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Gerard's P.O.V
I glanced at the clock as I made my way through the cramped kitchenette of the tour bus; 3:29 a.m, it read. I sighed. Frank was trailing behind me like the caboose of a train, exhousted out of his mind.
I stopped to open a shoddy cupboard for a mug. When I did, I felt the force of a small body impact the middle of my back. It stumbled backwards a few steps.
I turned to see Frank rubbing at his tired eyes with sweater-covered knuckles; blue and black stripes, oversized, which made him look more like a child than ever.
Not to mention his Star Wars pajamas.
"Watch where you're goin', sleepy head," I said, laughing hypnotically. He sure was, too; his hair was tumbled all over the place, red and black swirled unnaturally around his puffy cheeks.
"Whatever," he moaned lackadaizically, "You're comfy."
He wrapped his noodle-of-an-arm around mine, and leaned his head against my shoulder, eyes shut. I grinned, letting the warm breath from between his teeth depress into my skin.
"I gotta make this, though," I said quietly, "Why don't you go wait for me at the table, 'kay?" I brushed his shoulder persuasively.
He lifted his head as if it weighed a hundred pounds, and looked up at me through completely closed eyes.
"Mm'kay," he mumbled, dragging his little bare feet to the table near the window. He scaled one of the bar-stools and slumped onto the cushion like a sack of potatos.
I turned again to focus in front of me when a hard knock called from behind. I swiveled back to see Frank with his temple against the wood.
"Ow," he slurred.
I rolled my eyes with a dopey smile and snatched a mug from the cupboard. I filled it with water, got out a package of 'Sleepy Time Tea,' and slid it in the microwave above one of the counters. I set the time as directed, and turned toward the table in which Frank sat waiting.
"Aww," I whispered, smiling. Frankie was sprawled out over the length of the table, his chest rising and falling silently and smoothly. His nose was tucked between the bend of his elbow.
I sat down across from him as soundlessly as I could, keeping my eyes on him with bated breath.
Steeling my lungs completely, I reached out and tenderly engulfed his tiny, tattooed hand. Still, he made not a sound or movement. There was something absolutely precious about the way his lips were parted, and the way his head was turned, and the way his hair fell around his plush, rosey cheeks, and the way his silent breaths fogged up the surface of the table, and the way his pretty little eyelashes quivered as he slept; everything. He was absolutely precious.
I took a final, achey note, and rested my head against the table's cool surface, shutting my eyes. A triple beep rang from the microwave, but I ignored it.
I nodded off, his delicate little hand in mine.

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Texas leads 2-1 (as of 4/21)
Game 1: Thursday, April 19 | ||
Texas | 10 | Final |
Detroit | 3 | |
Recap »Boxscore » |
Game 2: Friday, April 20 | ||
Texas | Postponed | |
Detroit | ||
Recap » |
Game 2: Saturday, April 21 | ||
Texas | 10 | Final |
Detroit | 4 | |
Recap »Boxscore » |
Game 3: Saturday, April 21 | ||
Texas | 2 | Final |
Detroit | 3 | |
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Game 4: Sunday, April 22 | ||
Texas | 3 | Final in 11 |
Detroit | 2 | |
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Coverage: FSDT
7:05 PM ET, April 21, 2012
Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Justin Verlander, Tigers salvage split of doubleheader with Rangers
DETROIT -- Jim Leyland told Justin Verlander he had 20 more pitches, then the Detroit ace went out and made the most of his final inning.
First, Verlander struck out Michael Young with a knee-buckling breaking ball. Nelson Cruz was next and he went down swinging -- the bat slipping out of the Texas slugger's hands and sailing toward the coaching box near third base.Verlander made it through six innings without allowing an earned run, and the Tigers held on to salvage a split of their doubleheader with Texas, beating the Rangers 3-2 in the nightcap Saturday. Five days after a 131-pitch complete game in a win at Kansas City, Verlander threw 115 against Texas, giving a battered Detroit pitching staff a lift and bringing the Rangers' eight-game winning streak to a halt."I thought he was outstanding tonight. That's a championship team, and it is a championship team that's hot, but he did a tremendous job," said Leyland, the Tigers' manager. "His limit was going to be 120, after what he did the other day."Texas routed the Tigers 10-4 in the first game, but Verlander (2-1) held off the powerful Rangers, allowing four hits and three walks while striking out eight. The Rangers managed an unearned run in the fourth, but Detroit answered with three runs in the bottom of the inning against Neftali Feliz (1-1).Octavio Dotel pitched the seventh for Detroit, Joaquin Benoit allowed a run in the eighth and Jose Valverde walked two in the ninth but struck out Josh Hamilton to end it, picking up his fourth save. Elvis Andrus, the batter before Hamilton, lined out to deep left."Elvis hit the ball right on the screws," Hamilton said. "I was a little off balance tonight."Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre left with a strained left hamstring after hitting a second-inning double in Saturday's first game. He's not expected to play for the rest of the weekend.Verlander threw his 100th pitch in the fifth inning, but Leyland sent him back out for the sixth and told him of his pitch count restriction. The right-hander made quick work of Young, Cruz and David Murphy. He allowed a run on a walk, a passed ball and two flyouts in the fourth, but that was it. Verlander has now gone at least six innings in his last 46 regular-season starts."I've never seen a team as aggressive as they are right now -- at the plate, on the bases, everything. They've got a great lineup, and they are locked in, so they are trying to kill every pitch," Verlander said. "They feel good about themselves, and they are going after everything, so I had to mix in a lot of breaking stuff."Feliz retired the first 10 hitters he faced with ease, but when he hit Brennan Boesch with a pitch in the fourth, his night turned sour. Feliz walked Prince Fielder with two outs and allowed Delmon Young's RBI single -- Detroit's first hit.Alex Avila then drew a walk to load the bases, and Ramon Santiago lined a two-run single to left-center field to make it 3-1.Feliz allowed three runs and three hits in eight innings. He walked four and struck out six.The Rangers beat Detroit 10-3 on Thursday night in the first game of a four-game set. After a rainout Friday, they picked up right where they left off, scoring eight runs in the first inning of Saturday's opener against Rick Porcello (1-1)."They're hot and they're aggressive and confident," Porcello said. "I was unable to come up with an answer."Matt Harrison (3-0) allowed three runs and six hits in 7 2/3 innings for Texas, which was 7-0 on the road after winning the first game of the doubleheader. That streak ended thanks to Verlander and Santiago, and Feliz became the first Texas starter to lose. The Rangers' rotation is now 10-1.Hamilton hit a three-run homer as part of Texas' big first inning. Mike Napoli hit a solo shot in the opener, his fifth straight game with a homer. Napoli didn't start the nightcap, but he did strike out as a pinch-hitter to end his streak.Hamilton and Napoli each have six homers on the season."It's an awesome thing when we all get going like that," Murphy said. "We've got so many bats in our lineup that we're hard to beat if we keep hitting."Porcello entered his start with a 1.84 ERA. It was 6.32 by the time he left. He allowed nine runs -- eight earned -- and 10 hits before being pulled with nobody out and two on in the second.Game notes
Hamilton struck out four times in the nightcap. ... Texas had a chance to set a team record for best 15-game start, but had to settle for matching the 1989 Rangers' mark of 12-3. ... Detroit LHP Daniel Schlereth worked two innings in the opener, then was optioned to Triple-A Toledo. The Tigers purchased the contract of RHP Thad Weber from Toledo between games. ... Porcello's eight earned runs matched a career worst, and this was the shortest start of his career. ... Beltre hasn't missed a game this season, but he spent time on the disabled list last year with a left hamstring strain and was limited to 124 games in 2011. ... Dotel appeared in his 700th game. ... Detroit rookie Drew Smyly (0-0) takes on Texas RHP Colby Lewis (2-0) in the series finale Sunday.
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Regular Season Series
Texas leads 7-3 (as of Sat 4/21) | ||
Thu 4/19 | TEX 10, @DET 3 | Recap |
Fri 4/20 | Postponed/Delayed | Information |
Sat 4/21 | TEX 10, @DET 4 | Recap |
» Sat 4/21 | @DET 3, TEX 2 | Box Score |
Sun 4/22 | TEX 3, @DET 2 | Recap |
Mon 6/25 | DET 8, @TEX 2 | Recap |
Tue 6/26 | @TEX 7, DET 5 | Recap |
Wed 6/27 | @TEX 13, DET 9 | Recap |
Fri 8/10 | DET 6, @TEX 2 | Recap |
Sat 8/11 | @TEX 2, DET 1 | Recap |
Sun 8/12 | @TEX 8, DET 3 | Recap |
Complete Schedule: Rangers | Tigers |
Scoring Summary
4th | D Murphy hit sacrifice fly to left, M Young scored. | 1 | 0 | |
4th | D Young singled to left, B Boesch scored, P Fielder to second. | 1 | 1 | |
4th | R Santiago singled to center, P Fielder and D Young scored, A Avila to second. | 1 | 3 | |
8th | D Murphy singled to left center, M Young scored, N Cruz to second. | 2 | 3 | |
View complete Play-By-Play |
Game Information
Stadium | Comerica Park, Detroit, MI |
Attendance | 35,001 (84.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
Game Time | 3:11 |
Weather | 50 degrees, clear |
Wind | 14 mph |
Umpires | Home Plate - Paul Schrieber, First Base - Tim Welke, Second Base - Mike Estabrook, Third Base - David Rackley |
Research Notes
The last Tigers pitcher to throw 6+ innings in relief (as Duane Below did on Saturday) was Steve Sparks. On June 1, 2003, against the Yankees, he entered with 2 outs in the 10th and stuck around until the top of the 17th when he gave up a pair of homers that eventually cost Detroit the game. |
The Rangers are the first team to score 8 or more runs in the 1st inning of a doubleheader since September 22, 1978. The team who did it that day... was the Texas Rangers. They posted a 9-spot in B1 of a 10-2 win against Seattle. In the second game the teams combined for just eight hits and the Rangers won 1-0. |
With a single and a triple in the 1st inning Saturday as the Rangers batted around, Ian Kinsler became the first Texas leadoff hitter to have two hits in a 1st inning since Jeff Huson recorded a pair of singles on August 3, 1991, in Milwaukee. |
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I'm new here but I just wanted to share this about myself. I used to be into Bond Derringers, always testing them in different calibers. Buckshot is a NO-NO, the 357 magnum kicks like a SOB, and I've fired a 454 casull in a Bond derringer, then had hand surgery. All my love to you fellas
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Oh yeah, you're gonna' fit right in here.
I'm surprised you didn't have brain surgery to remove a Bond Derringer from your frontal lobe... Well at least your last name is fitting...
You know what, If I didn't have a wrist brace with the gun wrapped and duct-taped to my hand. It might have been in my forehead. But seriously, NO BUCKSHOT IN A JUDGE OR BOND, or you'll shoot your eye out...That stuff will bounce off plywood.
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I don't know what outcome anyone else had with buckshot in the short barrel Judge or Bond. I shot a piece of 3/4" plywood through a gap in a log stack and the stuff bounced off. Even #6 did the same. The 3" shells were even worse because of less velocity. I would only use #9 to the face and 45 Colt for the rest.
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66th annual Victoria Livestock Show kicks off
Feb. 29, 2012 at 7:01 p.m.
Updated Feb. 29, 2012 at 9:01 p.m.
If you go
WHAT: Victoria Livestock Show opening ceremonyWHERE: Victoria Community Center, 2905 E. North St.WHEN: Noon ThursdayFor more information, call 361-576-4300.
For more information on the Victoria Livestock Show, visit http://victorialivestockshow.net.
With carnival rides spinning, judges tabulating and farm animals kicking up a bit of dust, the Victoria Community Center will be a busy place for the next few days.
The 66th annual Victoria Livestock Show spans Thursday through Monday at 2905 E. North St.
The event typically draws about 20,000 people to the community center throughout its duration, said Randy Vivian, president and CEO of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce. Some come in from out of town, buying gas and food in Victoria and even spending the night.
"And that is good for our local economy," he said. "It gives us the opportunity to showcase Victoria. To let them see what we have."
Area youth are the ones who see the real benefit, Vivian said.
The stock show offers them a chance to show the hard work they've put into their projects and to reap the benefits, either through money from the sale or experience.
"It shows them that hard work has a dividend at the end," Vivian said.
The stock show also offers benefits to area entrepreneurs who set up booths inside the dome, said Erwin Rother, who owns Victoria Hobby Shop. Not only do businesses get their names out there and let people know what they offer, but they might pick up a new customer or two.
Rother recalled an exhibitor a while back who visited his booth and vowed to come back for a remote-controlled helicopter if his hog placed in the show.
"And it did," Rother said with a chuckle. "He came back."
It isn't about the money, however.
Rother said the time and money invested into the booth doesn't make it a profitable venture. Instead, it's more about supporting the youth and providing a bit of entertainment, through demonstrations, flight simulations and more.
"We're in it for the youngsters," he said.
An Avon booth that sits alongside Rother's has had a home at the stock show for the past 15 or so years, said Randy Smith, who will man the booth with his daughter, Karen Smith, throughout the show.
In previous years, the booth included a prize wheel to spin and free makeovers for the little girls who wandered in, but this year's booth takes on a special mission - raising money for the fight against ALS.
Smith's wife, Avon representative Sophia Smith, was diagnosed with the disease a little more than a year ago and has already lost the ability to talk and walk. Although she will not be able to man the booth this year, special Avon necklaces will be available for sale, with proceeds benefiting ALS research.
"We can't beat the ALS in time to save her, but we can keep up the fight," he said.
Nick Rodriguez, the show's parade chair, echoed others, saying the children are the real winners at the event.
"It's good for them," he said, encouraging people to venture out to Monday's stock show auction. "It teaches them responsibility in raising their animals."
As far as preparation goes, Rodriguez on Wednesday afternoon said things were just about ready.
"It has been crazy, but everything is coming together like clockwork," he said. "We're ready to get after it."


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Bring on the Butterflies!
"I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days--three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain," wrote John Keats in Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne.
"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you," wrote Nathaniel Hawthorne
An Irish blessing reads:
"May the wings of the butterfly kiss the sun
And find your shoulder to light on,
To bring you luck, happiness and riches
Today, tomorrow and beyond."
From time immortal, we humans have depicted butterflies in our art. There's something about the ballet of butterflies that soothes our mind, brightens our spirit, and captures our soul.
So it is with the talented artists exhibiting their work at McCormack Hall during the five-day Solano County Fair, 900 Fairgrounds Drive, Vallejo. The fair opens Wednesday, July 31 and ends Sunday, Aug. 4.
Vallejo resident Yoko Warncke cross-stitched butterflies for her needlework exhibit. Another Vallejo resident, Tina Waycie, crafted a paper butterfly and flowers.
Trudy Molina of Fairfield depicted "The Hungry Caterpillar" in a baby quilt. It's a quilt sure to be treasured. It reminds us of the quote by Richard Buckminster Fuller: "There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."
No, indeed!
Vallejoan LaQuita Tummings quilted a beautiful bee, dragonfly and ladybug, so spectacular that you just want to sit and study it.
We watched Gloria Gonzalez, superintendent of the McCormack Hall building and her adult and youth assistants hang many of the displays. They're involved in the Sherwood Forest 4-H Club, Vallejo, throughout the year, but in the summer when the Solano County Fair rolls around, they're at McCormack Hall accepting entries, recording results and displaying the work.
Insect art is just a small part of the displays in McCormack Hall. You'll see photography, collections, table settings, clothing, baked goods, jams and jellies, and even some farm equipment.
It all ties in with the fair theme, "Home Grown Fun."
Gloria Gonzalez (left) of Vallejo, superintendent of McCormack Hall, Solano County Fair, and assistant Iris Mayhew of Vallejo hang a quilt by LaQuita Tummings of Vallejo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of blue-ribbon quilt by LaQuita Tummings of Vallejo. It features a bee, dragonfly and ladybug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Iris Mayhew of Vallejo, an assistant at McCormack Hall, Solano County Fair, with "The Hungry Caterpillar" quilt by Trudy Molina of Fairfield. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This paper art, of a butterfly and flowers, is the work of Tina Waycie of Vallejo. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)


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Why Sarah Palin's pick could triumph in Nebraska's US Senate race in fall
Tuesday's victory by Deb Fischer, who had the endorsement of Sarah Palin in the Nebraska GOP Senate primary, is an upset. But Fischer may in fact be the strongest Republican to run against Democrat Bob Kerrey, analysts say.
Nati Harnik/AP
Deb Fischer, a little-known and relatively unfunded candidate for US Senate, pulled off an upset in the Nebraska GOP primary Tuesday, and will face Democrat Bob Kerrey in November. She beat Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning, the favorite to win, 41 percent to Mr. Bruning's 36 percent. State Treasurer Don Stenberg got 19 percent of the vote.
It's the second time this month – following last week's toppling of Sen. Richard Lugar (R) of Indiana by challenger Richard Mourdock – that an insurgent defeated a more "establishment" candidate in a key Republican Senate primary.
While the temptation is to declare it another victory for the tea party – and possibly for Democrats looking to the general election – it's not that simple.
Yes, Ms. Fischer, a Nebraska rancher who has served in the state legislature since 2004, received the endorsement of Sarah and Todd Palin. But she wasn't the tea party pick; she wasn't even more conservative than her opponents.
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Ben Domenech is an American conservative writer and blogger who co-founded the RedState group blog.[1] Domenech is also the managing editor for health care policy at The Heartland Institute, editor-in-chief of The City, and hosts a daily free market podcast, "Coffee and Markets," at BigGovernment.[2][3][4] He also authors a subscription-based daily email focused on politics and economics called The Transom. In 2006, he was involved in a plagiarism controversy.[5]
Ben Domenech's career in punditry began as a teenager when he began a column, "Any Given Sunday," for National Review Online, in addition to his personal blog.[6] The NRO column recapped political talk shows on television. "If there was a Top 10 list of young Loudoun County people to watch, he'd be on it," a Washington Post reporter wrote in a Loudoun County regional section of the paper. "Domenech is a sharp writer with an obvious command of his national politics beat — especially considering that this is the first year he is eligible to vote".[7]
He attended the College of William and Mary between 1999 and 2002. After receiving a job offer from the US Department of Health and Human Services, he left William and Mary before his senior year. Domenech was the youngest political appointee of the George W. Bush administration. He worked as a speechwriter for Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson. He has also worked as contributing editor for National Review Online; two years as the chief speechwriter for Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX); and an editor at Regnery Publishing, where he worked on books by Michelle Malkin, Ramesh Ponnuru, and Hugh Hewitt.[8]
In March, 2006, Domenech was named as a blogger for the Washington Post, where he would write from the conservative point of view. But only three days after his appointment, on March 21, 2006, Domenech resigned his position, when evidence surfaced that he had earlier plagiarized work that had originally appeared in the New Yorker, the Washington Post, the National Review, and other publications. The Post said it did not know about his plagiarism when the newspaper hired him. Jim Brady, the-then executive editor of Washingtonpost.com, said he would have fired Domenech had he not first offered to quit first, because the allegations of plagiarism made it necessary to "sever the relationship." [9]
During the 2008 election, Domenech wrote numerous columns for Human Events.com[10] and for The Washington Times.[11][12][13][14] During the 2012 election, Domenech commented extensively on social and economic issues related to Occupy Wallstreet for the Heritage Foundation.[15][16] He also took part in the American Enterprise Institute's roundtable "Fusion or Fissures" regarding the future of American Conservatism.[17] After Mitt Romney's failed campaign in the 2012 presidential election, Domenech was called upon to discuss the Republican Party's failure to breach the "Digital Divide" for Commentary as well as the Heritage Foundation.[18][19]
As the managing editor of healthcare policy at the Heartland Institute, Ben Domenech has had the opportunity to contribute his voice to debates on the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[20] Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein responded, prompting a public debate between Domenech and Klein.[21][22]
Ben Domenech continues to post on RedState[23] and has a personal blog, "this is an adventure".
Domenech was hired by the Washington Post's online arm to write a blog providing "a daily mix of commentary, analysis and cultural criticism".[24] Media Matters for America criticized the choice, claiming that "[t]here [were], however, no progressive bloggers -- and no one left of center with the credentials of a political operative -- on washingtonpost.com to provide balance to Domenech."[25] Instapundit founder Glenn Reynolds told the New York Times that Domenech's appointment attracted anger "because he was a conservative and he was given real estate at The Washington Post" and this spurred bloggers to find "something they could use to get rid of him."[26]
"Red America" launched on March 21, 2006, but Domenech resigned three days later after only six posts, after other bloggers posted evidence that Domenech had plagiarized work from the Washington Post, The New Yorker, humorist P. J. O'Rourke, and several other writers. O'Rourke denied Domenech's claim that the humorist had granted permission to use his words, adding that he could not recall ever meeting the college student.[27] Editors for Domenech's college newspaper, The Flat Hat, denied allegations by Domenech that one instance of plagiarism was because the editors had "inserted a passage from the New Yorker in an article without his knowledge," saying that "Mr. Domenech's actions, if true, [were] deeply offensive."[28] On March 24, 2006, the editors of National Review confirmed on its blog The Corner[29] that Domenech appeared to have plagiarized for at least one article he had written for that publication. Washington Post online editor Jim Brady announced Domenech's resignation saying "[a]n investigation into these allegations [of plagiarism] was ongoing, and in the interim, Domenech has resigned, effective immediately."[30]
After initially denying the plagiarism allegations, Domenech apolgized, writing in a RedState post entitled "Contrition," that "[t]here is no excuse for this.... I hope that nothing I've done as a teenager or in my professional life will reflect badly on the movement and principles I believe in."[31]
More recently, Domenech was involved in a journalism scandal that resulted in the removal of his work from The Washington Examiner and the Huffington Post when it was disclosed that Domenech received $36,000 from Joshua Trevino, a conservative pundit and lobbbyist, to write favorable opinion pieces about the government of Malaysia without disclosing the relationship. The payments came to light when Trevino registered as a foreign agent of the Malaysian government.[32]
After disclosure of the payments, The Washington Examiner and San Francisco Examiner, removed Domenech's post from its website and replaced it with an editors' note saying that "the author of this item presented content for which, unbeknownst to us, and in violation of our standards, had received payment from a third party mentioned therein — a payment which he also failed to disclose." The Washington Examiner owned the San Francisco Examiner at the time and content was shared. [33]


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Longview, TX (The Longview News-Journal) — A Longview man was sentenced Thursday to 27 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of continuous violence against a family member, Assistant Gregg County District Attorney Chris Botto said.
Eric Lamothe Hill, 38, was tried this past week in the 124th District Court on the third degree felony charge.
On Feb. 22, 2013, a woman who was pregnant with Hill's child went to Good Shepherd Medical Center to be treated for a broken finger, and told medical staff that she had been assaulted by her boyfriend, Botto said. She stated that Hill threw a rolling desk chair at her, and when she tried to block the chair, it hit and broke her finger, Botto said. Hill then jumped on her and started punching and kicking her, and a police officer dispatched to Belaire Manor Apartments in response to the incident noted bruising on the woman's shoulder and rib area in addition to the broken finger.
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McBride also seems transformed and at his most militant. "I do not stand where Jeb Bush stands on almost anything," he intones, lamenting a Republican approach to social services, creating "a private system for the rich and a public system for the poor." A woman in the crowd exclaims, "Say it!" Then Curry comes back on. "The only way Bill McBride will win over Jeb Bush is if we turn out in massive numbers," he urges. "No doubt about it."
The music swells again, this time an islander's reggae tune. For the second time in her political career, Reno is dancing onstage, awkwardly swinging her arms. McBride begins to swing his hips too, actually managing to make Reno look graceful. Moments later, as the song finishes and an inspired crowd disperses, a large woman with long braids waits patiently for the crowd to clear. Ernestine Petit, an administrative assistant at Norland High School and a local NAACP worker, offers her assessment. She doesn't think people have any illusions that they will be gaining a warrior for the cause in McBride, but he's better than the alternative: "Before today, I was going to vote for him anyway," she shrugs. "I didn't know anything about him. My 12-year-old son watched the governor's debate on TV. He said he wasn't impressed with either one of them."


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The Energy Chef: Spicy Sweet Potato Mash
by Herb Mesa in Seven Days of Sides, November 19, 2010Gobble, gobble! That's exactly what my family is going to do this Thanksgiving, and it's less than a week away. For my Turkey Day celebration, I like to take traditional holiday dishes, like sweet potatoes, and find a way to add my own touch of personality. Move over, marshmallows, 'cause my sweet potato dish has a meaner sidekick: spicy sriracha chili sauce. Try this mash on your holiday table: It's sweet, it's spicy and it might just give your guests a new reason to be thankful this Thanksgiving.
Herb's Mashed Sweet Potato
8 servings
4 large sweet potatoes, peeled and quartered
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt and pepper
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 stick butter
1/2 cup half and half
1 tablespoon sriracha or chili sauce
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Place cut potatoes on a baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil and dust with salt, pepper, cinnamon and nutmeg; bake for 1 hour until soft. Cool potatoes and place in large bowl; add butter, half and half and sriracha. Mash or for smooth and creamy texture, use an electric mixer.
Nutrition Info Per Serving
Calories: 153
Total Fat: 9 grams
Saturated Fat: 5 gram
Total Carbohydrate:16.5 grams
Protein: 2 grams
Sodium: 107 milligrams
Cholesterol: 21 milligrams
Fiber: 2.5 gram
Next Food Network Star season 6 finalist Herb Mesa is a restaurant-trained chef, a self-taught healthy cuisine chef and a certified personal trainer. Herb teaches "balance through food and fitness," and works as a personal chef and trainer in Atlanta.
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On Aug. 21, North Carolina Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood ruled that the state's private school voucher program is unconstitutional. The decision was a setback for a network of national and state "school choice" groups that have been advocating for such a program for years -- and investing heavily in state politics to advance their agenda.
The groups promoting vouchers and charters have aimed their political spending in two areas: the state legislature, where Republican leaders passed the $10 million Opportunity Scholarship Program in 2013, and the state Supreme Court, where the controversy over the voucher program now moves and where conservatives enjoy a 5-4 majority.
The "school choice" money network in North Carolina would not be possible without the Washington, D.C.-based American Federation for Children (AFC). This 501(c)(4) nonprofit, which advocates for school vouchers, scholarship tax credits and Education Savings Accounts, has given substantial sums to North Carolina-based political groups. In 2012, AFC gave about $308,000 to a total of four North Carolina groups, the most it gave in any state and nearly 30 percent of its total disbursements for that year. These contributions included:
* $100,000 to Justice For All NC, a super-PAC style group that, directly and through funneling money to other groups, spent more than $1.6 million in 2012 to benefit the successful campaign of conservative N.C. Supreme Court justice Paul Newby;
* $53,000 to NC Citizens for Freedom in Education IE PAC, another super PAC-style group;
* $80,000 to Partners for Educational Freedom in NC; and
* $75,000 to Parents for Educational Freedom NC.
The latter three entities are sister groups that share the same Raleigh address. Parents for Educational Freedom in NC, headed by Darrell Allison, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that does not make direct political expenditures or donations but advocates for vouchers and other school privatization reforms. Partners for Educational Freedom PAC, for which Allison is custodian of books, is a 501(c)(4) "social welfare" nonprofit and contributes directly to candidates who support "school choice." This PAC, founded in 2008, gave about $37,000 to candidates in 2012 and has given $12,000 so far in this election cycle.
NC Citizens for Freedom in Education IE PAC, founded in 2010, has spent more than $136,000 over the last two election cycles supporting various state House and Senate candidates.
In early April 2014, AFC gave $125,000 to NC Citizens, which went on to spend about $66,000 on independent expenditures supporting candidates before the May 6 primaries and another $33,000 one week later. In 2012, AFC gave NC Citizens about $53,000; the group spent $37,000 in support of House and Senate candidates that year.
AFC, along with the North Carolina school choice groups, have also focused on North Carolina's judicial races, reflecting the importance of the courts in decisions about school policy.
In 2012, Justice for All NC received $100,000 from AFC, as well as $10,000 from NC Citizens for Freedom in Education PAC IE -- part of a more than $2 million spending spree that helped elect Justice Newby with 52 percent of the vote.
This year, AFC gave another $50,000 to Justice for All NC shortly after this year's primaries, during which Justice For All spent $900,000 on a controversial ad attacking Justice Robin Hudson.
The connections between AFC and the three North Carolina groups don't stop at the institutional level. AFC Vice Chairman John F. Kirtley, a venture capitalist in Tampa, Florida, has donated over $33,000 to North Carolina candidates and PACs since 2010. He gave $12,000 to the NC Citizens PAC in 2013 and $14,000 to the Partners for Educational Freedom PAC since 2010. He and his wife, Kimberly, gave $8,000 to the Pat McCrory Committee in 2012. Partners has also received $2,500 donations from fellow AFC board members Boykin Curry and William Oberndorf, as well as $250 from AFC's director of government affairs, Jonathan Nikkila.
Groups on the left, typically opposed to school vouchers, have spent heavily in recent years as well.
In 2012, the Washington, D.C.-based National Education Association gave $180,000 and the NEA Advocacy Fund $20,000 to a North Carolina-based 501(c)(4) called NC Citizens for Protecting Our Schools. The latter group spent about $275,000 in 2012 in support of Supreme Court candidate Sam Ervin, who lost to Paul Newby.
NC Citizens for Protecting Our Schools also gave $80,000 directly to Common Sense Matters, a 527 political organization that spent close to $1 million on the 2012 elections, including about $31,000 in support of Ervin. The North Carolina Association of Educators PAC gave $150,000 to Common Sense Matters in 2012, and the NEA Advocacy Fund added another $100,000. NC Futures Action Fund, another North Carolina-based 501(c)(4), steered $295,000 to Common Sense Matters and $50,000 to NC Citizens for Protecting Our Schools.
So far in 2014, these Democratic-leaning groups have not made any political expenditures. But as the November general election nears with four of the seven state Supreme Court seats up for grabs, groups on both sides of the "school choice" debate are expected to spend heavily.
(Facing South intern Brian Freskos contributed research to this report.)


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BAE Systems' Multi-Operated All-Terrain Vehicle (MOATV) is a semi-autonomous vehicle designed to reduce the burden on ground troops. As well as being driven like an ordinary vehicle, the MOATV can be tele-operated by a remote control or instructed to semi-autonomously follow or go directly to a soldier operating a PDA. The company says the technology on the MOATV, which includes collision detection and avoidance systems that allow it to negotiate around objects that lie in its path while operating autonomously, can be applied to any vehicle. Read More
Having placed third in the prestigious DARPA Urban Challenge in 2007, engineering students from Virginia Tech have returned to the forefront of autonomous vehicle development by designing and building four GUSS (Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate) vehicles. Able to carry 1800 lbs and designed to resupply and evacuate troops in the field as well as reduce the load carried by them, the vehicles are due to make their debut at the impending 2010 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC)war games in Hawaii. Read More
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We've seen numerous examples of science mimicking nature in the developing fields of robotic automation and artificial intelligence in recent times, from robotic fish to leaping micro-bots and mechanical rodents. Now a team of engineers from the University of La Laguna (ULL) in the Canary Islands have applied this thinking to self-steering vehicles using a system based on the way ants navigate between home-base and their food source. Read More
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It's obvious many of us on here are not happy with the state of Hollywoodland, and feel that the overall quality, feel, and substance of this part of California Adventure is very much lacking. It's also very apparent from various threads that most MiceChatters aren't thrilled with the proposed new Monstropolis plans for HL.
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text: Our five favorite ALL-CAPS rantsBy Doug Gross, CNNUpdated 7:03 PM ET, Fri June 14, 2013Cher didn't mince words, or spare the Caps Lock key, when taking a shot at Donald Trump on Twitter last year.Story highlightsThe U.S. Navy has announced it will no longer communicate in all-capsTradition dated back to teletype machines of the 1800sEven innocent messages seem aggressive online when they're capitalizedFrom Kanye West to Cher, here are some of our favoritesThis week, the U.S. Navy forsook a tradition dating back to the 1800s. Why? Because it's now too easily confused with the musings of an Internet lunatic.Naval commanders this week announced that they would be getting rid of a rule that all official communications should be in all-caps.It's a tradition dating to the 1850s, when the military used teletype machines that didn't have lowercase letters. The change is meant to simplify communication and is supposed to save the Navy $15 million because it can get rid of a dedicated messaging service and use regular old e-mail instead.But we have to think not wanting to sound like you're shouting at someone who SAID SOMETHING WRONG ON THE INTERNET played a role, too.The most gentle message can come across as psychotically aggressive when typed in all caps. So as the Navy transitions, we decided to round up five of our favorite examples of all-cap craziness.The Kanye mea culpaKanye West's all-caps rant could be read as a half-apology.Perhaps it's not a rant, as such. (Though he's certainly been no stranger to them).But we had to go with the time Kanye West slammed down the caps lock to apologize, on his blog, for his infamous stage-bombing of Taylor Swift at the 2009 Video Music Awards."I'M SOOOOO SORRY TO TAYLOR SWIFT AND HER FANS AND HER MOM. I SPOKE TO HER MOTHER RIGHT AFTER AND SHE SAID THE SAME THING MY MOTHER WOULD'VE SAID. SHE IS VERY TALENTED! I LIKE THE LYRICS ABOUT BEING A CHEERLEADER AND SHE'S IN THE BLEACHERS! ........................ I'M IN THE WRONG FOR GOING ON STAGE AND TAKING AWAY FROM HER MOMENT!................."Of course, in the grand tradition of half-apologies, he spends several of his remaining loud sentences justifying the moment he interrupted Swift's acceptance speech to say that Beyonce should have won instead of her."BEYONCE'S VIDEO WAS THE BEST OF THIS DECADE!!!! I... WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!!!! EVERYBODY WANNA BOOOOO ME BUT I'M A FAN OF REAL POP CULTURE!!! ... I'M STILL HAPPY FOR TAYLOR!!!! BOOOYAAAWWWW!!!! YOU ARE VERY VERY TALENTED!!! ... I'M NOT CRAZY YALL, I'M JUST REAL."Gotcha.The Bakery flame-outHaving your restaurant appear on "Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares" is bad enough. Having the host quit on you because you're too hard to work with is even worse.Flaming out about it on Facebook in a series of profanity-laced all-caps outbursts? Priceless.Amy's Baking Company, in Scottsdale, Arizona, experienced just that last month after appearing on the show with the famously acerbic chef. So, after the show aired, the smart thing to do would be to take to social media to calmly explain how your restaurant was misrepresented, right?Or, you can try this:"WE DO NOT NEED THIS. YOU STUPID PEOPLE. ... DO NOT BLAME US BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT AFFORD QUALITY. THE YELPERS, AND NOW THE REDDITS, NEED TO BACK OFF. YOURE NOT RIGHT BECAUSE OF SOME TV SHOW."A Facebook freakout? Wrong you are, apparently:"WE ARE NOT FREAKING OUT WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT A 'WITCH HUNT' I AM NOT A WITCH. I AM GODS CHILD. P--- OFF ALL OF YOU. F--- REDDITS, F--- YELP AND F--- ALL OF YOU. BRING IT. WE WILL FIGHT BACK."Believe us when we tell you they were just getting started. Things got so bad that Amy's has since created a new Facebook page. Nearly a month later, let's just say that it's still not polite coffee talk.The Comic Sans LeBron slamCleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert's 2010 open letter to fans after LeBron James left the team for the shores of South Beach is mainly remembered for another typographical choice. His fiery screed was typed in Comic Sans -- an Internet-reviled font that is sort of hard to read without giggling.But it was the single sentence he decided to go all-caps with that makes this list:"I PERSONALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WILL WIN AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP BEFORE THE SELF-TITLED FORMER 'KING' WINS ONE"As you NBA fans may have noted, James already has one title under his belt with the Miami Heat and he's currently in the finals playing for number two.The Cavs? Still waiting.I'll tweet you, babeCher got riled up enough at Donald Trump to go all-caps.OK, Cher, we get it. Donald Trump rubs a lot of people the wrong way.From the tone-deaf self-promotion to the strident political views, Mr. Apprentice has mixed it up with everyone from irreverent sports blog Deadspin to CNN's own Wolf Blitzer.So when the pop-music icon caught on to an effort to boycott Trump's line of neckties, she was so worked up she had to do it in all-caps."I'll NEVER GO TO MACY'S AGAIN! I didn't know they sold Donald Trump's Line! If they don't care that they sell products from a LOUDMOUTH," Cher wrote on Twitter. Then: "RACIST CRETIN,WHO'D LIE LIKE 'HIS RUG' TO GET SOME CHEAP PRESS! I CANT BELIEVE MACY'S THINKS HE'S THE RIGHT 'MAN' 2 REPRESENT THEIR NAME!"Say what you will about The Donald. At least he didn't resort to all-caps in his response."@cher should spend more time focusing on her family and dying career!" Trump wrote.We didn't say it was classy. Just that it wasn't in all-caps.Drunk Hulk Is drunkWe're not sure how the real Hulk types, but Drunk Hulk is all-caps all the time.OK, we didn't say they were the worst all-caps rants. Just the top ones.And it's hard to top an enormous green rage monster who has knocked back a few too many.Twitter's Drunk Hulk, one of our favorite parody accounts, tweets sort of exactly like you'd imagine a witty, pre-intervention Hulk would tackle the topics of the day.On government surveillance: "IT GREAT GOVERNMENT RECORD EVERY PHONE CALL! NOW DRUNK HULK FIND OUT WHAT WAS SAID WHEN DRUNK HULK CALL YOU LAST NIGHT!"On really sad fantasy epics: "GAME OF THRONES! GO TO YOUR ROOM! AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DONE!"On a Billy Joel classic: "IF YOU SEE MAN MAKING LOVE TO TONIC AND GIN AT BAR! NO SING SONG ABOUT IT! CALL POLICE IMMEDIATELY!"His whole Twitter feed is an all-caps rant. And we're not going to tell him to stop, are you?What did we miss? 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Worries around emerging markets are likely to be amplified this week with the US Federal Reserve expected to announce another $US10 billion ($11 billion) cut to its stimulus program, just as tensions in Ukraine and growth concerns in China intensify.
Australian shares, which are down 0.43 per cent this year, are expected to fall at the start of trading on Monday, with the SPI futures pointing to a drop of 18 points, 0.3 per cent.
Weighing on the local market is weaker data from China, with retail sales falling short of estimates and industrial output cooling more than estimated in January and February.
The S&P/ASX 200 closed at 5329 points on Friday, down 2.4 per cent for the week, with Friday registering as one of the worst sessions in over a month. Both the ASX 200 and All Ordinaries dropped 1.5 per cent.
Emerging markets assets are expected to come under further pressure this week with the Fed's expected tapering plans set to give international more reason to pull out of the region and head to the safety of US dollars.
The Australian dollar last traded at US90.29¢ on Friday and is up 1.29 per cent for the year. Generally, each time the Fed has trimmed its monthly stimulus program, the Aussie has fallen and the US dollar strengthened.
Many economists believe Fed chair Janet Yellen, in her first meeting as head of the Federal Open Market Committee, will trim the quantitative easing (QE) program on Wednesday by another $US10 billion to $US55 billion a month.
In Australia, minutes from the last Reserve Bank of Australia Board meeting are due on Tuesday and likely to reiterate that the RBA is comfortable with the way the economy is responding to record-low interest rates at 2.5 per cent.
"We retain our view that rates will remain unchanged over the first half of 2014, but with two further 25bp rate cuts in the second half," said Westpac senior economist Matthew Hassan.
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This year is proving more volatile for shares, and many currencies, than the start of last year, with two significant global events unnerving investors.
Though the US central bank is tipped to debate the impact of poor weather on much of this year's economic data, it is likely to conclude that the recovery is on track and the days of record-low interest rates numbered.
"Inflationary impulses incubated by the combination of falling unemployment and rising wages in the US are unmistakable," said QIC head of fixed income Susan Buckley.
"We think these trends could lead to a Federal Funds Rate of around 2 per cent by the end of 2016. That's a far cry from today's near-zero figure," she said.
"The Fed previously signalled that a migration back towards more normal interest rates could begin once the unemployment rate fell to 6.5 per cent. That threshold has almost been hit, but the Fed is now saying that moves towards higher interest rates will be delayed. This is provoking a great deal of conjecture as to what may trigger action."
A withdrawal of Fed stimulus comes during a fragile week for global shares with ongoing worries about the situation in Ukraine after Sunday's Crimean vote. On Friday, European shares fell 0.6 per cent and the main US benchmark, the S&P 500, fell 0.3 per cent.
Safe-haven assets like gold benefited, with the spot price up 0.4 per cent to $US1379 an ounce.
In the US, the March NAHB home builders' conditions index and inflation data is due on Monday, February housing starts are expected to be released on Tuesday, and existing home sales on Thursday.
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