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Violet Leona Adams, 86, of Kiowa, died Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at her daughter's home in Mannford, after a 12-month battle against brain cancer.
The family will receive visitors Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bishop Funeral Service.
Funeral services will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Bishop Funeral Service Chapel with the Rev. Dennis Piearcy of Kiowa First Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be at the Kiowa Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Bishop Funeral Service of McAlester.
Born Feb. 14, 1926, in Blanco, she was the daughter of Harlan Joel "Jack" Cates and Emma Bertie (Williams) Cates. In her early childhood, she lived in Blanco, McAlester, Red Oak, Panola and the Rocky Point community near Wilburton. She attended elementary schools in McAlester (5th Ward), Red Oak, Panola and Blanco; middle school in Blanco; and high school in Pittsburg. All through her life, her quest for learning was never extinguished.
She married Don Edward Adams, of Kiowa, on Jan. 20, 1948, in Fort Smith, Ark. They were married 45 years at the time of her husband's death in 1993. She had lived in Kiowa all her adult life.
In 1973, with a government service level of ordnanceman, she retired from the McAlester Naval Ammunition Depot on a medical disability. She was an avid reader, writer, book collector, and enjoyed to research and write about family genealogy. She attended the Kiowa Senior Citizens Center daily to visit with her friends, both new and lifelong. In her younger years, she enjoyed painting and drawing. She was a member of Kiowa First Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Toni Adams and husband, Rick, of Mannford; sons, Don Adams II and wife, Wanda, of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Randy Adams and wife, Ruby, of Plano, Texas; sister, Letha Covey, of McAlester; brothers, Bill Cates and wife, Rita, of Lancaster, Texas, and Roger Cates and wife, Linda, of Ypsilanti, Michigan; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren, and numerous nephews and nieces.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Sharon Kay Adams; her husband, Don E. Adams, and a brother, Albert "A.C." Cates.
Pallbearers will be Bill Cates Jr., Michael Cates, Mike Hall, Scott Hall, Mike Sexton, and Paul Adams Jr.
Honorary pallbearers will be Buzz and Melva Henry, Bill and Billie Jo Hensley, Wayne Sexton, Cecil Herron, Genice Mabray, Johnnie Patty, Wanda Graham and her friends at the Kiowa Senior Citizens Center and Kiowa First Baptist Church.
Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Kiowa Senior Citizens Center and the Kiowa First Baptist Church.


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Asia XI vs World XI Teams Squads for T20 announced and Asia XI vs World XI match will be played on 12 May 2012. Both team appear in the ground at Toronto and here we provide all details about the Asia XI vs World XI 2012.
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Link Roundup: A Re-Fi and a Goodbye
The Mets refinanced anywhere between $450 and $700 million in existing debt, depending on which source you trust, which means the Wilpons will be sticking around.
This also means the team will be paying off this debt for years, which may result in more offseasons like this one, where even teams like the Kansas City Royals outspend the Mets. Some would say the Wilpons are holding our team hostage. Well, it's either them or their creditors.
Here is some additional detail about the loan.
While the Wilpons are sticking around, Ted Berg, one of my favorite Mets bloggers, is leaving SNY. Sounds like Ted is semi-retiring from his blog as well. Godspeed and best of luck to Ted in all of his endeavors, including trips to Taco Bell and the local deli.
Meanwhile, the Mets are looking for a warm body to fill R.A. Dickey's spot in the rotation. And they're looking at Chris Young. Again. The only similarity between Dickey and Young is that they both top out at about 83 MPH. Of course, that's the speed of Young's fastball.
The Mets still need outfield help as well, and Mack has been scouring the rosters of other teams to find a potential target. The Mets are also looking to Anthony Recker to add some catching depth. The 29 year-old Recker showed some pop in the Athletics and Cubs minor league system, but has put up Nickeas-like numbers in his limited action in the majors.
At least third base is secure for a while. Here's an interesting blogger roundtable about the future of David Wright.
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Admiral General Aladeen of the Wadiya Republic (aka Sacha Baron Cohen), whose movie, The Dictator, is in theaters now, recently paid a visit to the offices of UK newspaper The Sun where he (and his ever-present female bodyguards) met two of the finest topless models working the British tabloids today: Lucy Collett (aka Lucy Vixen) and Holly Jade Peers (aka Hollie Peers).
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Some folks questioned why I didn't go to the Knoxville City Council workshop on the Mayors' Office of the Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness and the communications issues before writing my recent column calling for the replacement of TYP Director Jon Lawler. The answer is simple, no matter what Mike Cohen and his crew at Ackermann PR had put together to improve the way TYP communicates with the community, Lawler had lost all credibility in his bumbling of handling the office in the time he's been there. Even with a new plan in place, it won't work if Lawler's in charge.
I know this because I spent much of the summer talking to folks who had dealt with Lawler and his assistants, Mike Dunthorn and Robert Finley, and the experience had left them feeling sucker punched. And then after the column ran, more people came up to me, unsolicited, to tell me that they agreed with my assessment. These were people who are active in the programs at Volunteer Ministry Center and Helen Ross McNabb. People who are in the trenches in trying to help put together services for the homeless and those who are on the edge of homelessness. There was one person who had worked with Lawler before he joined TYP, who questioned how he got the job.
Unfortunately, they are not people who want to join a public conversation. When I encouraged them to write a letter to the editor or add comments at the end of the column, the response was a deep sigh. They are the kind of folks who don't want to rock the boat. Instead they want to get the job done. Or, they don't want to take the beating that they see folks being given in the comments section of the newspaper.
Fortunately, my mama taught me that sometimes you have to rock the boat. So, I'm going to keep talking about this problem until something is done to improve the situation in the TYP office. As for the problem with the comments, I don't know what the answer is to that one. I signed up knowing what it was, and I believe speaking the truth is worth sorting through the craziness of those comments. However, I would much prefer that a worthwhile conversation could take place in that space.
There won't be any new spaces for TYP for a while. They need to show what will happen at MinVilla, to get through the debacle they have made of Flenniken. My guess is that Mayor Bill Haslam won't shake up the TYP before his likely move to Nashville. And an interim mayor may or may not take the action needed. So it could be next September before the necessary new leadership is in place. It's going to be a long year.
It's about politics.
Disclosure and ethical behavior. I've held the standard. Elected 87 percent for a second term.
Large and complex business.
Touts pre=K which barely came up in the debate
Talks about the disclosure, which I'm getting tired of.
First thing
Haslam -- Team regardless of political consideration
McWherter - Join the Tennessee State Employeess Association because know I'm one of them.
Tort Reform
MrWherter -- Very careful that we don't cut off someone's right to act
Our of state lawyers
Haslam -- Controlling health care costs
Most physicians over tests to protect, Four times as many CAT scans and MRIs.
Look at Texas,
UT Chair of the Board
Haslam - Address the President, ORNL and UTK
McWherter -- outside the box (does anybody still say that)
More things on line.
More customer friendly
Balance with their dads
McWherter - could have sent Elvis up there and he wouldn't have gotten bigger crowds.
Haslam -- Whatever happened to him.
Like to clear up?
Haslam -- What have you done? Serious issues 29 billion
Too easy doesn't really matter. 42 out of 50 in education.
McWherter -- To talk about jobs
If there's a misconception about it; I really don't know what that will be.
Tourism Industry
McWherter - I've gotten an education about that.
Avid hunter -- do not promote enough
seven times return
Haslam - second biggest industry in the state - surprises
Existing customer and expand.
MLK was shot. Rural economic development.
Civil War battlefields.
Employee Illegal Immigrants
Haslam - Use e-verify. Attack it at the source. People coming for jobs. Penalty and a fine that means something.
McWherther - Sevier County unfair advantage because others use undocumented workers. Penalize. Better job of
Agree entirely with Zach Wamp.
Confident that I have never employeed an illegal immigrant.
Department on Aging
Now covered in 23 different departments.
McWherter is definitely for it.
Haslam not certain that's the right idea. More about streamlining. His dad rode his bicycle to the debate tonight.
Medical Marijuana
Research Institute at UT
McWherter - Mentions need for protecting certification of Vet School
Haslam -- Mentions partnership with OR for increase of PhD students, but warns about budget issues.
Sales Tax on Grocery Tax
Haslam -- Would love to see that soon, but less than honest to say that we could do that soon.
McWherther -- Drive across the border. i really believe if try to help TN working families. Jobs program passed. Then expand Pre-K. Then lower sales tax on groceries.
Coordinating School Health Program
McWherter - $16 per child , supportive
Haslam -- makes really pointed difference. Hard priority decisions. 48th in health == childhood obesity rates, have to address that.
State Tax Credit
Haslam -- Cutting taxes encourages growth. Franchise and excise tax, not practical Concerned in mirroring Illinois.
McWherter -- Gov. B. didn't say that. Fifty people or fewer. 20K jobs directly, but 60K jobs overall.
Passenger RR Service
McWherter -- would love to see, but transportation has got to be on mass transit. Light rail to and from our cities.
Haslam -- Roads demand our traffice. Becomes a question of dollars.
Encourage transportation. Track records. Love to tell you passenger rail would work, not sure the economics is there.
Economic Development
Haslam - Haywood County
Potential goldmine -- Chief salesperson.
McWherter - High jack credit. I talked to my state senator several times.
Still needs 30-40. Members of your party that tried to cut it.
First time the attack was given,.
Teacher Tenure
McWherter - pulls out the TEA endorsement and Race to the Top find
Haslam -- Quality of teacher is what makes the difference.
Some teachers should do something else
Not setting the bar high enough.
McWherter throws out Bredsens name for the first time. Then says instead of repealing the healthcare bill, he would like to see it amended. Doesn't think we should join in the lawsuit.
Haslam - Agrees with Alexander. Gets response from audiences. Money for health has to come from somewhere else.
Jeff Delaney - Ten Soldier Productions - Motion Picture Incentives.
Haslam - Return on investment of incentives. If it doesn't make sense economically.
Have to be smart. Only pay on what is spent inside the state.
McWherter - Draws great attention to Tennessee. Series Memphis, Blindside neither flimed in Memphis. Wants to go after agressively. Infrastructure is there.
Haslam -- great history of electing wide variety of people.
Politics is not easy. Encourage good people to run; have them focus on the issues.
McWherter -- Great young people. Provide a platform, so many different ways. As governor
us a bully pulpit to help this people.
KNS question about McWherter ad connection between Chavez and Hazlam -- socialist country
Haslam -- Nation's energy independence wish we didn't do that as a country. Less fossil fuel.
People are tired of the silly stuff. Need to talk about the problems that our citizens are facing.
Haslam looks at long term answers for the current problems.
McWherter reminds folks that he's from a rural area, touts his jobs program which is his strongest bid.
Now, from Hallerin' Hill -- will they take a salary?
Mike won't keep his salary -- shouldn't be an issue. But others might need it.
Bill hasn't taken a salary as mayor, not trumpted it. Would hate to make it a criteria for running for governor.
The millionaire them continues.
McWherther starts with more of the same. He's a businessman and Haslam is a shyster. Haslam looks a bit smug while McWhirter is talking. Haslam starts out making sure that he draws himself even closer to good ole Howard Henry. He knows that people like Baker.
The first question is from Baker's Scott County where the unemployment is incredibly high.
A notation of how alike they are right off the bat -- both of their fathers serve on the board of the Hward Baker Center for Public Policy which is the co-sponsor of the debate.


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Do you find yourself driven to procure all the home design publications as soon as they hit the stands? When you go into do you skip the clothing and go right to aisles with the home goods? Do your friends often compliment your home style? If you answered yes to all these questions, you may have a calling for a position in a home design field.
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After getting a dare from Lake Elsinore Mayor Brian Tisdale, Temecula City Council members Chuck Washington and Maryann Edwards said, "Game on."
On Saturday Dec. 8, the two Temecula officials will be standing outside the Temecula Walmart, ringing the Salvation Army bell, as part of the Red Kettle Challenge.
The Red Kettle City Council Challenge is a charity competition between cities to raise funds on behalf of the Salvation Army. Both Temecula and Murrieta accepted the Lake Elsinore challenge, and all three cities will do their best Saturday to raise the most money in their respective communities. At the end of the day, the kettle with the most money will be considered the winner, with all funds raised going to the Salvation Army.
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"It was forced inspiration, really," said Burke, principal and founder of Elevation Exhibits and Events, when asked what inspired him to start the company. "The exhibit company I was with was going out of business, and so I knew it was time for me to move on and start my own firm. I had plenty of job offers, but I did not want to go back to a big exhibit house. I also had companies telling me they would follow me wherever I went, so I already had a potential revenue stream in place. It was all timing; the perfect storm."
The trick, he said, to riding out the bad economy, is to have lots of lateral movement. Not only is his team skilled at designing exhibits, but can install corporate lobbies, retail store windows and product demo showrooms.
I always say, 'If you have $10, we will take it and give you something great in return!'" said Burke. "I make it a point to not gauge success on the size of an account, but on how well we serve them. Where we believe we outshine other exhibits firms is in our customer service and in our quality. If your customer service is not top notch, then you won't survive long term, regardless of how pretty your booth 'pictures' are. Our clients choose us, and stay with us, for our design and branding capabilities and because of our smart, focused service – ensuring them a trouble-free show floor experience."
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— Felix Baumgartner, an Austrian skydiver who became the first to break the sound barrier without a vehicle with a 24-mile plummet from Earth's stratosphere;
— Jeremy Lin, the undrafted NBA star who exploded off the New York Knicks bench and sparked a wave of "Linsanity";
— Morgan Freeman, the actor whose untimely death turned out not to be true.
The Internet also continued its rise as a popular tool for spreading addictive ideas and phrases known as "memes." Remember LOL? If you don't know what it means by now, someone may "Laugh Out Loud" at you.
This year, Facebook said its top memes included "TBH (To Be Honest)," ''YOLO (You Only Live Once)," ''SMH (Shake My Head)." Thanks to an endlessly fascinating U.S. presidential campaign, "Big Bird" made the list after Republican candidate Mitt Romney said he might consider cutting some funds for public broadcasting.
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And people were happy to pass on popular Twitter posts by retweeting them. According to Twitter, the year's most popular retweets were President Barack Obama's "Four more years," and Justin Bieber's farewell to six-year-old fan Avalanna Routh, who died of a rare form of brain cancer: "RIP Avalanna. i love you".


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The Daviess County Council again tabled legal bills brought to them by the Bennington Levee board.
The council unanimously voted Wednesday to table $11,837 in legal bills to Evansville-based attorneys Ziemer, Stayman, Wetzel and Shoulders for its defense of the board against the county.
Council members and County Attorney Grant Swartzentruber believe the claims to be outside of their fiduciary authority.
"I think we should table those (claims) until we hear from them later," council member Jo Arthur said.
The levee and the county are still at odds due to the levee¹s breach in 2010. Two weeks ago, the county accepted a $200,000 settlement with the levee board and four other defendants for the south breach of the levee.
Although settlement figures have been made for both the north and south breaches to the levee, the county has been saddled with $645,000 by the levee board to repair the levee and bring it to compliance with the Army Corps of Engineers.
State law mandates that if the board cannot meet its duties, the county will pay the bills. So far, the money has come from county's riverboat fund.
Auditor Gail Doades has told the council the fund is close to empty.
"I have no problem paying if that gets the levee certified but I don't want to pay their attorneys anymore," Arthur said.
Bennington Levee board member Tom Graham was not present at the meeting.
Last month, he walked out of a council meeting when a legal claim from the board was tabled.
Council member Mike Sprinkle, who also owns land near the levee, said the Corps of Engineers was at the levee last week for a preliminary visit.
Sprinkle said the levee work had some minor issues to fix.
Swartzentruber said he and attorneys for the defendants, including Indiana Farm Bureau President Don Villwock, and the levee board are finishing the formal settlement letter. The council will vote on the formal settlement in April.
County Health Nurse Kathy Sullender asked for permission to enter a contract for certified interpreting services.
Sullender said the service is telephone based and available in a number of languages, including Burmese. She said it has been difficult to find an interpreter and has to ask for help from children in the past. Last year, a Burmese resident translated for free but has since moved on.
"Currently, we don't use translators for very long," Sullender said.
The service costs $1.10 a minute and is used by Daviess Community Hospital for their needs. If approved by the state, grant funding will be used to pay for the service.
The council unanimously voted to enter into the contract.
The health department also asked for an additional appropriation for the new public health educator, Cheryl Jones. The appropriation was for equipment.
Sullender told the council that Jones will soon be setting up CPR and first aid classes in the Amish and Mennonite communities.
"There is a lack of training in the community and with the time it takes to get out there, we've seen some very poor results," Sullender said.
The request was approved.
Extra inmates
Sheriff Jerry Harbstreit told the council the state Department of Corrections might be sending an additional 35 inmates to the Daviess County Security Center later this month. Currently, the county has eight to 12 state prisoners in the jail.
The state pays the county a fee for the inmates. Daviess County is the only jail in the state with a certified education program, the RARE program, that takes time off a prisoner¹s sentence.
County garage
Council president Mike Myers told the council he toured the old county garage on S.E. Third Street with Clerk Sherri Healy. He agreed with Healy and the Daviess County Commissioners that something needs to be done about the storage issue at the garage.
"Definitely, there is a spider problem down there and now it is up (at the courthouse)," Myers said.
The courthouse and the garage are to be fumigated for spiders and other insects later this month during Easter weekend. For the future, Myers said a long-term solution needs to be sought.
West Boggs golf
West Boggs Superintendent Mike Axsom told the council he plans to seek an additional appropriation next month to add a golf course manager to the park.
Axsom said the course, Lakeview, was until this year under the management of the Byrd family and they paid a yearly lease to the park. The contractor, Mike Byrd, died last summer in an automobile accident.
"In talking with them and the park board, it became evident to take the golf course back in our control," Axsom said.
He said Byrd's son, Eric, will be retained as a manager of the course but the board will retain ownership. Axsom said the park's revenue will jump higher with the golf course.
"It's reasonable to think if they made money (from the course), we can too," Axsom said.
Council members will vote on a $68,800 additional appropriation next month.


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It being the first Monday of the month, both the Riverdale Park and University Park councils are set to meet tonight.
Riverdale Park's legislative session begins at 8 p.m. at . Among the action items on tonight's agenda:
- Approval of a permit request for a wood fence at 6107 43rd St.
- Approval of carnival permit request from the Riverdale Park Volunteer Fire Department.
- Introduction of an ordinance amending parking permit regulations.
- Approval of an emergency ordinance concerning dumpsters and storage receptacles on public property.
- Introduction of a regular ordinance to the same effect.
- Approval of a charter amendment concerning purchasing and procurement.
- Approval of a charter amendment concerning the issuance of debt.
- Approval of Mayor Vernon Archer's nominations to the Mixed-Use Town Center Committe.
For more information on many of these items, .
The University Park council's meeting, meanwhile, begins at 7:30 p.m. at . On tonight's agenda:
- A permit application to build a 4' wood fence at 4304 Woodberry St.
- A special report by Mayor John Tabori on the parameters and management of the town's budget process.
- A proclamation recognizing April 27 as Arbor Day.
- Reports from several council committees.
Draft minutes from the council's Feb. 27 meeting are available here.


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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) � Police say a woman stopped her car too close to railroad tracks but was not injured when the train hit the front end of the vehicle.
Foster's Daily Democrat (http://bit.ly/1i2bxJI ) reports that 87-year-old Virginia Varney of Rochester stopped for an approaching train Wednesday morning.
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You can catch one of them in your game using Unova Link, the other one you can get if a person with the opposite version gives you the other key over Unova Link.
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Regirock they are given a key that allows to access the golem associated with that key. The Unova Link can them be used to send that data to someone using the opposite game regardless of where that other person is at in their game. The other player can then access that Regi in their own game at any time.
In addition I know some of the Youtube uploaders have added the Regi battle footage for their own walkthroughs which I found to be cool.
Well I do know those Hoenn legendaries along with the as well as Johto and Kanto legendaries cannot be found in the game. If the player has a 3DS and a Dream Radar and places a Gen. IV game into the 3DS then the Gen. IV mascots (Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Ho-oh, and Lugia) can be obtained. Normally owning Platinum, HeartGold and Soul Silver will make it possible to find and transfer them to a Generation V game for these legendaries and the other legendaries not found in the new games.
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Genesect is going to be distributed via Wi-fi in Japan. I wonder if we'll see a Wi-fi distribution everywhere else later this year. I hope so, because it's much more convenient that way.
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My first region... My home... Hoenn...Here I come! Mudkip, I choose you just as I chose Muddy, my first Pokemon ever, 11 years ago! It's in his honor you shall travel with me as he did! It comes full circle! ...Geronimo! Onto the ORAS Hype Train!
You can't get Tornadus or Thundurus in Black and White?
Somebody traded them to me, though, and they weren't Japanese. O:
I thought Kyurem would be really special for some reason, but you can get it in Black and White. It's supposed to be important in B&W2, so I thought I'd have to wait till then. But through the GTS, I have nine Kyurems.
It took me a while to figure out that you can get it in B&W, though. But it's really easy to catch.
It just doesn't seem right. It's for B&W2, but you can catch it in B&W--and with hardly any challenge. I got mine with a Great Ball. :/
Sorry if I sound like a newfag or something. I don't know how the community is here. I know from experience that Newgrounds is pretty mean to newfags. :P
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Tornadus is exclusive to Black and Thundurus to White, but because of (what I'm assuming is) an error, the cries are switched when you meet them for the first time - Tornadus' cry in White, and Thundurus in Black. Therefore, Tornadus would be catchable in White 2 and Thundurus in Black 2. We know now however that none of the Kami Trio can be caught in Black and White 2, so it's a moot point.
And this community is pretty nice. You don't have to worry about newcomer-bashing stuff here.
About Kyurem, it's true that it doesn't make sense that you can catch Kyurem in the original games from the perspective of the sequels, but Game Freak hadn't really planned out what happened after the original games so Kyurem's actual role in the plot probably wasn't considered that much of a big deal. A similar example would be how the three Legendary birds and Mewtwo can be caught in HG/SS implying that the player character of FR/LG didn't catch them, although those aren't as important to the plot.
Serebii is reporting Keldeo event from August 27th to October 6th for B/W...so we're not even getting one with out BW2 ID.
Anyway, he reports it with a screenshot, but I can't seem to find where to see this announcement on the Gamestop website. I'd like to know since I want to search to see if there is a Canadian equivalent.
I've looked everywhere on Gamestop's site, and I just cannot find anything about a Keldeo distribution. Why isn't there a source for this information? It almost makes me think that screenshot is photoshopped.
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I'd rather a Keldeo distribution for Black and White 2 than Black and White.


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The big comeback fell short, dramatics slipping away just as they teased with an appearance.
The Dodgers were going very quietly against Alex White, a right-hander they drafted in the 14th round in 2006 but were unable to sign. He went first to the Indians the next year, and then was sent to the Rockies for Ubaldo Jimenez last summer.


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Governor Lincoln Chafee is proposing an increase of $6.3 million in state aid for the Cranston School District next year — about $1.6 more than the $4.8 million Superintendent Peter Nero was projecting.
Since Nero's proposed fiscal 2013 budget asks the city for an additional $1.6 million over last year's appropriation, the district won't have to make major cuts to balance its budget even if the mayor or City Council rejects Nero's request for an increase.
This positive news suggests something that would have seemed unimaginable even two years ago might be coming true: after several consecutive years of shortfalls, drastic cuts and lots of pain, the city's financial woes appear to be easing.
While other cities and towns are facing state intervention and bridge loans, or, in the case of Providence, the threat of bankruptcy, Cranston is the phoenix rising from ashes.
"I would say that Cranston is the best positioned city in the state right now in terms of finances," Nero said today in a telephone interview.
In fact, the district could be posting surpluses of upwards of $4 million per year in a few years if current trends continue and Nero said the community shouldn't be surprised if the School Committee soon starts looking at how to re-implement programs that were cut during the worst of the district's hard times in the recent past.
But there still is a long way to go and the city's taxpayers can ill afford more tax increases. Cranston Mayor Allan W. Fung has said that the city's taxpayers are at their limit and the Governor's proposed budget seems to agree. Cranston will be eligible for an additional $1.2 million in state aid because it qualifies as a "distressed" community, according to Chafee's proposed budget — a term that is at odds with the city's true financial picture, Fung said, but reflective of the fact taxpayers are strapped.
The district is also still responsible for paying the city back more than $7 million as part of a long-term deficit repayment plan and is on the hook for $1.5 million this year. Nero noted that if the city does give the district $1.6 million more in fiscal 2013, it would come in the form of forgiving of some of the district's debt to the city.
And everything hinges on what happens as the Governor's budget gets in the hands of the General Assembly, which did away with most of the major components of Chafee's proposed budget last year.
Still, Cranston is far from where it was four years ago as the worst of the economic downturn was yet to come. Nero said he has taken many beatings since he became superintendent four years ago as he's had to cut the district to the bone to deal with spiraling deficits and evaporating state aid in the tens of millions. It hurt cutting middle school sports and music. It hurt eliminating nearly 200 staff members. Teachers and staff members shared in the pain by offering millions in concessions and increases to their medical care costs.
"Cranston dealt with it ourselves," Nero said, and it was a bitter pill to swallow.
"But it was good medicine," Nero said, since the district is now poised to begin filling the gaps and rebuilding what was dismantled to get through hard times.
And it presents an opportunity for the district to re-think the things it cut as it brings them back. The gifted and talented program, for example, was developed 10 year ago and has been gone for three years.
"A lot has changed in 10 years and we may want to do things differently when we bring the program back," Nero said.


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Pakistani journalist Mosharraf Zaidi had a good post up last week attempting to frame the many different challenges Pakistan faces in trying to deal with terrorism. Definitely worth a read as a counter-balance to the vague "do more" mantra, and as a reminder of how little serious public debate there is out there about the exact nature of the threat posed to a nuclear-armed country of some 180 million people, whose collapse would destabilise the entire region and beyond.
Zaidi has divided the challenges into counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism and counter-extremism.
Counter-insurgency is focused on targeting militants holed up in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on the border with Afghanistan, with attention directed most recently on U.S. pressure to tackle militant hideouts in North Waziristan. Pakistan has resisted U.S. pressure to move faster in launching military operations in North Waziristan, in part because it says it needs time to consolidate gains made elsewhere in FATA -- itself possible only if adequate governance can be introduced into areas cleared by the army.
"Thus far, Pakistan has fought the insurgency in FATA and earlier, last year, in Swat, using two instruments: negotiation, and conventional military warfare, including ground troops and aerial strikes. This is not how you fight an insurgency. That is how you fight India. To use a hackneyed and tired metaphor in Islamabad, you can't keep using a jack hammer to try and kill agile, determined and poisonous flies. The approach to the FATA insurgency is all wrong," writes Zaidi.


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By David Hughes
TERRE HAUTE — I probably shouldn't mention this mischievous moment from my past, but I will anyway.
During the 1978-79 Indiana State men's basketball season, when Terre Haute became center of the sports universe, I was an ISU sophomore who sat in the student section at home games. Ridiculously rowdy, I often engaged in good-natured, heated conversations with visiting players and coaches.
Back then, students got in free by showing their ISU identification cards. Considering the Sycamores had Larry Bird, an undefeated season and a top-three ranking in the national polls, you can imagine how many students wanted to see NCAA history live and in person.
As the wins piled up, hundreds of us started lining up outside Hulman Center hours before ushers would unlock the entrance doors. After the doors opened, students would flash their IDs and run like escaped convicts toward the steps that led to the student section. After finding an open seat, they'd throw their coat on the seat next to them to save it for a buddy who was probably following close behind.
It was a crazy scene that you had to see to believe.
Eventually, I grew tired of standing out in the cold and snow for hours. I also disliked having to play roller derby (without skates) to outmuscle fellow students for a second-row seat.
So I devised a plan, with help from an equally mischievous friend named Kenny Myers, whom I'd known since we were kids in 1971.
Alternating roles from game to game, Kenny or I would sneak in through the unguarded ramp door on the north side of Hulman Center 30-45 minutes before the entrance doors would open while the other would stay in line outside. Once inside, he or I would hide in the stall of a men's restroom. One time, I nervously propped my feet up to avoid being noticed when I heard someone enter the room.
One minute before the entrance doors were scheduled to open, the person in the restroom would quietly head toward the student section and claim a second-row seat while placing a coat on the seat next to him. That way, the other person would be guaranteed a good seat, regardless of how much chaos ensued upstairs.
Our plan worked perfectly twice.
The third time, however, I tiptoed into the student section a little too early and got told to leave. Forced to the back of the pack outside, I yelled up to Kenny seconds before the doors opened that I messed up the plan and it was up to him to save our seats.
On short notice, Kenny did his job. Once again, we were able to watch Bird and his teammates up close while verbally abusing another hapless opponent.
I recalled this story to cheer me up, because Kenny Myers died of cancer last week. Funeral services were Monday. He was 50.
Although Kenny remained passionate over the years about ISU sports, as well as University of Michigan football and the local high school teams, he was best known for coaching and organizing the Wabash Valley's No. 1 men's slowpitch softball team. For years, it was known as McMillan Sporting Goods. After the store closed in 1993, the team's primary sponsor became the Ballyhoo Tavern.
When I think of Terre Haute adult softball over the last 20-25 years, the first two people I think of are John Benton and Kenny Myers because of their tireless dedication to the sport.
Longtime McMillan's and Ballyhoo teammate Cyle Watts, who lives in Brazil, described Kenny as a fierce competitor who knew how to lure the Valley's top players to their team.
"Kenny didn't like to lose," Watts said. "He had an eye for talent and he was very good at putting people where they needed to be in the lineup. He usually had some horses."
Watts said key players who helped the team for 10-plus years include Doug Elliott, Steve Elmlinger, Chris Patterson, Scott Burris, Tom Kirchner, Travis Mason, Jason Thomas, Bryan Engelbrecht, Darrin Cronkhite, Rick Bagnoche, Jeff Lauritzen, Ken Mattick and Danny Stephens.
You might recognize a few former ISU athletes among those names.
"Overall, he did a great job of keeping the same core of guys around for years," Watts mentioned.
To Kenny, maintaining chemistry and friendship among teammates was just as important as talent.
"We all still care a heck of a lot about each other," Watts said. "You could tell that at Kenny's funeral."
Kenny's most significant success came in 1996 when the Ballyhoo captured the ASA Class B state championship and tied for 33rd place out of 117 teams in the ASA nationals at Marietta, Ga. Another year, his team won the prestigious Strawberry Festival in Crawfordsville.
Watts said he and Kenny estimated last year that McMillan's/Ballyhoo won roughly 75 percent of its games in tournaments and leagues combined.
Although Kenny left this world way too soon, his memory can live on for future generations of softball players. After talking to some of his close friends Monday, we'd like the city of Terre Haute to consider naming the softball field at Spencer F. Ball Park after Kenny Myers.
That field hasn't been used for baseball in quite some time, so naming it after Kenny seems appropriate.
"I can't think of a more deserving individual than Kenny Myers," Benton said of the field possibly being renamed.
"He devoted much time and effort to slowpitch softball in Terre Haute. It would be a fitting testimony to his support of the game."
Rest in peace, Kenny.
And if it's not too much trouble, save me a seat.
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The Pella Community High School Orchestra, Percussion Ensembles, Concert Band, and Symphonic Band will present a Holiday Concert on Tuesday, December 11, in the PHS Auditorium at 7:30 pm. The ensembles will perform music of the season including "Carols of Olde", "Linus and Lucy" "All Through The Night", "A Charlie Brown Christmas", "A Fireside Christmas", a unique arrangement of "Silent Night", "Home Alone Christmas", "Carol of the Bells", "Christmas Legends" and "Sleigh Ride". The public is encouraged to attend this performance of holiday favorites and support our high school music students. Admission is FREE. A GOODWILL offering will be accepted at the door with proceeds benefiting the Pella High School Band and Orchestra programs.


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So, who do you find yourself rooting for in tonight's Monday Night Football NFC East match-up between the Wahsington Redskins (2-0) and Dallas Cowboys (1-1)? Sorry, both teams can't lose the game.
So, which outcome is better in the long run for a 2-1 Giants? A Dallas victory that would put the Giants, Redskins and Cowboys tied atop the division with 2-1 records? Or, a Washington victory that would put the Redskins at 3-0, but would leave the Cowboys and Eagles both behind the Giants at 1-2?
I guess it depends on whether you are buying into Rex Grossman, Barry Cofield and the Redskins as serious playoff contenders, or if you think they are a mediocre team that is just off to a deceptively nice start thanks to their Week1 victory over the Giants.
For those of you interested in placing a wager on the game, it looks like Dallas quarterback Tony Romo will play despite broken ribs.


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Iowa will open the season at home against Northern Illinois at 2:30 p.m. on August 31st.
Hawkeye officials announced the start time for the opening game and the September 7th match-up with Missouri State on Wednesday. Iowa's game against the Bears will kick off at 11 a.m.
Both will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network.


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Maruti Suzuki's position as the world leader in manufacturing compact cars is well known. With this popularity and expertise, Maruti Suzuki, the Indian subsidiary of the Japanese automobile major, launched its Swift hatchback in early 2005 and it became a prominent player in the premium hatchback segment. The Swift just shattered all the records and emerged as one of the best selling hatchbacks in the Indian automotive scene.
However, the design and style of the Swift was very much contemporary even after five plus years of its stay in the Indian automotive scene. But the car had to compete head and tow with the new contenders in the market with much better styling, handling and loads of new features. It was time for the Maruti Suzuki to bring in a Swift into the market. The engineers, however, did not want to sacrifice the peppiness the old Swift packed and they soon came out with the Swift.
The 6th generation Swift was first launched in Hungary and other European countries before it made inroads to India. This Swift is longer, wider and bigger than the old Swift. Design wise, the Swift looks very similar to the old Swift and you might not notice the difference unless you carefully watch it.
The Swift is a great example for the commixture of Japanese technology and European styling, which has resulted in an innovative, sporty and elegant design. The Swift is BS IV compliant and is available in six variants such as LXI, VXI, ZXI (Petrol), LDI, VDI and ZDI (diesel). The choice of colours in which the Maruti Suzuki Swift comes in is Blazing Red, Glistening Grey, Torque Blue, Silky Silver, Arctic White and Midnight Black.
Competitive pricing, a sporty engine and unique design have made it a very tempting option in the compact/hatchback segment. Swift has a good number of competitors namely Chevrolet Beat, Hyundai i10, i20, Ford Figo, Toyota Etios Liva, Volkswagen Polo, Fiat Punto, Nissan Micra to name a few.
Maruti Suzuki Swift is available in both petrol and diesel variants. The petrol variants of Swift is powered by a 1.2L K-Series engine with VVT technology pumps out a power of 85 bhp while churning out a torque of 114 Nm, while the diesel car is powered by a 1.3L DDiS engine which pumps out a power of 74 bhp and a torque of 190 Nm. Both the engines are coupled with a 5-speed manual transmission.
The improved fuel efficiency of the petrol engine now stands at 18.6 kmpl, about 4 percent increase in fuel efficiency than the outgoing Swift. The diesel engine powered Swift also now boasts of an impressive fuel efficiency of 22.9 kmpl, about 6 percent more than the outgoing model. The fuel efficiency can also be attributed to the reduction in the weight of the Swift. While the petrol Swift is lighter by 30 kg when compared to the older version, the diesel Swift is lighter by 15 kg.
For suspension, the Swift has McPherson struts for the front and Torsion beam for the rear, which ensures that the best of the ride quality. It also has ventilated disc brakes for the front and drum brakes for the rear. With 4.8 m turning radius, the Swift has rack and pinion steering as standard on all the variants.
The best looking car just got better with the Swift. The Swift though resembles the older Swift to the "T"; the new car is very different from the old model. Maruti Suzuki India, with the Swift has just completed where it had left pending with the old model.
The Swift is based on an all-new platform that is longer and larger than the older platform making the car look long and big simultaneously. The Swift is 90 mm longer than the outgoing model. The Swift flaunts a new grille and flared out headlamps. The new visible feature is the turn indicators that are neatly placed on the outer rear-view mirrors. The major difference is in the rear section where the boot is now more pronounced which differentiates the Swift from the Old. The tail lamps, like the headlamps are more fared backwards.
The Swift's interiors are very contemporary with rich black interiors with chrome accents. The ergonomics are improved and new waterfall centre console imparts the stylish and trendy feel. Even the upholstery is far superior to the outgoing model. The body hugging seats are epitome of comfort. The rear split seats is however missing from the Swift.
The Maruti Suzuki LXI/LDI features parcel tray, lane change indicator, fuel consumption display, tilt steering, low fuel warning lamp, head light on reminder, key in slot reminder, seat belt unfastened reminder, power steering, manual AC, Immobiliser and body coloured bumpers.
Adding on to the above features, the VXI/VDI features, electric ORVMS with Indicators, keyless entry with security alarm, chrome door cabin side handles, power windows all around, central locking, fog lamps both at front and rear, body colored ORVMs, body colored door handles, wheel caps, day night in-cabin mirror.
Adding on to the above features, the ZXI/ZDI features, height-adjustable driver seat, integrated turn indicators on ORVMs, rear wiper washer and defogger, steering wheel controls, integrated audio system, auto AC, 15-inch alloys, six speaker audio with 4-speakers and two tweeters.
The Maruti Suzuki Swift is big on safety and it shows. Dual Airbags and ABS-EBD are the main safety features, which will be available on both the petrol and diesel engined top-end models. The Swift also comes with a six layer polymer based fuel tank, which is lighter than the metal fuel tank of the older version.