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The Federal Communications Commission will again attempt to do the bidding of big media this year, with a scheme to rewrite ownership rules in much the same manner as it did in 2003. FCC chairman Kevin Martin is expected to announce Wednesday that the commission will embark upon a rulemaking initiative that will seek to make it possible for one company to own all daily and weekly newspapers, as many as three television stations, as many as eight radio stations, the cable system and primary internet sites in the same community. This "company town" scenario -- known in FCC parlance as "cross-ownership" -- was agreed to by the commission three years ago, despite broad public opposition. Only when Congress and then the courts intervened did the scheme get tripped up.
But big media companies, which hope to reap massive profits by creating one-newsroom towns where a handful of "content providers" produce all the local print, broadcast and digital coverage of government, culture, sports and community affairs, did not accept defeat graciously. In collaboration with friendly FCC commissioners, they kept looking for an opening that would allow them to renew their demands. And they think they have found one now that the five-member commission -- which had a GOP vacancy for months -- has a newly-minted 3-2 Republican majority. [Republican commissioners, now led by Martin, have generally sided with big media companies in recent years, while Democrats Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein have been stalwart defenders of divisity and competition.]
Martin, a Bush appointee with extremely close ties to a White House that has long wanted to implement rule changes favored by the generous campaign donors who own the nation's largest communications firms, has calculated that in an election year when the country's attention is focused on issues such as the war in Iraq, immigrations and mounting trade deficits, it will be possible to slip significant rule changes past an American public that is passionately opposed to them.
The FCC chair is a smarter politician than his predecessor, Colin Powell's son Michael. But Martin may have miscalculated.
Even before tomorrow's announcement of that the commission will attempt again to rewrite the rules in a manner that allows for greater concentration of ownership of local and national media by fewer companies, Martin was being challenged by members of Congress.Led by New York Democrat Maurice Hinchey, who chairs the Future of American Media (FAM) Caucus that was organized after the last fight over ownership rules, sixteen House members launched a preemptive strike in a letter to Martin.
The House members wrote:
We have noted with interest recent reports that you intend to revisit the issue of media ownership... If the FCC does in fact consider this issue, then we hope that the Commission will strengthen existing rules, and not further damage an already weak structure intended to protect diversity in American broadcasting. Put simply, we believe that any action on media ownership similar to what was proposed by the FCC in 2003 would be an unmitigated disaster.
Since their enactment in the 1940s, our media ownership rules have been a vital safeguard, ensuring that the power to inform the public is not inappropriately concentrated among a relative few. But since the 1996 Telecommunications Act, we have seen a significant relaxation of the media ownership caps limiting the number of outlets that one company may own in a single market. The unfortunate effect has been consolidation of newspapers, television channels, radio stations, and other media under the control of a handful of giant media conglomerates. The resulting monopoly situations have forced independent broadcasters out of business, limited minority ownership, and denied the American public the wide array of content they deserve.
The FCC's 2003 proposal to weaken the local TV ownership limits, national TV ownership caps, and newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rules would have delivered a fatal blow to our media ownership infrastructure. For example, if these rules had been enacted, a single corporation would have been.allowed to acquire as many as threetelevision stations, eight radio stations, and the only daily newspaper -- all within a single city. While such action would not have caused a media blackout per se, it would have essentially reduced content to a single source, rather than providing communities with the full array of information that should truly be available. As you know, millions of Americans and dozens of Senators and Representatives have contacted the FCC to express their concern about the proposed rules. The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals echoed these concerns by remanding the issue back to the Commission in June 2004.
As Members of Congress who are deeply concerned about the impact that further media consolidation would have upon our democracy, we believe that the Federal Communications Commission should fulfill its intended role as a strong defender of diversity in broadcasting. We hope that the FCC will move to strengthen existing ownership rules to guarantee an array of content and wide variety of viewpoints for everyone seeking news, information, and culture across our country.
In addition to Hinchey, House members signing the letter included: California's Anna Eshoo, Barbara Lee, Diane Watson, Henry Waxman and Lynn Woolsey, Hawaii's Ed Case, Illinois' Jan Schakowsky, New York's Louise Slaughter, North Carolina's David Price, Ohio's Sherrod Brown and Marcy Kaptur, Oregon's Peter DeFazio, Vermont's Bernie Sanders, Washington's Jim McDermott and Wisconsin's Tammy Baldwin.
Both Sanders and Brown are ahead in the polls in contests for Senate seats from their respective states, while most of the other signers are ranking minority members on key committees and subcommittees.
Translation: This time, the FCC is going to be watched by thoughful members of Congress from the start, just as it will be dogged by a media reform movement that is dramatically bigger and better organized than in 2003. To be sure, the fight will be a serious one. And determination of Martin -- whose long-term political ambitions are no secret -- to deliver for the White House and the big-media companies it favors should not be underestimated. But if the letter from Hinchey and his colleagues is any indication, the FCC chair's not going to be able to sneak new ownership rules past anyone. In deed, Martin might find that he has created an issue that -- instead of being obscured by the 2006 election campaign -- will be central to it.
In 2005, Congress failed the middle class.
This is the blunt assessment of the nonpartisan Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI), which today released its third annual scorecard, Congress at the Midterm: Their 2005 Middle-Class Record. Aimed at assessing Congress's voting records on issues of concern to the nation's middle class and "those who aspire to a middle-class standard of living"--surely the vast majority of Americans--Congress at the Midterm is a forceful indictment of Congress's performance and the party in power.
"In vote after vote," the scorecard notes, "Congress disdained the concerns of middle-class Americans and opted instead to favor the already wealthy and powerful: a surefire recipe for a shrinking middle class." From the passage of a bankruptcy bill that benefited credit card companies but squeezed middle-class families already overwhelmed by debt, to the failure of legislation to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade, to the House's vote to repeal the estate tax on the nation's most privileged heirs, the scorecard paints a grim, but devastatingly accurate, picture of what our elected representatives have been up to under the Capitol Dome.
First and foremost, the scorecard illustrates the utter failure of the Republican rank-and-file to support their middle-class constituents. Embattled incumbents like Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (who earns a zero grade for casting not a single pro-middle-class vote) resolutely voted against a bill to reject deep benefit cuts or a massive increase in debt in any Social Security "reform" plan. And he was far from alone: 99 percent of GOP House members failed the scorecard completely. 95 percent failed in the Senate. And only four Republicans--Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, and Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey--even manage to earn a mediocre "C" grade under the scorecard's generous scoring system.
While the party in power clearly comes out looking the worst, Democrats also fall in for their share of blame. Democratic backing for the middle class was very good when it came to things like increasing the minimum wage, saving Social Security and averting dangerous budget cuts, but the same strong level of support was not in evidence on bills like the Energy Policy Act, the Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Protection Act, and the Class Action Fairness Act--cases where, as DMI notes, "powerful industries lobbied for legislation that would increase their profits at the expense of the middle class." While there are nine scores of 100 percent among the Democratic Senators, and more among House members, 11 percent of Democratic representatives failed completely.
As we head into the 2006 elections, voters looking for a concise way to evaluate Congress on basic, bread-and-butter issues would do well to be armed with Congress at the Midterm: Their 2005 Middle-Class Record. And more of them than ever will find out about it. With DMI's pioneering embrace of Google AdWords, web surfers from around the country will be alerted to their Congress member's record whenever they do a Google search for their representative's name in the next month. A search for "Katherine Harris" for example, reveals a little blurb in the upper left-hand corner of the screen linking to the 2005 House record of the woman Florida voters are considering sending to the Senate.
When John Kerry, Barbara Boxer and Russ Feingold offer an amendment to the defense spending bill Wednesday calling on US troops to leave Iraq by July 1, 2007, only a handful of Senators voted with them.
If the American people had a say, the outcome would be different. A majority of the public supports setting a timetable for giving Iraq back to Iraqis. And the issue is particularly salient in Congressional districts in play this November.
MoveOn.org, with the help of the polling firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, recently surveyed voters in the country's top 68 swing districts, two-thirds held by Republicans.
By 50 to 42 percent, these voters want Democrats to control Congress. Roughly half of the respondents are more likely to vote for Democrats, and against a Republican, because of the war. When Democrats embrace Kerry and Feingold's position, their lead increases to 54 to 41 percent over a stay-the-course Republican.
What's more, battleground voters prefer a Democrat who supports the Kerry-Feingold amendment over one who does not. A candidate who advocates bringing the troops home within a year polls three percentage points better than one who says the US needs a "new direction," but stops short of calling for an exit date.
A "New Direction for America," you may recall, is the latest slogan unveiled by Democrats last week. But the public wants specifics, not slogans.
And as election time approaches, the war is by far the most important issue to the Democratic base. Half of Democrats cite the war as their top concern in these swing districts, 20 points ahead of the next issue, jobs and the economy. Key constituencies, such as African-Americans and women, respond very favorably to candidates who favor an exit strategy.
If Democrats ignore the war, voters may ignore them come November.
Some strange goings-on out here on the Left Coast. The progressive Democrat Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, has so far not endorsed the party's nominee for Governor, Phil Angelides.
A couple of reasons why: First, Angelides has refused to support Villaraigosa's plan to place the ossified L.A. Unified School District under the Mayor's control. Villaraigosa is a former organizer for the teachers' union; but the union is simultaneously opposing the takeover plan and bankrolling Angelides. So that, in part, explains the rift.
The other part is that Villaraigosa --like many others-- may figure that Arnold Schwarzenegger is going thump Angelides in the November general election. The City of L.A. has a lot riding on some bond measures that Arnold is supporting and Villaraigosa might figure there's more in it to quietly support the Republican Governor than there is in investing in a losing Democratic challenger.
The third factor is that Villaraigosa is a wildly popular pol and by far one of the most favorably looked-upon Democrats in the state. He might be figuring the best thing for his personal future is to have Angelides go down in flames this fall opening the way for his own candidacy four years from now.
It's all evolving as a wonderfullly juicy story of political intrigue and calculation. Bill Bradley has more gruesome details.
In his scathing dissent in the Supreme Court decision that overturned state sodomy laws, Justice Scalia objected to the court's imposition of "foreign moods, fads or fashions on Americans." Scalia was directly referring to the citation of a 1981 European Court of Human Rights case in the court's majority opinion, but he was also reiterating a long-standing, right-wing jeremiad against "activist judges" taking any international law into consideration. Such objections would become a minor theme of "Justice Sundays" and even prompted a rare public rebuke from Sandra Day O'Connor, who said in a 2004 speech at Georgetown that "international law is a help in our search for a more peaceful world." Indeed it's not just on matters of world peace and anal sex that U.S. judges look abroad for ideas. The Supreme Court cited a UN convention in Roper v. Simmons, which struck down the juvenile death penalty, and the Massachusetts Supreme Court mentioned Canadian law when it legalized same-sex marriage.
Now it seems that the right-wing legal establishment has decided that if you can't beat them, join them. In an article for U.S. News and World Report, Scott Michels documents how the Alliance Defense Fund, the Christian Right counter to the ACLU, is "taking the culture wars overseas." Michels' opens with the ADF's role in the case of Stephen Copsey, a British man who was fired for refusing to work on Sundays, and quotes ADF chief counsel Benjamin Bull as saying "if these cases are imported by the United States courts as controlling precedent, we basically abandon America as we know it." According to Michel, the ADF and other right-wing groups have "developed international networks of Christian lawyers, trained foreign lawyers, and sent their lawyers abroad."
The ADF was founded in 1994 by prominent right-wingers such as Bill Bright (Campus Crusade for Christ), James Dobson (Focus on the Family), James Kennedy (Coral Ridge Ministries) and Don Wildmon (American Family Association). Its leader Alan Sears was the Executive Director of the notorious Meese Commission on Pornography and authored The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing the Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today. While most of the ADF's $17 million annual budget is spent litigating domestic culture war cases such as Boyscouts v. Dale and Cupertino, as well as organizing a national "Day of Truth" to oppose the "Day of Silence" organized by LGBT activists -- you can expect their international reach to grow along with evangelical interest in global issues like AIDS, religious conflict and sex trafficking.
Whatever one may think about the ADF and their ilk, you gotta admire their savviness. Blast liberals for their global ambitions; launch a stealth campaign to do the same. Since the right to discriminate against gays (or what they creatively term their "freedom of religion") seems to be ADF's raison d'etre, I refer readers to Michael Bronski's recent article on the shortcomings of the gay rights movement, in particular how gay liberation's global roots (the Gay Liberation Front was an homage of sorts to the Vietnamese National Liberation Front) are both inspiring and under-developed.
It took nearly two weeks of counting paper ballots, but this weekend it became official. Legendary, retired Bay Area congressman Ron Dellums is the new Mayor of Oakland. Dellums squeaked out his victory and avoided a run-off when he crossed the 50% mark by a razor-thin 155 votes out of more than 80,000 cast.
His nearest challenger, Oakland City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente conceded the victory on Saturday. Dellums served for nearly three decades in congress, and before retiring in 1999, firmly established a reputation as one of the most liberal representatives in the House. He was active in opposition to the war in Vietnam, to Reagan administration foreign policy and to U.S. nuclear policy. He also led campaigning against South African apartheid.
The 70-year-old former congressman made the decision to come out of political retirement last year as the Oakland Mayoral seat was set to become vacant. Twice-elected Mayor Jerry Brown was being termed out and Dellums began a vigorous campaign on a progressive platform. Though the election was hard-fought, his main rival De La Fuente is also a liberal Democrat. Mexican-born, and a former union official, De La Fuente had won the endorsement of former Mayor Brown as well as the majority of the City Council.
Dellums' re-emergence galvanized much of Oakland's sizeable progressive community and gave them a living icon around which to rally. But since his retirement from Congress, Dellums' latest career --as a lobbyist--was hardly as romantic as his tenure on the Hill. Some controversy was raised by Dellums' firm having represented a local nuclear lab, one of the country's major drug firms, and by helping Rolls Royce acquire contracts for the engines made for transport planes that carry troops to Iraq.
Oakland, which has long lived in the shadow of neighboring San Francisco, will confront Dellums with some serious challenges. It's a city that suffers a high crime rate, an extraordinarily large population of former convicts, and deep economic and social divides. Managing a city as a progressive chief executive will be a very different job than being a liberal legislator among scores of others. And no doubt Dellums will be closely scrutinized by many of the constituencies who have invested their hopes in him.
Mayor Brown had come to office under similar circumstances in 1998, promising progressive reform but he wound up emphasizing programs of crime control and downtown development. Some of Brown's liberal supporters were deeply disappointed by his tenure, though the former California governor leaves office with high favorability ratings. In the election of two weeks ago, Brown handily won the Democratic primary for state Attorney General getting more votes than any other statewide Democratic candidate.
Dellums takes office and replaces Brown on January 1. One of his first tasks will be to mend fences with De La Fuente who remains at the helm of the City Council and whose political cooperation will be key in providing a governing majority.
Democrats got tough with Rep. William Jefferson last night, voting 99-58 to boot the corrupt Congressman off the powerful Ways and Means Committee.
Today he was formally removed from the seat by the entire House.
Jefferson, with his $90,000 bribe hidden in the freezer, did more than anyone to undermine the Democratic message of a Republican "culture of corruption." The legal investigation has almost certainly distracted Jefferson from rebuilding his district in impoverished New Orleans, which should be his number one priority.
Dennis Hastert asked Rep. Bob Ney to relinquish his chairmanship of the House Administration Committee. Allan Mollohan gave us his seat on the House Ethics Committee. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi rightfully understands that Jefferson, nicknamed "Dollar Bill" by his Louisiana peers, no longer deserves the perks of a tax-writing Ways and Means seat.
"Anybody with $90,000 in your freezer, you have a problem with this Caucus," Pelosi said after the vote.
Jefferson and his allies shamelessly tried to make this debate about race. But it's really about basic standards of decency--and important electoral considerations. If Democrats want to detox the House in November, they need to clean up their own house first.
In a recent post I suggested that our society needs nurses more than we need manicurists. That's true, of course, but I didn't mean to belittle nail workers. Sure, good nursing can save your life, but a manicure-pedicure, especially in this toe-baring season, can make it worth living.
Unfortunately, for the women who provide this excellent experience, the work is not always pleasant. According to a report recently released by the National Asian Pacific Women's Forum, the nail salon industry wreaks havoc on workers' reproductive health. Most of the workers -- over 95% of whom are female, and 42% Asian -- make less than $17,000 a year, and lack health insurance coverage. They tend to work very long hours, exposed to poisonous chemicals. (The FDA doesn't regulate the chemicals used in cosmetics.) Studies have found that prolonged exposure to some of these toxins can be linked to miscarriages, infertility and even birth defects. This will ring true to anyone who's ever walked into a poorly ventilated salon while pregnant; as consumers, we take that wave of nausea and dizziness as a sign to get the hell out, and quickly, but the workers don't always have that choice.
If you think you've been seeing more nail shops than ever before, often with names that sound odd to the native speaker (e.g., "Cozy Nails"), you're not mistaken. According to the NAPWF report, the nail care industry has tripled in size over the last two decades, partly because the field is welcoming to immigrants with limited English language skills (unlike, say, hair, about which customers want to discourse with endless nuance and detailed specifications). Interestingly, however, this very point can creates status indignity for some workers. Ji-Sun Oh, a nail worker and LaGuardia College student, has written a fascinating ethnography of Korean-owned salons in New York City, in which she observes that the language barrier between customer and worker highlights the sense that the manicurist is a "servant", even though she is a skilled professional. She quotes a worker who had the same job in Korea, before she came to New York: "When I was in Korea, I suggested, explained and recommended many things to customers. I was a professional. But here in America, since my English is bad, I just doing nails without any act of profession while my customers talk to her friends over her cell phone."
Ji-Sun, in her paper, notes that in Korea -- the country of origin of many New York City nail workers -- a manicurist is called a "'nail artist,' which sounds more respectful." In Korea, tipping feels insulting -- it is generally reserved for beggars and prostitutes -- thus many nail workers feel degraded by the practice when they first come to the U.S. As I read Ji-Sun's paper, I thought that another reason for the status difference here in the U.S. may be the low price of the service; a discount nail industry flourishes here, unlike in Korea. In the U.S., getting your nails done is a cheap way to look and feel a whole lot better; you'll notice plenty of nail salons -- and fabulously polished nails -- in poor or working-class neighborhoods. As with discount shopping, however, the low prices often come at the cost of workers' health and safety. It may also be that because customers pay so little to get their nails done, they don't respect the women who do the job.
From Houston to Boston, nail salon workers are organizing to clean up the toxins in their workplaces. But like the nursing shortage, cosmetic safety affects consumers as well as workers. One promising project, POLISH (nice acronym, but I defy you to remember what it stands for: Participatory Leadership, Organizing and Leadership Initiative for Safety and Health), works to educate both groups about the dangers, and to organize for change. Let's hope they will eventually push companies to make these products safer, and pressure the salon owners to improve workers' conditions. As for the more subtle respect issues Ji-Sun Oh raises in her research, let's hope she and others continue to document the experiences of this long-overlooked group of workers.
The incendiary House debate over whether the time has come to establish an Iraq exit strategy ended Friday morning with a 256-153 vote to maintain an open-ended occupation of the country where 2,500 U.S. troops and tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed in fighting since 2003.
The nonbinding vote came after House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat who achieved her leadership position after voting in 2002 against authorizing President Bush to invade Iraq, delivered one of her most ardent anti-war statements yet heard from a leader of the opposition party.
"Stay the course? I don't think so Mr. President. It's time to face the facts," Pelosi told the House.
"This war is a failed policy of the Bush administration… We need a new direction in Iraq," said Pelosi, who added: "The war in Iraq has been a mistake. I say, a grotesque mistake."
The floor fight over the resolution, which was initiated by Republicans who wanted to force Democrats to either back Bush or appear to not support troops serving in Iraq, stirred intense debate. In the end, however, most Democrats and a handful of Republicans chose to counter the cynical scheming of Karl Rove's White House political machine by voting "no" to legislation that even a Republican loyalist, Connecticut Congressman Rob Simmons, admitted "fails to fully address a key question that most Americans are asking: 'When are the troops coming home?'"
Of the 256 votes for the resolution, 214 came from Republicans and 42 from Democrats.
Of the 153 votes against it, 149 came from Democrats, three from Republicans and one from Vermont Independent Bernie Sanders.Pelosi was joined in voting "no" by Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Rahm Emanuel, D-Illinois, in a rare show of leadership unity on a war-related issue.
The three Republicans who voted "no" were Texan Ron Paul, Tennessean John Duncan and Iowan Jim Leach, all longtime foes of the war. Several Republicans who have expressed opposition to the war, including North Carolina Representative Walter Jones Jr., voted "present" or did not vote at all.
The intense debate allowed administration supporters to mouth election-year talking points from a memo provided by the White House political shop, with Georgia Republican Charlie Norwood saying of Democratic critics of administration policies: "Many, not all, on the other side of the aisle lack the will to win." House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, declared, "When our freedom is challenged, Americans do not run."
That line was countered by Pennsylvania Democrat John Murtha, the decorated Vietnam veteran who has emerged as one of the most outspoken critics of the war. Referring to House Republicans, many of them non-veterans, who chirped during the debate about how determined they were to fight on, the Pennsylvania Democrat said "it's easy to stay in an air-conditioned office and say I'm going to stay the course."
"That's why I get so upset when they stand here sanctimoniously and say we're fighting this thing," thundered Murtha. "It's the troops that are doing the fighting."
The vote took place one day after the 2,500th American died in Iraq.White House spokesman Tony Snow, like many members of the House majority, dismissed the death toll, telling the press corps: "It's a number, and every time there's one of these 500 benchmarks people want something."
What people got Friday morning was a House vote for perpetual war – and a lot more of those "500 benchmarks."
The February Le Moyne College/Zogby International survey of U.S. troops serving in Iraq found that 72 percent of them thought United States forces should exit that country by the end of 2006.
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate decided not to call for the withdrawal of combat troops by year's end when it shelved a measure proposing that "only forces that are critical to completing the mission of standing up Iraqi security forces" remain in Iraq in 2007.
After a stilted debate, the Senate voted to block the amendment 93-6.
Every Republican in the Senate voted for the amendment, which was advanced by their party leadership in as part of a coordinated political push by Karl Rove and the White House political shop to mock and minimize the debate about the war and create the impression that there is broad support for the long-term occupation of Iraq. So, too, did most Democrats, who chose not to oppose the latest administration strategy, just as they refused to challenge the Republicans prior to the disastrous 2002 and 2004 elections.
Who were the six senators who refused to play Rove's game and voted for the "Bring the Troops Home" amendment?
Barbara Boxer of California.
Robert Byrd of West Virginia.
Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.
Tom Harkin of Iowa.
Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts.
John Kerry of Massachusetts.
On the day when the 2,500th American died in the Iraq quagmire, the Senate was asked to approve the sentiment of the troops who say that it is time for them to get out of the middle of a foreign civil war.
The vast majority of senators decided to do the bidding of the president who deceived them about the "case" for war and who then played politics with national security and the lives of the young men and women who wear the uniform of the United States.
Only six members of the chamber charged with serving as the ultimate check and balance on the fools' missions of failed presidents chose to support the troops. Boxer, Byrd, Feingold, Harkin, Kennedy and Kerry will, of course, be vilified by Rove regenerated attack machine for having done so. It will be suggested that they sent the wrong message to the troops by voting as they did.
At the end of the day on which the American death toll topped 2,500, however, the only message the six senators sent to the troops was this: We agree with you.


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Monday Morning Draft - Week 13
Here is the 13th edition of the Monday Morning Draft - a column that delves into the past weekend's action from an NFL Draft perspective. As the season goes on, the draft picture and slotting will become more clear, but every Sunday will provide a few hints for next April.
By Charlie Campbell.
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Follow Charlie on Twitter @draftcampbell for updates.
Suck For Luck:
Here are the standings for the race for the No. 1 overall pick to have the first shot at Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck.
Indianapolis Colts:
Indianapolis fought, but lost to the Patriots 31-24 on Sunday. A few weeks ago, the Colts took a commanding lead in the "Suck for Luck" standings after losing at home to the Jaguars. It was a winnable game for Indianapolis, but their offense was completely ineffective. Previously, the Colts had played tight games with the Steelers, Browns and Buccaneers. Right now, there is no certainty when Peyton Manning will return. At 0-12, the Indianapolis Colts look like they are headed to a winless season. It would be a shock if they didn't land the No. 1 pick.
Minnesota Vikings:
Minnesota got "Tebowed." The Vikings fell to the Broncos 35-32, and are now 2-10 on the season. Throughout the 2011, Minnesota has lost a lot of games late. Three of the Vikings' final four opponents are all in the playoff race: the Lions, the Saints and the Bears. Minnesota has a winnnable game against the Redskins, but the Vikings could easily finish 2-14 or 3-13 this season. Minnesota looks like a lock for a top-five pick next April.
St. Louis Rams:
St. Louis fell to 2-10 on the season after getting shutout 26-0 by the 49ers. The Rams had a one-point win over Cleveland, and also shocked the Saints with a 31-21 in the middle of the season. St. Louis has had a tough schedule to go along with a lot of injuries, which have decimated their talent. The Rams on their way to a top-five pick in the 2012 NFL Draft
Jacksonville Jaguars:
Jacksonville plays on Monday Night Football. Two weeks ago, the Jaguars lost to the Browns 14-10 in a game that equaled the hype it received ahead of time. Jacksonville is capable of pulling off some surprising wins, but they are an awful team. The Jaguars have the worst-rated offense and it is painful to watch. Rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert struggles to move the ball and he doesn't have any quality wide receivers to help him. On a short week, the Jaguars play the Buccaneers in Tampa Bay next Sunday.
Cleveland Browns:
The Browns fell to 4-8 on the season after losing to the Ravens. Baltimore running back Ray Rice ran for over 200 yards. It has been an ugly year for the Cleveland. The Browns lost to the Rams with narrow wins over the Jaguars, Seahawks and Dolphins. All three of those games could have been losses. Cleveland may not win another game this season. They go to Pittsburgh, Arizona and Baltimore in the next three weeks before finishing the season at in Ohio against Pittsburgh. That spells 4-12, and it would be surprising if the Browns beat the Cardinals to finish 5-11.
Let's Play Matchmaker:
This section will look at some of the top talent in college football and match those prospects up with teams that have a dire need at the position.
Denver Broncos: Alfonzo Dennard, CB, Nebraska
The Broncos need to upgrade their cornerbacks. Minnesota's Percy Harvin caught eight passes for 156 yards and two touchdowns while Devin Aromashodu had six receptions for 90 yards against Denver. Rookie quarterback Christian Ponder threw for almost 400 yards on Sunday. The Broncos obviously have a dynamic pass rush for years to come in Elvis Dumervil and Von Miller. Now, they need to find some long-term corners who can force quarterbacks to hold the ball longer.
Dennard is exactly that type of corner. He is very good in bump-and-run while having the speed and strength to match up in man coverage. Dennard performs well in zone too. With Denver continuing to win, they are now more of an option for the third-rated corner in the draft rather than either of the top two, Morris Claiborne and Dre Kirkpatrick. Dennard would be a good fit in Denver.
Philadelphia Eagles: Luke Kuechly, LB, Boston Colllege
The Eagles were run over by Marshawn Lynch and the youngest offensive line in the NFL. Philadelphia's linebackers have been a weakness all season and were clearly a concern at its outset. A linebacker like Kuechly would immediately upgrade the Eagles� run defense. This year, he recorded 191 tackles with 12 tackles for a loss, three interceptions and three passes broken up. Kuechly is extremely intelligent and instinctive. He would help produce second-and-long and third-and-long situations for Philadelphia. If Kuechly declares for the draft, the Eagles could get a shot at him with their first-round pick.
Carolina Panthers: Morris Claiborne, CB, LSU
The Carolina secondary allowed big pass plays to Dezmon Briscoe, Mike Williams and Arrelious Benn. Veteran corner Chris Gamble does not look good when receivers go deep against him, and the Panthers are going to need to find some cover corners to match up against New Orleans and Atlanta. Claiborne is the top defensive prospect in the draft, and he could be available for Carolina in the first round. Claiborne has proven to be a true shutdown corner capable of splash plays at critical times. He has six interceptions this season and has been a dangerous kick returner. Claiborne would be an immediate upgrade for the Panthers defense.
Green Bay Packers: Vinny Curry, DE/OLB, Marshall
The Packers really could use a pass rusher on the other side from Clay Matthews. On Sunday, Giants quarterback Eli Manning had good time to throw the ball, and the lack of pass rush only made the Green Bay secondary more vulnerable. Curry has been the most consistent pass rushers in college football the past two seasons. After recording 12 sacks last year, he had 11 sacks this season. Curry had 18 tackles for a loss in 2010 and 21 tackles for a loss in 2011. The speedy and agile, he is electric off the edge and has the athleticism to execute in pass coverage for the Packers' 3-4 defense. Curry would be a perfect fit in Green Bay. It will likely require their first-round pick to land him.
Houston Texans: Mohamed Sanu, WR, Rutgers
The Texans took another injury on the chin with wide receiver Andre Johnson hurting his left hamstring. Even if he finishes the season healthy, the need for Houston to find another play-making wide receiver is clear. The Texans need some more depth in case Johnson, 30, misses more time with injuries as he ages in the years to come. Sanu is an underrated prospect who had a fantastic junior season. He caught 109 passes for 1,144 yards and seven touchdowns. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound Sanu has a good combination of size and speed, but his hands and body control are truly special. Houston could target him in the second round, but may have to trade up to get him.
Buffalo Bills: Dont'a Hightower, LB, Alabama
The Bills got gashed on the ground by Titans running back Chris Johnson on Sunday. All season, Buffalo has had a weakness in defending the run. They need a long-term run stuffer to help defend the tackle box. Hightower (6-4, 260) makes it hard to run up the middle. This season, he has 81 tackles with 9.5 tackles for a loss, three sacks, one interception and one blocked kick. The Bills could target Hightower early in the second round, but may have to trade back into the first round in order to land him.
Detroit Lions: Casey Hayward, CB, Vanderbilt
Drew Brees had his way with the Lions' secondary on Sunday night. Playing against Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers twice a year is going to require Detroit to upgrade their cornerbacks. Hayward is an underrated prospect who can play both man and zone. He had five interceptions this season after picking off six passes last year. Hayward has good instincts and came close to a number of other interceptions. He is the kind of cornerback who could take advantage of the Lions pass rush and turn some pressured throws into interceptions. Detroit could look to land Hayward in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
Cincinnati Bengals: Montee Ball, RB, Wisconsin
The Bengals have had running back issues all season and that was the case again versus the Steelers. Cincinnati needs to find a work-horse back who is capable of taking some of the heat off Andy Dalton. Ball leads college football in scoring as he has totaled 38 touchdowns (32 rushing and six receiving) this season. Ball is a three-down player who can lead a power run game, and he fits well in a West Coast offense like the one run by Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden. Ball has 1,759 yards rushing (6.4 average) and 20 receptions for 255 yards. He would be an instant upgrade over Cedric Benson. Cincinnati could use one of their first-rounders on Ball if they didn't want to risk him not getting to their second-round pick.
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In this section we take a deeper look at specific teams and where they stand in regards to the 2012 NFL Draft.
Green Bay Packers:
The defending Super Bowl Champions are going to need to devote their 2012 draft to the defensive side of the ball. The Packers have drafted offensive tackles in the first round the past two seasons while acquiring a good stable of weapons for quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Plus, Green Bay has signed a lot of their offensive playmakers to long-term contracts. Over the 2011 season, the Packers' offense has been a machine, consistently putting up big point totals on a weekly basis. On the other side of the ball, the defense has allowed some big point totals.
There are multiple needs for the defense. Green Bay could use some safety help as Nick Collins may never see the field again. Cornerback Charles Woodson won't play forever, and the Packers have to prepare themselves for the day that he decides his next stop is Canton. One reason why the secondary has allowed some splash plays is because outside of Clay Matthews, the Packers don't have an edge rusher who can consistently get to the quarterback. Entering Week 13, Matthews had only five sacks in 2011, so Green Bay needs another edge rusher for Dom Capers' defense.
The Packers could also use a young five-technique defensive end. If Green Bay can devote a good draft or two to building up their defense, there is no reason why they shouldn't play for, and win, another Lombardi Trophy or two.
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The Redskins started the season strong, but faded in the middle of the season. The New York Jets dropped Washington on Sunday, and now the Redskins find themselves at 4-8. Our sources have said, Washington currently would target the offensive side of the ball in the 2012 draft. Quarterback and wide receiver are the two primary positions to address, with some help for the offensive line as well.
The quarterback position is obviously needing a long-term solution. Rex Grossman and John Beck aren't the answer, so they will have to find a new signal caller in the offseason. Depending on who declares for the draft, and where the Redskins fall in the order, Washington could land one of the top quarterback prospects. Stanford's Andrew Luck won't make it to their pick. However, the Redskins could have a shot at USC's Matt Barkley, Baylor's Robert Griffin III or Oklahoma's Landry Jones.
If Washingon misses out on a franchise quarterback, the Redskins could opt to take a potential No.1 receiver. The team has two veterans in Santana Moss and Jabar Gaffney, but they aren't long-term players. Washington drafted Leonard Hankerson in the third round last year. The Redskins also took two more wide outs in the fifth and sixth round. However, none of them project to be a true leading receiver in the NFL. This season, Washington has been led in receiving by tight end Fred Davis.
While the team may not be picking high enough to land the top receiver, Oklahoma State's Justin Blackmon, they could have a shot at South Carolina's Alshon Jeffery or Notre Dame's Michael Floyd. Landing a playmaking wide receiver or quarterback will help open up the running game that defenses are loading up against. Watch for the Redskins to make an improved passing attack a top priority in the draft and free agency.
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At last some rationality in our liltte debate.
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Todd Bowles is almost 50
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Love Mike Zimmer and the Bucs. Glad someone is talking about the two together
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100% agree with the need of a dt...! it was not just in this game - then the o-line doubles dumervil and miller or just takes them out, there no other guy to put pressure on them... ..one more pass rusher would be great...
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If NFL teams haven't learned by now the idiocy of drafting a RB high, they never will.
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I keep hearing that this is the first draft that the Lions can realistically consider targeting a need over sheer talent and that scares me. Mayhew is proven that he can build up a team by drafting the Fairleys of the world, but the one high pick he's used on need versus talent is Jahvid Best. That pick clearly isn't working out. Personally I hope the continue to address need via free agency and talent via the draft.
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Does anyone else think the Bengals won't be able to land Trent Richardson? I feel like he'll be gone by the seventeenth pick.
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I'm a Ravens fan, so I'd love for the steelers to waste a pick on a linebacker, but why would they chose a OLB when Harrison is still playing lights out and they still have Woodley? They would need a corner more than anything...by all means take a LB though lol
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Andrew Luck did not look like an elite quarterback tonight. Yeah, the guy completes passes, but he seemed like a Jeff Garcia-esque dink and dunker against OK State. If I'm the Colts and I'm thinking about replacing Peyton Manning, I'd want a Matthew Stafford level talent.
I think he's a guy that is masked by a stellar run game and defense. No way I'd draft him 1st overall. Trade the pick, Colts.
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I agree 100% with Ram Guy. They need a WR very badly in STL. I never got why Left Tackle became such a huge priority anyway. Look at the past few LTs taken in the top 5. Joe Thomas, Jake Long, Jason Smith, Trent Williams, Levi Brown. Some are great. Some are OK. Some are busts. But they all have one thing in common... the teams that drafted them still suck.
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No way the Rams stay pat and draft Kalil. If they had a lower pick, they certainly wouldn't give up picks to move up and draft Kalil, so no way in hell do they reject picks to stay at #2 and draft him...especially now that they've cleaned house and Brandon Lloyd won't be there next season since McDaniels won't be. WR is now priority 1 and 2 for the Rams.
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2:50pm Friday 16th November 2012 in News By Mike Pryce
David Birtwhistle, Worcester's best known contemporary artist, is holding what is likely to be his last ever exhibition at his gallery Birties in Friar Street.
Birtwhistle 2012 will open tomorrow and run until the end of the month.
After that, there will be a general exhibition into the new year and then Mr Birtwhistle and his wife Linda aim to retire.
"We have been running the gallery for 33 years and now want a rest," he said.
"Our daughter Rebecca wasn't even born when the gallery opened on November 17, 1979, but she has developed into an extremely talented artist and some of her work will be included in this show.
"Father and daughter artists exhibiting their work together are extremely rare."
Mr Birtwhistle originally opened the gallery with Michael Westby, who has since retired, when they were both junior partners at the Worcester architectural practice of Henry Gorst.
"We were told the life-expectancy of the project was somewhat less than two years, but over the third of a century the gallery has survived while many other galleries have come and gone.
"The big idea behind Framed was to offer contemporary fine art which was both accessible and affordable for and about Worcester."
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noun - A cube-shaped marine creature that floats with the winds and currents with a nearly transparent, slightly tinted body and long tentacles with stinging cells. The swimmer swam right into a brood of box jellyfish off of the coast and was stung badly on his arms and face. Synonyms: marine stinger, jellyfish, Portuguese Man o War and sea wasp, stinger.


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(Tim) This Christmas, the Bayly family here in Bloomington has experienced the truth of Ecclesiastes 7:2-4:
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, because that is the end of every man, and the living takes it to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for when a face is sad a heart may be happy. The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure.
Our dear Aunt Elaine went to be with the Lord here at home at 4:25 this afternoon. She's now in the presence of the Lord where there is great joy forevermore. We thank God for the privilege of her presence in our home and family these past six years and four months.
Dear Tim,
The irony of Solomon's paradox is an amazing and marvelous thing to behold in the actual departure of someone like Aunt Elaine.
Having shepherded four family members to Heaven's gate (a father- and mother-inlaw, my mother, a daughter), I can testify to the abiding satisfaction of such service, and how personally encouraging it is to finish such a course, though at the finish line the one you love has departed, to await your eventual arrival.
Dear Tim,
I think that's the perfect passage to describe what I'm sure must be a day filled with many emotions for you all. I'd like to add my thanks to you all for allowing me to know Aunt Elaine during her last years.
As you know, I occasionally came over to play the piano for Aunt Elaine. Upon asking her what hymn she would like to hear, her answer was always the same: "Oh, just play anything....whatever you like." Even so, I soon learned that certain songs were especially dear to Aunt Elaine ("Blessed Assurance, To God be the Glory")—for these were the songs to which she would always sing, with her eyes closed, but with her mind captured by the memories and truths these songs brought to her mind. And when I got ready to leave, her response was always, "Make yourself at home!"—as I always was.
I always left with the sense that, although my purpose in playing was to be a blessing and encouragement to Aunt Elaine, she ended up being even more of a blessing to me. The faith and perseverance that God gave her testified to His grace both to her and to us. And finally, I always left with great appreciation for the tireless dedication of you all (but especially of Mary Lee) to care for Aunt Elaine at home, and to be there (in Mary Lee's words), "to escort her into glory." That day has now come, and she is now there.
And so on this bittersweet day, my condolences to you all, but also my thanks, for allowing those of us who knew Aunt Elaine the opportunity to see a saint meet death with courage and faith—not a false, superficial kind that knows no doubt nor difficulty, but a true, abiding, and genuine faith that I saw displayed in Aunt Elaine, and in all of you. Thanks for showing us again that, though we live in a world of death, its sting is no more because of Him who is the Resurrection and the Life.
Dear Bill,
You understand, dear brother. Thank you.
Dear Josh,
Your kind love for Aunt Elaine was a joy to us, and your words are just what the doctor ordered. A moment ago, Mary Lee and I were commenting how something so good for Aunt Elaine, and in some ways for Mary Lee, is still so very sad. But then, death, though defeated, remains our inveterate enemy.
We're planning on having the memorial service Sunday after church, Lord willing. Hope you'll be back, but if not, we understand.
Much affection,
Tim/Mary Lee
Dear Bayly Family,
My favorite memory of Aunt Elaine was when Jennifer and I drove her back from Mud's house. There was a breathtaking sunset on the horizon. She hadn't spoken much on the trip, but she suddenly said, "How beautiful--it looks like peaches!" She delighted in the simple pleasures that God gave her, and her delight was contagious. I'm grateful to you all for your faithful service to her, sorry for your loss, and yet happy thinking about Aunt Elaine's great gain.
Thank you, Steve and Jen--for everything. We love you.
Tim and MaryLee, Thank you for the witness you have been, caring for and loving Aunt Elaine in your HOME, when so many of our generation don't 'have the time' for our elders or 'imperfect ones.' It has had an impact on my kids, I know, and how they look at people in nursing homes, even when we go to visit now, to think 'it doesn't HAVE to be this way...
May you all have a much-deserved rest now. I KNOW you gave of yourselves more than most of us can even imagine. Aunt Elaine was very lucky to spend her final years in your home, and she's even better off now in her heavenly home!
I always noticed how Mary Lee painted Aunt Elaine's fingernails or tied a pretty colored scarf around her neck that brought out the color of her beautiful eyes. She also placed that wig on her head every day. I think I only saw Aunt Elaine without the wig once and I consider myself family over there to open the door and walk into the Bayly home without knocking. To drive up and see the little Christmas tree in her window twinkling its lights also was noticed. Tim joked and loved on Aunt Elaine like he does everyone else, but in a more special way since she was his Dad's sister.
Thank you both for displaying how to show dignity to this one made in the image of God in this most humiliating and distasteful phase of life. We love you guys with a big love. Things like this (and many more) gave us much confidence to leave you with our first-born as we came back to Zambia.
We will dearly miss Aunt Elain. She was a real blessing. Thank you for sharing her and taking such good care of her!!
Sorrow for your grief...and gladness for your rejoicing.
Linda, the service you and Caleb give to God's little ones; and Terri, your meekness and compassion; dear sisters, you and your husbands have given us faith for our work--especially this work. So your words of comfort are Gilead's dressing for our wound.
Mary Lee joins me in thanking you also, Valerie, for sorrowing and rejoicing with us.
Dear Ones,
A few weeks ago, when Aunt Elaine was attending her last women's Bible Study, we asked her in our little prayer group what she wanted us to pray for. Frail, clearly in pain, she spoke her prayer request: "Pray for my friends who do not know Jesus. They need Him." The Holy Spirit used Aunt Elaine to make my own prayer life a little less selfish that week.
Mary Lee, Praise God that He caused you to finish well. Your constant example to me, in the real-ness of caring for Aunt Elaine, has helped David and I decide that the first "must have" on our realtor's list for our next home is a livable space for our parents in their declining years. I thank the Lord for you and your friendship and your willingness to be the handmaiden of the Lord, even when doing so is far from pleasant. I love you.
Dear Tim and David,
I was surprised when I saw the news of Aunt Elaine this morning, some people you just think will always be here, Aunt Elaine and your mother are two of them. I am grateful for the time I had to be near Aunt Elaine while with David in Ohio, she was a joy.
How we need more men and women who when in their presence you have a sense of the presence of God and holiness. God granted your aunt many years and faithfulness with them, may He do the same for us.
Love from the Knapps
P.S. Someone mentioned in an earlier comment the fact that your aunt Elaine didn't say much during a car trip, that was a gift she had, to not say much and then it was worth listening when she did.
Dearest Timothy and Mary Lee,
God bless you. Our hearts and prayers are with you.
Like so many others, we had the blessing and privilege of being in your home many times over the past six years. We witnessed the love and joy of family caring for one another. You didn't just preach James 1:27, you lived it.
I still remember my own selfishness being exposed the first time we stayed in your home after Auntie Elaine moved in. I was disappointed that we couldn't have your wonderful guest room. But your children were so quick to surrender beds for us. There is much grace in your home, the fruit of Godly lives well lived.
When I visit the elderly in hospitals or nursing homes, I so often hear them say they don't want to be a burden. Instead of telling them, "Oh no, you are no burden" I tell them, of course you are a burden, but it is the burden of love (something I learned from a Gilbert Meilaender article in First Things years ago). That's what all family is to each other, a burden in some way, when rightly understood. Babies and children are a burden, teenagers are a burden, elderly are a burden, (let's face it, I'm a burden to my wife) but that is what it means to be family. The Holy Spirit's gift to us is the very desire to bear one another's burdens and then the blessing we receive when we do.
Thank you for sharing your lives with us. We all are blessed because of it.
We love you.
Robert and Phama and boys
Thank you so much, Barbara, Gary, and Robert. And Robert, if you think Aunt Elaine exposed your selfishness, it was only a momentary exposure, whereas mine last six and a quarter years. Only His grace is sufficient.
Tim and Mary Lee,
To know such loving care, generosity and gentleness as you have shown Aunt Elaine - it blesses me even at this distance. I am so glad you have shared this with your extended friends and family, you enrich us by it.
My prayers are with you, and may you continue to know His Peace in the coming days as the reality of your loss and her gain of glory settle in.
Much love,
Dear Pastor Tim and Mary Lee,
I'm saddened at the loss of Aunt Elaine but at the same time, happy, very happy indeed, to know where she is right now. She was a delightful person who always made me laugh. I loved how she could never remember my name and asked me once if she could just call me "Hey you"!. She will always live in my heart and I feel honored to have known her.
Thank you for the opportunity to get to know her during the past year and a half.
"Now I saw in my dream, that these two men went in at the gate; and lo, when they entered, they were transfigured: and they had raiment put on that shone like gold. … Then I heard in my dream that all the bells in the city rang again for joy and that it was said unto them 'Enter Ye into the Joy of our LORD.' I also heard the men themselves say, that they sang with a loud voice, saying, 'Blessing, Honor, Glory, and Power, be to Him who sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lomb forever and ever.'"
Amen and Amen
Dear Friends,
Oh, how I both dreaded and prayed for this news. Aunt Elaine has been such a constant in your home for years, and I have been recalling times we spent with her there, or in Sunday School, wheeling her to "her spot" in church, or simply visiting with her at a picnic or during an ultimate frisbee game.
These years have been years to learn for all involved. Aunt Elaine learned she could trust you to care for her in every way, and you learned that you could fit just one more thing in each day. Your children, oh your children, they have been so blessed by this time, and not because it was always sweet or easy, but because they learned to give from the strength and love that God gives, and not of their own beautiful, yet limited, abilities.
So many in our church watched you live out words that you preached. We watched MaryLee move from caring from her children to caring also for Aunt Elaine. We watched as you altered plans and such to include her in your daily lives.
I remember sitting with you at dinner once and then moving to the living room as Grace played piano for you, and most especially for Aunt Elaine. Grace didn't just play, she performed a concert, a concert of love and God's grace. Aunt Elaine's face beamed as she heard the incredible music that was being shared that night. And then I started to hear the stories of all who came and shared with Aunt Elaine. She was a gift to all of us, and we will miss her.
As much as we miss her though, how much more must we rejoice to see a saint finish well the race which she began so many years ago. Thank you for allowing us to be a part of this journey.
With much love and many prayers,
Thank you, Kim; that day with Grace was a joy, wasn't it?
Tim and MaryLee;
One night at your dinner table, your Aunt Elaine shared with me about were she worked in NYC and how much she enjoyed it. What a joy she was to listen to and that she being a single woman, she had a fullfilled life with the love of God in her heart.
Personally, she was a wonderful role model to me of her happiness and contentment throughout her life. Thank you for caring for her the way we all hope we will be cared for later in our life.
Love you all,
One day, Vanessa had asked me to fill in for her with Aunt Elaine, because she had an orchestra rehearsal. I had never sat with Aunt Elaine before, but I was happy to do it. When I got to the house, she was sitting at the corner of the couch, with a few letters and magazines in her lap. When I asked what I could do for her, she said, "I'd like it if you would play the piano for me." I reassured her that she probably wouldn't like that, as I was a singer and not a pianist, with only a few years of piano under my belt. But she insisted. So, I sat at the piano and played the only few sonatinas that I knew (more like I stumbled through them.)
"That was good! Play some more!" she said.
I played some hymns that I literally "made up" in the left hand- it sounded awful! After I was done, I said, "Aunt Elaine, would you like me to read to you?" thinking she'd put me out of my misery.
"Oh, no!" she said, smiling. "You're doing just fine! I especially liked the last one you played, so keep playing."
In my complete humiliation, I continued to stumble through pieces- ones that I was totally making up on the spot! The funny thing was, she was really enjoying it. Before I left, she thanked me, telling me that she really enjoyed hearing me play. I couldn't believe I gave someone so much joy from my feeble piano playing for almost 60 minutes! It was a good knock on my pride:)
Dear Tim & Mary Lee,
As I sit here looking at the snow blowing around, and praying for you as you travel to Gettysburg with Aunt Elaine, I am filled with such a mix of emotions, many of which I see written here by others. What a privilege to have known Aunt Elaine these last six years, and what a joy to see her in church and at Bible study, and always at the many events in your home. She always knew me when I walked in the door, something at which I marveled. I had heard of her less lucid moments, but I never saw them. She always seemed delighted to talk to me, and what a warmth I would have in talking with her. She will be sorely missed by all of us. As I look at this fresh snow, I think of how she no longer has to struggle with earthly sorrows or sin - that her life is as this newly-fallen, pure white snow. Yet the comparison falls so far short of the unspeakable joy she knows meeting her Saviour face-to-face. How I envy her for that. May I also echo others in thanking you for sharing your lives so in having Aunt Elaine live with you. We learned so much from your example, and I will fight my dad tooth & nail if he ever decides he wants a nursing home over coming to live with me. It won't be a cakewalk, but I couldn't have it any other way. There's just too much to be learned about life in having the elderly in your home and seeing them through their final days. Your children are so much richer for it -- I see it in their lives. I know the days to come will be filled with the inevitable roller coaster ride of emotions that accompany the loss of a loved one. You will be in our prayers as always, and I will pray for comfort and rest for you for now. (I will also be wondering who the next blessed soul will be to have the privilege of your care!) We love you and look forward to your return and Aunt Elaine's memorial service. Godspeed!


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A West Orange pharmacist has been arrested and charged for selling oxycodone to those without a prescription, according to authorities.
Leonard "Lenny" Stefanelli, 48, of East Hanover, is part-owner and head pharmacist of the West Orange Pharmacy Inc., at 443 Main St. He was arrested Monday by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency.
Stefanelli is being charged by the US Attorney's Office. Stefanelli made bail on Monday, but no date has been set for his arraignment, said Matthew Reilly, spokesperson for the US Attorney's Office in New Jersey.
Agents from the federal agency could be seen at the pharmacy on Monday morning and afternoon taking boxes in and out of the store. Both the federal agency and West Orange police had the pharmacy closed during that time.
Stefanelli reportedly sold oxycodone to "confidential sources" on six separate occasions between Feb. 1 and Aug. 6, 2012, according to a criminal complaint issued in Newark by the US District Court on Sept. 7.
In one instance around Feb. 8, a source bought OxyCotin from Stefanelli in two 200-count tablet bottles for $1,800. The source did not have a prescription, nor did Stefanelli ask for one.
Oxycodone is a synthetic opiate similar to morphine, but twice as potent, according to the complaint. It also has a high risk of being abused. The drug is used in OxyCotin, which is manufactured by Purdue Pharma.
Calls for comment to the pharmacy were denied. The pharmacy is currently still open.


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Kol's death (can we discuss this).
Have you seen Bonnie's face lately, it's like she has only one facial expression. That angry stare that she does, it really throws me off
She's had this expression since s2 started,lmao.Either way,its still better than Tyler's ice-brick like face.I want him to die before Bonnie lol,hopefully by the hands of Caroline.


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