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Tragic events ignite gun control debate - again
To the editor:
The tragic events in Connecticut have enflamed the gun control debate once again. I have yet to hear anyone frame the debate around the real issue and the process that is defined in law to affect that issue.
America has a Constitution that provides a foundation for our civil society. That Constitution guarantees inalienable rights in perpetuity. I realize that statement is redundant. Inalienable means the right is inseverable from the individual. The right cannot be repudiated. Thus the right exists as long as the individual exists.
Rights are inalienable because rights are not derived from men. The government does not bestow rights. Every person on the planet owns these rights. Americans are lucky. We live in a country that to a certain extent recognizes these rights. Some are codified into the Constitution like the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
I continually hear that if rights come from God, he certainly would not have given us the right to possess a specific inanimate object such as a gun. I agree, how ridiculous to think given the generic nature of the other inalienable rights that the right to own a gun fits into that scheme in some way.
Here is where we have to go back 230 years to attempt to understand the reason the Second Amendment found its way into our social contract. The Founding Fathers risked their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to win for us the freedoms that we enjoy today. These men designed a federal government whose sole responsibility was to ensure that these freedoms would pass from generation to generation.
They were fearful that government would erode, as it has done, the very freedoms they sacrificed so much to earn. To an 18th century man, the ultimate tool against government oppression was the gun. After all, it was the gun, owned by the individual patriot that won the revolution and made this debate possible in the first place. It was the gun that, to these men, was the insurance policy that all of the other freedoms would survive. That is why the ability to keep and bear arms occupies such a sacred place in our founding document.
I also have heard that in the modern world, the gun is no longer necessary to ward off tyranny. Let us say for the sake of argument that this is valid. That we as a nation have decided that the right to keep and bear arms is an antiquated concept that no longer has a place in our society. Do we merely allow the government to pass a statute to remove or restrict a right defined in the Constitution?
Once we allow the government to prove the premise that rights are the prevue of government, we begin to race down the path towards tyranny. The only legitimate intervention Congress can exercise pertaining to our gun rights is to ensure they stay intact. By allowing the subjugation of even one of our rights, puts all of our rights in imminent jeopardy.
We obviously don't want to go there, but if it is still the will of the people, the Founders gave us a vehicle to modify the Constitution. It is the amendment process as defined in Article Five. Two thirds of both houses of Congress must vote for the change and three quarters of the states must ratify it. If repeal of the Second Amendment, or even the modification of its scope, is important enough to our citizenry, then it is imperative that we follow the rule of law and proceed through the lawful processes, not supersede the Constitution for the sake of expediency.
Allow me at this point to tie the Second Amendment to the maintenance of a specific inalienable right, the right to defend ourselves and our families. Unless the government can guarantee that the bad guys will no longer have guns with which to threaten and harm us, how can it justify eliminating or restricting our ability to fight back? The old saying, you don't bring a knife to a gun fight comes to mind. When looking down the muzzle of a gun, self-righteousness is a worthless weapon.
There is a reason why the majority of these tragedies happen in gun free zones. There is a reason why the incidence of violent crime increases when the guns are taken from law-abiding citizens. There is a reason why in ever incidence of totalitarian domination of a people, the first act of domination is the confiscation of their guns. One of the laws of physics is that objects will always follow the path of least resistance. The comparable law of criminology is, criminals will seek the defenseless to perpetrate their crimes. We as a society put up billboards saying "come shoot us here, no one has a gun to defend themselves." When people are rendered defenseless, bad things happen!
Every instance of mass murder is a violation of countless laws already on the books. Do you really think one more law is going to make a difference? When Clinton banned so-called assault weapons it didn't stop gun crime. Don't allow the tyrannous camel's nose under the tent so some politician can make political points. We must defend every one of our freedoms against every intrusion else we lose all of our freedom. As Benjamin Franklin stated, "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Jack Loesch,
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Killing of children must prompt gun law changes
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Once again we are greeted by the horrifying images on our television screens of another school massacre on American soil. This time the victims were 20 children ages 5 through 10 as well as the school principal and other staff members. The gunman was familiar with his killing ground because his mother was a kindergarten teacher at that school.
Using two hand guns he started his shooting agenda at home with his mother then went to her school and continued the killing. We've all heard all the rhetoric about our "right to own and bear arms."
My father was a hunter and owned several guns. I was raised in a home with guns present but our Dad taught his five daughters to safely handle them. I do not advocate banning all gun ownership, but its time we stop expressing our sympathy with each new massacre and address the problems.
First: Longer application periods for gun purchases which should include screening for mental and emotional problems.
Second: Absolutely no sales of assault weapons to the general population. Those weapons should be accessible only to active members of law enforcement and military.
Third: The politicians in Washington and the individual states need to stop knuckling under to the NRA and its lobbyists. These are our children, wives, husbands, families and friends dying in these tragedies. It is, sadly, way past time to take a stand for those who have died needlessly and say enough is enough.
I know I'm going to ruffle a lot of feathers with this letter but I do not care. It's time people to stand firm for humanity. This wasn't passengers on planes being flown into buildings or soldiers in Afghanistan dying. Those were and are horrible tragedies. But they were carried out by terrorists against us as a nation. This was small innocent children killed by one of their own country.
Their parents will have to deal with their sorrow of identifying their sons and daughters bodies, then dealing with the gifts they bought that will never be opened and exclaimed over Christmas morning. There is a verse in the Bible that says "Jesus wept." I know He had to be weeping as he welcomed those souls to heaven.
Our country has lost the art of quality parenting
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Whether it is in a school in Connecticut, Chardon, Cleveland, or in a public place where we should feel safe eating, or watching a movie, our actions, good or bad, have consequences.
We "reap" the consequences of the deeds we have done as a nation. We are reaping what our country has sowed for the past 50-70 years. Our children are our most valuable asset in this country. The parent of a child is the most important fabric in their lives. We are seeing the violent product of a lost art.
It is more common in our society to see someone outside the family spending more time with a child, more so than parents. Whether this is sports, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, band, school, or just sending them to a friend's house to play. Children are spending more waking hours away from their parents.
Most parents have an unconditional love for their children. Our children are being pawned onto others, while the parents absorb themselves in the desires of this world.
Children are being taught morals other than that of their parents. Most parents would agree they would give their lives to save their child, contrary to parents refusing to die to themselves and spending time with their children.
For a parent to die to themselves, they need to put away there selfish ways. Parents need to continually be the primary example of proper moral ethics. We are obligated to identify to our children, bad examples of behavior and to teach them there are selfish and immoral people in our world.
We will do our children a disservice if we cover up someone else's immoral behavior and not show the consequences of such behavior. The art of striving hard to instill moral ethics into our children has been lost through the past generations. This is the result of parent's inner selfish desires, political correctness, idolization of sports and people, and the continued efforts of pushing Christian values out of our lives. A perfect example of this, public schools facilitating sporting events on a day originally set aside for religious reflection and worship.
If we take away an education plan where Christ is not mentioned, and in some cases oppressed, teach children to idolize sports, teach children not to righteously challenge wrong doers, are we not sowing the product of a failed child, a mature wrong doer?
Moral ethics come from the Old and New Testament in the books of the Bible. How can "religious free schools" teach ethics classes, while the content of the ethics being taught originated from the Christian Bible? This country was founded on moral ethics and freedom from religious oppression. Parents need to wake-up, stop chasing the dollar, invest time into their children, and teach the divine truth rather than the relative truth of manmade morals. We have lost this art as a nation, and now we are reaping the consequences of pushing God out of this country.
Love and prayers always make for a perfect gift
To the editor:
Love and prayers.
I must have read that over 300 times growing up. Handwriting that never changed over 40 years said the same message, "Love and Prayers." It was the way my Grandma Mid signed every card ever sent. A sweet and simple message that carried with it a gift that can never be measured in its importance, comfort, and most of all, power.
What a gift! To have her on your side was a good thing because she brought with her a slew of others, all little gray-haired ladies of our church, you know the ones, they've looked old your whole life, but have never seemed to age. But never ever underestimate the power of gray hair and prayer! They don't know the meaning of "quit," "do it later," and "lost cause." I am so grateful they didn't know those things. It made all the difference.
In this time of year we focus on giving and let our minds dreams of receiving that incredible unexpected gift. We hope for miracles and remember the magic and glory of past Christmases.
I would like to offer you a gift suggestion. Love and prayers. Giving it takes just a bit of time, some patience, listening without lecturing, and confidence that it will be done. Not expecting and demanding only one result, but allowing it to simply happen. The thing is when you give this gift get ready to receive a gift as well. The receiving comes at a much different time and manner we can ever predict and should never try to guess its impact on us.
Recently I learned this lesson from those simple words. A strange virus in this world decided to attack my heart. And the love and prayers started. Family, old friends and strangers, that became new friends, continually entered our lives and made all the difference during these times. We were astounded at the cards and notifications of being added to prayer lists, prayer chains, and prayer circles.
Every time when things became dark and we felt trapped by this illness, a door would open and answers poured from it, help was provided, gifts arrived just as they were needed, kind acts brought tears to our eyes, and a conversation with other patients showed just how small our problem was compared to theirs. It was then we gave the same simple gift to them.
It's easy to re-gift love and prayers! People actually like it!
Humbled by this incredible attention my family and I have received we say thank you, to all who sent their love and prayers. We are so grateful for having such wonderful people in our world!
For those looking for that perfect gift, here it is: love and prayers. Fits all sizes, fun for the family, even great for those on the naughty list, it truly is the best gift of all.
After all, it was the first Christmas gift ever given!
Love and prayers,
East Liverpool
Salem Community Food Pantry staff is grateful
To the editor:
The Salem Community Food Pantry staff would like to thank the following individuals and local merchants who donated to the fund raiser held last weekend.
The Dollar store, Freshmark, John Deastro, Farm & Dairy, BB Rooners, NAPA Auto, Family Video, Josie's Pizza, McMillan's, Salem Computer Center, Auto Zone, Lease Drug, Troll's Jewelry, Quaker Village, Rasul's Super USA, Giant Eagle, Fred's Pharmacy, Heggy's, Suburban Food Mart, Busy Beaver, Tractor Supply; Adele's Place, Yuhanick's Dry Cleaners, East of Chicago Pizza, Bahama Bay Tanning, The Good Look, Ricky's English Pub, Herron Foods; Chrystal Skidmore, Dawn Humphreys, Kim Williams, Bob Hammond, Jim and Anita Bowers and family, Terri and Doug Riley, Yvonne Jones, Dottie Miller, Josh Cox, Jean Snow, Mr. and Mrs. John Yuhaniak, Tim Callahan, Ed Baird, Douglas Riley, Tom Levik-Mark Thomas Ford, Emily and Kelly May, and to all the volunteers behind the scene at the food pantry.
Feels students should wear uniforms to school
To the editor:
I strongly believe that schools should have their students wear uniforms to school.
First of all, school uniforms are quick to put on in the morning, preventing student tardiness.
A second reason is that with school uniforms there is a lesser need for a dress code. There would be no need to worry about camisoles, flip-flops, and the like. The most important reason is that school uniforms would take the "name brand" out of school. In conclusion, I strongly believe schools should have their students wear uniforms.
Youngster offers a good definition of a good friend
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A good friend should be helpful, encouraging and honest. A good friend should be helpful because if you get hurt they would help you.
For example, one time I was tripped and my best friend helped me up. Another thing a good friend should be is encouraging so that if you don't do your homework they encourage you to do it so you don't get a bad grade. I know my friend Kennedy did that to me before! Most importantly a good friend should be honest. In conclusion a good friend should be like my friends because they are all of these things and I love them all. So look around do you have a good friend?


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Sounds similar to a place in India called Goa, it means ass in Bengali. It is a slang term for ass in the Bangla language amongst other such as putki, futu and so on.
Dude, you are acting like your goha/guha is on fire!
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Despite reps confirming that Michael Douglas, 68, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, 43, "are taking some time apart to evaluate and work on their marriage," the actor was photographed wearing his wedding ring at a press conference for his film Behind the Candelabra in Deauville, France, on Saturday.
"He was adorable," a source tells PEOPLE. "He was simply amazed at how well received the film was. I think this is really the first real audience screening since Cannes and he was awed."
Douglas, who the source says "was in an exceptional mood," was very friendly to the other people in attendance.
"He was very comfortable to be around," the source says. "Very nice and gracious with the other guests at the table of honor and those who came over to speak with. After the banquet, Douglas returned to the Hotel Royal, joining a few friends in the quiet lobby bar."
Douglas first met Zeta-Jones in Deauville, where he is currently staying for the city's film festival.
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'Rock Band' game is virtually like seeing Green Day live
Green Day's members are having the time of their multimedia lives.
The group's Broadway musical, American Idiot, is up for three Tony Awards on Sunday. And the video game Green Day: Rock Band arrives today ($60 for PS3 and Xbox 360; $50 for Wii; rated T for ages 13-up). "It's been amazing, the things that have been happening lately," says vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong. "It's been a pretty intense experience."
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Pritch is a combined word of "Princess" and "Bitch". Use it to describe a some bitch that always acts like a princess and you just couldn't stand it.
Fred: She likes to act and behaves like a princess.
Peter: I think she's more like a pritch, I can't bloody stand her!
Peter: I think she's more like a pritch, I can't bloody stand her!
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A morphed form of prick and bitch. Proper usage would be in a situation wherein the gender of the insultee cannot be easily determined.
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graysocksgirlによって 2004年12月29日(水)
a person that is a prep, and a total bitch
dude, i met this girl at a bar. she was a total pritch
squiglesによって 2009年03月14日(土)
Someone who is a fucking bitch and prima-donna AND princess all rolled into one. May be applied to EVERYBODY. Equal opportunity word. Use it well, use it often because this word describes some of your girlfriends & boyfriends, best friends, relatives, co-workers, bosses.
Stay away from that freak-boy, all he is, is a freakin pritcher. He never stops pritchin & does it in every room of the house. What a pritch. I ain't bowin down to kiss his pritchy feet.
gingerwordpimpによって 2011年07月30日(土)
A cross between a pirate and a witch obviously!
Your swashbuckling broom is pretty pritchin
Johnny Depp 11によって 2011年06月23日(木)
A cross between a pirate and a witch (they wear an eye-patch but ride a broom)
OMG I'm gonna be a Pritch this halloween.
lucy01によって 2011年06月23日(木)
A word to replace fail.
Omg, epic pritch!
I pritch hard today.
I pritch hard today.
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A lake-effect snow warning is in effect for Erie and Crawford counties until 6 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service office in Cleveland.
Possible snow accumulations today of more than a foot are forecast for some areas in the region. The greatest accumulations are expected to be near the lakeshore, with lesser amounts well inland.
Lake-effect snow will create difficult travel conditions, poor visibility and snow-covered roads, the weather service said. Significant snow accumulations are possible along Interstate 90.
Erie could see possible accumulation of 3 to 7 inches during the morning and afternoon. The high temperature will be near 29, with west winds from 32 to 34 mph.
Snow showers will continue tonight, with another possible accumulation of 3 to 7 inches, according to the weather service. The low will be around 18.
A strong cold front is expected to move into the region, allowing an arctic air mass to settle through the end of the week.
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Combining gene expression profiles and clinical parameters for risk stratification in medulloblastomas
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|Fernandez-Teijeiro, Ana, Betensky Rebecca A., Sturla Lisa M., Kim John Y. H., Tamayo Pablo, and Pomeroy Scott L.
|PURPOSE: Stratification of risk in patients with medulloblastoma remains a challenge. As clinical parameters have been proven insufficient for accurately defining disease risk, molecular markers have become the focus of interest. Outcome predictions on the basis of microarray gene expression profiles have been the most accurate to date. We ask in a multivariate model whether clinical parameters enhance survival predictions of gene expression profiles. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In a cohort of 55 young patients (whose medulloblastoma samples have been analyzed previously for gene expression profile), associations between clinical and gene expression variables and survival were assessed using Cox proportional hazards models. Available clinical variables included age, stage (ie, the presence of disseminated disease at diagnosis), sex, histologic subtype, treatment, and status. RESULTS: Univariate analysis demonstrated expression profiles to be the only significant clinical prognostic factor (P=.03). In multivariate analysis, gene expression profiles predicted outcome independent of other criteria. Clinical criteria did not significantly contribute additional information for outcome predictions, although an exploratory analysis noted a trend for decreased survival of patients with metastases at diagnosis but favorable gene expression profile. CONCLUSION: Gene expression profiling predicts medulloblastoma outcome independent of clinical variables. These results need to be validated in a larger prospective study.
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|Adolescent, Cancer, Cerebellar Neoplasms, Child, Female, Gene Expression Profiling, Humans, Infant, Male, Medulloblastoma, Multivariate Analysis, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Preschool, Prognosis, Proportional Hazards Models, Retrospective Stud


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Like the vast majority of games that give you the opportunity to customise your character, Defiance's beard options are rubbish. The only halfway decent/ridiculous looking one is a mutton chop combo that makes your character look like he should be drinking gin and getting into fights in a 19th century pub. Everything else is typically dull, and you can't give your character a giant Alan Moore beard (Alpha Protocol is still the only game with decent beard options), which surely is what everyone would like to do isn't it?
Anyway Defiance isn't a beard simulator unfortunately. It's a massively multiplayer third person shooter set in the universe of a new TV series coming out next week on the Syfy channel that looks a bit like Farscape crossed with Deadwood, without all the excellent swearing. It deals with a new Earth a few years from now that's been accidentally reshaped by idiot Alien visitors that dropped their terraforming technology. This, obviously, caused all sorts of mutations in the local wildlife, leaving Earth looking and feeling alien. Insert gratuitous 'a bit like (home town)' joke here.
Your character is an ark hunter, someone who pilfers knackered alien ships of their technology for cash and you're on a top secret mission under the orders of one Karl Von Bach. Given that he's got von in his name and he's a bit of a conceited goon, it's a good bet he'll be a baddy. Anyway, you can choose between a human and an Irathient, one of the alien races in the series, as well as your character's origin, and then you're away to shoot, loot and blow up anyone that looks at you funny. Defiance is obviously hugely ambitious (it's been in development since 2008) but it's hard to see anything special about it after an initial few hours.
A lazy comparison would be to a third person Borderlands, as you make your own way around the environment, which admittedly looks pretty swell, all strange fauna and crumbled buildings, even though it's YET ANOTHER post-apocalyptic jaunt through bandit land. You're given objectives by the same military commander with a buzzcut that's turned up in every game with guns and soldiers, and he'll tell you to go and take out certain enemy factions or blow up caches or pilfer medical supplies. It's all pretty ordinary, but not a total washout, as running around shotgunning enemies is enjoyable enough, even if they are incredibly stupid. After an hour or two you can summon a vehicle at any time, so there's no tedious lugging about the environment. It's not easy either, and if you play like a dunderhead you'll get overrun quickly.
It's early days yet, and it'll doubtless be subject to a vigorous patching, as it definitely still has some issues to tussle through such as lost connections and occasionally dicky controls, but there may be something here, given repeated play. Everything depends on whether or not the TV show and its universe catches on too (perhaps they should have waited 'til that was out and spruced it up a bit? Who knows). Will it be a Star Wars or a Space Precinct? A Battlestar Galactica or a Battlefield Earth? It's all a bit up in the air for the Defiance game at the minute.


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The US punk band also played their 1994 album 'Dookie' in full
Green Day played the second of their two Reading and Leeds festival headline slots tonight (August 24), topping the bill on the main stage at Leeds' Bramham Park site.
Armstrong then introduced 'Know Your Enemy' by yelling out the song title before pulling up a member of the audience to sing part of the song and then instructing the volunteer to stagedive back into the crowd. As the band kicked into 'Stay The Night', the singer then told the crowd they were "way louder than Reading" to huge cheers. At this point, the enthusiastic crowd had swelled despite the rain starting to come down again. The band then revealed that tonight would be their last show "for a long time". "We're so fucking glad to be doing it here!" Armstrong added.
Green Day then continued with 'Letterbomb' (with the frontman delivering a diatribe about technology and corporations), 'Holiday' and 'Boulevard Of Broken Dreams', during which Armstrong declared, "If I died tomorrow this would be a great way to go out."
They then continued with 'Let Yourself Go' and a brief cover of The Who's classic 'My Generation', with Billie Joe stating that the band were one of his favourites in the world. Next came a full cover of epic, multi-part Who song 'A Quick One, While He's Away' in tribute to The Who's 'Live At Leeds' album, before continuing into the 'Dookie' portion of the set. With the album artwork rising behind them, the band played the 1994 pop-punk classic in full.
Playing the likes of 'Chump' and a singalong 'Welcome To Paradise', they welcomed another surprisingly in-tune crowd member onstage to sing the rest of the song. The group then continued with a rendition of 'Basketcase', before finishing 'Dookie' with tracks including 'Sassafras Roots', 'When I Come Around' and 'FOD'.
The band then emerged with toilet paper and T-shirt cannons, before breaking into 'St Jimmy' and finishing with 'Minority'.
The encore featured an elongated 'American Idiot', during which Armstrong screamed, "I'm losing my mind." They followed with 'Jesus Of Suburbia' and 'Brutal Love'. Armstrong then came back on for a solo acoustic rendition of 'Walk Away', before a rousing finale of 'Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)'.
Green Day played:
'99 Revolutions'
'Know Your Enemy'
'Stay The Night'
'Stop When The Red Lights Flash'
'Boulevard Of Broken Dreams'
'Let Yourself Go'
'My Generation' / 'A Quick One, While He's Away'
'Having A Blast'
'Welcome To Paradise'
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Think you know all there is about Judge Judy, 70, whose real name is Judith Sheindlin?
Well, permission to approach the bench and learn three new facts about her – the 12-time grandmother, who flies to work on a private jet:
1. She Got Down on One Knee – Sort of: "I did propose to him," Sheindlin says in the October issue of Dujour magazine of her marrying fellow judge Jerry Sheindlin in 1978. "I said to him, 'Where is this relationship going?' And he tried to weasel out of it, with his, 'Well, you know, why do we have to get married?' Whatever. He finally capitulated. I told him to pick a date. He picked Flag Day," she said.
2. She Loves McDonald's: Back in 1993, before she became one of the highest-paid people in daytime television as the star of her syndicated show Judge Judy, Sheindlin was working in family court making $113,000 a year, according to the magazine. Back then, she ate Egg McMuffins for breakfast everyday. "I still think an Egg McMuffin is the best breakfast," she says.
3. She's a Card Shark: When she's backstage between cases, Sheindlin plays hands of gin rummy to keep her energy up. "My maternal grandmother taught me to play. She didn't let me win," she tells Dujour, adding that she's carried on that tradition. "And I don't let my grandchildren win!"
Judge Judy: 3 Things You Don't Know About the Daytime Star
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Ten Abilities Plus athletes from Henry and Stark counties participated in the state Special Olympic Track and Field competition last month in Normal.
Earning medals and ribbons were:
Gold Medal — Joy Guy, Abby Thorp, Morgan Thorp and Cindy Hansen in the 4x100 relay.
Silver Medals — Cindy Hansen in the 400-meter walk, Derek Neil in the softball throw, and Diane Lahr and Craig Smith in the tennis ball throw.
Bronze Medals — Craig Smith in the 400-meter walk, Rick Palmer in the standing long jump, Abby Thorp in the softball throw and Erin Trostle in the tennis ball throw.
Fifth-Place Ribbon — Jim Sundeen in the 50-meter run.
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One of the most successful and popular solo female performers to come out of England during the last several decades of the 20th century,
Kate Bush
was also one of the most unusual, with her keening vocals and unusually literate and complex body of songs. As a girl,
Catherine Bush
studied piano and violin while attending the St. Joseph's Convent Grammar School in Abbey Wood in South London. She also amused herself playing an organ in the barn behind her parents' house. By the time she was a teenager,
was writing songs of her own. A family friend, Ricky Hopper, heard her music and brought
to the attention of
Pink Floyd
lead guitarist
David Gilmour
, who arranged for the 15-year-old
to record her first demo. With
's help,
was signed to EMI Records at age 16, though the company made the decision to bring her along slowly. She studied dance, mime, and voice, and continued writing. She also began thinking in terms of which of the 200 or so songs she'd written would be part of her first recording, and by 1977, she was ready to begin her formal career, which she did with an original song, "Wuthering Heights," based on material from
Emily Bronte
's novel (and more directly inspired by
's seeing the 1970 film directed by Robert Fuest and starring Timothy Dalton and Anna Caulder Marshall).
The song would set a pattern for much of her future work, which was filled with literary and other external thematic allusions, and sometimes made even fans feel as though her lyrics ideally would come with footnotes -- heady stuff for a teenage rock singer in the late '70s. Her precocity was demonstrated by the approach she took to the song, deliberately affecting what she felt -- in her mid-teens -- was the voice of a ghostly Cathy, whom she regarded as a dangerous, grasping figure, reaching out to her lover even from the grave. "Wuthering Heights" rose to number one on the British charts when it was released in 1978, and
became an overnight sensation at the age of 19. Her debut album,
The Kick Inside
, a collection of material that she had written from 15 onward, some of it displaying extremely provocative and sophisticated sexual references and images, reached number three and sold over a million copies in the U.K.
's second album,
, reached number six but didn't achieve anything like the sales totals or critical acclaim of its predecessor, and in later years
regretted the rush involved in planning and recording that album to capitalize on the success of her debut. In England during the spring of 1979,
embarked on what proved to be the only concert tour of her career to date, playing a series of shows highlighted by 17 costume changes, lots of dancing, and complex lighting.
was also apparently the first rock performer (at least since the days in the early '60s when Sweden's
experimented with a more primitive version of the technology) to make use of a wireless voice microphone, which freed her up to move around the stage as few singers before her had been capable of doing. The tour proved both exhausting and financially disastrous, and ever since then
has avoided any but the most limited live concert appearances, primarily in support of certain charitable causes. This absence from the concert stage, the extended periods -- often as much as three to five years -- between albums, and the dense, reference-filled nature of her songs and lyrics have also resulted in
becoming one of the more enigmatic pop artists in England since
the Beatles
; her relatively private personal life has only added to the mystique surrounding her. But her relative aloofness and her unusual sound and approach to pop music also made it more difficult to "explain" or encapsulate her work in a few words to the uninitiated, especially in America, where radio play and television exposure proved much harder to come by during the first few years of her career.
By the start of the 1980s,
was established as one of the most challenging and eccentric artists ever to have achieved success in rock music, with a range of sounds and interests that constantly challenged listeners, encompassing literature, art, poetry, cinema, history, and all manner of other subjects. "Babooshka" (1980) became her first Top Five single since "Wuthering Heights," and her subsequent album,
Never for Ever
, entered the British charts at number one in September of 1980. During this period,
began co-producing her own work, a decisive step toward refining her sound and also establishing her independence from her record company. Although 1982's
The Dreaming
reached number three, the single "There Goes a Tenner" failed to reach the charts, and most observers felt that
had lost her audience.
was unfazed by the criticism, and even began taking steps to make herself more independent of her record label by establishing a home studio, this partly in response to EMI's huge studio charges on her previous records -- from the mid-'80s onward,
was free to spend her time at her leisure working out her sound, and it seemed to pay off with her next release.
After two years' absence,
re-emerged in August of 1985 with "Running Up That Hill," which became her second biggest-selling single. The accompanying album,
Hounds of Love
, the first record made at her 48-track home studio, debuted on the British charts at the number one position in September of 1985 and remained there for a full month, and soon after "Running Up That Hill" gave
her long-awaited American breakthrough, reaching number 30 on Billboard's charts. By this time, in England
was ranked alongside
in terms of her musical impact, "Running Up That Hill" having bumped "Like a Virgin" out of the number one chart position. The changes in her sound and her development as a writer/performer were showcased in the January 1987 best-of collection
The Whole Story
, for which she also re-recorded the lead vocal for "Wuthering Heights" to bring the song more in line with her sound as it was in her twenties (she later admitted that she would have liked to have done something similar with several of her other early recordings done when she was in her teens). The album also featured her latest single, "Experiment IV," whose lyrics were built on a science fiction story line that was echoed in the video, which
directed with a cast of familiar movie performers, and which came out like a miniaturized musical version of a
-like chiller. That same year,
won the Best British Female Artist award at the sixth-annual BRIT Awards in London.
In October of 1989,
's first new album in almost four years,
The Sensual World
, reached the British number two spot, and received an unprecedented promotional push in America, where she signed with Columbia Records for her future releases.
's next album,
The Red Shoes
(1993), inspired by the 1948 film by
Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger
, debuted in the American Top 30, the first time one of her albums had ever charted that high --
made a rare personal appearance in New York that December, an autograph signing at Tower Records on the Lower East Side, and the resulting line of admirers stretched almost six blocks, and required her to extend her appearance by several hours (she was still delighted and amazed by the procession five hours into the event).
It would be another 12 years before
would resume her recording career. Rumors of a new album began circulating in the late '90s. During this time,
became a mother and quietly retreated to her countryside home in Berkshire, Reading, England. In 2005,
finally released her follow-up to
The Red Shoes
, the double-disc set
. After another six-year silence,
released The Director's Cut in 2011. It was a collection of 11 redone songs taken from 1989's
The Sensual World
and 1993's
The Red Shoes
claimed she was never quite satisfied with what was released, and therefore decided to rework elements in the chosen songs -- she recut all of her vocals and drums, and left virtually everything else unchanged. That said, the title of the song "The Sensual World" was renamed "Flower of the Mountain," because there,
also changed the words.
proved somewhat prolific in 2011 when she released 50 Words for Snow on Anti in November, an all new concept recording containing seven long tracks. Jazz drummer Steve Gadd plays throughout, with
's son Bertie guesting on one track and Sir Elton John duetting with
on "Snowed in at Wheeler Street."
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Before his retirement in 1999, Mr. Sweely had worked at Eljer's in Salem.
Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth (Long) Sweely; children, Terri (James) Erickson of New York, Mathew (Marion) Sweely of Austintown, Traci (Thomas) Porter and Karen (Martin) Schweitzer of Salem and Cheryl (Arthur) Bisner of Lady Lake, Fla.; a stepson, Adam Long of Salem; three sisters; four brothers; five grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and five step-great grandchildren.
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Ball State placed fourth at the Kentucky Classic behind nationally ranked Kentucky plus Penn State and West Virginia.
The Cardinals tallied a 190.875 mark, which bettered their season opening team score of 190.00 at Illinois State last week. Kentucky, which entered the meet ranked 21st in the country, tallied a 195.00, while Penn State finished with a 193.975 and West Virginia was third with a 193.700.
Denasiha Christian tied for fifth on the floor exercise to lead the Cardinals with a 9.80 mark. Erin Patchey was Ball State's top finisher on the vault with a tie for fifth and a score of 9.725. Brooklyn Schumacher led the Cardinals with a tie for ninth and a score of 9.750 on the bars. Miranda Kuehl tied for 13th on the balance beam with a 9.625 mark.
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The typically dapper Gere, 64, was spotted eating over a trash can while sporting a scraggly beard and wearing a threadbare jacket and ski hat.
Gere tricked every single person who walked past him in the bustling area near Grand Central Terminal during the evening rush hour, reports the New York Post.
"He looked like a natural homeless guy," Mizan Rahman, a newspaper salesman in the area, told the paper. "He didn't seem like he was acting ... He was putting his hand in the trash. He looked like a real homeless guy finding something."
His performance even prompted one big-hearted passerby to hand him a bag of food in an "I Love New York" bag, which he meekly accepted while staying in character.
Cameras were stationed across the street and far enough away that people did not realize what was being filmed. Gere plays a homeless man attempting to reconnect with his estranged daughter in the movie.
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Chris Collins and Kathleen C. Hochul are "going home" this final weekend of their grueling congressional campaign. Not to their houses in Clarence and Hamburg, but to the core constituencies of the 27th Congressional District they hope will carry them on Election Day.
That's why the Republican Collins spent an entire morning touring the Diversified Manufacturing Industries plant in Lockport a few days ago, talking business strategy with the company owner and lambasting Washington policies he says inhibit small business.
And that's why Hochul, the Democratic incumbent, was working the dining room of a Batavia senior home, talking about health care.
Jon "Bowzer" Bauman of Sha-Na-Na fame, who works for an organization advocating the preservation of Medicare and Social Security, accompanied Hochul.
"Bum-ba-bum-ba, bum-bum-bum – vote for Kathy Hochul," Bauman sang to the group.
Talking to residents there, Hochul intensified her promises to vote against changes in Medicare while taking time to chat individually with many in the dining room – the kind of personal touch that has crowned her a political winner for almost two decades.
In a race between two seasoned politicians commanding millions of dollars and national attention, Collins and Hochul are now turning to those they know best. Both hope their natural constituencies care enough to go to the polls Tuesday.
Reapportionment, however, handed Hochul the most Republican district in New York to defend after she won a special election in a Republican district less than 18 months ago. Nevertheless, streams of outside dollars pouring into her race underscore her viability.
'I trust Hochul'
While Collins accuses her of being chummy with President Obama – polls find the president unpopular in the eight-county district – the congresswoman emphasizes her "independence." And in recent days, especially, Hochul has told audiences like those in Batavia that she – and not her opponent – can reach across the aisle to get things done.
"You have to compromise," she said. "That's what's sorely missing in Washington. That's why we have gridlock."
She pointed to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's appearance in Williamsville last week for Collins, describing the Republican leader as among those unwilling to find common ground.
"He's the person who epitomizes the gridlock in Congress," she said of Cantor. "Ask him why we don't have a farm bill."
At the Manor House senior home, she seemed to have made a hit.
"I like the things she says and the things she does," said Anglie Ilasi, 98. "I trust Hochul."
Dorothy Coughlin, 86 and retired from several educational institutions, recalled hearing FDR's "comfort" as a high school student and compared Hochul to him.
"She seems to me an honest soul who cares about the little people," Coughlin said.
At a meeting of Genesee County's Independent Living Council, Hochul later met with 11 voters – some with disabilities. She made the case that Democrats better represent those needing help with housing and transportation to jobs.
"These are areas where I believe the federal government has a role to play," she said. "I'm surrounded by people in Washington who don't want to spend a dime."
Hochul said she realizes the need to trim the federal deficit, but she said the $1.4 trillion in cuts proposed by the Ryan budget carries adverse effects.
"You know who that hurts?" she asked. "The people in this room with disabilities."
While Collins has hammered her support for "Obamacare," Hochul told the independent living group that she supports the concept but still opposes some aspects, such as taxing manufacturers of medical devices.
Later, a group of older women erupted with a chorus of "Hi, Kathy!" as she entered Batavia's Coffee Culture.
They instantly recognized her, and she joined them to delve into a campaign that largely revolves around television commercials.
But the ad in which Hochul blames Collins for the loss of jobs at the former Buffalo China plant appears to have caused her trouble. The Buffalo News found the ad "mostly false," and other media fact-checkers reached a similar conclusion. Hochul stands by the ad.
"I can't explain how they came to a different conclusion," she said, pointing to fewer employees under the new company Collins formed to operate at the plant after a previous owner closed it. "I don't understand why everyone else has not come to the same conclusion that I have."
Hochul is confident her forces will pull out a victory Tuesday, even in a district where Republicans outnumber Democrats by 8 percentage points. She has met thousands of voters over the campaign, and she said more than 200,000 phone calls will be placed on her behalf over the next few days. In addition, she said, 1,200 volunteers will call voters and knock on doors.
"We will get out the vote," she said.
Collins' ratings rise
In Lockport on the same day, Collins was burning up a campaign trail he described as increasingly supportive. At Tom's Diner downtown, he walked up to patrons who instantly recognized the former Erie County executive.
Often criticized for being aloof and arrogant after emerging from the business world into politics a few years ago, Collins in this campaign seems to connect with voters more comfortably.
And the Siena Research Institute poll for The Buffalo News and WGRZ-TV released today shows his highest favorable ratings of the campaign, at 50 percent, higher than Hochul's, which was 47 percent.
Almost all the voters he meets, he said, convey disgust with a nation digging itself further into debt. He often refers to his year-old granddaughter as a citizen already saddled with more than $50,000 of national debt. And he said he believes his campaign has benefited from the momentum of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
But he refused to bite on Hochul's call for compromise. He insisted – possibly for the first time – that he will vote against any proposal to hike taxes, even as part of a bipartisan plan to reduce the deficit. Under Romney, he said, Washington will address the deficit with or without Democrats.
"I am confident that my pro-growth agenda will get government within its means," he said, "and that a Republican House will get things passed and, certainly, reach out to like-minded Democrats."
He called his opponent "disingenuous" for portraying herself as an occasional Obama opponent. He said her support for the president and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is "overwhelming."
"She stands with Nancy Pelosi on every issue of significance," he said, adding he recognized the reason why Hochul attempts to portray herself as "independent."
"She understands this district and that they do not want a liberal Democrat," he said.
Collins, too, latched onto Hochul's Buffalo China ad and the independent analyses pronouncing it mostly false or false. He called her the "great pretender."
"Her commercials have gone too far," he said. "I think there has been a backlash against her ads."
On his travels through Lockport, Collins seemed almost giddy on the production floor of Diversified Manufacturing, a 57-year-old engineering and metal fabrication firm with customers including Carrier Corp. and General Electric's locomotive division. He delved into heavy manufacturing talk with DMI President Brian F. Costello, reflecting the importance Collins assigns to small business and its potential for job creation.
Collins found an enthusiastic supporter in Costello, who wants to add another 45,000 square feet of production space to his Ohio Street facility. But Costello said he believes banks and much of the national economy are reluctant to expand under an administration that fails to create an environment for industry to invest.
"It's a confidence thing," Costello said. "If it continues to go in the same direction, will unemployment continue? What about the cost of gas and commodities that have gone up in the last four years?" The businessman said recent military cutbacks have cost him 5 to 10 percent of his business, and he thinks policies espoused by Collins and Romney will turn loose a pool of investors.
That's the kind of response that seemed to energize Collins. Costello's position validates his claims that less regulation and lower taxes will stimulate the economy, Collins said, emphasizing that he thinks the 27th District will reflect the same views Tuesday.
"It's just a reinforcement of what this country has got to do," Collins said. "Give business owners the confidence to make a 20-year investment."
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Another article just appeared in DRiNK. Since this issue looks at brandy, I wrote about the Corpse Reviver. The Corpse Reviver is more like a semi-forgotten category than a single cocktail. The famous Corpse Reviver #2 is based on gin, but most of the other Corpse Reviver recipes use brandy. Oddly, despite being a diverse bunch, Corpse Revivers never seem to call for American spirits like bourbon, rye, etc. I figure they were a specifically English thing. (more…)


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5 Reasons San Francisco is the Worst Awesome City in America
It's been a busy 2012 for me so far. I started the year by moving from South Dakota to upstate New York (pausing briefly to live in a horrifying motel). After that, I drove cross-country and moved to San Francisco. And now, as of a few weeks ago, I have officially moved from San Francisco and taken up permanent residence in Los Angeles. The reasons for the move are varied, which is a kinder and gentler way of saying I'm on the run from the law and Adam Tod Brown is not my real name.
But none of those details are important right now. What matters is this: I just left San Francisco, and I miss it, but probably not for the reasons you have in mind.
Here are five things you wouldn't expect to miss about San Francisco ...
#5. The Filth
San Francisco is fucking disgusting. Don't let anyone try to tell you otherwise. "Oh, but all those hills, man, it's so beautiful!" Right, that's if you can afford to live in that part of the city where Michael Keaton once took over Melanie Griffith's apartment and chased all the Asian people away using gigantic cockroaches.
That's a nice area. Everywhere else? Dirty. People often talk about New York City being dirty, and it is, but it's not even in the same discussion with San Francisco. If there were an official city scent, it would be hobo piss. That's because hobos are everywhere, and piss is what they do for a living. Well, not just piss, obviously. They also drop so much excrement on the escalators in the city's train stations that they're sometimes rendered inoperable from the sheer volume of poo gumming up the works. How bad can it be, you ask? Well, the city had to call in a hazmat team to clean up one recent mess. There was just that much poop. On the escalator. The public escalator.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't shocked to find such an appropriate stock image.
That's pretty damn gross, how could a person possibly miss that? It's simple, really. Once you've lived with that kind of filth right outside your door, no amount of filth you can travel to really matters anymore. Unless you're visiting one of those still-developing countries where people just straight-up live on piles of refuse, it's a pretty safe bet that you'll be able to look around and say, "Dirty? Sure, but it's no San Francisco."
That's a good feeling. It makes a person feel like they've really seen some shit in their life. Because they have, on the escalators (and pretty much everything else) in San Francisco.
#4. The Misguided Community Support
San Francisco loves to protest. I was never able to locate it, but I'm pretty sure there's a storefront somewhere in that city where you can just walk in and rent an ethnically diverse group of people to chant in the streets on your behalf for a few hours. That's really the only explanation I can come up with for San Francisco's "unique" approach to community activism.
Take the recent protest that briefly shut down one of the busiest lines on the city's Muni system at the absolute worst time possible, a Monday morning. The Muni is a trolley system (except when that trolley is a bus). You might remember it from the hobos shitting on it in the previous entry.
Poop here.
Despite its reputation as a mobile public restroom, the Muni gets thousands of San Francisco residents to work each day. So you'd expect that a protest intended to disrupt that, the process of getting people living in one of the most expensive cities in the U.S. to the place where they collect their paychecks, would have to be over something pretty damn important, right?
That depends on who you believe. See, the protests were staged on the one-year anniversary of the death of a man named Kenneth Harding. He was killed by police in cold blood because he didn't pay his train fare.
A two-dollar crime.
That's the protestor line and, you must admit, it sounds pretty heinous. In no civilized nation is death an acceptable punishment for such a petty crime. You're damn right people should protest, right? Right, except for the part where that's not even a tenth of the actual story.
In addition to being a turnstile jumper, Harding was also on parole for promoting prostitution. Your Facebook friends playfully refer to this as "pimping." The "ho," in this case, was 13 years old. Who still wants to protest for Kenneth? Keep reading if you do.
At the time of his death, Kenneth Harding was also wanted for questioning in relation to the murder of a 19-year-old woman in the Seattle area. Oh, and according to most reports, he was shooting at police. That's why they were shooting at him, you see. In fact, the coroner determined that it was a bullet from Kenneth Harding's own gun that ultimately killed him. And it's not like these are classified details. This is all widely reported.
And somehow, after weighing all of the available details and evidence, it was deemed necessary to hold a massively disruptive protest to speak out against the "unprovoked police attack" on Kenneth Harding. Because in San Francisco, authority is always wrong.
Hey, speaking of that ...
#3. The Anarchy
I'm no scholar, but if I had to make a layman's guess as to why San Francisco disrespects authority so regularly, it's probably because there isn't much authority around in the first place. By the time you see a cop in San Francisco, it's been so long since you've seen the last one that you assume they just disbanded the entire police force and decided to try getting everyone stoned to keep the peace instead. If you don't believe that, I have a video to show you ...
That's video of a homeless woman attacking a train (naturally) ...
Attacking the woman who attempted to remove her from the train ...
Being beat by the woman who she attacked for trying to remove her from the train ...
And then just kind of laying beaten under the train for a bit ...
If you watch the video, you'll notice a few things. For one, not a single person is too concerned with if or when the police are coming. Certainly not this young gentleman, who uses the situation as an opportunity to add a little decoration to the train:
But it's not just that there aren't police around. If you listen closely, you don't even hear any sirens. You don't hear anyone attempting to alert the authorities. The guy operating the train gets out exactly one time, and that's to stop the graffiti kid. Never mind the grandma getting wrecked in front his train, just don't wreck the train. San Francisco will certainly protest a police shooting, even if it's justified. But don't you dare expect them to stand in the way of a great viral video.
But still, how does this indicate that police are in short supply in San Francisco? Well, you'll notice that there's a lot of talk about the "Air Yeezy 2 Campout" in the video and in the description of the video. That's because this was all happening right in front of a massive event put on by Nike to promote their new Air Yeezy 2 line, a shoe designed for Kanye West, because rappers are athletes, too.
And that event was taking place a stone's throw from the busiest mall in the city. Which is on quite possibly the busiest street in the city. On a Saturday afternoon. And not a single person involved in the ruckus seems to be concerned that, maybe, at an area packed with that many people, there might be a few cops around. Because there aren't.
I'm not a criminal, but living in San Francisco made me feel like I could get away with it if I ever decided to make a career change. As far as safety nets go, you could certainly do a lot worse than knowing you always have petty crime to fall back on in a pinch.
Also, it's probably the lack of law enforcement that clears the way for ...


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WAIKAPU - About 100 veterans and residents told new U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday about the difficulties of receiving medical attention and the "revolving-door process" for veterans being treated by doctors and nurses.
"We've been told more than once that . . . you can't expect people to be here more than two or three years," said Mitch Skaggerberg, referring to staff at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic in Honolulu.
Addressing Gabbard, he said: "We would like you to work with (the Department of Veteran Affairs) and say, we can have permanent staff here . . . where (health providers) will stay four, five, six years."
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U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard listens to William Staton, chaplain for the Vietnam Veterans of Maui. The congresswoman, who is one of the first female combat veterans in the U.S. Congress, listened to more than a dozen testimonies by veterans living in Maui County.
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Fred Ruge, an 82-year-old Korean War veteran, speaks to U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard about the concerns of more than 11,000 veterans living in Maui County.
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The Maui Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, founded in 1988, has had ongoing difficulties with retaining doctors and serving the more than 11,000 veterans in Maui County. Skaggerberg, a member of the Maui County Veterans Council, held meetings in January 2012 and said some veterans waited months before they could get an appointment with a doctor.
Gabbard said the issue of retaining doctors on Maui is a major concern.
"We want to make sure that we keep our providers here," she said Wednesday during an event with veterans at the Maui Tropical Plantation. "Make it so that people want to stay, so that you're not having veterans developing a rapport with a provider and then having them leave and start all over again."
Bratton Helekahi, who was receiving treatment at the clinic Wednesday, said he was disgruntled over the constant changes in doctors.
"I'm on my fifth doctor in five years," said the 61-year-old Vietnam veteran from Hana.
Aside from treatment, transportation costs have remained a chief concern for veterans.
Diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008 due to Agent Orange exposure, Helekahi travels from his Hana home to the Kahului clinic once a month to receive treatment but said he sometimes cannot make the trip because he lacks gas money.
Gabbard visited the clinic last month and said travel costs are a big issue for residents living in rural areas such as Molokai and Lanai. She added that she is working to provide better health care access for veterans.
One of the services discussed at the event is a toll-free call center for veterans. The Veterans Affairs Pacific Islands Health Care System allows veterans to speak with officials concerning medical advice, questions about medication and scheduling nonurgent appointments.
However, members of the council would like to see a complex built that could serve as a "one-stop shop" for veterans needs.
The proposed 4.3-acre complex would be located on the southwest corner of the Maui High School campus and would provide medical service for veterans, as well as a space for support groups.
Chelsea Fernandez is the Maui representative for the Hawaii Office of Veterans Services, and former Maui High School Principal Randy Yamanuha have been supporters for the complex, which would allow students to learn about the field of medicine.
Veterans council President Paul Laub said the complex is a necessity, especially for the older veterans.
"It's just so hard for them to get around," he said. The clinic, located on Hoohana Street, has only 17 parking stalls and two reserved disabled-access spots. Laub said the clinic is always busy, and veterans have to find street parking once the lot is full.
"It's ideal if they can get everything there," he said.
In April, Craig Oswald, strategic planner with the veterans agency, discovered that the clinic does not meet federal seismic structural requirements and must move from its leased building. There is no deadline for the move, and agency officials could not immediately respond about the future of the clinic.
Gabbard said there is no timeline for the proposed veterans complex, but she is working with the veterans council.
"They're my family, so I'm very passionate to make sure our veterans are recognized for their service they've provided and continue to provide . . . and make sure they're getting the benefit and respect that each and every one of our veterans has earned," she said.
Aside from being a member of Congress, Gabbard is the Military Police Company commander with the Hawaii Army National Guard. She served two deployments to the Middle East.
"This is something that is going to take county, state and federal to really come together and make happen," she said, referring to the veterans complex.
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When the NCAA announced its bowl ban and scholarship restrictions in July, many figured prospects would be jumping off Penn's State's 2013 recruiting class.
The chances that top players who had pledged to other BCS colleges actually would switch to the Nittany Lions instead was considered highly unlikely, if not downright inconceivable. However, that's exactly what Maryland running back Richy Anderson and Alabama defensive lineman Parker Cothren did.
"The sanctions don't matter to me," Anderson told ESPN.com in late October after visiting Penn State for the Ohio State game. "Being in that environment, it just proves it. No, you can't play in a bowl game. And, no, they lost a lot of scholarships - but the tradition and everything is still there. It's not just about football."
Anderson, who played for Governor Thomas Johnson High School in Frederick, originally had planned to stay in-state and attend Maryland. Of course, he had deep Penn State roots: his father, Richie Anderson, led the Nittany Lions in rushing in 1991 and 1992 before going on to a long career as a fullback in the NFL.
While the younger Anderson had been linked with the Lions from early on, Cothren, a 6-foot-5, 265-pounder from Hazel Green, only showed up on Penn State's radar shortly before he took an official visit to University Park on the weekend of Nov. 17 and took in the Indiana game. With it becoming apparent Purdue was going to fire coach Danny Hope, he flipped his commitment from Purdue to Penn State three days later.
"All of the schools I had offers from, I don't think most made it a bowl game. And, if they did, they weren't playing in front of a bigger crowd than Penn State sees. A bowl game is like a every other game for Penn State," Cothren, who had other offers from Tulane, South Alabama, Arkansas State, Middle Tennessee State and Troy as well as some SEC interest, told ESPN.com's Josh Moyer. "Just because they can't make a bowl, I was thinking, they still have a stadium that holds 100,000-and-however-many people and they sell out every week. What bowl could you play in front of that would be bigger than that?"
Ironically, it was the second time Cothren had seen Penn State play in person in two weeks. He was a guest of Purdue when the Boilermakers hosted the Lions on Nov. 3.
"I liked everything about [Penn State] - the coaches, the facilities, the trainers, the players. All the players were really cool, and I just liked it. I felt like I fit in. But I went to the stadium and saw the fans and how crazy they acted and how into the game they were, and that's really what made my decision," Cothren said.
Recently, Cothren was named first-team Class 6A all-state. He made 57 tackles, including 15 for losses and four sacks, in making the Huntsville Times Elite first-team for the second straight year in 2012.
Purdue envisioned Cothren as a defensive end, while Penn State likes his potential as a tackle. Some scouting services projected Cothren as an offensive lineman; he was athletic enough to start on a team that made it all the way to the Alabama state finals in basketball as a junior.
"His athleticism is phenomenal," Hazel Green coach Matt Putnam said. "He's got about a 30-inch, 31-inch vertical jump. He's a big athlete."
Cothren, who couldn't be reached by the Mirror, played all along the defensive line, as well as some fullback on offense.
"He was the power-back. He just led through the hole, and he had a few crushing highlights," Putnam said with a laugh. "We did throw the ball to him occasionally, and he's got really good hands. He can catch."
Cothren came up as a sophomore and helped a Trojan football program that only had won four games in the previous five years post three victories.
"We had a [defensive lineman] named T.J. Smith who's playing at Western Kentucky. He was a senior that year. By the end of the year, people weren't running at Parker anymore. At the beginning of the year, they were running away from T.J. By the end of the year, they were running toward him," Putnam said. "He was a dominant player as a sophomore. He was 6-3, 230 then. He's gotten a lot bigger."
Hazel Green has gone 14-7 the last two seasons.
"He's got a great motor. He's a fantastic kid. You never really have to correct him a lot. You tell him what to do one time and he does it and he does it hard," Putnam said. "Huntsville High School has a lineman who's committed to Alabama. We put Parker on him, and Parker did extremely well."
"Guys like Parker, you build your team around."
Anderson also had offers from Rutgers, Boston College, Wake Forest, East Carolina and Temple. The 6-foot, 182-pounder was a key ingredient to Thomas Johnson's run to the Maryland 3A state finals in his junior year, when he combined for nearly 1,400 yards rushing and receiving.
Anderson battled a shoulder injury during his senior year but still managed to rush for 666 yards and six touchdowns on 136 carries and to catch 24 passes for 341 yards and four scores in the Patriots' Pro-Set offense.
Anderson's father was an assistant coach for Thomas Johnson this season, and Patriots coach Ben Wright said the impact of Anderson having a dad who played football at the highest level is evident.
"It's unusual to see high school kids set up defenders when they run their routes. He was very good at that. He'd get that defender to turn and go where he'd want him. He learned that from his dad. He practiced hard, and he's very intense," Wright, who sent several players on to big-time college programs in 27 years as a high school head coach, said. "He's one of the few kids I've coached who sees the field as well as he did. He might be running to his right and break it back to the left. He always keeps his head up and knows how to read the defenses."
Messages left with Anderson by the Mirror were unreturned, but Internet sites that follow Penn State recruiting understand that the Lions will utilize him as an all-purpose back who could line up behind the quarterback or as a slot receiver.
"It's kind of what I always dreamed of, being in college and being a back that plays receiver. It was a really big part of my decision," Anderson said in an interview FightOnState.com's Greg Pickel. "I can move out of the backfield and do different things, go out into the slot, or come back into the backfield and run the ball. Either way, there's always a mismatch. I know a lot of different spots because I run a similar offense in high school."


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LISBON — Ohio's lieutenant governor is touting the state's role in cutting through regulatory red tape to help in the recent expansion of a village restaurant. Lt. Gov....
Wife and I went there for lunch not to long ago. Nice atmosphere and great food. I would recommend anyone to try them out. Congrats to the Owners...
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It should not be this complicated to expand your restaurant. It's like doing your income taxes. It should not be this complicated.
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This is why the TAC wants Salem to have their own buildings dept.
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Mr Cahill, my condolences to you and your family for the loss of your father. I pray you find peace and comfort in these times.
Most respectively i question adding another dept within Salem's gov? i feel this would just be another layer of bureacracy in Salem's gov structure. There are systems and entities already out there that can provide this assistance. Of course one is SAIDC, another is the Business Resource Network. The purpose of the BRN is to help businesses grow/expand. Also, the Chef's Table was able to seek assistance with the state without having another layer of bureaucracy? Is it really necessary for another dept?
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The city can not afford to properly staff the departments they have now. I think it is more important to get our police force up to the number of men needed and improve the infrastructure of the city. Expansion of government and having them get more involved in private industry, creating more government bureaucracy for businesses to have to deal with and that the taxpayers have to pay for,is a bad idea.
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The City of Salem does not need their own buildings dept. They need the zoning dept. to do it's job.
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We won't make any lame 'raising the bar' puns. We're just to cool for that. The Easton Havoc 35 Carbon has, however, set a new standard with these three numbers: 35, 225, and 800. These are numbers that we knew could be achieved separately, but not all together in one lovely piece of carbon fiber.
Firstly and most importantly—35. As in 35mm clamp. This new, larger clamp size adds strength and stiffness to compensate for the added leverage of a wide DH handlebar. In other words, wider is weaker unless the clamp is beefed up. Can you imagine snapping a handlebar on a gnarly section of DH singletrack? Not pretty.
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Easton's carbon handlebars are all great products, and this one is no exception. I run these bars on my all-mountain bike. I'm a little taller than the average bear so the 800mm width fits me perfectly, others might find it too wide for non-downhill applications. It's stiff, wide, and light, everything you want in a handlebar and nothing you don't. Dampens vibrations on a par with my carbon Haven bar. The downside to the new Havoc bars is that I no longer trust the 31.8mm Haven handlebars on my cross-country bike because they look so skinny compared to this 35mm monstronsity. My only real complaint is that there is only one stem in the world that is compatible with this bar, and that stem only comes in one length (50mm ). At the moment, you are out of luck if, like me, you prefer running a longer stem. Hopefully other manufacturers follow suit and we'll start seeing other 35mm stems soon.


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