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Former U.S. House Majority Leader Republican Tom DeLay told a tea party group that God has told him to lead a constitutional revival. What that means for his political future remains to be seen.
Speaking to the Texas Patriots at an event in the North Texas town of Burleson on Tuesday, Oct. 22, DeLay called on them to join him in a constitutional revolution.
For some time, many thought Texas Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn would run unopposed during the Republican primaries next March, but this week, Houston immigration attorney Linda Vega announced she would be challenging the twelve-year incumbent.
"For someone who's been a senator for twelve years, I can't to the best of my knowledge recall any policy that he's proposed that has been good for Texas," Vega said. "If you are going to be a senior senator, if you are going to lead, lead. Don't wait for someone else to propose something."
Despite criticisms from Republicans, Democratic candidate for governor Wendy Davis is spending time in Washington D.C. next week for a major fundraising dinner.
The event Davis has been asked to speak at is to be hosted by the groups Battleground Texas and the Lone Start Project. Immediately upon its announcement, Davis began catching heat from her Republican rival, Attorney General Greg Abbott, who in a campaign email said Davis is "trying to bring Obama-styled politics and policies to Texas."
The Texas Book Festival-San Antonio isn't until next April, but there's something you may want to know about that's coming up sooner. Director Katy Flato says a new Fiction Writing Contest associated with the fest is looking for the writers of tomorrow.
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Name-calling, accusations of lying, and mudslinging are what people have come to expect of the debate between the four Republican candidates for Texas lieutenant governor, but in front of the Montgomery County Tea Party on Wednesday a new idea was introduced that all four of the candidates agree on.
Northside Independent School District's community bond meetings began Thursday in an effort to define the most critical needs for the largest school district in Bexar County. Their next bond issue is planned for 2014.
The city of San Antonio's population growth is reflected in its most popular school districts, and NISD is no exception. NISD spokesman Pascual Gonzales says the district's population of over 100,000 is growing by about 2,500 students a year.
Gotham City's Dynamic Duo is coming to the Alamo City. From the 1960s television program "Batman," Adam West and Robin Burt Ward join Ernie Hudson from "Ghostbusters," Danny Trejo from "Machete," and many more celebrities in town for a highly anticipated event among the geek conogscenti.
For fans like Tim Stewart, the Alamo City Comic Con is a big deal.
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A San Antonio-raised playwright comes back to act in his own production at the Playhouse, beginning November 1. David Davalos wrote "Wittenberg," stocking it with historic characters, but with an odd and anachronistic twist.
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How much money did you originally earn on the early hits?
Stoller: Some record companies made up their own numbers. I don't think they had to be sophisticated to the degree of keeping two sets of books. When it came to paying royalties, they merely made 'em up.
It first really hit home with "Hound Dog," which was an acknowledged smash. At one point, the late Don Robey [of Duke/Peacock Records, Thornton's label] came to L.A. Our parents got nervous, we got a lawyer and so on. See, we were still minors, so the contracts had to be re-signed with our parents as guardians. So when Robey left L.A., he left a check for $1200, which was an unbelievable sum, even though it was a mere portion of what the record was earning. Then he went back to Texas with the contract and stopped payment on the check.
Was forming Spark Records in 1953 your way of getting artistic and financial control?
Stoller: Spark was our way of preventing our songs from being misinterpreted. There were things we were incapable of putting on paper. It was a matter of telling somebody it has to be done "like that, like this." We could do the whole thing from beginning to end.
Spark releases like the Robins' "Framed" and "Riot in Cell Block No. 9" marked the start of the narrative writing style you later perfected with the Coasters at Atlantic. The songs were also striking in their depiction of urban black life. How did that develop?
Leiber: I think there is a mistake in the view of some of that material now. "Riot in Cell Block No. 9" wasn't a ghetto song. It was inspired by the Gangbusters radio drama. Those voices just happened to be black. But they could have been white actors on radio, saying, "Pass the dynamite, because the fuse is lit." People have said, "These are protest songs, early prophecies of the burning of Watts." Bullshit. These are cartoons. We used to write cartoons.
At about the same time, you were also supplying material for Elvis Presley, creating songs like "Jailhouse Rock" and "King Creole" for movies. As R&B boys at heart, was it hard working with Elvis at a time when Colonel Parker was grooming him for Hollywood?
Leiber: Elvis was incredibly cooperative. He would try anything. He wasn't a diva, no prima donna. When it came to work, he was a workhorse.
Stoller: If he didn't like something – his own performance, primarily – he would say, "Let's do another one." And this would go on and on, take 38, take 39, until he felt he had it. We thought we already had it! We'd got it twice!
Leiber: In writing the songs for those scripts, it did get rather stultifying. In fact, we quit. That was a great avenue, to be working with the automatic hitmaker of all time. But we were repeating ourselves. And the films were getting too dumb for words.
But we did make an attempt at one point to do something that we thought would be much more interesting. We cooked up this idea for A Walk on the Wild Side; it would be an incredible property for Elia Kazan to direct and for Presley to play the lead as Dove. We got this notion to Parker, and the word we got back was "If you two jerks don't mind your own business and stay away from the business of Elvis Presley, I'm going to put you both out of business."
Did Elvis ever ask you to come up with some bluesy tunes?
Stoller: He came to me one day, and this was the only time he ever expressed anything specific about something. "Mike, I'd like you guys to write me a real pretty ballad." Not for a movie. He just wanted one. It was the only time he ever asked for something. The rest of the time he was just doing material that had been submitted, selected and approved in advance.
Did you write him one?
Stoller: Yeah. "Don't" [in 1958]. The next weekend, Jerry and I went into the studio and cut a demo with Young Jessie [a Spark act]. I brought Elvis the demo, and he loved it. He recorded it. But it caused a lot of friction, because it didn't go through channels. He asked us for a song, and we gave it to him.
At Atlantic Records, did you have the freedom to pick the acts you wanted to produce or write for, like the Drifters, or were they assigned to you by Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler?
Leiber: It wasn't that formal. "You want to cut Ruth Brown? Go ahead. Joe Turner? Fine. You want the Drifters? They're cold now, we don't know what to do with them." They'd been dead for two years; that's why they gave 'em to us [laughs].
Once we took them over and had a string of hits, we were running the Drifters. Mostly production. We would give songwriting assignments to everybody – Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman– because we couldn't fill that demand.
The Drifters' "There Goes My Baby" [from 1959] is considered to be the first rock & roll record with strings. How was it made?
Stoller: The rhythm was baion, a Brazilian rhythm which we really loved. Then we started to orchestrate what was really done on a tom-tom in Brazilian bands with all kinds of percussion sounds. We learned later that people would call a music-instrumental-rental place and ask for the "Leiber-Stoller kit."
Was it an expensive session?
Stoller: No. It was five violins and a cello.
It sounds a lot richer.
Leiber: That's because it's a noisy studio.
Stoller: And the out-of-tune percussion was because the baion was played on a timpani that happened to be in the studio. We asked the drummer to play it. He was a good drummer, but he didn't know anything about tuning timpani, so he played just one note.
Leiber: It made for this weird charismatic sound. So we played it for Jerry Wexler. We call this the tuna-fish story. Jerry's got his tuna-fish sandwich on his desk. He put this tape on, the song started, and the timpani came on. He had a mouthful of tuna fish, and all of a sudden he goes, "What the fuck is this?" Tuna fish goes all over the wall. "What is this shit? You're burning my money up! What the fuck are you playing me?" Jerry's screaming all these obscenities, says it's never coming out, how much money did it cost, it's out of tune.
Stoller: Ahmet was nice. Ahmet said [affects Turkish accent], "Fellas, you boys cut beautiful records. You've made many hits. But you can't hit a home run every time." We finally convinced them that there were some problems with the studio we used. So they gave us two hours of studio time to play with it.
Leiber: But it didn't need fixing. Later, we tried to get the same sound with the timpani in tune on "She Cried," with Jay and the Americans.
Stoller: Except that time, the only thing out of tune was the singer [laughs].
Ben E. King's "Stand by Me" went Top Ten in 1986, fifteen years after it first became a hit. How do you account for its continuing appeal?
Leiber: The bass pattern.
Can you elaborate?
Leiber: I don't have to. It's the bass pattern. There are lots of great songs. But that is an insidious piece of work. It can put a hole through your head.
It's not a great song. It's a nice song. But it's a great record. And there's always one special element. In "There Goes My Baby," it's the out-of-tune timpani. "Stand by Me," it's the bass pattern. Of course, all the elements come together to make a great record. But there's always one standout.
In 1964, you started Red Bird Records, ushering in the girl-group era with the Shangri-Las and the Dixie Cups. Meanwhile, the Beatles were transforming the record business by doing their own songs and calling their own shots in the studio. How did those changes affect you?
Leiber: It influenced us to some degree, but there were other forces at work. With George Goldner [who confounded Red Bird] came his point of view, which was very much like Don Kirshner's, which was a twelve-year-old girl's point of view. The stuff that Mike and I liked to produce, which in comparison was real macho stuff, was considered vulgar and out-of-date. Which meant not salable.
Is that why you walked away from Red Bird in 1966?
Leiber: We lost interest in the process. It became too predictable. Too samey. We started to get interested in other forms, hoping to be able to write things that were of more interest to us. We've been looking around, playing around with the theater. I'm not sure where our slot is now. But there are things we want to say and ways we want to say them. And we haven't found the medium yet.
Do you miss writing rock & roll and R&B songs?
Leiber: I still write them from time to time. I've had no place to put them, frankly. I wrote a little lyric a while ago, it was going to be a kind of straight-on blues. Then Mike took the lyric and set it to a sweet tuneful kind of dance [laughs].
Stoller: I think, in a way, that for me to try to write what I wrote then...I could do it as an exercise, and I'm technically capable of writing in that style. But I don't know if it would be an honest expression. It would be a conscious effort to write in a particular genre, as if I was trying to write a Viennese, waltz R&B was something I used to write, but I don't live there anymore.
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neb1997 Posts: 6The name is confusing. The wire refers to electronics; in contrast to mechanical parts.
(from wikipedia) Drive-by-wire, DbW, by-wire, or x-by-wire technology in the automotive industry replaces the traditional mechanical and hydraulic control systems with electronic control systems using electromechanical actuators and human-machine interfaces such as pedal and steering feel emulators. Hence, the traditional components such as the steering column, intermediate shafts, pumps, hoses, fluids, belts, coolers and brake boosters and master cylinders are eliminated from the vehicle. Examples include electronic throttle control and brake-by-wire.
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aaykay Posts: 539I have had my 09 Fit for around 8000 miles now and it has been absolutely trouble-free till date. No shifter problems and no other unpleasantness. Just a sheer joy to own and operate. The EPA highway mileage number says 33mpg.....but in mixed driving (50% suburban stop-and-go and 50% hwy at 65-85mph), I have NEVER been able to get it to below 35mpg (the gauge in the car is seriously optimistic and shows in the 40mpg range)....and typically get in the 37-38mpg range. During the winter months, with snow tires, the mileage in MIXED driving did drop down to 29mpg-33mpg but that I guess is par for the course for those conditions (minnesota winters).
In fact, I used to have an 08 Honda Fit (base with manual trans), which I traded-in for a 7-seater and regretted right away. In a couple of days, I went back and purchased an 09 Fit Sport with manual transmission (I still have my 7-seater of course, in addition to the Fit).
robinhenkel Posts: 1I have test driven two Honda Fits, a 2008 and a 2010. I'm sold on Hondas and have previously owned three Civics--I think they are great. All lasted past 250,000 miles before I had to retire them.
Now I'm enthusiastic about the Honda Fit, but I have been holding back on purchasing one because on both Fits I drove, the 5 speed manual transmission / linkage seemed mechanically sticky, cumbersome, rough to the feel. When I push it into gear, it seems to mechanically hang up for a moment before it goes into gear. The shifting just doesn't feel as smooth as the 85, 89 and 97 Honda Civic Hatchbacks that I have previously owned.
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Domestic Violence Investigator Cpl. Sioux Greninger joined the Pryor Police Department in 1986 as a dispatcher.
The daughter of an assistant fire chief and a nurse, and married to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol officer, she was around public servants all of her life.
"I wanted to help people," Greninger said.
She was the first hire for then newly elected Police Chief Dennis Nichols. After six years in dispatch, Greninger moved to patrol, where she stayed until May 2011 when she was named investigator for domestic violence crimes.
The grant-based position was filled by former officer Brent Crittenden until an injury forced an early retirement.
While the grant is in question every year as to whether or not the department is awarded the money to fund the position, there's is no question as to the need.
"One in every six domestic calls end in an arrest, which usually means that there is visible evidence of injury," she said.
In 2012, Pryor Police responded to 420 domestic violence calls with 67 cases sent to the district attorney for prosecution.
Greninger feels many things factor into the popularity of domestic violence, including drug use and financial struggles.
"According to the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, Mayes County is third in the state in the distribution of prescribed narcotics," she said, adding that with the high level of legally prescribed drugs comes the equally high level of illegal sales of the same drugs.
As of last year, Oklahoma is now third in the nation for domestic homicides.
"This crime affects every age, every economic status, every race," Greninger said. "It does not discriminate."
Financial issues also affect domestic crimes.
"Only 11 percent of Pryor's population have more than a high school education," she said. "That is not an indication of intelligence, it means that most of the population are blue collar. Hard labor for low pay. It takes a toll."
In 2013, with one month to go, Greninger said the number of domestic calls and cases presented for prosecution exceed last year's totals.
Instrumental in Greninger's fight against domestic violence is her relationship with Safenet Services.
"I could not do what I do without them," she said. Safenet assists women and children of domestic abuse and sexual assault. "They provide so many resources for victims. It's empowerment for people."
Greninger knows the statistics show victims will return to their attacker seven times before they finally leave for good, but remains committed to the cause.
"Only they know when they are done," she said. "I'll be here for them this time and everytime."
She also remains committed to hold abusers accountable.
"In Oklahoma, law enforcement are obligated if there is visible injury that an arrest be made," Greninger said. "It takes the decision to prosecute out of the hands of the victim."
On a domestic violence offense, it is usually a condition of bond that no contact be made with the victim, regardless if it's consensual.
"If he violates conditions of bond, that's where I come in," she said. "He is returned to jail."
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Angeline was born to the Duke of Marsciano (near Orvieto). She was 12 when her mother died. Three years later the young woman made a vow of perpetual chastity. That same year, however, she yielded to her father's decision that she marry the Duke of Civitella. Her husband agreed to respect her previous vow.
When he died two years later, Angeline joined the Secular Franciscans and with several other women dedicated herself to caring for the sick, the poor, widows and orphans. When many other young women were attracted to Angeline's community, some people accused her of condemning the married vocation. Legend has it that when she came before the King of Naples to answer these charges, she had burning coals hidden in the folds of her cloak. When she proclaimed her innocence and showed the king that these coals had not harmed her, he dropped the case.
Angeline and her companions later went to Foligno, where her community of Third Order sisters received papal approval in 1397. She soon established 15 similar communities of women in other Italian cities.
Angeline died on July 14, 1435, and was beatified in 1825.
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What would you do with $100,000? That may depend on your sexuality one survey says..
What do you think a person would do if he or she got $100,000 all of a sudden? Any answer can be right if you dont take into account the fact that people of different sex-orientations may use manna from heaven differently.
The famous Harris Interactive media company carried out a survey. The participants were offered to answer just one question: what would they do if they unexpectedly received $100,000?
The survey showed that the representatives of sex-minorities made a more progressive use of the money while heterosexual people held a more archaic view. Gays and lesbians said they would use the money for re-investment, a new business, a trip or buying some luxuries.
Of course there were some individuals among heterosexuals who said they would spend the money on themselves or put it up for a new business, but most of them had more common things in their minds. They said they would save the money for their children and grandchildren, repair their houses, and even donate it to charity organizations.
Here is the US statistics to give more details for the picture. About 6% of Americans belong to sex-minorities. In the year 2000 there were more than 600,000 homosexual couples living together, and 30% of them had children (while there were only 48% of heterosexuals with kids).
The average yearly income of a homosexual couple makes up $76,500 while the same of a heterosexual couple is a bit more than only a half of that - $42,000.
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In Lower Merion, where different residents have trash and recycling pickup on different weekdays, both services will adhere to a holiday schedule during the week of New Year's Day, with no pickup on Tuesday, Jan. 1.
The township website has information on how to determine your pickup day for trash and for recycling.
In Narberth, mixed paper will be picked up Monday, Dec. 31. Trash will be picked up Friday, Jan. 4.
Christmas tree pickup will begin Wednesday, Jan. 2, in Lower Merion, by the Shade Tree Commission for mulching at the public works complex in Penn Valley. Trees should be free of ornaments.
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By Joe Spear
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— We've implemented a few changes for our Election Day news coverage, many for the better.
In the past, we've spent a good deal of staff time sitting at courthouses waiting for results or more recently sitting at our computers waiting for online results to be available.
This year we will again be giving you real-time results as they come in but also providing you with links to check on the results yourself in a user-friendly way.
We've set up 33 links to local election results through the secretary of state's website. Simply go to our website (mankatofreepress.com) and follow the links to see results for the Legislature, federal offices, schools, cities, counties and the hotly contested constitutional amendments.
We'll also be using instant news messaging through Twitter on our website to provide the latest results and hopefully get you the final results before you go to bed, depending on what time you go to bed, of course. Most of us in The Free Press newsroom will be here until 3 a.m. or 4 a.m., and we have staff coming in at 5 a.m. Wednesday to catch you up on all the latest if need be.
Two or three of our reporters and a photographer will be providing live coverage from some of the campaign headquarters, again through the Twitter feed on our website. It's at twitter.com/mankatonews. It's an effort to humanize election night coverage and show the drama of what this election may mean to the candidates and their supporters.
The Secretary of State's Office tells us they will update their site every 15 minutes and experience tells us that sometimes it's even more frequent. We, of course, will rely on county websites as backups to the secretary of state.
If, by chance the state's system gets slow and experiences glitches, we will be ready to revert to our backup sites.
Officials from the secretary's office told me they've upgraded their system this year and have backups in place. From the media review I was able to take of the site, it looks much easier to track election results this year than in years past.
For example, on school levy questions, you don't have to jump around to each county a school district might be in. You can simply get all the results, by precinct, under that question.
And with any luck, we'll get that good ol' print edition out with most, if not all, of the results. We push our press start back about two hours on election night, holding the presses until the last minute to bring you all the latest results.
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IHOP will be serving free pancakes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday to celebrate National Pancake Day and raise money for charity.
The restaurant chain hopes to raise $2.3 million, for a total of $7.5 million in six years for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and other local charities through donations from patrons.
Last year, IHOP served 4 million free pancakes and more than $2.1 million was donated to charities, according to a news release. There is a limit of one free short stack of pancakes per guest.
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And so it was.
On November 11, 2011, at 11:11a.m., little Isabella Aurora Reyes was born, seven pounds, 13 ounces of beauty. She came into the world measuring 19.5 inches, a natural birth.
Born at Kaiser Permanente on Cottle Road in San Jose, the child is the first for parents Carlos and Tanya Reyes.
"When it got close to the 11-11 thing, everyone was getting pretty excited," said father Carlos Reyes. "She's about a week early."
"I figured she was going to come the following week," said Tanya, "so it was a total surprise."
Carlos and Tanya have been married four years, and live in San Jose.
"I couldn't see anymore; I was just in a lot of pain, just trying to get through it," said Tanya.
Mom went into labor at 12:30a.m. Isabella decided to show herself about 11 hours later.
Carlos continued, "It's a good story to tell her. She came out demanding to tell us what time she wanted to come out and everything. Waited to come out at 11:11, on 11-11. It was her choice; she could have come out sooner or later."
Tanya's parents, Aurora and Alfredo Quintana, who live in Milpitas, were more than a little excited. Said Aurora "It's a miracle."


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VALDOSTA — Really, a cocktail "how to" during the inauguration week for Dr. McKinney at a university that just finished sessions warning its students to avoid the problems associated with alcohol while they are on spring break?
We need a good class action suit on the individuals that shut the Treatment Facility down without proper authorization from EPD or EPA. I don't think they should have done it. The property owners that the city damaged should sue. They had plenty of time to rebuild the berm. No excuses, just asleep at the wheel. Floriday, too.
Nashville, whoever drives the yellow church vans on Saturdays passing out lunches to the children, you come by way too fast. The children cannot stand out in the cold and rain, and you come by at 10:30 sometimes and 11 others. They never know what time you'll be there. They cannot hear the music you play until you've gotten way past their houses. Please slow down. The children love getting the meals but it's not worth running down the road trying to stop you.
Citizens do have the right to tell others to turn down the music if they are violating the law. Music can't be heard 100 feet from the source. The police will come out but if they can't hear it, they will say we can't do anything about it. Any time someone breaks the law, citizens have the right to stand up and say something.
Here's hoping our local city and county non-leaders enjoyed their retreat at Lenox River. As far as a new vote on SPLOST? I will be voting "No" due to the county privatizing garbage collection and the city's irresponsible handling of the sewage spill. Stop spending money on retreats.
A citizen may not have the authority to tell someone to turn down their music. However, they do have a right to ask someone to turn down their music. But, after the incident in Hahira where the young man was killed when approaching his neighbor, I agree your best bet is to call your local police department.
Please be responsible with your small dogs when they are outside. Stay with them. They depend on your protection as a child would. Other animals, hawks, owls, etc., take them in a blink of an eye. Don't be naïve to think there aren't any around, because they are everywhere.
I found a list of SPLOST projects on the city website and it's listed by years. Good information to have.


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Valdosta High Wildcat middle linebacker Anthony Smith is ready to prove his mettle Friday night, ready to go toe to toe in the annual Winnersville Classic against the Lowndes High Vikings.
"Everyone says Lowndes' having a down year. I don't like when people say that. They're going to play as hard as they can and we are going to do the same," said Smith.
Smith is a 17-year-old middle linebacker for the Wildcats and has been a starter since his sophomore season. Smith also started as linebacker for the Wildcat ninth-grade team.
Smith was born and raised in Valdosta and has been playing football since the age of 5. Born on Dec. 3, 1995, to Clarence and Contina Smith, Anthony has been a linebacker since he started playing football.
His father works for FedEx and his mother is a local social worker in the city. Both have been a motivational force for Smith on and off the field.
Smith has only played one other position outside of linebacker. At Valdosta Middle, Smith was a quarterback, but decided linebacker was the spot for him when he enrolled in Valdosta High.
Smith, in his opinion, is enjoying his best season thus far as a Wildcat, making several big plays for the defense, including a safety against Camden County earlier in the season.
Smith's teammates have also noticed the linebacker's growth on the field and as a leader, voting him team captain for the defense.
"When I was voted defensive captain, I felt like my teammates trusted me to lead them to a great year," said Smith.
On the field, Smith plays with passion, determination and heart, which is exactly what you want from a leader of your team.
"I have a lot of heart. I'm always making noise and talking to the guys. I kind of wear my emotions on my sleeves; if I'm mad, I show it on the field," added Smith.
Off the field, Smith is a student with goals to attend college and major in criminal justice.
He has a 3.2 grade point average and history is his favorite subject. When Smith is not at practice or playing in a game, he enjoys watching game film, television, sleeping and working out.
Smith was honored at the Wildcats homecoming game against Newton as homecoming king. When asked how that accomplishment felt, Smith said, "It was crazy. It was like a fairy tale really. Normally it's the popular people who win, but I was a guy who just plays football and loves my school, and I won. It was a great feeling."
Smith is deciding which college to attend, receiving offers to play linebacker at Kennesaw, Mercer and the University of Alabama Birmingham.
While getting to know Anthony Smith, he shared a few of his favorite things. His favorite color is blue, favorite food is ribs, favorite movie is the "Shawshank Redemption" and his favorite book is "Crispus Attucks."
Smith's favorite athlete is Dont'a Hightower, a linebacker for the New England Patriots.
"He (Hightower) is a lot like me. He started off as an outside linebacker and moved inside later in his career. He is an explosive player and someone I try to emulate when I play. I watched him at Alabama and have watched ever since," said Smith.
He is a fan of the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Dallas Cowboys.
In addition to Hightower, Smith learned a lot from Jonathan Hester, an ex-VHS linebacker who took Smith under his wing once he arrived at VHS.
"He was a great player and taught me a lot," said Smith.
As the Wildcats prepare for the Winnersville Classic, they will focus on getting a win, as they did two years ago in the final minute of a game no one will ever forget.
Smith is ready to play in his last Winnersville Classic, a game that has more history than any high school rivalry in South Georgia.
"Being my last one, it's going to be emotional for me, and I am going to leave it all out on the field," said Smith.
The Wildcats will kick off against the Lowndes Vikings, 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, Martin Stadium.


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But no dissenting speakers? I thought dissent was patriotic and all that!
I'm not so sure it's irony so much as a petrol company cowed into paying for this rubbish for good PR...
The skeptics are of minor importance and politically driven.
Your ability to hold on to your politically motivated beliefs despite reality is breathtaking, McQ!
The skeptics are of minor importance and politically driven.
is it true or false that there's an 800 year lag on average between the onset of a warming period and a corresponding rise in CO2 levels?
Is it true or false that temperatures in the troposphere would be the best indicator of weather(sic) the warming trend on the ground is caused by greenhouse gases?
Is it true or false that temperatures in the troposphere are not increasing?
Is it true or false that these is a strong corellation (sic) between temperature variations in the past 150 years and solar activity?
Two leading UK climate researchers have criticised those among their peers who they say are "overplaying" the global warming message.Professors Paul Hardaker and Chris Collier, both Royal Meteorological Society figures, are voicing their concern at a conference in Oxford. They say some researchers make claims about possible future impacts that cannot be justified by the science. The pair believe this damages the credibility of all climate scientists.
I think that McQ is mistaken in some of his climate-related opinions but I don't think that it is politically motivated. The problem is one of complexity; the science is very complex and it is difficult to get that across to the layman in short form and do rarely does the media try - every new bit of evidence is overhyped and over emphasised such that it almost induces a contrarian response. In many ways the current anti-AGW is to be expected since the focus of the debate was taken mostly out of the science and into the media and politics. Talk of consensus does not help the issue; although it is true that the vast majority of climate scientists think that AGW is the most likely explanation for the observables if you say it is a consensus people automatically think you are appealing to the majority view - a logical fallacy. However, what the term means in the sense it is employed by the scientists themselves is that they have all looked at the evidence and weighed it and decided that on the balance of probabilities there is a strong man-made component to climate change.
I can understand that they are frustrated that the skeptics are dismissed in the same boat as holocaust deniers. That obviously goes too far because the skeptics here may be right, and the holocaust deniers cannot be right.
The second problem is the character of those who support human causation. These political legions are the same people who regular turn out for all leftist causes. The alliance between scientists who believe in man caused global warming with those with extreme leftist political views makes many uneasy.The multitude of variables make the issue difficult for the layman to understand. Few will try. The question is will the answer be provided by the Scientific or Political communities. Science triumphing over Politics would be a strange and unusual phoneme to observe.
True but how is that relevant to today when no such lag is apparent?
I know I may be wrong, I know the global warming consensus may be wrong. But it would be nice if those citing the skeptics would recognize that perhaps the skeptics might be wrong,
But geez, my motivation is my children, one about to turn 4, one 14 months. Between global warming and peak oil theory, I can't help but wonder what kind of world they will inherit. I don't want to panic, and I don't want to empower government out of fear, but I do want to take these concerns seriously.
Yeah, except that practically everyone seems to cite this mystical consensus as being infallable.
I don't think many people believe it's total human causation, but given what we've put in the atmosphere (and given the example of Venus) we certainly could be making a difference.
Your kids can always drive Ed Begley Jr's solar powered car, unless an Islamonut blows them up.
Cue the Simpsons: "Won't somebody please think of the children!"
Well, either you've discovered the first case where the fingerprints arrived at the scene of the crime before the criminal, or the two coexisting conditions are not related.The relevance is that we've got plenty of evidence that CO2 levels increase after a warming cycle has begun, but this particular time we're told that increasing CO2 levels are causing a warming cycle. That doesn't make sense. Yes, it's possible that increasing CO2 is warming the earth, but it's far more likely that something else is causing the warming.
without giving sceptics any chance to reply
Human emissions of greenhouse gas is a tiny percentage of total greenhouse emissions. When biomass rotting produces an estimated three hundred gigatons of CO2 compared with 1.2 gigatons produced by humans, I tend to become skeptical.
do you think that biomass release is not factored into the calculations?
I would just point out that this:"without giving sceptics any chance to reply"rings a little hollow considering the number of TV shows, radio stories, newspaper articles and of course blogs I have seen promoting the skeptic point of view.
One third of one percent seems small to be a causation.
Don't get lost in the concept of 'small numbers means small effects'.
Look to the results of the models to tell you
We had better start figuring out how to live with climate changes more severe than anything found in the global warmers' wildest dreams, or a major part of the human population is doomed. We need to apply a whole lot more science and a whole lot less hype and tripe to this situation.
This is no bad thing, but one thing I have learned from debating climate change online is that if you are talking to a doubter (for want of a better word) it is impossible to persuade them otherwise. For many it is a political issue, right versus left, and it is impossible to see outside of the dogmatic and partisan field of view.Either way online debate is pretty much pointless, especially when the media and politicians undermine the science by reducing important findings to soundbites that overstress and overreach the originating science.
A simple example is Global Warming - this phrase has been beaten to death because people have simplistic expectations: if the planet gets warmer on average then it must get hotter here in my home town! Now if someone like me tries to use the less loaded phrase 'climate change' it gets mocked for trying to have it both ways.
If climate scientists want reasonable discussion on climate issues they must scrape off the advocate barnacles that have stuck themselves to climate science
This is the discussion that we need but can't have because of the political advocates have hijacked the issue.
To them it's not about politics, it's about getting people to pay attention to what science is discovering.
Although I'm skeptical about the value of the Kyoto protocols, I'd sign on in part to pressure countries like China and India who ultimately could be punished if they don't work to have cleaner development
What to do about this is unclear; I am not promoting Kyoto.
Dr. Erb, from this February: Although I'm skeptical about the value of the Kyoto protocols, I'd sign on in part to pressure countries like China and India who ultimately could be punished if they don't work to have cleaner developmentI have no idea how he would propose to punish China or India. Now, a few posts before that he did say: What to do about this is unclear; I am not promoting Kyoto.So, he voted against it before he voted for it. It only needs to pass once.Voting for a potentially extremely expensive policy you don't think will have its' intended effect, but might make China feel bad. Now that is politicizing an issue.
You are taking a snippet of information and extrapolating without due consideration of the physics and chemistry involved in a warming process. You see that B follows A and since you are now being told that A causes B you cannot accept it. The thing to understand is that in the past it was actually more B -> A+C & A + B -> D, where D>>C, where B is an initial warming, B is the release of CO2, C is the warming sometime after B and D is the final level of warming. The issue of relevance is that this warming does not seem to be following the same pattern as the past warmings.


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HOUSTON - The holiday weekend is off the a cool start and makes for great shopping weather on Small Business Saturday.
KHOU 11 News Meteorologist Mario Gomez said that the front will push the clouds out of the area by the end of the day bringing with it plenty of sunshine for the rest of the weekend as consumers try continue their holiday shopping.
Shoppers can expect the highs to be in the mid-60s before temperatures drop back down into the 40s later this evening.
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1 bedroom studio rooftop loft with private & scenic open air bathroom, surrounded by amazing trees, unspoiled nature & wildlife. About 1km away from town and beaches of Playa Montezuma, Costa Rica. The perfect romantic hideout for your beach vacation, very safe, peaceful and quiet, you also have your big rooftop terrace to yourself. In the house below live the owners, an artist/painter and a yoga teacher . Beautiful artistic details and moroccan designs. Orthopedic mattress and nice sheets and towels are provided. Small refrigerator, Hot water tea kettle, Wi-fi connection, parking, big garden with lots of beautiful birds! Delicious Organic Breakfast will be served upon request. You will not want to leave, there is no other place like this in Montezuma. We are also happy to share tips with you for excursions and sights away from the regular tourist spots, like secret waterfalls, rivers, hikes....
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The property that Dagmar and Daniel keep is beautiful and very well maintained. The single room has all the comforts of a nice hotel, but in the middle of their organic garden. We were served organic, and very well prepared, breakfast every morning with fresh coffee. We enjoyed hanging out with Dagmar and Daniel enough that we stayed in for most of the time rather than walking into town. To have privacy we simply walked upstairs to the 360 degree glass room that is surrounded by jungle. At night it was perfect for stargazing. The room is very comfortable, the bed is nice and the outdoor shower is great. We would recommend this to a couple or single traveler looking to enjoy a little countryside and have close proximity to town. Almost forgot to mention Dagmar's great yoga studio in town. We dropped in and had a great workout.
We were very lucky to have the whole house to ourselves, a beautiful Moroccan style house very tastefully decorated. The small details made it warm and welcoming. The whole house has a very zen feeling about it and we especially appreciated the hammocks from which we could watch the stars every night. The garden is green and fresh and you can pick fruits for the morning lemonade. Arjuna the cat was the sweetest companion. Dagmar and Daniel shared with us some their thoughts and experiences in Costa Rica over a cup of tea on the terrace. I especially appreciated the yoga invitation in Dagmar's class at Montezuma yoga which I warmly recommend, as well staying here while in Montezuma.
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One of the most sacred features of Judaism relates to its ability to question the Torah, our Biblical characters and even God.
There are various examples where we are actually told to disregard the Torah.
For example, Deuteronomy 21:20 tells us that a son "who is stubborn and rebellious, who will not obey, and is a glutton and a drunkard" should be taken to the gates of the community and stoned to death.
Yet our rabbis tell us "don't do that." They set up so many Talmudic exemptions and exceptions, that it is unlikely in our entire history that, in spite of the occasional frustration of their parents, any rebellious youngster has ever been stoned to death.
As well, while the Torah tells us that it is permissible under certain circumstances to have more than one wife, the great Rabbi Gershom outlawed this practice one thousand years ago.
In one Torah scene, The Daughters of Zelophehad challenge the Law of Moses complaining that it is unfair that under no circumstances can women inherit land. Moses presents the case to God and the law is changed.
Time and time again, the Torah provides us with opportunity to identify potential flaws or inconsistencies, and make corrections. Even God is included in this scrutiny.
Which leads us to this week's Torah portion, named Toldot (generations).
The Torah tells the story of twins, Jacob and Essau who enter the world in conflict. Jacob is the home body who remains close to this mother.
Meanwhile, Essau is described as a mountain man. He is a hunter. His body is covered in red hair. He is unruly and gruff.
In ancient tradition, a father's empire and senior standing would pass to his oldest son. Yet, the Torah, takes the stand Jacob with a stronger sense of values, should be the forefather of future Jewish generations.
In truth, both boys had something to contribute.
Yet in this week's famous Torah story, a starving Essau comes home after a hard day in the forest and sells his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of lentil stew.
And soon after, their aging father Isaac is tricked into bestowing his first born blessing on Jacob who dons animal skins to impersonate Essau.
When Essau realizes he has been tricked out of his birthright, his blood boils, but there is also a tear in his eye as he pleads with Isaac, "Dad, don't you have a blessing for me too?"
Over time, classic Judaism has concocted many stories, legends and interpretations why Rebecca and Jacob saw fit to trick both Essau and Isaac. Is this what Judaism is founded on?
Yet as we learn in the Torah, Judaism possesses a bias to turn the status quo upside down. The younger and weaker almost always prevails over the older and stronger. In some ways, it's a summary of Jewish history.
Jacob is eventually given a new name, Israel, and from there the Jewish nation is born.
But what about Essau? What did he do that was so wrong?
Indeed, in life, we can't all be elite students like Jacob. Someone has to fix our potholes, pick up the trash, restore our power, and even hunt our dinner
Moreover, does any parent have the right to favor one child over the other?
I would argue, in spite of what classic Judaism teaches us, that a world full of Yeshiva students is no world at all. Yet, a society built on Essau's force, is a cold and fragile one at best.
The beauty of this week's Torah portion is not contained in the positive behavior of its major characters, but rather in the debate that the actions that our ancestors inspire.
Parents should never favor one child over another. As well, respect should be given to all forms of work, no matter how manual, basic and physically demanding it may be.
The character flaws and the moral ethical discussion of this Parashah is what provides the Torah with its glory and eternal appeal.
Just like you and I, characters in the Torah are flawed. They sometimes cut corners. They try to impose what they believe to be right.
Yet in spite of this our Torah is a blessing. Our role models do not walk on clouds. Rather they are regular human beings, like you and me, and sometimes they teach us more through their errors that they do by being perfect.
A wise rabbi once shared with me why he believes the Torah is based on truth.
"It's because its characters have flaws and lapses of judgment," he sighed. "Welcome to life."
And that is why the Torah endures.
It is not perfect, and it sends a deep message to Jews from generation to generation that neither are we.
But in the end, we learn, we rise and we survive.
Shabbat shalom, v'kol tuv (with all goodness)
Rabbi Irwin Huberman


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A fire blazed prior to noon today in a settle basin of the Chickasha Water Treatment Plant.
Chickasha Fire Department Chief Greg Gibson said the fire will not affect any of the city's water for drink or other use.
He said employees in the basin were using a cutting torch to make a few modifications when plastic tubing caught on fire.
Although smoke plumed high in the air, Gibson said there was no major damage to the structure.
"It looked a lot worse than it was," he said.
Gibson said the water treatment plant's staff told him they had been making modifications in this basin for some time.
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Around 1250 A.D., historical records show, ice packs began showing up farther south in the North Atlantic. Glaciers also began expanding on Greenland, soon to threaten Norse settlements on the island. From 1275 to 1300 A.D., glaciers began expanding more broadly, according to radiocarbon dating of plants killed by the glacier growth. The period known today as the Little Ice Age was just starting to poke through.
Summers began cooling in Northern Europe after 1300 A.D., negatively impacting growing seasons, as reflected in the Great Famine of 1315 to 1317. Expanding glaciers and ice cover spreading across Greenland began driving the Norse settlers out. The last, surviving, written records of the Norse Greenland settlements, which had persisted for centuries, concern a marriage in 1408 A.D. in the church of Hvalsey, today the best preserved Norse ruin.
Colder winters began regularly freezing rivers and canals in Great Britain, the Netherlands and Northern France, with both the Thames in London and the Seine in Paris frozen solid annually. The first River Thames Frost Fair was held in 1607. In 1607-1608, early European settlers in North America reported ice persisting on Lake Superior until June. In January, 1658, a Swedish army marched across the ice to invade Copenhagen. By the end of the 17th century, famines had spread from northern France, across Norway and Sweden, to Finland and Estonia.
Reflecting its global scope, evidence of the Little Ice Age appears in the Southern Hemisphere as well. Sediment cores from Lake Malawi in southern Africa show colder weather from 1570 to 1820. A 3,000 year temperature reconstruction based on varying rates of stalagmite growth in a cave in South Africa also indicates a colder period from 1500 to 1800. A 1997 study comparing West Antarctic ice cores with the results of the Greenland Ice Sheet Project Two (GISP2) indicate a global Little Ice Age affecting the two ice sheets in tandem.
The Siple Dome, an ice dome roughly 100 km long and 100 km wide, about 100 km east of the Siple Coast of Antartica, also reflects effects of the Little Ice Age synchronously with the GISP2 record, as do sediment cores from the Bransfield Basin of the Antarctic Peninsula. Oxygen/isotope analysis from the Pacific Islands indicates a 1.5 degree Celsius temperature decline between 1270 and 1475 A.D.
The Franz Josef glacier on the west side of the Southern Alps of New Zealand advanced sharply during the period of the Little Ice Age, actually invading a rain forest at its maximum extent in the early 1700s. The Mueller glacier on the east side of New Zealand's Southern Alps expanded to its maximum extent at roughly the same time.
Ice cores from the Andeas mountains in South America show a colder period from 1600 to 1800. Tree ring data from Patagonia in South America show cold periods from 1270 to 1380 and from 1520 to 1670. Spanish explorers noted the expansion of the San Rafael Glacier in Chile from 1675 to 1766, which continued into the 19th century.
The height of the Little Ice Age is generally dated as 1650 to 1850 A.D. The American Revolutionary Army under General George Washington shivered at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78, and New York harbor was frozen in the winter of 1780. Historic snowstorms struck Lisbon, Portugal in 1665, 1744 and 1886. Glaciers in Glacier National Park in Montana advanced until the late 18th or early 19th centuries. The last River Thames Frost Fair was held in 1814. The Little Ice Age phased out during the middle to late 19th century.
The Little Ice Age, following the historically warm temperatures of the Medieval Warm Period, which lasted from about AD 950 to 1250, has been attributed to natural cycles in solar activity, particularly sunspots. A period of sharply lower sunspot activity known as the Wolf Minimum began in 1280 and persisted for 70 years until 1350. That was followed by a period of even lower sunspot activity that lasted 90 years from 1460 to 1550 known as the Sporer Minimum. During the period 1645 to 1715, the low point of the Little Ice Age, the number of sunspots declined to zero for the entire time. This is known as the Maunder Minimum, named after English astronomer Walter Maunder. That was followed by the Dalton Minimum from 1790 to 1830, another period of well below normal sunspot activity.
The increase in global temperatures since the late 19th century just reflects the end of the Little Ice Age. The global temperature trends since then have followed not rising CO2 trends but the ocean temperature cycles of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). Every 20 to 30 years, the much colder water near the bottom of the oceans cycles up to the top, where it has a slight cooling effect on global temperatures until the sun warms that water. That warmed water then contributes to slightly warmer global temperatures, until the next churning cycle.
Those ocean temperature cycles, and the continued recovery from the Little Ice Age, are primarily why global temperatures rose from 1915 until 1945, when CO2 emissions were much lower than in recent years. The change to a cold ocean temperature cycle, primarily the PDO, is the main reason that global temperatures declined from 1945 until the late 1970s, despite the soaring CO2 emissions during that time from the postwar industrialization spreading across the globe.
The 20 to 30 year ocean temperature cycles turned back to warm from the late 1970s until the late 1990s, which is the primary reason that global temperatures warmed during this period. But that warming ended 15 years ago, and global temperatures have stopped increasing since then, if not actually cooled, even though global CO2 emissions have soared over this period. As The Economist magazine reported in March, "The world added roughly 100 billion tonnes of carbon to the atmosphere between 2000 and 2010. That is about a quarter of all the CO2 put there by humanity since 1750." Yet, still no warming during that time. That is because the CO2 greenhouse effect is weak and marginal compared to natural causes of global temperature changes.
At first the current stall out of global warming was due to the ocean cycles turning back to cold. But something much more ominous has developed over this period. Sunspots run in 11 year short term cycles, with longer cyclical trends of 90 and even 200 years. The number of sunspots declined substantially in the last 11 year cycle, after flattening out over the previous 20 years. But in the current cycle, sunspot activity has collapsed. NASA's Science News report for January 8, 2013 states,
"Indeed, the sun could be on the threshold of a mini-Maunder event right now. Ongoing Solar Cycle 24 [the current short term 11 year cycle] is the weakest in more than 50 years. Moreover, there is (controversial) evidence of a long-term weakening trend in the magnetic field strength of sunspots. Matt Penn and William Livingston of the National Solar Observatory predict that by the time Solar Cycle 25 arrives, magnetic fields on the sun will be so weak that few if any sunspots will be formed. Independent lines of research involving helioseismology and surface polar fields tend to support their conclusion."
That is even more significant because NASA's climate science has been controlled for years by global warming hysteric James Hansen, who recently announced his retirement.
But this same concern is increasingly being echoed worldwide. The Voice of Russia reported on April 22, 2013,
"Global warming which has been the subject of so many discussions in recent years, may give way to global cooling. According to scientists from the Pulkovo Observatory in St.Petersburg, solar activity is waning, so the average yearly temperature will begin to decline as well. Scientists from Britain and the US chime in saying that forecasts for global cooling are far from groundless."
That report quoted Yuri Nagovitsyn of the Pulkovo Observatory saying, "Evidently, solar activity is on the decrease. The 11-year cycle doesn't bring about considerable climate change – only 1-2%. The impact of the 200-year cycle is greater – up to 50%. In this respect, we could be in for a cooling period that lasts 200-250 years." In other words, another Little Ice Age.
Hey Peter,
What is this "Antartic ice" and "Artic ice" you are writing about with such confidence?
I'd opt for the total greenhouse solar gain divided by the specific heat of water.
You have a problem with that?
I hope you meant this… read for yourself… I am not going to bother arguing with you.
The following video provides scientific proof that global temperatures have stopped rising due to human activity which is the exact opposite of what those pushing global warming have been promoting.
It provides proof that by pumping smog and other particulates into our atmosphere we humans have been reducing the amount of solar rays actually reaching the earths surface, otherwise known as GLOBAL DIMMING, and thereby reducing global temperatures.
Thus, not only should we not be reducing fossil fuel burning, which also kills world economic growth, rather we must encourage it by increasing the amount of dirty air through particulates to counter the CO2 and other warming gases we're pumping into it. This is huge!! Any thoughts?
(PS: I recommend only watching the first 1/2 hour and ignoring the 2nd half which is nothing but global warming alarmist crap!)
[link to www.youtube.com]
Sorry here is the link:
Restored… hmmm. Really Mr. Bozo the Clown. Why don't you check the current live webcam on the pole. You realize when you decide to lie to everyone on this post, we can all just look at the webcams and see for ourselves that you are FOS… The freakin Pole is in a lake! You are either a liar or a retard… You pick.
Hmmm…. This data indicates that the arctic ice area is currently below the average for the last 30 years:
Do you dispute the information in this graph?
Regarding Antarctic ice, I believe you're pointing out that "sea ice" has increased. If you look at ice on the continent, it's clearly decreasing. That's a lot of fresh water entering the sea around Antarctica. What happens to the freezing point of salt water when you add fresh water to it?
Regarding the rest of your "cutting edge" article… How is it that you forgot to mention that the temperature of the sea and land (which has a thermal mass dwarfing that of the atmosphere) have continued to rise at the predicted rate?
Peter, the arctic ice cap has not been restored. What in gods name is wrong with you?
Yabbut. It's Arctic and Antarctic. c?


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A 31-year-old Quizno's employee is charged with identity theft, after police say she stole credit cards out of a customer's purse, then used them to purchase goods in Oak Creek.
Tabitha R. Sandberg, of Racine, was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Saturday with one count of unauthorized use of personal identification. If convicted, she faces up to six years in prison and $10,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint:
At 12:30 p.m. Sept. 16, a couple ate at Quizno's, and after they left, the woman realized she had left her purse behind. She called the store and staff said they still had the purse and would hold it until they arrived.
When the couple returned, an employee told them the purse was gone and it must have been taken by a delivery driver. However, while talking, the man saw Sandberg outside digging through a bush, then leaving with a purse.
The couple contacted Oak Creek police and an officer interviewed the employee, who said Sandberg emptied the purse of its contents and took it from the store. The woman eventually got the purse back, but noticed some cash and credit cards were missing.
Sandberg told officers she took the credit cards from the purse and used them to buy goods at Pick 'n Save, Kohl's and Target. About $291 had been charged to the cards.
Sandberg will make her initial appearance in court Oct. 25.


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I run Ubuntu 11.10 on my Dell Mini 9 off a USB stick. Everything works fine, except for internet access. When I go to Proprietary Drivers, select Broadcom STA Wireless Driver, it hangs up while "downloading and installing drivers." About 10 minutes later, I get internet access just fine (even though the driver windows are still open and can't be closed) then things are fine until I reboot, when I have to start the whole install proprietary driver thing all over again.
So I want to be able to activate the wireless driver and keep it activated, so when the USB stick boots in the future, the wireless driver is already "activated" so I can go online without having to reinstall the driver. Thank you for your help! (And thank you to those who have helped me get this far!)


text: More grip helps make the lighter, less powerful Ducati easier to launch, especially for journeyman drag racers. Squeezing that last tenth on a hot afternoon is a lot harder. More grip helps make the lighter, less powerful Ducati easier to launch, especially for jo Ducati Diavel Nobody wanted Ducati to build a cruiser, including Ducati. So they built this instead. Regardless of whether you see the Diavel as an abomination or a breakthrough, it's definitely a Ducati, and definitely not a cruiser. It is long, low, lean and mean enough to impress the Starbucks style council for $2985 less than the V-Max. More comfortable ergos and three electronic drive modes mean you can slow down and cruise Main Street to give everybody a better look. The hot version of Ducati's Multistrada 1198 sounds like a muffled Pro Stock V8 at idle. Lateral-mount radiators keep the bike narrow and running cool. Sportier geometry and less daylight between the axles make the 531-lb. Ducati a scalpel in traffic. The engine tolerates trolling below 3500 rpm. Another 2000 rpm on the LCD tach pulls your arms straight with a teaser of coming attractions. Ease onto the freeway, click into sixth gear, and vibration fades. Find your sweet spot on the seat. Assuming you've softened up the suspension as well, the Ducati is a surprisingly comfy freeway ride. Averaging 36 miles on every gallon of super-unleaded—about 145 on a 4.5-gallon tankfull—this Italian spends less time at the pump and more on the road. Though it won't threaten Ducati's sportier 1198 or even a big Monster, a well-ridden Diavel has the V-Max covered in the corners. That phat, 240/45-17 Pirelli injects some non-linear weirdness into the steering, and it always feels like there's a lot more Diavel out back than up front. Get over that and handling is far more intuitive than the specs suggest. Quad-piston Brembo Monobloc front calipers generate more feel and initial bite than Mr. Max's six-pot Sumitomos. Cornering clearance is adequate, and with some help from that stickier rear tire, Ducati's excellent adjustable traction control minimizes unwelcome excitement exiting corners on the gas. Grab a large handful at 5500 rpm and the seat of any accurate pair of leather pants registers 145 peak horsepower. Imagine our surprise, then, when our testbike managed a relatively underwhelming 129 bhp at 9300 rpm, especially when Ducati specs claim 162 cavalli at 9500. What gives? We're not sure, but other press bikes make about the same power. Disappointing? Sure, but the lighter Diavel is still astonishingly quick at the strip. How quick? With the DTS traction control switched off, Gene Thomason found the lighter, less powerful Diavel easier to launch. Journeymen triggermen agreed. That makes low 10-second runs easy—if you're Gene Thomason. The Ducati's best 10.13-second run at 135.9 mph wasn't, and it wasn't enough to beat the V-Max at the strip. Even so, on the street the Diavel is better at most everything else for nearly three grand less. That beats winning by nine-hundredths of a second at the strip 10 times out of 10— unless you're Gene Thomason. Off The Record Brian Catterson, Editor-in-Cheese Age: 49 | Height: 6'1" Weight: 215 lbs. | Inseam: 34 in. Try as I might, I just don't get power cruisers. The original '80s V-Max was cool for what it was: a standard-style motorcycle disguised as a muscle car. But this new one is damn near as big as an automobile! I don't deny that there's a primal appeal to straddling a powerful V-motor, but if I wanted that, I'd go all-in and buy a Boss Hoss. The Diavel is little better—basically a stretched and slammed Ducati 1198 Superbike, shorn of its good looks. Is that what it's supposed to be? I'm as confused as it is… You want a comfortable streetbike with lots of power? They make those already—they're called standards. If that's not sexy enough for you, get a naked bike. They're the same thing, really. « | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | » | View Full Article By Tim Carrithers Enjoyed this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed, or use your favorite social media to recommend us to friends and colleagues!


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Linichuk can be a great choreographer... I would drool if they got programs like DenSta in 2006 and 2007. But then there is the Aboriginal/Moldovan massacre in 2010... so there would need to be program monitoring from the fed for tasteleness.I do also agree with Carmen though that, in addition to the being strict part of things, Linichuk's choreography would work well for I/K. I know she's gotten some flack the past few years, but love for coaches and choreographers seems to come and go in cycles, and she will eventually fall back in favor. But, at any rate, I think her dramatic style would work well for I/K. Plus, at this stage in the game, I/K still need a really good technical coach for ice dance fundamentals, and Natalia and Gennedy are extremely good at that.
In terms of technik Linichuk would be great for them. She could fix the little issues like Elena's butt sticking out all the time, unison problems, and lift positions. Tanith spoke very highly of Linichuk's attention to those details. It's all moot, I guess, because unless something personal happens between Morozov and I&K, they are probably not changing coaches before Sochi. Fun to speculate, though.


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Jeez, I work a long day and a lot of news breaks. So much to catch up on, so little time.
First, the big secret was revealed today that the 2009 Winter Classic would be between the Red Wings and Blackhawks at Wrigley Field. Everyone's known this for weeks, but the league had to wait to make it official on the biggest non-sports news day of the year as well as in conjunction with the upcoming Blackhawks fan convention this weekend.
Next, the Penguins announced their pre-season schedule, as well as some info of the regular season fixtures. Pittsburgh kicks off the pre-season with home and home's against Tampa Bay and Toronto. They then head to Europe in preparation for the regular season opener in Stockholm with an October 2nd game against Finnish Elite League team Jokerit. October 4 and 5 will begin the schedule with games against the Senators. A week later, the Eastern Conference champions banner will be raised on October 11 at Mellon Arena against the Devils.
The full schedules for every team will be announced tomorrow. Division opponents will play each other six times and four times against conference foes. Every team will against the other conference once while three other conference opponents twice. In the Pens case, they'll match-up against Detroit, San Jose, and Columbus twice, which means Marian Hossa will be returning to Pittsburgh and will have to prepare for some loud boo's.
The Maple Leafs announced that they've added one pre-season game to their schedule which will see the franchise give away all 20,000 tickets for free.
In a surprising signing, the Thrashers inked goaltender Kari Lehtonen to a one-year deal, worth $3 million today, which, as Craig Custance of The Sporting News points out, means the backup goalie, Johan Hedberg has a longer contract.
Be sure to check out Yahoo!'s Puck Daddy for my article on the top games of the 2008-09 NHL season you won't want to miss.
July 16, 2008
Catching Up...
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- PghWriter1979 said...
"The Maple Leafs announced that they've added one pre-season game to their schedule which will see the franchise give away all 20,000 tickets for free."
With the way the Leafs have been lately, they should probably give away tickets for the entire season, not just one game.
- July 16, 2008 at 9:20 PM
- FAUX RUMORS said...
1) A one year deal for Lehtonen? We wonder if that was Kari's idea or the teams. Their team payroll for goalies(4.1 mil) is still very cheap compared to some others(Chicago- 12.3 million)
- July 17, 2008 at 1:19 PM
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e're still in the planes, and this week we're looking at another monster introduced in a Fiend Folio—but in this case, the 3rd Edition Fiend Folio. The monster in question is the shadar-kai. This is a pretty weird case. Let me delve a little bit into the monster's history, since I was involved in it.
One of the goals of the 3rd Edition Fiend Folio was to create another race that might have the potential to become a "new gith"—another race that, if it got traction, could claim a similar solid place in the D&D universe. Each of the designers working on the book was assigned to create one such race and was asked to give it special attention—additional history or society information, new items, that sort of thing. Of them all, it was Jesse Decker's creation, the shadar-kai, that got the most traction—enough to carry them forward into 4th Edition.
That said, there are some pretty significant differences between the 3rd Edition and 4th Edition incarnations of the shadar-kai, so this week I'm asking you to help us sort them out.
In their original incarnation, the shadar-kai were a fey race with strong ties to the Plane of Shadow. Long ago, threatened by the rise of nonfey humanoid races, they made a pact with a dark power of the Plane of Shadow, intending to cast the world into an endless twilight in which the shadow fey would reign supreme. "The experiment went awry," the Fiend Folio tells us without elaborating, the world was not swathed in shadow, and instead the shadar-kai ended up bound to the Plane of Shadow. A curse was laid upon them, such that the Plane of Shadow forever tugged at their souls until eventually it would swallow them up and subsume them in its depths.
This shadow curse now defines the race of shadar-kai. The pull of the Plane of Shadow is constant and inexorable. At any time, all or part of a shadar-kai's soul might flee from the body and get sucked into Shadow, leaving the shadar-kai weakened and despairing. In a desperate attempt to stave off the effects of this curse, the shadar-kai keep themselves in constant pain, typically by wearing a cold iron armband called a gal-ralan, set with needles that impale the forearm. The pain fixes the shadar-kai's soul to the body, at the cost of unending agony.
The constant pull of the shadow curse leaves the shadar-kai grim and anxious, and the constant pain of the gal-ralan makes them vicious. With each generation, the shadar-kai have become more and more violent and cruel.
The shadar-kai are tall, lithe fey, exuding grace and uncanny stealth. Gray-skinned and dark-eyed, they are draped in shadow that clings to the folds of their clothing, and they can hide in shadows even if nothing else obscures them. They prefer light weapons suited for their grace and agility, especially spiked chains. Most of them are rogues, but many others become wizards or clerics. Powerful illusionists rule their sparsely populated realms.
In 4th Edition, the story behind the shadar-kai changed significantly. According to The Shadowfell: Gloomwrought and Beyond, the shadar-kai were once human, and like other humans, they lived in fear of death. In desperation, they turned to the Raven Queen and beseeched her to end their fears. For reasons only she can name, she taught them to embrace the inevitability of death. She promised to protect their spirits after death and reshape the best of them into powerful new forms to serve her—the sorrowsworn. Over time, the shadar-kai migrated to the Shadowfell and built somber cities and grim fortresses across the plane.
Their life in the Shadowfell left them changed, however, infecting them with the dreary malaise of the plane. Some just faded away into the shadows, and many others sought constant stimulation to stave off unbearable ennui. Lives of passion and excess became the norm, and extreme emotions and incredible appetites came to rule the race.
Some shadar-kai revel in pleasure and pain, torturing themselves, piercing or abrading their flesh, covering themselves with scars and tattoos for no other reason than to feel something. Others find satisfaction in complex fighting styles and difficult weaponry, such as the spiked chain. A few master the magic of the Shadowfell, controlling shadow instead of letting it control them. These efforts have paid off, making the shadar-kai one of the most successful races in the Shadowfell.
True to their origin, the shadar-kai look mostly human, but with gray skin and eyes like lustrous black orbs (like a raven's). Shadows deepen around them as they move. They wear loose, dark garments, and thry keep their hair long—whether loose, elaborately shaved, or braided. They share the magical ability to teleport a short distance through the shadows, reappearing in a wraithlike insubstantial form that only gradually fades into solidity.
Let's spell out the differences:
See what we're faced with?
My approach throughout this whole process has been to remain as inclusive as possible, defining monsters in such a way that fans of any edition will find something recognizable in the monster's next incarnation. Having cyclops as slaves of fomorians is not our default approach, but it will still make sense in your game if that's what you want. So is there any way to take that same inclusive approach to the shadar-kai? Maybe there is.
Long ago, the shadar-kai made a pact with "a dark power of the Plane of Shadow" (according to the Fiend Folio)—perhaps a god of death like the Raven Queen, or a god of despair like Shar in the Forgotten Realms. I like it better if this pact had evil intent, as in the 3E version, though perhaps it was more local than global.
Making a pact with death is never safe, and in payment for whatever boon she gave them, she claimed ownership of their souls. Many shadar-kai still fight against that pull, remaining in the world and relying on constant pain to keep their souls pinned to their bodies. Others have lost or given up the struggle and been drawn into the Shadowfell or Plane of Shadow. There, they became servants of the dark power who owns their souls, while struggling against the despair of the plane. Some have faded into shadow, but others rely on their old habits of pain to stave off the ennui.
The specific game abilities that define the race are comparatively trivial. They're certainly stealthy, and some kind of "hide in plain sight" ability fits well with their appearance as described in both editions. Stepping through shadows is a common feature of shadow magic and will probably remain as at least an option for some shadar-kai.
There's one element that's hard to resolve: Are they fey or transformed humans? The answer might not affect their story at all: If they're fey, some of them might still dwell in the Feywild if you use that plane in your campaign. Or perhaps their ties to Shadow made it impossible for them to live in the Feywild, so even those who have not migrated to the Shadowfell live in exile in the Material Plane. If you don't use the Feywild in your campaign, it's even easier—they originated in the Material Plane, whether fey or human, and either remain there or migrate to the Plane of Shadow.
The biggest impact is probably in their depictions in art. Are they lithe, elflike people with pointed ears? Or are they built more like humans, with rounded ears? I don't know which way to go on that. Maybe we'll do concept art both ways and see which we like better, and maybe Jon will give you a chance to weigh in on the art. But please share your opinion in the polls!
And there are the twin races of the gith. Again, the polls this week aren't so much about how we're doing but about where we should go from here.