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on December 31, 2012 - 10:21 PM
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It was a bloody year for the City of Good Neighbors.
Fifty people were victims of homicides last year, up nearly 40 percent from the previous year's total of 36.
The vast majority of the killings were related to drug deals and turf wars involving small-time, neighborhood gangs, police say.
Thug life often ends in bloodshed that is anything but random, police and community leaders say.
"In so many of these cases, the victim will have an extensive criminal record and enemies from associations with gangs and/or the illegal narcotics trade," Buffalo Chief of Detectives Dennis J. Richards said.
But street violence also claimed the lives of innocent bystanders.
Samantha Cothran, a bright 23-year-old aspiring pharmacist, is one such victim.
A Nardin Academy and Fisk University graduate who was studying at D'Youville College to become a pharmacist, Cothran was catching a breath of fresh air outside a house party on the 600 block of Minnesota Avenue in the early-morning hours of May 13 when a shooter killed her and wounded a young man.
This first Christmas season without her granddaughter has been extraordinarily painful, Betty Bosely said.
"I've hung Samantha's Christmas stocking from the fireplace mantle with the other grandchildren's stockings," Bosely said. "I think about Samantha every day and wonder why."
In another instance of innocents caught in the crossfire, a group of family and friends picnicking at Martin Luther King Park in May experienced the wrath of a gunman who apparently had set out to shoot a specific individual.
When the bullets stopped flying, Marquayle Lee, 26, was dead, the victim of a gunshot wound. Four others also were wounded but survived. They had gone to the park to celebrate a birthday and the return of a friend who had been out of town.
The shooting outraged the community, not only because of the bloodshed, but because of its location – a park named in honor of the slain civil rights leader, who had devoted his life to peace and equality.
No arrests have been made, but police say they are making progress.
Sometimes, though, the lines between the truly innocent and victims who have been involved in crime are blurred, like when someone spends time with a drug or gang crowd. One local family disputed police claims their loved one was killed because of drug activity. As it turned out, police say he was in the company of people who may have been targeted by others in the drug trade.
Yet one thing one is certain.
"Whether it is gang-, drug- or domestic-related, most of the victims are known to the suspects," Buffalo Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda said.
Domestic violence, however, is a category unto its own:
• In the late afternoon of April 17, Ali-Mohamed Mohamud took his 10-year-old stepson Abdifatah Mohamud to the basement of the family's Guilford Street home and struck him some 70 times with a baker's rolling pin, pulverizing the boy's skull. Mohamud, who claimed to be frustrated over the boy's approach to homework, is now serving a maximum prison sentence of 25 years to life.
• On the morning of June 13 as the work day was just beginning, Jacqueline Wisniewski was lured into a stairwell in an office building at Erie County Medical Center by her estranged boyfriend, surgeon Timothy V. Jorden Jr., who shot the 33-year-old woman five times at close range with a .357 Magnum.
Two days later, Jorden's body was found in a densely wooded ravine not far from his lakefront home in Lake View. Police said he had shot himself in the head with the same gun.
• On the afternoon of Aug. 1, four-year-old Roderick "Manny" Geiger III was found bleeding to death on his family's Esser Avenue porch in Riverside. His grandmother, Charlene M. Fears, 38, had stabbed him, and she was shot and killed when she refused several requests to drop two blood-stained butcher knives as she advanced toward a police officer.
• The youngest homicide victim of 2012 was a seven-week-old baby from North Buffalo. Michael J. Clifford Jr. died Nov. 15 after being violently shaken in his Heath Street home Nov. 10. The infant's killer has not yet been arrested.
• Buffalo's oldest homicide victim was 59-year-old Ronald P. Wilson. He was fatally stabbed Sept. 9 in the Gerhardt Street apartment of his girlfriend, who was charged in the killing. Police said the couple had been drinking and using drugs.
But most of the city's homicides were related to small-time gang or drug activity, police said.
And law-abiding residents are fearful of what they see on the street.
"You know it is bad when you drive down the street and see them selling drugs and their pants are down to their knees or when you go in a store and you don't know if they are going to jump you or rob you or if somebody is going to drive by and shoot you," Bosely, the grandmother of slain Samantha Cothran, said of the thugs who make life hazardous for ordinary citizens.
Forty-three of 2012's homicide victims died from gunfire, with handguns most frequently used, though in some cases killers used more powerful AK-47 rifles, known as "choppers" because of their firepower. Five other people were fatally stabbed and two died of blunt force trauma.
Homicide detectives made arrests in 12 of the slayings and at least eight to 10 more of the cases are expected to be solved in the "not too distant future," Derenda said.
With a dozen of the 50 cases solved, the city's clearance rate is at 24 percent. However, 10 other homicide cases from past years also were solved in 2012, Derenda pointed out.
Many witnesses to gang- and drug-related killings are frightened to come forward. Others who are close to the homicide victims prefer to rely on street justice, particularly when all of the individuals involved are operating outside the law, police say.
"This is especially true in the category of the unsolved homicides, " Richards said.
Buffalo police are constantly evaluating and updating their response to violent crime, according to Derenda, who recently changed directions and did away with the Mobile Response Unit, replacing it with "Strike Force," which includes state, county and suburban police officers flooding hot spots in the city.
"We are always looking to do better than we did the day before, and we continue to work with our state, federal and local partners to make Buffalo a safer place," Derenda said.
And while he says "one homicide is too many," Derenda added that last year's 50 slayings is on the low end for the last 10 years.
He pointed out that before the low of 36 homicides in 2011, there were 55 homicides in 2010.
He also added that crime in the city overall has steadily dropped.
Community leaders also are looking for ways to reduce violence.
Erie County Legislator Betty Jean Grant has established the Erie County/Buffalo Safe Neighborhoods Initiative, and it will have its first meeting later this month. The initiative's members include law enforcement, elected officials, anti-violence advocates, representatives of the mental health community and any citizen who wants to have a voice in fighting bloodshed.
"We can't give up and admit defeat," Grant said. "For the few who commit these heinous crimes, there are many young men and women in our county and city who are doing the right thing, and we want to commend them. We're focusing on why crime happens and how we can deter it by providing counseling, mentoring and educational and job opportunities."
Dwayne Ferguson, president and CEO of Mad Dads of Greater Buffalo, added that citizens can play a major role in reducing bloodshed by cooperating with police when they have information that could help solve a crime.
"The truth could solve a lot of homicides and shootings. We need to be a community. We need to be open. People need to step out, no matter what it looks like," Ferguson said. "I look at 50 homicides and it could have been a lot less than that if the community had come together."
As for Samantha Cothran, Betty Bosely believes her granddaughter's killer will be brought to justice.
"Someone will turn against the other and it will come out," she said.
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is offering Kinect
for the Xbox 360 in November. It is expected to be
priced under $150, which means that with an Xbox 360 Arcade Edition
(which dropped in price to $150) you will be likely to get a holiday
motion bundle for under $300. The Nintendo
Wii is, of course, currently available for $199, with
Wiimote and Wii Motion Plus. Sony is making a
dangerous bet with its own
motion gaming system that gamers are willing to pay more
than Microsoft or Nintendo's prices to get what it feels is a
superior experience. At its E3 2010 keynote today, the company
upset some in the audience by announcing that its Playstation 3
Motion Bundle would retail for $400. Except, that's not all --
the bundle only includes the PS3 Eye Camera ($34.99, currently
available) and Move Controller ($49.99) (it also comes with a sports
game). It does not include
the PS3 Navigation controller, a necessary part of the "Move"
experience. Gamers will have to pick that up separately for
$29.99.Reaction to the high price point was instant.
Some in the crowd began booing and at least one person screamed "Too
much!!" at the presenter.Still Sony seems confident that
customers will bite on the high-end offer. Among the exclusive
titles it showed off was Tiger Woods PGA Tour, which featured
ultra-realistic golf motions. If you're eager to become Tiger
Woods and attempt some slick moves, Sony reminds us that it's all in
the "flick of your wrists" and that power is very important
as well.Other "Move" titles include Time Crisis,
Echochrome 2, Heavy Rain updates, Resident Evil 5, and Tron:
Evolution. Another key title is "Heros on the Move"
which features familiar Sony-exclusive characters, including Ratchet,
Jak, Bently, Clank, Sly Cooper.Coke is teaming up with Sony
to promote Move.Besides Move, the other key announcement by
Sony was a firmware update that allows 3D gaming with compatible TVs
like its Bravia
3D TV lineup. The update will be rolled to individual PS3's
and from there it will be up to game vendors to update their titles
to feature 3D.Crysis 2, Mortal Kombat, Shaun White
Skateboarding, Ghost Recon, Tron:Evolution, and NBA 2k11 all will get
3D-ified, as will Motorstorm, Wipeout HD. Leading the charge
will be Killzone 3, which will release in February 2011 and bring
with it oodles of extra-dimension gore and carnage.Sony says
that by March 2011, twenty 3D-enable titles will be available for the
35 million PlayStation 3 consoles world.Other huge titles
announced include Twisted Metal, Portal 2, Final Fantasy XIV,
Call of Duty:BO, DC Universe, SOCOM4: US Navy Team, Mafiaa II,
The Fight: Lights Out, and Dead Space 2.Also announced
were LittleBigPlanet 2 and an upgraded Playstation Network service
called Playstation "Plus" which delivers exclusive
content. Sony will be offering 3 months for free and then will
charge $17.99 for 3 months, or $49.99 for a year. Content
through the service will not be downloadable, so if you quit, you'll
lose access to it.At the keynote, Sony also announced a
number of PSP titles, many of them family friendly. Announced
titles included Tetris, Fat Princess, EyePetTron, Kingdom
Hearts, Ace Combat, Toy Story, Ghosts of Sparta, Invzibles, 3rd
birthday, P3P, Ys: The Oath, Valkyria II, and Piyotama. Eyepet
and Invzibles both make use of the PSP's camera. It definitely
seems that Sony is targeting more young gamers with the PSP.
quote: You're telling someone not to bash the Move system because they haven't used it and yet you are praising because you've haven't either?
quote: Your last sentence I just really can't comprehend. You seriously expect consumers to pay a premium for gaming that is in itself subjective? Pray tell how you define "premium" gaming.
quote: Sometimes I fcking love customers like you, as a seller of course.
quote: Premium gaming costs premium money.
quote: ...it kicks the living s**t out of anything available in terms of accuracy and immersion.
quote: PS3 just added new 3D capabilities FOR FREE.
quote: you still have to fork out $3300 for a Sony 46" 3DTV (Best Buy price) that is necessary to play in 3D (you can use other manufacturers' tvs as well).

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Brewers Defeat Cubs, Salvage One Game
Apparently thoroughly embarrassed by the parent club's piss-poor performance versus the Cubs at Miller Park in Milwaukee over the weekend, the EXST Brewers played inspired Cactus League Extended Spring Training baseball this morning at Fitch Park Field #3 in Mesa, defeating the EXST Cubs 5-1. With the loss, the Cubs fall to 4-6-2 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training play.
There wasn't much in the way of positives for the Cubs to take away from today's game, the one exception being the fine performance by starting pitcher Tarlandus Mitchell (the Cubs 2008 22nd round draft pick out of Alto HS – Alto, TX). A 20-year old RHP, Mitchell probably threw the best baseball I've ever seen him throw, retiring the last nine men he faced after giving up a lead-off double in the top of the 1st inning. The stocky 5'8 195 might-mite throws in the mid-90's, but usually has lots of trouble finding the strike zone. But he did a decent job throwing strikes today (48 pitches – 31 strikes), issuing no walks while striking out four.
Mitchell gave up a chance to play college football (he was an all-state cornerback in high school) to sign a pro baseball contract with the Cubs, and up until today it looked like he might have made a mistake. But seeing him throw his fastball over the plate the way he did this morning gives one hope for his future as a pitcher, at least as long as he continues to throw strikes.
19-year old LHP Austin Kirk (Cubs 2009 3rd round pick out of Owasso HS – Owasso, OK) followed Mitchell to the mound and had a disappointing outing, allowing three runs on four hits (two singles, a double, and a two-run HR, plus a walk) in two innings of work (39 pitches), as the EXST Brew Crew broke open what had been a scoreless tie through the first three innings.
The EXST Cubs offense was mostly non-existent today, although Pin-Chieh Chen did continue his hot hitting, smoking an opposite-field double into the LF corner leading off the bottom of the 4th (although he was left stranded). The speedy 18-year old lefty-swinging Taiwanese middle-infielder is hitting .421 through the EXST Cubs first 12 games.
While the Cubs were playing the Brewers on Field #3, RHP Marcus Hatley (2009 TJS rehab) and RHP Hector Mayora (a recent arrival from the Cubs Dominican Academy in Boca Chica) threw a simulated game on Field #2.
Even under the best of circumstances it is difficult for position players at Extended Spring Training to stay sharp, because each player usually plays in only half the team's games (the EXST Cubs position players are divided into two squads, with each squad playing in every-other game, while the squad not playing in a game that day has BP, fielding practice, and baserunning drills at Fitch Park). But the EXST Cubs had more time away from game action than usual last week, as they had a full-squad "Camp Day" on both Thursday and Saturday, and then had the day off yesterday (Extended Spring Training is closed on Sundays).
Here is today's abridged box score (EXST Cubs players only):
1. Alvaro Ramirez, LF: 0-4 (4-3, 3-U, 4-3, 1-U, RBI)
2. Pin-Chieh Chen, 2B: 1-3 (4-1, 2B, 5-3)
3. Xavier Batista, RF: 0-3 (K, 1-3, K)
4. Charles Thomas, 3B: 1-3 (1B, K, 3-U, SB)
5. Arismendy Alcantara, SS: 0-3 (K, K, F-7)
6. Sergio Burruel, C: 1-2 (BB, K, 1B)
7. Blair Springfield, DH #1: 1-3 (1B, 4-3, 5-4 FC)
8. Rafael Disla, DH #2: 0-3 (5-3, F-9, 4-3)
9. Melvin Camarena, 1B: 1-2 (BB, 2B, K, R)
10. Kyung-Min Na, CF: 0-3 (K, K, 5-3)
1. Tarlandus Mitchell – 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 3/2 GO/FO, 48 pitches (31 strikes)
2. Austin Kirk – 2.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 3/2 GO/FO, 39 pitches (26 strikes)
3. Drew Rundle – 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 0 K, 1/2 GO/FO, 12 pitches (9 strikes)
4. Alvido Jimenez – 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2/0 GO/FO, 14 pitches (9 strikes)
5. Jadel Mendez – 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 0 K, 2/1 GO/FO, 11 pitches (8 strikes)
6. Yohan Gonzalez – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GO/FO, 9 pitches (7 strikes)
3B Charles Thomas E-5 (throwing error past 1st base on infield single allowed batter to advance to 2nd base – did not score)
C Sergio Burruel E-2 (throwing error on stolen base attempt at 3rd base allowed runner to score unearned run)
Sergio Burruel: 1-2 CS, 1 E (see above)
WEATHER: Sunny, cloudless, & very warm, temperatures in the upper 80's
4th Inning
1st out of the inning retired on pop fly to Alfonso Soriano
Who caught it without his characteristic hop.
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He often omits the hop when there are runners on base, or at least that's my impression.
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Z in to relieve in the 8th. Buzzing 94 mph fastballs (per Gameday) past Washington batters.
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Are you freaking kidding me, Lou? Koyie Hill in to pinch bunt for Geovany Soto with the runner on first base in the bottom of the 9th in a tie game?
[Expletives deleted.]
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Worst move of the season.
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He put him in to bunt, he failed at that. Why he didn't use Dempster to bunt, no one will ever know.
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Why would pinch bunt for a hitter with .517 OBP and .512 SLG who has been hitting the ball very well lately? That's like taking Albert Pujols or Barry Bonds out of the game so that you can have somebody try to lay down a sacrifice bunt. That question needs to be answered before we even get into the stupidity of using Hill to bunt instead of Dempster.
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So the question is why did he bunt at all? I guess he watched baseball during 1968 and thinks that you need to bunt to score one run.
Hopefully the fact that he didn't get the runner into scoring position, while taking out his hottest hitter and leaving him with no back-up catcher in an extra inning game will help Lou learn the error of his ways.
I wouldn't hold my breath, if I were you, though.
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It looks like Lou sacrifice bunts more than average, but who knows? All I can find is the number of times it works. Last year the Cubs' 65 SH's was a bit above average (56). Does anyone keep a stat on the rate that a team is successful sacrifice bunting?
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the NL average was 71 last year, can't compare with the AL that uses a DH.
#1 in SH last year? Dusty and the Reds...
so far this year Cubs are 2nd with 11 behind the Giants who have 14. my guess is that it's more of the cold weather and struggling offense than a new pattern, but we shall see...
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possible that Bill James Online would keep track of that under manager stats, I recall him saying he wanted to keep track of that in one of his recent handbooks, but I don't have a subscription.
an even better example would be to subtract pitching sacrifice hits from the team totals and see how they rank since they would be heavily influenced by the quality of the 7 and 8 hitters.
What we really want to know is how many sacrifice attempts are being made by the regular hitters...
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my guess is that it's more of the cold weather and struggling offense
We also have at least one pitcher who is really good at it. Didn't Dempster have 3 successful sac bunts in one game this season?
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If memory serves, Dempster lead the league in it (or was really close) two years ago. I don't think Lou even realizes that Dempster is good at it.
Edit* Memory does serve, he had 19 in 2008 and is leading the league with 5 this year. How do we let Lou know this?
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He still shouldn't remove Soto to sac bunt in that situation. But you're right that if he does, he should at least bring in somebody who is a very good bunter.
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Maybe Colvin should take his golf clubs up to the plate next time. Nice shin-high strike call.
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Thank you, Brian Bruney! Cubs Win!
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That was mildly enjoyable.
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Lou postgame: "We'll rest Z tomorrow. Will probably give him 4 appearances before we would consider using him back to back."
And other stammering through questions about Z.
Honestly, I don't understand the outrage. So they shook things up a little. Good for them.
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Nice win, however I would have enjoyed an eat-off between Livan Hernandez - Tuesday's starter (who has our number anyway) and Silva.
I was hoping they would have faced each other, and set a record for the heaviest starters beginning a ball-game.
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Castro went 0-4 yesterday, dropping his average to .361
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Maybe we should trade him while his trade value is high.
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How will we know if his trade value is high until we see who we can get in return?
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AZ Phil,
Are the Cubs making sure their players from other countries and players who look like they could possibly be from other countries have all their papers with them at all times? Hate to lose a shortstop in the middle of an at bat because a cop decides he looks suspicious.
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Pretty much whenever you travel abroad you should have a copy of your passport and your visa stamp in your wallet, especially if you're not fluent in the local language.
"Papers" is a common misconception. It's typically just a stamp or a pasted card on one page of your passport.
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I said papers because the new law in Arizona is being referred to as the "Papers, please" law by those who find it repugnant. Of course you lose the full effect of the "Papers, please," when it's written without an actor in a black and white movie saying it with a German accent.
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"They have been instructed to say the secret password ("Naples") whenever they get stopped."
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Which, if I'm interpreting the new Arizona law correctly, each player will now have to carry with him at all times. In addition to that, guys like Aramis Ramirez will need to carry documentation with them if they drive to the Diamondbacks game. And God forbid you are some hispanic kid who forgot to bring your documentation to the game.
This would be a good time for the Cubs to announce their move to Naples. I love AZ Phil's reports, but not more than I despise this new law.
I've been attending spring training games for several years -- it's become a tradition, but I'm done now.
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Agreed. Not to mention that D-Backs owner Jerry Colangelo is a major major financial contributor to the fringe folks who bring you this law. If you don't like the law and live in Arizona, you can cast a vote this summer by staying away from D-Back games. Less money to Colangelo - less money to this wrongheaded "cause."
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I was at ASU during the Mecham/MLK debacle. U2 came to town for a big arena show and Public Enemy was the opening act. I lucked out for a preshow party at a sky box when I nearly dropped my beer when I saw klansmen on the stage. It was Public Enemy's stage show!! They did one song and left.
Very surreal.
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I agree with being against this law. However, I might feel differently if I lived in Arizona. Apparently there is quite a problem there with illegal immigrants. What about checking law breakers for citizenship? Is that too far?
What about the problems they're having near the Mexican border in Texas?
What an ugly situation..
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Well, I just saw that Nate Silver has pointed out that it is already federal law that documentation be carried by legal immigrants (http://law.onecle.com/uscode/8/1304.html). But ya, it's still a pretty ugly law.
I live in Texas and yes, there are problems that are spilling into El Paso but that doesn't excuse laws like this. And the same thing could happen here.
The only reason I even bring this up, because I don't really like talking about politics on a sports forum, is that it has a direct impact on my willingness to go to Spring Training next year in Mesa. I just can't support an economy in a state that allows this kind of thing to take place. It's a personal decision, and not one I expect others to follow.
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I don't really get it. Can someone provide a link about why this law is so offensive? Is it the finger-printing? I used to work at a bank - they finger printed everyone - are people going to stop using banks in protest?
Really not trying to start an argument, I just don't understand the objections.
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Here in suburban Chicago...
I've been stopped by police twice in the past five years as I walked down the street and asked for my i.d. Late in the afternoon once. Just after sunset the other time.
I'm about as plain non-threatening looking white male as you could find.
I chalked it up to the police not wanting their stats to seem like they racial profiled.
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the idea of racial profiling is what has most people upset, the idea that an American-born Latino could be taking a late night walk without his drivers license and be harassed by the cops, which this law apparently gives them the right to do now.
illegal immigration is a serious problem for most of the Southwest states, a lot of broke local governments having to pay for services for people not paying taxes. Just not sure if this is the best way to handle it. On the other hand, I can't tell you what is the best way to handle it.
Someone more educated on the subject can explain to me why they just don't make the legal resident standards easier, since they certainly aren't going away.
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aside from all that states can't set immigration law.
it ranks up there with the attourney generals sueing the federal goverment over this health care thing...political posturing and ultimately a waste of money.
but it makes people happy...usually those in favor of government not wasting money, oddly.
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Are you saying that states cannot interpret and enforce federal legislation or that states cannot sue? Because they can and will do both. The state of Texas can even seceed from the union.
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you can sue for anything, but a waste of money is a waste of money.
the states can't pretend the federal government's right of taxation doesn't apply to the things they don't think they should pay for.
on the immigration tip, GA has a similar law passed years ago, but it's un-enforced window dressing because it's almost impossible to not break a person's civil rights (federally) to enforce the law's gist.
it makes people feel good that they think something new is being done. words...
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If Texas were to secede from the union, they'd probably end up on the Axis of Evil list pretty quick.
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texas produces 1/2 the amount of revenue as is given to them from the federal government.
even without the paying federal taxes they couldn't even cover 1/3rd of what the feds provide them.
their growth relies heavily on federal dollars.
but hey, acting like a cowboy and talking about doing things on your own sells down there even if it's not even close to a reality.
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Do you just make this stuff up, or is someone feeding you the info?
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i think you have what is commonly called "the wrong end of the stick"
you need to compare revenue sources and revenue growth.
the less state tax revenue they're taking in the more federal spending they're doing. every state does it and most every state is dependent upon it.
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crunch, you've lost me. Where are you going with this. Texas perennially ranks near or at the bottom in dollars received from the Feds. As TRN's link shows, In 2005 it was 49th. And even in Prez Obama's USA where there are 57 states, that's very very low.
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i'm talking about revenue streams and that's where things are getting lost evidently.
i'm not going into an economics thing here, but if you just want to play with that chart just note that they recieve more federal money than they pay out for a start.
then move on to where their tax revenue comes from.
then compare the revenue streams.
then notice how much more the federal inputs are becoming more important the past 10 years to texas.
succeeding from the US would cut their major revenue stream and that could only be made up by extreme state taxation. fun times. texas is far from independence.
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Again - according to the new law, that American-born Latino would have to be breaking a law before the officer could ask for his identification. And, he would have to have reason BEYOND race/ethnecity/language before he could do so.
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according to the new law, that American-born Latino would have to be breaking a law before the officer could ask for his identification.
where did you read that? pretty sure the text of the law is that the officer just has to have a reasonable suspicion that the person is an illegal immigrant, not breaking some other law. Because you already had to prove your legal if stopped for something else...
And, he would have to have reason BEYOND race/ethnecity/language before he could do so.
this is true, but as tbone noted below, gives a lot of authority to cops. There's a lot of good cops, but it just takes a few bad ones.
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The random pulling of people over is the part that bothers me personally.
Police have more than enough power as is. Why mandate that Arizona become a non-habe corp state?
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I lived in Arizona for over 20 years, most of it on the Arizona border, in Douglas, Arizona. I last lived there about 7 years ago and the problem was pretty bad, i have been told since then, especially the last couple years its gotten way worse.
I applaud the new law in Arizona, its long over due, and Arizona citizens agree as nearly 70% approve of it. I am guessing the 30% who oppose are the illegals.
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If they're illegals they wouldn't be citizens, but they're probably left wing or descended from more recent immigrants (or naturalized). I gather there used to be a sentiment from legal immigrants that they didn't want the illegals because they competed for jobs, not sure if that is still the case, but I suspect it may be.
There's a reason profiling is done - because it's effective. Whether we want to live in a country where people get profiled is a separate matter.
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I do not oppose the deportation of illegal immigrants.
Its the illegal search and seizure aspect that bothers me about the whole thing.
And the very real possibility that the Police will use this as a blanket justification to harass regular everyday folks.
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the problem with that poll and most polls, they ask the wrong question...
Do you favor or oppose legislation that authorizes local police to stop and verify the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant?
of course people want that...
but when asked about the concern if "efforts to identify and deport illegal immigrants will also end up violating the civil rights of some U.S. citizen" 58% were concerned or very concerned.
and on it goes...
anyway Fox News told me to ignore the polls
(about 9:20 in to the end)
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If you are interested in the legal issues here, James Doty has a good summary: http://www.salon.com/news/immigration/index.h...
Basically, his main point is:
"The Law requires that police officers determine the immigration status of a person "where reasonable suspicion exists" that the person is in the country illegally.
As many have noted, the most obvious (and provocative) question raised by this provision is, "What do illegal immigrants look like?" They're probably Hispanic, but so are 30 percent of Arizona's residents. So unless the law authorizes the stopping and questioning of any person who looks darker than the average Caucasian, there needs to be some other criteria that set apart illegal aliens from lawful residents.
But so far, no one has come up with any. When asked what other factors an officer might use to single out an unlawful resident, Brewer replied, "We have to trust our law enforcement."
That's not a constitutionally acceptable answer. For one thing, the Constitution's equal protection clause forbids the government from differentiating between anyone in the United States -- including illegal aliens -- on the basis of race. The new law, on its face, doesn't make racial distinctions, but its supporters haven't articulated any other grounds for suspecting that someone is an unlawful resident.
The failure to adequately define "reasonable suspicion" also subjects the law to what might be called the "Papers, please" line of attack. Under the Fourth Amendment, police officers can't simply stop people on the street and force them to answer questions. Instead, policemen can generally detain people only if there are specific and objective facts that suggest criminal activity is afoot.
But unlawful presence in the United States is a crime of status. Short of seeing someone sneak over the border, what specific, objective facts would suggest to an officer that a person is in the country unlawfully?
The law seems to require that officers demand documentation from suspected aliens based on mere hunches -- a clear violation of the Constitution."
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Well, the SC has since interpreted the 4th ammendment to allow police to do things like road blocks, so it can be reasonably assumed it can be carried forward to foot traffice blocks.
The question is what is "evidence". If a police officer says "How are you today?" and you don't answer him, is it a evidince that you don't speak the language and therefor may be there illegally? I would think so. I would hope that the police officer does, then, give you some ability to produce the documentation - a drive to your house etc, before hauling you off to jail.
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The SC ruled that roadblocks were OK when the magnitude of the problem they were trying to solve was high and the intrusion in personal privacy was low, and when conducted without racial, etc. profiling. So yes, for example, you can set up a roadblock and stop every driver quickly to check that they have their license (required by law to drive anyway) and see if they are sober. SC says not a big deal.
So they could set up an immigration roadblock, if they checked EVERYONE who came through. But I am not required to carry my driver's license or social security card with me every time I go for a stroll. So that means if me - 28-year old midwest white guy - walked up to this roadblock, they would HAVE to stop me, and then detain me until I could prove citizenship. This would be legal. But do you actually see this happening? No, of course not. Too many people would be pissed at the inconvenience.
Arizona is asserting that the presence of illegal immigrants is a dangerous threat to the state. This itself could be challenged in court. Second, Arizona is asserting that it can carry out this law without racial, etc. profiling and with minimal intrusion of privacy. But it has provided no stipulations for the evidence its police officers would use to decide who to ask. Either they have to stop EVERYONE, or they have to have evidence that you committed a crime. Not wanting to talk back to an officer or not speaking English or looking Hispanic, etc. are not evidence of criminal activity. Even if some characteristics - like not speaking English well - are highly correlated with illegal immigrants, they won't stand up in court as strong enough evidence. Again, you either need to do everyone or select based on evidence of criminal activity.
I see the controversial parts of this law being struck down fairly easily after a court challenge.
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Reasonable suspicion is what a reasonable person would think is an illegal alien. All the cop has to do in his report is clarify why he thought this person was illegal and question him?
Like dirty clothing, wearing three pairs of jeans, appears lost, doesn't speak english, hanging around a known smuggling route or location. No one single thing can be used as reasonable suspicion, its a whole host of things.
I see this law as a spin off of "Terry Stops" as officers must identify himself or herself as a police officer and may make reasonable inquiries.
It could be as simple as high I am Officer Sanchez how are you doing this morning? The suspected illegal doesn't understand what is being said, so Officer Sanchez switches to Spanish and asks the same question. Then will ask what appears to be off the cuff question about what are you up to today? Where you headed? Any reasonable person could answer this question easily but an illegal trying to hide from law enforcement really doesn't have a clue where he is at, or where he is going. The individual may even say he lives on the next street over and the officer will say ohhh Myrtle Street (the officer knows this street doesn't exist)and if the suspect corrects the officer then reasonable suspicion will go down.
And maybe if the person doesn't have clue where he is, the officer can offer to look at his ID to see if he can point him in the right direction. No ID, suspicion goes up.
But if Joe Blow is clueless to the world, now your approaching probable cause for an arrest as the individual is not aware of the surroundings he is currently at.
But at any point the individual can say he isn't answering anymore questions and can walk away. An ethical police officer must let the matter go, the game is over. You can not arrest now.
Thats one scenerio of how an officer can build from reasonable suspicion to probable cause for an arrest over what appeared to be an officer who was just bored and doing small talk.
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Just to answer TRN's question specifically, here is what the law provides:
_ Makes it a crime under state law to be in the country illegally by specifically requiring immigrants to have proof of their immigration status. Violations are a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $2,500. Repeat offenses would be a felony.
this part is already covered by federal law pretty much -- maybe the fines and punishment are steeper in AZ now. But federal law does mandate that immigrants have documentation on their person
_ Requires police officers to "make a reasonable attempt" to determine the immigration status of a person if there is a "reasonable suspicion" that he or she is an illegal immigrant. Race, color or national origin may not be the only things considered in implementation. Exceptions can be made if the attempt would hinder an investigation.
This part is open for interpretation by law enforcement agencies. Some law enforcement agencies in AZ will surely abuse this
_ Allow lawsuits against local or state government agencies that have policies that hinder enforcement of immigration laws. Would impose daily civil fines of $1,000-$5,000. There is pending follow-up legislation to halve the minimum to $500.
This is the really crazy clause. Now, hard right wing groups have a legal mechanism to really go on the attack.
_ Targets hiring of illegal immigrants as day laborers by prohibiting people from stopping a vehicle on a road to offer employment and by prohibiting a person from getting into a stopped vehicle on a street to be hired for work if it impedes traffic.
No more Home Depot labor help!
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AZ PHIL: I know that AZ is always on the cutting edge of racial politics in the country. I spent some time in Kingman years back doing research on the militia and white power movements. Now there's a hotbed of nuttiness. Yikes! I know it's mentioned in the song Route 66 and believe me, Kingman is definitely a place you can get your kicks on Route 66 (mostly to the groin and head if you don't hold your tongue when the wacko talk starts - although it rarely stops)
Start a conversation about the weather in a dive bar in Kingman and within two minutes you'll be hearing about how the government is coming to confiscate your guns and give your money away to non-white people. The financing for the project I was going to write fell through and it's probably best. It was quickly becoming depressing being with these people.
I also that another reason for this is that with AZ facing a massive deficit, it always behooves the politicians to direct the public's attention in another direction. It is fun seeing McCain trying to justify his "support" for the bill which is about 180 degrees from where he was on this a couple of years ago. Of course, he wasn't being challenged by the fringe then.
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i'm continuously amazed by how people can find something to worry about that either doesn't exist or isn't a major issue. NO ONE is going to take away someone's damn guns. It's political suicide everywhere but the biggest cities. It sure as hell isn't something rolled out on the federal or state level by anyone who would like to keep a job. The votes just aren't there and probably never will be. Most gun owners aren't out there being irresponsible and most of the people in the nation know it.
also, ARZ's state taxes are too low for a state who's mining industry has dried up so much.
they're closing state parks out there...amongst other quality-of-life things.
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They can't even keep their highway rest stops open. Should be interesting to watch in the years ahead. No one wants to pay taxes but no one wants to give up any of their perks, either.
As for the gun thing, yeah, I agree, no one's coming for their guns but they live in a constant paranoid state over people coming to take their guns. It's like a large-scale mental illness.
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Navigator was awaiting the next Milton Bradley fix from us? I'd still rather post on how KW is doing.
Paul Sullivan just won't let it go either...
PWSullivan: After conveniently missing series in Chicago, Milton continues his talking tour of the Unites States. http://bit.ly/biVzpI
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""If I had been able to be healthier ... If I had cheated and then come back and apologized and say, 'I cheated, I'm sorry, forgive me but my numbers have always been good.' Then maybe all that would be washed away," Bradley said."
oh snaaaaaaap. hahah.
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Too bad they couldn't have traded Milton to the Diamondbacks. Heck, if I was the law there I'd ask him for papers just for fun.
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Zaun can't return the baseball to the pitcher, apparently.
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Yeah, maybe it's me, but Zaun looks half asleep in the video.
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nothing worse than a case of the yips, at least he got over it
Chuck Knoblauch still can't play a game of catch with his kids without breaking a few windows in the backyard
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Dale Murphy is probably the most famous guy. Steve Sax had it for a while as well.
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Hmm, 3 in a row, maybe Uecker was on to something. Maybe he just was daring him to try to steal 3rd.
Brewers, Perez and Lannan
good for your offensive numbers...
Cubs move up to 5th in BB's in NL, 7th in Runs, 6th in BA, 6th in SLG and 5th in OBP
6 regulars batting .295 or higher, 2 batting below .250 that happen to bat 3rd and 4th(or 5th) right now (Lee and Ramirez)
Lee does have a .360 OBP though
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Not as good as Pirates pitching is for the Brewers' numbers.
Uecker to have heart surgery
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flaming piece of shit human being alert...screw you MLB establishment...screw you sportswriters not taking MLB or the clubs to task...
"You don't really know what you miss, what you love, until you're away from it for a long time,'' McGwire said. "And it's nine years away. I'm happy to be back.
"The biggest thing is how much I really love the game. When you're a player, you don't really know what's going on around you. You're always just taking care of yourself. I was like a horse with blinders on all the time.
"When you get a chance to come back and see things, see everything around you here, you realize, wow, this game is a great game. I'm glad I got a chance to come back to it.''
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When you get a chance to come back and see things...
does this mean the world does look different when your testicles are shrunken compared to when they go back to normal size?
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Aaron Miles signs with St. Louis.
Are they trying to hand us the division?
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He'll probably end up with about a .450 OBP for the rat bastards.
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Was he ever NOT playing for the Cardinals?
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back to the usual Lineup: Theriot, Fuku, DLee, Byrd, ARam, Soriano, Fontenot, Soto, Gorz
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I am not expecting a W tonight with the conditions and Hernandez.
But tomorrow should be better.
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with the conditions and Hernandez...
bunt, do not punt.
He can't bend over and touch his toes anymore.
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Why are we still batting Fontenot in front of Soto? Take advantage of the big man while he's hitting. Fontenot's left-handedness is not more valuable than .350 difference in OPS.
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You don't interpet the law correctly.
The law specifically says that police can not ask for proof of status unless both of the following are true:
1. The person has come into contact with the police for other than immigration questions, and
2. The officer has specific reasons to suspect the individuals BEYOND the race/ethnicity, language of the individual.
Ramirez should be all right, especially if he has a valid drivers license.
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The problem with a law like this is the broad powers it gives each cop. Like any profession, some police are good, others terrible. I knew some African guys in France who were all there legally. France has a similar law and these guys, who were totally legal, were harassed constantly. One guy's wife was pregnant and was having a baby. He went out to fill a prescription and forgot his ID. Cop stopped him for a burnt out tail light, he was arrested for not having papers and was sent back to Senegal the next morning. His baby was born three weeks later and he didn't see it for nearly a year.
Another was in the U.S. on a student visa, and, upon returning to France, forgot one of the essential pieces of ID in his checked bag. A French immigration cop grabbed him at the airport in Paris and, even though the guy could see his bag on the carrousel twenty feet away, and asked if he could be led in handcuffs over to the bag to retrieve his ID, he was held until officials came to complete his deportation. Only at the last second, when one half-way intelligent agent allowed a cleaning woman to walk over and bring them the guy's bag, was he able to produce his ID and stay in the country.
Laws like these are an incredibly slippery slope.
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good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
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Great musical minds tend to think alike. There are musicians everywhere doing the same folk thing, the same bluegrass thing, the same country thing or the same rock thing. Then, there are the jam bands who try to lump all those things together.
But it could be argued that until recently, few acoustic musicians were showing their true roots and allowing the punk and metal of their youth to pervade their own brands of country and bluegrass. So it was for a couple of now-40-somethings who grew up listening to everything, then attempted to play everything.
In Austin, Texas, there was Danny Barnes of the Bad Livers, a trio that played punk covers, odd shuffles, rock and old-time on traditional bluegrass instruments.
About 546 miles to the north � somewhere in Kansas � Wayne Gottstine left his death-country outfit Scroat Belly to join the acoustic rock band Split Lip Rayfield. Split Lip Rayfield got going right about the time the Bad Livers were slowing down.
The band maintains an impressive touring schedule. Even in decline, the Bad Livers continues to pick up new fans as people dig into Barnes� growing catalog. They have had the opportunity to do so as fate has brought Barnes and Gottstine together, logically billed as the Split Livers.
The pairing of Barnes and Gottstine is a punk-acoustic music geek�s dream. The two songwriters first came together after backing Jeff Austin of the Yonder Mountain String Band. They�re lyrically similar; stories of broken hearts,the down and out, cruel cities, cheating spouses and urban ruin are typical fare in their catalogs. The Split Livers will play at Ska Brewing Co. tonight.
It�s a free show sponsored by KDUR and Durango Acoustic Music. Barnes will play banjo and Gottstine guitar, and they�ll dip into each other�s deep and growing song books.
Barnes is enjoying the new collaboration. Heis on tour with a like-minded friend, and touring as a duo takes away much of the drama of touring with a full band. It�s simple.
�We�re similar in age, and we have similarities in writing songs for our bands,� Barnes last week from his home in the Pacific Northwest. �We�re interested in acoustic music, punk rock, art and different types of things. So we have a good time riding in the car together and talking. The duet thing is cool because you can play both people�s music, and it�s green. The environmental impact is pretty light with only two guys.�
It has also allowed for Barnes to become a fan of Gottstine�s and Split Lip Rayfield�s work.
�I was ignorant of their zing. He�s got a lot of great songs, one after the other after the other,� Barnes said.
The two finally recorded together during practice times earlier in this summer. Those recordings are available, but only at shows and only on cassette. Barnes is an analog audiophile, releasing --through his label �Minner Bucket.�
The Split Livers� cassette is a 90-minute release; 12 songs of Bad Livers and Split Lip Rayfield songs, along with unreleased filler from both artists to fill out the cassettes.
Barne�s nongenre-specific take on his output of work is solely an attempt to put his own twist on country and bluegrass, the music he grew up with.
After learning banjo at age 10, then veering off to punk and rock as he got older, he has maintained an approach that allows him to apply that influence.
�I feel like what�s important is to do something with the music I grew up with. I realized I had my own set of parameters and interests,� Barnes said. �I thought it would make more of an interesting approach to come up with my own take on all that stuff.�
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It makes me mad that he has to say something like this. Don't get me wrong, if they want a new arena they should get one. However why does the NHL think it has the right to demand local governments to pay for their new toys???
Also don't they have the "best" ice in the league? Why mess with that?
I just don't get why this jerk has to threaten a team with such history. I know if he said to Detroit, build the Wings a new stadium or they are going to leave I would go off the handle.
Oilers, if you need a new stadium to see your young guns grow up, then build it yourself. Besides where are you going to send the team that will get more attendance? Hamilton? Winnipeg? Maybe Atlanta after they move?
Any one think there is any reason he should be interjecting himself?
EDIT: First article did not cover the full story according to TSN. So... TSN.CA
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Last weekend celebrated the end of another season of football. The Superbowl is a piece of Americana that draws millions of viewers and makes them feel like they are a part of their favorite team. I personally wanted to root on the Denver Broncos, but as we always say... maybe next year.
So many businesses rake in the cash because of the Superbowl. The economy is stimulated by the sales of team jerseys and paraphernalia, beer, mountains of snack food, super expensive ads for cars, insurance, phones and this year a new twist: feel-good ads that pull at your heartstrings.
Of course, social media measures the pulse of viewers in seconds. The most popular ad, many believe, was from Budweiser about a man who raised a Clydesdale that went on to become part of the famous team pulling the Budweiser beer wagon. In the end, the horse got loose and ran to see his owner again with a heartwarming reunion that made you feel good.
After a few years of national bad news, Americans must have needed positive vibes about life, and who doesn't melt when they see a good animal story.
The number two favorite commercial, many believe, was the "So God Made a Farmer" video narrated by Paul Harvey and discreetly brought to you by Dodge trucks who appropriately are deemed Ram tough for rough and tough drivers. As a farm wife of 41 years, I've never seen accolades for farmers in any shape or form, especially amidst the hoopla of a Superbowl.
As I watched the story give a pat on the back to generations of hardworking, dedicated, resourceful and humble people who feed the world, I realized maybe people really do respect the people who put food on our tables (yes, your food comes from somewhere besides the grocery store!).
It hit home for me because my husband's family has farmed in Weld County since the early 1900s and continues the tradition today. We have a son who loves to farm and his 3-year-old son loves his trucks and tractors, too.
After three days last week at the Colorado Farm Show in Greeley, it is evident farming drives the economy in Colorado and beyond. My hope is we value family, the land, our water, positive thinking and American ideals.
I'm looking forward to next year's Superbowl already. Not just for the ads or a big party but for a great football game. GO BRONCOS!
Linda Winter is a wife, mother, grandmother and business owner. Read her on Greeley Moms.
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LISBON - In need of a new roof and many other renovations to maintain South Side Middle School, the Columbiana Board of Education voted Tuesday to begin the process to again ask voters for a $4 million bond issue.
"We understand nobody wants additional taxes," Superintendent Donald Mook said after the meeting, "but this is an asset and the community wants to salvage it."
A presentation was made by Tom Kurilla of TeamART LLC, which looked at the condition of the roof and its deficiencies. Kurilla pointed out the roof is blistering, ridging and has areas which show the asphalt was most likely overheated when it was applied.
Of the roof's 10 sections, Kurilla said five most likely need assistance even to make it through this upcoming winter.
There were also problems found with the flashing and exterior walls. Board members questioned how much damage has been caused by leaks in the roof, but Kurilla said at this point no study has been done on the structure under the roof.
"The roof represents only 2 percent of the structure, but it covers the other 98 percent of the structure," Kurilla said.
Kurilla said in his opinion the roof was never designed to last.
"The roof was designed to fail," Kurilla said. "There is no slope to drain it and the asphalt was overheated when it was installed."
In August voters rejected a $4 million bond issue, also for the middle school. Mook said after the meeting, if the voters chose not to approve it and the district wants to save the middle school building, then the board would have to spend at least $500,000 out of the general fund just to repair it properly.
Kurilla estimated a roof would cost between $500,000 and $2.5 million depending on how the board wanted to fix the problems. The higher number would be a metal roof with a slope added.
Mook said without a bond issue, the board would be faced with looking at other ways to cut the general fund. Currently, the district has a $9 million annual budget and a $2 million carryover balance. However, Mook said the five-year forecast projects that carryover balance will be gone within the next two and a half years.
Additionally, Mook said there are a lot of unknown expenses coming for schools, including health care changes which could force the board to start paying for health care for more of the district's employees.
If the board has to spend $500,000 from the general fund on the roof, Mook said the board would have to start looking at other areas to cut. Those could include inclusion model classrooms where special education teachers are available to assist in the regular classroom, elimination of scheduling blocks, staff cuts and busing.
"Everythings on the table," Mook said. "We would have to look at how to cut down a budget that's very skeleton already."
The August bond issue would have cost the owner of a $50,000 home and additional $18 in taxes. The board will send the request to the county auditor's office in order to determine if the same $4 million bond issue would still cost the same.


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High school football, like many other interscholastic sports, has evolved from being a seasonal endeavor to a year-round commitment.
And passing tournaments like the 7-on-7 competitions that have taken place throughout the state and country each summer are the centerpieces of offseason preparation for many schools.
Hollidaysburg was one of 16 teams from 15 schools to participate in a 7-on-7 passing tournament June 27 on the campus of St. Francis University.
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Hollidaysburg's Ryan Adams takes a snap against players from Fort Hill during a passing tournament this past week.
It was the second appearance in a 7-on-7 tournament in the space of a week for the Golden Tigers, who participated in a 20-team event at Juniata College earlier in June and took part in a 16-team event July 3 at Northern Bedford High School.
"A lot of college campuses are hosting 7-on-7's,'' Hollidaysburg coach Homer DeLattre said. "They're real popular, especially down South. It's something that is becoming a must for teams to enter during the summer.''
The 7-on-7 competitions involve skill-position players only on offense, lining up against linebackers and defensive backs on defense. There are no linemen involved in the competitions on either side of the ball.
"Timing between quarterbacks and receivers is critical, and I think the biggest thing is that these events present opportunities for offenses to work together, and for defenders to work against other teams in one-on-one and man-to-man coverage,'' DeLattre said.
The competitions don't involve tackling - "It's just [one-hand] touch football basically, and they stress that players stay on their feet and not get injured,'' DeLattre said - and offenses begin series 40 yards from the goal line, with four downs to get to the 20-yard line for a first down.
The scoring systems in the competitions vary. In both the St. Francis and Juniata events, six points were awarded for touchdowns. After touchdowns, teams could choose to go for one point with passing plays from 3 yards out, or opt to go for two points with passing plays from 5 yards out.
At St. Francis, no points were awarded a team for defensive plays like interceptions, but in the Juniata event, teams were awarded three points for each interception, and two points for each time they stopped opposing offenses from scoring during a series.
In the St. Francis event, Hollidaysburg posted a 5-1 record in the games, which were played for 30 minutes with a continous running clock.
Bishop Guilfoyle won the all-day St. Francis event with a perfect 8-0 record, beating a traveling squad from Rochester, N.Y. that was not affiliated with any high school in the championship game.
"They were definitely a challenge,'' BG coach Justin Wheeler said of the Rochester squad. "They scored five or six touchdowns a game. We won the championship by winning four games in the morning, then winning four more in the afternoon. We got a chance to showcase our kids to other teams that you don't often see, and to the college coaches at St. Francis.''
Two of Bishop Guilfoyle's offensive standouts, seniors-to-be Brandon Chadbourn and Sam McCloskey, have already been offered football scholarships by Division I-AA St. Francis.
Chadbourn got the opportunity to hone his skills at quarterback on offense and safety on defense.
"There was a lot of good competition, and it really helps us get our passing game down,'' Chadbourn said. "And playing safety, you get into a lot of pass coverage that you normally don't get at practice or even during a game.''
The 7-on-7 tournaments also serve as a good measuring stick for the strengths and weaknesses of each offensive and defensive unit.
"It shows us what we're good at, and what we have to work on to get ready for the season,'' Chadbourn said.
Veteran Portage coach Gary Gouse brought two squads - a varsity team made up of incoming seniors and juniors, and a junior varsity squad comprised of incoming sophomores and freshmen - to the St. Francis event.
"We were the only team that had a jayvee squad there, and our younger kids played against varsity opponents and did all right,'' Gouse said.
Earlier in the summer, Gouse took his Portage upperclassmen to an elite 7-on-7 tournament at the University of Pittsburgh.
"You have to get invited to that one,'' Gouse said. "We played against programs like North Hills and North Catholic, and went 4-3. At the Pitt tournament, you get to play against the best of the best. Some of those guys wind up in the NFL.''
While full-contact drills won't officially begin in summer camps until mid-August, the June 7-on-7 events provide a great combination of both prep and reps.
"This is a good way to get kids acclimated to playing football,'' Gouse said.


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Boston Marathon Amputees Face New Reality
As people injured by the Boston bombings recover, many who lost one or more limbs face a long and grueling road ahead.
Patients like Celeste Corcoran, whose legs were amputated below the knee Monday, continued to navigate the uncertainties of their wounds. "We really don't even know what the situation is going to be like going forward," her sister, Carmen Acabbo, said Wednesday as Ms. Corcoran returned to the operating room at Boston Medical Center for additional surgery.
The prognosis for amputees is much better than it was a generation ago. Thanks to advances in prosthetics, even patients who have lost both legs can walk, run and live generally normal lives, doctors say. Amputees who keep their knees have an easier road ahead, though injuries above the knee are also far more treatable.
High-profile double amputees include Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D. Ill.), a U.S. Army veteran who lost both legs and much of the use of her right arm when a helicopter she piloted was struck with a rocket in Iraq.
"It is very true that nowadays people can become as functional as they were prior to the amputation," said Simona Manasian, a rehabilitation-medicine specialist at Boston Medical Center who said she expected to begin treating some of the medical center's five amputees in the next few days.
Lost limbs have been among the most visible casualties of the bombings. At least 13 patients had one or more limbs amputated in Boston hospitals after the bombings.
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In some cases, several members of the same family were severely hurt. Ms. Corcoran's 18-year old daughter, Sydney, herself suffered a severe leg injury. In the family of 8-year-old Martin Richard of Dorchester, Mass., who died in the bombing, his mother, Denise, was seriously injured and his 7-year old sister, Jane, lost a leg, according to family friends.
Newlyweds Patrick Downes, 29, and Jessica Kensky, 32, of Cambridge, Mass., both lost their left legs below the knee, said Tom Treacy, a close friend. "What gives me comfort in this whole thing is the fact that they'll be going through what sounds like a pretty similar rehabilitation process," he said.
In all, 66 victims remained at seven Boston hospitals as of late Wednesday afternoon, where they were being treated for injuries including broken bones, burns and shrapnel wounds. A patient who lost part of her foot in the explosion was in surgery again Wednesday at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, and doctors were uncertain whether a portion of her leg would need to be amputated.
Amputees and patients with major trauma to extremities face potentially long recoveries and the prospect of serious complications. The process can require "serial operations" that go on for months to save limbs, with no guarantee of success, said Peter Burke, chief of trauma services at Boston Medical Center. The five amputees there had each undergone two to three surgeries since Monday, he said, and some were expected to remain in the hospital for weeks. He said he expected each patient to "make a good recovery."
Difficult decisions begin in the emergency room. "You try to salvage as much length as you can," said John Lyden, orthopedic trauma surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. "Then you have to watch it to make sure it heals."
It may take months of rehabilitation to become accustomed to new prosthetic legs, and patients may cycle through several devices before finding one that works, say prosthetists, who design and fit patients with artificial limbs. Insurers typically cover much of the cost for patients who doctors say are likely to make use of the devices.
Still, living with prosthetics requires a lot of work. For amputations above the knee, it can take up to 60% more energy to walk a given distance than it would for a nonamputee, said Jeffrey Cohen, the director of NYU Langone Medical Center's amputee program.
"It takes a toll on the families," said Rose-Marie Bissonnette, founder of the New England Amputee Association. But, "they are not alone in this…and they can come back to live a very active life," she said.
Advances in technology have driven the expansion of those possibilities in recent years. Decades ago, prosthetic legs were heavy amalgams of metal, plastic and sometimes wood. By the 1980s, they had been lightened with flexible carbon fiber compounds that allowed some amputees to run. And, more recently, some prosthetics have been fitted with microchips that use iPhone-like technology that helps the artificial leg adjust to a user's movements.
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One new device, the iWalk prosthetic foot and ankle, uses a chip-controlled motor to propel amputees forward in the latest step toward robotic legs. "It uses very similar technology to what you'll see in a Wii game control" to determine when to activate, said Brian Frasure, iWalk's director of clinical services. Mr. Frasure is also a customer, having lost a foot in 1993. The device retails for about $70,000.
Another prosthesis maker, Freedom Innovations, has been developing custom feet for amputees designed to facilitate skiers, swimmers, and most recently, a special request for a would-be Olympic snowboarder, said Steven Reinecke, executive vice president of research and development. "The industry has gone to designing feet for particular tasks," he said. Freedom Innovation's feet are priced at $1,000 to $3,000, Mr. Reinecke said.
Mike Assefa, a 21-year-old from Chicago—an amputee who uses a regular walking foot as well as a special prosthesis for running—said the new devices are hard to use at first, but within months, he was adept at operating them. Mr. Assefa lost his leg above the knee in a train accident early last year. "I'm starting to run again," he said, after months of therapy at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
Such therapy includes strengthening the remaining limb and a process called "limb shaping," in which binding materials are used to create more cylindrical stumps that fit into prosthetics.
Both rehabilitation techniques and prosthetic devices have improved because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, said Steve Gard, the executive director of Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center in Chicago. "There tends to be tremendous innovations in the field of prosthetics whenever we're at war," he said. Prosthetic makers have perfected designs over years of practice at U.S. Army medical centers, Mr. Gard said.
—Andrew Grossman, Ron Winslow and Pervaiz Shallwani contributed to this article.
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RICHFIELD - Ham, scrambled eggs and a little green makes for a successful breakfast.
The first Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast, held Saturday, surpassed all expectations, raising more than $1,000 for the In the Beginning Preschool, located at the Richfield United Methodist Church.
Teacher Beth Young said the idea for the fundraiser came from a parent, Jennie Seigler of Richfield.
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Jess Graybill, a teacher at In the Beginning Preschool, makes green eggs for the first Green Eggs and Ham fundraiser for the school.
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Harold Kerstetter entertains children as the Cat in the Hat Saturday at the Richfield United Methodist Church Parish House.
"We thought it sounded wonderful and we said if she could lead it off, we would love to do it. She has been the brains behind this entire event and we are so excited to see it get going," Young said.
Seigler said she wanted to come up with a way to support the school that would have a kid-friendly appeal as well as involve the community.
"I would always make green eggs and ham for my daughter Kennedy to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday, and I thought, 'Wouldn't it be fun to get the community together for something like this?'" Seigler said.
The meal was conveniently held on the date of Seuss' birthday. The Cat in the Hat, as portrayed by Harold Kerstetter, visited the event held at the Parish House in Richfield.
Seigler said Kerstetter is often overly booked this time of year and is typically busiest on school days. Having him come in on a Saturday was perfect for everyone.
Free Seuss books were provided to the first 100 children in attendance courtesy of the Richfield Lions Club. The Cat read "Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?" at the event.
Reading Dr. Seuss books helps children prepare for kindergarten.
"We are now working with the older children on reading simple rhyming words and we are using the book 'Hop on Pop' as a book we hope they can soon be able to read with help from their families," Young said.
The Parish House was standing room only. Seigler noted the rush came through shortly after opening at 8 a.m. The parents and teachers who volunteered to make the meal hoped for at least 100 people to pass through the line. Young said they fed 220 people.
"This has just far exceeded our expectations,"Seigler said, noting the group feared running out of eggs at one point and called a local restaurant for help. Parents provided much of the items for the breakfast and all ham was donated by the Richfield Women's Club. Next year, Seigler said, may call for a larger venue.
Another fundraiser, an annual event, will include a spaghetti supper and open house, as well as the Roger Snyder 5K run set for April 6 in Richfield. Last year's run raised $6,000 for the school.
Though the school is called "In the Beginning," in the end all of the money raised goes toward the education of the children at the preschool.


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As thousands of area residents remained without power Monday following Friday's massive storm system, crews from MonPower were doing their best to bring the lights - and air conditioning - back on.
"My best deadline, which isn't very specific, is later this week. That's where we are right now," said Todd Meyers, a state and utility media contact for Mon Power, which is a First Energy company.
Meyers said the severity of damages determines where power is restored first, among other things.
"The first thing we have to do is we get the transmission network back up and running. Those are the larger lines that serve the distribution network," he said.
"The wind took out a lot of our transmission network, and that has to be energized before we can even get the distribution network moving," Meyers said, adding that it's "the first priority."
The second priority of Mon Power is getting water treatment plants, hospitals, police departments, fire departments and other emergency facilities powered up.
"We do our best to figure out a way to get power to those. Then, we get out on all the different circuits. We try to make the repair that will bring on the largest number of customers, then we work our way out," Meyers said.
He added that some of the areas where only one or two customers are out of power often are very difficult repairs, "because you might have to do a lot of cleaning up of trees."
As of 6:45 p.m. Monday, 24 percent of 1,700 Mon Power customers in Randolph County were still out of power, along with 83 percent of 8,700 customers in Lewis County, 65 percent of 1,400 customers in Upshur County, 15 percent of 9,100 customers in Hardy County, 50 percent of 3,100 customers in Barbour County, 18 percent of 7,000 customers in Grant County, 33 percent of 9,100 customers in Pocahontas County, 49 percent of 6,100 customers in Pendleton County and 9 percent of 6,000 customers in Tucker County.
About 400 or more line workers for Mon Power were out working on the transmission and distribution systems, traveling from as far away as Florida or Michigan. More than 2,200 workers are on the ground in West Virginia trying to get power restored to the state.
"Ohio and Pennsylvania were hit hard also. They weren't hit as hard as West Virginia," Meyers said. "Instead of going home, workers drive across the border and start working here."
In addition to the line workers out physically trying to remove branches from fallen lines and otherwise working to restore power, Meyers said there are other employees behind the scenes, trying to help fix the situation.
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The 8 Worst X-Men Ever
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Power: Omnilingualism
Imagine charging into a fight against people with powers such as unkillability, lightning bolts and earthquakes, and you've got ancient Greek. Such is the plight of Cypher, who is like the cruel punch line to the riddle, "Which of Zeus's powers would be the shittiest?" He can translate any language, but this power is "innate," meaning he can't understand or explain how -- so basically he's the Rain Man of the foreign language department, minus the gambling ability. In the comics, he functioned as a reverse Universal Translator. While the other mutants couldn't speak other languages, all the aliens and foreigners have always spoken perfect English until he turned up, and the writers needed to justify his existence.
Realizing they'd accidentally added "linguist" instead of "lasers," the writers behind Cypher started torturing the English language in ways even Cypher couldn't have justified to make him useful. He became a hacker because of programming languages, a master martial artist through body language and could even spot a building's structural weaknesses because architecture something something language. If they'd remembered that "language of love" was a phrase, he could have seduced Magneto into surrender, and that still wouldn't have been the gayest thing he'd done in a fight, since, for several issues, his combat strategy was to hide inside another X-Man -- the shape-shifting alien Warlock.
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He was so useless that "feeling useless" became his character's story arc, which was even more annoying to read than cursive Cyrillic, and his lame powers made him do both while Wolverine was off-panel kicking ass.
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It would actually have been less embarrassing if those were 80s shoulder pads.
Power: Biomechanical twin-maggot digestive system.
Maggott was a disaster of late 90s X-tremitude. His stomach was two biomech slugs which could eat anything and give him superstrength, but he was really conflicted about it and had unnecessary letters in his name. He was basically the lovechild of Matter Eater Lad and Spawn.
The worst superhero parents since Mr. and Mrs. Aquaman.
His powers turned him blue and caused him constant pain, because very-easy-to-draw graphical differences and complaining are the X-Men writers and illustrators secret strengths. He also has the worst career arc of any X-Man: He was dumped by the X-Men into Generation-X, immediately dropped by Generation-X after one issue into a concentration camp, and when you're dropped from a concentration camp it's because you're dead. Which happened, but wasn't the worst part. Being ditched by Generation-X is quickly more humiliating for mutants than exposition-triggered incontinence: One of their core characters' mutant power was molting, and another blew his own jaw off the first time he fired an energy blast.
Sorry, Maggott -- as you can see, we're well stocked with hero material.
Power: Six feet of extra-stretchy skin.
Reed Richards is a conflicted superhero because he's really smart but his power is really stupid. That is the only conflict Skin can resolve (by removing the smart part). His power is that he has six feet of extra-flappy skin he can control. If you noticed that skin should be measured in square feet because you'd need to measure its surface area, then well done on being smarter than the people paid to create new X-Men. He had the same powers as an ex-fat person, but without the dedication and self control required to earn it.
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He also whined, but so did every X-Man with an X in their group name. Note how even his backpack has unnecessarily scrotal dangly flaps.
Skin isn't a combat organ. It's so weak against damage we invented armor. Hell, it's so weak against nothing at all we invented clothes. When your mutant power makes you more vulnerable to Indian rug burns, you really shouldn't be calling attention to yourself. Advice Skin didn't take. He was eventually crucified on the lawn of the X-Mansion, the wrong name was written on his gravestone and then he was dug up and cremated. That's writing someone out of continuity with extreme prejudice.
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Power(s): Sound recording, catness.
Kylun could mimic any sound, directly causing an outbreak of voice-activated locks in terrorist forces worldwide. He also had magic swords which could not harm the pure of heart and looked like a lion, because Excalibur's creators were all seven-years old and Lion-O doesn't have lawyers. (Excalibur was the British X-Team, as you can tell by the way they having an extra letter in front of the "X" despite it being pronounced the same.) They were just smart enough to realize that mutant audio playback was a terrible idea, but not smart enough to be able to waste any idea they managed to have. The mess of random powers added on turned him into a cross between a Thundercat and a cassette deck, making him the second eightiest hero of all time.
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He became increasingly feral as time went on just for something to do, despite that being the exact opposite of what happens when you hang around with people all the time. His one glorious moment came when a squad of "Warpies" assumed his sound-mimicking powers were no threat because they'd never seen Police Academy. His character was such an unemployable failure even in the X-community that his "happy ending" was finding and moving back in with his parents.
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