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Tag Archives: Mark Buchanan
The Leadership Journal Book Awards!
The 2012 Leadership Journal book awards were recently announced. I was thrilled to see a good number of Zondervan ministry titles on the list. If you've not read these books, I hope you'll give them a shot.
Category: The Leader's Inner Life
Short List:
- Sifted: Pursuing Growth through Trials, Challenges, and Disappointments by Wayne Cordeiro with Francis Chan and Larry Osborne
- Adventures in Churchland: Finding Jesus in the Mess of Organized Religion by Dan Kimball
Category: The Leader's Outer Life
Best of the Best: Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City by Timothy Keller
Short List:
- Deep & Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend by Andy Stanley
- Your Church is Too Safe: Why Following Christ Turns the World Upside-Down by Mark Buchanan
Links Worth Clicking: Christianity and homosexuality, sabbaticals, and Adventures in Churchland
Interview with Wesley Hill: A two-part interview with Wesley Hill was recently posted on the Hopeful Realism blog. Here is part 1 and part 2. Wesley Hill is the author of Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality. This is an interview that I hope many, many church leaders read. It's not about ministry tips, or practical strategies for ministering to same-sex couples or anything like that. It's a thoughtful conversation about the complexities of being a Christian and having same-sex attractions. Regardless of where you stand on this issue, or how you're used to addressing it in your church, I hope you'll take time to read this. Wesley is a thoughtful writer and a committed Christian. I think ministry leaders would do well to consider his story and ponder its implications for their ministry.
On Sabbaticals, Mark Buchanan: Mark Buchanan (Your Church is Too Safe) is wrapping up a four-month sabbatical. His blog post is worth reading even if, like me, you've never taken a sabbatical. For those of you that have, you'll perhaps enjoy his perspective on how time passes while on sabbatical.
Book Review: Dan Kimball's newest book, Adventures in Churchland: Finding Jesus in the Mess of Organized Religion was just reviewed on the Englewood Review of Books. This is the perfect book to give to people who are on the fringe of going to church. If you know anyone that says, "Why do I need to go to a local church? What does that have to do with my faith?"…give them this book. It's a humorous read and it will help them understand why Jesus loves the church.
Audio Book: Listen to chapter 1 of Dan Kimball's book They Like Jesus But Not the Church. If you've never read Kimball then you're in for a treat. Not only will he give you insight into how the younger generation views the church and the Lord, but he'll also make you laugh! The entire chapter is available on YouTube.
Links Worth Clicking: Harney, Buchanan, and why it's worth doing the small stuff in ministry
Chris Brauns: Chris is a pastor, author, and blogger. Today he has a guest post on Zach Nielson's blog. He talks about why he let's a child blow out the candles after their service. It's a good read. It made me think about the little things we do in ministry and how, if we're prayerful and intentional, they could be used by God to be extremely meaningful later on.
Kevin Harney: Kevin is the author of many books, but his heart's passion is outreach and evangelism. He's the author of Organic Outreach for Ordinary People, Organic Outreach for Churches, and coming this fall, Organic Outreach for Families which is co-authored by his wife, Sherry. Kevin's website has recently gone through a major overhaul. For resources from Kevin about various ministry topics check out http://www.kevingharney.com/
Love Without Walls Blog Tour: Just a reminder for all of you reviewing books: the blog tour is next week! I hope you're enjoying the reading. There are also videos of the author that you could include in your posts available here.
Audio book: Listen to chapter 1 of Your Church is Too Safe. The entire chapter is available for free on YouTube. Enjoy!
And the winners are…
Jeremy Myers and Brandon Weir (via Twitter)! Thanks to both of you for sharing one of your favorite books. I hope that Mark Buchanan's Your Church is Too Safe will soon be added to that list.
The Zondervan blog has another Buchanan excerpt posted today. Click here for the full post. Here's the first part…
The primary gift God gives to those who trust in him is reconciliation with him. But the primary gift the people of God give to those who are reconciled to God is a community of reconciled people. We give them the gift of our own wholeness and oneness. We give the gift of community. We invite them to be part of a people where everyone makes "every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace" [Ephesians 4:3].
Thursday Giveaway: Your Church is Too Safe
A good friend of mine writes and edits and the Zondervan blog. He has a post up today that excerpts Mark Buchanan's Your Church is Too Safe. I thought it would be perfect to give away a copy of the same book today.
If you've been following this blog for any length of time then you've probably picked up on the fact that I love this book. We did a blog tour for it, we interviewed Mark about his other Z project (here and here) and I've posted some random thoughts on it before. Excessive? Maybe. Is the book worthy of such attention? Definitely.
For today's giveaway tell us what one of your favorite all-time books is, and tell us how you've told others about it. (We'll give away two copies. The winners will be chosen randomly and announced tomorrow. The more you comment, the more chances you have to win.)
Do you have a quote from the book in your email signature? Did you review it online? Have you named one of your children or your dog after the main character or the author?
Book nerds, it's time to come clean.
Blog Tour This Week – "Your Church is Too Safe"
All this week the blogosphere will be filling with reviews of Mark Buchanan's Your Church is Too Safe . I'll be keeping a running list of the reviews here and tweeting the links with @EngagingChurch. Join us for the tour and find out if your ministry needs to be a little bit more dangerous.
Reviews posted so far:
MGPC's Pastor's Blog
Can't Catch My Breath
Borrowed Light
The Squirrel Factor
Tom Farr
Against Nothingness
Keeping the Main Thing
Nauvoo Pastor
Another new Mark Buchanan video – 2 of 3
Here's more from the "My New Day" interview with Mark Buchanan. The blog tour for his book, Your Church is Too Safe, starts next week!
New video with Mark Buchanan – Your Church is Too Safe
An interview with Mark Buchanan aired last week on Canadian TV and is now available on YouTube. This is nice, lengthy interview. I love when authors get a chance to speak on their books like this. It gives all of us a great opportunity to get to know them a little bit more and see their heart and passion for the message of their book. If you've not read Your Church is Too Safe yet, or if you've not read any Mark Buchanan books at all, this clip will give you a strong sense of the kind of thoughtful, "wordsmith" type writer he is. Also, he describes what drove him to write the book including his sense that God was calling him and his church to make a difference in the lives of the first nations community in his area.
My favorite lines from the interview:
1) "Fellowship is the natural outflow of mission…Stop trying to get the fellowship, get the mission."
2) "The one touchstone anybody should look for [in a new church]: Is this church either doing or willing to do that which requires God to do it?"


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I've been hanging around WCG for a few months now and while I generally find this to be a great community, there are a few things that have bothered me lately. First among those things is the common complaint that the Bears are lacking in talent.
I've heard it for years, and it always gets me. I'm no shill, and I have serious issues with some of the personnel moves made by the Bears over the years, but to act as if this team doesn't have the talent to compete for a Super Bowl seems odd to me.
Has anyone noticed a common theme over the past few years of players who didn't make the cut in Chicago, for whatever reason, finding more success elsewhere? Cedric Benson, Thomas Jones, Bobby Wade, Justin Gage, Mike Brown, Marc Colombo, Mike Gandy, Brandon McGowen, Chris Harris, John St Clair, Tank Johnson, Mushin Muhammad. For whatever reason, none of these players performed well in Chicago, but had elsewhere (with the exceptions of Jones who blossomed here after being considered a bust in Arizona and Tampa and continued to improve after arriving in NY, and Mike Brown, who was just injury prone)
As we sit here and complain about our suffering in the secondary, Brandon McGowen outperformed our safeties with NE, Chris Harris outperformed our safeties with Carolina, and Mike Brown had the best season of his career for the Chiefs. While we huff and puff over our Truly Offensive Line, Mike Gandy and Marc Columbo helped the Cardinals and the Cowboys, respectively, to the playoffs and John St Clair quietly had a better year than Chris Williams. Chris Harris and Brandon McGowen were liabilities in coverage and Mike Brown was injury prone. But they all had better seasons than our safeties. Gandy and St Clair were garbage and Columbo was injury prone, but they all outperformed our tackles.
Chris Williams is being viewed as having a good season (allowed 8 sacks in 590 passing attempts for .0136 sacks/pass play, good for 48th amongst tackles) while last years Chicago line punching bag, John St Clair allowed 6 sacks in 498 attempts, .0120 S/PP, good for 40th among tackles. For the record, Orlando Pace was criticized a lot this year while giving up only three sacks in 443 pass plays, good for a .0067 S/PP and 16th among tackles. Too bad he couldn't run block.
My point here is that we, as Bears fans, spend an awful lot of time criticizing the players, and Jerry Angelo, for the talent level, only to watch those players succeed elsewhere. This begs the question: Who is really at fault for this pattern of unreached potential?
I would suggest directing the stares at the men behind the curtain: The coaching staff. Perfect examples do exist, mind you. Ron Rivera took the Bears to the '06 Super Bowl with a ferocious defense that ranked 1st in points allowed and 2nd in yards allowed in '05 and 3rd in points allowed and 5th in yards allowed in '06. Rivera was ousted after the Super-Loss, and with Babich coordinating effectively the same group of men, the defense plummeted to 16th in PA and 28th in YA in '07 and 16th and 21st, respectively, in '08. In the three years with Rivera at the helm, Da Bears averaged allowing 16 points and 304 yards per game. And over the three years since Rivera left the Bears have averaged allowing 22 points and 342 yards per game.
Between 2005 and 2006, Rivera's coaching produced 3 All-Pro performances and 8 Pro-Bowl appearances by five different players on the defensive side of the ball. Since his departure, the Bears defense have produced no All-Pro performances and 3 Pro-Bowl appearances, all by Lance Briggs. Most interesting, is that eight of the starters from '05 campaign, and nine of the '06 starters, are still on the roster, including 4 of the 5 Pro-Bowlers.
Decreased production with Rivera's departure plus increased success for players who leave the team leads me to one conclusion: Coaching is the problem.
[All stats and figures calculated using info from www.pro-football-reference.com and hosted.stats.com]

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Predictable: Katy PerryŌĆÖs Patriotic Video Draws Lefty Ire
Some on the left have noted a disturbing trend – despite their best efforts, people keep seeing the U.S. military as admirable. When Seal Team 6 killed Osama Bin Laden on the orders of a liberal Democrat commander in chief, lefties had to endure the nation's celebration of the special ops warriors. Then "Act of Valor" his theaters last month, and a variety of liberal outlets branded the heroic film as propaganda.
And now singer Katy Perry – who, as an entertainer, should know better – has made a video celebrating the training and commitment of U.S. Marines.
The Huffington Post reported that left-wing feminist activist Naomi Wolf pronounced Perry's new "Part of Me" Perry's video a ""glorification of violence" on her Facebook page, and called for the American public to boycott Perry's music.
"It is a total piece of propaganda for the Marines ... I really want to find out if she was paid by them for making it ... It is truly shameful," Wolf wrote.
It's no surprise that Wolf entered the trenches for the liberal media's war against the military. She is a self-proclaimed anti-patriot who shills for Occupy Wall Street and once proposed that Al-Jazeera should be allowed to penetrate the American market.
Even the liberal Huffington Post seemed surprised by Wolf's reaction. "It seems fairly obvious that the video is supposed to suggest female empowerment, and joining the Marines is supposed to show that Perry isn't broken just because heart is."
But to Wolf, female empowerment isn't legitimate unless it also serves anti-Americanism.
- Lauren Thompson's blog
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ŌĆ£It is a total piece of
Submitted by NC Cop on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 2:38pm.
ŌĆ£It is a total piece of propaganda for the Marines ... I really want to find out if she was paid by them for making it ... It is truly shameful,ŌĆØ Wolf wrote."
But don't forget, they "support the troops".
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But don't forget, they "support the troops".
Submitted by stratman on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 3:04pm.
Perfect. Bullseye 10 ring. LOL
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freaks like Wolfe
Submitted by Mark81150 on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 12:05pm.
Only "support" the troops when they think John Q Public is watching them.. Then they are "all patriotic,.. sigh,.. I suppose"... but if they think we aren't, these roaches come out from under the virtual fridge to spread their contempt..... I'm not really a Perry fan, thought her stuff was talented, a bit strange, but in a harmless gee that's kinda cute way.. This certainly isn't a bad move on her part,... makes me rethink my previous opinion of her.
She may be an old fashioned classic liberal, Perry I mean, but I served with several.. and while I would never vote as they did, they were patriots too.. in the old Sam Nunn Scoop Jackson JFK mold.
Now, if only she can drag the rest of the bubble heads in Hollywood back to seeing all Americans as good decent people, instead of the enemy as Hollywood now treats us.. so Perry did ok..
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Algore adviser
Submitted by Matthew Sheffield on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 3:53pm.
It's worth recalling that Naomi Wolf was the person who advised Al Gore to wear more "earth tones" as a way of connecting with women voters.
She hasn't matured at all since that time.
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Neo-Con Porn
Submitted by Henry Clay on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 4:14pm.
This is the most blatant piece of military propaganda I have ever seen. The only thing missing from this trifling video would be her killing a stereotype holding an orphanage hostage. Talk about jumping the shark.
To glorify wars of conquest and not show the harsh realities are completely irresponsible. The premise of a bumper sticker convincing anyone to join the military is absurd. This video should have shown children being blown up with landmines or young men being ambushed by their Afghan ŌĆ£alliesŌĆØ in police uniforms. Or a nation at war cheering on a football game while completely ignorant of the fact that a generation of the bravest men and women are being killed, crippled, and blinded in a third world nation for ten years now.
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Henry, the fact you are
Submitted by Darth Dutch on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 4:28pm.
Henry, the fact you are writing your opinion in English and are exercising your rights to free speech by criticizing the military without any repercussions shows the value and purpose of the US military. They have done their job well so you can have these freedoms.
And, if you truly believed it is shameful that people cheer at a football game and go on with their life while the horrors of war exist, then what are you doing wasting your time on a (corporately made) computer posting your opinion rather than try to show these realities yourself?
Darth Dutch
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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....... Geez,
Submitted by NC Cop on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 9:47pm.
Geez, get a new act already.
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For the spoiled brat Henry Clay
Submitted by Unsane on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 9:59pm.
HC - spare me your crocodile tears for the military. You are personally embarassed and ashamed of the military.
You are a spoiled brat who has zero clue about just what a PITA it is to bring about the country whose tits your so greedily suck.
As a veteran, you are cordially invited to come right on down here to TX on 11 November, and kiss my a**.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from┬ĀDivine Intervention┬Ā(1994)
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Submitted by BobAnthony on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 10:44pm.
What has war led to all you neocons who pray at the graves of Podhertz and Kristol's fathers?! THE NEW WORLD ORDER! Don't any of you neocons know about The Military Industrial Complex, which Ike warned us about in 1961? I haven't posted at this celebration of all things fake conservative in a little while...and this will be my last and FINAL post here. I post something from the site many of you so-called Conservatives in your own neocon disgusting manner call left-wing...INFOWARS! http://www.infowars.com/katy-perrys-military-industrial-complex-propaganda/
The globalist empire needs you – especially if you are young and naïve and think you'll meet a girl like Katy Perry in the next war zone.
"Part of Me," Perry's latest music video, is straight up psychological propaganda designed to make being a Marine sexy and fashionable when it is in fact a living hell of multiple tours of duty in far-away war zones in countries of strategic interest to the globalists.
The video also reveals how desperate the military is to attract new recruits. Fewer people are interested in "serving" the bankers in their foreign wars of conquest now that we have a vibrant and thriving alternative media.
The reason the media is corrupt? Two words...OPERATION MOCKINGBIRD!
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Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 10:50pm.
Bob escaped the restraints again. Please give him his meds and get him away from the keyboard.
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Through with us? Can we count on that?
Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 10:51pm.
If, indeed, this is your last and final post, can I make a suggestion or two? Can we get you to take your Paulbot buddy, Irksome Irgon, with you? I"m sure your time would be much better spent at the next John Birch Society meeting. While you're on your way to the door, pick up good ole Vein Drip, er Van Damage the porn star and take him with you?
Thanks, Bobanthony, you're a peach.
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Fo the ingrate BobAnthony
Submitted by Unsane on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 11:24pm.
Of course you are "through with our warmongering".
That's because you and your God believe that freedom is there for the asking.
Also, you are utterly unwilling to lift a FINGER for your freedom.
One of these days you are going to figure out, the hard way, that freedom must be fought for, and earned, with the use of force. It sucks but it is what it is.
So much for the "military-industrial complex". Is THAT why unemployment is hovering around 8-9%?
Hell, why waste your vote on Paul anyway? Your hero's in the White House already.
P.S. What the hell is with your anti-Semitism?
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from┬ĀDivine Intervention┬Ā(1994)
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Ta Ta BA......
Submitted by dyardley on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 11:52pm.
Don't let the door hit you in the bum on the way out.
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Useful idiot.
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 10:44pm.
Useful idiot.
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"neo-con porn"?
Submitted by Mark81150 on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 12:23pm.
You're obviously one of those America firsters,.. the Jew hating lametards who talk about patriotism only if it suits their agenda at the moment. I'm sick of your type... you aren't new..
Your kind has been blatantly twisting history and facts for decades.. look up Charles Limburgh and his branch of America First idiots.. an American hero for his historic flight, who then joined the pro-nazi America First movement, because those evil Jews were "threatened", they tried to sell the absurd, insane idea that the Nazi's were ok, just patriotic Germans.. and we should never fight, ever, anywhere, for any reason, except to protect these anti-semitic pieces of crap while they hide under their beds with their hoarded canned goods and gold..
Look putz, I served, and I damn well am proud of it, and ashamed that any clown with a keyboard can just pony up his utter BS disparaging Americans who have volunteered to fight so gutless wonders can sit around whining about how it was done.
You hate this country so much... leave.. that Idiot Ron Paul imploded, and a freaking sewer rat gets more votes than he could.
You don't have the sense God Gave a goat, but that doesn't stop you from the usual stupid Paul desire to gut the military down to 1776 levels, hand out brown bess muskets and do it like the founders would have... because you won't pay your taxes.
Tell us about how WWII was another neocon plot fool...
I've had those idiots in the Paul camp tell me that too.. that we should never have spent a life in that war.. for the joooosss...
You don't want to serve, then sit down and shut up, there is no draft, and Paul is a retard.
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Congratulations Clay..
Submitted by Mark81150 on Sat, 03/31/2012 - 12:41pm.
You have the support of the Jew Hating lunatic Paultards..
Submitted by BobAnthony on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 10:44pm."""
You aren't the slightest bit ashamed, that the only support you fools get, is from the Jew hating libertarian crackheads.. the worst of the neo-nazi skinhead anarchist left attempting to sell themselves as libertarian right to convince folks you aren't the lunatic fringe.
Try and sell crazy elsewhere..
Israel was threatened by it's arab "neighbors" again while I served, raining down rockets onto their cities and towns.. and there was one guy.. just one in my unit who whined about the prospect of being shipped out to help Israel. and he was a coward, a gutless simp who forever whined about the "jooos:.. he was an idiot, and we all asked the CO to transfer his whiny a** out ..We were proud to be given a chance to defend a friend.. disappointed when the order to stand down came..
You Paul rejects need to get a clue.. when 98% of the country tells you, that you are a screaming nutcase,.. a coward and bully, a complete waste of our time.. maybe you should find a lily white country somewhere and just leave..
we don't need you, or want you here..
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Katy Perry's participation in Marine video
Submitted by gkstephens on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 4:27pm.
At the age of 62, you may be surprised that I even know who she is. Shocker! I like some of her music. I'll listen more closely to it now. I don't care if she was paid or not; I do care that she cared enough to be a part of it. Have some gone so deeply into the trash pit as to call for a boycott because someone took part in a what I see as a patriotic video? This is so sad. I never thought I'd see this in my country, even after Vietnam.
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My disdain for this sort of
Submitted by JasonC on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 5:42pm.
My disdain for this sort of video is for precisely the opposite reason as those who call it propagandistic. I think it's rather disrespectful, regardless of her intention, for a wealthy pop singer to don the uniform and symbols of the military and play out this weird antiseptic fantasy version of war. Not at all unlike the guys who feel like they're experiencing what it's like to go to war when they play Modern Warfare from the comfort of their recliner for hours on end. Gotta love a hyper-realistic simulation of wartime experience during which you're lying prostrate, eating Doritos, and plowing through a six-pack.
If Perry honestly feels she's paying tribute with this video, more power to her. I just find it a little unsettling.
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Well, as a Marine veteran
Submitted by bkeyser on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 6:49pm.
I don't find it disrespectful at all. Had she mocked the Corps, or spoke derisively about it like the idiot Clay, above, that would be disrespectful. Instead, I thought it helped to highlight the extraordinary sacrifices made not only by young men in this country, but by the country's greatest women as well. Much of what was filmed was likely from Boot Camp since that's the only place women Marines receive formal combat/infantry training. And, contrary to what you may believe, the Corps isn't a video game and Marines are trained in the most realistic environments possible so the antiseptic version of war about which you speak is misplaced.
Also, the video wouldn't have been made without the cooperation of the Corps. I'm sure they were happy for the press, and happier still to show off some of the bright, brave young women who make the sacrifice and earn the title. I'm sure it'll be viewed as a great recruiting tool.
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Bkeyser, I apologize if I
Submitted by JasonC on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 7:59pm.
Bkeyser, I apologize if I caused offense, but I didn't mean at ALL to suggest that the corps is anything like a video game. Just the opposite in fact. My thought about Perry's video was that it seemed to whitewash the gritty realities of military training and service. My thought about games like Modern Warfare is that they present a realistic enough (relative to video games, at least) version of battle that guys can feel as though they're experiencing the "real thing" without ever getting off of their asses.
As for Wolf, whom I have never heard of, if she's the new spokeswoman for liberalism, I did not get the memo.
Thanks for your service. Semper Fi.
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It's Katy Perry, not Slayer's "War Ensemble"
Submitted by Unsane on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 11:26pm.
If you want a music video which shows the gritty realities of military life, maybe you ought to shoot the video for "Synesthesia" by Porcupine Tree.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from┬ĀDivine Intervention┬Ā(1994)
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Yes Binky. That is sorely missing from this society.
Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 2:00am.
Thank the great trolljegeren above you noted it.
There just ain't enough music videos that highlight the gritty realities of military training and service. It ain't like we got the military channel or the history channel to spotlight the realities of military training and service. No. We need it in our music video's as well. Stupid music video producers. What are they thinking? If there is one sure shot to the top of the charts, it is spotlighting the realities of military training and service. A number 1 bubbie.
Hey, I have a thought. How about a music video that shows the gritty realities of the war opposers. You know, show them standing out in the rain and the cold, holding their protest sign, wearing their code pink panties and t-shirts much like you did. Say, they could check with you on what it was like lying prostrate, eating Doritos, and plowing through a six-pack, posting on NewsBusters how proud you were for opposing the war, you remember, that war we won, the Iraq war. Man, that would be another sure shot to the top of the charts. A number 1 bubbie.
Good job Binky. Those posts were certainly worth another six month wait. On one hand, you whine because the music videos aren't gritty enough. On the other, you whine the video games are too gritty. So gritty they satiate the desire to kill innocent womens and childrens to the extent it discourages recruitment for all the actual killin' of womens and childrens to the military.
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So gritty they satiate the
Submitted by JasonC on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 3:09am.
So gritty they satiate the desire to kill innocent womens and childrens to the extent it discourages recruitment for all the actual killin' of womens and childrens to the military.
Yeah, not really what I meant, but nice to see you too.
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Yeah. Coulda gone either way.
Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 4:28am.
Binky Braveheart: ...version of battle that guys can feel as though they're experiencing the "real thing" without ever getting off of their asses.
But the best version was the one I could put the most hurt on. You get that a lot I see. People missing your point. Prolly all the descriptive smarmy snark you lay in your posts. Or maybe it is the overdose of colorful snarky smarm. Whatever.
By the by, and only by the by cuz you kinda brought it up. The military loves those first person shooter gamers. Wants more of 'em.
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Did you watch the
Submitted by Zippy on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 7:01pm.
Did you watch the vid.????????
Looks like another teenage love song..............
And if Katy got down in the mud????? Good for her.
Live in the dirt and eat out of a can. Or live in a can and eat dirt........
Die on your feet or live on your knees........
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I don't recognize Katy Perry with clothes on!
Submitted by ctyankee on Thu, 03/29/2012 - 7:15pm.
What surprised me is that she made a video that is not sexually explicit!
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Ok, I obviously do not disagree with the fact that our non-con this year sucks, its awful and terrible. I do not have a problem with people pointing out that it sucks, because it does. However...I don't like my institution being basically called pussies because of it. Really journalists and bloggers? You can talk about the money, but why add this part? Is the schedule weak because PSU and Paterno are afraid of playing bigger teams? Thats why we have Bama coming? Have we never played big non conference games? I imagined the pigskin classics and playing MIami and Nebraska etc? (By the way, are these small schools scheduling multible BCS teams for the strength of schedule? No, for the money that they need to function)
Look, it is ALL about money and ONLY about money. Penn State and (as far as I can tell most other big time schools) play these games for the revenue they generate by having the extra home game. It is NOT because they are scared. Now they wouldn't schedule 4 huge games(that would be dumb), but 1 or 2. Period, its not for that extra win, which you are criticized for anyways.
There is no way you can convince me that we would not schedule a big time opponent every year(as opposed to every few years) if the money was there, no it is not right at all, and I hate it. But get it right, the lions and these other schools may be greedy, but they aren't "gunshy" "scared" or anything of the like.
Its just tiresome to hear and why is it that only the big ten seems to get blasted for this? Or am I imagining it?


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Director of Graduate Administration
Zeina Barakeh implements and directs all graduate academic events that occur throughout the year, including reviews, the Graduate Catalogue, co-curricular projects, graduate exhibitions, studio visits, curatorial week, and open studios. Zeina co-teaches the professional practices course Art Worlds: History, Theory, and Practice, and she is the founder of the No Reservations Art program—a professional practices, extra-curricular program of the Graduate Division. Zeina is a multimedia artist whose work examines political divisions. She has most recently exhibited at SOHO20 Chelsea (New York); Bernstein Gallery, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University (New Jersey), and Ictus Gallery (San Francisco). She is available to address all graduate academic issues and is the liaison between Academic Affairs, the faculty, and the students.
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Sketch released of 'stranger' who lunged at Bubb student
Original post made on Mar 29, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, March 29, 2012, 12:52 PM
on Mar 29, 2012 at 2:00 pm
And a description of the suspect will never be forthcoming. Completely irresponsible on the part of the school district, the police and the Voice.
on Mar 29, 2012 at 2:12 pm
The Los Altos Police provided it in a bulletin about a similar incident at St. Simon this morning:
"White Male in his 50s, about 6 ft. tall, heavy set wearing navy blue polo and grey jeans at St. Simon's school on Grant, male suspect looking through the fence. When they tried to make contact, he took off on a bike. After that, a suspect matching the same description was at Bubb School where he tried to grab a student."
And there was a separate incident too:
"White Male in his 30s, with a brown goatee wearing a baseball cap; driving a new Ford 4-door pickup with paper plates 20-25 minutes ago, in Los Altos Hills suspect attempted to kidnap a student in front of a residence."
on Mar 29, 2012 at 3:09 pm
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The Central figure in what was known as the Iran-Contra Affair during the Reagan administration was in Macon Tuesday, promoting is new book.
Marine Lt. Col. (ret.) Oliver North appeared at the Bass Pro Shop in north Macon to greet fans and sign copies of "American Heroes on the Homefront."
It's the latest in a list of best-selling books North has authored since retiring from the Marine Corps and becoming a Fox News Channel talk show host.
Charles Dawson drove all the way from Newton for the chance to meet North.
"I just think he's a good conservative and we need more courageous conservative men such as him, serving our country these days," Dawson said.
"Besides my father he's like the first introduction I had into the military," said Kyle Jackson. "Seeing this guy growing up as a kid. I've followed him since."
North was late leaving Ft. Benning and arrived at Bass Pro nearly two hours late, but despite the delay nearly all of those who came for the signing waited to meet North in person.
"Well I'm grateful and my reckoning is there are a lot of folks here who know someone who's serving and this book is all about American heroes," North said. "And heroes aren't just the ones in helmets and flak jackets, it's their families."
During the course of this book tour one thing North has been paying close attention to is President Obama's proceeding in search of a nuclear agreement with Iran, despite opposition from American allies in the Middle East and skepticism from some members of Congress.
When asked his opinion on the situation, North did not hold back.
"I think it's the dumbest damned thing you could do," he said. "It gives the Iranians every dog gone option, it gives us nothing. And on the back end they're going to build nuclear weapons and we're all going to pay for it. It's a terrible mistake."


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Awesome game! Finally we get a decisive win. No waiting until the last 2 minutes of the game to know if your team is going to win. At half time, I wrote a note questioning when we would finally get a blow out victory instead of a hard fought battle for 60 minutes. I was jealous of the elite teams that did it more often than not. What made this blowout win even more gratifying is that it was against the Raiders!
Playing With the Big Boys
It's been such a long time since we had ourselves an elite QB. Plummer tried his best. Cutler had the potential, but no one reached that elite echelon. Not since Elway. Peyton looked outstanding on Sunday. You just knew that those 3rd downs would get converted. That TD's were going to be scored. It was a pleasure watching this team play complete complementary football in the second half. Having balance on offense keeps the defense off rhythm and both the pass and rush game was clicking off each other. Did we even have any 3 and outs on offense because it seemed like the Raiders entire second half was a 3 and out. I would have liked to see more sacks, but all in all this was an awesome "team" win.
Here They Come
We finally started bringing extra guys on passing downs. The pressure clearly got to Carson. Though we weren't getting sacks, we were affecting the pass game with all the pressure. Actually even when we weren't getting sacks, we were getting sacks(Chris Harris). JDR got aggressive this week and went after the Raiders. It was a treat to see Carson working out his limbs on the sideline.
Indispensable Bench Warmer?
David Bruton has been with the team for years, but just can't get over the hump to starter level. What Bruton brings to the team is a Pro-Bowl special teamer! Like the Keith Burns of this generation Broncos, he just keeps making plays on special teams. He didn't give the coaches a choice but to keep him on the roster as a 3rd team safety. Usually the first man down to cover punts and first man to the punter making blocks. That's 3 blocks this season already(including preseason). Those are game changer plays. Glad we kept him around.
Amoeba D
I liked watching our defense line up like the Falcons did against us. A lot of people tend to forget that this is only the 4th game of this new defense. We expect instant results and get disappointed when we give up points to the Falcons and Texans. We even blame this team for all the 3rd downs conversions given up like it's the same old defense. Well, it's also the same old scenario. Year after year, 7 years in a row, there has been a new D coordinator. Try learning a new language every year. See how fluent you are in any of them. So it pleases me to see that our coaches aren't stuck in their old fashioned ways and actually learning in the process. The amoeba defense seemed to work and confused the blocking scheme of the Raiders. It's exciting to know, that the defense hasn't even peaked yet.
Missing Middle
Can we draft our MLB of the future already? Manti Teo anyone? Any chance he drops that far in the first round? Joe Mays has his goods and bads. Better suited as a depth player on running downs. That is if he doesn't over run the play and 'ole in the hole. And Brooking just isn't capable anymore. I haven't been impressed with his signing at all. He's too slow to the hole and he takes terrible angles. I don't know what he was thinking this game. He took some angles like he was 10 years younger and that he was going to run down McFadden. When can we have our own version of Patrick Willis?
Clock Is Ticking
How much longer does Moreno have on this team? Hillman showed that homerun potential and basically erased Moreno's value to the team. I still don't like Ball and can't figure out why the coaches love him so much, but he did score a TD. I'm sure Moreno would have scored on the same play, but he didn't. I'm a Moreno supporter but at this point, it doesn't look good for him. Hillman will only get more and more carries as the season moves along. The Sauce has sizzled...
Total Defense
The defensive line has been outstanding this year. Plenty of people were roasting ElFox about how they didn't address our weakest position. Well, looks like they actually know just a little bit more than the fans do. Darren McFadden salivated whenever he saw the Broncos were on the schedule. He always killed us. But not today! The defense held him to 34 measly yards. The Raiders couldn't get anything going on offense and it was plain beautiful. 56 total rushing yards? When was the last time we did that? Thank you Mr. Elway for continuing to give back to the organization. Haha, people said he was in way over his head. He didn't know what he was doing....yada yada crow yada. Oh, and do we really need D.J. back? It would be a big slap in the face to Woodyard if he is replaced once the "captain" of our defense comes back. Trade bait?
Little Quick Notes:
- Aside from JD Walton, we come away from another game unscathed. I want to give a great big THANK YOU to Luke Richesson and what his staff has been able to do for our team. We are rather healthy compared to previous seasons. Might be one of the most unnoticed signings of the season.
- Man, our punt return game is pathetic. It's painful to even watch. At least we're securing the ball so I can't complain as much as I'd like to. I'm still skeptical. Can we at least get someone back there that runs faster than me?
- Marcel always burns the Broncos. As much trouble as DMC has given this defense, Marcel is right behind him. He came right out with familiar success, but the defense locked down and stumped the entire Raider offense the rest of the game.
- Orlando Franklin is quietly having a great season. He has really improved his pass blocking and his run game is tops on our team. He's a mauler when it's time to run block and now he's added pass blocking to his repertoire. Am I crazy or is Franklin really impressing you too?
- Shane Lechler had an OUTSTANDING day. He had a monster 349 yards on the game and that's with the 2 yard blocked punt! He's well on his way to another Pro-Bowl. But what's even MORE impressive is the 0 yards Britton Colquitt punted for. When your punter punts for 0 yards, it's 100% chance you win the game. I guess I'll take it.
Here we go, Patriots week. I live in RI so I'm in enemy territory again. Last time we faced off, I was really lonely. All the Patriots fans around me didn't even want to celebrate too much because it was obvious how heated I was. Well, this isn't the same Broncos team. The Patriots are actually pretty lucky that they are getting the Broncos so early in the season, but this is another great match up for the Broncos and after this weekends blowout victory, I'm a little more confident that I won't be so quiet this time around. Go Broncos!


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Kaohsiung,Taichung, Tainan
Since the end of martial law in 1987 Taiwan has has seen a growing acceptance of lesbians and gays and the development of an increasingly sophisticated community. Taiwan's first gay pride march was held in March 1988. In February 1990 the first lesbian group was formed and there are now about 30 gay and lesbian organisations.
Lesbian and gay issues generally receive fair coverage in the media. 1996 saw the official registration of a gay newspaper, G&L, and the launch by the government of Taipei of a two hour weekly radio programme for lesbians and gays apparently made possible made possible because Taiwanse society no longer considers homosexuality taboo. Taiwan's first public gay "marriage" also took place in 1996, the couple receiving a letter of congratulations from the mayor of Taipei.
There is as in every country some pockets of prejudice and there has also been concern expressed at police harassment at gay meeting places. For example there was a recent case of improper arrests in a gay sauna where police forced guests to pose for incriminating photos of lewd conduct. The courts threw the case out and paid compensation to the two defendants.
A vibrant gay community has developed in the larger cities of Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung where you will find many bars, clubs and saunas. Whilst Taiwan itself is not a well know tourist destination there is certainly much of interest here for gay and lesbian visitors.
Homosexual behaviour between consenting adults in private is legal where both parties are over 16.
Taiwan has very progressive laws on its statute books that protect the rights of lesbians and gays but they have never been tested in court. Gays are exempt from the army.
The subject of same-sex marriage has been on the political agenda since 2001. In 2003 the government promised to make them legal as part of its efforts to promote human rights legislation, and unveiled a draft bill that stated stated: "All people are entitled to the rights to get married and form families based on their free wills. The families formed by gays and lesbians can adopt children based on the law." Unfortunately there was insufficient time in the legislative program for the law to be passed and there has since been a change in goverment. Certainly Taiwan has been more progressive on this issue than any other Asian country.
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Taiwan has a tropical climate that is influenced by the monsoons. Summers are hot and humid while winters are mild and short. The best time to visit Taiwan is during the winter months from October to June.
Typhoons from the South China Sea bring heavy rains between July and September. Average annual rainfall is over 2,000 mm in the low lying areas and increases with altitude. Average temperature ranges in Taipei are from 12c to 18c in February to 24c to 34c in July.


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Not only does it substantially boost the Giant's already strong starting pitching, it means Timmeh will be in the MLB 08 and MLB 2K8 video games. Am I a baseball video game nerd? Hell yes.
How awesome will it be to be throwing Tim's 98 MPH fastball and that incredible curve . . .
on top of that, you can make the Giants omnipotent. Oh, only if Brian Sabean could trade Randy Winn and Pedro Feliz to the Blue Jays for Alex Rios and Troy Glaus straight up . . . it's always fun to make those impossible lineups.


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Holiday Marketplace and Pin-Up Fashion Show | 111 Minna
Dang! This event has already taken place.Sunday, December 18, 2011 - 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Cost: $5
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Romantic Rock Productions presents the 1st annual Hotel California Holiday Marketplace. Come one come all down to 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. The marketplace will feature over 15 designers, photographers, artists, and an exciting afternoon of Romantic Rock Pin Up Fashion shows.
Dig out your torn fishnets and aqua spray because there is bound to be a dance floor happening along with DJ Jay Roca, Fire Tiger and live artists of The Infusion Project.
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Release Date: January 25, 2007
City Clerk appoints first Archivist
"I am so pleased to announce the appointment of Amanda Carvell as the City's first Archivist," said Leticia Vacek, City Clerk. "The Mayor and Council Members should be commended for their support of this initiative. They understand the importance of preserving San Antonio's History."
Carvell joined the City in July 2005 as Librarian for the San Antonio Public Library's Texana/Genealogy Department where she manages the manuscript collections, helps research Texas history and assists library patrons with tracing their genealogy.
She holds a Master of Science in Information with emphasis in Archives and Records Management from the University of Michigan, School of Information. Carvell obtained her Bachelor of Arts with High Honors in French and Francophone Studies also from the University of Michigan. She studied abroad at the Universite de Lausanne in Switzerland. In February 2005, Carvell served as Archives Intern at the National Security Archives at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and as Photo Archives Intern at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.


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Most of what we know about Socrates comes from Plato, his most famous student. Plato called Socrates "the best of all men I have ever known". "The Apology" is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defends himself against the charges of being a man "who corrupted the young, did not believe in the gods, and created new deities". "Apology" here has its earlier meaning of a formal defense of a cause or of one's beliefs or actions.
"Crito" is a short but important dialogue that relates a conversation between Socrates and his wealthy friend, Crito, regarding justice, injustice, and the appropriate response to injustice.
Plato described his idea of an ideal society in his most famous work, the Republic. In the first two books, Socrates sets out to define justice and the most just way of governing.
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As someone who's interest in reading philosophy has only recently been sparked, I found this book to be a great introduction to the works of Plato and philosophy in General.
The format is a little dry at first but the content speaks for it self. 5 minutes in and your lost in thought.
If this is your first time reading The Republic, it is worth noting that the entire collection consists of 7 books. This one (as it says) has Apology (which I liked very much) Crito, and the first 2 books of The Republic, which is a good starting point and might seem like a lot, but is of course relative.
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Its looking more and more likely the Celtics will buy out pierce for $5mill instead of paying him $15mill next season. I wrote a fanpost earlier this month speculating on a possible Blazer's lineup involving the acquisition of Paul Pierce for the right price coupled with a few other moves (such as trading away Wes for and Claver for Gortat) to make this team a contender. Then I asked you guys what you thought about adding Paul Pierce to this team and if adding him would be worth the questimated $7mill(ish) that it would take to get him here....
Simplifying your poll results from my previous fanpost down to a simple Yes or No to adding Paul Pierce to the Blazers you were 33% (38 votes) in favor of adding Pierce and 67% (78 votes) against.
with some of the new ideas floating out there like trading Wes and the #10 to the bobcats for the #4 in order to draft Oladipo. I think it would be nice to have a Vet there for a year or two as the starter to help keep this team capable of competing now while Oladipo got settled into the NBA, not to mention trading Wes would give us the extra Cap space to then sign Pierce and make a big offer to a center like Pekovic... Maybe Oladipo proves himself fairly quickly which would allow us to use Pierce as an attractive trade piece... My new favorite lineup (one that combines young talent with a little playoff experience) looks like this:
Lillard, Nate Robinson or Maynor
Pierce, Oladipo, Barton
Batum, Pierce, Claver, 2nd rounder
Aldridge, O'neal, Claver, 2nd rounder
Pekovic, O'neal, Leonard
Anyways ill hit you with a new poll to see if your feelings have changed now that this seems to be a bit more serious. So hit the comment section and tell me if your opinion has changed or if you still think this move would suck because it would eat cap space we could be putting towards a player that could actually be here for longer than a year or two etc. etc. Also let me know what u think about that new lineup idea.


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Cowboy Basketball Hosts CSU-Pueblo for Exhibition
Nov. 3, 2011
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The University of Wyoming men's basketball team continues its preparations for the 2011-12 season by hosting CSU-Pueblo for an exhibition game at 6 p.m. on Saturday in the Arena-Auditorium. The Cowboys are 41-6 (.872) in exhibition contests and currently enjoy a 20-game winning streak.
The Wyoming Athletics Ticket Office is offering a special promotion for the game, as fans with a ticket stub from UW's football game versus TCU on Saturday can purchase a $5 ticket to the men's basketball exhibition. Tickets to all UW basketball games can be purchased by calling the ticket office at 877-WYO-FAN1 (877-996-3261) or online at WyomingAthletics.com.
Fans can also follow live stats and live audio of the game, as well as live video of the postgame press conference, through the men's basketball Gameday Central page on the website. The contest will be broadcast on the radio through the Cowboy Sports Network.
A Look at the Matchup
CSU-Pueblo is in a similar position with first-year head coach Ralph Turner. A former NAIA National Coach of the Year, Turner came to the Thunderwolves after serving as the longtime coach at Union (Tenn.) University from 1994 to 2009. He led the Bulldogs to 10 NAIA National Tournaments in his 15 seasons at the helm, but inherits a CSUP team that went 11-14, including 8-13 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, in 2010-11. He welcomes back seven Thunderwolves that saw action last season. CSUP lost a 97-82 exhibition game at Colorado State on Tuesday night.
Each Team's Leaders
The Pokes will look for big contributions from senior center Adam Waddell and junior guard Luke Martinez, both of whom missed extended time last season with injuries. Junior forward Leonard Washington makes his long-awaited debut this season after transferring from USC and redshirting in 2010-11.
CSU-Pueblo's top returning scorer is junior guard Nathan Tigner, who earned 9.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game last season. Probable starters Andre Martin and Kevin Coates, both seniors, posted 7.9 and 6.1 points, respectively, last season for the Thunderwolves. Martin, a guard added 1.3 assists and Coates, a forward, contributed 2.8 rebounds. CSUP's probable starting lineup includes three seniors and two juniors.
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My cousin Enrique Ornelas fought a few months back (December 7, 2007) for the NABF Middle Weight Title and WON!!
Now he is defending it against Norberto Bravo. This fight is like the AL West Division Race.... The Angels (Enrique Ornelas) are the clear favorits to win it, but if they let their guard down the Mariners (Norberto Bravo) might surprise 'um.
Lets Go Angels, I mean Enrique!!!!!
The fight will be on Telefutura "KFTR" CH 46(Basic TV), CH 25(Time Warner "Brea"). Fights start at 8pm (Cali Time) He is the main event so his fight will start around 9 unless the first fight ends with a KO in the early rounds.


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Report: Dolphins sign DE Grant
Former Saints DE Charles Grant reportedly signed a two-year deal that could be worth up to $4.5 million.
Dolphins sign ex-Jaguars DT Stanley
The Dolphins agreed to terms on Sunday with former Jaguars DT Montavious Stanley, according to his agent.
Report: Douglas agrees to terms with Dolphins
The Dolphins didn't waste much time finding a potential replacement for injured DE Phillip Merling, signing former Jets DE Marques Douglas on Friday.
Reports: Dolphins DE Merling out for season
Dolphins DE Phillip Merling will miss the 2010 season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon, reports indicate.
Dolphins sign rookie OG Jerry
Third-round pick John Jerry signed with the Dolphins on Tuesday, the team announced.
AFC East training-camp reports
In the first installment in our series of training-camp reports, we look at the AFC East teams, including offensive and defensive overviews, a battle to watch and an injury update for each club.
Dolphins ILB Crowder expected to keep starting job
We hear Dolphins ILB Channing Crowder will enter training camp as a starter, despite not being 100 percent during offseason practices while recovering from foot surgery to repair a Lisfranc fracture.
Dolphins NT Ferguson retires
Dolphins NT Jason Ferguson, a 13-year veteran, has decided to retire, the team announced Thursday.
Down on Dolphins' Brown
Fantasy owners should consider Miami's Ronnie Brown only as a No. 2 back this season.
Report: Dolphins rookie Jones agrees to contract
The Dolphins have agreed to terms on a four-year deal worth more than $1.95 million with rookie FS Reshad Jones, according to a report from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Dolphins sign rookies Carroll, Spitler
The Dolphins signed two more draft picks Friday.
Dolphins sign fourth-round pick Edds
The Dolphins have announced they signed fourth-round pick LB A.J. Edds.
Five minutes with a legend: Richmond Webb
Few offensive tackles were as dominant in the 1990s as 6-foot-6 Richmond Webb, who protected Dan Marino's backside for the second half of the Hall of Fame quarterback's storied career.
Special master rules two rookies won't forfeit bonuses
Two 2009 rookie free agents who quit the Dolphins last summer will not have to repay their signing bonuses, according to a ruling by Stephen Burbank, the special master for CBA disputes.
Agent: Dolphins LB Dobbins signs extension
Dolphins ILB Tim Dobbins agreed to a two-year contract extension, according to his agent, David Canter.
Wheeler has signed a $26 million, five-year contract with the Miami Dolphins. The deal includes a $7 million signing bonus and $13 million guaranteed.||||||| Wheeler spent his first four NFL seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and played last year for the Oakland Raiders, where he had career highs of 109 tackles and three sacks.
Wheeler has landed on injured reserve with a foot injury.||||||| Wheeler is out for a Week 17 AFC South matchup at Jacksonville.
Wheeler underwent knee surgery last week and is expected to miss a couple of weeks.||||||| "Philip's doing fine, he's off the crutches and starting the rehab process," Colts coach Tony Dungy said of his rookie linebacker. "We're thinking he'll be back maybe Buffalo week or if not then Cincinnati week." The Colts are scheduled to play the Bills on Aug. 24 - the first NFL game at the new Lucas Oil Stadium.


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The National Defense Authorization Act for 2011, the annual law that affects military pay and benefits has been passed by Congress and has been sent to the President for signature.
Each year when this annual bill passes Congress, I wade through it to give you a "sneak peek" at the pay and benefit changes that Congress has in store for you during the next year. My job is very easy this year, and you won't like it. Why? Because there are hardly no pay or benefit changes due to you for the next year. You get a (very small) raise in your base pay, Tricare (medial coverage) for your dependents up to age 26, and a one-year freeze on Tricare fees. That's pretty much it.
Base Pay. Military base pay has been increased by an across-the-board raise of only 1.4 percent. The House wanted a 1.9% raise, but the Obama Plan won out. Here are the charts for both the Obama Plan, and what it would have been if Congress had passed the higher raise.
Housing Allowance. The military housing allowance (BAH) isn't really part of the annual military pay law. Due to previous law, the military sets its housing allowance rates each year, based on a nation-wide survey of average housing costs. This year, BAH rates have actually gone down, because average U.S. rental costs have decreased. However, there is a "protection clause" in effect: If a member's BAH decreases, the member will continue to receive the old rate until he/she makes a PCS move to a different location -- so, military members will not see a decrease in their BAH rates. You can see the new housing allowance rates on my 2011 BAH Charts.
Food Allowance. This is something else that isn't dependent on the Military Authorization Act. BAS (food allowance) rates are set automatically, based on the average increase in food prices, as determined by the Department of Agriculture, each year. Last year, there was no raise at all, as food prices actually fell. This year, there is a very small increase (see 2011 BAS Chart), over the 2009/2010 rates.
Tricare Eligibility. Under previous law, military dependent children were eligible for Tricare (Military Medical Care) up to age 18, or up to age 23 if they were a full-time college student. Under the new law, those who are full-time college students are eligible for military medical care up to age 26.
Active Duty Size. All of the active duty branches are authorized to increase (slightly) in size, with the exception of the Marine Corps.
- Army: 569,400 (this is an increase of 7,000 soldiers)
- Air Force: 332,200 (this is an increase of 500 airmen)
- Navy: 328,700 (this is an increase of 100 sailors)
- Marine Corps: 202,100 (no change from last year)
Child Custody Protection. Section 208 of the act prohibits a court from permanently changing child custody orders while a member is deployed.
Tricare Fees. Section 701 of the act places a one year prohibition on increasing Tricare (medical care) fees.
That's pretty much it in the way of pay and benefit changes for 2011. Not much to brag about, is it? Oh, well, there's always next year.


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Police calls: Ten home burglaries reported
Original post made on Jul 30, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 8:41 AM
on Jul 30, 2013 at 10:07 am
RE: Police Report -- So sad. Life was not always so threatened by property crime not that long ago.
on Jul 30, 2013 at 8:03 pm
Thank Sacramento and Prisoner Realignment for this increase in property crime.
on Jul 30, 2013 at 8:21 pm
Fed up:
you need to thank a judge. Prison realignment wasn't up to Sacto.


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World Premiere of The Downtown Loop to Play 3LD Art and Technology Center
By Carey Purcell
3-Legged Dog will kick off its 2013-14 season with the world premiere of Ben Gassman's The Downtown Loop at 3LD Art and Technology Center.
The Downtown Loop begins previews Oct. 15 prior to an official opening Oct. 23. Performances will continue through Nov. 16.
Directed by Meghan Finn, the cast includes Greg Carere, Keelie Sheridan (Vampire Lesbians of Sodom), Sarah Mollo-Christensen (The Taming of the Shrew), Mia Jessup, Robert Metz, Sam Soghor (Gimme the Loot) and Anthony Polat.
"Set in the streets of 21st Century Manhattan, The Downtown Loop takes the audience on a poignant and hilarious virtual bus tour evoking nostalgia for what may or may not have been," press notes state. "Gentrification, economic revitalization and the ceaseless buzzing activity that keeps Manhattan on the leading edge is explored through the eyes of the people the City leaves behind. Day in, day out, a Tour Guide leads a double-decker bus tour through Manhattan below 59th St., filled with his (and our) small excitements and disappointments. His enthusiasm ebbs and flows with the enthusiasm of his charges, especially the interest foreign women show in his routine and in him. Time passes, the tourists change, but the tour doesn't."
The creative team includes Jared Mezzocchi (video design), Dave Ogle (set design), Sarah Johnston (lighting design), Emily Blumenauer (costume design), Jon Bernstein (sound design) and Allison Lyman (dramaturg).
3-Legged Dog produces new, original works in theatre, performance, media and hybrid forms. Their mission is to "explore the new narrative possibilities created by digital technology, and to provide an environment for artists to create new tools and modes of expression so that they can excel across a range of disciplines."
The Downtown Loop is included in the 3-Legged Dog's 3LD/3D+ program. The live production will be filmed in 2D and 3D for submission to international film festivals and eventual worldwide distribution.
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It's almost as if the Colorado Rapids want to flirt with missing the playoffs. Once a sure bet to qualify for the postseason, Colorado has now seen themselves fall back into the pack fighting for one of the final spots and they didn't help themselves out any on Saturday night. Hosting a poor San Jose Earthquakes side, the Rapids fell behind a goal then had to come back just to earn a single point from a match that they should undoubtedly get three from.
San Jose broke the deadlock in the 17th minute thanks to an error by Matt Pickens. A long shot skipped in front of the Colorado keeper, but should have been caught without a problem. Instead it bounced off his chest and back out to the penalty spot. Chris Wondolowski followed up the initial shot and was there all by himself to knock home the rebound for an early Quakes lead.
For the most part, it was an even match. Both side had their opportunities to score and made their share of mistakes so when Drew Moor leveled in the 71st minute to force the draw, it was only fair. Jeff Larentowicz followed up a corner kick and had a go, but it never made it to goal. Instead it was knocked down in front where Drew Moor was waiting to knock the loose ball in to earn Colorado a point.
The result leaves Colorado in fifth place, but they are only three points clear of 11th place DC United, who are in the final non-playoff spot and have a match in hand. It's going to be a hectic finish.


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Reviews for Cherry Pie LyricsPerformed by Warrant
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AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Reviewer: Natasha | 11/11/12
sometimes when i ws little i would hear a song more than likely my dad was playing and it would get stuck in my head.this was one of them.i don't remember when i heard this but i hadn't heard it in probably 9 years but it was still stuck in my head.not today but sometime a couple months ago i looked up the lyrics and was surprised about what the lyrics were.soon after i heard it on the radio and it was on classic rock fest.now its on vh1 classics hard 100.now i am a little obsessed with it.i told my friend about it and the lyrics and she watched the lyrics video.i'm trying to get her to watch the actual music video.we're both 12 but she turns 13 in jan. and me in aug.she hates metal and rock but the only reason she likes this is because what its about.she also likes i want action by poison.my 6 yr. old sister sings both even though shes only heard me sing cherry pie.she loves c.c.my other sister hates rock and metal like my friend butshe likes a few songs.cherry pie was #57 on the hard 100.the girl in this video was also in great white's once bitten twice shy.one of the other songs i remember fromwhen i was little is breakin the law by judas priest.
Cherry Pie | Reviewer: Torrence | 12/16/08
Hahah, it's funny how everyone adored this song however Joey Allen said he could "shoot himself in the head for writing that fucking song", because this song became the highlight of their career and it's the most memorable song basically. But still, I love it.
Sweet Song! | Reviewer: GamerErman2001 | 12/1/07
Heh heh. This is such a funny song. Filled with a lot of innuendos and slang. It cracks me up every time, but it still rocks out HARD.
SAWEEETT!!! | Reviewer: haley | 9/22/07
This is one of tha best songs EVER!!!! i absolutely LOVE it!!! its so awesome that its on guitar hero!!!! i rock out ta this song!!!!
i love u and ur song | Reviewer: kasandra | 7/9/07
this song rocks i love it so much and i listen to it every chance i get wich is every day and every hr one the hr i dont no what woould i do if that song went extint i guss i would go extint too if u no what i mean well thank u so much 4 macking this song and thank u 4 getting the band togther and macking that song plus o0ther songs but mainly 'SWEET CHERRY PIE'bye.
Awesome | Reviewer: Krystle | 6/14/07
Oh My God this song is the best ever. There is no song that can compare to Cherry Pie!!!!
Good Song | Reviewer: fish | 5/29/07
This song always gets my girlfriend in the mood to fuck my brains out. I love it. I have a cd of nothing but this song.
amazing! | Reviewer: Lola | 5/15/07
This song is the best I've ever heard. It's the best song on guitar hero... i listen to it over and over on my ipod!
about cherry pie | Reviewer: Japle | 4/22/07
i love this fuckin song. it is the best fuckin song i have ever heard.
thank uu | Reviewer: Caitlin | 4/18/07
thank u so much 4 theses lyrics they helped me through the song i loooove this song & i have only heard it 1 time and i already love it my boyfriend colton is at my house rite now and he made me listen 2 this song this has to be 1 of my #1 song next to buy you a drink by T pain
rockin song | Reviewer: Hillary | 4/15/07
this is aweosme i cant wait to play it on guitar hero!! ii love this song it reminds me of my brothers girlfried!! haha
Great song | Reviewer: Katelyn | 3/10/07
i think this is one of the best songs. i love it!
tasty pie | Reviewer: Gustav | 2/9/07
Its a very good song and loves to play it on guitar hero
rock on | Reviewer: nikki | 1/24/06
One of the best groups and a major songs that everyone must have on CD or I pods. The song is one of their greatest hits. The video is cool too.
She's my cherry pie | Reviewer: Jake | 8/27/04
I do believe this is the best song ever next to Purple Haze.
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Spy Case Renews Debate Over Pro-Israel Lobby's Ties to Conservatives at Pentagon
By JAMES RISEN and DAVID JOHNSTON
Published: September 6, 2004
It began like most national security investigations, with a squad of Federal Bureau of Investigation agents surreptitiously tailing two men, noting where they went and whom they met. What was different about this case was that the surveillance subjects were lobbyists for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and one of their contacts turned out to be a policy analyst at the Pentagon.
The ensuing criminal investigation into whether Aipac officials passed classified information from the Pentagon official to Israel has become one of the most byzantine counterintelligence stories in recent memory. So far, the Justice Department has not accused anyone of wrongdoing and no one has been arrested.
Aipac has dismissed the accusations as baseless, and Israel has denied conducting espionage operations in the United States.
Behind the scenes, however, the case has reignited a furious and long-running debate about the close relationship between Aipac, the pro-Israel lobbying organization, and a conservative group of Republican civilian officials at the defense department, who are in charge of the office that employs Lawrence A. Franklin, the Pentagon analyst.
Their hard-line policy views on Iraq, Iran and the rest of the Middle East have been controversial and influential within the Bush administration.
''They have no case,'' said Michael Ledeen, a conservative scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a friend of Mr. Franklin. ''If they have a case, why hasn't anybody been arrested or indicted?''
Nearly a dozen officials who have been briefed on the investigation said in interviews last week that the F.B.I. began the inquiry as a national security matter based on specific accusations that Aipac employees had been a conduit for secrets between Israel and the Pentagon. These officials said that the F.B.I., in consultation with the Justice Department, had established the necessary legal foundation required under the law before beginning the investigation.
A half dozen people sympathetic to Aipac and the civilian group at the defense department said they viewed the investigation in different terms, as a politically motivated attempt to discredit Aipac and the Pentagon group. Supporters of Aipac have said the organization is being dragged into an intelligence controversy largely because of its close ties to a Republican administration and the Israeli government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Friends and associates of the civilian group at the Pentagon believe they are under assault by adversaries from within the intelligence community who have opposed them since before the war in Iraq. The Pentagon civilians, led by Paul D. Wolfowitz, the deputy defense secretary, and Douglas J. Feith, the undersecretary for policy, were among the first in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks to urge military action to topple the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, an approach favored by Aipac and Israel.
Mr. Wolfowitz and Mr. Feith were part of a larger network of policy experts inside and out of the Bush administration who forcefully made the case that the war with Iraq was part of the larger fight against terrorism.
The Pentagon group circulated its own intelligence assessments, which have since been discredited by the Central Intelligence Agency and by the independent Sept. 11 commission, arguing that there was a terrorist alliance between the Hussein regime and Al Qaeda.
The group has also advocated that the Bush administration adopt a more aggressive policy toward Iran, and some of its members have quietly begun to argue for regime change in Tehran. The administration has not yet adopted that stance, however, and the Pentagon conservatives have been engaged in a debate with officials at the State Department and other agencies urging a more moderate approach to Iran.
To Israel, Iran represents a grave threat to its national security. Pushing the United States to adopt a tougher line on Tehran is one of its major foreign policy objectives, and Aipac has lobbied the Bush administration to support Israel's policies.
Mr. Franklin was an expert on Iran in the office of Mr. Feith and among the material he is suspected of turning over to Aipac is a draft presidential policy directive on Iran, which would have provided a glimpse at the Bush administration's early plans.
But skeptics of the case have said that the United States and Israel routinely share highly sensitive information on military and diplomatic matters under an officially sanctioned understanding. In addition, most of the contents of policy drafts affecting either country are well known to people outside the government who follow American-Israeli affairs.
As a result, some of Mr. Franklin's associates regard his efforts as an attempt to obtain Aipac's help to influence the Bush administration rather than an effort to provide Israel with information. They believe the case is the latest in a series of assaults by intelligence and law enforcement agencies, who they believe are determined to diminish the influence of conservative civilians at the Pentagon.


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Says that Wash admits to some kind of problems with both Tex and Laird. Guess those rumblings from last week were true after all.
"The team's ace, right-hander Kevin Millwood, interceded during one especially tense moment, according to a source, telling Washington, "Gerald's trying. It's the pitchers' fault, too." Shortly after that, Washington held a clear-the-air session with several players."


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Last year when Mark Appel turned down the Pirates offer, which was well below what he was expecting to get, it seemed like Appel would not have any leverage in the 2013 draft. The reason for this is that he really has no other alternative. Unlike last year, he can't return to Stanford. He could sign with an independent team, but this isn't likely.
Jim Callis explains why he does in fact have leverage this year.
There are two good reasons that a team won't take a hard line with Appel. First, he's advised by the Boras Corp. Clubs legitimately fear that draftees, even college seniors, will walk away from a deal that Scott Boras doesn't like.
Second, Appel could take a hard line with a club. Let's say the Astros choose him and make him a take-it-or-leave-it $5 million offer. I agree, it would be silly to turn that much money down to re-enter the 2014 draft.
But Appel could decide not to sign until right before the July 13 signing deadline of 5 p.m. ET. Houston couldn't risk spending the $2,790,400 they saved on his bonus to land other players until he was in the fold. If the Astros spent the savings before Appel signed, they'd risk losing their next two first-round selections, including the possible No. 1 overall choice in 2014.
I'm not sure I really agree with the first reason Callis mentions, but the second one is quite obvious when you give it some thought.
It is possible he falls in the draft like he did last year at which point he won't come close to getting the signing bonus he's wanting. More than likely, though, he'll be taken in the first two picks of the draft. The Astros will get first shot, but if they want to save some money and spend it later on like they did last year, Appel will be available for the Cubs and it's hard to imagine them passing him up.


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MARLOW, Okla._ School district officials here are cracking down on their dress code policy after a number of reported bullying incidents.
Form-fitting pants, including leggings and tights, are the clothing items being called into question. A ban to tights was approved by the Marlow school board in June 2013, but the school is putting their foot down after a number of girls came forward about boys in the school making derogatory comments.
A meeting Wednesday afternoon, led by the high school principal and vice-principal to discuss the issue, quickly spawned a social media frenzy.
"There's over 200 comments just on this one thread," says Lisa Elam, a parent with two girls in the district who resorted to Facebook when she heard the news.
She was outraged to hear the rumors circulating that all denim skinny jeans were banned.
"That's where I had the problem; that's where I got upset; because, 90 percent of their wardrobe is skinny jeans," says Elam. "That's the style."
The superintendent put those rumors to rest: "We did not tell them they couldn't wear skinny jeans," says George Coffman, superintendent of Marlow Public Schools.
What is prohibited, however, are popular bottoms known as leggings. School officials say girls need to take extra precautions if they so chose to wear those types of pants.
"They just need to make sure they are appropriate and (wear) something to cover the back and the front," says Coffman.
That stipulation has infuriated many girls and even some guys at the school.
"For the most part the mainstream fashion trend is skinnier, tighter clothing," says Austin Strain, junior at Marlow High.
Strain started a petition against the school's demands and he's already collected nearly 50 signatures.
"Banning it is just ridiculous," says Strain. "It's uncalled for; and, frankly, kind of unfeasible."
Coffman understands why some might be upset over the rule, but he says it serves as protection for female students.
"Making sure that there isn't any inappropriate comments (or) any inappropriate suggestions," says Coffman.
Elam respects and appreciates the rule for leggings: "There's no reason to expose any body part that doesn't need to be exposed," says Elam.
Students who are opposed to the measure, Strain included, are not convinced.
"They should be allowed to wear what they want and express themselves so long as they are not pushing the limits of public indecency," says Strain.
At Wednesday's meeting with all high school girls, school officials also brought up a potential ban in the future to hair coloring, saying it is a possible distraction from other student's education. It has yet to be approved.
Strain says he is working to collect more signatures and hopes to speak in front of the school board at next month's meeting.


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