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Cynthia McKinney on leadership
by Paul Craig Roberts
Billions of dollars have been spent on political propaganda, but not a single important issue has been addressed. The closest the campaign has come to a political issue is which candidate can grovel the lowest at the feet of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. Romney won that contest. But for the rest, well, it is like two elementary school children sticking their tongues out at one another.
The question of U.S. political leadership has been on my mind for some time. I can remember when political leadership still existed and when bipartisan cooperation could be mustered on enough issues to keep the country and the government functioning.
Those who have followed the Republican campaign for the presidential nomination and current contest between Romney and Obama know that the United States has no political leadership in Washington.
When a country loses leadership, how does a country get leadership back? This is an important question. Without leadership, there is only violence. Once the Romans lost their republic, there was no one to lead them and they were ruled by violence. Will this be our fate?
These thoughts were in my mind when I happened to hear Cynthia McKinney speak. Here was a leader, a person with sufficient fire, knowledge and compassion for others. Cynthia McKinney served six terms in the House of Representatives as a Democrat from Georgia. In 2008 she was the Green Party's candidate for president. As a U.S. representative, Cynthia McKinney defied the cowardly Nancy Pelosi and introduced articles of impeachment against President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
If there had been any leadership in Congress in addition to that of Cynthia McKinney and Dennis Kucinich, the executive branch criminals who violated U.S. law, international law, the U.S. Constitution, and committed war crimes and crimes against humanity would have been impeached, and today American citizens would be safe in their civil liberties protected by the U.S. Constitution.
When a country loses leadership, how does a country get leadership back? This is an important question.
But as McKinney and Kucinich stood alone in their leadership, the Constitution is eviscerated and the executive branch is above the law. The U.S. government now routinely commits war crimes and violates all of the traditional, but no longer extant, rights of U.S. citizens.
Recently, I had an opportunity to speak with Cynthia McKinney, and I asked her about leadership. She replied that at the local level in the Black communities, there is leadership. It no longer gets media coverage, but it is there.
At the elected political level, she said the public confuses leadership with election to office. But many elected politicians are sycophants for the powers who control the existing order. Real leaders are those with the courage to dissent and to resist. It is the act of resistance that transforms an elected person into a leader.
What Cynthia McKinney was telling me is that politics is a virtual reality, full of paper cutout props pretending to be leaders, while the few real leaders are demonized, redistricted and disposed of. McKinney, who was brave enough to take on all the forces of evil, also took on Israel for its crimes against the Palestinians.
Cynthia McKinney survived brickbats, but she did not survive the Israel lobby. She spoke up for the Palestinians, a taboo in American politics, and Israeli money got her evicted from the House of Representatives.
From the Washington establishment's point of view, Cynthia McKinney was extremely dangerous. She spoke for the people, not for the monied interest groups. In Washington, this is impermissible behavior. And on top of it all, she challenged the government's official story about 9/11.
"This is a very good question. Glen Ford now calls them the 'misleadership class' because what is being provided by those with positional authority is not leadership. It is the opposite of leadership. Leadership is not about positional authority or media acceptance: It is about what one does and who one serves and the vision, sense of mission, one inspires in others.
I asked Cynthia McKinney where are the real leaders as contrasted with the politically ambitious? How are they produced? Why are there so few? Why are they cast aside? Here are her answers:
"This is an interesting question because there has raged a debate for quite some time now on whether leaders are born or made. I happen to believe that all of us have the stuff to be leaders, but it is the extent to which and how we use the stuff we have that determines the character of our leadership. Some people choose to not use their stuff at all and remain bystanders in the face of injustice. Other people choose to use their stuff in service to injustice as perpetrators.
"And then there's the rest of us who have a moral impulsion to speak up when we see wrong; in fact, Teddy Kennedy said it best when eulogizing his brother, Bobby: 'He saw wrong and tried to right it; he saw suffering and tried to heal it. Saw war and tried to stop it.' That's leadership.
"I happen to believe that all of us have the stuff to be leaders, but it is the extent to which and how we use the stuff we have that determines the character of our leadership. Some people choose to not use their stuff at all and remain bystanders in the face of injustice. Other people choose to use their stuff in service to injustice as perpetrators."
Why are there so few leaders?
"They see what happens to people like me who stand up. Greg Palast says in 'American Blackout' that after I spoke up on the inconsistencies of the Bush administration story on 9/11/01, I was lynched as a signal to what would happen to others if they dared ask questions and follow me. I'm still swinging from that poplar tree that he mentioned. Who would walk down that path except the bravest hearts?"
Why are they cast aside?
"We have an increasingly authoritarian structure that countenances no dissent. The only thing is that we, the people, don't know who really operates the structures. The ones we elect to represent us provide no leadership and tell us no truths. Their names appear on the ballot, but they are not the ones in charge calling the shots. Everything has become a joke that is not even funny. The repercussions for those of us who try and inject love, vision, compassion and common sense into the political discourse are quickly discredited, chewed up and expectorated. Only those with the biggest hearts will take this path.
"Heaven forbid if the people would actually turn off the television and think. There would be a revolution tomorrow. And the rest of the world could finally live in peace and Mother Earth could reclaim her dignity. All of that depends on the voters of the United States to accept their responsibility to change the policies in Washington, D.C., that are killing hope here and killing people abroad."
"The ones we elect to represent us provide no leadership and tell us no truths. Their names appear on the ballot, but they are not the ones in charge calling the shots".
I asked Cynthia McKinney why people acquiesce to the casting aside of their leaders.
Her reply:
"Bob Marley sang, 'How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?' I wish I could answer that question. I am not one who has accepted injustice quietly. I don't understand the bystander mentality. Election fraud right inside the Democratic Convention on two platform issues and there was no press conference of complaint, no protest, no sit-in, no nothing. The meeting is gaveled adjourned and the people are just left staring. Had I been there, of course, I would have done more than stare. In a room of 20,000 people, where were the leaders?
"As a Southerner, I know that people can come together; I know that people can hear and listen and adapt to each other if someone is willing to start the conversation. As the values of the policy makers become more and more distant from those on whose behalf policy is made, we have no choice but to come together and save each other from the growing threat of our own elected officials quietly ripping the Bill of Rights to shreds."
I asked McKinney why some Americans can recognize a leader and others cannot.
"Leadership, it seems, frightens some people. It holds them up to a standard that they could never attain. And they know it. Therefore, that's something better ignored. When one person sacrifices for you and you have rationalized away the need to sacrifice for anyone or any principle other than yourself, you've set a pretty low standard for humanity. On the other hand, persons who stand on conviction – and suffer the slings and arrows that come with that – evoke awe in some."
"The good news is that new leaders are being made every day. With the excesses of the state, more and more people are waking up."
I asked Cynthia McKinney why President Obama had deserted the leadership role bestowed upon him by the American people and instead had fallen into the agenda of the Bush-Cheney-neoconservative Republicans. She replied:
"Now, too many Black Americans cheer a president who defends targeted assassination, drone wars in Africa and elsewhere around the world, boots on the ground globally for the military-industrial-complex and even torture. Sadly, now much of Black America has chosen to abdicate its moral responsibility and spend whatever moral credit they have earned globally in support of an African descendant president who has ripped to shreds the Bill of Rights, damaged life for tens of thousands of innocent individuals here and abroad hurt by the policies of this administration, not to mention those who have been killed and will be deformed due to the massive depleted uranium being used.
I asked Cynthia McKinney if Washington's doctrine that "might makes right" would bring "freedom and democracy" to the world. She replied:
"The military might of the U.S. is being used to benefit a very small group of men and women who have the rest of humankind hoodwinked as to the true nature of what is going on. The rest of humankind can't imagine that amount of greed and willingness to kill and so are easily fooled and tricked by the individuals who control the new system that is being created. It is, sadly, a case of 'willful blindness.'"
"We don't have to go very far to find the authentic leadership that this country needs at this very moment. The leaders we need already walk among us. In the Black and Brown communities, we have always had tremendous leaders who give their all for dignity and justice. I see them every day. They are ubiquitous around us. Given the right context, they will thrive and they will help us to thrive. What we must do is create the environment that will allow them to find their voice and thrive in positions of authority."
All of us must work to create the environment in which decent, compassionate people can become our leaders. America and the Constitution will be safe the day Cynthia McKinney or a similar person is president of the United States. Until then, we are in great peril.
Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy Paul Craig Roberts has served as associate editor of the Wall Street Journal, columnist for Business Week, Scripps Howard News Service and Creators Syndicate and has had many university appointments. This column first appeared on his website, Paul Craig Roberts Institute for Political Economy, which has attracted a worldwide following.
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Can someone explain why the superintendent needs a big flat screen television and why it cost $10,000?
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"Sutton told the board that employee morale is lower, because people are losing 45 minutes per day from their schedules. That results in a loss in pay, since they are paid by the hour.
Employees already had agreed to concessions for next January if Prop. 30 fails. They might not have agreed, if they had known they were going to have hours reduced, said Sutton.
Further, trustees spent $10,000 from the general fund on a big-screen TV for the board room, better microphones, and i-pads, so they can have an electronic packet and clearer televising of meetings."
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Likely from the technology fund, not the general fund . . . but it's $10,000 better spent in a classroom. It's stuff like this that kills conversation about a parcel tax.
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The 45 minutes that are being lost are only for the kids, not the staff as they work the whole day. There are just fewer kids as they divided them into smaller groups at the beginning and end of the day. The district did not do this to save money, it actually costs them a bit to do it.
The parents are the ones who are annoyed by this change because the school day is much sharper for their children. It shouldn't change staff pay at all.
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Interview with ICAR's Dr. Rob Lang: THE CONCLUSIONA column article by: Park Cooper
Last time: Dr. Rob Lang, Ph.D. in cybernetics, is the creator of ICAR, a role-playing game. These are the sites to go to to learn more of him and his RPG-related deeds:
I interviewed him. Here, then, is that interview's exciting conclusion:
PC: Do you deal with many commercial RPGs these days? Or is there just no need, because you've got such a wealth of riches overflowing to choose from already? To say nothing of, like, duh, your own? And connected to this, do you keep up with the current commercial gaming industry much?
Rob: When I realised all this just over a year ago, I blathered on like an idiot to my friends (who had been playing Icar for years and so it was all very obvious that free games could be different) and I realised then I had a passion for it. I only deal with those commercial games that my friends are going to run for me! For example, I've stepped out of the GM's chair (which is a lovely red velvet piece on a plinth) and joined the ranks of players until my son gets a little older I can commit a little more. So my mate is running Corporation.
PC: So do you ever see making money out of Icar? or is that super-not the point? Related question: do a lot of people ask you that question?
Rob: I skim-read blogs like it's going out of fashion. They (and the big sites: Enworld, RPG.net) provide me with enough info. Frankly, not much has caught my interest. I doubt I will make money out of the Icar RPG but I am writing a novel and I do hope to become a Sci Fi writer in the future. Since about 1996 people have been ordering me to release Icar. When 3.5 came out, a friend of mine (who had worked at WoTC) told me to (excuse the language) "Stop fucking about and make it into a book". The next version will be free to download but there will be a print copy.
PC: Ah ha
Rob: The reason for the print copy was that the BIGGEST and most repetitive feedback I got from GenCon UK 2008 was that people loved it but needed it printed for the gaming table and could not be arsed to do it. There is also the sticky situation of the GM having to 'sell' the game to their players (or players selling it to a GM but I imagine that's rarer). You try and sell something that is comb bound in black and white, you're not going to get the same response as if you were holding something like Rogue Trader.
PC: So (whether by your own influence or not) do you see the world of free RPGs growing more quickly these days? at what rate? Also, how do you make people love an RPG at a con, exactly, except by playing it? Or do you mean people who were already aware of your work came up and demanded in person?
Rob: Hmmm good question... Some who played it and few who had seen the website, read the PDF and saw the advert posters I put up and sought me out.
PC: Also: tell me about what games you have played in the past AND about your previous influences. Also: speak your thoughts about computer gaming these days (I'm mostly speaking about PCs, but whatever)
Rob: Okay... I'll go back to the free rpgs growth rate... I think there is at least one RPG in every GM and player. And what's more - if that GM or player was allowed to be truly creative and free from the confines of standard roleplaying then each and every one will proffer a completely unique game. A raw idea I'm still trying to hew into a refined hypothesis is... Every GM writes a game every time they play. To my horror, 10 years or so ago, I realised that no-one would play Icar as it was written. The filth! It's obvious. But by making a campaign setting - by changing rules - by ignoring bits of the setting - they are writing a game. As much as I try to keep spouting about free RPGs, I think they have been in decline. And will continue to decline.
PC: http://jamesmishler.blogspot.com/2009/07/doom-of-rpgs-rambling.html this guy i read recently said... "when it comes down to it, players and GMs don't really NEED us. They can tell their own interactive stories. It's only a matter of convenience and practice." ("Us" being game writers and publishers etc)
Rob: He's right to a certain extent... but GMs like to have their imaginations fired up. In the same way we could all sit around the fire and tell stories but a book has always provided something new. I think free RPGs have been in decline because of the huge advances in online RPG downloads. Now any half-decent writer can sell their hard work. And good luck to them. I'm rather glad for those services - even if it does mean that there are fewer RPG authors out there. However, I think there is a place for RPGs and with enough of a push, I think there will be a come back. Free RPG blogs are starting up. The new 1km1kt archive will make a huge difference as we will be able to back-fill a load of games that were lost when Geocities went down. I've got another project I'll be working on just after this one. (sorry, I meant, I will be working on the new project after this interview).
PC: Understood.
Rob: My next two projects (not secret but I've not discussed them a lot):
1. A guide to writing your own RPG
2. A guerilla 60 second podcast
PC: Have you encountered those two guys who are doing the YOU TOO CAN HAVE A CAREER WRITING AND SELLING YOUR OWN RPGS STUFF AND WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW!!!!!!!!!! thing quite recently? "The Gamer Lifestyle Project"? http://gamer-lifestyle.com/
Rob: Looking now ... one moment
PC: And if so what do you think of them http://gamer-lifestyle.com/downloads/GamerLifestyleStrategies.pdf ...oh, haven't encountered them, eh?
Rob: Ah, Johnn Four! Good luck to them. My guide will be a few shades wackier than that. I've never published a book, so I have no idea how easy the principles are to distill into a book. I've sat in seminars at Gencon UK - where publishers tell the harsh truth. I rather like RPGs being a hobby, actually. It might ruin it for me being a career. If I want to write a game about boils on a teenager's face, I can! I don't have to worry about feeding my family or having a detrimental affect on the Lang brand. :) (still checking out the gamer lifestyle PDF…)
PC: Let's go back to games you've played in the past and/or your influences...
Rob: Sure... Icar was the first game I ever played and it stayed that way for about 3 years. I played in a Star Wars d6 campaign for two months. Loved rolling massive handfuls of dice but they group was too frivolous for the GM. I played Champions for a few sessions but I'm not massively keen on supers. Errr... I played about 4 sessions of Mage. Which was fun. A friend tried to run GURPS fantasy for me and another friend but we crucified him. I feel sorry for him even now. I ran Paranoia a bit and Cyberpunk 2020. We played a little Pendragon - perhaps 3 or 4 sessions. The GM was great, he was a medieval history major. I bought Palladium fantasy because I liked the book cover. Never played it. Also bought Ninjas and Superspies. This was all years ago, though. I've played nothing but Icar since about 1997. ...There is one thing glaringly missing in this list. I've only played Dungeons and Dragons about 3 times, for about 4 hours each. It's quite funny really. I've really not played that much of any other game! I am the antithesis of most roleplayers - 99.9% of my roleplaying has been NOT D&D!
PC: For a while there I wondered if the White Wolf stuff would swamp and sink D&D. Then it made a comeback.
Rob: Nothing can swamp Icar!
PC: Okay, so ICAR was the first game you played, but there must have been influences in making that world... right?
Rob: I've played over 1000 sessions of Icar and about 40 of other games!!! Sorry for labouring the point, I've only really just realised the stats myself.
PC: You mean, just now realized, or just kinda recently?
Rob: Just now. Literally. While we were talking. Christ! That makes me the last person on earth who should review games! I might as well get my wife to do it. Anyway, let's see, Icar influences: Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, Iain M Banks, Star Wars, Star Trek (the first and next gen), Battlestar Galactica (orig series), William Gibson. Now for the slightly more strange ones: Charles Dickens, Monty Python, John Mill (the philosopher who wrote On Liberty), Homer... And the lecturers at the Cybernetics Department... The odd teacher or two at school...
PC: ...So your wife does not game?
Rob: No. Not even slightly. If I break out the Wii - she'll kick my arse. Or guitar hero - she's extraordinary at that. If I ran the right sort of RPG, I think she would be keen.
PC: ...Good heavens, what would the right sort be?
Rob: Something more Storygamish - like primetime adventures. Avoiding combat per se.
PC: Do you see a day when people will LARP Icar?
Rob: Blimey. There's an idea. It's ideas like that that cause riots. Let me just take that in. I've done a fair bit of fantasy LARPing. How would that work in Icar...? Crikey. Errrr. I can't actually imagine it. I can't see it running as a LARP but then I know people who do play Sci Fi LARPs and get on very well. So it must be possible, I just can't imagine it! :) Good question, you've stumped me there.
PC: What does she [the wife] think of all this Icar/RPG stuff?
Rob: I'll ask the Mrs—and about that last question, too...She says: "Icar/RPGs is a good thing because if you weren't doing it, you'd just find ways of annoying me. It deflects your insane energy." She's glad it's creative and that I don't take it too seriously. She would have a problem with it if I treated it as real life. I've never asked her that!
PC: Tell me about the level of feedback/response you get from people as a result of your sites. Is it increasing as time goes on? You either have a low, medium, or large amount of readers of those. but what does it FEEL like? Forget reality... does it feel like you're a voice in the wilderness, or like a million people bless you every time you blow your nose, or inbetween?
Rob: Feedback is directly proportional to the quality and relevance of what you do. It's always a tiny fraction of effort. I know precisely how many people download Icar, view the blog and visit the forums and it a stark minority that actually leave feedback. It was disheartening at first but when you do something that is truly worth responding too, the few comments you do get lift you up.
PC: Ooh i thought of one more question... other geekiness. 2000 AD? Doctor Who? Buffy? Firefly? Farscape? Anything else in the Geek universe appeal to you past or present?
Rob: I casually watch Sci Fi series. BSG was good, as was Firefly. I'm not a fanboy. I am a keen PC Gamer. If they made a TV series out of Fallout 3 - I'd probably watch it back to back on a loop.
PC: Do you think RPGs as a whole are increasing in recognized appeal as we move deeper into the 21st century?
Rob: I think RPGs need a champion - a TV series or film that highlights what a laugh it is.
PC: Yeah, even our geek ambassador show we have over here, Big Bang Theory, doesn't convey that. Okay... any final thoughts? or plugs?
Rob: Thanks - I'd like to thank all those who have supported free RPGs (not me). Every time you link, tweet or blog a free RPG, you become a philanthropist. Keep supporting free RPGs! And, finally, thanks to the authors and their philanthropic generosity - without them there would not be any free RPGs!
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Wednesday night, "Tee It Up for the Troops Illinois" held a reception at Bob Lindsey Acura to help raise money for its annual golf outing.
The organization has raised more than $800,000 in the last four years, giving the money to organizations that help those who serve in the military.
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This year's Golden Gate Park course will return to more of the 2004
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with plenty of approach. If you're good enough to hop you've earned
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Schipol and get to SFO monday afternoon, ready to go back to work
tuesday. World's Weekend! and properly Belgian-ized.
Of course, that doesn't include the gazillions of Euros you'll spend
on souvenirs - more coffee cups, pencils, t-shirts and backpacks with
Worlds logos - gotta have 'em! But is makes a special weekend
for 'cross aficianadoes - put that on your Xmas list. They're nearly as good as Bay Area Super Prestige goodies - and we've just added Sheila Moon wool caps and beanies!
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on Apr 9, 2009 at 8:35 am
How could she have been a student at MVHS "several years ago" when she is only 17. I am pretty sure 10 year olds cannot attend the high school.
on Apr 9, 2009 at 9:55 am
several years ago, probably meant she attended freshman (maybe soph) year but left/dropped out/quit?
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Sorry for the confusion. School officials told us this morning that Tamara attended Mountain View High School as a freshman.
on Feb 8, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Hi, my name is Jamisha Davis. I am 18 years of age, and Tamara and I were best friends from middle school up until she was... We had become distant over the last year after I moved from Mountain View to Oakland. She would often times come out here and call me once in awhile, come see me and we would hang out and she would be gone again, sometimes days, sometimes weeks. She never really would tell me what she was up to, but after various signs i knew. The only thing i thought i thought i could do was just show her that I was her friend regardless and assure her that she could still become the doctor that she always said she wanted to become. Tamara was a sister to me and I lost alot when she left us.... Continue to pray for her family her Mother, Father, Sister and Nephew especially. We have all suffered a great lost.
on Feb 8, 2010 at 3:12 pm
I also attended MVHS several years ago in my Freshman year with tamara and im 18.
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The person who killed Tamara was convicted earlier today for murder 1 for this crime.
on Oct 16, 2012 at 6:33 pm
tamara and i were friends since middle school i lost cotact with her for a while but ran in to her in oakland a view time as i attented school in san leandro...she looked very sad..it hurt my heart once i found out what happened to her i am glad they convicted the person who did this horrible crime
on Oct 16, 2012 at 6:34 pm
im sorry for the spelling errors..i was in tears as i wrote this.. i know she will now rest in piece
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Columbus, NE - On Jan. 1, 2014, Nebraska Public Power District and its wholesale customer utilities began offering incentives to residential electric customers for the purchase and installation of light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs.
At the start of this new 2014 year, final provisions of the 2007 Energy Policy Act began phasing out the standard, 60-watt, incandescent light bulb. Production and importation of the 100-watt and 75-watt standard incandescent lamps have already been closed out over the past two years under the same policy.
Fortunately, customers have an excellent alternative, according to Jeanne Schieffer, NPPD Corporate Communications Manager.
Participating electric utilities will provide customers with a $5 account credit for each 60, 75, or 100-watt LED equivalent to the standard bulb they buy, with up to 10 credits available per residential account this year. Customers can purchase these LED lamps wherever they desire, but the package must be identified as ENERGY STAR® qualified.
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BJ penn, outgrow 155?
BJ penn, outgrow 155?
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His attitude coming in against matt hughes was completely different. he looked like a different fighter even before the fight started. No disrespect to Frankie edgar. I just wonder if BJ cutting to 155 just became to hard at his age. He will be a smaller 170 pd fighter, but personally i think that is where he belongs now. the John Fitch fight will tell us more, alot more.
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As for which weight class Penn belongs in, I think it is a toss-up. No grown man really belongs at 155lbs. That's the weight of your typical middle schooler. It all comes down to conditioning, which Penn has never really been known for.
Penn has looked good at 155, but realistically he's probably done there. He can't really keep pace with guys like Edgar. At a higher weight he might give up strength and size, but he'll make up for it with technique and relative speed. We'll see.
Fitch is a terrible match-up though. He'll try to dry-hump his way to victory and he may just do it. Penn has good Jits from top position, but he's never shown that he can consistently beat fighters from guard. (The way Big Nog has, for example.) These days he doesn't even seem to want ANYTHING to do with the ground game at all, in fact. He's content to stalk his opponent around the ring looking for one big punch. I hate that shit, as it is a clear sign of laziness.
Penn, like Rampage, needs to get back to being a complete fighter. That's his biggest key. Whether he's a lightweight or welterweight matters little compared to that.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. –The Florida Gulf Coast University women's soccer team completed the Embassy Suites Kick-Off Classic with a 3-0 win against Army on Sunday afternoon at the FGCU Soccer Complex. Three different Eagles collected their first goal of the season as FGCU won the Embassy Suites Kick-Off Classic with a 2-0 record.
The Eagles improve to 2-2-1 as the Black Knights fall to 2-2-1 on the season. The win marks the second consecutive win for the Eagles, and their three goals is currently a 2009 best.
"It was an all around good game," said Head Coach Jim Blankenship."We played defense, created opportunities and scored some goals. I was really pleased with the way we handled ourselves all game. The effort was there for all 90 minutes, and against a team like Army that is something we really stressed. All-in-all this weekend was a success."
The Eagles controlled the tempo for most of the contest as they had numerous opportunities to score, while out shooting Army by a 12-4 margin. Stephanie Powers (Seffner, Fla.) got the win in goal for the Eagles, stopping the two shots she faced.
The first goal of the match came in the 33rd minute. Kathleen Hunter (Safety Harbor, Fla.) took a free-kick for the Eagles near the far corner after Army was called for a handball. Hunter's ball found Danielle Faller (Elizabethtown, Penn.) in the middle of the box, and Faller's header found its way past Army goalkeeper Alex Lostetter to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead.
The Eagles entered the half with a 4-2 advantage in shots, and a 3-0 advantage in corner kicks.
Just minutes into the 2nd half, Amber McCall (Fort Myers, Fla.) added another Eagle goal. After a scramble 10-yards out, the ball was deflected toward A. McCall who had a open look and buried the shot to put the Eagles up by two.
The Eagles added one more goal in the final minute of the Embassy Suites Kick-Off Classic. Freshman Jessica Swartzentruber (Sarasota, Fla.) received a great from Brianna McCall (Fort Myers, Fla.) in the middle of the box. Swatzentrubers header squirted past Lostetter to give the Eagles 3-0 advantage.
In the match, the Eagles held the Black Knights to only four shots, and didn't allow a corner. The Eagles finished with 12 shots and four corners.
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But picking a wish is a process. News 8 went along with volunteers this week to see behind the scenes.
When children first walk into the Make-A-Wish building, they get to pick a prize.
Tammy Weis showed us the reception desk, which is covered with little doors.
"They can just come and pick out a toy," Weis said. "Every little door has a toy."
The goal is to make children and families feel comfortable. Volunteers like Greg Weiss make sure all the kids in the family are included.
There is also a room filled with goodies.
"There are things from different ages, and we'll pick up a toy, not just for the wish kid, but each one of the siblings," Greg Weis said. "So the whole family feels a part of the wish."
When it's time for the wish child to make a wish, they go to a special room in a place called the Wishing Tower. It's where dreams come true.
The children are shown a special video that shows them when it comes to wishes, the sky is the limit.
"Just imagine, being able to get that special thing you have always wanted, right now," Greg Weis said.
There are four kinds of wishes: "I wish to be, I wish to have, I wish to go, or I wish to meet."
Children let their imaginations go and then volunteers make it happen. For a little while, they are simply children, not patients.
The wishes that have been granted are placed on a tree in a courtyard.
"Every wish will have a child's name [engraved] on one of the leafs," Weis said.
The tree continues to grow with the love and dedication of people who want to make children happy.
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