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Our sweater series isn't a "best player to wear the number" series, and though big names are often attached to our numers so far, Jimmie Olvestad wasn't a big name in Tampa Bay.
You could see this coming at the time he signed, but Vinny Lecavalier is likely done in Philly.
A change in Philly; Vinny rumors; Ben Bishop this and that, and a few more reads from around the Internet that are worth your time this Thursday morning.
While the Eastern Conference has all of their playoff teams decided, who plays who and where is not locked in yet. That makes tonight and tomorrow's games highly relevant for Tampa Bay.
It hit me on Sunday that an era has ended in Tampa, and the path forward doesn't feel as certain as it once did.
Marty's gone, who wears the "C" next?
Issue that have led to Martin St. Louis' trade request may go beyond an initial Olympic team snub by GM Steve Yzerman.
While the Philadelphia Flyers are on the upswing, Vincent Lecavalier remains substantially below where you'd expect him to be in point-production, especially compared to his replacement in Tampa.
On this Christmas Day, with only a week left in the year, we provide a repository of some of the best articles from Raw Charge this year.
We saw a superstar on the road to recovery Monday, we honored a superstar for his efforts Monday night, and tonight we welcome back a former hero wearing the colors of a heated rival.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Rachel Zoe has that old-school, rock-star girlfriend thing down -- and, as she showed Saturday at New York Fashion Week, she does it well.
Zoe, best known as a celebrity stylist, seems to realize she doesn't need to reinvent the wheel to gain traction as a fashion designer: Why not flaunt the signature look that has made you famous?
The runway at the Empire Hotel was a parade of faux fur coats, skinny-style tuxedos, maxi dresses and thigh-high boots that you imagine the young jet-set wearing as they shuttle from London to Los Angeles -- perhaps with a pitstop in New York. They're outfits for the type of woman who can pull off gaucho pants, which were indeed part of the lineup.
There was a mashup of rich textures, including velvet, sequins, leather and tweeds. It was that mix that made the jewel-tone bow blouses under menswear style jackets feel modern.
She said in her notes she drew inspiration "from the rock and roll glamour of London in the late '60s and such fashion icons as Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger."
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Christmas Lesson Ideas
Here are some lesson ideas based around Christmas.
Nativity Christmas Lesson by Greta Watson
Courage Necklaces and Christmas Lesson Idea by Michelle Barneck
Last Christmas, we used Elder Holland's "grinch" talk, "Maybe Christmas doesn't
come from a Store". Each of our leaders read a part of the story, and we had
"brunch" while we listened. It was a very enjoyable day, and easy :) (Idea by Jayna Raymond)
The Spirit of Christmas by Cher Castle
Silent Christmas Lesson
"Myself and my two counselors each took one letter that spells JOY. J-Jesus; O-Others; Y-Yourself. We decorated the room with Christmas decorations that said JOY. You can of course find lot of them at Christmas time and we each just brought what we had. The one that had J-spoke about the life and impact of the Savior. The one that had O-talked about Service and helping Others and the blessing that brings. I spoke about the Y-and tied it in that it is all up to each person or Yourself-if you accept or let the Savior's message in and that we are each responsible to gain and cultivate our own testimonies for ourselves. We played Michael McLean's song "Let Him In." We gave the girls an ornament that we had made that said JOY on it." We are actually going to give a different gift and use the idea that was posted a while ago about the white stocking. "It wasn't that anyone had really been forgotten, no children had been slighted of made unhappy and no adult had been left unremembered. The presents had all been distributed and all the stockings were beautifully filled-all that is except one: One stocking that has never ever been hung. It was the stocking intended for the child of Bethlehem. Of all the people belonging at that Christmas gathering only He had been forgotten. Only He had been left out of the festivities. This didn't seem quite right, inasmuch, as it was His birthday that was being celebrated. Since then the little white stocking has been hung in the center of all our stockings. On Christmas Eve, we gather in the living room and express our feeling of that Christmas Eve so many years ago. During this time we reach into the stocking and pass out the papers that were placed in the stocking the year before. Each person quietly reviews last years gift and then privately writes down his or her offering of a gift to Jesus. The new gifts are then placed in the stocking to be reviewed the next Christmas. We hope that you will begin and enjoy this holiday tradition in your home. Your gift could include: personal goals you wish to achieve, family goals, ways you will be of service to others in the coming year or relationships you wish to improve." Then since we did the JOY lesson I want to appliqué the letters JOY onto the stocking so the girls will remember the lesson. (Idea by Pam Camarillo)
The People of the First Christmas by Shelli Campbell
The Three Wise Men by Sally
Christmas in the Promised Land by Brooke Birch
I wanted to share what we did for our Christmas lesson. I bought the book, "A Christmas Bell for Anya" from Deseret Book. There is a DVD that comes with it that shows a reading of it when it was performed in the Conference Center with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. It is very touching. It is a story of a young girl and her father growing up during the war. Her village is famous for making bells, and every Christmas 12 girls are chosen to ring a bell on Christmas morning to symbolize that Christ still lives. Anya is chosen to be one of those girls. Her father makes a beautiful bell for her to ring, but she gets killed by soldiers a few days before Christmas. The father is mourning for the loss of his daughter on Christmas day, but then somehow hears that morning the ringing of bells and can hear his daughter saying to him, "Christ was born and He lives now. So think of Him, and think of me, and ring your bell every Christmas morn." After we showed the DVD, each of us leaders had memorized a previously assigned paragraph of The Living Christ, and we stood together in front of the girls and recited the entire Living Christ. Then one of the young women sang the song, "This is the Christ" from the Ensign. The Young Women president then shared her testimony with the girls and even challenged the girls to memorize The Living Christ (which is a personal progress project). We then closed and enjoyed bell shaped sugar cookies and gave each Young Women a bell ornament with the phrase, "Christ was born and He lives now. So think of Him, and ring your bell every Christmas morn." It was a very effective lesson. Many tears were shed. The young woman who sang "This is the Christ," couldn't make it through the song because of the strong spirit. (Idea by Cami Hanson / ga01032007)
The Role of the Shepherds by Celeste Grover
Spirit of Christmas - transferred from lds-yw files
For Christmas one year, each member of the Young Women Board were responsible for finding and telling a Christmas story. After telling their story, they were to have enough handouts based on that story for each girl and a copy of the story. For example, I told the story about the Christmas orange and gave each girl an orange. One told the story of the Polar Express and gave each girl a small bell on a ribbon. We had donuts, hot chocolate and other snacks they could eat during the stories. The girls loved it and they had little mementos after it was all through. Oh yeah, we decorated with a fake Christmas tree and other Christmas-y things (lights, ornaments, nativity) and the girls still talk about it. (Idea by Kelly Christiansen)
The true meaning of Christmas by Trisha Gray
I thought I would pass along what we have planned for our Christmas lesson. Your needs are probably different than ours, but as we prayed about it we decided to base our Christmas lesson around the theme of PEACE. P=Pray, E=Earnestly, A=Always, C=Christ, E=Enters. Pray Earnestly and Always and Christ will Enter in. We felt what our YW needed in their lives was a sense of peace. Peace within themselves, peace within families and beyond. When they are in constant communication with their Heavenly Father, the Spirit enters their lives. I plan on asking a couple of our Laurels who have beautiful voices to sing, "Where Can I Turn for Peace". I researched on the web and learned this hymn was actually written for young women for a Laurel conference. Christ said, peace I leave with you and peace I give unto you. I found some beautiful star shaped pewter ornaments with the word "Peace" embossed on them. That will be our Christmas gift for the young women. This certainly isn't a traditional Christmas lesson, but I'm confidant we'll be able to make it work. (Idea by Jenny Ashcraft / ga10302008 )
I have been given a very sweet book titled "Mary's Treasure Box" by Carolyn Walz Kramlich. (Check your local library). In the book Mary is a grandmother and shares with her granddaughter a "treasure box". The box was crafted by Jesus when he was a boy. Inside the box are keepsakes from the night of his birth ie: straw, swaddling cloth, wool, flute, gold, frankincense and myrrh. Mary tells the meaning of each item as her granddaughter removes them from the box.. Here is our lesson plan:
Musical Number: "Mary Did You Know"
Then I have an older woman "grandma" who will read the story while a young "granddaughter" removes the items from a treasure box . I will close with some thoughts taken from the following articles:
"Mary and Joseph", New Era, December 2006
"The Message: Christ the Savior Is Born", New Era, December 2006
"His Gift to the World", New Era, December 2002
We gave each of the girls a charm bracelet, or key ring, at Young Women in Excellence, so our gift to them will be a charm of the baby Jesus. (Idea by Andrea Lewis / ga12192006)
Christmas Slideshow
Last year we did a silent testimony meeting. First we played the Christmas video from Luke II (your library should have it). we turned down the sound and played the Amy Grant song "Mary's Song" (or maybe it's Mary's lullaby, I forget). Anyway, the song goes perfectly with the pictures in the video and is the exact length. We had asked each girl and leader to bring something that illustrated their testimony. we had a great variety of things, such as scriptures, pictures of the prophets, the Savior, the nativity set. It was very touching as each girl came up to the front, showed her item and then returned to her seat. No words were spoken, we had the lights down low and soft music in the background. Many tears were shed that morning and many of my girls came up to me afterward and said how strongly they had felt the spirit. (by Joyce Anderson in Douglasville, GA)
His Path, Our Journey (Power Point / DVD Presentation)
We watched the Special Witnesses of Christ video for our Christmas lesson and I gave each of the girls a handout on brochure paper with quotes from each of the Apostles and a place for them to write their own testimony. (Idea by Nora Ray)
For Christmas about the last two years, as well as this year....all of our presidency as well as advisors pick their favorite christmas story (usually 2-5 min. long). We share them with the girls through out our lesson time. Each of the leaders bring a treat to share with everyone. So during Sunday School the leaders gather in the kitchen to prepare a plate of all the different treats. The girls eat the treats in 3rd hour, in a huge semi circle as they listen to the stories. We have all loved this tradition. (Idea by Jenny Williams of Cedar Pass 15th ward in Eagle Mountain, Utah / ga11182011)


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Weekly Fish Ohio Fishing Report!
Buckeye Lake (Fairfield/Licking/Perry counties) - Use crankbaits, tubes and creature baits around Clouse Cove and Cranberry Marsh for largemouth bass; also any rip rap or woody cover. Try chicken livers on the north shore from Seller's Point to the north boat ramp when seeking hybrid-striped bass. For bluegill, fish the eastern side of the lake using small worms and larval baits beneath a bobber. Crappie measuring 7-12 inches can be taken using minnows suspended by a bobber from shoreline areas that have submerged cover. This is also one of the region's top lakes for carp; try prepared baits and dough balls fished along the bottom.
Griggs Reservoir (Franklin County) - This 361-acre lake in Columbus offers shore-fishing access on the east side of the lake. Largemouth and smallmouth bass are hitting right now; try plastic tubes and creature baits fished along rip rap and cover for best results. Crappie are still being found in shallow water around woody cover; use minnows or jigs suspended by a bobber fished right in the cover. Carp are large and plentiful in this local lake; use prepared baits and dough balls.
Lake La Su An Wildlife Area Ponds (Williams County) - This fishery is intensively managed to maintain the harvest of large bluegill. All area lakes are open to public fishing on Fridays-Mondays until July 29; no more than 15 sunfish may be kept per day for all area lakes and no more than 5 of these may be 8 inches or more. Most anglers are having success catching the large fish but finding it difficult to catch fish less than 8 inches. Largemouth bass must be 18 inches or more to keep, with a daily bag limit of 5. For additional rules and information, visit the Division's webpage.
Bresler Reservoir (Allen County) - Located 4 miles west of Lima, 1 mile south of SR 81 and 1 mile north of SR 117 on Kemp and Grubb roads, this reservoir is 582 acres. Bluegill should be biting right now, with slip bobbers and jigs with wax worms usually working the best; try the east end of the north bank. Walleye can also be found; try the shoreline drop-off along the edge, as well as around the underwater island, particularly drifting or trolling worm harnesses or crankbaits in the mornings and evenings. There is a boat ramp located on the east side; boats are restricted to electric motors only. For more information or a map, check out the Division's webpage.
Muddy Creek (Sandusky County) - Catfish should be biting the next couple of months; anglers can access the water at the SR 53 Bridge. The best successes have come from fishing chicken livers or cut bait tight-lined on the bottom.
Mogadore Reservoir (Portage County) - Anglers are enjoying an aggressive bluegill bite; most were catching them in deeper water in cooler temperatures but with temperatures in the 80s forecasted for the rest of the week, it might be wise to look shallower. Colored pin-mins tipped with a maggot or wax worm under a bobber should keep you busy. If bluegill move in shallower, consider a fly rod with small foam ants or little poppers for non-stop action.
Cuyahoga River (Summit County) - This runs through the Cascade Valley Park Chuckery Area which is part of the Metro Parks Serving Summit County. A short walk from the parking lot to the river puts you on instant smallmouth bass action. You can fish either upriver or downriver from that access point; waders are ideal for really working the river over. Tubes and crank baits mimicking minnows and crayfish have been producing nice catches of smallmouths, with a bonus pike here and there.
Lake Snowden (Athens County) - Largemouth bass should be moving off of spawning beds, so anglers focusing their attention offshore will begin to have success catching them using jig-'n-pig and spinner baits. Redears will also be on and off the beds; popular with anglers at this 141-acre lake, these sunfish are partial to deep water and are most often caught around submerged structures. Try lightweight spinning gear with 4- to 6-pound test line with red/wax worms.
Muskingum River (Muskingum/Morgan/Washington counties) - Late spring and early summer can be great times to fish for crappie in a stream. Don't let the current deter you; just learn how to use it to your advantage. Crappie will find shelter from the faster water while keeping a position where they can easily feed; look for any current breaks in the water that allow a calm eddy pocket to form, such as points, riffles, rock piles, trees, brush, stumps or docks. Crappie will face into the current, so cast upstream and let your bait — try small jigs tipped with minnows — drift by giving them the best chance to see it and strike. Spotted bass fishing is also popular this time of year; try small spinner baits, tube baits and crayfish-imitation baits. Spotted bass are the predominant black bass here — commonly in the 8- to 13-inch range, with an occasional fish up to 15 inches; however, smallmouth and largemouth bass can also be caught. .
Adams Lake (Adams County) - Anglers should have good success fishing from the shore line; pay careful attention to the trees and weeds along the bank because fish are hitting around 18 inches deep. Bluegill and crappie can be caught on nightcrawlers and wax worms. This is a great place for fishing with youth.
Cowan Lake (Clinton County) - Saugeye action is heating up, with anglers taking better numbers of 13- to 20-inch fish; try casting a jig tipped with a piece of nightcrawler and hop it along the bottom in 5-12 feet of water near the beach. If you prefer trolling, saugeyes can be taken on shad-patterned medium- or deep-diving crank baits. A lot of 7- to 8-inch crappie are being caught on small tube jigs or minnows fished near submerged trees 6-15 feet deep. Bluegill can be caught on red/wax worms near boat docks or the edges of lily pads.
Lake Loramie (Shelby County) - Channel catfish are biting on chicken livers, shrimp, and stink baits fished on the bottom. Bluegill have been caught recently around boat docks, rip rap shorelines and along the edges of lily pads; try small jigs tipped with wax worms fished just 1-2 feet under a small bobber.
Washington County - The Muskingum River confluence is a great area to look for catfish. Flatheads in the 20- to 30-inch range have been reeled in during previous years; try a slip rig or 3-way rig with live bluegill or live/frozen shad while tight-lining.
Meldahl Dam (Clermont County) - Channel catfish are being taken in good numbers all along the river.; try chicken livers, shrimp or nightcrawlers fished on the bottom.
Regulations to Remember: The daily bag limit for walleye on Ohio waters of Lake Erie is 6 fish per angler; the minimum size limit is 15 inches. … The daily bag limit for yellow perch is 30 fish per angler on all Ohio waters of Lake Erie. … The trout and salmon daily bag limit is 5 through August 31; the minimum size limit is 12 inches. … Black bass (largemouth and smallmouth bass) fishing is closed to possession (no harvest) through June 28.
Steelheads: Most steelhead have nearly completed their journeys back to Lake Erie for the summer; very few fish are still in the lower portions of the main rivers. All steelhead have been stocked for the year; please gently release any smolts that you may catch.
Vermilion River: Fish from the Vermilion boat ramp up to State Route 2.
Rocky River: Fish from the metroparks marina to the fords.
Cuyahoga River: Fish in Cleveland Harbor, and at the Rt 82 dam.
Chagrin River: Fish from the soccer fields upstream to the SR 2.
Grand River: Fish from the Fairport breakwall up to Painesville.
Arcola Creek: Fish the river mouth, estuary and creek in the metropark.
Ashtabula River: Fish from the river mouth up through Indian Trails Park.
Conneaut Creek: Fish from the river mouth up to Creek Road.
Western Basin: Walleye fishing was excellent over the past week (as of Tuesday); the best areas were from the turnaround buoy of the Toledo shipping channel to West Sister Island, "D" can of the Camp Perry firing range and N and E of Kelleys Island. Trollers have been catching fish on worm harnesses or with divers and spoons; drifters are using worm harnesses with bottom-bouncers or are casting mayfly rigs. … Yellow perch was good over the past week (as of Tuesday). The best areas have been "B" can of the Camp Perry firing range, E of Kelleys Island shoal and E of Kelleys Island airport reef; perch-spreaders with shiners fished near the bottom produce the most fish.
Central Basin: Walleye have been caught off Rocky River in 53 feet of water fishing on the bottom using worm harnesses, as well as a few off the Cleveland Crib area in 50 feet of water and also in 26-34 feet of water NW of Fairport Harbor. Anglers are trolling dipsy- and jet-divers with worm harnesses, spoons and stick baits. … Yellow perch fishing has been good (weather permitting) in 32-34 feet of water N off Gordon Park in Cleveland, in 42 feet of water N of the Cuyahoga River lighthouse and in 50-55 feet of water N of Mentor Lagoons. Fishing has been very good in 38-40 feet of water N of the Ashtabula and in 38-49 feet N of Conneaut; perch-spreaders with shiners fished near the bottom produce the most fish. Shore fishing has been good off the East 55th Street and East 72nd Street piers in Cleveland; anglers are using spreaders with shiners and the mornings have been best. … Smallmouth bass fishing has been very good in 15-25 feet of water around harbor areas in Cleveland, Fairport Harbor, Geneva, Ashtabula and Conneaut. Largemouth bass are also being caught in the same areas using soft-craws, leeches, tube jigs and crankbaits. … White bass fishing has been good in the Grand River up to the Uniroyal hole. … Channel catfish has been very good along the Grand River using chicken livers and large chub.
The water temperature is 59 degrees off of Toledo and 57 degrees off of Cleveland, according to the nearshore marine forecast.
Ohio Watercraft field locations extending hours
Ohio Watercraft field locations are extending their office hours to accommodate boaters who find limited time to get their paperwork in order.
The 11 Watercraft field offices are located across the state in Ashtabula, Cleveland, Sandusky, Maumee Bay, Wapakoneta, Akron, Cambridge, Delaware, Springfield, East Fork and Scioto County. They offer a variety of services that are not available at the independent registration agent locations, including verifying hull ID numbers and selling the popular Alternative Registration for hand-powered vessels.
For a listing of extended hours, visit the Watercraft Field Office page.


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If you let the grass in your
yard get out of control, you could be charged with a code violation.
Some people on Whitney
Avenue complained about the grass at this vacant lot. Code enforcers determined
it is too high.
Code Enforcement Director Mike Tilson showed us the measuring stick he
uses to determine if grass violates city code.
"You can see in the
green that's basically twelve inches and in the red above the green is more
than twelve inches, so what I do when I show this to people I go into the lot
like this and put the stick down and I show them that it's either above or
below twelve inches," said Mike Tilson, Code Enforcement Director.
City workers will take care of the grass on the Whitney Avenue property.
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We are the premier Martial Arts Studio in Madison VA! Our classes are for EVERYONE! Affordable classes taught by a expert instructor. Ages 5 up to the Elderly! We offer the following Martial Arts: Tae Kwon Do for kids, teens, & adults. Cardio Kickboxing for teens and adults. Tai Chi for adults and the elderly.
Unabashedly muddy, panting, and smiling, Rogue Runner's athletes cross the finish line with the satisfaction that they have been pushed to their limits. A member of the US national rowing team, college athletes, and Hollywood set designers came together to develop a 10K race packed with thrilling obstacles. Though locations vary, each course houses more than 20 obstacles such as mud slides, pipe crawls, and wall climbs. All of them require teamwork, balancing competition with cooperation. Upon completion, winners receive a lifetime supply of bragging rights as well as individual and team prizes.
In the book-lined study at Montpelier, President James Madison spent late nights reading up on ancient democracies, piecing together the principles that would shape the US constitution. The study—preserved to 19th-century splendor after a $25 million renovation—is one of many places at James Madison's Montpelier steeped in historical significance.
Situated in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and surrounded by nearly 3,000 acres of manicured gardens, James Madison's Montpelier sets an idyllic backdrop for peering into the past. Museum educators lead tours of the mansion and shed light on the community. Visitors can also take part in 19th-century cooking and craftsmanship demonstrations.
The museum's preservation efforts extend beyond the mansion. The estate features an active archaeological dig and hands-on lab, and visitors can stroll through a rare hardwood old-growth forest consisting of towering poplars, oaks, sprawling beeches, and eagles in powdered wigs.
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Skydive Orange's first plane-to-sky plunge happened in 1977, and the business has been safely guiding students through the skies ever since. The coaches and instructors here are all USPA-rated, and offer tandem skydiving for beginners as well as Accelerated Freefall programs for advanced skydivers. Whatever their level of experience, students learn the fundamentals inside of air conditioned classrooms before boarding the plane, and leaping from heights up to 2.5 miles. Once the parachute deploys, divers gracefully coast to a designated zone to the sound of applause from watching family members and the boos of jealous penguins situated on nearby bleachers. Jumps are commemorated with a certificate and logbook, and Skydive Orange also has a videographer on staff who can film the experience for skydivers who want video documentation of their leap.
Like the tail feathers of its peacock mascot, Narmada Vineyards is best described by the colors on display at the 51-acre winery. Foremost is the verdant green of the vines, contrasted with the purple grapes and clear blue of the neighboring lake. Then there are the wines themselves, ranging in hue from deep burgundy to bright peach. And finally, there's the metallic sheen of the winery's numerous awards, an avalanche of gold from contests such as the San Francisco International Wine Competition.
Of course, a winery can't thrive on looks alone. Combining a background in chemistry with her discerning taste, winemaker Sudha Patil concocts a range of reds, whites, and dessert wines that pair readily with food. The majority of the winery's ingredients are grown on the property, with the remainder sourced from Virginian growers. These handcrafted vintages, producing a modest 3,000 cases per year, are poured inside a rustic tasting room decorated with leather couches, hardwood furniture, and large windows.


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An oil tanker seized by pirates off the west coast of Africa has been released by the hijackers, the operators of the vessel said.
The al Qaeda-linked Al Shabaab terror group in Somalia is recruiting Kenyan teens to fight. David McKenzie reports.
Pirates traded gunfire with Togo security forces early Tuesday from a hijacked oil tanker off the west coast of Africa, the International Maritime Bureau said.
A radical Islamic cleric who faced charges relating to terrorism was killed in a daylight ambush Monday morning in Kenya's main coastal city, Mombasa, Kenya Police said.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi discusses contending with militants, extremists and pirates in Somalia.
A Somali man who authorities say is the highest-ranking pirate ever brought to the United States for prosecution was given 12 life sentences Monday by a federal judge in Norfolk, Virginia.
Two military helicopters on their way to deployment in Somalia are missing and one has crash-landed, a Ugandan military spokesman said Monday.
African Union and Somali forces launch a new offensive against al-Shabaab militants in the war torn African nation.
Four aid workers, who were abducted from Kenya's vast Dadaab refugee complex near the Somali border last week, were freed late Sunday during a shootout with kidnappers, a military official said..
Four aid workers are free after a shoot-out in southern Somalia. CNN's David McKenzie reports.
Explosions targeting two churches in Kenya near the Somali border killed at least 17 people, the Red Cross said, in the latest spate of attacks on the East African nation.
CNN's David McKenzie reports on the attacks on two churches in Garissa, Kenya.
Five aid workers -- four Europeans and a Kenyan -- were kidnapped from Kenya's vast Dadaab refugee complex near the Somali border, police said Friday.
A man from the Horn of Africa has pleaded guilty to conspiring with al-Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked terror organization, and traveling to Somalia to receive military training from the group, federal officials announced Wednesday.
The United States offers millions for information leading to the capture of the world's most wanted terrorists.
The United States is offering millions of dollars for the whereabouts of seven key members of the al Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab, a Somalia-based terror group behind bombings and attacks in the region.
Kenyan soldiers, as part of African Union forces in Somalia, captured the key Al-Shabaab-controlled town of Afmadow on Wednesday, according to a Kenyan Defence Force spokesman.
Anti-terror police in Denmark say they have arrested two brothers, one of whom trained at a terror camp in Somalia.
African Union and Somali troops launched an offensive against militants in a densely populated enclave near the volatile Somali capital of Mogadishu, the AU mission said Tuesday.
The Somalia-based Islamist terrorist group Al-Shabaab is recruiting U.S. citizens. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.
A Somali pirate was convicted Friday for his role in last year's seizure of the U.S. yacht Quest and the hostage-taking of the four Americans aboard who were killed during their ordeal.
Somali hip-hop sensation Abdi Warsame, better known as K'Naan, has been compared to Eminem and Bob Marley.
His name means "traveler" and Somali-born poet, rapper and musician K'naan has certainly come a long way.
A young Somali woman set off a bomb blast that rocked Somalia's newly reopened national theater in the capital city Wednesday, killing two top sports officials, a Somali U.N. official said.
CNN's Nima Elbagir reports on the bomb that killed top Somali sports officials in Somalia.
A 45-year-old British man has been arrested in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, for suspected ties to al Qaeda, a spokesman for Somalia's president said Tuesday.
CNN's David McKenzie reports on Somali pirates releasing a British hostage who is mourning her murdered husband.
Somali pirates freed a British hostage Wednesday, nearly seven months after she was taken captive in a raid at a Kenyan beach resort in which her husband was killed.
A car loaded with explosives rocked the Somali capital Wednesday, leaving one injured and damaging a house nearby, authorities said.
Shipping companies may have found a new tool to fight piracy: It turns out, pirates like to tweet.
Flesh and blood covered the ground near Somalia's presidential palace Wednesday after a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt, killing two people and wounding four, a law enforcement official said.
Islamic militants ambushed Ethiopian forces in southern Somalia Saturday and hours-long fighting left scores of people dead.
CNN's David McKenzie reports on how farmers in Kenya are being affected by a ban on imports of khat.
Somali government forces backed by forces from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces took over a base used by al Qaeda-backed Al-Shabaab militants on the northern outskirts of Mogadishu, AMISOM said in a statement.
Two hostages of suspected Somali pirates died after a rescue effort by the Danish navy, an operation that freed 16 other hostages, the Danish military said Tuesday.
Representatives from around the world are meeting in London to discuss Somalia's war. CNN's Nima Elbagir reports.
Kenya's military marched into Somalia and have been there for months. CNN's David McKenzie reports.
Turn down any rundown street in any one of the "mini-Mogadishus" that now pepper Britain's cities, and you'll see young men congregating outside what look like shuttered shop fronts. But look closer. There are no signs and no distinguishing features to help those who don't know what lies on the other side of these battered doorways.
Representatives from more than 40 governments and humanitarian groups were holding talks Thursday in London on Somalia, which is in the grip of an insurgency. The gathering will try to agree a common approach to tackling the political turmoil, terrorism, poor security, while providing humanitarian aid.
Somalia's prime minister tells CNN the country needs up to $10 billion from the international community.
Ahead of a key international conference on beleaguered Somalia, transitional government forces, backed by Ethiopian allies, seized a key southern town that was once a strategic stronghold for Islamic militants.
Asha Mohamed sits in her cramped room in Pumwani slum clutching a tiny photo of her son, Harun. He's dressed in a blue-striped tie framed by a crisp white T-shirt -- a typical 15-year-old Kenyan high school student.
Somalia's Al-Shabaab has brushed aside accusations from Human Rights Watch that the Islamist militia recruits child soldiers, saying that Islam considers people to be adults from the age of 15.
Children as young as 10 years old increasingly face horrific abuse in war-torn Somalia as the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab has targeted them to replenish its diminishing ranks of fighters, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Tuesday.
Rap star Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson visited Kenya and famine-hit Somalia this week to raise awareness on hunger and poverty issues.
A boat carrying Somalis fleeing violence in their homeland capsized this week in the Gulf of Aden, leaving at least 11 people dead and another 34 missing, a U.N. agency said.
Somalia's Al-Shabaab rebel movement has tightened its ties to the al Qaeda terror network, with its leader pledging loyalty to al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.
The man commanding the AMISOM mission in Somalia describes efforts to root out Al-Shabaab militants.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague visited Somalia's capital Mogadishu Thursday, the Foreign Office announced, saying it was the first trip there by a British foreign secretary since 1992.
The Somali militant group Al-Shabaab says it has banned the International Committee of the Red Cross from operating in the regions it controls, accusing the organization of distributing expired food.
An American aid worker freed in Somalia last week after three months in captivity has left for the United States, a senior U.S. official said, as a fellow kidnapped aid worker headed home to see his family.
The kidnapping of two aid workers in Somalia was an inside job. CNN's Brian Todd has this exclusive report.
Somalia's president strongly condemned the killing of a leading journalist as a "senseless murder," suggesting Sunday that the country's al Qaeda-linked Islamist militia Al-Shabaab may have been responsible.
A leading Somalia journalist was shot outside him home in Mogadishu on Saturday and died on the way to the hospital, according to other journalists.
The U.S. Navy Seals' dramatic rescue of Poul Hagen Thisted and Jessica Buchanan early Wednesday ended the hostages' three-month ordeal in Somalia. But why was it left to the United States to conduct this operation in a country thousands of miles away?
A crooked Somali cop may have been the one who made the kidnapping of two foreign aid workers in October possible, the safety adviser for their employer told CNN.
CNN's Jill Dougherty talks about medical treatments and tries to pinpoint how many Americans are currently in Somalia.
Freed hostages Jessica Buchanan and Poul Thisted arrived at a U.S. base in Sicily Thursday, a day after being rescued in a U.S. military raid in Somalia, a spokesman for the base said.
CNN's Chris Lawrence reports on the U.S. Navy SEAL mission that rescued aid workers in Somalia.
U.S. forces in military helicopters freed two hostages from pirates in a nighttime raid in Somalia.
The same elite Navy SEAL unit that killed Osama bin Laden took part in a daring nighttime rescue in Somalia of two American and Danish foreign aid workers, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
A top U.N. representative for Somalia will be based in that country -- for the first time in 17 years.
Distribution of food, seed and medical relief intended for drought victims in Somalia has been suspended, the International Committee of the Red Cross announced Thursday.
Al-Shabaab members raided a Kenyan police camp, killing seven and taking others prisoner, the al Qaeda-linked militant Islamist group said Thursday.
Somali pirates are not building palaces with swimming pools with the ransoms they collect from international shipping companies and hostages, but they are helping the local economy, a new report finds.
A former U.S. Army soldier charged with attempting to travel to Somalia to join a terrorist group was denied bail Wednesday and will remain in jail pending trial.
African Development Bank's Mthuli Ncube discusses the detrimental affect of increased piracy off the coast of Somalia.
Backed by Ethiopian forces, Somali troops have wrested control of a key trading town after fierce fighting with Islamic militants, officials with Somalia's transitional government and witnesses said Saturday.
A man who was fired by an international aid group in Somalia this week returned to the office and shot dead two aid workers, a government official and the aid agency said Friday.
African Union forces in Somalia have successfully pushed the Islamic militant group Al-Shabaab out of the capital Mogadishu, a commander told CNN Thursday.
Two U.N. World Food Programme workers and a third colleague from a local agency were shot to death in Somalia Friday, the organization said.
It's just a few minutes after the final whistle has blown and the shiny basketball court of the Al Gharafa Sports Hall in Doha is filled with shouts and cheers.
We had tried for weeks to get access to Kenya's incursion into lawless Somalia. The go finally came from the Kenyan military in a text message late one Saturday night. We're told to be at the Nairobi's military airbase before dawn.
CNN's David McKenzie has rare access to the front line of Kenya's war with Al-Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked militant group.
Kenya is drawn into Somalia's two-decade long civil war as border tensions escalate. CNN's Nkepile Mabuse reports.
At first glance, it might seem that Yemen -- like Somalia -- is a place we should best forget about. It has few proven natural resources, its hinterland is largely barren and inaccessible, and it has a long history of being virtually impossible to govern. But first impressions can be misleading, and if Yemen were to sink into a state of anarchy, the implications for the Gulf region and beyond would be profound.
The leaders of Kenya, Somalia and Uganda held a closed-door meeting in Nairobi Wednesday, reaffirming their commitment to military operations against the Islamic militant group Al-Shabaab in Somalia.
Kenya makes a military foray into Somalia to pursue armed militants. CNN's David McKenzie reports.
Six alleged Somali pirates went on trial Tuesday in Paris for hijacking a yacht and taking a French couple hostage off the coast of Somalia in 2008.
Two Kenyan police officers were injured in Dadaab refugee camp in Northern Kenya when their vehicle struck a land mine on Tuesday, according to a senior official.
During Saturday night's Republican candidates' debate on national security issues, Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota said the United States has nowhere to take terrorists for interrogation and said the CIA does not interrogate anymore.
Two Swedish journalists charged with terrorism in Ethiopia face years in prison after their arrest in a prohibited region along the nation's border with Somalia.
Somali pirates are notorious for being behind a spate hijackings on the high seas but their activities have also exacerbated food shortages in the Horn of Africa, a senior official from the African Development Bank has said.
Kenyan troops are battling the Islamic extremist group Al-Shabaab in neighboring Somalia, westerners are being targeted at Kenyan tourist resorts and fears are high of terror attacks in Nairobi. What are the reasons behind the unrest and what is likely to happen next?
Two foreign aid workers kidnapped last week in Somalia are alive and well, a Danish aid group said Sunday.
An airstrike hit a camp for people displaced by Somalia's humanitarian crisis Sunday, leaving three dead and dozens of people injured, the aid group Doctors Without Borders reported.
A suicide bomber who carried out an attack in Somalia this weekend was an American citizen of Somali descent, a website associated with the Al-Shabaab Islamist movement claimed Sunday.
Two foreign aid workers kidnapped two days ago in Somalia were named Thursday as American Jessica Buchanan and Dane Poul Hagen Thisted.
Somalia praised Kenya Wednesday, thanking it for helping battle the Islamic extremist group Al-Shabaab, in an apparent effort to heal tensions sparked by the Somali president's criticism of Kenya earlier this week.
Two foreign aid workers kidnapped in Somalia remain missing but a Somali man who was believed abducted with them has been arrested, a Danish aid organization said Wednesday.
Three aid workers -- an American woman, a Danish man and a Somali man -- have been kidnapped in Somalia, the Danish Demining Group said Tuesday.
Somalia's president has spoken out against Kenya's military incursion into his country, saying his nation's African neighbor has overstepped its bounds by pursuing Islamic militants beyond its borders.
The U.S. Embassy in Kenya warned it has credible information of an imminent terror attack, days after the east African nation announced it is sending troops to Somalia to battle Islamist militants.
A federal jury found two Minnesota women guilty Thursday of raising money for Al-Shabaab, the al Qaeda-affiliated militant group in Somalia.
A Frenchwoman kidnapped from her holiday home in northern Kenya and taken to Somalia has died, the French Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
News stories saying authorities thwarted a plot to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Mexico are not true, the Mexican secretary of the navy said Tuesday.
The mysterious visitor stands in a patch of scrubland in Somalia, surrounded by Islamic militants wielding AK-47s. His face is covered by a white-and-red headscarf; he is slim and seems young. But there is something puzzling about him: His skin is fair, and when he speaks in an audio recording, his English is near perfect and spoken with a North American accent.
Somali forces say they've taken the remaining strongholds of al Qaeda affiliate Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu.
Islamic militants have moved fighters to the Somali border town of Afmado in an effort to combat Kenyan forces who have entered Somalia, the militant group Al-Shabaab said Tuesday.
Islamic militants in Somalia have threatened to "come into Kenya" if Kenyan forces do not leave Somalia, according to an online message posted on a jihadist website.
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Hendersonville's Matt Wheeler (00) tries to block a shot of West Henderson's Zach Bell during a game earlier this season at Hendersonville. (Photo by PATRICK SULLIVAN/ TIMES-NEWS)
Even with two or three players from the opposing team guarding him most every game, Zach Bell still finds a way to put up the points night after night for the Falcons.
Last week he was not only the leading scorer for two of West's three games, but he had a career-high night of 34 points in the Falcons' upset win over conference rival Pisgah at Pisgah. His performances last week make Bell the choice for this week's Times-News Prep Player of the Week honor.
"We had a good matchup (with Pisgah) and Zach took advantage of it. By the time they adjusted he had gotten into such a good rhythm that I don't think it would've mattered who was guarding him," said West boys coach Billy Phillips.
Bell has been the steady leading scorer for the Falcons all season, averaging 17 points per game. Last week he started off with 34 points against favored Pisgah in the Falcons' 65-63 win, after West fell to Pisgah earlier this season 66-53.
In West's Thursday loss to Smoky Mountain last week Bell had 19 points and then Friday he had 14 in the Falcons' win over Brevard.
He's also averaging just over two assists and five rebounds per game.
"He's been very consistent for us this season; he's scored in double figures every game. He does a really good job of attacking the lane and getting to the free-throw line and gets a lot of points there," Phillips said. "I think he does his best work in transition because he's so quick and handles the ball really well. He also rebounds well for a guard."
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"Zach told me, 'Coach I don't care how much I score as long as we win.' He is really figuring out how to put the team above himself and our post players are benefiting from that," Phillips said. "The way he plays carries over to the team, and everybody's buying into the fact that what 'we' do is more important than what 'I' do."
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Yesterday's News: Vikings denied jobless benefits
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[size=18px]Vikings denied jobless benefits[/size]
The 1963 Minnesota Vikings, whose roster included future stars Fran Tarkenton, Bill Brown, Mick Tingelhoff and Jim Marshall, managed to lose to the Packers twice and finished 5-8-1. After the season, six players filed for unemployment. Their annual salaries, ranging from $8,000 to $15,000, had been paid in full. But they had families to feed.
Initially, the claims of these unnamed athletes were upheld. But an appeals tribunal eventually denied most of their arguments. The Tribune's Sam Romer explained:
[size=18px]Appeal Tribunal Denies Jobless Benefits to Six Viking Players[/size]
By SAM ROMER
Minneapolis Tribune staff writer
The Minnesota Employment Security Department has rejected claims by six Minnesota Viking professional football players for $38-a-week jobless benefits after the 1963 regular season ended.
A player is ineligible for benefits after the season ends if his contract remains in effect.
He can receive the weekly benefit after the contract expires and before he signs a new pact.
He can also receive benefits if he is released during the contract period.
In each case, the full salary was paid in semi-monthly installments during the regular season, but the contracts were worded to run until May 1, 1964.
EACH of the players applied for jobless benefits after the season ended  at Wilmington, Calif.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Freeport, N.Y.; Waco, Texas, and Los Angeles; Calif.
Administrative decisions by a department claims deputy awarded benefits to the players. However, the tribunal oeverruled the decisions.
It noted that the contract required the player to "maintain his skills as a football player†and "to refrain from activities and associations which would be detrimental to the team.â€Â
These clauses made clear, according to the tribunal, that the contract continued the employment relationship between the club and the player until it expired, and he was not eligible for benefits until the contract was terminated.
IN TWO cases, the club and the players signed new contracts before the old ones expired and the tribunal ruled that these players were not eligible for benefits.
In other cases where new contracts were not signed before summer or, as in one case, where the player rejected a proposed offer, it ordered that benefits be paid for the period after May 1.
In three cases where the players were released after a new contract was signed, the tribunal upheld their right to benefits.
Nov. 13, 1963: Mick Tingelhoff, Grady Alderman and Ed Sharockman warmed up over an impromptu fire after practice at Midway Stadium. (Minneapolis Star photo by John Croft)
Throughout his career, quarterback Fran Tarkenton was known for drawing plays in the dirt. Here he drew a play in the snow during a workout at St. Paul's Midway Stadium with rookie quarterback Ron VanderKelen in December 1963. (AP photo)
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Re: Yesterday's News: Vikings denied jobless benefits
good read there singer.
Go vikes!!
03-29-2006, 01:28 PM #3Prophet Guest
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Enjoyed the pics, Fran drawing plays in the snow....gotta love that.
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I was only 4 at the time, so I don't remember it happenning, but when I saw this article in the paper, I thought it would be an interesting read for those who remember & for the younger generation to step back in time to see what football was like in the 60's.
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03-29-2006, 01:31 PM #5Del Rio Guest
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So did they just decide to deny them this year........lol.
If so they work slower then the government and that is amazing!
It's insane how much players used to make. I understand inflation and such, but a lot of players had to have part time jobs in the offseason just to make it....
Different times I guess.
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To look at those salaries those guys made and it was a tougher league back then, most players had to take jobs in the off season to support their families. And a lot of younger fans wonder why us older fans (42) don't side with the athletes when they whine about their contracts and act like prima donnas!
Those old players were tough SOBs!What we've got here is failure to communicate.
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Jail for Burnley shotgun pair after two raids in one day
9:07am Wednesday 5th December 2012 in News By David Watkinson, Deputy news editor
TWO men who took part in shotgun raids on a shop and a bookmaker's just hours apart, face long stretches behind bars.
Mohammed Usman Khan, 22, of Kent Street, Burnley, has been found guilty of conspiring to rob the Tote Sport bookmakers in Bury and conspiring to rob the Spar shop in Melville Street, Burnley, after a trial at Burnley Crown Court.
Khan had insisted he only carried out the attacks on the premises under duress.
He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on January 14, along with Gulhassan Khan, 23, of Burnley Road, Colne, who has earlier confessed to carrying out both the robberies.
The jury had been told how a shop assistant at the Spar was held up by gunman Gulhassan Khan and his accomplice Mohammed Usman Khan. Video footage of the pair at the bookmakers in Moorgate, was also shown to the court. Both raids took place on September 1, 2009.
Hugh McKee, prosecuting, said the defendants got away with just £123 as it was 'not the bet time to rob a bookmakers, around 11am'. The Spar shop was targeted at just after 3pm, when an assistant was forced to hand over cash.
Two other men, who were also said to be part of the plot to rob the bookmakers earlier walked free from court.
Mohammed Abdul Ghafaar and Wajid Khan, now both 20, were said to have been captured on the CCTV footage 'staking out' the premises before the raid.
Ghafaar, of Merton Street, and Khan, of Kent Street, both Burnley, had earlier admitted to conspiracy to rob the store, between August 18 and September 2, 2009. They had owned up during the second week of a trial. Neither had any previous convictions.
The duo were each given 52 weeks in jail, suspended for two years, with 200 hours unpaid work.
Judge Beverley Lunt, who will also sentence Gulhassan Khan and Mohammed Usman Khan, had said of the pair who she spared jail: "I am entirely satisfied neither of these two idiots knew what they were getting involved in."
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Lake County Public Schools come in near the bottom of the list when it comes to the amount of money the state spends on its students, ranking 65 of 67 districts.
School officials want to change that, and they think they have a valid argument.
Through the Florida Education Funding Program (FEFP), the state reimburses each school district with a calculated amount of money per student, based on a formula. Lake County leaders say that formula is flawed and is costing their schools at least $5 million annually in state money.
Bill Mathias is the Lake County School Board's newest member, and he's already questioning what he said the county has accepted for years. Mathias points to Collier County, in southwest Florida, which is similar to Lake County in its demographics and student population, but receives more money.
"Collier County is getting $7,100 per student, and Lake is getting $6,000," he said, adding that some of the discrepancy lies in transportation funding. "We're spending $16 million, and the state is giving us $7.9 million. There's a huge spread there."
Mathias points to the fact that Lake County school buses cover a lot more miles than other districts to transport the same number of kids. But in FEFP formula, the mileage that school buses have to travel isn't part of the calculations. Mathias explained, "So we may go forty miles before we even pick up a child, but the state only allows us $383 per child. That is the fallacy of the state formula."
Add to that, the number of students who live within two miles of school but still get picked up by a bus for safety reasons even though the state doesn't reimburse for children who live that close, and Mathias point to at least $5 million the district could be getting.
Fiscal watchdog Vance Jochim applauds Mathias. "That's what this needs, is a professional approach," he said. "Someone to dig into all the details, and find the hidden savings."
Mathias said he believes the state's formula, which has been used since the 1970s, has been questioned before, but because it is so complicated and because it's always been the way it is, no one has ever pinpointed the precise problem. "If I can get $5 million back, I've done my job," he said.
Now, other school board members are now taking a closer look at the state's formula as are some county commissioners. Mathias said the next step is to challenge the Florida Legislature and get the state's formula tweaked, to be as he sees it, more equitable.
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---- — So here we are, in late September, being told that the government might shut down next week and then default on its debt in mid-October. And it's all some Republicans' fault.
Let's make sure I understand this. Starting with the basics:
Unlike our state and local budget years that begin on July 1 (with mandated balanced budgets, by the way), the federal government budget year begins on Oct. 1. The House has the constitutionally mandated responsibility to initiate all spending bills, including budgets. The Senate then agrees or disagrees; the president gets to sign or veto. This last step is supposed to be done by Oct. 1.
There is no requirement that the federal budget be balanced: If expenditures exceed revenues, the federal government can borrow the difference and add it to the national debt – which, as of last weekend, was $16,745,555,054, of which my twin grandchildren owe $105,746.
Sometimes the federal government borrows from other countries, like Japan and China; sometimes it borrows from itself, or a form of itself called the Federal Reserve, which buys government bonds. Where does the Federal Reserve get the money to buy the bonds? Thank you for asking, but it's not your job to question where the money comes from.
It's your job to spend it, perhaps by taking out loans to start a business even if you don't have any particular interest in starting a business, which the market may or may not want. Or you should borrow money to buy a house you can't really afford even with Fed-determined low interest rates, so you can default someday like over-extended homeowners in the last decade. Spend — so that jobs are created to provide what you are spending on, even if most of the money involved in this process is borrowed/printed/made up or taken in taxes from people who then can't spend their own money or save it in accounts from which it can be borrowed for genuine economic activity.
Some of the stimulus money has gone to create more public-sector jobs, which must still somehow be funded by someone when the stimulus money ends.
To make it all so much more interesting, this year the new budget year coincides with implementation of the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"), a law that passed in 2010 with only Democratic support; those who questioned its size and complexity were told by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that, "we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what's in it."
So, to find out what's in it, I bought the "ObamaCare Survival Guide" by Nick J. Tate, who made an admirable effort to sort it all out as objectively as possible. But now my copy is stuffed with newspaper clippings telling about things that have been found wrong with it: There are already exemptions for certain privileged groups, which may not include you. Some headlines: "Limits on consumer costs in health care law delayed" (no longer so "affordable"?); "Multiple companies changing insurance plans due to Obamacare" ; "State lawmakers raise concerns about navigating Obamacare health exchanges." So, former Speaker Nancy (Republicans took over the House in 2010 by running against Obamacare, so she lost her speakership): "what's in it" seems to be creating problems.
Therefore, many congressional Republicans are trying to prevent what Sen. Max Baucus (a Democrat — helped lead the fight to pass it) calls a "train wreck." The House, passing the federal budget for which it is responsible, removed funding for Obamacare, which, along with its administrative chaos, is estimated by a Senate Budget Committee study to cost $2.6 trillion over 10 years.
Obama and Democratic leaders want bipartisan compromise, i.e., they want it all done their way. They seem to think that our Founding Fathers made a mistake in giving the House the "power of the purse"; the president and Senate insist on their own version of the budget, which will include Obamacare.
As for raising the debt ceiling: quoting Nancy Pelosi again, resistance to adding even more debt is "completely juvenile … legislative arson." President Obama tells us that "raising the debt ceiling, as we have done over a hundred times, does not increase our debt; it does not somehow promote profligacy. All it does is it says you got to pay the bills that you've already racked up."
Say what? Yes, you've got to pay the bills that you racked up under the present debt ceiling, from your existing budget revenues. Raising the ceiling says you intend to borrow even more. How does he think the debt got to almost $17 trillion?
So, what do you think? Should Republicans roll over, fund the train wreck, uncomplainingly agree to another unbalanced budget, borrow until the national debt doubles again?
As I write this, the Republican House has passed a budget. If the Democratic Senate and president refuse to accept it, they, not Republicans, will be shutting down the government.
Here's one possible compromise: Agree on another "continuing resolution" to fund existing essential government services, and put a hold on Obamacare until 2015. Then ask American voters in 2014 to choose representatives who support Obamacare and unlimited spending/debt, or those who want fiscal responsibility. Our decision, our country's future.
Barbara Anderson of Marblehead is president of Citizens for Limited Taxation and a Salem News columnist.


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The Portland Police Bureau teamed up with the FBI to create a Joint Terrorism Task Force in 2011.
As part of the agreement between the city and federal officials made to make that force, police must present an annual report to the city commissioners.
This year, the chief assigned criminal intelligence officers to work on an investigation with the force that happened outside of Portland's city limits after talking with the police commissioner, according to the report.
On Wednesday, Chief Mike Reese presented the report to the City Council.
The report is meant to document the involvement between police and the FBI, but some civil rights groups, including the ACLU, showed up Wednesday at City Hall angry about the lack of details in the report.
A representative for the ACLU said the report lacks the number and types of investigations the two groups worked together on this past year.
The chief says that he briefs the mayor, who is also the police commissioner, on the cases that involve the FBI. Some details were left out of the report to keep the integrity of the investigations.
The report says that the police chief, assistant chief in charge of investigations, the lieutenant of the Police Bureau's Criminal Intelligence Unit and two of the unit's officers have been granted "Secret" clearance by the FBI. That's a step down from Top Secret clearance, which would allow officers unescorted access to FBI offices or to informants' information.
The Portland City Council accepted the report in a 3-2 vote, but several commissioners voiced concern about the lack of information.
Last year, Commissioner Amanda Fritz said she expected more details in this year's report. In Wednesday's meeting, she also expressed that she wanted more details in the report.
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Kenneth Turner is Associate Professor of Bible at Bryan College. He has a B.A.E. in Physics and Mathematics from Arizona State University (1995), an M.Div. and Ph.D. in Old Testament Theology from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (1999, 2005). Prior to coming to Bryan in 2006, Turner taught as an adjunct professor in schools in Kentucky and Texas, and served on church staffs as Teaching Pastor and Youth Minister.
Katherine Chon is the Senior Advisor on Trafficking in Persons in the Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary, Administration of Children and Families. She advises on anti-trafficking strategies, policies, training, and evaluation across multiple programs at the Department of Health and Human Services and coordinates anti-trafficking initiatives with other Federal partners. Prior to government service, Katherine co-founded Polaris Project, an internationally-recognized nonprofit organization combating modern-day slavery where she worked directly with survivors of trafficking, established comprehensive victim service programs, and steered a partnership with federal and local law enforcement to create a community-wide victim response system. Katherine received her Sc.B. in Psychology from Brown University, M.P.A. from Harvard Kennedy School, and completed the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Reverend Dr. Jim Ellison is the Director of Development for Street Grace, an organization based in Atlanta, Georgia, that battles child sex trafficking. Prior to Street Grace, Jim served several United Methodist congregations in the Atlanta area including Atlanta First United Methodist Church. Jim also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Young Harris College. Jim holds an Associate of Arts degree in Religious Studies from Young Harris College, and a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from LaGrange College. Immediately following the completion of his undergraduate degrees, Jim enrolled at Emory University's Candler School of Theology and received his Master of Divinity degree the spring of 1993. Most notably, Jim received his Doctor of Ministry degree in preaching and church leadership from Asbury Seminary in 2005, where he was awarded the Beeson Pastor Fellowship scholarship. Jim is married to the former Beth Parrish, and they have two sons, Will and Ben.


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CHEERS to the multitude of restaurant employees in our region who are gracious and accommodating to senior citizens and people with disabilities, making them feel at home when they go out to eat. We know, we know — it's their jobs. But some treat older and physically impaired diners like their mothers and fathers, brother and sisters. Some don't. The difference is immediately felt by the customers. The very good workers hold doors, wear a broad smile and exhibit patience, and gladly. People with decreased mobility already feel like somewhat of an imposition to others, so when complete strangers at a restaurant show they're delighted to help them in any way possible, it's more than a routine comfort. It's greatly appreciated. As Baby Boomers advance in age, more and more of the population will fall into the categories of "senior citizen" and "people with disabilities." The wise business owners in the hospitality industry are already instructing staff on how to keep these customers happy.
JEERS to bingo operators in our area who allow smoking. You might wonder how this is even possible, what with New York state outlawing smoking in public places. But the state allows special permits if the restrictions would cause "undue financial hardship" and for a few other factors. State law requires that operators with exemptions "minimize the adverse effects of the waiver upon persons subject to an involuntary exposure to second-hand smoke." Maybe local bingo operators think their patrons wouldn't show up if they couldn't smoke. But people have gotten used to not smoking at many other public events and could do so at bingo as well. Judging from the complaints submitted to Speakout, many people who attend bingo think the smoking sections are not working. Allowing patrons to light up, even in separated areas, is an affront to non-smokers and a poor example for charitable organizations to set for young people in the community.


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Milwaukee (54-54) at Houston (53-55), 7:05 p.m. CT
LOS ANGELES -- So what if the Brewers were unable to acquire a starter ahead of last week's non-waiver Trade Deadline, Carlos Villanueva says. The reliever-turned-starter is happy to pitch in."I don't want us to have to go out and make a deal and trade away our best prospects," he said. "We have guys in here who can do the job. If I can step up and do that for a couple of starts, then I'll do it the best I can." They will need him again on Friday night, when Villanueva starts the opener of a three-game series in Houston. With off-days on either side of the series, the Brewers needed only one of their fill-in starters to pitch in this turn through the rotation. Villanueva got the nod over Mike Burns because he's had some success (3.56 ERA in 14 appearances, including two starts) against the Astros. Burns has been available out of the bullpen for the last two games. "I don't make that big a deal out of it. If they want me to start, I'll start," Villanueva said. "It's been a break for me a little bit, having some time in between [outings] to prepare a little bit." The Brewers hope to eventually move Villanueva back to the bullpen when right-handers Jeff Suppan (oblique) and Dave Bush (triceps) return from the disabled list. Manager Ken Macha backed off his prediction that Suppan could return as early as Aug. 12, after Suppan reported feeling "so-so" on Wednesday, a day after he threw a bullpen session. If Suppan cannot make the Aug. 12 start, the Brewers have another hole in the rotation on Aug. 15. "I'm not trying to put any dates on anything," Suppan said after playing catch in the outfield Wednesday afternoon. "I'm just telling them every day how I feel and we'll go from there." Villanueva provided some cause for confidence in his most recent outing, a five-inning scoreless start at San Diego in which he threw 79 pitches. Even with that gem, Villanueva's ERA is 5.68. It was down to 3.33 as recently as June 6 before a bad outing in Atlanta sparked a slump. "I've been up and down," Villanueva said. "I've had my cold streaks. But in the end, you have to even it out. I know there are some guys who have had perfect seasons, but that's hard to do. I just try to keep focused and do the best I can until the end of the year." Of Villanueva's roller-coaster year, Macha said, "I think that some of the times when he's done poorly, he's really brought it down hard on himself. It has slowed his rebound a little bit. But his overall resume in the big leagues isn't lengthy, so when you start going through a down slide, you don't have all that much time in, you start to question. When we get our starters back and he goes back to the bullpen, I think this stretch will help him out." Bouncing between the bullpen and the starting rotation could cost him at the end of the season. Villanueva, who is in the stretch run of his third full Major League season, will be eligible for salary arbitration for the first time. Given his varying roles, it could be difficult to find comparable players to help set Villanueva's salary. "I know the union is very interested to see how it works out," said Villanueva, who is represented by Fernando Cuza. "I don't worry about that. I trust my agent to worry about it. "I don't want to say I don't care, but right now, I don't. I have to worry about pitching right now." Pitching matchup
MIL: RHP Carlos Villanueva (2-8, 5.98 ERA)
With a pair of off-days sandwiched around their series in Houston, the Brewers needed only one of Villanueva or Burns to start, and Villanueva got the call because of his prior success against the Astros. It will be Villanueva's third start since a move from the bullpen, and he should be able to reach the neighborhood of 100 pitches after throwing 67 on July 28 against the Nationals and 79 on Sunday against the Padres. HOU: RHP Bud Norris (1-0, 0.90 ERA)
Norris pitched seven scoreless innings against the Cardinals, allowing only two singles, in his first Major League start Sunday in a 2-0 win over St. Louis. He walked four batters and struck out five while throwing 91 pitches. This will be his debut at Minute Maid Park. Norris, 24, was 4-9 with a 2.63 ERA in 19 starts at Round Rock this year, allowing 104 hits, 53 walks and striking out 112 batters in 120 innings. He was a sixth-round pick in 2006 out of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Tidbits
The Brewers are expected to promote newly signed reliever Jesus Colome from Triple-A Nashville as early as Friday. Colome, released by the Nationals last month and scooped up by the Brewers, pitched two more scoreless innings on Tuesday to preserve his perfect ERA. He struck out 11 batters in seven innings over his first four appearances for Nashville. ... Shortstop J.J. Hardy was out of the lineup again on Wednesday, but he was among a group of players on hand early for extra batting practice, Macha said. Hardy has been working on his swing with hitting coach Dale Sveum, but is hitless in his last 14 at-bats. "We want him to where he feels good about himself," Macha said. ... Right-hander Nick Bucci was named the Brewers' Minor League pitcher of the month for July after going 5-0 with a 2.13 ERA for rookie-level Class A Helena. Outfielder Logan Schafer was the player of the month. He hit .346 with three home runs and 14 RBIs in 27 games. Both players were 2008 Draft picks. ... The Brewers play their next 22 games against teams that enter the weekend with sub-.500 records. Tickets
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Saturday: Brewers (Manny Parra, 6-8, 6.33) at Astros (Roy Oswalt, 6-4, 3.61), 6:05 p.m. CT
Sunday: Brewers (Yovani Gallardo, 10-8, 3.59) at Astros (Wandy Rodriguez, 10-6, 2.63), 1:05 p.m. CT
Monday: Off-day
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ORLANDO, Fla. — N.C. State (8-4) has a big opportunity against No. 22-ranked West Virginia (9-3) in a couple of hours in todays 6:30 p.m. Champs Sports Bowl.
Heres what the Wolfpack needs to do to post a win that would tie the 2010 team for the second-highest victory total for a season in school history:
1. Get to the quarterback. Maryland and coach Ralph Friedgen neutralized N.C. States blitz packages with maximum protection schemes.
West Virginia, which plays a lot of two-back sets, has the potential to do that as well. N.C. States blitzing linebackers need to find ways to get break through the blocking schemes to sack quarterback Geno Smith and keep him from making plays with his feet.
And the defensive backs need to make tackles in space against the screen game to prevent short passes from turning into long gains.
2. Make big plays with the pass. West Virginias starting cornerbacks, Brandon Hogan and Keith Tandy, are both extremely talented.
But theyre also just 5-foot-10. N.C. State wide receiver starters Jarvis Williams and Owen Spencer are 6-4 and 6-3, respectively.
The Wolfpack needs to take advantage of that height disparity for at least one long gain on a deep ball against a stingy defense.
3. Have a difference-making play on special teams. N.C. State has made a lot of them this season.
The Wolfpack blocked three punts early in the season. T.J. Graham returned a punt for a touchdown against North Carolina, and the Wolfpack recovered an onside kick against Maryland.
West Virginia coach Bill Stewart seems concerned about Graham, and N.C. State coach Tom OBrien would like nothing better than to see Graham get up to full speed in the open field.
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A Fairburn woman said an unknown man rescued her and her 1-year-old son from their burning apartment Saturday morning.
"I was sleeping and I got up, and it was nothing but smoke," Tyisha Anthony told CBS Atlanta News as she held her son, Sage. "The whole building was on fire."
Fire officials said they were called to Ashford Town & Country Apartments on Clay Street at 6:20 a.m. When they arrived, they found heavy smoke and residents fleeing their apartments.
Anthony said she could not get out her front door, so she broke a window and spotted a man in a pickup truck.
"He was like, 'Do you need help?'" said Anthony. "I was like, 'Yes, please get me out of here. Get the baby out.'"
Fire officials said the apartment building was built in the 1970s and had no fire walls or sprinkler system. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
They credit the man with getting the two out of their apartment.
"We consider him a hero," said Fairburn Deputy Fire Chief Jody Weller. "We wish we could make contact with him."
Anthony said the man told her he had to go to work and left immediately after rescuing her and her son.
"I would just hug him," said Anthony. "Probably give him a kiss and tell him thank you so much because I was very scared."
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York Beach House for Rent - Short Sands in York Beach
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Beautiful immaculate ocean side beach house for rent. This gem of a house is located in an ocean side safe quiet neighborhood. A few steps will take you to a tranquil rocky beach and a short walk (0.5 mile) down the road will take you to York Beach Short Sands/Downtown. The house is one level, Pergo flooring throughout (hypoallergenic) and recently renovated. There is a private backyard with seating and a new grill for cookouts. Front porch with seating. This home could be used for couples, family, friends, girl/guy weekend shopping/fishing getaways... The possibilities are endless and the memories will be everlasting.
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All the comforts of home: TV, DVD, Cable, CD/stereo, microwave, toaster oven, stove, washer & dryer, outdoor shower with hot water (for easy sand removal), outside seating in private backyard with new grill, front porch with seating. New fridge and Stove with all the flatware and cooking supplies. 3 bedrooms and a pull out sleep sofa and a pull out futon making room for guests in the front room. The house is year-round and is heated. Plenty of parking. York has an exceptional Trolley service that runs to area destinations and beaches.
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Steps away from a private rocky beach with a short walk to Short Sands Beach/Downtown. York has endless unique shops, restaurants, and parks. Within a 7 minute walk is Ellis Park which sits on the ocean and has free concerts during summer months seaside. There is Yorks Wild Kingdom/Amusement Park, ball fields, playgrounds, outlet shopping, surfing, hiking, and other endless possibilities.
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July and August $1,600.00/weekly Late June & Early September 1,400.00/weekly
Early June and Late September $1,200.00/weekly
off season rental for weekends, weekly, ... $250.00/ night
$200.00 cleaning fee for weekly summer rental.
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