely mid-range property is dated, and room amenities are scarce, inconsistent and cheap, but it's an acceptable budget option for those who need little more than a bed and a nice beach. The Sunset Tower was renovated in 2011, and rooms have upgraded amenities, including flat-screen TVs, newer bathrooms, and nicer decor.
Huge, even among mega-resorts, the 846-room hotel is more about quantity than quality: seven restaurants, six bars, three pools, a nightclub, a private beach surging with water sports, and hordes of guests raring to party. Rooms are mediocre, and a bad a la carte restaurant reservation system means most guests get stuck at the buffet.
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