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The ham sandwich can be invoked as a defense for someone who feels wrongfully accused. This comes from the saying that a good prosecutor could indict a ham sandwich, thereby pointing out that one should not presume the indicted is guilty.
Tom Delay, a congressional majority leader in the United States, was indicted on ethics violations. His colleagues came to his defense by invoking the "ham sandwich" defense. This defense became well known when Delay defender Senator Mike Rodgers confused the public by misusing the phrase when he said "... any attorney knows you can get an indictment with a ham sandwich." Obviously he meant "against a ham sandwich."
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Richard Lugar, after six terms as a Republican senator -- known for his middle of the road rationality and his foreign policy finesse -- has been ousted by a Tea Party extremist backed by outside right-wing funding.
This opponent, Richard Mourdock, questions even the constitutionality of Social Security and Medicare. He is known for strident partisanship, as is the whole Republican Party.
The Republicans fought President Barack Obama's plan to keep interest rates low on federal student loans unless it was funded by taking public health funds from Obama's health care law.
They pushed 300,000 kids off school lunches to preserve military spending. They held hostage $261 million in funds for health care provisions, food stamps, unemployment insurance benefits and child tax credits, to offset automatic defense cuts.
Republicans have opposed three jobs bills to avoid raising taxes on millionaires. They have voted to protect tax breaks for oil companies instead of funding clean energy investment. They voted to block the Buffett Rule requiring people making more than $1 million a year to pay a fair share in taxes. They proposed the Blunt Amendment to allow employers or insurance companies not to cover any health care cost to which they have a "moral objection."
Well, here is where the ocean meets the shore. Remember the name Joel Tyner. He is running for Congress in the 19th District. He is a Democrat, a Dutchess County legislator for five terms and a man of conviction.
Tyner presents himself as a proactive problem solver. He is not tied to any entrenched political interests that so commonly become de facto _ but hidden _ constituencies. He does not take money from insurance companies or corporations.
Tax relief for the rich does not translate into more jobs. Spending for society does. Money should come from taxing in accordance with the ability to pay. The nourishment of a healthy community requires a fair continuity from rich to less-rich people, within a spectrum of neighborly connections and relations.
There needs to be a net of social connection that nourishes feelings of belonging, common interest and responsibility. That is what progressives seek to foster and protect proactively.
Conservatives, on the other hand, focus on protecting wealth and property rights, with less concern for those who have little or no property.
Tyner opposes the war in Afghanistan. Corporate personhood needs to be ended by constitutional amendment, and replaced by legislation supporting clean elections and campaign finance reform.
He would end the Bush tax cuts. He is pushing to block fracking and begin building up renewable energy. He elaborates on the use of solar energy, geothermal energy and raising the efficiency of conservation methods.
Tyner decries the demise of independent family farms, and clearly pulls the curtain back on entrenched and habitually subsidized monopolies of corporate agribusiness. These are what undercut family farming.
Putting more money to work repairing and enhancing our aging infrastructure also benefits both the public in general and lowers the unemployment rate.
The minimum wage should be raised to put more money into the hands of consuming wage earners. These are the ways to revitalize the economy. Progressive ways. Protecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, as well as school budgets and nursing home care from budget cuts is likewise essential.
But some programs stand out as long overdue and deeply essential. Chief among them is health care. Medicare for all, he points out, would benefit all, but save money, too. It would include support for women's health and reproductive rights.
I am going out on a limb here, however, because I have not yet heard his opponent in the Democratic primary for this new 19th Congressional District on June 26. He is Julian Schreibman. He is backed by his home-base Democrats in Ulster County. Schreibman sees himself up against powerful Republican interests and able to confront Tea Party types.
Tyner says he is ready to confront even the Democrats, whom he sees as in the thrall of wealthy interests and corporations, to the detriment of support for core social issues, such as Social Security and medical care. He does not deny that climate change is related to human activity, is pro-choice and pro-hunting.
Joel Tyner is an underdog is this race. He is open, accessible and a quick study, who is up on the issues. But he works from the bottom up more than by pulling strings behind the scenes. So give him a listen, and I think you will find him to be a person who will always be listening to us, as constituents.
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Robert Pattinson and Zac Efron went bowling together last night in LA, exactly the kind of wholesome activity both are known to spend their time on. OK. There was a time when Zac was said to be jealous of Robert for all the attention he was getting, or taking. Zac used to be The One. High School Musical. Full Story
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Colin Farrell is Irish in Miss Julie
It has recently come to my attention that there are some people for whom "Irish", the mention of, or indeed the claiming as heritage of, is unappealing. Something about being too rah-rah or that we're the greatest or something. Oops. Did I slip? Yep. I'm one of the few and the proud. Full Story
Rachel & Mick
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Rachel McAdams was at the NY premiere of A Most Wanted Man last night. So that's why she's on the cover of ALLURE. I wasn't sure. There was so little lead-up to this release. Anyway, at some point while she was at the event, she posed with Mick Jagger. Full Story
Leo's international model crawl
Leonardo DiCaprio is in Saint Tropez. Likely some rich dude's boat. He apparently hosted a fundraiser last night. I guess the strategy is to invite a lot of models, and some wealthy men, generosity ensues, and everyone can go home feeling good about themselves. He really must have a bat signal for them, models I mean. Full Story
Selena with a cute guy…and Leonardo DiCaprio
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Selena Gomez celebrated her champagne birthday yesterday in Saint Tropez. She went out on the jet ski with a cute guy. A tall, cute guy. Don't you think JB wishes he was taller? He totally does. It's probably the only thing he can't buy. As you know, S would have known that the paps are shooting her. Full Story
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No time to grant a wish
She's great at giving big smiles, pretending her personality is as sweet as her voice. It depends. If she's talking to Ellen DeGeneres, well, of course she's lovely and accommodating. But what if it's a child in a wheelchair? There was a kid who had a wish. The wish was to meet her favourite star. Full Story
July 23, 2014 – Smutty Shout-Outs
Mai Duong is 34 years old. She was pregnant with her second child when she was diagnosed with leukemia last year. She needs a bone marrow or stem cell transplant and she only has six weeks. The problem is that there are not enough donors who've registered with the match system in the Asian community. Full Story
Dear Gossips,
It's Big G's first birthday! His parents have urged the public to refrain from sending gifts, not only because that child has everything he could possible want, but also because that child only wants things he can crush. Like butterflies.
More images have been released from Big G's visit to the butterfly exhibit, his parents gifting us with two more shots of the Bruiser Prince. As you can see, he's fascinated by them, and at one point, reaches out to touch one on his father's hand. That poor butterfly must have been like F-ck Me, how did I get chosen to hang out with the Gregor Clegane of the Windsor line?
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"We pack them in, sometimes two a day," said Lammers, who has welcomed students, mostly from area elementary schools, for the past five or six autumns. "We have fun with the kids. It's good for them to come to the farm and do this. They like getting to run around."
For $5 apiece, children get to navigate hay bale and corn mazes, play "farm" with a miniature barn set, make cider using an old-fashioned juice press, and feed the farm animals, including pigs and lambs. They also get to sample cider and pumpkin doughnuts and choose a small pumpkin to take home.
"This is perfect because they can run from when they want," said Mary Kolle, one of two lead teachers on a recent Traverse City Area Public Schools Oak Park Preschool field trip to the farm. "It's not guided. They can do everything on their own, but it's safe. And it's child-led interests.They're exploring what they're curious about. That's what I love about this kind of trip."
Trent Gle, 5, was most curious about the animals but also liked the tractor tire sandbox, from which he scooped out sand with a Tonka dump truck.
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Hoxsie's Farm Market has field trips scheduled every school morning between now and Oct. 25, said co-owner Judy Hoxsie. The farm about three miles east of Acme gets as many as 80 or more preschoolers to second-graders at a time from as far away as McBain.
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Hour-long tours take students by tractor-drawn wagon to the orchards, where they pick their own pumpkin out of the pumpkin patch and snatch an apple off the tree. They also learn about honey bee pollination and other factors that affect growth.
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Posted 10 November 2012 - 04:16 PM
You can hang on bro. My school was like 7 wks long and it was the best desicion I have ever made. There is really nothing I would rather be doing. Hang in there, figure out what you want and then go after it.
Posted 10 November 2012 - 04:29 PM
Fidy8, on 10 November 2012 - 04:16 PM, said:
True i can hang on. I just have to be patient for now.
You can hang on bro. My school was like 7 wks long and it was the best desicion I have ever made. There is really nothing I would rather be doing. Hang in there, figure out what you want and then go after it.
Posted 12 November 2012 - 01:37 PM
Well i've decided that im going to take an leave of absence from here for awhile. I need to address a few issues of my own and get them sorted out. Until then i just wanted to say Thank You to all those that have sent me their Prayers and support. But i think it's for the best i just bow out for now. Until then.... Goodbye and thanks for everything - Boba Fett .
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Posted 12 November 2012 - 02:40 PM
Boba Fett, on 08 November 2012 - 11:43 PM, said:
So this funk im going through. Is it just that a funk ? Or is it depression?
It is indecision. It is the unknown. There is nothing scarier than that. When you have a solid plan in place you will feel differently. I hope you get that guitar. There is nothing that can release your blues like playing them out on a guitar. You will come to need that guitar and those strings beneath your fingers. You will be very sore at first, but that will change. Nothing good comes very easily, but this will be worth it.
Posted 12 November 2012 - 03:59 PM
In Kentucky, we drink bourbon to figure these kinds of things out.
"At Kentucky, we don't just play college basketball. We ARE college basketball." - Coach John Calipari
Posted 14 November 2012 - 09:53 PM
I did some thinking over the last few days. I've grown to accept that this tough time will pass and i will be stronger than ever and that all i can do is keep going and hope for the best. Time heals all wounds and eventually all of my wounds will heal as well. As for those that have reached out to me and sent their prayers i just wanted to say thank you. I also wanted to say thank you for all of your words and encouragement and advice as well. You have no idea how much it meant to me. What doesn't kill me will simply make me stronger.
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trying to put photo in avatar?
Just having trouble, I can do pics in this area but my pics on my machine are too big,can I crop them somehow? I also tried from photo bucket and it says that my photos are not jpg? I thought they were, they end in jpg. Who knows? If you folks can help, please be presice and slow. right click, copy,paste etc. Some of us own 60 year old equipment for a reason. Thanks Tom N PS stay away from those new fangled microwaves, They, like everything else we own causes cancer.
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Tom - you must reduce the size of the picture to 80 X 80 pixels and a file size of not more than 6 kb. If you have photo manipulation software, this should not be a problem. If not, you can download a free program called Irfanview to do the task.
If this is too confusing, e-mail me the picture and I'll reduce it down and send it back to you.
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Let's face it; many of us do it every Black Friday. We forget our holiday circulars or coupons at home. But now there's an app for that. In fact, there are dozens of apps available to help you save this Black Friday.
Chris Binker loves to shop with his smart phone. He uses an app on his smartphone called Shopkick anytime leave leaves his house to shop. Each time he shops or walks into a store he accumulates points, which so far, have earned him and his wife $100 in gift cards.
"Right now, we are just collecting more points because we like to do a lot of traveling during the summer and free gas makes the trip a little bit easier," said Binker.
According to a recent price grabber study, 32% of smartphone users say they plan to use shopping apps this holiday season and 42% say they will buy small and big ticket items with their phones.
Technology experts say they're noticing that trend. "Clipping coupons is something that was in the past. Still a little bit these days but people are looking for an easier way and this is gonna make it easier for people to keep track of all those coupons and all those ads and all in one place and be able to adapt on the fly," said Mike Leonardo, store manager at Verizon Wireless on Omaha Street.
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For Binker -- who works two jobs -- it's not just the holiday savings that add up with each shopping experience. "It kind of allows us to be in and out and back home and being able to spend time with each other," said the frequent shopper.
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Great courses produce great champions and Rory McIlroy is the champion of the moment after his win at The Open 2014. Explore the courses that made McIlroy a winner.
When Rory McIlroy claimed the Claret Jug at The Open 2014 he became only the third man in the modern golfing era to claim three Masters titles. Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus are his company in the record books.
Will he do it again when The Open comes to Royal Portrush in 2019? We certainly hope so!
McIlroy was a winner from an early age, he battled the Wild Atlantic Way elements at County Sligo Golf Club to win the prestigious 'West of Ireland' twice. No doubt this stood to him when he held off Tiger Woods in 2011 at the Honda Classic to become the World Number One for the first time.
Long hours of practice at his home club of Holywood in County Down gave the rising star the confidence to produce the goods; proven in full when he captured the 2005 Irish Amateur Close title at the parkland beauty of Westport Golf Club.
This challenging County Mayo course held no fears for the 16 year old. Instead, he produced some short game magic when it counted and became the youngest ever winner of a title, which had been captured in the past by future stars such as 2014 European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley, and major-winning trio Pádraig Harrington, Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell.
McIlroy went on to retain the West of Ireland crown in the shadow of County Sligo's brooding Ben Bulben in 2006. But one of his greatest amateur wins came later that summer when he slayed the mightiest new links course in Ireland, The European Club at Brittas Bay in County Wicklow. In doing that, he became Irish Close champion for the second time.
McIlroy prepared for his title defence by humbling a giant, his mentor Nick Faldo, on the windswept Old Links at Ballyliffin, which is perched on the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland's most northerly county.
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"Ballyliffin is a great golf course," says McIlroy, who shot a course record 67 to beat six-time major winner Faldo by a stroke. "They have two great golf courses there. The Old Links, which is a little shorter and a little tighter with small greens. Nick Faldo redesigned it and it is very tricky and a very good test. The Glashedy, meanwhile, is a big golf course measuring more than 7,400 yards.
McIlroy continues,"They have two brilliant golf courses on a spectacular piece of land so if you have a chance to go to the northwest of Ireland, Ballyliffin should definitely be on everyone's list."
Just a few days after beating Faldo in Ballyliffin, McIlroy retained the Irish Close title at The European Club and declared that it was the best links course he had ever played.
That's high praise from a player who grew up just a few minutes' drive from the great links of Royal County Down and regularly teed it up at Royal Portrush when he was just a young boy.
"The European Club is probably the best links course that I have ever played, and I include Royal St George's, Royal County Down and Royal Portrush in that," McIlroy said at the time. "It's just the definition to it and then there are the sleepers in the bunkers. The fairways are the best I've ever played on. It's totally unbelievable.
"I love courses where you really have to think your way around. It gets me focused much more. That's pretty much why I'm so impressed with it."
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Back to the Irish Close, and McIlroy was on his way to beat the course record of four under par 67, set by Tiger Woods in July 2002, when he went to the turn in three under par. He had to settle for a 70 in the end, and ended up taking 80 in the second round as the wind blew and the rough took its toll.
He still qualified for the matchplay stages with ease, though, and eventually cruised to the title having learned some valuable lessons about course management and wind play. This, you could say, stood to him later in his professional career.
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The MtBE case is not a regular tort case, where a party is suing, say, an international fast food chain for liability, Scherr said. "This is a case where the state of New Hampshire was going after the entities that they were suing."
The American Tort Reform Foundation's "watch list" reference takes issue with New Hampshire Superior Court Justice Peter Fauver for trial decisions, the report says, are inconsistent with long-settled state law.
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Positive airway pressure (PAP) Therapy is a generic term applied to all sleep apnea treatments that use a stream of compressed air to support the airway during sleep. With PAP therapy, you wear a mask during sleep. A portable machine gently blows pressurized room air from into your upper airway through a tube connected to the mask. This positive airflow helps keep the airway open, preventing the collapse that occurs during apnea, thus allowing normal breathing. For optimal improvement, its important to use your PAP machine every time you sleep including naps.
PAP therapy is a prescribed treatment because the air pressure required to stabilize the airway, known as the therapeutic pressure, is different for everyone. The treatment pressure is measured in centimeters of water (cm H2O) and most machines can be set by the provider to deliver pressures between 4 and 20cm H2O. The correct setting is critical because if the air pressure is set too low, the airway can still collapse. If its set too high, you can become over-ventilated. Either scenario will have a negative impact on your sleep quality.
Several factors impact the therapeutic pressure, including severity of OSA and structure of the airway. An individuals therapeutic level is determined during a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Titration sleep study. There are three main types of PAP treatment available, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), BiLevel, and Auto-Titrating Devices.
Overall PAP therapy is a safe and effective treatment, however there are a few counter-indications. Be sure to tell your doctor if you have bullous lung disease, pneumothorax, cerebrospinal fluid leak or severe epistaxis (nosebleeds).
Resources at Stanford
Stanford hosts a monthly Alert, Well, and Keeping Energetic (AWAKE) Meeting. The AWAKE group provides information and support for sleep apnea patients and their families. To learn more visit their website.


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Patrick fires back at Petty commentsBy GARY GRAVES
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | June 29,2013SPARTA, Ky. Danica Patrick doesnt care that Kyle Petty thinks shes better at getting attention than driving because shes heard it all before.
But if Pettys going to attack her, the NASCAR Sprint Cup rookie believes he should at least get his facts straight.
On Friday, Patrick responded to Pettys comments a night earlier on Speeds Race Hub program, in which the former Sprint Cup driver called her a marketing machine rather than a race car driver. Petty also doubted that Patrick would become a driver and insisted that she doesnt race as well as she qualifies.
Patricks statistics suggest otherwise. On average shes finishing almost six spots higher (25.8) than she starts (32nd), which she noted by saying, those who watch know I cant qualify for crap. The race goes much better.
That likely wont stop Petty, the 53-year-old son of seven-time Cup champion Richard Petty and an eight-time race winner on NASCARs premier circuit, from criticizing Patrick.
Now an analyst for TNT and Fox/Speed, Petty has periodically taken jabs at Patrick, a former IndyCar Series driver who now drives the No. 10 Chevy for Stewart-Haas Racing. The 31-year-old Patrick is 27th in points in her first full Cup season, which follows an open-wheel career highlighted by a fuel-mileage victory in 2008 in Motegi, Japan.
On Thursday night, Petty seemed to elaborate on his views during the show. While he understands the mass appeal of Patrick, who has been featured in racy TV ads for sponsor Go Daddy and was IndyCars most popular driver for several years, her driving skills dont justify the hype in his opinion.
Thats where I have a problem, where fans have bought into the hype of the marketing, to think shes a race car driver, he said.
She can go fast, and Ive seen her go fast. She drives the wheels off it when she goes fast.
Asked if she has learned to race, Petty continued, Shes not a race car driver. Theres a difference. The King always had that stupid saying, but its true, `Lots of drivers can drive fast, but very few drivers can race. Danica has been the perfect example of somebody who can qualify better than what she runs. She can go fast, but she cant race.
Patrick won the pole and finished eighth in the season-opening Daytona 500 but has admittedly struggled this season. She said shes working toward that point where things level out but isnt there yet.
The main thing is keeping her team, sponsor and fans happy not giving a second thought to Pettys comments.
I really dont care, she said during a news conference at Kentucky Speedway.
Its true that there are plenty of people who say bad things about me. I read them. People want me to die. At the end of the day, you get over that stuff and trust you are doing a good job.
Asked what it will take to quiet her critics, Patricks response brought some laughs.
Do you think I will silence my naysayers? she asked. You dont. Im sure everybody has them. You know who believes in you. Thats what matters.
Former boss Dale Earnhardt Jr. has shown his faith in Patrick, giving her a chance to transition to stock cars over three years in the Nationwide Series at JR Motorsports.
Earnhardt defended Patrick and called her a tough competitor who works hard and said she wouldnt have a ride if she couldnt stay with the pack or finished last every week.
I have to disagree with Kyle, Earnhardt said. She has run some really good races. On every occasion she is outrunning several guys out on the circuit. If she was not able to compete, I think you might be able to say Kyle has an argument.
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|Women's Soccer » Schedule » Roster » News » Coaches » 2013 Season Statistics
Ramblers Blank Valpo in Season Opener
Friday, August 29, 2003Lindsay Faron's goal in the 58th minute was all the scoring that Loyola (Ill.) needed on Friday evening as the Ramblers defeated Valparaiso 1-0 in the season opener for both schools in Chicago.
Valpo had the most opportunities in the first half to get on the scoreboard, outshooting the hosts 8-2 in the opening stanza and forcing Loyola's starting goalkeeper Emily Peick to make five saves and keep the match scoreless heading into intermission.
Faron then put the Ramblers (1-0) on top after picking the ball up off of a deflection and firing it into the corner of the goal at the 57:04 mark.
The Crusaders had several more opportunities in the second half, putting seven of their eight shot attempts on net, but back-up keeper Heather Joseph made the save every time.
Valpo (0-1) held a 16-8 advantage in shot attempts for the match, including a 12-4 stronghold on net, but came up empty. Becky Maynard (Munster, Ind./Munster H.S.) made four saves in goal for the Brown and Gold in her first collegiate start.
Valparaiso will return to action on Sunday afternoon when the Crusaders host Western Michigan at 3 p.m. at Eastgate Field in their home opener.
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By GREG MENGELT
For the second game in a row, Clarksville started slow.
Like it did in their season-opening victory over Rock Creek, the Class 2A No. 10 Generals came back with a strong second quarter and wore down Floyd Central to improve to 2-0 with a 67-57 victory.
The Generals shot just 4-for-12 from the floor in the first quarter, including 0-for-5 from star senior Andrew Jones, and fell behind 15-11. Clarksville got behind Rock Creek 25-13 before storming back for a 68-59 win.
"It's a new team in a lot of ways," Clarksville assistant coach Brian McEwen explained. "We have a lot of new pieces, but there's no excuse for coming out and not being ready."
On the other hand, Floyd went 5-for-10 from the floor in the opening quarter, the first under new coach Mark Lieberman and an almost brand new varsity team.
"That's good, but you have to sustain it," Lieberman said. "We had major slippage. Young guys came in and turned the ball over. You just can't have that."
In fact, Clarksville turned up the heat and turned the Highlanders over 10 times in the second quarter. After Floyd Central junior Myles Ervin — a transfer from Indianapolis Cathedral — had five points in the first quarter, the Generals' Marquise Parrish held him scoreless in the second.
On the other hand, Parrish got several good looks at the basket after Highlander turnovers and scored eight second-quarter points as the Generals outscored Floyd 25-10 and took a 48-39 halftime lead.
"That's something we have to work on," Lieberman said. "Guys are just too timid out there, not really understanding [how to] play under the bright lights and how to play hard. It's early."
Clarksville guard Calvin McEwen had four of his game-high five assists in the second quarter. Despite being the team's leading returning scorer, McEwen took just seven shots on the night. Instead, he spent the evening looking for open teammates.
"That's nothing new," Coach McEwen said of his son. "That's what Calvin does. He makes good decisions."
Floyd Central outscored the Generals 14-12 in the third quarter behind eight points from Zane Nichols, who had a pair of three-point plays in the period. However, the Highlanders got no closer than eight points at 61-53 on a Brandon Smith turnaround jumper with 2:15 remaining.
Ervin led the Highlanders with 21 points and Smith added eight points and seven rebounds.
In a lot of ways, Floyd Central outplayed Clarksville. It shot a respectable 18-of-38 from the floor, made 17 of its 20 free-throw attempts and half of its 3-point attempts. It also outrebounded the Generals, 27-21.
However, the Highlanders couldn't overcome 25 turnovers and being outscored 25-17 at the foul line.
Lieberman said he's sure he'll take some positives out of the team's first loss, but nothing jumped out at him.
"I have to watch the film. It's hard for me to comment really until I've seen the film," Lieberman said.
Meanwhile, Clarksville stayed unbeaten and has won 35 of its last 42 regular-season games since the start of the 2010-11 season.
"The kids have done a nice job," Coach McEwen said. "It's like Christmas morning. You wake up and you don't know what you'll get."
Clarksville — one of the preseason Mid-Southern Conference favorites — will host 2-0 Silver Creek in a big MSC showdown on Friday. Floyd Central will go to Sellersburg to face the Dragons on Saturday.
Floyd Central 15 10 14 18—57
Clarksville 11 25 12 19—67
Floyd Central (0-1): Myles Ervin 6-12 7-10 21, Austin Newell 1-3 2-2 4, Tyler Kimm 1-3 0-0 3, Mike Lewis 2-2 0-0 5, Brandon Smith 3-6 2-2 8, Cameron Simpson 0-0 0-0 0, Zane Nichols 4-6 5-5 13, Kyle Beach 1-2 1-2 3, Dekaleb Thomas 0-2 0-0 0, Conner Sturgeon 0-1 0-0 0, Clayton Crum 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 18-38 17-20 57.
Clarksville (2-0): Calvin McEwen 3-7 10-13 16, Keigan Fetz 0-1 0-0 0, D.J. Coleman 3-6 6-9 14, Andrew Wright 0-0 0-0 0, Evan Guenther 0-1 3-4 3, Nick Jones 2-3 0-1 5, Marquise Parrish 4-7 0-0 8, Aham Yennes 1-1 2-5 4, Andrew Jones 5-16 5-6 17. Totals 19-42 25-37 67.
3-point field goals: Floyd Central 4-8 (Ervin 2-5, Lewis 1-1, Kimm 1-1, Newell 0-1); Clarksville 4-14 (Coleman 2-5, Jones 2-6, McEwen 0-2, Parrish 0-1).
Rebounds: Floyd Central 27 (Smith 7); Clarksville 21 (Parrish 6).
Assists: Floyd Central 7 (Smith 2); Clarksville 10 (McEwen 5).
Steals: Floyd Central 5 (Newell 2); Clarksville 12 (A. Jones 4).
Blocked shots: Floyd Central 0; Clarksville 1 (A. Jones).
Turnovers: Floyd Central 25, Clarksville 11.
Team fouls: Floyd Central 31, Clarksville 12.
Fouled out: Floyd Central — Nichols, Sturgeon.


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The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary announces the launch of a digital library which provides global access to some of Jewish history's most outstanding treasures.
The purchase of the digital library software (DigiTool) was made possible through the generous support of the Rebell Family Foundation and Members of The Library. Founded in 1893, The Library houses one of the largest and most significant collections of Judaica in the western hemisphere.
The first treasure to be made available is a collection of 250 rare wedding poems that were previously inaccessible. Now within reach to anyone from anywhere in the world, these poems have already piqued the interest of scholars and historians, and also offer cantors and rabbis new and creative material to incorporate into wedding ceremonies. Preparation of the digitized images was funded by the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO).
"The Library recognizes that as important as it is to collect and preserve the literatures and treasures of the past, these materials are worth little if they remain eternally on the shelf," said Naomi Steinberger, director of Library Services. "The digital library brings us closer to realizing our mission of making our extensive collections available around the globe."
Also already available on the site are Judaica Americana, exceptional manuscripts, and other rare materials. These include the full text of the Venice Haggadah (1609), one of the earliest printed illuminated Italian hagaddot; the Esslingen Mahzor (1290) from Ashkenaz; and the Prato Haggadah (ca. 1300), an unfinished Spanish illuminated manuscript.
Next to be uploaded will be close to 2,500 bookplates primarily from the Leah Mishkin Collection. Important both because of whom they represent (for example, Sigmund Freud) and for what they reveal about the culture and values of those who produced them, the bookplates are being digitized through funding from the Dilles Family. Thanks to generous support from The Library Advisory Board member Ruth Hendel and her husband, Stephen, The Library has also recently digitized a unique collection of field recordings of biblical chanting styles of different ethnic groups in British Palestine during the pre-world War II period; these recordings will be available as a digital collection in the near future.
Plans are also underway to add The Library's world-renowned ketubbot (wedding contracts) collection, and archival works beginning with the Solomon Schechter Collection.
The digital library can be accessed at digital.jtsa.edu. Further information is available by contacting Naomi Steinberger at (212) 678-8982.


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The scoop: several pictures have been emerging across the Internet, revealing a Japanese girl who can allegedly levitate. Sightings of this phenomenon have been confirmed by tens of thousands of gawk-eyed spectators whose awe knows no boundaries, at the sight of such prodigy. Details will follow by the end of the post.
But first let's show you the facts. Let's have you disbelieve your own eyes, and shudder in amazement. Like so:
Confirmed sightings of the Girl who Floats:
How is it possible! Does she really levitate?
I honestly hope you didn't take the opening scoop for this post without the mandatory grain of salt. Otherwise, let's proceed by setting the facts straight… after all, this is not some kind of tabloid blog (shame on you for thinking otherwise). And for the facts: People do not levitate. Natsumi Hayashi does not levitate. She just takes photographs, and beautiful photographs at that.
Is there a back story to these pictures, though? Quite certainly so; this cute girl is a Japanese photographer who lives with her two cats. One day she happened to take a picture of a man leaping, and she was intrigued with how it looked as though he was suspended in mid-air. She named the picture "today's levitation", and thereby the seeds of inspiration were planted.
Soon, Miss Natsumi Hayashi started posting self-portraits at her personal photoblog, in which she followed suit with the levitation theme. And as you probably realized earlier in this post… the results are amazing and speak for themselves.
Miss Natsumi has amassed a good measure of popularity and recognition from these photos, and was featured in many relevant and authoritative websites from which yours truly drew all this information, by the way.
The creative process of the Levitating girl
In case you're wondering how these pictures were shot, it's nothing to do with invisible wires or intricate digital manipulations. It's a much simpler and graceful process: she leaps. She takes out her tripod out on the Tokyo streets looking for inspiration… and when she finds it, she literally jumps at it! And for some of these pictures, she claims to have jumped hundreds of times until having found the perfect timing for the picture.
What makes these self-photographs so unique and interesting is exactly the natural pose she adopts in each picture, looking just as natural as though she was casually drifting through the urban landscapes. By doing so, she manages to convey a sense of mysterious wonder that made her work much appreciated throughout the world.
What makes Natsumi Hayashi want to levitate?
The author maintains that she was always told to "keep her feet on the ground", and this series of pictures aims to illustrate her true feelings… which are obviously rather floaty. She was always put down by social pressures and demands, and thus she found a fascinating way to take this weight off her:
"I wanted to express myself in the picture as someone free from Earth's gravitational pull. In being free of gravity in the pictures, I am also not bound to societal conventions. I feel as though I am not tied to many things and able to be my true self."
There are much worse ways to express one's inner angst, wouldn't you agree? These levitating pictures (which became a regular feature at her blog during the first semester of 2001) not only allowed her to express how she felt in a creative fashion, but also proved to be a trampoline towards international recognition.
You cannot help but wonder which further surprises she has in store, and we certainly hope she has much fulfillment and happiness, soarings the skies of her own creativeness. Let's wait and see if she can surprise us again, and in the meanwhile… remember to take your feet off the ground, every once in a while!