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We don't make it a practice to urge folks to look at what's in another publication, but the latest issue of Time Magazine, which explores the ridiculous and obscene gouging of the American public by the health care industry, is absolutely vital reading.
The special report is quite long, but fascinating. If you don't care to buy the magazine, the story is available online for free at http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bitter-pill-why-medical-bills-are-killing-us.
Whenever reform is discussed, people who are content with the current system like to brag that the United States has the finest health care system in the world. That, of course, depends upon how you judge such things.
It's probably true if you have a lot of money and don't care how much it might cost to take advantage of the latest innovations in equipment and technology offered in our hospitals.
However, did you know that 60 percent of personal bankruptcy filings in this country are related to medical bills?
The article also reveals that according to the McKinsey & Co. consulting firm, Americans spend more on health care than the next 10 biggest-spending countries combined.
Americans will spend about $2.8 trillion on health care this year. That's almost 20 percent of our gross domestic product on health care for results no better and often worse than other countries that spend much, much less.
Did you know that Congress forces Medicare to pay 25 percent to 75 percent more on such medical devices as canes and wheelchairs than they would cost at Walmart?
Why? Because Congress — many members of both parties — is bought and paid for, which is more than we can say about all the debt our citizens are piling up each day because of overpricing of such common items as tissues, and unnecessary CT scans and other tests.

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Before the struggling Sabres left the ice Friday and began a much needed two-day Christmas break, captain Jason Pominville called his teammates together and addressed them, giving them some advice to take into the holiday.
What did he say following the hour-long practice inside the First Niagara Center?
"Just kind of wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and enjoying the time off," said Pominville, who refused to reveal his full message.
Clearly, the reeling Sabres, losers three straight and eight of the last 11, need a couple of days away from hockey to clear their heads.
"We've been living, breathing (what) seems like the same day for a good month," Sabres defenseman Jordan Leopold said. "We've had a lot of criticism. We haven't played the way we want to play and haven't gotten the results we wanted.
"We totally get away from it, listen to nothing but Christmas music and eat pie and turkey and whatever it may be. Maybe put on a couple extra pounds and battle in front of the net."
What kind of pie, Jordan?
"Pumpkin, for me," he said.
Right now, maybe some nice dessert will help. Nothing is going the Sabres' way. They've plummeted to 11th place in the Eastern Conference. They're down nine players to injury. On Thursday in Toronto, they pumped 42 shots on goal during a strong effort, yet still lost 3-2.
"The frustrating part," Pominville said, "is you put that much effort in and you don't get the results you want. ... This break kind of has to be an advantage for us to regroup, refocus and re-energize ourselves for what's ahead of us."
Buffalo goes back to work at home Monday against Washington. For the Sabres, the brief pause could be a line in the sand, a chance to treat the next three-plus months like a fresh season.
That happened last year. Following an awful 5-2 loss Dec. 27 in Calgary, the Sabres regrouped, storming from 12th to seventh with a 29-11-6 finish.
"We're going to have to be one of the best teams from here on out to climb in the standings, to keep moving," Pominville said. "Part of the reason we were successful last year was our play with the puck and our defensive play was really solid."
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By SHERRY VAN ARSDALL
GOSHEN — Breanna Bloom is heading to New York City to compete as a semi-finalist in the English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition.
The Goshen High School senior will perform a memorized monologue and a sonnet of Shakespeare that she selected for the competition, she said.
Her performance of Helena from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and her recitation of Sonnet 80 impressed the judges during the Indianapolis regional event of the ESU Branch competition in March and she'd already won the local school Shakespeare competition at Goshen High School.
Breanna was awarded an all-expenses paid trip to New York City for the final stage of the competition to be held onstage at the Lincoln Center.
"I'm so honored to be going as a state representative of Indiana and going up against other people," she said. "I've been to New York once before on a choir trip. I love New York. I'll tour the town and maybe see a Broadway show...That would be awesome."
As Breanna advanced to the state level of competition, she said it became more challenging for her.
"I think it's gotten particularly harder. I knew the people at the local level and their acting ability and what to expect," she said. "I know less and less people now and their acting."
After she had performed in Indianapolis, there was a waiting period while the judges made their decisions before announcing the winners.
"I was content with the thought of not winning after they called the third and second place winners," Breanna said. "I was happy I had participated and I had got to compete. I was at ease with myself. It was so thrilling and so unexpected when they called my name for the first place. I was suddenly overjoyed when they called my name."
The students were told their performances were so enhanced, the scoring by the judges "came down to the wording and the precision of words" to make their decisions.
There were no costumes or props to "standout and detract" as they performed.
"It's based more on the character to come forth and not the actor," she said. "Our own personality has to be blank and let the character come through."
Goshen students have been the first-place winners four of the five years at the Indianapolis regional event of the ESU Branch competition, said Scott Garvin, English teacher at Goshen High School.
"This makes three years in a row for a Goshen winner," Garvin said. "It's a wonderful tradition. It speaks highly of the students and their level of competition."
When Breanna steps on a stage to perform in a musical or play, she becomes the character like her recent portrayal of Golde, one of the lead roles in "Fiddler on the Roof." The musical was performed by students at Goshen High School in March.
"It was an amazing experience," she said. "I try to inherit the character. It was me on the stage as Golde. It's hard for me not to pick up little bits of each character that become a part of me."
Likewise, Breanna said when it's time for her to perform as Helena, "she becomes me and I become her."
She started acting and being in musical theater as a sixth-grader at Goshen Middle School for three years and took part in four musicals and two fall plays in high school as well as four years of One-Act plays.
"I was in advanced choir and Crimsonaires for three years," she said. "I hope to go to Ball State University or Goshen College to study musical performance."


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PHILADELPHIA — It's been three years since Hideki Matsui has played any right field and a season-and-a-half since he has been in the outfield at all.
Thus, painful as it is to lose a designated hitter who had three hits in six at-bats during World Series Game 1 and 2, manager Joe Girardi is not going to risk becoming a designated idiot by starting Matsui in right field in Game 3 tonight. Not after all this time, not with both knees barking in the aftermath of arthroscopic surgeries the last 24 months. And not with another defensive liability, Johnny Damon, in left.
Matsui's Halloween costume yesterday was a fielder's glove he picked up after hitting practice. He half-heartedly chased a few ground fungoes into the corner, took his turn catching some batting practice fly balls and generally worked up about as much sweat as CC Sabathia does against Kansas City.
Nevertheless, Matsui declared himself ready to go if need be. Sort of.
"I can't tell you what my confidence level would be," he said through interpreter Roger Kahlon. "My knees are pretty calmed down right now, in that sense I feel pretty good.
"I haven't been in the outfield in more than a year. I have to see how I feel once I get out there."
We will see Babe Ruth starting in right tonight before Matsui gets out there.
"As productive as he's been this year, you don't want to lose his bat," said Girardi before the workout. "I'm going to watch, see how he moves around and see if we think it's physically possible.
"If we can't do it, we'll use him to pinch hit. It might be a situation where you might think about a double switch at high time."
Girardi confirmed Damon (1-for-8) will remain in left. As for right?
"Decisions decisions, decisions," said the manager.
Logic suggests Jerry Hairston Jr., whose seventh-inning leadoff single set the table for an insurance run in Game 2, will start against lefty Cole Hamels tonight while lefty Eric Hinske, who has two career homer runs off Joe Blanton, the Game 4 righty starter, seems likely for Game 4.
The next time we'll see Matsui taking four swings a game would be in Game 6, not good for a Yankee team that has scored only four runs in two games. Therefore, Girardi is not a big proponent of two leagues with different rules, not when Matsui's shaky knees give the skipper bad hamstrings.
"We played nine interleague games in a row on the road and there's a distinct disadvantage losing your DH for nine days," said Girardi. "Our club is not necessarily built to come into this ballpark."
Future commissioner Girardi, however, has no problem with the DH at all.
"I actually like the differences in the leagues, think it gives people a lot to debate," he said. "If and when I'm the commissioner, I'll see what I would do with it, but right now I'm kind of happy with it the way it is."
If the Yankees don't get this series back to The Bronx, we'll see how happy Girardi is then.


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PLATTSBURGH — Tom LaBombard set the example for his daughter, Nicole Groleau, to help the poor in Nicaragua through North Country Mission of Hope.
"He went three years ago for his first trip, and I went with him the last two years," said Groleau, who lives in Waterford and is a respiratory therapist at the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center.
Her dad lives in Keeseville.
"I'm hoping we will both go back this year," she said. "I always wanted to do this. I always wanted to go on a trip like this. I lived in Plattsburgh so long and didn't realize that was happening right there.
"He told me he was going. I said I wanted to go. It was too late for me to sign up, so I had to wait until the following year."
Mission of Hope, founded and based in Plattsburgh, has accomplished more than 50 missions of "hearts and hands working together to improve lives" in Nicaragua, as its mission statement says.
This year marks the group's 15th anniversary.
The commemoration kicks off today with Prayers for Plattsburgh, an interfaith prayer vigil for Plattsburgh and the North Country, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Macdonough Monument.
Attendees are invited to bring a food-bank donation, any new household/toiletry item, diapers or used cellphones to be donated to the Interfaith Food Shelf, the Salvation Army or STOP Domestic Violence in Plattsburgh.
In Nicaragua, the tasks LaBombard, Groleau and, over the years, hundreds of other volunteers have done include building home shelters for the poor and improving hospitals, orphanages and a disability center.
"We did all kinds of stuff," Groleau said of her own experiences. "We did some medical exams for some of the nuns, basically blood pressure and listen to their lungs. A lot of them had respiratory problems. I talked to them about different breathing techniques they could do."


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Blake Griffin is a beast, and when he's driving to the basket with a full head of steam, it's almost impossible to stop him ... unless, I suppose, you simply ignore the rules of basketball (and sportsmanship) and shoulder tackle him to the ground. Roll tape!
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The strangest thing about the play is how Smith immediately raised his hands, as if to plead innocence. It didn't work: he was assessed a flagrant 2 foul, which entails an automatic ejection from the game. Smith, who exchanged words with several Clippers after the play, was contrite by the time he spoke with reporters after the game. From Jim Eichenhofer of Hornets.com:
Jason Smith apologized to Griffin for flagrant: "I didn't want to give him an easy layup (but) there are a ton better ways to go about it"— Jim Eichenhofer (@Jim_Eichenhofer) March 23, 2012
Smith's a big dude -- he's officially listed at 7-foot, 240 pounds -- so there's no reason why he couldn't simply wrap up Griffin with his arms, preventing Griffin from jumping or falling. Don't be surprised if the league office is thinking the same thing and Smith receives an additional fine and/or suspension.
Griffin avoided injury -- and hit the ensuing free throws -- but the Hornets held on, winning the game 97-90.
For more on this game, visit Clippers blog Clips Nation, SB Nation Los Angeles and Hornets blog At The Hive.


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Kel was in a bad mood.
This in and of it was not very impressive. People were in bad moods all the time, as it goes, and their differences usually lay only in the causes and what was done to alleviate them. Couple a bad mood with a bad day, however, and what you get tends to be worse, although still far from unique. In fact, to most people, bad days were perfectly good reasons to settle comfortably into a bad mood and bitch about everything in life. Or just get depressed, or drunk, or both, and bitch at the same time. Some people thrive on being in a perpetual bad mood, and can only be truly happy if they are absolutely miserable and harp on the world in general.
Kel was much beyond all this. He had many bad days rather than one simple, shining twelve hours of ill luck. In fact, he had nearly a month running of bad days, and for the most part had given up being angry, depressed and drunk. The latter due to dwindling funds more so than any aesthetic reasons.
He had arrived here nearly a month ago, at the start of his misfortunes, though where exactly "Here" was on any map was something that still managed to elude him. To further his annoyance, he also had no idea of how he had come to be "Here". He simply found himself in a field one morning, outfitted in all his old adventuring gear, clothed or stowed in his pack. This was an event that not only confused but disturbed him. He was sure all the old gear was stowed safely out of the way under some old blankets in the closet back home.
From that moment, Kel's life was one long, ceaseless string of unfortunate events. The farmer who owned the field very nearly slaughtered him with a pitchfork within five minutes of waking; Kel barely managed to gather enough wits and run like hell before he came to an end at an already less-than-promising beginning.
Since then, he'd been robbed, stabbed, taken hostage by a fish cult, dragged three miles by a maddened horse, attacked by gremlins, shot at by mice and accidentally partaken of a bad mushroom. It may not seem like much to some people, but top it off with the facts that running away from rodents is nearly as humiliating as it gets, and not having a decent bath or shave (or toiletries; try wiping with leaves for a few weeks and see how worthwhile it really is to get back to basics) in a month, then imagine yourself undergoing it all. If it still seems lacking, either you have no imagination, or you need seek psychiatric help.
Now, he was in some snotty town called Eastlake, which reared itself up on the Eastern Shore of what was in a not very original fashion called "The Lake." Indeed, it was a lake. The ducks swear by it, but nobody ever asks them about anything anyway.
Kel would have been interested to hear what the ducks had to say, though. He was that kind of man - young enough to be interested and old enough to do something about it. Besides, talking ducks are not such a usual occurrence, and tend to merit at the very least a suspicious glance.
Kel would also have been interested to hear what else the ducks had to say aside from 'Quack'. He could have listened for hours in rapt attentiveness to their honking discourse, as they described with loathing and horror the town he was now preparing to enter; its alien customs and tyrannical community standards, the incredibly high property value, crystal magic, and why he should, more than anything, turn around and run faster now than he did from the farmer.
But Kel didn't hear what the ducks had to say. Perhaps this was because he, like most people who aren't particularly hungry or trying to sleep, didn't pay them much attention. Perhaps he did notice them, but with memories of rogue militant mice fresh in his mind, he sidled quickly away from their inquisitive stares. While these are both perfectly understandable arguments, it was most likely that he didn't hear what the ducks had to say because, like most animals, ducks cannot speak.
So, completely unheeding of the ducks' warnings and possible dangers of Eastlake, Kel sauntered right in. Maybe sauntered is too jolly a word for it - staggered might be more apt to the case. Right down several streets in a near daze, in fact, bumping into several people who turned to give him a good seeing-to, but hastily turned away again. Everyone knows that people with long hair are evil, and Eastlake had passed a city ordinance outlawing long hair. Kel's hair was not only a golden, straight length of hair draping past his shoulders in such a way as to remind people of youthful sun gods or leather jackets, but it had a braid, too. Only really violent longhairs had braids.
Kel had broken about fifteen laws by the simple act of walking from the city limits to the establishment he now occupied. Failure to register, failure to register vehicle inspection, failure to register not possessing a vehicle, trafficking illegal goods, wearing armor, illegal possession of lethal weaponry, failure to register arms matching his armor, failure to register illegal goods, failure to possess the legal length of hair, wearing leather in public, wearing black in public, wearing black leather in public, failure to pay a 75% tithe to the local holy outlet, having a braid and jaywalking.
Of course, he was completely unaware of all this, but no doubt he'd discover it soon enough. Just in time to ruin his breakfast, probably.
It is most likely a good time to elaborate a bit on the town of Eastlake, so as to make the reader more fully appreciative of the dangers therein.
Eastlake is home to a special breed of fundamentalists known as 'Progressive-Fundamentalists'. This term may seem an oxymoron to some, but contrary to popular belief the word 'Fundamentalist' is not synonymous with the term 'Obstinate Stagnation'. Fundy's just consider themselves open-minded, considerate people who are absolutely right about everything, and anyone who disagrees is evil and must be ostracized. Other people tend to find them harmlessly amusing, provided said people don't receive eighty pamphlets in the mail and recurring midnight calls about donations, the evils of role-playing, and why they should paint their houses in accord with community standards.
Proggies (as they have been dubbed), have slightly different views. They consider themselves so absolutely correct about everything they don't need to bother with the pretense of being open-minded, and anyone who disagrees is a heretic to be hunted, given fair trial and then horribly mutilated, tortured, burned at the stake, or all three plus a few extras on the side (sermons, forced retreats, et cetera). Proggies do not believe in laws of state, but voluntary community standards, which, if not adhered to, become extremely dangerous in the sense that the offending party returns home to find his house gone, family sold to passing gypsies, livestock redistributed among the townsfolk and a large bill to cover expenses of justice.
Proggies also find the term Proggie to be an insult, and reduce offending parties to instant rapture if uttered.
It would also be interesting to note at this point that Kel is a warrior-cleric, rather young but somewhat old fashioned. Don't confuse 'Priest' with 'Cleric'; Kel had gone through all the priestly stuff and decided it wasn't worth the effort. He did believe in gods, and the Creator, and the constant struggle between good & evil, simply because hed met several of them in the past, worked for a bunch of them, and been on both sides of the road. He also believed in soft beds, good cholesterol-laden breakfasts and the right to bash someone over the head with a heavy object when the need arose. The difference is, while you can worship gods, you can really believe in the solidity of a good, iron mace.
On the other hand, Kel also believed in the power of the written word. He could speak twenty-seven different languages fluently without magical aid and write like a poet in half of them (a few of said languages were physically impossible to produce sounds poetic). He knew advanced mathematics, various forms of architectural design, abstract physics, and most of the magical theorems. He also had rather quick and clean handwriting, as well as excellent organizational qualities.
At this point the term 'Renaissance Man' may come to mind, so it is important to know that Kel was oft a stubborn, impatient and vengeful bastard. He was a born cynic, had a certain cheerful glumness and was excessively disillusioned about the world. All the worlds.
People like Kelmarkin and Progressive-Fundamentalists just don't mix well. It tends to produce a reaction not unlike combining bleach and ammonia.
At the moment, Kel was also analogizing. It was in concern with his breakfast, and how grits, like sheep stomachs, insects, monkey brains and dog crap are an acquired taste.
There is a time during a meal common to the vast majority of lone diners everywhere, in which the diner leans back in his chair to poke or stare reflectively at the remaining food. It is this time in which many great ideas are spawned, like haiku's, cures for rare diseases, wise phrases, new sales techniques and the like. It is a time of philosophical reverie, where one asks oneself such questions as "What does it all mean?" "Where do we all come from?" "What time is it really, and how am I getting home?" and the universal "What the hell did I just eat?" This is the time of, if not enlightenment, then solemn meditation.
In short, time for a good smoke.
There have been hundreds of attempts to re-create this state in an artificial fashion. These methods tend towards yogurt and mountaintops, road trips, severe physical exertion, grievous self-mutilation, illegal substances, alcohol, religion and coffeehouses. Of course, there are many more, but these are the most noteworthy and reliably common on every world. Most of them are for the non-smokers.
Coffeehouses were the great stoke of genius, however. They were the perfect ambience of artificial fog, black sludge and miserable psychic field. Food was outrageously expensive in coffeehouses, but that was fine; anyone who actually ate the stuff was quarantined to the bright corners by the windows. The coffee wasn't 'good' so much as the pure, black nectar that is the elixir of life (I.e., it gets the job done). The air was always so thick with nicotine that all one needed was to but look in through an open window to make the eyes turn yellow and not need a smoke for a week. It was a paradise.
Then someone had a brilliant idea to make the place non-smoking, import ten thousand different brands of exotic flavored bean, put frilly black lace everywhere, clean the vomit from the floors and brighten the whole place up. Warm, comfortable misery was banished by the vengeful light of modern progression, hellish cheeriness and Enya tunes.
Most of the beatniks hung themselves when they realized what had crept up. Not as if anyone else actually noticed them do so.
So it came to the last bastion of smokers, the little-known cafe's. Not the sunny kind, with half the tables out on a fenced-in portion of the sidewalk, with the useless umbrellas that they bring in out of the rain. Nor the kind with the expensive pastries that were exotically unidentifiable until the local physician or magistrate had settled the matter accordingly. No, these were the kind of cafe's with the signs that were always new but instantly faded; the color of the ceiling become a neutral grease tone, the original paint long since rotted away; the kind of cafe's that were definitively clean, but perpetually looked like a dirt merchants stall.
You could always recognize them; they've ashtrays on every table, and spread at a maximum of two feet apart at the counter. There are always the odd assortment of regulars who tend to be strange in their own right, speaking to one another loudly and switching to a foreign language whenever a stranger makes the mistake of intruding upon the premises. The food's the kind that, while not exactly good, has a certain addictive quality to it. And there's always that quiet guy behind the cash box who helps the cook out, knows how to do most everything, but generally just stands around with a lukewarm cup of coffee while leaning on his mop. On occasion he'll sweep up or refill the sugar silos in an attempt to look busy.
The establishment which Kel was now present in was such a place at one time. Grease-colored ceiling had been scrubbed down and repainted, and was washed daily. The quiet boy behind the cash box was fired and replaced with another quiet boy who never drank anything but mineral water and loved to work. Sunshine streamed in through the windows. The regulars mysteriously disappeared and migrated to another roosting site. The cook had broken down and wept before selling the place and moving back to New Jasy.
All that now remained was a Proggie watering hole. On the front door was a large white sign with a garish red line drawn through a picture of a smoking pipe. Kel hadn't noticed it. He usually doesn't notice things when he feels they don't apply to him.
Now, as contemplation time drew nigh, out came his pipe. There was something disturbing about the meal he had just eaten. The eggs were dry and springy, not a sloppy yellow puddle, and the hash browns were actually browned potatos. The sausage was real meat. The utensils were even clean. While Kel felt this should have been pleasant, it was in fact uncomfortable; it went against all his experience in diner and cafe cuisine.
As he leaned back in the wood & wicker chair, the Bad Mood its own throbbing entity flicking idly through the contents of the past month in his mind, Kel put taper to pipe and lit up. Sucking thoughtfully at the stem, blue smoke curling a noxious, noiseless cadence in the air, he stared thoughtfully at the grey and gritty mush peering pathetically back at him from the plate, almost whispering "Please. Please, eat me. ". He wondered how anything could be oozing and crunchy at the same time (This was a miracle of metaphysics, actually; a seventh state of matter, existing only as an artificially created substance. The other six are Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma, Light and Metaphor, the last of which is also known in some circles of academia as 'Zurg'. Unfortunately, the word Zurg loses something in translation).
After a time, Kel was aware of a heavy silence (In the sixth state of matter, this is perfectly feasible; metaphor, under certain circumstances, reaches a mass greater than any Singularity could ever hope to achieve). While heavy silences are in and of themselves not generally foreboding, there is something quite unnerving about them when suddenly made aware of, snapping out from one's private world of misery. When accompanied by the sight of ancient and majestic oaks, for instance, a heavy silence is indicative of quiet awe; in a cemetery, of respect for the dead. A good, heavy silence is a balancing force of nature, causing the beholder to pause and really consider his niche in the world.
The six burly men glaring down at Kel gave him very good reason to believe that not only had he very probably invaded someone else's niche, but that the heavy silence was carried in by those burly men to replace the lighter silence which was bustled out by the other patrons sensing something nasty about to occur.
All six men looked nearly identical - large, noticeably muscular with a clean-cut, Sunday school thuggish appearance. None of them seemed very happy, either. Not even the man smiling at Kel, showing off perfect white teeth; the kind you get only by brushing three times a day in addition to after every meal and in the mornings, noon and evenings of every day.
Kel shifted uncomfortably and glowered back at them. It was his experience that thugs were large, stupid and dirty. These thugs were large, yes, but extremely well groomed. He had a nagging suspicion that they could probably even read words with more than one syllable.
"Well?" Kel asked the smiling, well-groomed thug after a few minutes' glowering was exchanged. "Are you going to stand there and smile all morning, or can you rob or arrest me now so as to get this over with as swiftly as possible?"
Smiles seemed taken aback at this, though his face remained locked in position. He fingered his cudgel in a self-reassuring manner before he responded.
"Well, sir, this establishment is non-smoking. You will extinguish that pipe, now, and come with us. Please," The last was inserted not so much as to make the order any less insulting, but rather that Smiles could later report under the Truthear that he was polite and courteous. Even magic has its loopholes, probably more than anything.
Kel's retort was swift, sharp, and unmistakably to the point.
"Piss off."
Smiles blinked.
"Roight," he growled. "One of those, eh? Resisting arrest, right? Right? Right. We got cudgels. Right."
"No," Kel sipped at his coffee as he spoke, "I'm not."
Smiles blinked again. "You're not?"
"Oh. Right." Smiles felt that he was swiftly losing control of the situation, and rallied with: "Right then, well, off we go." He managed to sound a bit more menacing, for good measure.
"In just a moment then," Kel sucked contemplatively at his pipe again, the smoke flattening out about two feet above his head in a strata haze to reach the ideal height for enclouding the face of anyone who yet remained standing. One of the thugs coughed and immediately turned his head, embarrassed.
"You'll come when you're told, sir, and you're told now!" Smiles was beginning to lose his composure.
"I'm under arrest then, am I?" Kel inquired, a bit of cheeriness edging his voice.
"Yes. Er, no. Right, no. You're to be voluntarily detained against your will." Smiles felt better; he was back on track.
Kel glanced down to his pipe; it was nearly finished anyway. He sighed, tamped it out and stood. "Alright," he muttered, "Shouldn't be a very large fine, at the least."
Predictably, Smiles' smile broadened. Behind him, the other thugs snickered.
The magistrate's gavel slammed home, sending a resounding boom to reverberate through the courthouse.
"You are hereby sentenced to twenty years, four months and eighteen days of hard labor, no weekends, no parole, to commence in two days time."
Kel's jaw hung low as the words, like the booming of the gavel, seemed to resound through the courthouse as well as rattle around inside his skull. He had no difficulty understanding, nor any difficulty even believing what had just been proclaimed. He was well and fully aware that sentences as the one prescribed were passed daily, everywhere. He was simply having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that it now applied to him.
"For smoking!?" Kel's voice was an infuriated, irrational scream. "I'll goddam murder you, you bastard son of a mud-guzzling gutterfu-" His ravings were cut short as he was dragged bodily from attempting to scale the magistrate's stand with a mace in hand. The weapon was removed and several hands clamped over his mouth, arms, legs and waist as he was forcibly hauled from the courtroom kicking and biting.
After the shouts, screams and curses had faded in the distance, the magistrate chanced a peek over the rim of his stand. Seeing that all was clear, he snapped at the nearest bailiff.
As an afterthought, he added: "Bring me another gown as well."
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Milpitas Veterans Day Ceremony
When/Where: Sunday, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Milpitas City Hall
What: Honor Milpitas Veterans who have served our country. This year's ceremony features music by the Milpitas Community Concert Band and the "Veterans Remembrance Choir". The Milpitas Veterans Commission will also present the first-ever "Milpitas Veteran of the Year" award. Light refreshments will be served.
Cost: Free
The Little Mermaid, Jr. Production
When/Where: Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2:30 and 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
What: Center Stage Performing Arts, formerly known as the Milpitas Rainbow Theater, launches its newest colorful production this weekend.
Cost: $10 until Thursday at 8 p.m. if purchased at the Milpitas Community Center, $12 at the door
Halloween Costume Exchange
When/Where: Sunday, Christ Community Church, 1000 S Park Victoria Dr, Milpitas
What: Don't want any (literal) skeletons in your closet? Donate your leftover Oct. 31 costume to Christ Community Church in Milpitas during any Sunday in November. They will be given out for free next year.
Cost: Free
Dog Adoption Showcase
When/Where: Saturday, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., Humane Society Silicon Valley, 901 Ames Ave
What: Pet and play with dogs of all sizes and breeds in person. Get "insider's information" from foster parents who are currently taking care of them in their homes.
Cost: Free to browse
Milpitas Farmers' Market
When/Where: Sunday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., India Community Center, 525 Los Coches St, Milpitas
What: The Milpitas Farmers' Market features incredible fruits, vegetables and prepared foods every Sunday! The partnership and support of the India Community Center allows the farmers' market to operate and serve the Milpitas community.
Cost: Free
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Rich countries fail tsunami victims on debt
Rich countries meeting in Paris today are failing to take the bold steps needed on debt, said international agency Oxfam today. Rather than agreeing to cancel significant proportions of debt, they seem set to go for the easy option of a temporary suspension of repayments, which will then be reapplied in a few months.
This temporary rescheduling of payments means that it is likely that interest will continue to be charged and the debt repayments will have grown when the tsunami-hit countries have to start paying the debts back.
"We hoped that rich countries would make an exceptional move today and agree to cancel significant proportions of debt for those countries devastated by the tsunami.
Sadly they have failed the tsunami victims by refusing to take bold steps. Instead of ensuring the tsunami becomes a turning point out of poverty for the region, rich countries seem set to rebuild the poverty of the past. The public will be rightly outraged that their generosity is being undermined by rich country governments' stubbornness.
The tsunami has highlighted the pernicious impact of debt on poor countries. Debt repayments contribute to global poverty that kills the equivalent of this tsunami every week.
It is time that that rich countries shifted their priorities and put people before debt repayments and gave not just the tsunami-hit countries, but also the world's poorest countries a fair chance to work their way out of poverty," said Phil Bloomer, Oxfam's Head of Advocacy.
Oxfam is arguing for an independent and transparent assessment of what
constitutes a 'sustainable' debt burden for the tsunami affected countries and debt above this level cancelled. Any cancellation should only have one condition; that it is spent transparently on poverty reduction and reconstruction.
These debts are massive, to give an idea of the scale of these repayments:
- With just one day's debt repayments Indonesia could instead afford 100
desperately needed aid flights. With a months debt repayments they could pay for three thousand flights.
- India could help provide 18 million people with emergency clean drinking water with just one day's repayments.
Any decision to relieve the debt burden of those effected by the tsunami should be linked to a broader deal on further debt relief for the poorest countries to be agreed at the G7 finance ministers meeting in early February.
- In 2002 Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India together paid $50 billion in debt service. Of this $7 billion went to rich country governments such as the Japan, UK and the US. Indonesia owes Britain $644 million dollars, 44% of which was as a result of arms sales. By far the biggest creditor for Indonesia is Japan, owed $29 billion.Indonesia's debt payments for 2004 are 10 times more than spending on health and 33 times more than spending on housing.
- A debt moratorium for two years was agreed following the devastating Hurricane Mitch in 1999 and after the floods in Mozambique in 2000, under pressure from campaigners globally. However, a moratorium will only postpone the problem, and does nothing to tackle the root cause.
- The poorest countries pay $100 million dollars a day back to rich countries in debt repayments, vital resources that can be used for development and poverty reduction.
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Date of Birth? 9/26/84
Where do you live? Lake Havasu City, AZ
Where were you born? Los Angelis, Ca
What is one surprising fact people may not know about you? I'm 24 going on 12
What got you started in R/C? My dad bought me a xxt way back when, and I started racing, haven't stopped since.
Why do you race? The competition, but mostly, to have a good time, I think people take it too seriously now days, but that's why I'm here!
What would you like see happen to R/C in the coming years? I would like to see more scale racing (slash, sc10, sc8) stuff like that, I love the looks of them, and they are a blast to drive. I really can't wait to see the direction electric 8th scale is headed.
JConcepts product: Tires, wheels, bodies, wings
Race vehicle "past": xxt, xxtcr, xx4, xxx4, xxxtcr, bj4we, 8ight rtr, 8ight race roller
Race vehicle "present": 8ight 2.0 buggy, Losi 8ight T 2.0, Sc10, and xxx-nt ad2
Race track: Havasu R/C raceway
R/C battle: Losi Vs Associated
Thing to do in your spare time (besides R/C): Golf, how boring am I?
Role model: Anyone who races r/c cars!
Athlete: Dale Jr(nascar)
Movie: Grandma'sBoy
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As a new school year begins and summer winds down, we wanted to share a few of the projects that The Neenan Company was awarded over the past few months. All of these projects have very tight schedules, requiring Neenan's integrated architecture and construction staff to jump right into design and get started. The projects range from a small renovation to a new $30 million hospital, check out the highlights below:
Start – November 14, 2013
End – January 8, 2015
Size – 60,000 square feet
Type – Healthcare, Rural hospital
Location – Prineville, Oregon
Description – Currently in the design phase, the health care campus project for St. Charles Health System, will replace their current facility, Pioneer Memorial Hospital, and will be renamed as St. Charles – Prineville. The new facility will be slated as a Critical Access Hospital and will feature an Emergency Department, imaging and laboratory services, two surgical suites, 12 inpatient beds, a retail pharmacy and more.
Senior Center
End – May 26, 2014
Size – 14,000 square foot addition
Type – Municipal, Community center
Location – Fort Collins, Colorado
Description – The City of Fort Collins Senior Center expansion is currently in the design phase. At this time, this public project is working to raise funds through a campaign committee. The project consists of an expansion of the current Senior Center, located on Raintree Drive in Fort Collins, Colorado. The new project will accommodate the ever-expanding senior population, and will house fitness and wellness facilities for the users of the center and will also add additional parking spaces.
Ridgeview Classical School
End – August 30, 2013
Size – 7,600 square foot renovation
Type – Education, Charter school
Location – Fort Collins, Colorado
Description – Currently in construction, Ridgeview Classical School is a public K-12 Charter School, chartered through Poudre School District. The challenging renovation was initiated due to growth in the school. The renovation of the stand-alone building will provide six additional high school classrooms and a conference space.


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By Tina Alvey
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A Greenbrier County jury convicted John Thomas Campbell, 28, a former employee at the Davis-Stuart school, of sexually abusing a teenage girl who was a student there.
The jury's verdict against the Alderson man was returned at the conclusion of a two-day trial this week presided over by Greenbrier Circuit Judge James Rowe. The jury deliberated for an hour before finding Campbell guilty of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian, custodian or person in a position of trust in relation to a child.
According to the Feb. 8, 2012, indictment naming Campbell, he was employed as a child care worker at Davis-Stuart, a therapeutic residential center for adolescents near Lewisburg, when he had sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old resident of the facility. The offense occurred in November 2011.
Campbell remains free on bond, pending a sentencing hearing set for July 29.


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Rain fails to dampen 100-year-old traditional campus-wide spring surprise party
May 02, 2012
A little rain couldn't dampen Knox College's Flunk Day, a traditional spring surprise party that dates back nearly 100 years. But a lot of rain on Tuesday, May 1, drove afternoon festivities inside T. Fleming Fieldhouse.
Flunk Day begins with the ringing of the bell on Old Main at 6 a.m., as hundreds of students celebrated spring, and a break from the intense 10-week academic term, with inflatable games, karaoke and an outdoor breakfast.
Afternoon events, including an inflatable climbing wall and booths where students decorated their own flip-flops and frisbees -- were moved to T. Fleming Fieldhouse because of the threat of thunderstorms.
In the evening, a concert by the rock band Verve Pipe, a "black light party" and a showing of the movie "Zombieland."
Planning has been going on for weeks, although the exact day was both a closely guarded secret and the subject of numerous rumors.
The first Flunk Day of record was May 11, 1922, but the tradition of a student-initiated spring festival dates back to the early years of the 20th century and "Roughneck Day" -- which was the conclusion to "Roughneck Week," when the men didn't shave and both men and women students wore ragged clothing.


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Gyms can be boring. So what better time to exercise outdoors while the weather stays warm and dry? Both Santa Clara and Alameda county park systems offer a healthy trails challenge.
Changing up your routine every few months is a good idea–and this is a great way to do it. There are different types of trails depending on if you decide to walk, hike, bike or bring a companion in a wheelchair or stroller.
For Santa Clara County Parks, pick five out of 22 featured trails and write an evaluation on them.
Two trails are located in Milpitas' and are ranked as moderate-level trails:
• The Spring Valley/Los Coches Ridge trail is 2.3 miles and good for a hike/jog, equestrians, school-age children and fit seniors.
• The Tularcitos/Calera Creek/Agua Caliente Trail is 3.4 miles and good for a hike/jog, mountain biking, equestrian, dogs, school-age children and fit seniors.
The most popular trails are:
• – Slough Loop Trail (easy)
• Uvas Canyon – Waterfall Loop Trail (easy)
• – Los Gatos Creek Trail Miles Ave. to Vasona Dam (easy)
• Almaden Quicksilver – Wood Road/Castillero/Mine hill (moderate)
To register for the second annual Santa Clara County Parks Healthy Trails, click here. You'll get a guidebook (updated this year) on where to go.
Anyone can register: children, wheelchair users, organized groups, companies, schools. There are also trails for dogs as well. Dates for Healthy 'Tails: for dogs on a leash and Stroller Hikes can be found on the calendar online.
Once you complete the challenge, a bonus gift will be on its way to you!
For East Bay Regional Parks:
There are two versions of the Alameda Creek Regional Trail, paved and unpaved.
Paved trail runs from Niles Canyon to the bay with access from Fremont, Union City and Newark. Its suggested use is for bicyclists, runners and hikers. Markers are installed at ½ mile intervals. The south bank has access to Coyote Hills Regional Park and by adding the 3.5 mile loop qualifies it for a marathon run.
Unpaved trail starts at the Niles Canyon staging area through Isherwood, Niles, Union City Blvd to the Bay. This route provides access to the Quarry Lakes Regional Recreation Area.
Register for the East Bay Regional Parks Trails Challenge 2011 and create a new user registration. You'll receive access to the trail booklet, instructions for receiving a free Trails Challenge shirt and links to the hike routes on Google Maps. There's even a Trail Challenge app for Android and iPhones. Self-paced and self-guided, your goal is to complete five trails or 26.2 miles.
Relax. You have until December 1 to complete and submit your Trail Log. Bonus pins will also be mailed out in the fall for those who complete the challenge.
The program is free and is sponsored by Kaiser Permanente for the seventh consecutive year. As of early September, about 8,800 participants had registered. For more information, visit http://www.ebparks.org/trailschallenge.
The Santa Clara County Parks' Healthy Trails Program is sponsored by Kaiser Permanente San Jose and Santa Clara County Public Health Department Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Division.


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The private investment vehicle of Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, Onexim Group has agreed to acquire a 51 percent stake in RBC for $80 million, via an issue of new shares. The deal was agreed with the founding shareholders and top managers of RBC, German Kaplun, Alexander Morgulchik and Dmitry Belik, announced the group. The completion of the deal will be a subject to approval by creditors of RBC, which will be offered to initially get paid back $44 million or 20 percent of RBC debts of $220 million.
RBC reported revenues of $109 million with EBITDA margin of 30% in the first half of 2008. As a result of the deal, Onexim would receive a majority in RBC's Board of Directors, while current top managers will continue managing the RBC operations, subject to a new business plan.
RBC broadcasts business news channel RBC TV and publishes business daily newspaper RBC Daily. In Internet, RBC publishes business news portal RBC.ru with over 6 million monthly visitors, hi-tech news site CNews.ru, auto news site Autonews.ru, financial news site Quote.ru, etc.
RBC also operates more than 15 general interest Internet resources and services, including instant messaging service QIP.ru, video sharing service Smotri.com, email service Pochta.ru, dating service Loveplanet.ru, news aggregation service Readme.ru, photo sharing service Photofile.ru, online daily newspaper Utro.ru, blogging service Fishki.net and social network for children Tvidi.ru.
RBC also owns 20% share of Russian web hosting market as well as operates domain name registration services. RBC owns Internet payment system RBC Money, online gaming and marketing research store.
In 2008, Onexim acquired nano-technology company OptoGaN.
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I've been dealing with 4WPW for years, back in the 80's I bought from their original shop in Sacramento Ca., when I moved to Fort Worth, Tx. they had a shop near my house I dealt with and now I deal with the Carrolton, Tx. shop since it's closer to my new house, I did get lucky because the manager from Fort Worth moved to the Carrolton shop and he's the only rep I ever deal with.
Some things I do know about 4WPW:
Never let their mechanics do the work, I think they hire untrained monkeys.
If you see something advertised in a magazine or on-line you want to buy go to the store and buy it in person, this way they can arrange to drop ship it to your house and you get free shipping. The archaic system they have charges flat rate shipping from their store to your home when you buy on-line.
Most of their fraud and customer complaints revolve around the shipping program they have, cut out the shipper between the store and you and you'll be happier.
If you go personaly to the store sometimes their able to offer even further discounts than with on-line or magazine ads.
I agree idk if w w w.4wheelparts.com is related or not but i was talking to a guy today about them and the whole company and has been hassled everytime he ordered. I ordered one time and took a while to get my n Fab nerf steps that i paid $388 for and were damaged and scratched up. I told them i wouldnt pay for shipping back and they gave ups a label to put on the box after i had to print a rma form offline to print out and wait for them to schedule a pick up. I finally got my money back this week for them and bought another set and have them on the truck now its just buying from them the first time is a bad impression when something is messed up right off the bat.
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Like the guy with the JK said, the sales staff was good and very knowledgable, but the repair and installation was sub-par.
My short story: Yes, I know this a GM forum, I drive that too.
1997 Jeep Cherokee was to have a 4.5" Rubicon Express suspension with new wheels/tires. Also, had a slip-yoke elminator installed. Which requires the transfer case to be dropped and opened.
The install only two days. Very late the next day it was ready.
One day later: First problem, I noticed fluid under the jeep. Transfer case was leaking. Took it back. They filled and resealed.
Two weeks later with only on road use: Second problem, my steering was jacked, had a wooble too, and it just didn't feel right. So, I take it back. Another mech takes a look at it and says we gotta cut down your sway bar links. WTF? The first time I was there they said they were Jeep "specialist". Also, they did a few test and saw that I had a valve cover leak. Talking to the mech on the phone was terrible. It was like my first grader trying to tell me why a space shuttle crashed.
About a month later: Third problem, out of all the headers made for a 4.0L, they say they can only get Pacesetter. Me, I'm thinking really for an I-6, a header is a header, so I get it. After two weeks (I guess Pacesetter builds when ordered) I get it and prepare to install that night. After taking everything off. THE HEADER DOESN'T FIT!!! and the O2 sensor bungs were totally wrong. I take it back and in the store me and the actually awesome sales guy, Kyle, see pins holes all in the header. Of course this isn't their fault, but suddenly they can get me Gale Banks, which arrived a week later.
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Oh we do love a good old celebrity trend - especially when it involves one of our biggest girl crushes, Millie Mackintosh.
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Joey Jalleo, The Standard's Director of Special Projects, described the event as a "fun little environment for our guests." He was being modest. The game starts around 11:00 p.m., but to get a seat, show up early because the house will be packed. Every week the game takes on a different theme (this week's was 'Spring Break') — they've also had a Sesame Street theme, and even an Olympic themed party hosted by professional figure skater Johnny Weir.
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A year ago, the Orange-White spring game turned out to be a productive recruiting vehicle for the Clemson coaching staff, as four-star linebacker Dorian O'Daniel of Good Counsel High in Olney, Md. pulled the trigger on his commitment after watching the Tigers in action.
Clemson will be back in recruiting business on Saturday, as a handful of 2014 targets visit for what will serve as the Tigers' final 'junior day' of the spring.
Running back has become a high priority for the staff in the aftermath of Dalvin Cook's flip to Florida, and three 2014 prospects will be at Death Valley on Saturday: C.J. Fuller of Easley, S.C., Stanley Williams of Monroe, Ga., and Adam Choice of Thomasville, Ga.
Choice is the cousin of former Georgia Tech running back Tashard Choice. He will be accompanied by sophomore teammate Austin Bryant, who is a defensive end target for the class of 2015.
One of S.C.'s most highly prized recruits will also attend, as Saluda defensive end Dexter Wideman returns to the campus for the first time since last fall. A Clemson-South Carolina battle is shaping up for his services.
Other 2014 targets set to attend this weekend include Trey Quinn, a wide receiver from Lake Charles, La., and Korrie Rogers, a linebacker from Buford, Ga.
All four of Clemson's 2014 commitments plan to be at the game: quarterback Deshaun Watson of Gainesville, Ga., running back Jae'lon Oglesby of nearby Daniel High, tight end Cannon Smith of Columbia, S.C., and offensive lineman Taylor Hearn of Williston, S.C.
Also taking a look this weekend will be a pair of 2015 in-state quarterbacks: Marquane Goodman of West Florence and Will Brunson of Myrtle Beach.
It's also an important recruiting weekend for the Tiger men's basketball program, as 2013 post targets Ibrahim Djambo of Three Rivers Community College in Missouri and Sidy Mohamed Djitte of Fayetteville, N.C. will be on campus. Both have Clemson offers and are expected to make decisions later this month.


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KAUFMAN — Authorities say a Kaufman County employee has been shot by two unknown suspects outside the Kaufman County Courthouse building.
Pat Laney of the Kaufman County Sheriff's Office says the shooting occurred just before 9 a.m. Thursday outside a building across from the main Kaufman County courthouse. Laney says the employee was shot by two suspects who remain at large.
Radio broadcasts say the two are in a silver car, dressed in black, and at least one of them wore tactical gear. The broadcasts say the person shot was a prosecutor.
The employee was transported to an area hospital, but Laney did not immediately know his condition.
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Ronald Bailey: Are Savages Noble?
Modern anthropological research may be settling the great debate between the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes and the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Was the state of nature a "war of every man against every man" in which life was "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short," as Hobbes wrote? Or did "savages" live in utopian bliss, thanks to "the tranquility of their passions and their ignorance of vice," as Rousseau believed?
Two new books, Marlene Zuk's Paleofantasy and Jared Diamond's The World Until Yesterday, examine the data on how hunter-gatherers and subsistence farmers have eaten, loved, socialized, fought, reared children, and lived. As Ronald Bailey reports, both side mostly with Hobbes.


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I moved back to the old neighborhood recently and I have to say I love being back. Really just love it. I'm a city girl all the way through. I love the smells. I love the sounds. I love the flavor of the city. In particular, I love Jamaica Plain. I was born on Walden Street and moved to Sheridan Street when I was just a toddler. At 19, I cried when we moved out of JP. Even though we only moved one neighborhood over to Roslindale. Roslindale is nice but it's not JP. Not my place. Not even close.
No insult intended to the good people of Roslindale but home is home. It's hard to describe to non-Bostonians some of the absolute tribalism that the neighborhoods engender in their inhabitants. It's your identity, your family, your place. I'm a JPer. Period. End of story. I swear I can feel it on a cellular level when I cross the boundary. I stand a little taller. I walk a little looser. I'm home. I think I may even develop some swag. Not a lot. I don't think my heart could take too much swag. Or the kids. They wouldn't like it either.
Being back has also been a bit of a disorienting experience. It's as if I've been dropped in the dimension next door to the dimension I'm supposed to inhabit. On the surface, everything looks the same. The street names are right and I recognize the major landmarks but if I look a little deeper the subtle differences start to emerge. A TON more people live here. Seriously, I'll bet it's like a million! No really. They're everywhere and they walk and ride bikes. When I first got back I kept wondering where everyone was going when it finally dawned on me, "Duh, they are going home or to work or to shop." They're living their lives. The entirety of JP is thriving. And that's a good thing.
Most of the buildings are the same. The shapes are familiar but the names are weird. Hi-Lo is Whole Foods. Triple D's is some fancy restaurant with plants outside. Plants! Tommy John's is Brendan Behan's. Greasy's is gone. (Hey 80's-era JPers, anyone ever know the real name of Greasy's?). The Chicken Place is a Cuban restaurant (which, yum!). Even the streets are a little wonky. Sheridan Street's a one way! Finally. Although watching the stand-offs was pretty entertaining back when we only had 4 reliable TV channels.
The trolley's are gone (yeah) but so is the Arborway (the station not the road). I miss the elevated trains and the squeal at Dudley. The awful sound system at Kelly's Rink and the muffled acoustics of the bowling alley. I like progress and I have to say I'm happy with the way that JP is growing up. What used to be clearly defined areas (Hyde Square, the Monument, Rossmore Road, Chestnut Ave, South Street, and so many others) are being woven together to create a new and vibrant whole.
I'm glad that once again I get to contribute a thread to this amazing neighborhood.
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By Joseph Hamrick
The Commerce Journal
For those looking to celebrate Independence Day with a bang, what better way is there than fireworks?
The Commerce Chamber of Commerce is hosting a 4th of July Celebration and fireworks show on July 6 at Centennial Park.
The event begins at 5 p.m. and will end with a fireworks show at 9:30 p.m.
Speaking about the fireworks show, Doug Rohrabaugh, executive director for the Chamber of Commerce, said the company went all out this year.
"They really stepped it up this year," he said. "We're expecting an awesome show."
Admission is free, but the chamber is asking for patrons to bring at least one can of food or a monetary donation for the Commerce Food Pantry.
"We strongly encourage people to bring a canned food item," he said. "We love to be generous and help out as many people as we can."
As an incentive to bring a donation to the Pantry, everyone who brings a canned food or donates is put into a raffle to win a free two-night stay in the Jacuzzi suite at Magnuson Hotel in Commerce.
"It will be great for a slumber party, or a great place to throw your in-laws when they're down for Thanksgiving," he said.
Live bands will play throughout the evening, including Shaun Michaels, the Cross Trails Band, and Outta Hand will finish out the evening with their live performance.
"We have three really good bands this year," he said.
The Commerce Rotary Club is sponsoring a blood drive during the event.
As entertainment for kids, the Kiwanis Club has a children's train that will take them around the park for $2 per ride.
Pa Pa's Ponies will also be at the event and will have pony rides at $5 per ride.
Free events for children are bounce houses, a balloon artist, and a mechanical bull provided by CrossTrails Cowboy Church.
To help satisfy patron's appetites, the Commerce Tigersharks will be serving hot dogs, chips and drinks as a fundraiser for the team.


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Two schools from Houston County -- Veterans High School and Houston County High School -- earned their way to the GHSA state cheerleading competition in Columbus Saturday by winning their region.
Both returned home with state championship trophies.
Last November, after going to state and not being successful in winning state, the girls decided then that it wouldnt happen again, said Dana Burress, head coach of the Veterans High cheer program. They made this decision a year ago and since then have been completely motivated, always with their eyes on the prize of state. This championship is a testament of their commitment and their drive.
While some schools have cheer teams that combine competition with cheering at football games, Veterans High has a separate competition cheer team that specializes in competitive cheerleading.
Taylor Liszewski, a junior and a member of the Veterans High competition cheer team that won the AAAA state championship, said the state competition last year was the hardest day of our lives, but that day helped to ensure this years victory.
We just never forgot that feeling, Liszewski said. We never wanted to feel that way again.
Spending the off season training was key to the Veterans High state victory along with one single-minded purpose.
We were focused on one main goal together, said Liszewski.
Different girls have different talents, said Brianna Bare, a senior. We had to come together and win as a team.
Veterans High participated in eight cheerleading competitions this year and won first place at every one. The squad received 294 points during its performance at the state cheerleading competition; 300 is a perfect score. Nine points separated the team from the second place winner.
The main thing is that we were lucky enough to have the talent to max out the score sheet, said Burress. We also had a lot of comments on our choreography. It included elements that some people said that they had never seen before. Jamie Parrish of Georgia All Stars in Atlanta did our routine, and it was really different, and that helped us to stand out.
Houston County won the AAAAA state championship. Along with winning state, Houston County had a cheerleader, Halie Manion who was named first runner up for Georgia Cheerleader of the Year.
Manions coaches nominated her for the honor. More than 200 senior cheerleaders throughout the state were nominated. Based on her application, which was judged on GPA, community service and school activities, Manion was selected for the top 40. In August, Manion went through a demonstration of her skills and an interview and was selected for the All State Cheer Team. The individual awards, including the winner and first runner up, were announced at the GHSA cheer finals.
I couldnt have done it without my coaches and my teammates, Manion said. They really helped me with my routine.
Alyson Keenom, who along with Elizabeth Foster, coaches the Houston County varsity competition team, said the state championship was a direct result of the passion the cheerleaders had for their sport.
They are just so exciting when they take the floor, Keenom said. They draw you in with how sharp and how clean they are. Precision is very important, and that is what pushed us over the top.
Not only did the Houston County team win state,but in doing so unseated Northgate High School, which had won AAAAA for the past five years.
That made it a little sweeter, to beat them because they are such a great team. It is a huge accomplishment for us, said Keenom.
Keenom said the Houston County team spends off season in the gym, working on tumbling and conditioning for strength. Cheerleaders also attend clinics to work on stunts.
There were some really, really great teams competing, said Keenom. We feel very blessed.
To contact writer Alline Kent, call 396-2467.