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On 2 October 2000, as the Israeli army was beginning its ruthless crackdown on the second intifada in the occupied territories, 17-year-old Aseel Asleh joined tens of thousands of other Palestinian citizens across
On 2 October 2000, as the Israeli army was beginning its ruthless crackdown on the second intifada in the occupied territories, 17-year-old Aseel Asleh joined tens of thousands of other Palestinian citizens across
A firm believer in nonviolence, Asleh wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the logo of a prominent Jewish and Arab coexistence group, Seeds of Peace, as he marched alongside family, friends and neighbors through his town of
Within hours Asleh was dead, face down in an olive grove. A bullet, fired from a police gun at point-blank range, had severed an artery near the back of his neck in what looked suspiciously like an execution. Earlier he had been seen fleeing through the grove, chased by a police squad breaking up the demonstration.
Late last month, after a seven-year battle for justice, Asleh's parents and those of another 12 Palestinian demonstrators killed inside
The decision was a heavy blow not only to the families but also to the fifth of
"Arab blood is worthless"
Asleh's mother, Jamila, held aloft a picture of her son as crowds surged through the narrow alleys of the neighboring town of
Her characterization of the Israeli establishment as "racist" was far from inflammatory rhetoric. In October 2000, when she and her husband, Hassan, went to collect the body of their son, they were handed a hospital report card. Stamped on the front cover were the words "Enemy operation." A later official inquiry found that even the country's most senior police commanders believed Palestinian citizens to be "the enemy" and acted accordingly.
Shawki Khatib, chairman of the Palestinian minority's main political body, the High Follow-Up Committee, told the marchers that Mazuz's decision proved that, as far as the Israeli authorities were concerned, "Arab blood is worthless."
He found an unlikely ally in this assessment. The Israeli daily Haaretz reported that, shortly after Mazuz's announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met the minority's leaders and conceded that, had the 13 demonstrators been Jews, the attorney-general's findings would have been different.
Both the Follow-Up Committee and the Adalah legal center, which represents the bereaved families, say that they have exhausted legal channels inside
Certainly the struggle for justice has reminded the minority that in times of trouble Israeli citizenship is meaningless if you are a Palestinian.
Mazuz's closure of the files on the 13 deaths comes at the end of seven years of blatant obstruction and evasion by the Israeli police, politicians, investigatory authorities and the legal system. Mazuz said he had been forced into his decision by a dearth of evidence and because the bereaved families had not cooperated with investigators. Whatever basis in reality either claim has is entirely the fault of Mazuz and his officials.
What is certain is that at every step of the way official bodies have tried to conceal evidence that suggests the police implemented a shoot-to-kill policy against unarmed Palestinian demonstrators at the start of the intifada. A trail of evidence apparently leading back to senior government ministers, who may have originated the order or at least approved it, has been concealed.
As the chair of the left-wing Meretz party, Zahava Gal-On, put it, Mazuz's decision was the "chronicle of an obvious cover-up."
The Or Commission
The evidence that has surfaced, mainly inadvertently, emerged from three years of hearings by a commission of inquiry grudgingly set up in late 2000 by the prime minister of the time, Ehud Barak. He appointed a senior judge, Theodore Or, to head a panel examining the 13 killings in the desperate and, as it turned out, forlorn hope that he could win back the Palestinian minority's vote and defeat his rival Ariel Sharon in imminent elections.
While the Or Commission prepared to open its first sessions, a police investigations unit, known as Mahash, should have been collecting and sifting evidence and questioning police officers and witnesses. Instead, it used the establishment of the inquiry as an excuse to defer its investigations until the commission's final report had been issued.
Mahash's reluctance to investigate the police can be easily explained: most of Mahash's team were either serving or former policemen. Strangely, Justice Or appointed two Mahash investigators to his own staff, where they proved equally ineffective.
Damaging revelations emerged from the inquiry hearings mostly in spite of the commission's work rather than because of it. Justice Or decided it was not the inquiry's job to carry out a forensic examination and investigation of the 13 deaths and he ignored bulging files of evidence provided by the bereaved families and their lawyers.
Nonetheless, several policeman, demonstrating an arrogance that appeared to surprise Justice Or, gave testimony incriminating themselves or others. Many of the officers also signaled the contempt in which the Palestinian minority is held by the force.
In particular, their testimonies included two shocking admissions. The first was that the police had been using live ammunition and rubber-coated steel bullets against unarmed demonstrators — a fact that was well known to the Palestinian minority at the time but which had been strenuously denied by the police and the government.
In the case of most of the demonstrators who were killed, the Justice Ministry had hurriedly buried the bodies without conducting an autopsy, in contravention of its public duty. In cases where bullets had been extracted, they had not been examined. In the absence of solid evidence, the police claimed that the bullets proved only that the demonstrators themselves were armed. The existence of live rounds even explained, said the police, why several demonstrators had been shot in the back: because gunmen were supposedly firing from behind them.
The second admission was that the most senior police commanders, Yehuda Wilk and Alik Ron, and possibly the prime minister himself, had approved the use of an anti-terror sniper unit — the first time in
In September 2003, Justice Or finally issued his lengthy report, castigating the police in general for their treatment of the Palestinian minority. However, having failed to question the overwhelming majority of Palestinian citizens who witnessed the police brutality at first hand, including hundreds who had been seriously wounded, he admitted to being in no position to pass judgment on the individual policemen who killed the demonstrators.
Investigation a low priority
Justice Or, however, did find that there was sufficient evidence to implicate two policemen who were responsible for three of the 13 deaths. He ordered Mahash to restart its investigations immediately so that prosecutions of individual policemen could begin.
Both the police and the government responded by suggesting that it was too late to find the culprits. The Justice Minister of the time, Yosef Lapid, argued: "The bodies have long since been buried. There are no bullets, no scraps of evidence, and no witnesses."
As we have seen, that was not true. But it would soon provide Mahash with the alibi it needed to continue avoiding a proper investigation.
On the first anniversary of publication of the commission's report, an exasperated Justice Or rebuked Mahash for making no progress in its inquiries. Only then did Mahash begin to move. But conducting an investigation seemed a low priority. Instead, Mahash requested that the family of Aseel Asleh allow an autopsy on their long-buried son.
The Aslehs had already made it known that they would refuse such a request, both because they did not want to desecrate their son's resting place when all the evidence suggested Mahash was not serious about an investigation and because ballistics experts were agreed that there was almost no chance of identifying the police culprit from a bullet extracted after all this time.
As one leading criminologist, Meir Gilboa, a former head of
Nonetheless, at a press conference in September 2005 the head of Mahash, Herzl Shviro, justified his decision to close the investigations largely on the grounds that the families had failed to cooperate over autopsies. The attorney-general, Mazuz, backed him.
Strangely Shviro, having found that Mahash could not identify any of the policemen who killed demonstrators, or hold accountable any of their commanders who ordered the use of live fire, had allowed his team to ignore all other potential charges that could be laid against individual officers. Lesser charges — or even disciplinary proceedings — were not leveled against officers known to have committed perjury, fabricated evidence, violated standing orders, or refused to cooperate with the Mahash investigation.
For example, Yitzhak Shimoni, one of the chief suspects in the shooting of Aseel Asleh, refused to take a polygraph test to explain inconsistencies in his testimony. Rather than being investigated by Mahash or disciplined by his commanders, he had been promoted to chief inspector of his area.
Shviro's press conference shocked many observers. The noted historian Tom Segev commented that Mahash "comes across as defense counsel for the policemen." One of the Or commission members, Shimon Shamir, a distinguished academic, called Mahash's decision "hard to accept," pointing out that Justice Or himself had believed there was enough evidence to indict two policemen.
Mazuz tried to ride out the storm. But when the political leadership of the Palestinian minority began a hunger strike and threatened to take their case to the International Court of Justice, the attorney-general back-tracked. He announced that Mahash's findings would be re-examined.
He put the examination in the hands of the Justice Ministry's state prosecution service, headed by Eran Shendar, an official who at the start of the intifada had been in charge of Mahash, the very same Mahash that had failed to carry out the original investigations now at the centre of the controversy. The conflict of interest appalled even the right-wing Jerusalem Post.
In an attempt to force the Justice Ministry to take the investigation seriously, the Adalah legal center sent it a comprehensive report entitled "The Accused," addressing Mahash's failures to investigate the October 2000 killings. The report stated that Mahash "concealed significant facts and issued a falsified report regarding the events."
Two and a half years later, Mahash's sham investigation has come full circle. Mazuz announced at a press conference on 27 January that he was standing by the findings of 2005.
This time much of the Israeli media has been supportive, hoping finally to lay to rest the investigation. The website of Israel's most popular newspaper, Yediot Ahronot, carried an article quoting a senior Justice Ministry official who yet again blamed the families.
"The families refused an autopsy; the families and the Arab public as a whole refused to cooperate with the investigation that took place following the riots," the official claimed. "Such a refusal bears consequences."
Mazuz held out a sliver of hope. He said there were two incidents where it might be possible to identify the policeman responsible but they would require "an autopsy of several of the deceased bodies." He added, however: "There is no guarantee that such a procedure will result in an indictment of any kind."
This month Aseel Asleh's Jewish friends in Seeds of Peace held a rally outside the Justice Ministry in an attempt to change Mazuz's decision. They handed in a petition with the following message: "If the murdered were Jews, you wouldn't dare close the file … If the protesters were Jewish, even those who go wild, throwing rocks and even carrying firearms, no police officer would shoot and no demonstrator would be killed."
Jonathan Cook is a writer and journalist based in Nazareth,


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Diadema 2-light Pendant
Diadema 2-light Pendant features hand-crafted transparent glass tubes, available in crystal or topaz color shade options. Two 75-watt, 120 volt A19 medium base incandescent bulbs are required, but not included. Dimensions: 7.08W x 31.5H. Overall height is 118 inches.
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The Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto (CCC) is a non-profit and non-political organization. Since its inception in 1998, CCC has been a cultural hub for diverse ethnicities in Greater Toronto Area. CCC helps Canadians of Chinese heritage appreciate all facets of their own culture and nurture a mutual respect and understanding between Chinese Canadians and Canadian of other heritage, with the ultimate goal of unity and prosperity. CCC is not an ongoing government funded organization. With only few staff and the great support of the Board of Governors, Advisors, Directors and volunteers, CCC has to rely on donations, sponsorships, holding activities and running interest classes to fulfill its mission and operate the Centre cost-effectively.
For more information please contact:
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Hi, I'm Josh Pyles. I live in Portland, Oregon where I work as a UI and Web Designer. Half of my time is spent working at phpfog and the other half on awesome freelance projects. This is my blog where I post my experiences and things I do/make/see/like.


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The inaugural Wired Magazine iPad app is released, the start of what Editor in Chief Chris Anderson calls a "grand experiment in the future of media."
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To try to shake things up, I thought we'd mix in some baking with all this spelling. If there's one thing the CLG likes more than spelling, it's baking! So both Crazy Kids and I made up some sugar cookie dough (Thank you, Pioneer Woman for the dough recipe!), rolled it up in wax paper into two tubes, and then put it in the fridge over night. The next morning, I baked the cookies up into little rounds and frosted them (again, thanks Pioneer Woman!!!) in different colors. Then the CLG went to spelling some words. As she spelled them, I wrote the letters on the cookies in melted chocolate. We went through a number of -at words, and then moved on to -ogs.
|Frog, log, hog, bog....Thank goodness I get to eat cookies after all this spelling!!
CLG had great fun, and CLB is happy to have lots of cookies to eat. All in all, a successful spelling lesson!


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I am sorry, I am not currently able to take bookings for in-person classes.
The following cloth doll classes are currently not available for booking:
Ascending - An Exclusive In-Person Workshop*
A 2 day workshop
as•cend•ing /əˈsendiNG/
1. Moving, going, or growing upward
2. Moving or progressing toward a higher level or degree
Sometimes it seems we are standing in one place, rooted to the spot. And many times we don't like where we have planted ourselves. But if we are willing and are brave enough we can soar above all of the mundane, the ordinary and even the terrible things in life. And oh what a view from above.
But that magical lift isn't the same for everyone and maybe it's not the same every day. You have to search to find that updraft and hope you can ride it to new heights.
Will it be creativity that lifts you up? Or love? Or home? Or adventure? Or family? Or giving? Or belief?
What lifts you?
"Ascending" was designed to allow you to express and explore exactly what it is that helps you to rise above the commonplace. This doll is made entirely of cloth and measures 15" tall from the tip of her toes to the tip of her chin. The doll's wire and fabric stand lifts her a further 2" off the ground, letting her body float in space. In this intermediate to advanced level class, costume elements are kept to a minimum with only basic draping and simple beading, allowing greater focus on the creation of a beautiful cloth doll face and body. Particular attention will be paid to drawing, needle-sculpting, and colouring a serene face complete with applied eyelids and eyelashes. Instead of just letting the face express emotion, this doll's entire body has been designed, with an arched back, outraised arms and pointed toes, to evoke a sense of rising above it all. You will learn to make this doll from the bottom up, including how to needle-sculpt bare toes, create beautiful smooth body parts, sew and wire articulated fingers, and use a separate neck and ears to create a beautiful, expressive form. Needle-felting will be used to create a smooth hairline and to root the doll's long, luxuriant hair that will cascade down her back, adding to the sense of upward motion.
Finally, let your mind and creativity loose and explore what it is that allows you to rise up by creating a wire and fabric mixed media stand that will both hold your doll up in the air and tell a story of what makes you ascend to new heights.
Finders Keepers – An Exclusive In-Person Workshop Doll*
A 2 day workshop
This little imp is a bit of thief! She just can't help stealing stuff from humans. With a pen clutched in her tail and her pockets stuffed full, she also carries some pilfered booty on her back in her upturned hands. Finders Keepers hands are perfect for holding your business cards, recipe cards or a treasured photo.
This class covers drawing and sculpting a face as well as wiring and shaping a simple mitten hand. Finders Keepers' body is then created with a wire armature that is wrapped to create a realistic body shape. Those students wishing for a more relaxing and simple class can keep the body proportions of their doll to the standard of the 13" sample doll, while students seeking more of a challenge can alter the body proportions of their doll to suit. It is recommended that students wishing to alter their doll's proportions also take the 'Drafting Doll Clothes' workshop which makes an excellent partner class to Finders Keepers.
The methods learned in this class are invaluable as the same method of body construction can be adapted to use with any doll head and hands, including cloth or clay.
Drafting Doll Clothes
A 1 day workshop
A class in technique, this workshop is suitable for those wishing to draft and design their own doll clothes. Students will bring an undressed doll (of any design) and learn to make a 'basic block' – the starting point of drafting all clothing. Basic techniques will be discussed and then students will draft and drape any costume that they like from a picture using those techniques.
This class can be taught as a stand alone class, but it is also an excellent class to be partnered with Finders Keepers as students can learn to manipulate body proportions while making Finders Keepers and then create any clothing pattern that they wish to suit those proportions, using the skills learned in the Drafting Doll Clothes workshop.
Stitch in Time - An Exclusive In-Person Workshop*
A 2 day workshop
Step back in time and stitch this 14" "stump" cloth doll based on medieval fashions with some fun contemporary twists. This intermediate level class starts off with sewing a head with a very different shape, using some basic sculpting to give it some life, applying eyelids and then colouring the face using coloured pencils, watercolour pencils and even powdered make-up. Once the body is sewn and stuffed we will do some ripping and then some wrapping to cover the stump base and the body of the doll with strips of ripped fabric, giving the doll a slightly distressed and textured look.
We'll add to the doll's medieval feel with a fake-fur trimmed "surcoat" adorned with some very simple bead embroidery. We'll also do some simple beading to create a beaded belt. We'll also make our own veil and wimple to cover the beautiful braided hair contained in medieval mesh "crispinettes" or "cauls".
The doll even includes an original cross-stitch design based on the illustration of a dragon from the Aberdeen Bestiary of circa 1200AD. Make it look as if the little lady is taking a stitch herself on this little piece of stitchery by creating articulated fingers including an opposable thumb. Your struggles with turning and posing believable cloth hands will be a thing of the past with this class.
Gather Ye Rosebuds
A 2 day workshop
This doll exists as a pattern, but sometimes there is nothing better than making the pattern with the designer right there. Gather Ye Rosebuds is an intermediate level, 15" cloth doll with a working clock built into the base. The class will guide you through every aspect of making this cloth doll including drawing and sculpting the face, creating the stump base out of thick felt, sewing the separate neck, printing the apron fabric using printer ready cotton sheets, creating the costume, inserting the clock, and crafting small details like the ribbon roses and tiny leather shoes.
As this class already exists as a pattern it is required that students purchase the pattern and kit (total $30) if they do not already own both.
The Bamboo Oracle: A Tropical Seer
2 day workshop
The Bamboo Oracle is an elusive figure who hides in the bamboo forests of China, trying to avoid humans. But every once in a while someone catches this insightful sprite and demands a reading of the future.
As well as being a decorative doll, the Bamboo Oracle can be used as an eyeglass caddy. Keep your eyeglasses propped up on the curled toes of the Bamboo Oracle's shoes while you are not wearing them – that way they are easier to find, especially without your glasses on! The Bamboo Oracle's bag holds a lens cleaning cloth and the "magic glass" through which she gazes is actually a tiny magnifying glass with optical screwdriver for tightening the screws on your spectacles.
The Bamboo Oracle is a cloth doll standing 14" tall, without the added height of her sprouting bamboo
hat which brings her total height to approximately 17" tall. The Bamboo Oracle's construction is quite unique, with her body designed to fit in a bamboo shoot that we will be constructing. Her lower body is created using a wire armature that will be wrapped to create her legs, allowing the doll to be entirely free-standing. The upper body is sewn and stuffed with an extremely simple wire armature that attaches the upper body to the lower body through the bamboo shoot. The opposable thumbs and separate neck allow for the greatest expression with body language. The head pattern includes side gussets and applied eyelids which are enhanced by the look of dramatic Chinese Opera style make-up. The curled-toe shoes are embellished with simple bead embroidery techniques and the simple, yet effective clothing is decorated with seed stitch. Over the course of this technique-packed workshop, every detail of this doll is included from wefting her hair to creating her little felt satchel and the hat sprouting with bamboo.
About Face
½ day workshop
Make a cloth doll face, learning all the tricks of drawing, needle-sculpting and colouring along the way. Plus, learn some easy textile techniques to decorate the face including making a simple hat from a silk rod, basic beading and heating synthetic fabrics to create a floral corsage surround for the face. The finished face can be used as a brooch, fridge magnet or ornament. This course is a perfect taster course for beginners wanting to try out doll making or for those who already enjoy doll making but want to brush up on few techniques.
All Bottled Up Doorstop Doll – An Exclusive In-Person Workshop Doll*
½ day workshop OR free 1 hour demonstration
Suitable for All Levels, including beginner to advanced doll makers and even people without any sewing experience
Make this extremely easy "stump" doll largely using recycled items. Colleen will be demonstrating how to create a simple but effective doll body based around an empty plastic water bottle. The doll can be used simply as a decorative item or as a weighted and functional doorstop.
The unembellished doll is constructed without the use of a sewing machine and employs very minimal hand sewing.
The face will be provided pre-printed onto fabric so even a fear of drawing faces won't stop you from creating this doll. Some simple tips for colouring faces on fabric will help to bring the doll alive.
Once you have the basic doll complete, you can embellish the doll using any number of fibre arts techniques. Colleen will show you a few ideas to get you started but, you are only limited by your imagination.
Have you had your creativity all bottled up? Uncap your creativity.
I will consider offering the All Bottled Up Doorstop Doll as a free demonstration to your group provided my expenses are covered.
If you would prefer this doll as a full class rather than as a demonstration then my regular teaching fees will apply
Class length and Fee
1 day, 6 hours per day - $350 (US) per day, £220 (GBP) per day
½ day, 3 hours - $175 (US) per half day, £110 (GBP) per half day
*Exclusive In-Person Workshop dolls are only available when taught in-person. They do not exist in any other format such as an online class or pattern.


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Photography > Camera Accessories > Flashes (Brighten Up Your Photos) > Flashes (Brighten Up Your Photos)
The Panasonic DMW-FL500 Shoe Mount Flash is an external flash that is fully compatible with Panasonic cameras that feature a flash shoe mount (DMC-L1, DMC-L10, DMC-LC1, DMC-LC5, DMC-FZ50, DMC-FZ30, DMC-FZ20 & DMC-FZ10 etc.). This flash offers full bounce and swivel flexibility, and its auto-zoom head will automatically adjust to match the angle of the lens within this range. It also features an additional wide-angle panel for extreme wide-angle situations.


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How to Make Butter Mints
Homemade butter mints make the ideal treat for a wedding, holiday snacks or just because you're in the mood for making some delicious candy.
- 3 tablespoons butter softened
- 1/4 cup evaporated milk
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons peppermint extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 pounds powdered sugar (icing sugar)
- Food coloring, optional
1Cream butter and evaporated milk together in a mixing bowl.Ad
2Add remaining ingredients.
3Mix by hand, adding the powdered sugar until consistency is no longer sticky.
4Color. Food coloring can be added before or after the powdered sugar, but would be easiest if added before adding the powdered sugar.
5Drop onto waxed paper and flatten slightly to make patties.
6Let stand 24 hours or until solidified somewhat.
7Store in an airtight container.Ad
Things You'll Need
- Mixing bowls
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Waxed paper
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After losing all four last night, the Twins minor league teams closed out their week at less than .500 for the first time this season, with a record of 12-13 (57-48).
Dennys Reyes was called up by the Twins after Ruben Sierra was placed on the DL. Following a winter injury to his thumb, Juan Portes was added to the Beloit roster, replacing Yancarlos Ortiz who was returned to Extended Spring Training. Pitchers Chris Schutt and Julio DePaula exchanged spots with Schutt going to Ft. Myers and DePaula moving up to New Britain. Infielder Gil Velazquez moved up to Rochester filling the spot from when Reyes joined the Twins. Ft. Myers released 2005 minor league Rule 5 pick Alexander Farfan who had a 14.81era. He was replaced by Ryan Callahan, who had briefly left the team to return home for his father's funeral. Our best wishes and prayers go out to Ryan and his family during this difficult period. The Miracle placed Angel Garcia on the DL, replacing him with Beloit's top reliever Dan Powers. Ft. Myers also placed outfielder Erold Andrus on the DL. Matt Tolbert was returned to Ft. Myers from New Britain, thus getting New Britain's roster down to the required 23 man limit. In a related matter the minor league umpires negotiating committee agreed to a new agreement, however, the agreement failed to receive approval of the umpires and the strike will continue.
Quote of the Week
Both Terry Ryan and Jim Rantz arrive in Rochester today for a six day stay. Jim Mandelaro of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported, "Wings catcher Shawn Wooten told me tonight that the players won't be extra excited-nervous-pumped up with Ryan/Rantz in attendance. Human nature tells me they may be. I mean, if your boss was looking over your shoulder, wouldn't you turn it up a notch?"
Rochester Red Wings (AAA) (3-4, 16-10, 2nd/-1.5)
The Red Wings won three of their first four this week before being swept by Ottawa and are now in second place...1.5 games behind league leading Scranton. After being swept, it will be interesting to see if the appearance of Rantz and Ryan will get this club back on another winning streak.
Top hitter Josh Rabe was 8 for 29 this week including a double and 3 rbi. Rabe continues to lead the team with a .360Ave. Catcher Chris Heintz has a .354Ave after a 5 for 11 week prior to missing a few games with an injured finger. Outfielder Andres Torres is hitting .339Ave after a 12 for 27 week, including 3 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs and 6 rbi.
Jason Bartlett is hitting .291 following a week of 8 for 28 with 3 doubles and 3 rbi. Jason Kubel is hitting .271 (59ab) after a week of 8 for 31. Terry Tiffee was 9 for 30 with a home run and 7 rbi.
Ace Boof Bonser received no decision in his only start (7.0ip, 2h, 1er and 7K/1BB) and now has a 1.47era and 0.95WHIP. Former top prospect JD Durbin had no decisions in two starts (12.0ip, 9h, 4er and 8K/6BB), lowering his era to 4.24. Reliever Beau Kemp appeared in 3 games (6.2ip, 8h, 1er and 2K/1BB). Closer Pat Neshek got over his two home runs to Scott Thurman with 3 excellent outings including 1 win (6.0ip, 3h, 0er and 12K/3BB). Neshek now has a 2.00era and 36K/7BB in 18.0ip.
New Britain Rock Cats (AA) (3-3, 10-14, 4th/-4.5)
The Rock Cats maintained their 4.5 game deficit behind Portland with their .500 week.
Former first pick Denard Span is hitting .323 after a week of 8 for 28 with 3 runs, a double and stolen base in one attempt. Matt Moses continued his hot play with 11 for 26 including a double, home run and 3 rbi and is now hitting .349Ave/.409OBP/.554SLG. Slugger Danny Matienzo had a great week of 9 for 29 with 2 doubles and 7 rbi, raising his average to .258. Alex Romero's average rose to .256 with a week of 7 for 24 including a double, triple and home run. In the Rock Cat's crowded outfield, Trent Oeltjen didn't get a lot of at bats, however, had a great week of 6 for 12 with a triple and 2 rbi.
Errol Simonitsch had a loss in his two starts (11.0ip, 15h, 6er and 9K/6BB), raising his era to 4.00. Top starter Adam Harben had no decision in his only start (6.1ip, 5h, 0er and 3K/2BB), lowering his era to 0.42 with a 0.98WHIP. Lefty Glen Perkins had no decision in his only start (6.0ip, 4h, 5er and 8K/3BB). Following several difficult starts, Nick Blackburn won his only start of the week (5.0ip, 4h, 1er and 5K/3BB). Reliever Jay Sawatski appeared in 3 games (3.1ip, 1h, 1er and 1K/1BB).
Ft. Myers Miracle (Hi A) (3-4, 16-12, 1st/+1.0)
The Miracle maintained a one game lead over Sarasota.
Infielder Jose Leger was added to their roster a few weeks ago from EST. Leger is hitting .318Ave after a great week of 6 for 12. Top prospect Alexi Casilla is hitting .316Ave following a week of 9 for 24 with a double, 2 rbi and leads the system with 9 stolen bases with 4 steals in 5 attempts this week. First baseman Brock Peterson will be playing more following a week of 7 for 22 with 2 home runs and 3 rbi. Former top pick Trevor Plouffe had a good week defensively with no errors, however, his average continued it's slide to .232.
Anthony Swarzak had a loss in two solid starts (11.0ip, 10h, 4er and 12K/6BB), lowering his era to 3.86. Perhaps the top pitcher in the system this year, Matt Garza won his only start (7.0ip, 3h, 1er and 6K/0BB) and now has a 0.86era and 0.77WHIP. His closest competition for top pitcher is teammate and fellow 2005 pick Kevin Slowey. Kevin, who was the Florida State League's Pitcher of the Week last week, was 1-1 in his two starts (12.0ip, 5h, 1er and 15K/0BB) and now has a 1.53era and 0.65WHIP. Kevin won his start versus Dunedin allowing 2 hits and 0 earned runs on Sunday, then lost yesterday pitching 6 innings with 3 hits, 1 earned run and 10K/0BB. Jose Mijares appeared in 2 games (3.2ip, 5h, 1er and 1K/3BB).
Beloit Snappers (A) (3-2, 15-12, 2nd/-0.5)
Beloit had terrible weather last weekend with 3 rainouts including a double header that included a make up of one of the lost games. This very young team was 3-2 this week and is now in second place a half game behind Kane County.
Erik Lis is now hitting .318 following a great week of 7 for 14 with a double, home run and 3 rbi. Top hitter Caleb Moore was 2 for 12, however, still leads the team with a .325Ave. Power hitting first baseman Henry Sanchez was 4 for 10 with 2 doubles and 3 rbi. Juan Portes joined the team from EST following rehab on his injured thumb. Juan appeared in 4 games with 1 game each at 3B, 2B, LF and DH.
Brian Duensing who is becomming the ace of this staff had no decision in his only start (7.0ip, 9h, 1er and 8K/2BB) and now has a 2.41era and 1.21WHIP. Workhorse Kyle Waldrop won his only start (7.0ip, 3h, 1er and 3K/1BB).
Dan Powers was selected in the 8th round of the 2005 draft out of Central Missouri State. After a solid start to his career at Elizabethton, he is becomming one of the organization's better relief pitchers. After allowing only 1 earned run in 21 innings of relief at Beloit, Dan was promoted to Ft. Myers this week when Angel Garcia went on the DL.
2005 Elizabethton 42.2ip 3-3 2.53era 47K/20BB
2006 Beloit 21.0ip 1-0 0.43era 40K/4BB
2006 Ft. Myers 2.0ip 0-0 0.00era 2K/0BB
Questions of the Week
With Jim Rantz and Terry Ryan spending most of the next week in Rochester, are callups likely to follow? Who will be first, Jason Kubel or Jason Bartlett? Or will they take a long look at leading hitter Josh Rabe? As Lohse continues to struggle, will they send Liriano down to Rochester to stretch out as a starter? If so, with two strikeouts per inning are they looking at Pat Neshek as a replacement for the Twins pen? They also will be very interested in seeing Boof Bonser who gets his next start on Sunday.


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Kevin Iole confirms the rumors:
The promotion will try to take advantage of the economy and the rabid mixed martial arts following in the country when it hosts a pay-per-view card on Aug. 27 at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
UFC president Dana White told Yahoo! Sports on Wednesday that many of the 36 Brazilian fighters on the company's roster would compete on the show. Among the Brazilians under contract to the UFC are middleweight champion Anderson Silva, featherweight champion Jose Aldo and middleweight contender Vitor Belfort.
White said the UFC's interest in Brazil intensified after Rio de Janeiro landed the 2016 Summer Olympics.
"Because of how big this is here, people were always asking me about Brazil and when it would happen and I always said it probably won't happen for a while because we weren't focused on it," White said by telephone Wednesday from Rio, where he was headed to a news conference to announce the show. "But when they got the Olympics, I said, 'Now we're interested,' and we really began to look at Brazil.
Welcome Brazil to the world stage as an entertainment player and consider the possibilities of what can be achieved. Consider also how the UFC's ability to take their product mobile allows them to diversify geographic sources of revenue. If it isn't already true, then certainly in 10 years it will be: the UFC may be America's most globalized sports league.


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I hope you're looking forward to Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, because we may very well be getting another Raiden-centric spinoff from PlatinumGames in the future.
Atsushi Inaba, the director at PlatinumGames', told Siliconera flat out that they'd be interested in making another game set in the Metal Gear universe. "I really think I was able to see Raiden grow independently and strong as a character and as a man. To be part of that was an honor. Moving forward, if Kojima Productions feels that another Raiden game is needed I would love to be a part of making Raiden's next growth," he said.
Kojima Productions' creative producer Yuki Korekado also spoke highly of Metal Gear Rising, telling the outlet that spinoffs like these provide a great way to flesh out more of the universe that Hideo Kojima created.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeace launches on February 19th for the Xbox 360 and PS3.
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Newport woman named after murder arrests
A woman who died at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport on Friday has been named as 45-year-old Sandie Hardman from the city.
A 23-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man, both also from Newport, were arrested on suspicion of murder and have been released on bail.
Gwent Police says, prior to her being admitted to hospital, officers were called to a disturbance at her flat earlier last Thursday evening.
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This module lets you display a Drupal sytem menu as a sitemap (all links are expanded - up to 3 links deep) in a block. The block that can be dropped into any region of your theme using the standard blocks interface within Drupal.
This module was based on the footermap module (which does a similar job and has some good features) however, we found the code to be a little confusing, there were some bugs and it didn't render the menus as we would have wished. All three things meant it was unusable for us or our clients. We've spent a few days developing our own much tidier, slimmer and (in our opinion) much better version.
Thanks a lot for the module! Just what was needed.
this is exactly what i was looking for too! Although I would appreciate having, in addition to classes for first and last list entries, a class for the middle menu entries as well.
where does this module get its list of entries from? I deleted and addded some menu entries and now both the deleted and the added entries are part of the site map block module. How can I make it use only the current menu entries?
Hi all,
With 6.x-1.6 version, i modify the query in sitemap_block.module line 76
Only publish node is now showing.
$result = db_query("SELECT ml.* FROM {menu_links} as ml, {menu_router} as m WHERE (m.path = ml.router_path OR ml.router_path = '') AND ml.menu_name = '%s' AND ml.depth = %d AND ml.hidden = 0 ORDER BY ml.weight ASC", $activeMenu, $count);
$result = db_query("SELECT ml.* FROM {menu_links} as ml, {menu_router} as m, {menu_node} as mn, {node} as n WHERE (m.path = ml.router_path OR ml.router_path = '') AND ml.menu_name = '%s' AND ml.depth = %d AND ml.hidden = 0 AND ml.mlid = mn.mlid AND mn.nid = n.nid AND n.status = 1 ORDER BY ml.weight ASC", $activeMenu, $count);
Very nice module, but I think you are missing one thing.
The links should link to the url_alia's node and not directly to the node path.
Example: domain.com/about and not domain.com/node/10.
This looks like an improvement on the footermap module. Any idea on how to theme this as i would like to display at the bottom of the page using three or four columns?
Thanks a lot !!! juste what i wanted.
Feature request. How about the ability to display more than one menu in the site map. for example I would like to display a site map to include both the primary and secondary menus. (similar to footermap module)
Yes, that would probably work. As long as they can be styled so that they look as one. At the moment I have created a separate menu to be used as a site map and have incorporated 'Multiple Node Menu' but I think your module would be a more elegant solution if it had support for multiple menus.
Are you guys planning on contributing this back on drupal.org? Would be nice so I can get updates and whatnot through drush.
This worked for me except not all the primary links showed up or were expanded. Any idea why this would happen? Thanks!
great module, but i have tio ask a (probably kind of stupid) question. I checked out your implementation on http://ctfmontreal.com/ and it looks like exactly what i'm after. But how did you get drupal to output each 'primary menu' item in its own
? What am i missing here please?
thanks so much for the response. I may be doing something wrong here, I'm not super drupal-literate yet. In Drupal 6 my output from ur module has the entire menu in one
, like this:

link1

link2a

link2b

link4

I fiddled your code to output the following:

link1

which appears to be what's on ctfmontreal.com. It allows me to sstyle the
's next to each other now. if theres a better way, PLEASE let me know. I'm not sure this is valid html :(
thanks again
This is a great module...the only thing I'm having trouble with is the recursive settings.
I have a menu that is two levels deep. Only two of the first level links are drop downs. Oddly enough, when I set the sitemap module recursive limit to "2", it doesn't show all my menu links. However, when I set the limit to "3" then all of them show.
The settings for my second level links are the same. Is this how the recursive limit setting is supposed to work, or is there a reason why I can't get all of my second level links to show when the recursive limit is set to "2"?
I think it's a great module. Why don't publish it on drupal.org ? Drupal modules lacks in modules for sitemaps and your module fits perfectly. And so, you'll get some advertising :) (you can write on module presentation that is supported by you, with link )
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It is not a very merry Christmas for one Perryville woman, after she says someone slashed all of her inflatable decorations.
Jacque Broussard says, Pete the polar bear, Penny the penguin, the Grinch and a snowman were all sliced by someone on Wednesday night.
The culprit left her other yard decorations alone.
Broussard says she's had the decorations for years, and she's disappointed in whoever's responsible.
"It ruins the whole Christmas spirit," Broussard. "It ruins the opportunity for any other kids that walk up and down this street every single day that enjoy our decorations for our community."
Jacque says she is offering a reward for information about the crime, and says she will press charges against whoever deflated her Christmas cheer.
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i have a request for all you fans out there in the U.S . If any of you are planning to watch bond at midnight or an early morning showing, can you please post your impressions of the trailer as soon as possible. As i live in the U.K, i'll have to check the website tomorrow afternoon to read your reactions. Please let us overseas fans know how the big E looks in motion and what you think of the actors.
Many Thanks
I'll be reviewing QUANTUM tonight and will publish by tomorrow morning, will gladly link up here to my comments on the TREK trailer as well.
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After a 67-year-old male went missing Saturday morning in Tazewell County, 59News found out how you can keep yourself safe if you end up alone in the great outdoors. We spoke with avid hikers on safety in the woods.
Hiking, canoeing, camping, it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Outdoor extremists Ed and Carol Horn told us how you can have the time of your life and stay alive too.
"Bring sunscreen, we carry a first aid kit with us. We travel with a GPS so that we don't get lost and we back it up with maps. There's always a plan before we go," Carol Horn said.
"Sometimes the GPS points us on a road that we really don't want to go down. That did it to us about half an hour ago, it wanted to put us down a road that we weren't comfortable with so we just went down another road and made her re-calculate," added Ed Horn.
The Horns' suggest always knowing when you're in cell phone range. They say constant communication with those at home is key.
"We always have somebody who knows "This is where Ed and Carol are today," Carol told us.
They advise the buddy system and she also advised us on how to stay safe if you do run into a new "friend" along the way.
"We have seen bears, the ones we've seen we've been on a bike. We make sure we don't stop and get off and try to take pictures. You shouldn't act like they're teddy bears," she said.
Tazewell County Emergency Services told us around 8 a.m. Sunday morning he was found alive and well.
Tazewell County Emergency Services reports a 67-year-old male went missing around 10 a.m. Saturday morning.
They tell us around 8 a.m. he was found and had returned to his home.
59News reporter Jessie Gavin is talking with Bluestone State Park Assistant Superintendent Jason Brown on safety tips for how to keep yourself safe in the outdoors this summer.


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, Panama, 2011, from the series "Blind Views." [Photo by Arturo Soto]
One of my favorite activities is wandering aimlessly in an unfamiliar city. I'll park my car or get off the subway in a neighborhood that seems to have some life and just start walking — no destination in mind, no searching the iPhone for nearby attractions. I often miss out on a city's iconic landmarks and postcard views, but these walks along back ways and side streets help me understand the city as its own complex organic entity, shaped by design and circumstance, the material and the cultural, the permanent and the provisional.
Arturo Soto, a photographer living in Mexico City, has taken a similar approach in his series "Blind Views" and "When the Time Comes." In photographs of Mexico City, Panama City, El Paso, New York, Chicago and other major cities, he avoids big, recognizable views, focusing instead on the distinctly unremarkable spaces of ordinary life, where physical form is determined by patterns of everyday use and the accumulation of individual actions, perhaps more than by formal planning or design. These spaces are rich in
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an "amalgamation of cultural signs that make up the visual infrastructure of the street." The implicit markers of place — colors of paint, materials and techniques of construction, widths of streets and sidewalks, the kind of vegetables outside a market — provide clues to the character of these places and the life they hold, even if we can't pinpoint their precise location. Soto's photographs make us look closely at physical details and allow us to find significance and small moments of beauty through the lens of our subjective experience.
At their most basic level, cities are places where people have gathered to live. It makes sense, then, that a city's identity would be embedded in the stuff of everyday life. As Soto writes, "Sometimes the minutia of our lives reveals a human dimension that is otherwise hard to grasp."
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Dan Nancarrow: Thanks for reading Brisbane Live today.
Be sure to join us again tomorrow where we'll bring you rolling update on the union protest against the state government's proposed industrial relations laws.
Seven News: Another hail pic, this time closer to the city:
RT @TFL23: Just some hail.. not a lot.. spring hill #bnestorm #7NewsBris @7NewsBrisbane pic.twitter.com/X0J5e1Ac4h— 7News Brisbane (@7NewsBrisbane) November 18, 2013
Dan Nancarrow: Here's some hail pics coming through:
RT @BrionyKayLand: Hail at #eightmileplains @7NewsBrisbane pic.twitter.com/8Wn91ceZyv #7NewsBris #bnestorm #qldstorms— 7News Brisbane (@7NewsBrisbane) November 18, 2013
Pea sized hail wilston @9NewsBrisbane pic.twitter.com/LUfJ1pRPP8— Shane Doherty (@ShaneDoherty_9) November 18, 2013
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Hail storm just hit Rosalie. Short but sharp. @9NewsBrisbane #bnestorm — Chris O'Keefe (@cokeefe9) November 18, 2013
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Gold Coast line: Inbound delays of up to 30mins, outbound delays of up to 15mins due to severe weather. http://t.co/OLumDlGi0y #qr — TransLink SEQ (@TransLinkSEQ) November 18, 2013
AAP: A former Queensland prison instructor accused of raping or molesting a dozen female inmates is facing fresh charges.
The 52-year-old former trade instructor at the Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday.
He is on bail after appearing before court in August charged with 29 offences relating to the rape or sexual assault of 12 women who were inmates at the prison.
A severe thunderstorm warning for destructive winds and large hailstones has been issued for parts of Brisbane and the surrounding areas.
Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Tony Auden said there was no immediate hail threat for the Brisbane CBD, but the city could expect a possible storm later this evening.
Dan Nancarrow: Plenty of storm photos rolling in over twitter this afternoon:
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RT @NMDSHXD: Image by Rebecca Jorgensen in Logan. Huge cell heading over @7NewsBrisbane pic.twitter.com/Dyz5EiHyUU #7NewsBris #bnestorm— 7News Brisbane (@7NewsBrisbane) November 18, 2013
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Dan Nancarrow: A fundraiser is being held at the Eaton's Hill Hotel on Sunday in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.
100 per cent of the profits from Rise Up will go towards aiding remote and isolated areas of the Philippines affected by the typhoon.
Danielle Cronin: Brisbane City Council is spreading the festive cheer, offering bus tours of suburbs with the most spectacular displays of Christmas lights.
The tours run for about three hours, with buses leaving at 6,45pm from the following bus stops: Ann Street, City Anzac Square (northern, southern, and western suburbs); Carindale Shopping Centre (eastern suburbs only); Garden City Shopping Centre (southern suburbs only); Indooroopilly Shopping Centre (western suburbs only); and Chermside Shopping Centre (northern suburbs only).
The tickets - which go on sale today through Ticketek via www.ticketek.com.au or on 132 849 - cost $22 for adults, $11 for pensioners and children, $11 for full-time students and $50 for families with two adults and two children, plus transaction fees.
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Infrastructure Australia coordinator Michael Deegan admitted the organisation only learned of the $5 billion Underground Bus and Rail Tunnel scheme from media reports on Sunday.
Scott Emerson and Campbell Newman inspect Queensland Rail's new rolling stock. Photo: Amy Remeikis
Amy Remeikis: The Bombardier consortium have been named the preferred tenderer to deliver 75 new six car trains for QR.
The first new trains will be on track for late 2015 - with all of them to be delivered by the end of 2018 - and will be fit for the new underground transport plan.
The new generation train sets will be paid for over the next 30 years - which includes a maintenance contract. But we won't know the price until the government reached the contractual close.
Simon Holt: Much of the Gold Coast might have washed away, but Currumbin Beach has been named Australia's cleanest beach in today's Keep Australia Beautiful awards.
Politicians lauded the community for their efforts, including a typically parochial mayor Tom Tate who said: "This is a significant endorsement of our combined efforts to make sure the Gold Coast's beaches are Australia's best beaches. The beaches are our most valuable asset and today's award is fantastic for the Currumbin community and the Gold Coast as a whole."
AAP: Two teenage bandits have stabbed and punched a German tourist after stealing his laptop and hat in Brisbane.
The 21-year-old tourist was at a cafe in South Brisbane on Sunday night when the teenagers robbed him.
When the man tried to get his laptop back, the girl stabbed him in the arm and boy punched him.
Scott Beveridge: 20 bananas a day??? That's how many Peter Siddle eats. 15 to 20 bananas a day.
And he says it's working a treat. He is super fit, strong and ready to attack the Poms.
Here is a wrap of what happened in the Queen st mall with the Australian cricket team this morning.
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Kim Stephens: A southwest Queensland Health CEO has been charged with multiple counts of fraud, just days after being stood down from his position.
Graeme Kelly, chief executive officer of the Roma-based South West Hospital and Health Service, is alleged to have used his position to defraud the health provider between February and August this year.
Nicholas Adermann: Robbie Streeting was shaking with excitement when he realised he and older brother Matthew would represent Australia at the Asian region Special Olympics next month.
The Brisbane brothers will compete against 32 countries, with Robbie selected to play football, and Matthew named in the cricket team.
Robbie and Matthew Streeting will represent Australia at the December Special Olympics.
AAP: Australian golfer Jason Day will go into the World Cup at Royal Melbourne with the devastating knowledge that eight of his relatives have died in Typhoon Haiyan, a report says.
Day's mother, Dening, has told the Gold Coast Bulletin that the golfer's grandmother, uncle and six cousins died in the Typhoon.
Thousands of people died in the Philippines when the country was hit by some of the strongest winds ever recorded and massive waves that destroyed coastal homes.
Jason Day: the Australian golfer lost eight members of his family in Typhoon Haiyan. Photo: Getty Images
Dan Nancarrow: Ash, Kip and Luttsy from Nova are huge fans of Anchorman, so to celebrate the arrival of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues the trio roped in Mitch Lewis for a photoshoot dressed as the Channel 4 news team.
The result will be shown on billboards around town from today but we'll give you a first glance here:
The Nova does Anchorman.
AAP: Two tourists have died in separate incidents at waterfalls in Queensland at the weekend.
A search will resume on Monday for the body of a Dutch woman who fell about 100 metres at the Roaring Meg Falls near the Aboriginal Community of Wujal Wujal, north of Cairns.
Also on Sunday, a Malaysian tourist died after getting into difficulties at Malanda Falls on the Atherton Tablelands, south of Cairns.
His body was found about 4.30pm an hour after he slipped beneath the water.
Natalie Bochenski: Industry groups have welcomed the state government's revamped Brisbane Underground but the Opposition fears it will sell assets to pay for it.
Premier Campbell Newman on Sunday revealed plans to build a 5.4 kilometre Brisbane Underground Bus and Rail Tunnel (UBAT) from Dutton Park in the south to Victoria Park in the north.
The move combines the previous Labor government's Cross River Rail project and the Brisbane City Council's Suburbs 2 City bus plan.
The planned Brisbane Underground Bus and Train (UBAT), announced by the state government on Sunday, will feature a double decker design with trains on the bottom and buses on top.
Phil Lutton: Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle fronts the Australian and English media during a team appearance in the Queen St Mall.
The first Test is just days away, with play starting on Thursday.
Peter Siddle in Queen Street Mall on Monday.
Scott Beveridge:
Australian team in the Queen st mall about to meet fans. Ashes Test starts at the Gabba on Thursday pic.twitter.com/CESJKXUdsq — Scott Beveridge (@ScottBeveridge3) November 18, 2013
AAP: A man has been charged with shooting another man in the leg after breaking into a house on the Sunshine Coast.
Police say the 25-year-old was armed with a gun, ammunition and a crowbar when he broke into the Mooloolaba home on Saturday night.
Once inside, he shot a 29-year-old man in the leg.
Dan Nancarrow: It's the time of year for storms and wild weather. And it is also the time of year to complain about us not having daylight savings.
There's currently an e-petition lodged with more than 6000 signatures calling for daylight savings to be brought back to Queensland.
The Bandidos have a headquarters in Hua Hin, Thailand. Laws are not quite so strict there.
Simon Holt: A reader in Thailand tells us the Bandidos are alive and well and living in Hua Hin, the same beach resort where the King Bhumipol Adulyadet resides after a long illness.
"The Bandido's establishment, pictured, occupies a small shop building next to a 7-11," George Cuppaidge says.
"It is across the railway tracks from but on the same side of - as the King - of a canal which runs parallel to the railway line, and the beach for a long way. Kun Klong it is called, and that it the name of the district where the Bandidos are located too."
Amy Remeikis: Police minister Jack Dempsey says the government will do whatever is necessary to "rid Queensland of criminal gangs" ahead of Cabinet approving amendments to the governments bikie laws.
But he was unable to give any preview of what those amendments were...saying only it was a "matter for the attorney-general".
Minister Dempsey speaks to the media. Photo: Amy Remeikis
Nine News: Schoolies have been caught climbing across high rise balconies.
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Schoolies on the Gold Coast are captured climbing between balconies as authorities warn of a rise in sexually transmitted diseases. Nine News.PT1M46S http://www.canberratimes.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2xpwr 620 349 November 18, 2013
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Dan Nancarrow: The Australian Test cricket team will be officially welcomed to Brisbane this morning in a special ceremony held by Lord Mayor Graham Quirk.
The event, which will allow fans to pose for photos and get autographs with the stars, starts at 10am in Queen Street Mall.
The Ashes series starts at the Gabba on Thursday.
The Australian cricket team will appear in the Queen Street Mall today. Photo: AFP
Dan Nancarrow: Well it may be sunny now, but the bureau tells us we should expect a partly cloudy day with isolated storms and showers developing in the afternoon.
We can expect somewhere between 4mm to 10mm of rain and a top of 27.
Dan Nancarrow: Good morning and welcome to Brisbane Live.
Today we'll keep you up to date on everything happening around the city as it breaks.
For now, let's just enjoy the sunny weather outside.


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Some may find the recent glut of fighter comments on pay rates to be exhausting, but I've been reading them, and the comment sections, with great interest. As a management consultant, I like to study such things as industry structure and economics. Over time, I think the industry will continue to evolve. Allow me to analyse and then speculate a little...
Current Situation
> One major (could be considered dominant) player (UFC) which has absorbed several competitors. The defining characteristics of this major player are:
- has most of the top fighters under contract (i.e. close to monopsony)
- pays equal or slightly higher than industry average (this, I don't have solid proof of - just going on the collective anecdotal evidence from fighter interviews, disclosed pay, etc.). I'm referring mainly to entry level fighters here, as "the sky is the limit" for stars depending on their charisma and self-promotion. Now, the fact that they pay similar to the rest of the industry is something that is "good" from the point of view of allowing competition. If the UFC wanted to keep other promotions from attracting talent, it could offer significantly higher than the competition, as well as sign guys just to keep them off other promotions' rosters, even paying them to be inactive if necessary (think some of the big soccer teams in Europe, whose 3rd stringers are possibly the same quality as a smaller team's starting lineup)
- offers some employee benefits above industry standard (insurance; royalties from appearances in games; greater sponsorship opportunity due to better exposure)
- limits sponsors via the "sponsor tax" which arguably hurts fighter income because small sponsors cannot participate. Also arguably ensures a higher quality of sponsor which leads to greater likelihood of sponsorship payments actually coming through
- has the biggest TV deals and highest earning PPVs in the industry
- charges a fairly high price for its PPV and other (tickets, merchandise, etc) product (i.e. is leveraging its dominant position to extract significant profit from consumers - this is in fact "more OK" from the point of view of allowing competition. If the UFC charged a low enough price that it could be considered "keep out" pricing - i.e. low enough that competitors would not be able to profitably operate, that would potentially trigger a study by the competition watchdog)
> The rest of the industry are 2nd tier (Bellator, One FC, WSOF) and 3rd tier players. As they are much weaker, Competitive Rivalry would be relatively LOW.
- limited or no access to "stars". The fact that the UFC hasn't monopolised Rampage, Fitch, King Mo, Fedor and other recognisable fighters that it COULD have kept on the roster (Alvarez, for example, is not currently signable) is a point in the UFC's favor as far as allowing competition to exist
- a few have relatively strong financial backers like Viacom/Bellator, and OneFC appears to be solid
- a few have significant TV deals
> Barriers to entry are relatively low - as indicated by several new promotions starting up in recent years. Therefore threat of new entrants is HIGH
> Supply (of fighters) is high (i.e. it's an enjoyable job that seemingly many are willing to do for low pay) and fragmented (no collective representation) - which means the the suppliers (fighters) have LOW bargaining power
> Customers (i.e. us, the consumers) are fairly large in number and fragmented (no collective representation) - which means we have LOW bargaining power
> Threat of Substitute Products - HIGH - other sports and entertainment all compete with the UFC. And new forms of entertainment continue to evolve e.g. youtube videos, reality tv.
> Regulatory Frameworks - relatively little impact, although licensing in NY seems to be a sticky one. But mostly, regulatory bodies aren't constraining the industry too much.
> Overall this points to what we know to be true: the UFC is in a very dominant, powerful position currently. Some small threats exist in the form of new entrants but it will be hard for them to gain significant market share.
Possible Scenarios
1) Status quo - little will change over the next 10 years. There will be steady but not groundbreaking industry growth. The UFC will continue to allow competitors to grow, and when they achieve a certain level, will attempt (probably successfully) to acquire and merge them. We will see a pattern of 2nd tier players rising, being absorbed, new ones rising, being absorbed, etc. The UFC will remain dominant. Fighter pay will continue to rise but there will always be complaints because the UFC's income will rise at least equally fast if not faster, resulting in a permanently low percentage of revenue delivered to fighters. Supply and demand will continue to determine the actual, low pay rates. Prices paid by consumers will remain high and rise with inflation or faster, if the UFC feels it can extract more profit by doing so. I think this is the most likely scenario but clearly not the best for fighters. Reason: obvious - the fighters appear unwilling or unable to organise themselves into a "Union".
2) "Union"isation - I use this term loosely as it is more likely to be a professional association like the ATP, if it winds up existing at all. This scenario is the same as (1), plus fighters across the USA and potentially overseas form a meaningful association that has negotiating power with the UFC and other promotions. It establishes a pay scale, primarily aimed at giving lower tier fighters a higher pay rate. It will not necessarily force all promotions to pay the same rate, which I think should be allowable (I believe unions can negotiate different CBAs with different organisations even within the same industry, which makes sense because no two companies are identical and the benefits they can provide may vary). That makes sense because insisting everyone pay 10/10 minimum could force smaller promotions out of business, hurting the industry. Over time, as the union becomes more successful, it should hopefully attract higher and higher tiers of fighters to its ranks, potentially resulting in enough power to negotiate a straight revenue split arrangement at the 35-50% mark with the UFC. At this point the industry would have achieved what many think is "fair" as compared with the NFL and similar leagues. Personally, I think this is the best industry outcome for fighters and fans. A stable dominant player whose power is counterbalanced by a single dominant talent representation entity that protects fighter rights and negotiates pay levels. We'll have the best fighting the best, for the optimal amount of money. What this needs though, is some dedicated/influential managers, gyms and enough lower tier fighters to start the ball rolling. Self-interest seems to be getting in the way of such activity.
3) Oligopoly (Strong Competition) - Multiple strong players will exist, dividing the talent pool among them. Perhaps it's OneFC, Bellator and the UFC. I am against true business competition in these kinds of industries because it reduces the quality of the sporting competition. It would be similar to having three regions in NFL where the champions never meet. Or three competing tennis organisations - and Federer, Nadal, Djokovic would never play each other. I also think the industry structure doesn't encourage this outcome as a stable long term proposition, so it is unlikely to occur. Reasons include: consumers prefer to see the best against the best; there are currently no big overseas players or interest in creating them (harking back to Pride here, which if I am not mistaken was the only significant overseas player which could have been considered a peer to the UFC); athletes generally tend to choose to fight in the promotion with the best competition (i.e. they gravitate to the UFC, which means it's very hard for any other player to build a full rank of top tier guys in any division). Prices to the consumer might be lower in this scenario but the quality of product would suffer.
4) Major Sport - the UFC remains dominant and leads the sport into the "major sport" stage where it competes on an equal footing with the NFL, NBA, global soccer, etc. Unlikely, because the level of violence will probably always turn off a major proportion of the potential fans. But if it does happen, revenues will go through the roof, and fighter pay will probably follow. It'll rise to the point where all UFC fighters are making a decent enough living, complaints will dry up, and Dana and the Fertittas will be richer than God. With so much money to be made, I'd expect some heavy duty sports lawyers or influential organisers, perhaps from other sports, to enter the industry by assisting with organising the fighters. A "Union" would be more likely to get created, leading to a higher % of revenue distribution to fighters. Prices paid by consumers would remain high but with pay rates high, attracting strong talent, the fighter quality would improve. A fantastic outcome for everyone but I don't see it happening.
Your Say
- are there other scenarios you think are possible or likely, or desirable?
- what do you think is the likely outcome?
- how can the best outcomes be achieved? (For example, Nate Quarry suggests consumer pressure on the UFC - I believe it wouldn't work)


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Painting doesn't seem so hard to do.
Some people say "Why not do it ourselves rather than pay the builder and save money?"
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Great Song | Reviewer: james Barber | 12/7/07
I believe this song is so nique because of how he says "love is watcing someone die" Is there any instant in life where you could actually give more love to someone than being with a person while they die. The fact that you are consciously living life and you are looking into the eyes of someone who is about to lose just that. I think that this is an ultimate act of love in being able to experience that. I think that they hit it right on the note!
Oh, gawd | Reviewer: Anonymous | 12/2/07
Over blown, pretentious, and melodramatic. There's no poetry, just a description of something unimaginably sad. If anyone here is a writer, take this advice: If you have nothing new to say, don't say anything at all.
Unless you belong to a record label, and idiots will buy your music no matter what you say. THen you can say whatever the hell you want, and still make money. God Bless America.
Just sharing about my dad... | Reviewer: Sara (no lie) | 12/2/07
My dad fell into a vegitative state after complications from a serious car accident he was in, about two weeks before my 20th birthday. This song reminds me of him, and the horrifically difficult decision my older sister and I had to make, when we decided to take him off of life support.
We were there with him till the very end, for nearly 6 hours, when his heart finally gave out. This song will forever remind me of him and his last days.
RIP daddy
another pointless comment | Reviewer: oldziewski | 12/1/07
As much as I agree with "anonymous", I still think you should get some balls and put an identification, even when you say something you know will piss people off.
: / | Reviewer: Anonymous | 11/25/07
You will find no solace in your stories here, I dont understand why you all are telling stories to each other when none of you care. Bring your drama to a therapist who is paid to care.
touchy song | Reviewer: soleil | 11/23/07
for some reason, this song reminds me of the 9-11 attacks. i don't know why but it prett much has to do with people dying...however, this song can only mean the sadness of losing a loved one in a hospital.
sarah | Reviewer: cait | 11/24/07
this girl, sarah, in my school district just died two days ago from brain cancer. this song is completely and totally her. everything about it, is sarah. rest in peace <3
Who is sarah? | Reviewer: lauren | 11/19/07
this song gets to me every time
so deep and meaningful the lyrics leave just enough to the imagination. we dont know the whole story, we just see a minute, a glimpse.
all i want to know is who is sarah?
What Sarah Said | Reviewer: fiona | 11/9/07
this song is beautiful.
im listneing to it as i type this
it just reminds me so much of waiting to see my aunt when she was dying of cancer.
just sitting in that room, with the t.v on, no-one talking, just all avoiding what we know would happen.
the nurse came in with the solemn face that you know somehintg is wrong
and told us she was alive, but it wasnt good.
just walkng into that room and seeing her lying there with the tubes everywhere,and her not recognising us.
she died 2 weeks later.
this song just sums it all up and eerything i felt.
this song makes me cry every time
its so heartfelt and meaningful
its the last song i listen to every night
Amazing | Reviewer: Sarah | 11/2/07
Back a year ago in September, my brother was going through a heart transplant. And in the first day of the waiting room, we waited from 5 AM on that morning till 2 AM to the the next morning.
And we got bad news.
Something went wrong so we had to keep coming back as the news plunged deeper and deeper.
At the end of the week in the middle of the school year, it turned out that he died from internal bleeding, and that there was no way to stop it.
This song makes me cry everytime I hear it, and I just start thinking about how much it relates to me and my family.
I picture everyone sitting around, thinking of ways to pass the time in the waiting room, lightly talking, going in the 'Quiet room' to think to themselves, watching helicopters and planes out the window, drawing, playing cards and stuff.
It just sets the scene for me like it was just an hour ago when it happened.
Beautiful song. It touches straight to my heart.
wowowow | Reviewer: Anonymous | 10/22/07
i love this song;
its so meaningfull.
i first heard it on a video
on youtube, type in "what sarah said"
into youtube and scroll down until you see
a car in a frame. someone made that video as
a school project and its amazing.
as much as i try to decipher the lyrics,
i think the beauty of the song lies in the fact
that we cant completly know the entire meaning until something like this happens to you.
Magnificent...Really! | Reviewer: Paul | 9/30/07
My english 1010 teacher played this song for us in class. Strange I know but I absolutly love this song. The imagery is fantastic and it really puts you in the scene.
The Waiting ro0m | Reviewer: Rob | 9/27/07
I listened to this song on the album when it came out and thought it was great but never really got it. About three weeks ago I was in the hospital room while my father was in heart surgery. Things started going bad. The nurse came by and said it was not good, that it was "touchy." For some reason I thought of this song. I held back crying for hours as I got updates that only got worse. I told myself to hold back the tears... for my family, for me. I sat in the waiting room and pretended to watch the tv. I waited for hours, as every other family in the waiting room arrived and left, with the lyric "Who's gonna watch you die" running through my head. I tried not to break down. Finally the doctor said it was ok, they'd stopped the bleeding. He was ok, for tonight. I went home, listened to the song, and cryed for an hour, hitting replay every time the song eneded.
What Sarah Said | Reviewer: AT | 9/21/07
I listened to this song a whole lot while working as a hospital chaplain assigned to the emergency room. I think it's a wonderful look at a reality that most individuals face rarely, but that every day confronts many people. And it's in a 3-based time signature (12/8, likely), which always gets me.
That's love. | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/16/07
It'll be 2 years this November that my grandfather had passed. I remember watching my grandmother holding his hand and crying. She thanked him for the best 59 years of her life over and over again. This song reminds me of that very moment.. and I will never forget that day.
She watched the love of her life die.
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Robert W. Kelsey, 91, Sidney
Robert W. Kelsey, 91, of Sidney passed away peacefully Friday evening, September 27, 2013 at the Sidney Regional Medical Center- Extended Care.
Funeral services for Robert Kelsey will be held at Memorial Gardens in Colorado Springs, CO on Wednesday, October 2nd, at 2:00pm. Interment will follow the service. Memorials may be made to the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church of Sidney, NE.
Robert (Bob) was born December 25, 1921 in Milford, Iowa to Claire and Gladys (Meister) Kelsey. At a young age the family moved to Colorado Springs. Bob graduated from Cheyenne Mountain High School in 1939. He served his country as a member of the Army Air Corps from 1942-1945 in the China Offensive and India Burma during WWII. He was awarded the American Service Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Service medal, the WWII Victory medal, and a Bronze Star medal. In 1947, Bob was employed by Colorado Interstate Gas in Lakin, KS before transferring to Colorado Springs in 1951 where he remained until his retirement as Director of Gas Control in 1982. It was there he met his wife Evelyn (Miller). Bob and Evelyn were married on June 24, 1951 and celebrated 61 years together. Two daughters, Colette and Cheryl were born to this union. Bob was a self taught mechanic, carpenter, and electrician. He enjoyed working not only on his own projects, but helping neighbors and family as well. His most treasured project was the remodeling of a one room school house into a cabin near the Sangre de Cristo Range at Westcliffe, CO.
Robert was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Evelyn (8/29/2012), a brother Wilford, brother-in-laws Alvin Rinker, Byron Corfman, Len Kattnig, along with sister-in-laws Eloise Kelsey and Marilyn Miller. He is survived by his sister, Shirley Corfman of Pueblo West, CO, daughter Colette (Dale) Henderson of Minneapolis, KS, granddaughter Leisha (Todd) Kreider of Hummelstown, PA and grandson Bret (Laura) Henderson of Chandler, AZ;daughter Cheryl (Ric) MacKenzie of Sidney, granddaughter Patty (John) McEvoy of Wahoo, NE, granddaughter Kim (Tim) Johnson of Chappell, NE, grandson Dustin (Malissa) MacKenzie of Pawnee, OK, granddaughter Lisa (Jared) Foutz and grandson John MacKenzie of Gillette, WY; 11 great grandchildren and numerous nephews and nieces.
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