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NBA Power Rankings: The playoffs are here!
1. Miami Heat (64-16, previous No. 1) - Well, Dwyane Wade is back, and the Heat look ready for the postseason. They might even consider resting LeBron James and Wade for the entire series with Milwaukee in preparation for an actual challenge.
2. Oklahoma City Thunder (59-21, previous No. 2) – Kevin Durant was fined $25,000 for a "menacing gesture" last week, but what he and the Thunder do in the Western Conference should be even more menacing.
3. San Antonio Spurs (58-22, previous No. 4) - The Spurs weathered the storm that was the 2012-13 NBA regular season. But do they have enough left in the tank to go deep into the postseason? It'll be tough.
4. Memphis Grizzlies (54-26 previous No. 3) - What to make of Memphis' 91-87 loss to the Clippers over the weekend? One, it could be an opening round playoff preview. Two, it should be a very entertaining one.
5. Los Angeles Clippers (54-26, previous No. 5) - A win over the Griz before the postseason does wonders for L.A.'s confidence. It also helps that it could give them homecourt advantage over them.
6. New York Knicks (53-27, previous No. 6) - The Knicks beat up on the Celtics pretty good in the regular season, but make no mistake: they aren't thrilled about their opening round matchup.
7. Denver Nuggets (55-25, previous No. 7) - On the day point guard Ty Lawson returned, Kenneth Faried sprained his left ankle. Hopefully it's not serious, because they'll need all hands (and ankles) on deck without Danilo Gallinari.
8. Indiana Pacers (49-31, previous No. 8) - Roy Hibbert is playing at a higher level over the second half of the season. The Pacers should be fine against a banged up Bulls team or a Hawks team that lacks an identity.
10. Brooklyn Nets (47-33, previous No. 10) - The team that nobody is talking about could give the Heat more trouble than we all think in the second round. Deron Williams is playing as good as anybody.
9. Houston Rockets (45-35, previous No. 9) - The Rockets are the only Western Conference playoff team with a losing record against Western Conference teams. Beating up on the Eastern Conference won't help them now.
11. Golden State Warriors (45-35, previous No. 11) - The Warriors seem to be that team that every other team in the Western Conference wants to play. Can they use that as fuel? Or will they just prove all those teams right?
12. Chicago Bulls (43-37, previous No. 12) - It feels more and more like the season of "what could have been" for Chicago. Joakim Noah and Taj Gibson are banged up now. Derrick Rose doesn't appear to be suiting up this season, either.
13. Boston Celtics (41-39, previous No. 13) - The Celtics may not have depth on their side. Or age. But one thing they've never lacked is confidence, and often times that's all a team needs.
14. Atlanta Hawks (44-36, previous No. 14) - He seems to go under the radar just about every year, but Al Horford is the type of player every team wants. Can play both power forward and center effectively on both ends.
15. Los Angeles Lakers (44-37, previous No. 15) - It's an absolute shame that Kobe Bryant is lost for the season after doing everything in his power to get his team into the playoffs. Can Dwight carry them now?
16. Utah Jazz (42-38, previous No. 16) - The Jazz didn't trade Al Jefferson or Paul Millsap at the deadline, could lose both now, and it's looking like they'll miss the postseason. What a season …
17. Milwaukee Bucks (37-43, previous No. 17) - No truth to the rumor that the Bucks are raising a banner with the words "Just Happy to be Here" written on it before the Heat series.
18. Dallas Mavericks (40-40, previous No. 18) - The Dallas Mavericks all finally shaved their beards on Sunday . . . because they reached .500 on the season. Congrats?
19. Philadelphia 76ers (33-47, previous 20) - Reports are that Doug Collins will resign as head coach after the season. Not a big surprise. It was pretty clear that, like everybody else, he had had enough with that team.
20. Toronto Raptors (32-48, previous – ) - All the Raptors are doing now is costing themselves ping pong balls. Should have followed the Trail Blazers lead to end the season (an 11-game losing streak).
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Hospitals, Don't Fear Retail Health Clinics. Join Them.
Earlier this year, like many other cities around the country, Boston had a bit of a flu scare. On January 9, after 700 cases had been reported, Mayor Thomas M. Menino declared a public health emergency. To compare, only 70 cases were reported for the entire flu season of 2012.
That evening I stopped into CVS pharmacy and was alarmed to see the waiting area overflowing. There were so many people that the only space available space to sit was on the floor.
They were all there to get a flu shot at the MinuteClinic.
On my walk home I passed the neighborhood health center, which is affiliated with a major hospital. The waiting room was nearly empty.
Remember when we weren't all that worried about retail health?
The popularity of walk-in health clinics has been on the rise nationwide. According to a Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll, 27% of adults said they have used either walk-in retail clinics (19%) or work-based clinics (11%) to receive medical year in the past two years. In 2008, just 7% gave the same response.
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Hospital systems are starting to realize that in order to survive in an healthcare environment where the ACA will bring new insured patients, and where PCP shortages will only increase, a primary care strategy should be in place. As part of this strategy, affiliation with, and ownership of retail clinics is crucial. Readers can check the article "Hospital-affiliated and hospital-owned retail clinics: strategic opportunities and operational challenges" in the Journal of Healthcare Management http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21077582
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MADISON, WI (WSAU) All it took was a visit from Alabama-Huntsville to finally get the Wisconsin men's hockey team on a winning streak. The Badgers got goals from four different players Friday night to complete a sweep of the rare Thursday-Friday series with a 4-1 win at the Kohl Center.
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Throwback Thursday: Heavy D – Big Daddy
With so many chart topping hits, it was hard for me to choose just one but I decided to pay homage to the late great Heavy D for this week's Throwback Thursday.
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Skate 2 Multiplayer Features Explained by The WizardEA sent along this new Skate 2 trailer, which explains the new features coming to the multiplayer component of the game. It also features The Wizard.
Skate 2 is slated to hit PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on January 21.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Conor Gillaspie homered leading off the 12th inning Thursday night, lifting the Chicago White Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Royals and their first 3-game sweep in Kansas City since 2009.
Gillaspie drove the second pitch he got from Luke Hochevar (3-2) just over the outstretched glove of right fielder Justin Maxwell for his 11th homer.
The tiebreaking shot came after Jacob Petricka made his major league debut in the 11th inning for the White Sox, inheriting runners on first and second with nobody out. Petricka calmly got Salvador Perez to ground into a double play to end the inning.
Addison Reed preserved Chicago's sixth straight win, and the first of Petricka's career, when the he left the tying run on second base for his 34th save.
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J. Cole Added to Universal Studios' Mardi Gras Concert Series
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On Saturdays and select nights starting February 11 through April 14, Universal Orlando's Mardi Gras celebration combines unparalleled theme park entertainment with an elaborate Mardi Gras parade, dozens of colorfully costumed performers, authentic New Orleans bands, delicious Cajun cuisine and live concerts by some of today's most popular artists.
With a combined total of more than 350 million albums sold, guests will rock out to 14 of the biggest names in music. On Feb. 18, pop superstar and Grammy winner Kelly Clarkson will take the Music Plaza Stage to perform major hits from her recent album, "Stronger;" Hot Chelle Rae will please crowds with their hit "Tonight, Tonight" during their performance on March 23; and singer-songwriter and Grammy Award nominee B.o.B, known for his multiple top singles "Nothin' on You," "Airplanes" and "Magic," will perform on March 24. Additional performances include Billboard magazine's "Female Entertainer of the Century" and disco diva Diana Ross; Boyz II Men, the most successful R&B group of all times with more than 60 million albums sold worldwide; teen sensation Big Time Rush; 2012 Grammy nominee for "Best New Artist" J. Cole (Friday, March 16); and four-time Billboard Latin Music Award winner Prince Royce.
Before enjoying the live concerts, guests can experience all the fun and excitement of The Big Easy as Universal Studios Florida is transformed into a family-friendly version of New Orleans' famed Mardi Gras. The celebration includes an elaborate Mardi Gras parade, where guests can dance along with street performers and collect beads by the handful as colorful floats wind down the street of Universal Studios. This year's parade will take guests on a journey through the earth's different ecosystems with elaborately theme floats including: bayous and swamps, rainforest, coral reefs, the deep blue sea and Polar Regions. Every year, the parade's hand-crafted floats are built by Blaine Kern Artists – the same company that designs the floats for the Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. The heart of Mardi Gras is Universal Studios' French Quarter Courtyard, where guests can groove to the soulful sounds of authentic New Orleans bands every night before the headliner concert. Since 2006, more than 20 bands have traveled straight from The Big Easy to Universal Orlando to perform Blues, Jazz and Zydeco music for partygoers – adding to the authenticity of Universal's Mardi Gras celebration. The French Quarter also features delicious Cajun cuisine, including jambalaya, gumbo, beignets and much more.


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Men's check shirt from iconic British designer Paul Smith. Taken from the casual Paul Smith Jeans collection, the shirt features a stylish button down collar, single cuffs and single chest patch pocket. The Paul Smith shirt is finished with farmed mother of pearl button fastenings throughout, contrast inner yoke, side gussets and pocket trim, whilst the Paul Smith logo tab on the pocket seam adds that perfect designer touch.
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Summer time at the South Milwaukee LibraryYes, summer time is here. Road construction is taking place in front of the library. We are open for business. There is ample parking in the lot or the side streets.
Summer is a time for grilling outdoors. Check out our display on barbecuing. Some of the titles you will find include The Great BBQ Sauce Book, The Barbecue Bible with over 500 Recipes, The Tailgater's Cookbook, and The New Grilling Book.
Hey Kids! Have you signed up for the summer reading program? There is still time to "Catch the Reading Bug". Lots of good prizes and programs.
With the cost of magazine subscriptions going up, why not check out the library's collection of magazines. They circulate for one week. We have over 200 magazines to choose from.
Have a hobby that you might want to share with others? We are working on programs for the fall/winter. If you would like to do a program call the Library Director. We will do all of the publicity.
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We're now in the third week of Batman Eternal, and DC's new weekly Batman comic shows no sign of slowing down (as indicated by issue #3's Batmobile meets bombs cover). A dangerously familiar villain is back in town and he's wasting no time buying friends and high places, while poor Commissioner Gordon is stuck behind bars.
We spent the weekend surrounded by thousands of amazing people who love comics, we just posted the latest episode of our webseries devoted entirely to the world of comics, and now we're looking ahead to tomorrow where we'll be treated to a big stack of brand new, hot-off-the-presses…COMICS!
Welcome back for another installment of Preview Monday! This week, we're giving you exclusive first looks at AQUAMAN #30 and DEAD BOY DETECTIVES #5.
Last week, many of you hit your nearest comic shop or favorite online retailer to grab the first issue of Batman Eternal, our brand new weekly comic featuring the Dark Knight and kicking off with one very bad night for Commissioner Gordon. Well, guess what?
This week, Stephen Amell, David Ramsey and Emily Bett Rickards welcome someone new to the team—Tiffany Smith!
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SPOILER ALERT: If you have not read SINESTRO #1 and do not wish to know what happens, stop reading this post now (major spoilers ahead!).
So, we have this hero that wears a lot of black and he's celebrating a little anniversary this year. Seventy-five years… Ring any bells?
With each new installment of Arrow ratcheting up the tension and making the standoff between Oliver Queen and Slade Wilson more and more precarious, a week without a new episode can feel like an eternity. Has it really only been thirteen days since Deathstroke kidnapped Thea Queen and dropped a bombshell on Laurel by revealing that Oliver is the Arrow?
BATMAN ETERNAL #1, the debut issue of our new weekly Batman series, hit stores last Wednesday. We doubt this will surprise anyone who hasn't just emerged from hypersleep, but we were pretty excited to finally see it in print.


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Devil DollarAuthor/Originator: Sam Berland
When it comes to getting your audience's attention and holding it, there are precious few effects in magic stronger or more compelling than the act of apparently destroying someone else's hard-earned money. And without a doubt, Berland's Devil Dollar remains one of the best and most convincing methods for the apparent burning of a signed borrowed bill. What's more, you can set up the effect to work with virtually any denomination US bill or international currency note. Here's the effect. A bill is borrowed from anyone in the audience. The owner of the bill signs or otherwise marks it, so he will be able to identify it is the same bill later. Next, the bill is folded and placed inside of an envelope - not just an ordinary envelope, but a window envelope. The kind of envelope used to mail invoices and statements, as well as to return bill payments. By placing the bill in this envelope, the audience can see the bill through the clear, glassine window right up until the moment the envelope is destroyed by setting it ablaze. As a result, they are completely convinced the spectator's bill has been destroyed and astonished when the original marked bill is later produced from a cigarette, cigar, lemon, sealed envelope inside of a wallet, etc.
Remember these key points...
- No real money is ever destroyed
- The envelope is shown to be empty before the borrowed bill is placed inside
- The audience sees the bill inside the envelope up until the moment it is consumed by flames
- The envelope is easily constructed in about a minute and the materials are inexpensive
- Devil Dollar can be set up to work with any denomination bill or international "currency note"
- It's easy to do
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution is finally upon us. If you're a purist who will be looking at Deus Ex with a very skeptical eye, you'll find that the game has definitely lived up to its incredible amount of hype. In a quite dystopian future, a Globodyne-like company named Serif Industries is hard at work trying to unlock the full human potential. It's this society, people replace... Read More


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Homepage awesome !
We can't communicate with other members, Atleast i couldn't find one..
The video chat, which allows 10 person on video chat at a time is an awesome feature !
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Homepage awesome !
We can't communicate with other members, Atleast i couldn't find one..
The video chat, which allows 10 person on video chat at a time is an awesome feature !
Well I finally managed to get in so that's a start.
I think Google launched Google+ very late. Now it can't give strong competition to Facebook. Facebook is the most popular site used now a days.
I joined FaceBook a week before joining Google+ and I already know how to do lots more things with Google+ than I can with FaceBook (even though FaceBook can supposedly do lots more than Google+ - I can't figure out how to do much at all with FaceBook as everything is hidden away).
Also Google+ has separate security options for everything which come up as you enter them whereas FaceBook has almost no security options at all - basically hide in a hole where noone can see you where you may as well not have an account or stand naked where everyone can see you.
Google+ is so comparatively easy to use that I would expect a decent number of FaceBook users to start using it as well as FaceBook. After all they'll need to because it integrates into all of the other popular Google tools making all of them far easier to use.
Also it doesn't need to directly compete with FaceBook - while there is some overlap in what it is expected to be able to do, it is probably going to compete more directly with Twitter than it will with FaceBook.
Agree with Felgall completely. Within about 5-10 minutes of starting up on Google plus I knew how to use anything I really cared to, it's incredibly intuitive.
Regarding Google being too late to the game, I disagree. Keep in mind that MySpace also had hundreds of millions of users at one point, they simply jumped ship to a better social network when it appeared. The main reason that Facebook is so huge was that there was no good alternative... now there is.
From a personal viewpoint, I doubt Plus will be going the way of buzz or wave. A number of my friends are already on the network at beta stage when they were never interested in wave, if that's any indication.
Does anyone have an idea of how long it'll take before it's released to the general public?
No one [other than the Google team] knows. They could pull the trigger tomorrow or wait another quarter while they keep developing.
I suspect we're down to weeks but then again I figured the initial closed release would also end fairly quickly.
If you [or any other regular SPF member] needs an invite they've been allowing them out for a few days. No telling if it will last but it's the longest run thus far.
Just PM me an email address.
Mashable has said they've been told to expect an official release before July 31st.
Source: EXCLUSIVE: Google To Retire Blogger & Picasa Brands in Google+ Push
In terms of the user interface, Facebook is better; Google+ seems a bit dull. In terms of the functionability, I have not much comment because I has yet fully discover Google+.
Presumably you only think that FaceBook is easier because you already spent those years figuring it out.
Facebook has already been THAT network for people to literally wrap their lives around and who has more time to spend on ANOTHER social network? Really, most of Facebook users don't want to have to go and form a new group (circles) of friends. People are plain lazy and Google+ wont amount to another Facebook. Sure, the techy guys will catch onto google+. I just heard today that Google+ is expected to reach 10 million users by this weekend.
also, Google is known to all non-techy people as the Internet's search engine and nothing more. Google+ will have a hard hard time getting to be known as a Facebook alternative to those same people!!!!
also, just think about all those mothers, fathers and grandparents that JUSt got on Facebook.. you think they are going to switch to Google+? Don't think so! Lets just wait another 6 months and see what happens.
I got a chance to try it out tonight, and I must say it's pretty sweet! :) It took me about 15 minutes to figure out where almost everything is, whereas Facebook is quite a bit more difficult as its not as smartly laid out. I'm really liking the whole "circles" idea, great for separating friends from family, family from coworkers etc... The interface is nice, clean and easy to navigate, Google really knows their stuff when it comes to this.
Will it kill Facebook? I doubt it, but I definitely think Facebook has some serious competition here.
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Also a bit off-topic but it is rumored that Google wants Skype... interesting as Facebook wants to implement Skype.
i have yet to discover the potential of google + , we are already usiing it here for SEO
I'm not a member yet, and I won't be until I hear real life people talk about it.
At the moment, I'm feeling comfortable with Facebook because my real life friends are there already, and if I would be able to subscribe for google plus and notice that none of my friends are there available at that moment, I wouldn't be excited and I will possible unsubscribe directly :)
At this moment, none of my real life friends I spoke about here in my office, heard about google plus, yet.
It's some sneaky marketing trick of google to make it first "on invitation", so the fuzz and gossip about the mysterious thing can get around yet. If they put it online immediately, it wouldn't have that big effect.
couldn't find out -- my invite is worthless as it doesn't work worth a flying purple fish in my browser of choice -- Opera. Why do I have the feeling that if I report it I'll get the same response we Opera users got back when GMail was new? "Go plow ourselves, **** Opera users" ... they said it a bit more politely than that, but nonetheless that was the response.
Of course now it says they've "exceeded their capacity", meaning they didn't plan enough hosting for the number of invites handed out? Maybe that 33k of markup, half of which is inlined static scripting and CSS for 1.1k of plaintext has something to do with that?
(what the hell is with Google and doing that on EVERY page/site? Just TRYING to double their hosting costs for no good reason? Have they never heard of browser caching models or something?!? Next thing you know they'll start slapping the same class on every LI and A inside a UL for no good reason -- oh wait, too late.)
As I said recently, their current front end coders ineptitude knows no bounds.
Google Plus will grow fast and will give Facebook a run for its money and that's for sure!
Circles and they way they work is perfect and overcomes limitations of Facebook, if you have friends and work ppl in your Facebook you can't limit a silly post to your friends only, pps from work will see it as well. This is the most major problem Facebook has at the moment and google plus solves this from day one
Still many things are missing from google plus but it's far from a complete product, events groups and pages are not there, hopefully google plus will make these better than Facebook
Google has many assets they can use to promote google plus! U are not gonna see like buttons in google searches, +1 is already there thought! Tight integration with other google apps used my millions will surely make g+ easier to use than FB!
Android will play a huge role in promoting G+ since they can integrate it really deep in the OS, Facebook even failed to get tight integration on iPhone since twitter is there in iOS 5 I am sure they were in talks with FB as well but an agreement wasnt reached!
Hopefully google will keep all that crap apps and flash games in Facebook away from google plus and keep it clean, so kids will keep using Facebook for that and grown up will jump on g+, anyone remember hi5? That's where I see Facebook ending up unless they move fast and step up the game but I am under the impression that they got lost somewhere
P.s drop me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com with ur name and email and will happily invite you
"For me, Facebook was quite userfriendly though... I signed in and it all worked out immediately.
I don't understand why you have to critique that... there's a reason why Facebook got so popular. A reason more why children and seniors get easily on Facebook: it's easy to use."
Btw,... It's just a website. It's not like you're in America at a junction in an airport with readable signs, while some officer is standing next to shout out loud what is mentioned on the signs, like people can't read.
Don't see any google services not working in all browsers! Don't see why this would not apply to google plus
btw chrome IS one of the fastest browsers out behind apple safari
Google Plus will start to really explode. I already have over 10 people on my facebook sharing their account and talking about it. That was what it was like for twitter. That leads me to believe that its going to be the new preferred means of social media.
I'm pretty amazed at how many of my friends and colleagues have started using G+ over the past week...not just accepting invites, but actually preferring it over FB. Granted, most of them are fairly tech savvy and tend to be early adopters, but I don't recall seeing anything close to this rate of adoption with Buzz or Wave. Several have begun posting FB status updates saying they are already spending more time socializing on G+. It may just be that it's new and unique (everybody seems enamored with Circles), but the next few months will tell I suppose.
Once Google opens up a developer API, things will get even more interesting.


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Is a Fetus a Person?
The debate over whether abortion should be considered as murder often focuses on the question of whether the fetus is a person or not.
Here the issue of culture and religion comes in.
But what does it take to identify a fetus as a person? There are thinkers today with the belief that a fetus can be called a human being, but should not be called a person because it takes more to be a person than just having genetic material.
Philosopher Mary Ann Warren argues that in order to be considered a person, a being should have the following characteristics:
1. A developed capacity for reasoning.
2. Self awareness
3.Consciousness and ability to feel pain
4. Self motivated activity
5. Capacity to comminicate messages of an indefinite variety of types.
It would seem as if even new born babies may not be considered as persons according to the aforementioned school of thought.
No doubt infanticide has always got widespread condemnation, but abortion has always been a controversial issue.
So, what do you think? Is a fetus a person?
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chen xinOct 11 2012: through the debate .i have a much better understanding of it
i think the westen much more go fowad to laws .and you laws tells what you should do .while the easten do it much more from the morality.well i think laws are much more peoper fot it because it can prevent doing it from our emotins and we may have much long sight to this question and and i think we are making it gradually .it si a good machine processed to learn from .
Oct 12 2012: Actually Chen, I would not say that our laws tell us what we "should" do, because in my experience working with women and young girls, there is often a LOT of consideration regarding morality and religious beliefs as well.
The law, provides a choice for women to have abortions in a safe environment with the proceedure done by competent medical professionals, rather than some of the unsafe, dangerous ways the proceedure was done prior to the law.
The woman continues to take into consideration her own beliefs, and has the freedom to consider ALL relevant information, often with the help of councelors. In the shelter and family center where I volunteered, I never heard anyone tell a woman what she "should" do. We were there to support her in a very difficult decision, and encouraged the women to consider ALL aspects of the decision. The law protects her freedom to have a safe abortion when/if that is what she chooses.
Oct 12 2012: Hi Colleen, really liked your comment but sometimes I think that if the girl who wants abortion why got pregnant? There are a lot of ways through which she can avoid the pregnancy but I think its not morally good that ones gets pregnant and then she is losing her baby. No doubt its a tough decision in life of a woman to get abortion but why she decided to do this what I want to say is this if she knows that how to have sex then she must be aware how she can avoid pregnancy.
Oct 12 2012: Good question Noveed,
Education for ALL men/women/girls/boys is IMPORTANT! It takes TWO to create a pregnancy!
Actually, some of the young girls who are raped do not know anything about the reproductive process, and it is not a choice for them...that is not "morally good" either, do you think? Whose responsibility is that?
Education is provided in the women's clinics here, including methods of birth control, and abortion, as a method of birth control IS ALWAYS DISCOURAGED.
Oct 12 2012: Here is another thought for you to ponder Noveed...
Because of cultural, religious beliefs, or simply because of the demand of her partner, women often cannot say no to sex, so abstinence is not an option for many women.
Birth control is forbidden by some religions, so that is not an option for many women.
Abortion is forbidden by some religions, so that is not an option for some women.
Where does that leave a woman? At the mercy of her partner or her religion, without any control regarding how her body will be used.
And then men criticize women for not doing something about the problem, and give her total responsibility!!!
Think about it my friend.
Oct 12 2012: "some of the young girls who are raped do not know anything about the reproductive process"
I believe this is an exceptional case if not you tell me that when you were volunteer what was the percentage of cases like this?? What I think is that we should teach our younger generation that how they can avoid pregnancy instead of wasting our time whether the fetus is person or not.
Oct 12 2012: Colleen has tried to explain without explaining and could take the thread down a different path unintentionally, How does one try to tell a fraction of an instant in their lives without writing a book? She was a volunteer at a shelter for women that probably came from violent and abusive relationships that had their children raped and abused under the age of 12, it's just an example of what she might of come across and honestly the details always break my heart.
Children may play act at knowing but emotionally they don't know because we were suppose to protect them til they were old enough to make their own decisions. Noveed what age group were you thinking of? Young teenage women 15 and over? This could explain the different view points of the posting direction though it is just a guess on my part.
I should have used the words "Hint" and "Hinted at" rather than the words "Explain" So sorry everyone if this post confuses anyone, my mistake.
Oct 12 2012: Noveed,
They are ALL exceptional cases....each one different.....each one important.
Sorry I do not have that number for you. I agree....we should educate people more. The next question is.....are those who need education open to that possibility? We have religious fundamentalists bombing womens health centers, killing medical professionals who provide education, along with lots of innocent people. Do you think they might change their destructive practices and get some education?
Linda Taylor 50+Oct 12 2012: Exactly Colleen. The laws allow us to help mothers-to-be navigate some very difficult decisions. It is rarely ever black and white. One girl I helped was 18 years old. She was madly in love and was pregnant. Her parents disowned her for being pregnant outside of wedlock. In the workup for the pregnancy they found out she had a serious case of leukemia. All this happened in about 2 weeks.
She could get the chemotherapy for the leukemia and it would most likely harm the fetus. She could abort the pregnancy and have the chemo and try for a pregnancy later. Or she could delay the chemo, carry the pregnancy and risk her own life.
She is dead now. She chose to have the baby. She told me that wanted to know what being a mother was like before she died. Chances are good she would have made it through the chemo and in to remission. There was even talk of getting a court order.
I supported her decision and helped her understand to the best of my ability. Just as I supported all the women who chose differently, I try to support them from their ethical framework, not mine. I understand from the front lines what some of the results could be if this option were legally removed for women.
Because of my experiences, I understand women's rights, I understand children's rights and I understand the threats to them.
Oct 12 2012: I understand Linda. There were many times I did not agree with a woman/girl's choice, but I was not there to impose my own preferences on them. I was there to provide whatever information and resources they needed to support them in making their own decisions.
People are NOT empowered when other people control and dominate them. We empower people by giving them the tools they need to empower themselves. Those who impose their own beliefs on others are simply trying to control, dominate and oppress. I know you know this Linda.....it is for the rest of the listening audience:>)
chen xinOct 13 2012: although i dont suggest that ,i think it is part of wenman'right . she can do whatever she wants but i dont think what she did is rational. you know we are different .different values different through.i respect these.what we can do is just let them know more about herself and what it will bring about the different dicisions she made ,just as Colleen does .that is all we can do and that is in our Jurisdiction.
we cant force sb to do something . but we can influence sb to do something
Oct 13 2012: Very impressive Linda and Colleen but the thing is if a murderer want to kill someone then will the society not dominate or control him of course the society will so I believe that educating people is more important. The people especially Asian think that fetus of some weeks is a human being and removing it is a crime I am also one of them so I think education is best option. it is only for you my friend not for the rest of audience. :)
Oct 13 2012: I agree Noveed that education, and being familier with the laws that are in effect is very important.
Regarding my comment:
"People are NOT empowered when other people control and dominate them. We empower people by giving them the tools they need to empower themselves. Those who impose their own beliefs on others are simply trying to control, dominate and oppress. I know you know this Linda.....it is for the rest of the listening audience:>)"
I know this Noveed, and I believe Linda knows this as well. Many people would like to impose their own beliefs on others, and I do not agree with that concept, nor do I believe it to be good for our global community.
Oct 13 2012: I agree Mr. Hussain but to this day I do not know if the young lady whose story I shared, understood that she would really be dead. I still think she had some magical thinking that she would not really die.
Many adolescents have that magical thinking. 'It happens to other people not me.' There are limits to education and we tend to forget that.
The consequences of her decision were deadly.
Ce GzzOct 25 2012: Sure! a woman is totally given all the information about an abortion http://www.christianpost.com/news/chicago-woman-dies-after-abortion-at-planned-parenthood-78671/
Even about possible cancer years after, right? and they are told about how they can also help them with the trauma post-abortion later? right!
Oct 25 2012: That is correct Ce Gzz. In all the situations I have been involved with, education, information, pre and post counceling is provided.
The article in the link you provided, clearly says..."The medical examiner's office said that an intrauterine pregnancy contributed to her death"
Do your homework!
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Oct 26 2012: Ce Gzz,
I think you have been misinformed...or maybe not at all informed!
I understand that you do not agree with abortion, and you are going around in circles trying to argue against the facts.
A medical examiner is not in any way responsible for counceling a woman regarding abortion, so for you to say that the " the examiner's office could have warned her before just putting her inside your favorite Planned Parenthood. NEGLIGENCE all the way" is ridiculous!!!
The medical examiner, apparently did his/her job as appropriate, and ruled that an "intrauterine pregnancy contributed to her death". It appears that her "pregnancy CONTRIBUTED to her death", otherwise the medical report would have said that abortion was the CAUSE of death.
You have no idea of the circumstances. That article was posted on the "Christian Post", so it would not surprise me if the details were inaccurate or altogether missing.
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"Hey fellas, check out the chick on those tits!" "Tommy? Max? Johan
Guys?! Oh Shit." That's right, you are now the Sketchy Alone Dude at the bar. You viciously elbowed your way through the crowd and finally managed to use your charm (money) to catch the attention of the educated (hot) Bartendress, only to turn around and realize you are now indeed friendless. Fear not, Lone Ranger, for we've all been there. Whether you have accidentally split from you're posse, or have courageously shown up at the bar alone, here are a few tips that will guarantee you safety from becoming the Sketchy Alone Dude, and allow you to remain the Just Another Face Guy.
The easiest and most earnest way of looking like you are intentionally flying solo does depend on the environment. If you are in a sports bar, with plenty of games playing, eureka! Or perhaps you're at a pub, complete with a live band? Even better. For the first scenario, just plant your sport-fanatic (socially-awkward) ass in front of one of the flat screens and cheer along aimlessly. Just be sure that you are rooting for a team that is actually playing. As for the pub with the live band, guess what? You've just become their number one fan! Regardless of whether or not you're wearing your "I Heart Unoriginal Sublime Tribute Band" t-shirt or not, the guy in front of the band screaming incoherently isn't Sketchy, he's Die Hard.
If your atmosphere does not permit, do not fret, there are other alternatives. How about searching for your soul mate, Sketchy Alone Chick? Confused and liquored-up, just the way God intended her to be. Unfortunately, there are possible set backs. If she has in fact come to the bar alone (desperate), and is not a man-hating bull dyke, then the work is practically done for you. Although, if she's a sorority bird who has strayed from the flock, you could be in some serious trouble. If she begins to drone on about how cute her cat (cats) is (are), or how it's more sanitary to wipe off the beer pong ball on your shirt than it is to dip it in the rinse cup, ABORT!
You're third and final option, double-fist. This may have already been your "go to" move, if so, good for you! When there is nobody else to talk to, and nothing left worth staring at, try looking straight down into an empty bottle that you have just finished chugging. The best part, there is no negative (positive) aspect to this solution! About 30 minutes into Plan C and girls will think you're super cute (pathetically drunk), the Bartendress will think you're a ballin' pimp (penniless gimp), and the Bouncer will be the first one to give you a pat on the back (pick you up by your neck and toss you out on your ass). As for Tommy, Max, and Johan, well they can go fuck themselves.


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The radical populus/socialist element in the US seized the opportunity to not "let a crisis go to waste" by opting to harass and demonize fellow US citizens Saturday – AIG families (including those who had already returned their legal bonuses)… So they loaded up a busload of ACORN activists and members of the socialist ACORN/New Party derivative, Working Family Party to tour private residences in protest, and posture for the press.
Their agenda was plainly stated by 24 year old musician/activist, Asaad Jackson, then piled on by the Connecticut chapter of the WFP, Jon Green (organizers of the harassment tour).
Standing at the foot of the driveway, in a sun-soaked cul-de-sac in a Connecticut town synonymous with wealth, Jackson read aloud from a letter he and other visitors from poorer places wanted to hand-deliver but ultimately left in the mailbox.
"Now that we have had a chance to see your community," Jackson read before an international throng of about 40 journalists, "we would like to invite you to visit ours."~~~
Green said the point of the tour was to contrast the circumstances of tour participants — several of whom have lost jobs or are facing foreclosure in a recession characterized by the failure or near-failure of once mighty companies such as AIG — with the circumstances of society's most privileged people.
"There's a growing gap between people who are generally insulated from the economic meltdown and those who are not," Green told reporters on the lawn outside AIG's red brick office in Wilton, where the tour concluded with a rally.
Yup… it's all about class envy with these socialists. No disguising that.
But in the Chicago Trib account above, I can't believe they weren't even curious about the obvious… did the professional protesters violate US postal code regulation, CRF 310.3 as part of their harassment tour?
Standing at the foot of the driveway, in a sun-soaked cul-de-sac in a Connecticut town synonymous with wealth, Jackson read aloud from a letter he and other visitors from poorer places wanted to hand-deliver but ultimately left in the mailbox.~~~
At Poling's home, and later at Haas', who also lives in Fairfield, a small delegation of activists left the bus, followed by reporters, to try to deliver a letter addressed to "AIG Financial Products Executives." The letter invited the executives to consider the variety of pressing social needs that might benefit from the amount of money awarded them as bonuses, such as health care, housing and education.~~~
At both houses they were greeted by private security guards who asked the visitors to "respect the property line" and refused to deliver the letter on their behalf but allowed them to read it aloud and place it in the mailbox.
Tell me, did that hand-delivered letter bear a stamp? And since it was from a "group" of activists, who was the official "return to sender" of the letter? One thing is certain – the letter is not being sent to the proper address for the recipient… AIG Financial Products Execs. That should have properly been delivered to the appropriate district offices.
Odd question, I know. But, per the Private Express Statues, (here's the link for you Wiki-education fans…) – and per CFR Title 39 Section 310.2 – any letter that is hand delivered must bear proof that the "amount of postage which would have been charged on the letter if it had been sent through the Postal Service is paid by stamps, or postage meter stamps, on the cover or by other methods approved by the Postal Service."
There are a few exceptions found in Section 310.3:
310.3(b)Letters of the carrier.
(1) The sending or carrying of letters is permissible if they are sent by or addressed to the person carrying them. If the individual actually carrying the letters is not the person sending the letters or to whom the letters are addressed, then such individual must be an officer or employee of such person (see §310.3(b)(2)) and the letters must relate to the current business of such person.
(2) The fact that the individual actually carrying the letters may be an officer or employee of the person sending the letters or to whom the letters are addressed for certain purposes does not necessarily mean that he is an officer or employee for purposes of this exception.The following factors bear on qualifications for the exception: the carrying employee is employed for a substantial time, if not fulltime (letters must not be privately carried by casual employees); the carrying employee carries no matter for other senders; the carrying employee is a regular salaried employee and shares in all privileges enjoyed by other regular employees (including employees not engaged primarily by the letter carrying function), including but not limited to salary, annual vacation time, absence allowed for illness, health benefits, workmen's compensation insurance, and retirement benefits.
"Special messengers" are permitted to do so with 25 letters and under, and is restricted to the use of "messenger services".
So the burning question is who was the "letter" from, did it bear proof of USPO postage, and did they have the right to place that letter in the AIG families' mailboxes?
Violations of these codes carry a fine, and/or 30 days of prison time. And if I were any of those families, I'd go for it.
As far as the reception, it was just the ACORN/WFP activists and security guards. Since ACORN/WFT was seeking publicity for their attack on fellow US citizens, the families' absence didn't seem to bother them. Instead they praised the security guards.
There was no shouting or hostile conversation between the activists and the guards at either residence. Police were on hand at both places, mainly directing traffic, and there were no arrests.
"They were nice," said Mark Dziubek, 47, a recently laid-off metal worker from Southington who boarded the charter bus in Hartford and read the letter outside Haas' house.
Two guards parked in a Honda at the driveway leading down to Haas' home, a large white colonial with light blue shutters on a hill facing Long Island Sound, said he was not at the residence. They said their firm, Espion International, had been hired "by the tenant," not by AIG.
Asked where Haas was, one of the guards said, "He went away." They declined to give their names.
In the meantime, an unastute media continues to fan the populus flames of outrage – pitting citizen against citizen. Normally I'm a huge fan of Wordsmith's Sunday Funnies. In fact, I regularly send the link to my mother to also enjoy his time intensive compilation.
But today's crop of political 'toons are no laughing matter. The nation's media remains consumed, 24/7, with whipping the US citizen up into a class envy frenzy of hatred. Evidently passing moral judgment on contract agreements is socially acceptable nowadays. Otherwise how can we justify negating bonus contracts, but not negating pensions and benefits for retired auto workers as part of their bailout funds?
Or is that next?
I only know one thing. Congress is passing out the taxpayers money like Halloween candy, hasn't got a clue how it's used. Nor can they genuinely track it for it's immensity. They are to blame for the legislation that led us to this financial crisis. They are immediately and overtly to blame for these bonuses. Yet their response is to feign outrage, and have the media distract the citizens by pitting us one against the other… the "haves" vs the "have nots".
It's a Communist/socialist/progressive dream come true. And we're all being played like backwoods fiddles.
Wake up, America. You're demonizing the very people that you want to continue making the bucks to pay for your nanny social welfare… from unemployment to health care. If you plan to be a progressive/socialist, at least try to recognize and protect those who are going to be supporting you.
Obama Ujana – The Plan For Compulsive Service Under The Guise Of Government Run "Volunteer Service" –
Back on November 7, 2008, when President Obama was still President Elect Obama, the official website of his presidential transition was www.change.gov. When the site was first posted, on the page labeled "America Serves," Obama outlined his plan that would require that students perform a certain number of hours of community service.
Within hours of the website going live, the blogosphere was abuzz with reports of the suprising content of the page, such as aye chihuaha's post on Flopping Aces (which is the source of the above screenshot). The official transition website stated:
"Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year." (emphasis added)
As the outrage rippled through the web, Obama's transition team got wary of the impending backlash and within hours amended the site.
The new language in question, still available on the site, now reads:
Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by setting a goal that all middle school and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year and by developing a plan so that all college students who conduct 100 hours of community service receive a universal and fully refundable tax credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free. (emphasis added)
Now, this might seem innocuous, until you read House Bill 1388, introduced on March 9, 2009, that "reauthorize(s) and reform(s) the national service laws" and creates a congressional committee that will analyze "whether a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people could be developed."
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
To reauthorize and reform the national service laws.
March 9, 2009
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. HARE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. TONKO, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HINOJOSA, and Mr. COURTNEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
To reauthorize and reform the national service laws.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(b) Specific Topics- In carrying out its general purpose under subsection (a), the Commission shall address and analyze the following specific topics:
(6) Whether a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people could be developed, and how such a requirement could be implemented in a manner that would strengthen the social fabric of the Nation and overcome civic challenges by bringing together people from diverse economic, ethnic, and educational backgrounds. (emphasis added)(truncated)
It is clear now, that the Obama Administration, together with the Democrat controlled congress, intends to institute a sort of civil service "draft" that would force America's youth into compulsive community service. It is also a clear violation of the United States Constitution, which reads:
Amendment 13 – Slavery Abolished. Ratified 12/6/1865.
1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. (emphasis added)
There is no doubt anymore as to the direction President Obama wants to take our country. He has quite effectively taken Saul Alinsky's rules for radicals and applied them to running (ruining?) our country. His administration has broken all traditions and attacked the previous administration at every turn. In addition, his guard dogs have publicly and systematically attacked every commentator that has dared challenge his agenda. Together with the far left wing of the Democratic Party, he has used the current "economic crisis" as a launching pad to take control of our country and justify an expansion of the federal government that is unmatched in history.
In the name of protecting our economy, he has spent our nation into a deficit that is twice as large as any in the history of our country and threatened the very tenets of the economic system that allowed our country to become the superpower that it is today. This plan to further radicalize our youth by forcing them into involuntary servitude is just another stake in the heart of our nations freedom, and it cannot be allowed!
The main stream media is completely ignoring the direction that the underlying current of Obama's administration is taking our country in, while at the same time ballyhooing his every individual action, and then spending countless hours on the television, on the radio, and in the print lionizing, idolizing, and exalting President Obama in ways that are eerily reminiscent of the fervent, compulsory praise given to previous and existing leaders such as Mao, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Chavez, Pol Pot, and Castro. It is ironic that in the past incarnations of this obviously socialist leaning economic direction, which our main stream press seemingly wants and supports, one of the first sacrifices of individual rights that are made in the name of that economic "good" is the freedom of speech. At the same time that so called journalists are heralding the destruction of free market principles, and personal economic freedom, they are also beating the death knell of their own beloved freedom of the press.
Very soon, sooner than we might think, the people of this nation are going to have to choose between continuing down an almost irreversible path to Marxist socialism, and standing up for the country that we know and love, and turn the tide against the mutiny in our political system that threatens to hijack the American way of life we know. Obama's view of socioeconomics is so startlingly similar to those of freedom's greatest enemies that it makes me cringe, and he is using their lessons to mold our country into a new socialist mecca! He will systematically dismantle our current form of government and economic system and replace them with his own warped vision of a new United Socialist States of America.
And how will he enforce these new policies and agendas?
"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded. -Barack Obama
It all starts with the youth. It begins by rallying them to an innocuous common cause and then using the bonds created in the pursuit of that cause to hold them together, and bind them into a malleable force. Then, when they have become a large, powerful force, they can be pointed in any direction and pushed. Then, with very little effort, the energy of that force can expound into a terrible tsunami that can destroy anything in its path!
This is scary beyond belief, and hearkens back to the Nazi Party's "Hitler-Jugend." As every youth in Nazi Germany was required to join "Hitler-Jugend" (Hitler Youth), soon, every youth in America will be required to join "Obama Ujana" (Obama Youth), where he will be able to rally, bind, mold and aim them into a social weapon that conservative America will be powerless to defend against.
Not only is this a thinly veiled attempt to indoctrinate our youth into a left-wing dominated mindset, it is a carefully conceived plan to galvanize Obama's permanent campaign and cement him as an enduring iconic power in American life.
"I begin with the young. We older ones are used up. We are rotten to the marrow. We are cowardly and sentimental. We are bearing the burden of a humiliating past, and have in our blood the dull recollection of serfdom and servility. But my magnificent youngsters! Are there any finer ones in the world? Look at these young men and boys! What material! With them, I can make a new world. This is the heroic stage of youth. Out of it will come the creative man, the man-god.
"When an opponent declares, 'I will not come over to your side,' I say calmly, 'Your child belongs to us already…What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing but this new community'." – Adolf Hitler
Look very closely at your children. Picture them, standing at attention in their one piece powder blue uniform wearing a navy blue beret and red armband adorned with the now universally known symbol of the permanent Obama campaign, chanting in cadence:
Obama Ujana!
Obama Ujana!
Obama Ujana!
Obama Ujana!
Obama Ujana!
Obama Ujana!
If this idea sickens and scares you as much as it does me, start contacting your Representatives and Senators now! Call them, write them, and don't stop there. Tell them that our children are not their social labor force, and they are not fodder to promote their radical social agendas. Contact President Obama and tell him that your children are YOUR children, and that you will not allow them to be indoctrinated into his civilian national security force and become his own "Obama-Jugend".
Isn't our leader in great company?
"You say, away with you Communists; we say, away with you imperialists.†– Mao Zedong
"I want you to know that everything I did, I did for my country." – Pol Pot
"I have said it already, I am convinced that the way to build a new and better world is not capitalism. Capitalism leads us straight to hell." – Hugo Chavez
"I am not a communist and neither is the revolutionary movement." – Fidel Castro
"If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves." – Joseph Stalin
"Revolutionary Social-Democracy has always included the struggle for reforms as part of its activities. But it utilises "economic†agitation for the purpose of presenting to the government, not only demands for all sorts of measures, but also (and primarily) the demand that it cease to be an autocratic government." – Lenin
"All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people." – Adolf Hitler
"How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think." – Adolf Hitler
"It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." – Barack Obama


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Why are you failing to reduce carbon emissions at a time when planet Earth is fragile and needs the concerted efforts of all those with money, power and influence?
Dear Google, Amazon, eBay and facebook,
Just because you operate in the immaterial, existing only on our screens, doesnt mean that you are exempt from reducing your carbon emissions; You who, encourage our daily energy use and consumption…
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Your higher quality brand status does not elevate you above the very real and gritty issues of climate change.
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Well done for appearing to recognise the importance of the issue, for reducing your emissions. But please done get complacent, and PLEASE make sure that real targets are set and met (as we know how easily big companies can manipulate data now, dont we?).
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CARSON When Grant Caraway raced over to the Granite Bay sideline late Friday night at the Home Depot Center, the football season and a lifetime of memories hanging perilously in the balance, there was urgency in a sea of voices.
Then there was a pause and a collective calm.
For a team that stumbled to a 1-3 start in the heat of September, what was another speed bump on this championship journey to Carson for Caraway? The cool senior quarterback with off-the-charts grades dreamed of such moments.
"I was thinking, 'We just need one drive, one more drive,' " Grizzlies coach Ernie Cooper said. "And we got one, and it was a thing of beauty."
In one of the most remarkable late rallies in the history of the CIF State Bowl Game Championship series, which began in 2006, Caraway highlighted the program-defining 77-yard drive with a screen pass. Taft Partridge revved up hope with power runs, and John Cooley reached the finish line with a three-yard scoring burst as the Grizzlies toppled nationally renowned Long Beach Poly 21-20 in the Division I title game in front of an announced crowd of 7,361.
Caraway was not intercepted. He passed for 118 yards, 33 of those on a screen to Partridge on the final drive.
Partridge carried three times to set up Cooley, and kicker Colin Brown's booming extra point provided the final margin. Poly missed its extra-point attempt moments earlier.
"My first thought when that (Poly) extra point was missed is we're going down the field and win this thing," Cooper said.
Caraway's first thought was to seize the moment and to not overthrow the screen play.
"Amazing," Caraway said after the game. "(When the extra point was missed), I didn't have to pump up anyone. They were all ready to go. This is a huge win for our team and our program as a whole. We knew we could do it."
The fourth Partridge brother to come through the Granite Bay program had fresh legs on the final drive.
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Granite Bay also played another superb defensive game, a constant in this six-game playoff march. The Grizzlies didn't allow the explosive Jackrabbits to break many long runs, and Poly used a flea flicker for a 7-0 lead.
Granite Bay had five interceptions, one by Luke Bussey and two each by Aaron Knapp and Dylan Keeney, one of which he returned 29 yards for a score.
Defensive team leaders Tyler Arneson, Beau Hershberger, Mason Conen, Tony Milo and Cameron Smith also had typically strong games.
"Let's face it," Cooper said. "We did some nice things on offense, and we came through in the end, but our defense won this game tonight. I told someone this week you don't just win championships with defense, you win state championships with defense."
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