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JOPLIN, Mo. —
Decisions that would set financing in place to start property acquisitions for Joplin's tornado redevelopment projects sustained at least a temporary setback Tuesday.
Members of the Joplin Redevelopment Corp., also known as the 353 Commission, agreed they would not take any official action after learning from the city attorney that the city has not been able to put in place public risk or liability insurance to cover the board.
The board had scheduled a meeting Tuesday. Items listed on the agenda included co-signing the city's application for a $20 million grant from the federal Economic Development Administration and holding a closed session on property transactions.
The city's contracted master developer, Wallace Bajjali Development Partners, intends for the corporation to buy and sell land for tornado redevelopment projects. To start that procedure, the board was expected to ratify a loan agreement with a consortium of local banks for $8 million in financing for purchases until bonds can be issued on future revenues from a new tax increment financing district.
The board was told that the city's insurer had declined to cover the 353 Commission but that an insurer had been found that has covered other 353 boards in Missouri. Board member Michael Hagan, a banker, said, "That tenders a concern for me," and another board member, Brian Shaw, concurred.
City Attorney Brian Head said that in addition to insurance covering the board for errors that could occur in the transactions, the board also needs liability insurance. He said he thinks the city's application for insurance will be accepted soon, possibly within a week, but the insurer has not yet agreed to issue the policy.
Board Chairman Ron Darby asked, "If that company says 'no,' are we on hold?"
Head said that is a possibility because the city does not have enough money to insure the board.
City Councilman Benjamin Rosenberg, the council liaison to the board, asked if the board's structure as a corporation was a shield from personal liability.
Head said that could provide some protection from lawsuits and judgments, but the board will be holding property for city projects that could be exposed.
David Wallace, CEO of the development firm, asked if the board could take a vote to offer direction on pending projects that could be ratified after insurance were in place. Head said he believed the board could do that as long as it did not take possession of any property. But board members balked.
"I will not be voting on anything until there is insurance coverage," Hagan said. "There is too much liability."
The board was asked to co-sign the city's application with the Economic Development Administration. That $20 million grant is part of the financing for the proposed construction of a new Joplin Public Library and movie theater complex at 20th Street and Connecticut Avenue.
Head and the city's finance director, Leslie Jones, said there is no liability involved in signing a grant application.
The board was told that members had previously agreed to co-sign the application. Shaw said that at the time the board agreed to that, members did not know they would not have insurance coverage in place.
Rosenberg advised the board members that they should protect themselves.
Head was asked if there is a deadline on submitting the grant application. City staff members told the board that the federal agency wants to complete authorization of the grant before March.
Board members indicated they would wait until the insurance is in effect to co-sign the application.
The board was briefed on the loan agreement. It was told that the local banks would provide an $8 million line of credit and that any property purchased would be collateral for the loans. The board will be asked in the future to approve the loan on behalf of the corporation.
Hagan asked when the money will be available from the sale of bonds related to the TIF district. Wallace said it would be the second quarter of the year. Jones said a request for bids on the bond issue will be issued soon.
Asked if the board had any concerns about the financing mechanisms, Hagan said the board will want to have money available in time to meet the debt repayment.
"We want to get some things going here," Darby said. "We're as anxious as anyone in the city" to get the redevelopment projects going.
Closed meeting
THE 353 COMMISSION conducted a closed session, citing discussion on acquiring real estate as the reason for closing the meeting.


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Jared Sweat will receive his master's degree in soil and water science during commencement this weekend, but his path to the degree was interrupted by a bout with stage IV Hodgkin's lymphoma.
After 12 treatments of chemotherapy in six months, Sweat, 24, has been in remission since Dec. 29. He was close to finishing his degree when diagnosed and was set on finishing despite the setback. He has grown to love teaching during his time here and hopes to eventually receive his doctorate and teach at the college level.
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Seattle -- When protestors smashed windows at a federal courthouse and vandalized property in Seattle last May Day, 23-year-old Ktee Olejnik and 24-year-old Matt Duran were not among them.
Olejnik, an Olympia waitress, and Duran, a former information technology specialist, were 60 miles away from the mayhem unleashed by anarchist protestors dressed in black. But two months later they got a surprise.
"It was really, really shocking. I was walking to work and an FBI agent popped out of a car and handed me paperwork, told me to show up to court," Duran said.
"I didn't even know what it was about," Olejnik said, "I was confused about what the government could want from me."
They'd been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury.
"Wanting to know if I was at May Day and if I knew what had happened, but we very early on let them know that I had no idea, under the penalty of perjury," Olejnik said.
"What it turned out they wanted to know was if people I may or may not be acquainted with, what their political beliefs were, who they lived with and who their friends were," she said.
Olejnik and Duran said they did not know about the violence planned for Seattle, but they are both self-described activists and may have come to the attention of the U.S. Attorney's office because of their political orientation and their network of friends.
"I do identify as an anarchist," Duran said.
"I have a lot of anarchist beliefs," Olejnik said, "but semantically I don't identify as an anarchist," she said.
It was enough to first put them in the federal spotlight, and then, when they defied the grand jury, to land them in prison at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac last September, not charged with a crime, but for what's called "civil contempt of court."
"The idea is that you are being held in confinement in order to attempt to coerce you into doing what the court has asked," said Seattle attorney, Kim Gordon, who represents Duran.
The two would spend five months in prison, and not just in general population--but in and out of isolation.
"There is not a feeling in the world as torturous as isolation," Duran said.
Olejnik said her 69 days in the Special Housing Unit left her a physical and emotional wreck.
"Solitary confinement is horrible, it's the most intense feeling of isolation & dread," Olejnik said.
On the outside, her Seattle attorney Jenn Kaplan fought to learn why Olejnik, a model prisoner, would get the kind of treatment usually reserved for the worst troublemakers.
"Perhaps it was to tighten the screws on her and make her more likely to testify," Kaplan said.
But neither would crack and give up their friends or identify anyone.
If they didn't know what was going on and weren't part of it, why not answer the questions?
"It's a matter of principle to me. I don't ever want to be used as a tool or instrument to further prosecute people or to put people in prison," Duran said.
The two were facing prison for the entire term of the grand jury -- up to 18 months. But in February, after five months in the FDC, a federal judge decided their confinement had crossed over from being coercive to being punitive. And he set them free.
That still may not be the end of it. Olejnik and Duran can still be charged with a crime -- criminal contempt of court -- until the statute of limitations runs out in February 2017.
"It's always present even if I am walking down the street, I could be picked up by the FBI or U.S. Marshals and taken away," Duran said.
Grand jury investigations are secret and federal prosecutors declined requests for interviews. But in a statement last September after Duran and Olejnik were ordered to prison for civil contempt of court, U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan said "no one is investigated for what they believe; investigations focus on actions that constitute a crime."


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Ohio continues to re-write the book on the best ways to kill job creation in the middle of a recession. Undaunted by an unemployment rate of 11.1 percent in July 2009, the State of Ohio is now suing Columbus-area day-care centers because their owners supposedly paid less than the state's minimum wage. According to the Associated Press,
"The state has filed a $1.2 million dollar lawsuit accusing a business and its owners of paying less than the minimum wage at Columbus area daycare centers.
"Attorney General Richard Cordray calls the suit filed Friday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court the largest minimum wage case in Ohio history.
"The lawsuit seeks back pay totaling more than $408,000 and nearly $817,000 in damages for 150 employees of Angels Learning Centers in and around Columbus.
"State officials first notified the company of the alleged violations in early March, following an investigation by the Ohio Department of Commerce."
Presumably, all those wages were gobbled up by fat-cat day-care center business owners although a typical day-care center generates about $500,000 per year. (For an illuminating analysis of the costs and revenues for six day-care centers in Ohio, see the report by the Human Services Policy Center for the State of Ohio here.) That's why profitable day-care operations have multiple locations--profit margins are too thin for many stand-alone operations to be economically viable. So, Ohio is well on its way to squeeze out whatever margins exist for these businesses.
Ohio's minimum wage is $7.30 per hour as of January 1, 2009 (although its unclear from the news report when the day-care center violations too place). Working 14 and 15 year olds are assured a minimum wage rate of $7.25 per hour. That translates into yearly full-time earnings of about $14,600 per year, excluding overtime.
And we haven't even started to factor in unemployment compensation, social security and medicare taxes born by the employer (let alone health insurance costs).


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Some weeks back, Channel 29 dropped "Everybody Loves Raymond" at 7 p.m. and added the huge Charlie Sheen hit "Two and a Half Men" in that time slot.
It's been eye-opening watching some of the earlier episodes. Actually, disturbing is a better description.
From the very beginning, this half-hour sitcom has been obsessed with sex. Even against the backdrop of the interesting relationship between young Jake, his neurotic dad and his aimless Uncle Charlie, sexual encounters - or a lack of them - were the focus of most of the jokes. Still, it was bearable.
Somewhere on the way to their 100th episode, more sex, more sex talk and more dim-witted women characters made their way into the scripts. Now, when I watch a new episode at 9 Monday nights, I cringe more than I laugh.
These days, viewers hear middle-schooler Jake talking about his algebra teacher's "rack" - a perfect example of how low the dialogue has sunk.
It's no surprise, then, to also notice how badly this show depicts women. They're either crazy (Charlie's mother, Rose, the girl next door) or sex objects (just about every other female character).
Jake's mother is portrayed as shrill and evil (wow, that's a new concept: the shrill divorced woman), and Berta the housekeeper is as gross as the guys in the house.
What gives? Last I checked, it was 2007 and women are way beyond being portrayed as brainless, sex-addicted blonds.
And, yet, "Two and a Half Men" is one of CBS' hottest shows.
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PINEHURST — The opening groups of the U.S. Open were handed, almost inadvertently, what should have been a huge advantage. Faced with a course that was already somewhere past firm and headed toward slate, and absent the rain expected overnight, the USGA decided to splash a little water on the greens at Pinehurst No. 2 early Thursday morning.
It didnt take the groups long to figure out it wasnt the same course they saw Wednesday afternoon. Henrik Norlander was in the first group off the 10th tee not too long after sunrise.
I was prepared for the toughest I would ever see because thats how it felt (Wednesday), it was so firm, Norlander said. I hit an 8-iron into 10 and it actually checked up a little bit on me. So I realized pretty quick they put some water on it and it played a little easier.
Maybe they got a few complaints with how firm it was Tuesday, Wednesday, or maybe just concern, Webb Simpson said. So the greens were much softer, a good amount slower, but it was set up great.
What we saw this morning is probably the most scorable it will be all week, Rory McIlroy said.
So those morning groups clearly pressed their advantage and staked out unassailable first-day positions on the leader board, right?
Not quite.
It didnt make much of a difference at all. The course is just too tough for such fine margins to matter, even with some vulnerable pins and generously placed tees, shortening the devious par-5 5th most notably.
Only 15 players broke par. Eight played in the morning, seven played in the afternoon. The runaway leader at 5-under, Martin Kaymer, didnt finish until the sun was on its way back down over the village.
I got asked yesterday what score I would take for the whole week and I said 8-over par, so hopefully thats not going to happen, Kaymer said. Because the golf course, I thought, played a little more difficult on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. They must have put a little more water on the greens last night. I thought it was very playable.
Kaymers 65 was the lowest score posted in any of the nine U.S. Open rounds played at Pinehurst so far. No one else was any closer than 2-under on a day most players thought turned out less difficult than expected.
Thats how well Kaymer played and thats how hard No. 2 played on Thursday. Its only going to get harder. There are tougher hole locations available, another 200 yards in reserve.
You feel like theyre kind of throwing something out there for us thats somewhere in the middle, toward a little bit easier, see what they get back, Henrik Stenson said. And then you can tweak it from there on. If its too many red numbers, its going to be a little harder tomorrow.
Whatever advantage the early groups had was quickly neutralized as the fog cleared and the clouds broke and the temperature jumped 20 degrees in the time it takes Jim Furyk to line up a putt. The sun baked the course to an immediate crisp maybe not all the way back to where it was Wednesday, but close enough.
You could feel it in your feet walking around the greens, Jordan Spieth said. It was amazing.
So Brandt Snedekers 4-under 31 on the front nine ballooned into a 3-over 38 on the back. Matt Kuchars 3-under 32 was followed by 2-over 37. And so on.
Theyre not going to let it get easy again, Brendon Todd said.
Wait, that was easy? Only by the standards of the U.S. Open. Pinehurst undoubtedly has more danger lurking.
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Theodore Carter, 26, was arrested at 12:45 a.m. on North Catherine Street in Plattsburgh on charges of first-degree burglary, a felony; first-degree criminal contempt, a felony; second-degree criminal contempt, a misdemeanor; third-degree assault, a misdemeanor; and resisting arrest, a misdemeanor.
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This week I'm not going to talk about a particular game. I'd like to venture into something a bit more broad and important. I'd like to talk about games which made me marvel at the direction the industry is headed. So instead of a review, I'd like to take a quick look back at some of my favorite games over the past several years.
5. Saints Row II
While we're all about Saints Row the Third nowadays, it's worth remembering where that drunk, foul-mouthed, psychotic blob of whacky fun that didn't make the slightest bit of sense got its roots, and that was with its predecessor, Saint's Row II.
Why not the first installment, you might ask? Well, it was alright, but that one was played very straight. It was a gangster game; you know, the kind where you start off with nothing but the clothes on your back, a shiv, and a dream. You rob, steal, cheat, and murder your way to the top and then end up owning everything in the world and making more money than Bill Gates and Carlos Helu combined.
Saints Row II has the same premise, but the thing that made it shine amongst other crime games was that it was very detached from realism. It also had tons of completely absurd mini-games to play around with, like injuring yourself to collect insurance money, pimping out military vehicles and streaking. It was just pure unadulterated fun, and it really worked.
Now we have Saint's Row the Third, and while that one was a lot of fun, I think it took the craziness a little too far, and it was easy to see how hard it was trying. So Saints Row II beats out the other two for being fun and varied in the era of the brown and murky GTA IV.
4. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Let's face it: Star Wars has seen better days. Being what one might call an old fart Star Wars fan, I'm not really keen to all the new media that it's been releasing over the past decade. I hated The Phantom Menace and The Clone Wars, and even Revenge of the Sith was only okay. Also, I haven't even bothered with all the CG series they've been putting out.
Suffices to say I don't get terribly excited about anything with the label "Lucas Arts" stamped on it, so let's talk about a rare exception to all of Lucas's recent bile, The Force Unleashed.
The Force Unleashed introduces us to Darth Vader's secret apprentice, one Galen Marek (more commonly known as Starkiller, which was the original last name that Lucas intended for Luke back in the 70's). You'll guide him through various linear sequences and battle various enemies. It all sounds pretty slapdash, but it's executed so well that I thought it was worth mentioning here.
What The Force Unleashed did was remind me that linear games can still be great fun. With more and more companies turning to sandbox-style free roaming games to keep the masses entertained, The Force Unleashed showed us how linear games are done: you are a Sith Lord; you are tasked with killing anything Vader tells you to, and you have the means to make that happen in the form of your lightsabre and a plethora of telekinetic abilities through the Force.
What makes this game so much fun is that you get a real sense that you're dominating everyone around you. There's also plenty of ways to kill enemies, whether it's tossing them hundreds of meters with the Force, running them through with your lightsabre (which can also be thrown), or ripping pieces of the world around you from their roots and hurling them.
I don't know what else to say; it's just a lot of fun. Who didn't want to be a Jedi growing up, after all?
3. Red Dead Redemption
I know I ripped on Rockstar Games earlier by mentioning that GTA IV was brown and murky. Well, I stand by it; the environment was dark and gritty, as was the plot. This is actually something that Rockstar has been doing a lot lately. Let's take a look:
We have GTA IV, a tragic story about an Russian ex-mobster looking to live a normal life in America and we have Red Dead Redemption, a tragic story about a former outlaw of the Old West who is blackmailed into doing the dirty work of a corrupt FBI agent.
There's something about Red Dead Redemption, though, that makes it stand out from the other works of Rockstar. I think what I liked most about it was the characters, which is a testament to how plot has become an essential part of mainstream gaming.
As I played through the campaign I remember becoming quite attached to the protagonist John Marston. I loved him as a character, seeking absolution from his past as a gunslinger so that he could live a normal life as a rancher. I also thought the voice acting was very well done, and I particularly liked the face capture mechanics which allowed the characters show emotion via face contortions.
2. Skyrim
I know it's a fairly recent title, but there's no way I could go without mentioning it. Without a doubt, Skyrim is a masterpiece of gaming art that has single-handedly raised the bar for the better.
Everything second of the five years put into developing this game is on display. The environment is richly detailed, the weapons are well designed, the combat itself is tons of fun, and the storyline is extremely well written. Also worth noting is the soundtrack, which really helped create the sense of a huge, epic fantasy world.
There was little I didn't enjoy about this title. I played through it three times, as a warrior, mage, and archer. During those three playthroughs I also experimented with playing as a good and evil character. I joined every guild and I fought the civil war on both sides. I poured dozens of hours into this game, and I enjoyed them thoroughly.
Skyrim also has generating quests, which means that the game can theoretically be played forever. Not that I would, but I will say that it takes quite a game to hold my attention for as long as Skyrim was able to.
1. Just Cause 2
This is probably one of my favorite games ever. I still pick it up every once in a while just to goof off. If you haven't played it, it's available for download on Xbox Live and I believe it's also available for download on Playstation. You can also get it on the PC.
Just Cause 2 takes place on the fictional island nation of Panau, which seems to be modeled after an Eastern nation. You play as Rico Rodriguez, an agent for the United States with a horribly stereotyped Hispanic accent. He's been sent by his agency to destabilize the nation for political reasons. He is to do this by destroying everything in sight.
There are several things that made Just Cause 2 so great. First was the world map. It's gigantic and features varying environments, from lush jungles to arid deserts to sprawling cities. I'm pretty sure it's the largest of any game I've ever played. Even in the fastest jet the game offers, it takes about six minutes to fly directly from one end of the map to the other. Even then, you can continue into the ocean indefinitely.
Next is the grappling hook. This device tethers you to any surface within range and then pulls you to it. It also cancels momentum, so you fly straight to the surface regardless of what angle it happens to be at. This leads to a few rather silly scenarios, like the fact that you can hookshot into the ground and avoid death regardless of what height you fall from.
In fact, if there's a single word to describe the action in Just Cause 2, "silly" is certainly the leading candidate. Rico can live through falls from heights of hundreds of meters (this has actually led to my invention of a sport I like to call "concrete diving."), he can pull unlimited parachutes out of his pack, and he is capable of leaping about thirty feet into the air when he hops from the ground to the top of a 747. Also, his feet are apparently magnetic because he can stand on the top of any vehicle, including aircraft, regardless of how fast it is moving.
Still, all of this silliness is cancelled out by the incredible amount of fun there is to be had with the dim-witted enemies. There's plenty of ways to have the sort of cathartic fun most gamers expect out of a sandbox. Example: strap an enemy's leg to a bus, hijack said bus, and drive it down a snow-covered slope at a ski resort. Or even better, strap your sports car to an enemy harrier and let it take off with you dangling underneath it, then hop onto the hood of the car, detach the cable and surf it as long as you can before it flips over or it hits the ground.
Just Cause 2 is a shining example of how a game has one main objective among all others: to be fun. There's plenty wrong with it, trust me. The story is completely idiotic, and the voice acting is like having a cheese grater rubbed against my eardrums. The accents are horribly stereotypical, and the AI is very stupid at times.
Still, none of that matters, because Just Cause 2 got the most important part right: they made the game fun. They didn't follow a formula, and they didn't chicken out and do what everyone else does because it's guaranteed to work. Other gaming companies need to learn from this: in an era of shooter clone tyranny, coupled with repetitious sandbox crime games, innovation and a willingness to step away from what's safe will be rewarded.
The above is only my opinion. It just happens to be right.
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I write about leadership, life and my experiences as an executive.
You're frustrated.
You feel stuck in a repetitive motion, running at a crazy pace on a hamster wheel—getting nowhere—and perhaps even running the wrong way.
How is that three years have gone by and you're still in the same crappy job that you constantly complain about? Or you haven't gone for that position that you know you're perfect for?
And, five years later, you're still miserable in your relationship but unwilling to stop dragging that dead weight around with you?
You know you have the potential for great stuff and want way more out of your life and career, but it never seems to quite work out the way you had planned.
But you try so hard.
Sadly, the very things you are doing to edge yourself towards getting what you want are likely the same exact habits and systems that are holding you back, and possibly making things even worse.
Did you know that the typical methods we use to create change or break bad habits actually tend to keep us in a constant state of self-sabotage, preventing us from getting what we really want? We work so hard to see our dreams and big ideas pan out, but we're using ineffective tools that work as well as fad diets. Temporary improvements followed by stale setbacks.
Our intentions are mighty, yet our systems for achieving them are pretty outdated. So, we get stuck in a cycle of perceived powerless and disappointment, and often feel like we're going backwards, or we give up altogether.
Research is finally showing that old paradigms of using perfectionism, shame, guilt, and fear really don't do the stellar job of motivating us as was once thought. Matter of fact, those archaic methods are the very things that keep us stuck.
So, yes, you'll have to rethink your methodology to make the big shift you're looking for, but at least you'll have a better chance at getting off the wheel of redundancy, and out of that glass box altogether.
This is great. Thanks!
There are some specific data that you should keep in mind when you write objectives for a program. Their implementation shall help you to accomplish your program and make your plans a reality. First we should pout target that we can easily reach, and afterward the first target is reached, we raise the standards of the next target and slowly but steady we are going to reach our final target. Also you must be honest with yourself and your abilities; make a program and each time you finish something put a check(√).you are going to feel sure about yourself and confident to keep on the good job and try to focus only on that.
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Don't be too quick to judge
"Judge not, that ye be not judged" should sound familiar to all Christians. This biblical verse in the Bible hits home when you read of Dewey Greear in The Independent or hear the TV or radio news. Neither tells the entire story. Therefore, readers or listeners should not form an opinion of the persons involved based on them.
I know Dewey Greear. He's not the violent and evil person. I've been his friend since 1965 and no one is more caring or loyal to his friends and family than Dewey. First and foremost, he is a heart transplant recipient, since 2008, and a walking miracle. He has three successful children who have college degrees and good jobs, because Dewey and his wife sacrificed everything for them.
Was there road rage or fun play involved? Only two people know the answer to that question. But why would an individual follow Dewey to his home to confront him, no matter what happened? What was he thinking?
We all need to count our blessings that no one was killed and both men are with us today. I believe anyone would protect themselves, if someone encroached on their property. I just thank God for pulling both men through this ordeal and allowing me to let everyone know who Dewey Greear really is! Dewey has mountains of friends and family, who love him and will support him.
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F-bombs are too common in films
In the last two weeks, I've seen three movies: "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," delightful; "The Master," very raw (called an "art" movie so beware); and "Arbitrage," disappointing.
Are screenwriters paid by the word? I can think of no other reason my pet peeve — the F-bomb — would be in every other sentence at least once if not more.
It was nowhere to be found in "Marigold Hotel." Ah, those British know how to deliver a line. As for "The Master," now in my sixth decade, I grew up in the 1950s and I don't recall hearing that word bandied about as it was in this movie. For "Arbitrage," I can't for the life of me see how it enhanced the movie's plot or acting and somehow seemed out of place coming from Richard Gere.
I'm no prude. I've lived these six decades and my life hasn't been sheltered. Obviously, I'm missing something. I'm particularly upset hearing it fly out of the mouths of those in their teens, 20s, 30s and 40s — and posted on Facebook.
I always excelled at grammar. I could diagram a sentence better than anyone, conjugate verbs, never dangled a participle (that's akin to a hanging chad), and would never use a preposition to end a sentence (with). But it seems the F-bomb is a monosyllabic multitasker requiring no brains to fire at will. It's a verb, adverb, adjective, noun — and sometimes, I simply am at a loss to place it in an adequate category.
Oops, I guess I've composed one of my infamous lettersr! There's that age thing again. How do I start a blog? I'll leap into the 21st century — someone has to pick up the slack for the loss of Andy Rooney. I think I will make a great curmudgeon.
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In a criminal complaint, city police said Cory Cowan, 18, of Kittanning, was doing laundry on the second floor of Houston House when he got into an argument with with another man. Cowan reportedly told the man that if he didn't take his clothes out of the dryer, Cowan was going to throw them out the window.
When the man threatened to punch Cowan in the face, Cowan went downstairs and retrieved a pocket knife from a desk drawer. Cowan began swinging the knife, slicing the man's shirt, police said.
An employee subdued Cowan and took the knife away, police said. Police said Cowan told them he has "serious" anger problems.
Cowan was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and disorderly conduct.
He was arraigned by on-call District Judge Mary Ann Zanghi of Vinco and sent to the Cambria County Prison after failing to post 10 percent of $25,000 bond.
Houston House, affiliated with The Christian Home of Johnstown Inc., is an emergency shelter and group home for boys in the 1100 block of Edson Avenue in the city's 8th Ward.
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There came a day when he pondered switching high schools. Nick Whitlow was fed up with Henryetta High School and the notion to enroll in a new school district became very enticing.
"I was this close to moving schools," he said. "I was going to go to Okmulgee, which was just 10 minutes up the road. (I) almost transferred there in eighth grade."
The reason for Whitlow's near-exodus? Henryetta's decision to cut the varsity wrestling program.
It was all Whitlow could do to compose himself once wrestling was banished at Henryetta.
"Growing up, that was mine and my buddy's goal in life: to wrestle in high school," Whitlow said. "So once Henryetta cut it, I told myself, 'OK, have to find something else to do now.'"
At that point, football became the focal point of Whitlow's life.
"I've always loved football," he said. "It was just my second favorite (sport)."
Once Whitlow's career comes to an end at Northeastern State, head coach Kenny Evans might consider sending the Henryetta board of education a thank you note. After all, it led to him landing his fullback for the past half decade.
"Wrestling was a love of his, but he was also a great football player," Evans said of Whitlow, who stands six feet tall while weighing 230 pounds.
"He was not only an All-State football player, but a valedictorian. He had a lot of options when he came here. He has everything that you look for in someone that you recruit. He had a solid background and great football skills."
Those talents will be put to use one last time in 2013. It will technically be Whitlow's second straight senior season with the RiverHawks.
"This will be my sixth season and 10th full-time semester," said Whitlow, who has redshirted twice — the second time because of a broken collarbone during his initial sophomore campaign.
To be able to retain another year of eligibility, though, Whitlow had to refrain from any football-related activities with his teammates in the spring.
"I was excited," Evans said of Whitlow's extra semester of availability. "It was something we had talked about and worked on...the down side was he had to sit out this spring."
No worries, though. Whitlow started all ten games for the RiverHawks in 2012 and was instrumental in NSU racking up 1,757 rushing yards by year's end.
"He'll be the only senior that's projected as a starter (on offense)," Evans said. "...Hope that he'll be another big impact this year."
Some time off likely recharged Whitlow's batteries. But now he's hard at it, getting himself back into playing shape with fall practices a month and a half away.
"I heard good things this spring," said Whitlow, who caught seven passes for 75 yards last season.
"I'm just looking forward to all the starters returning this year."
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Personally I think that ladies skating we are seeing a bit of downgrade in jumps. It will change a bit with Kim coming back, which will force others to upgrade their content. However, I am a bit concerned with the lack of triple lutzs in the short for ladies.
So I'm wondering if perhaps what should really happen is some base value changes for the women. Please don't get me wrong, I am not angry about Kostner's lutzless win at Worlds last year or anything like that. But I think it is a sport and the women should be more encouraged to go for risk, if they can do it.
I think one idea would be changing base values so that a 3axel was scored more like a quad and a 3 lutz was scored more like a triple axel. Some changes on how combos are scored would be useful for men and woman, along with of course a bonus for having all the jumps..
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02-20-06, 12:18 PM #1kateykakes Guest
Send illegals home - pronto!
Stu Bykofsky | Send illegals home - pronto!
GOD STRIKE ME dead if I am anti-immigrant.
My four grandparents were immigrants. I love the America that gave them refuge and I wouldn't deny America's bosom to others who arrive legally.
Immigrants do bring - and always have brought - magic to America: talent, energy, ambition. Their food, their music, their fashions - all enrich us. They may be the best Americans because they are the truest believers in the American Dream. Their suitcases are stuffed with boundless hope.
Germans, Latvians, Nigerians, Irish, Italians, Polish, Mexicans, Jamaicans, Russians, and others from everywhere have made America better.
That's why I sing the song of those who arrived legally.
The politically correct, sense-neutral terms are "undocumented workers" and "immigrants," but those who didn't arrive legally are - let's not mince words - illegal aliens and criminals, by definition.
It's a bad idea to open the book on a new life in a new land by breaking its laws.
Watching the rally at Independence Mall last week I was struck by the dazzling chutzpah of illegal aliens' demands to be left alone by the government, like a teenager shrugging off a nagging mother.
They were complaining about legislation - the Border Protection, Anti-Terrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act - that would make them felons and boot them out of the U.S.A.
But - oh! In Philadelphia, the restaurant industry is heavily dependent on bracero labor. Elsewhere in the nation, agriculture and construction leans heavily on "undocumented" workers to do the back-breaking work.
Who would do that work if we had no "uninvited guests?" we're asked.
Um, the same people who did it before they arrived: Low-income Americans.
Americans won't work for so little money, we're told.
Yes they will, because they have.
And if they won't, unleash capitalism and hike the pay until they will. If that means I may pay more for produce, or a restaurant meal, I'm OK with that.
One reason the pay scale remains low is that illegals will work for less - less than minimum wage in some cases. They underbid American workers.
While the illegals are lawbreakers, they are also victims of unscrupulous employers who pay them too little, or not at all, figuring they'll be too scared to go to the police.
Last October the Marathon Grill chain, under the scrutiny of the Department of Labor, agreed to pay nearly $21,000 in back wages to workers - half of them Mexicans - who were cheated.
Employers who break the law by hiring illegals should not just be fined, they should be jailed. They create a demand for illegals, then enjoy an advantage over competitors who play fair and pay fair.
The Pew Hispanic Center last year exploded the myth that illegals come here because they are starving at home. Researchers reported 95 percent of illegals had jobs at home. They came here for jobs that pay more (even if low-paying by U.S. standards), and pushed Americans out.
If need for money overrides law, why not forgive burglary, too?
To get the Border Protection Act passed, the government's playing up the fear of terrorism, saying it's dangerous to have millions of people we have no record of roaming around the country.
While that's true, mostly it's just so we won't look mean when we expel them, as if we don't have a right to control our borders.
We do have that right and we should, even if it means adios to illegal aliens - and hello to higher restaurant prices.
Hear that LasVegasOG? its the INS train... and its calling your name.
Here Tony, Tony.....come see the nice Border Patrol man...
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02-21-06, 02:23 PM #5Cheech Guest
Hahahah, You dicks. We only get caught by INS to get a free ride to Mexico. Usually for weddings and stuff, then we head back.
Don't get me started with the Mexican jokes again!For the morning will come. Brightly will it shine on the brave and true, kindly upon all who suffer for the cause, glorious upon the tombs of heroes. Thus will shine the dawn.
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02-21-06, 03:28 PM #7Cheech Guest
Say them. I only know a little bit.
How did the 14-year-old Mexican girl get pregnant?
Her teacher told her to go home and do an essay.For the morning will come. Brightly will it shine on the brave and true, kindly upon all who suffer for the cause, glorious upon the tombs of heroes. Thus will shine the dawn.
Winston Churchill
social welfare
The problem with all nations and illegal immigrants or aliens is that they perform duties that many legal people wont, why? because social welfare pays close to or better than what these guys are being paid.
Thats reality but how to stop it? Well personally I have no problem with making people work to get social welfare. I know in Ireland there is no excuse for a single able bodied person to be unemployed. their just bums and leaches on society who consider themselves 'above' minimum wage jobs or McDonalds (which pays OK). Of course decent people consider any job to be better or 'above' sitting on your ass like a lowlife but until the do gooders and bleeding hearts stop wiping peoples asses its not gonna change.Originally Posted by TXCharlie
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