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The LA Galaxy announced on Friday that they have signed goalkeeper Trey Mitchell.
The signing of Mitchell comes after the announcement that Brian Perk will miss the 2015 season due to an ankle injury. The Alta Loma native will serve as the backup goalkeeper for Brian Rowe during Saturday's clash with D.C. United.
The LA Galaxy will be without Brian Perk for the duration of the 2015 MLS season, after the goalkeeper underwent successful surgery to repair a dislocated and fractured left ankle, the team announced on Friday.
Perk suffered the non-contact injury during a scrimmage with Galaxy II several weeks ago. The 25-year-old goalkeeper has made seven career appearances for the Galaxy first team since joining the club in 2010.
Perk's season-ending surgery comes after a difficult past two seasons that saw the goalkeeper deal with concussion symptoms as well as other injuries.
CARSON, Calif. – Goalkeeper Brian Rowe will step in the net for the LA Galaxy for a third time this season when LA take on D.C. United with the full confidence of the team's coaching staff.
With incumbent starter Jaime Penedo away on international duty, Rowe will make his third start of the season. In two appearances this season, Rowe has compiled a 1-0-1 record with three saves and only two goals allowed.
Ahead of the match against United, Rowe is confident that the Galaxy can get a result at RFK Stadium despite missing three starters due to international duty.
"I feel good. … Moving forward, we're just trying to fine tune a little bit and get into more of a rhythm," said Rowe. "It's fun working with this backline because they do a great job of defending as a team, and make it fun for me. We're going to try to go into each game and get the most out of it."
According to Galaxy boss Bruce Arena, the fact that Rowe has already seen considerable time in goal this season, will only benefit him when he suits up at RFK Stadium.
"It was very important. He's comfortable now," Arena said. "He's prepared to play in this game and that was good. This was all part of the reason that he played in the first game."
The LA Galaxy and the Angel City Brigade announced on Tuesday that they have worked in collaboration to lift the sanctions levied on the group levied on the group and the restoration of their full supporters' game-day privileges for the remainder of the 2015 MLS season.
ACB will have their full privileges restored for the club's next two matches on the road against D.C. United (March 28) and Vancouver Whitecaps FC (April 4). The group's first home match with full privileges will be the Galaxy's April 12 fixture against Seattle Sounders FC.
CARSON, Calif. – Jose Villarreal has blossomed into one of the bright spots of the LA Galaxy's 2015 campaign, and now that has placed the midfielder back on the radar of the U.S. National Team's U-23 squad.
The Galaxy have two representatives on Andres Herzog's U-23 squad as defender Oscar Sorto and Galaxy II forward Ariel Lassiter made the roster, but Villarreal confirmed that he was initially on that list as well, but declined the opportunity in order to focus on solidifying his role with the Galaxy.
"I spoke to Bruce and said that I just wanted to stay and work with the team because [international call-ups] will come eventually," Villarreal told LA Galaxy Insider on Monday ahead of the team's D.C. United this weekend. "I personally wanted to stay because I didn't want to kill the rhythm that I have with the team, and have to come back and need to win my spot again.
"[International play] will come with the way that I've been playing," he added. "I just have to keep being consistent with the form that I have. The U-23s are a tough group to get into, with a lot of talented players, but I think that if I keep improving then I can make that team."
After a difficult 2014 season, Villarreal has regained the swagger that made him one of the brightest young talents in MLS just a few seasons ago, even declaring that "there's no going down from here."
"There's nothing that you can ask for other than working hard on the field other than hustling and busting your ass on the field," said Villarreal. "That's what most players want from the youngsters so you have to do that no matter what."
Training Notebook: Bruce Arena pleased with A.J. DeLaGarza's LA Galaxy II performance; youngsters join U.S. youth teams
CARSON, Calif. -- A.J. DeLaGarza made a major step forward in his recovery from a left foot injury on Sunday by going 90 minutes for LA Galaxy II in their scoreless draw with Real Monarchs SLC, and now that performance could see him return to the lineup for this weekend's match against D.C. United.
With Bruce Arena and the rest of the Galaxy staff watching from the StubHub Center Track and Field Stadium stands, DeLaGarza put in a confident performance as he helped Los Dos keep the Real Salt Lake USL affiliate off the scoreboard. The action was just DeLaGarza's third in-game stint in 2015 as he played briefly during the club's home opener against Chicago Fire and then again in an small scrimmage between the first team and Los Dos a week later.
"He played well," Arena said. "He's coming back and needed to get a game in. I think overall, it was a positive showing."
The LA Galaxy will have three of their bright young stars join U.S. youth national teams during the upcoming international window.
LA will have two representatives on the U.S. Under-23 squad as defender Oscar Sorto and Galaxy II striker Ariel Lassiter were named to the head coach Andres Hertzog's European camp that will feature matches against Bosnia & Herzegovina's U-23 squad on March 27 and Denmark's U-23's on March 31. Lassiter will be making his first appearance for the U.S. youth squad while Sorto, who trained with the senior national team in January, is expecting to take a leadership role with the squad.
"I'm going to ge tthere with confidence. I know what the coach wants from each player. I'm feeling very confident that I know how Hertzog wants to prepare and play," said Sorto. "This camp is going to be tough because I know that there will be a lot of players from around the world fighting for positions, but I think it's going to be a fun experience."
While the U-23's are training on the old continent, Galaxy Homegrown Player Bradford Jamieson IV and the U.S. Under-20's will train for a week in England. During their training camp in London, Jamieson IV and the rest of Tab Ramos' squad will face Tottenham Hotspur's U-21 team on March 27 in London, and then England's Under-21 Men's National Team on March 29
"It feels good to join the squad. It's going to be great facilities and good competition over there with our two games," said Jamieson. "I love playing in England because soccer is a lifestyle there, and everyone loves the game so it makes it a good place to play."
No LA Galaxy player this side of David Beckham has ever gone from hated foe to reviered hero faster than Alan Gordon.
After making a habit of scoring against the Galaxy during his time with Chivas USA and Toronto FC, Gordon morphed into a true villian during his time with the hated San Jose Earthquakes. However, after returning to the club via a trade with San Jose last year, Gordon has endeared himself to LA supporters with five goals in 2014, and another in the early stages of the 2015 season.
Gordon has not only won the hearts of minds of Galaxy fans on the field, however, as he's also displayed a willingness to make his presence felt with supporters by buying pizzas and kegs at Galaxy matches. The 33-year-old was at it again on Sunday when he brought a keg of beer to tailgaters at Galaxy II's season opener.
For Gordon, who went from enemy to hero faster than any player in Galaxy history, such fan support initatives are incredibly important for him and the team.
"I was asked to draw some attention to Galaxy II and help bring people to support our young guys. We take a lot of the headlines [with the first team] so we know that we need to have people come out and follow some of our youngest players"
LA Galaxy II head coach Curt Onalfo hopes finishing improves as Los Dos plays Real Monarchs to scoreless draw
CARSON, Calif. -- LA Galaxy II opened their 2015 USL campaign with a scoreless draw against Real Monarchs, but head coach Curt Onalfo believed that his squad deserved far better had they finished their chances.
For much of the game, Galaxy II were the better side as they routinely tested the Monarchs defense, and forced visiting goalkeeper Lalo Fernandez to make four stops on the evening. Whether it was Travis Bowen, Adonis Amaya or Ariel Lassiter, Galaxy II's strikers routinely tested the Monarchs defense, but were unable to tally the winner that Los Dos needed.
Even though his team earned a point in their first match of 2015, Onalfo admitted that he felt his group should have taken all three points.
"When a team comes in and drops those types of numbers behind the ball, it's an exercise in breaking down low pressure so the chances are few and far between. On the circumstances, we created enough chances but we just rushed it a little bit," Curt Onalfo told LAGalaxy.com. "The field was a little tight so it makes it a little bit more difficult, but having said that, we didn't give much away and we just have to figure out ways be sharper and find ways to break down low pressure."
Although Onalfo was somewhat frustrated about his young forwards inability to break down the Monarchs defensive line, he still had praise for Amaya who was making his first professional start.
"He's a solid player and is adjusting to the pace of the game which is normal given where he's coming from," said Onalfo. "He's a very smart player though and you can tell that he's going to continue to progress."
CARSON, Calif. -- A.J. DeLaGarza made a major step forward in his injury recovery by going 90 minutes for LA Galaxy II in their scoreless draw with Real Monarchs SLC on Sunday evening at StubHub Center.
DeLaGarza started in central defense for Los Dos as Galaxy II were rarely tested by the Real Salt Lake affiliate who were playing in their first-ever match.The appearance was DeLaGarza's longest of 2015 as the defender made just a brief cameo for the Galaxy first team in their opening match after missing much of the preseason with a left foot injury.
Although DeLaGarza was rarely tested, the match nearly turned dark for the defender as he appeared to injury his ankle in stoppage time after a late challenge by a Real Monarchs defender.
"90 minutes of time as a center back is probably just 45 minutes fitness wise for an outside back, but I felt fine," said A.J. DeLaGarza. They didn't have many chances in our half where we were running too much. I felt like as a group we were organized and we didn't really allow them anything. At the end of the game, one of their young guys tried to make a play as I was going to clear the ball, and he just ran through my ankle. I honestly thought it popped out, but thankfully nothing bad happened and I just jogged off."
Training Notebook: Robbie Keane talks about Houston Dynamo coach Owen Coyle; youth goalkeeper Eric Lopez trains with LA
CARSON, Calif. – LA Galaxy captain Robbie Keane will have an opportunity to take an old rival from England on Saturday when he faces the Owen Coyle coached Houston Dynamo.
Appointed the Dynamo manager in the offseason, the Scottish-born coach spent the majority of his coaching career in England where he took on the Galaxy's Irish captain a number of times.
"I know Owen Coyle very well. [He's] a very, very good manager, enthusiastic. He'll have his players ready for the game," Keane said. "We're playing at home though; the most important thing is to continue the way we've played at home. Attack people and score goals."
Keane admits that Coyle coached teams will not be easy, however.
"They're very enthusiastic, lot of energy. Look at Owen himself, he was like that as a player and certainly as a manager," Keane said. "It will be a tough game, well-organized. I'm delighted he's in this league because I've always respected him."
The LA Galaxy sent third year forward Charlie Rugg on loan to NASL club Indy Eleven on Wednesday, and a day later, Bruce Arena elaborated on the move that he hopes gives the forward added experience.
"It was a variety of reasons," Arena explained. "There's not much of a story right now to tell, but the NASL is theoretically a stronger league and a little better competition for Charlie. We hope it will help him grow."
The LA Galaxy Academy product Eric Lopez trained with the first team on Thursday after returning from a stint with the U.S. Under-17 national team.
The 16-year-old Lopez who has been a part of the U.S. Residency Program for a year, but with the team on a two-week spring break, the youngster had a chance to train with LA's first team.
"It was a different experience. Training with the first team is much harder and much faster than the youth level," Lopez told LA Galaxy Insider. "I feel like I can get used to it quickly though, but it's a much different experience."
Lopez wasn't the only youth goalkeeper to be training in the Galaxy system on Thursday as Mexico U-17 'keeper Abraham Romero trained with Los Dos after leading El Tri to a berth to the U-17 World Cup.
CARSON, Calif. -- The LA Galaxy host the Houston Dynamo this Saturday in their third match of the 2015 MLS regular season.
In the latest edition of LAGalaxy.com's By the Numbers, we take a look at the club's recent struggles against the Dynamo.
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Mafia is a 3D action game, played in the third person. The player assumes the role of a gangster in an American city of the 1930s, and gets a chance to live through gangster's rise and fall. In a spell-binding story of human hunger for power, he will experience everything that was taking place in the underworld during this stormy period: high-speed car chases, bootlegging, assassinations, and bank robberies. We set the story in a huge, fully-functional city, created 60 vehicles to choose from and more than 20 missions filled with non-stop action. The gameplay does not end there with over 40 little and large mods available, this game is great!
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Leeds Children's Mayor Candidate: Bramley St Peters Primary School
Name: Shavannah Wood
School: Bramley St. Peters Primary School
Slogan: Be a culture vulture!
Do you realise that there are 9 amazing museums / galleries in Leeds?
(Abbey House Museum, The Discovery Centre, Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds City Museum, Armley Mills, Temple Newsam, Lotherton Hall and Thwaites Mill)
There is also an amazing website that tells you all about them – but do children know it is there?
We are lucky to have all of these fabulous museums but how many children go and visit them? I did a survey around all the classes in my school and found that only 15 children out of 253 had been to Lotherton Hall and only 97 had been to Kirkstall Abbey – which is on our doorstep!
Isn't this terrible?
How do we improve this?
If I were 'Children's Mayor there are three things I would do.
I would ask Leeds City Council to arrange a free open day/weekend to all 9 museums, to encourage more children and adults to visit. This would really help large families, like mine, where there are six children for whom the cost can get very expensive.
If we want it to be easy to travel from one museum to another on the open day then we need cheaper bus fares for families on that day. I would write to First Leeds and WYMetro to ask them to put on special prices for the museum open day once a date had been decided.
I would help design a leaflet to inform all the children in Leeds about the 9 fabulous museums. In it I would put opening times, where they are (mark them all on a map of leeds) and how much they usually cost. It would also give them the website address ( http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsand galleries/Pages/default.aspx ). Hopefully it could also tell them about the free open day we had organised!
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One of the many important collections on offer is AN EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTION OF ROMANEE CONTI (Lots 418-476). Comprised of nearly sixty lots of DRC exclusively from the vineyards of Romanee Conti and Montrachet, the vintages on offer span the years 1986 through 2009 and include some of the finest of the modern era. The careful storage and maintenance conditions of the wines are readily apparent from reviewing the archival photographs of each bottle of Romanee Conti, viewable on our webpage. Overall this auction is one that no Burgundy aficionado will want to miss!


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Barefoot Books Honored With Awards for Best Children's Books and Activities
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 1 /PRNewswire/ — Barefoot Books, the independent children's publisher, today announced that it has received gold medals from the Nautilus Book Awards and the IPPY Awards for outstanding children's books and activities. Gold Nautilus Book Awards were given to two Barefoot titles: Little Leap Forward: A Boy in Beijing by Guo Yue & Clare Farrow, and illustrated by Helen Cann; and The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales, by Dawn Casey, and illustrated by Anne Wilson. A gold IPPY Award was given to Kids' Garden: 40 Fun Indoor and Outdoor Activities and Games by Whitney Cohen, Life Lab Science Program, and illustrated by Roberta Arenson. The awards were announced at the BookExpo America trade show and conference last week in New York City.
The Nautilus Book Awards recognize titles that promote conscious living and positive social change, offering readers new possibilities for a better life and a better world. Earth Tales, honored for best children's picture book, helps children learn about the earth through engaging folk tales and related crafts from different cultures, including India and Nigeria. Little Leap Forward, which won in the Fiction Teen category, is a story of the author's childhood in Beijing that brings the Cultural Revolution alive in a way that is unforgettable for young readers.
The IPPY Awards, presented by IndependentPublisher.com, attracted nearly 900 entries this year. The Kids' Garden activity deck was selected to win in the Children's Interactive Category. The 40 laminated activity cards with colorful collage artwork provide easy and fun follow-along activities for gardening projects such as planting a pizza garden, collecting seeds in socks, and creating paper pots. The activities provide a great way for budding green-thumbed gardeners to plant, investigate, learn and experiment.
"We are excited and honored to have received these gold medal awards for three of our titles that teach children about the world through engaging stories and activities," said Barefoot Books Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief, Tessa Strickland. "We started Barefoot Books nearly twenty years ago to offer children books that would feed the imagination while instilling a respect for diversity and a love of the planet. We are so pleased to be recognized as a publisher that is providing timeless stories, captivating art and earth-friendly activities for our young audience."
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Harry Potter and the Long War
Chapter One
The Channel was a right bloody mess as a storm raged across the whole of south England. At forty thousand feet in the air, Harry Potter, was above the lightning, thunder, and whipping rain, but it didn't stop him from cursing his ill luck.
No one bothered to divine the weather on this most auspicious of nights. Most likely they had taken the word of some Frog wizard without double checking. Everyone knew that the Frogs were only halfheartedly involved in this war so what did they care about missions into the heart of darkness?
"Who's bloody idea was this anyway?" he muttered.
"Who amongst you English cares so much about the fate of every man, woman, and child in your lands/" A feminine voice with a delicious trace of a French accent said into his ear.
Harry grinned as he glanced to his left to see a witch flying beside him on her own broom. Fleur Delacour, beautiful, petite, and the most dangerous woman he'd ever had the luck to share a bed with. She arched an aristocratic brow at him.
Bloody bleeding Minister of Magic in Exile, Severus Snape. There was a war to be fought and here they were, the best of the Order riding straight into the maw of the Death Eaters for what looked to be a purely PR endeavor.
"Give them hope," Snape had said. "Give the people hope."
Harry fished out a pocket watch from his robes and glanced down at the storm below. Well, if he didn't want to be above the British coastline, in a storm, and with his arse hanging out for all to see, he bloody well shouldn't have volunteered for the mission in the first place. He cast a smile back to Delacour.
"Let's give some Death Eater hell, shall we, love?"
Delacour gave back a predatory smile.
Lord Gregory Lackheart, Pure Blood Death Eater; second class, regional commander of the Southern British Defense Network, glared at his subordinate.
"What do you mean, you felt something?" he demanded.
The subordinate, some mudblood that didn't deserve to be in his presence, huddled at his feet. "The net, m'lord, something passed through it."
"Something? Something?" he snarled. He kicked the mudblood and stormed off to the net. "I should hang you for such drivel."
A dozen goblins cranked and twisted knobs on a machine of brass and steel. They looked up at the Lackheart and moved a tad faster at their work. Their lord was in a foul mood and they knew what that brought, death.
Lackheart stopped before a great tapestry mounted on the wall. It showed all fifty defense platforms that were under his control, the southern line of defense from the mudblood invasion that was brewing across the Channel. He peered at the net, a fine silver thread that crisscrossed the tapestry.
Something blipped on it. Right over his platform. Number 42.
"What the-" he began.
An explosion erupted and Lackheart was thrown into the tapestry.
A hole twenty feet across and twice as high was blown into the main wall of the defense platform. Goblins ran, knowing that there was going to be some bad things going down. Meanwhile, the small detachment of guards scrambled to the hole, wands held high.
A figure marched through the hole, a broomstick over a shoulder and a wand in his other hand. He grinned down at the milling guards.
"Oi, I'm Harry Potter and I've got a message for you beloved lord and master, Voldie. 'He's a fuckwit arsehole.'" Harry said.
The guards stared at him.
"Bloody hell, I'll just tell him myself," he said, tossing aside his broomstick.
The guards rushed him and Harry smiled.
"Sir! Sir!" a half blood courier cried.
Ronald Weasley, Pure Blood, Death Eater; second class, and combat auror, stopped and watched as the young woman caught up with his long strides. She carried a scroll that she handed to him after bowing. Ron read the message and looked at the woman.
"Lord Voldemort commands me so?" he asked.
"Sir, a few minutes ago there was a report that said there was an attack upon the Southern Defense Line." The courier said, bowing again. "The Advisors think it's just an Order probe, but Our Lord wishes further investigation."
"Lackheart, he may have the bloodlines and connections to achieve a command position, but lack's more than just heart," Ronald glared.
"Sir…" the woman said terrified. "I was just told to deliver the message."
Ronald looked down at the woman and smiled apologetically. He slipped the briefcase he had been carrying into the woman's arms. "Please, tell Lord Voldemort that his will shall be done."
The courier bowed and backed out of his sight.
Ronald pulled out his wand, took a breath, and apparated.
Smoke filled Ronald's lungs. He coughed and waved his wand to clear the air. Immediately he knew that it wasn't just a simple raid or probe into the defense line. This was a full out attack. Fire and destruction filled the main control room and there weren't any workers to be seen anywhere.
Rage filled Ronald as he marched through the fire and smoke, his eyes locking upon a writhing figure on the floor. A half blood guard lay in a pool of his own blood, he looked pleadingly at Ronald.
"Help, sir," the man whispered.
"What happened here?" Ronald demanded.
"It was Harry Potter, sir. He's here."
"Harry Potter! Why wasn't this message sent to the Ministry!" He flashed the guard and stormed into the smoke and fire, following the sounds of fighting.
A guard stumbled away, his face on fire. Harry pulled out his pocket watch and sighed.
"Sorry, gents, but this wizard is going to have to call it a night." Harry slipped the watch back into his robes.
Harry whirled around and saw a flash of red before he was thrown to the ground. His breath was knocked out of him and he cursed himself for not being faster. He rolled to his feet, a spell on his lips, but something hard, bright, and painful struck him in the chest. He went down to his knees.
"Bloody hell," he muttered, spitting blood.
"Look at me, Potter!" a voice screamed.
Harry looked up to see a tall ginger bloke standing over him. The features and hair were familiar to him.
"A bloody ginger, must be a bleeding Weasley," he said, laughing.
"I am Ronald Weasley and you're going to die tonight, Potter!" the man yelled.
"Didn't I kill one of you buggers in Belgium? How many of you are there?" Harry got to his feet, watching as the man's faced flash to a crimson that almost matched his hair color.
"His name was George and I'm here to avenge him!"
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Maths Trails: Visualising is part of a series of mathematics enrichment titles developed by the NRICH team at Cambridge University. This teacher's guide details 17 problem solving activities arranged in a trail progressing in difficulty. Each activity focusses on a specific skill or strategy that develops a particular aspect of problem solving. Full supporting notes for teachers include clear links to the curriculum, useful questions, prompts and hints for students and possible outcomes for each activity. Links to similar problems on the NRICH website are given and students are encouraged to post their solutions on the site.
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Ashlee is modeling self-esteem for teen girls, telling them they can triumph over adversity and survive without a man and that a breakup may be the best thing that happens to them (you hear this message all the time in teenpop). And she's trying to work defeat and desperation into all this self-worth. These two impulses aren't necessarily antithetical: The Courtney Love typesAshlee isn't one, even though she has her angry momentsare ultimately affirming themselves too, or affirming something, embracing life including one's own disastrous self. But certainly that quest takes them through a whole heap of self-loathing.
Recently on a message board, someone named Cunga called Ashlee "a rich valley girl with a Christian youth-group father incorporating the image of a G-rated 'rocker/punk' as a marketing move for the type of MTV viewing teens who might think Green Day is the epitome of dangerous." I won't argue, because I don't know. Until a couple of weeks ago it hadn't occurred to me to wonder if Ashlee might be punk. If she is, it's just an impulse (emotional? aesthetic? commercial?), not a lifestyle choice. She's not in alternative's sociopostyouthical quasi-bohemia. Some people in that bohemia not only can't imagine that an Ashlee Simpson could possibly create an album that's better than the recent Hold Steady, Lightning Bolt, LCD Soundsystem (but she did, and it's better than the Pink and Avril albums that paved her way too), but they also can't consider the idea that her occasional punk moments are more galvanizing than those of the Hold Steady et al. But you know, if you go way back to the original punk rock, it wasn't just angry kids in the garage but bizzers and pros and schemers and nice girls in cubicles writing lyrics on demand and copycats trying this and that fashionable style and getting lucky on the angry stuff (that last applies to the kids in the garage too): "Steppin' Stone," "Kicks," "96 Tears," "Wild Thing," "Gloria," "Hanky Panky."
What Ashlee and her main collaborator, John Shanks, themselves do, actually, is to pull styles from here and there: The current single "L.O.V.E." is funny chirpy dance-funk on the theme of girl bonding, and it's great. The album's first single, "Boyfriend," uses an echoed laugh right off the Clash's "London Calling" and mimics that same song's clipped reggae chords, with a Gang of Four/Franz Ferdinand snapping-twig guitar riff launching each verse. Ashlee goes tuneful and anthemic on the chorus; this may seem to run counter to the song's bubble-punk impulses, but works for me (one of the potent contradictions in "Anarchy in the U.K." is that it's an engaging wrap-your-arms-around-each-other sing-along anthem about destroying everything). "Catch Me When I Fall" is a good soft, sensitive ballad. She asks, "Who will save me from myself?" but basically evades the issue, since she wants to be rescued rather than transformed. She sings, "When the lights are off something's killing me," but she doesn't say what's killing her. (I mean, like, boo hoo. As Gary Allan says, things are tough all over.) I do wonder if her choruses wouldn't be more powerful if she didn't rely so much on souping everything up with double-tracked singing and 101 guitars. Her voice isn't a powerhouse, and it's not as scabrous or throat-retchingly thrilling as Courtney's, but it is a tough little one, the bruised feel being perhaps too consistent, too solid. I want to hear the voice crack up. I miss the excitement of music potentially veering out of control, which I get a little bit from Franz Ferdinand and a lot from long-ago bands like the Electric Eels and the Stooges, the feel of somehow keeping your wheels under you while skidding full-throttle near the cliff. Right, we're not getting that from Ashlee. But we're rarely getting it from anyone else, either.
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Frances E. (Sitterly) Osborn, 76, of Monroeville, Ohio, died Wednesday, May 29, 2013 in her home.
She was born January 15, 1937 in Norwalk, Ohio to the late Clarence J. and Bernice A. (Wechter) Sitterly and was a lifelong area resident.
Frances retired from Norwalk Furniture in 1999 with 34 years of service and was the former owner of J & S. Ceramics and the Craft Connection, both of Monroeville, Ohio.
She enjoyed playing bingo, gardening, baking, fishing, and spending time with her family and special friends, Sue Hopkins of Bellevue, Ohio and the late Stella Claus.
Frances is survived by her children, Michael Stephen and Lori Kleinowski of Duluth, Georgia, Larry A. Osborn and Jan Ross of Monroeville, Ohio, Terry L. Osborn of Sandusky, Ohio, Cynthia L. Osborn and Eric Clause of Monroeville, Ohio, Virgil L. Osborn of Monroeville, Ohio and Kimberly A. and Thomas Meesig of Monroeville, Ohio, by her grandchildren, Brittany, Steffany, Carly, Derrick, Melissa, Crystal, Trisha, Logan, and Alan, and by her great grandchildren, Austin and Stella.
She is also survived by her siblings, Ruth and Frank Fox of Sandusky, Ohio, Helen and Larry McGuckin of Collins, Ohio, Donna Myers, and the late Donald Myers, of California, Robert and Mary Sitterly of Monroeville, Ohio, Mary and Jake Hinkle of Norwalk, Ohio, Sharon Sitterly Valeriane of Russell, Texas, James and Joan Sitterly of Norwalk, Ohio, Michael and Jill Sitterly of Monroeville, Ohio, Dennis and Martha Sitterly of Norwalk, Ohio, Marie and Rodney Chandler of Wakeman, Ohio, Donald and Rebecca Sitterly of Norwalk, Ohio, Thomas and LouAnne Sitterly of Monroeville, Ohio and Eugene and Mary Sitterly of Norwalk, Ohio, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Friends may call on Sunday, June 2, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in Walker Funeral Home, 98 West Main Street, Norwalk, Ohio. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, June 3, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. in St. Paul Catholic Church, 91 East Main Street, Norwalk, Ohio. Rev. Kenneth Morman will officiate. Interment will be in St. Paul Cemetery.
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Mark Trumbo
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Mark Daniel Trumbo
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 4", Weight 220 lb.
- High School Villa Park High School
- Debut September 11, 2010
- Born January 16, 1986 in Anaheim, CA USA
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Mark Trumbo topped 30 minor league home runs in 2008 and 2010, then made the majors the latter year.
Trumbo was a Baseball America second-team All-American in 2004 as a high school senior, going 10-2 with a save and a 2.20 ERA with 89 K in 73 innings while hitting .421 with 9 homers in 88 AB. The Anaheim Angels drafted him as a right-handed pitcher in the 18th round of the 2004 amateur draft. He signed with scout Tim Corcoran of his hometown team for $1.425 million instead of following through with his scholarship to the University of Southern California.
By the time Trumbo made his pro debut with the 2005 Orem Owlz, though, he was a position player, hitting .274/.322/.458 with 10 homers and 23 doubles in 299 AB. He tied Dallas Morris for the most doubles in the Pioneer League, led in at-bats and was second to Morris in extra-base hits, 35 to 34. He also led the league's first basemen in putouts (706) and double plays (57). He helped his team take the pennant. He failed to win All-Star honors but Baseball America did rate him as the league's #14 prospect, best of any first baseman.
Mark was awful with the 2006 Cedar Rapids Kernels (.220/.293/.355). He did lead the Midwest League with 1,033 putouts at first but also made 18 errors, one behind MWL leader Erik Lis. Back with the Kernels in '07, Trumbo improved to .272/.326/.427. Assigned to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes for 2008, Trumbo showed significant strides, batting .283/.329/.553 with 26 homers in 103 games, then hit .276/.311/.496 with six more dingers in 32 games after a promotion to the Arkansas Travelers. He helped Arkansas win the Texas League title. He was named the California League All-Star first baseman and led the Angels minors in homers (32), RBI (93) and total bases (286). He tied Mike Stanton for second in the affiliated minors in total bases, two shy of leader Chris Carter. He had more than doubled his prior high in homers.
In 2009, Trumbo produced at a .291/.333/.452 rate with 35 doubles, 15 homers and 88 RBI for Arkansas. He was third in the Texas League in doubles (6 behind Carter), 4th in hits (155) and 4th in total bases (241). He lost All-Star honors at first to Carter.
Trumbo continued to pound the ball in 2010 with the Salt Lake Bees, batting .301/.368/.577 with 103 runs, 29 doubles, 36 homers and 122 RBI. He led the Pacific Coast League in home runs (3 ahead of Greg Halman), led in RBI (16 ahead of Brad Snyder) and led in runs (six more than the runner-ups). He tied Mike Moustakas for the most homers in the affiliated minors but lost the Round-Tripper Award to Moustakas based on RBI. He was named the PCL All-Star first baseman but lost MVP honors to J.P. Arencibia.
That earned Trumbo a September call-up to the big leagues. In his first MLB at-bat, he pinch-hit for Mike Napoli and struck out against Jamey Wright. He went 1 for 15 in 8 games in his first taste of the big leagues. In 2011, with Kendrys Morales out for the season, he became the Angels' starting first baseman. He showed good power, belting 29 homers - tops among all major league rookies - and 31 doubles. Overall, he hit .254 in 149 games, but drew only 25 walks (against 120 strikeouts), for a poor .291 on-base percentage. He slugged .477 for a 114 OPS+. He lost out to the Tampa Bay Rays' Jeremy Hellickson in the vote for the 2011 American League Rookie of the Year Award, finishing second in the balloting.
He hit .268/.317/.491 for a 124 OPS+ in Angels, alternating between the corner outfield slots, DH and the corner infield positions. He homered 32 times, drove in 95 and whiffed 153 times. He made the AL team for the 2012 All-Star Game. Replacing Jose Bautista in right field, he struck out against R.A. Dickey and Aroldis Chapman his two trips up, facing two very different types of pitchers. He finished among the 2012 AL leaders in homers (tied for 10th with Adam Jones and Josh Reddick) and was 9th in strikeouts. He produced at a .234/.294/.453 clip (109 OPS+) with 85 runs, 30 doubles, 34 home runs, 100 RBI and 184 strikeouts for the 2013 Angels, still mostly an all-or-nothing hitter. He tied Adam Dunn for 4th in the 2013 AL in circuit clouts, was 8th in RBI (between David Ortiz and Mike Trout), was 5th in Ks (between Mike Napoli and Evan Longoria), was third in outs (behind Manny Machado and Elvis Andrus) and tied Edwin Encarnacion for 10th in extra-base hits (66).
On December 10, 2013, Trumbo was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks in return for Ps Tyler Skaggs and Hector Santiago, the latter coming form the Chicago White Sox in return for OF Adam Eaton. In the team's opening series in Sydney, Australia on March 22-23, he drove in 4 runs, including the D-Backs' first homer of the year, a two-run shot off Kenley Jansen in the 9th inning of the second game. He had some trouble playing in left field, though, and his team lost both games. From April 3-6th, he hit homers in four consecutive games to take the early lead in the National League home run race. He was hitting .264 with a league-leading 7 homers and 19 RBIs after 21 games when he was placed on the disabled list on April 23rd with a stress fracture in his left foot.
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- 2011 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
- AL All-Star (2012)
- 20-Home Run Seasons: 3 (2011-2013)
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At Wal-Mart, Obama praises steps on solar powerBy JIM KUHNHENN
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President Barack Obama speaks at a Walmart store in Mountain View, Calif., Friday. Obama announced new steps by companies, local governments and his own administration to deploy solar technology.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. Flanked by bargain-priced displays of womens wear and patio lighting, President Barack Obama came to a Wal-Mart store in Silicon Valley on Friday to praise new steps by businesses and communities to deploy solar energy, showcasing efforts to combat climate change that dont rely on a disinclined Congress.
Obama said more than 300 companies and state and local governments have pledged to use solar technology, and he unveiled his own executive actions aimed at increasing energy efficiency with a goal of reducing U.S. reliance on carbon fuels. The two tracks underscored Obamas strategy of sidestepping Congress to advance his own agenda, but they also illustrated the limits of his reach in a bitterly divided government.
The commitments were announcing today prove that there are cost-effective ways to tackle climate change and create jobs at the same time, Obama said at a sprawling Wal-Mart store in Mountain View.
The solar effort will power the equivalent of 130,000 homes, the White House said, while Obamas administrative actions could reduce carbon pollution in an amount equal to taking 80 million cars off the road for one year. The White House also announced that long-delayed energy efficiency standards for walk-in coolers and freezers have finally been completed.
Ticking off a list of economic and environmental benefits he attributed to solar technology, Obama cast the commitments as part of a broader campaign to reduce American energy dependence, create jobs in renewable energy and lower heat-trapping emissions blamed for global warming.
This is what you call a win-win-win, Obama told about 250 store employees as he wrapped up a three-day swing through California focused heavily on raising money for Democrats in advance of Novembers midterm elections.
Tweaking the mostly Republican opponents of his energy policies in Congress, Obama lamented that lawmakers have not always been as visionary on these issues as we would like. Thats why hes seizing opportunities this year to act unilaterally to advance those goals, Obama said.
Unfortunately, inside of Washington, we still have some climate deniers who shout loud, Obama said. But theyre wasting peoples time on a settled debate.
His policies unable to generate momentum in Congress, Obama has increasingly gone outside the federal government to press his agenda. He has won commitments from colleges and universities to expand access to more students; he has created innovation hubs that link businesses and education institutions; and he has drawn attention to companies and state and local governments that have increased pay for workers.
Still, that choice of tactics has severely limited what Obama may be able to accomplish, a reality the president acknowledged the night before as he spoke to donors at a fundraiser in La Jolla benefiting House Democrats.
Regardless of how hard I push, regardless of how many administrative actions I take, were not going to be able to go where we need to go, and can go, and should go unless Ive got a Congress thats willing to work with me, Obama said.MORE IN National / World BusinessWASHINGTON The U.S. economy shrank at a 0. Full StoryMAHANOY CITY, Pa. Full StoryWASHINGTON Average long-term U.S. Full Story
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spanky, the spoiled boy, loves his. This is his third. It does take him a while to do them in, but he is a little guy. Bigger dogs don't take long to do harmor finish them off.
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We had gotten the funny fleece that says "lil Buddy" which was the nickname of Harlem. (We lost Harlem in July 2007). But we had this toy when he was around and still have it.
It was alot of fun for the dogs.They would run around and squeak it. However, they did get a hole in it and destuffed it. We still have the toy minus the squeaker and stuffing. After all it was lil Buddy's LiL Buddy.
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Oscar got one of these plush funny fleece toys for Christmas. It is a mailman, because Mom is a mail carrier. He destuffed it very quickly to get the squeaker out, but he still plays with it. Washes easily.
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Sund: Perhaps Perry is ready to get back to our emergencies
I see that the federal appeals court has ordered the immediate enforcement of a new Texas law requiring doctors to subject all women seeking abortions to an ultrasound, to show them an image of the fetus, and to play for them the sound of the fetal heartbeat. Women can decline to view the images or listen to the heartbeat, but they have to listen to a description of the exam. The law was passed last year by the Texas Legislature after Gov. Rick Perry declared it an emergency. Is this the same Gov. Perry who was screaming about the national health care reform act telling doctors what to do?
I think we all want to reduce the number of abortions in our state and it is indeed an emergency situation when, despite our best efforts, Texas has one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancies in the nation. I'd like to suggest a couple of alternate ideas as to how reducing abortions might be accomplished.
One way to reduce the number of abortions is to prevent the number of unwanted pregnancies. That means young children must be given accurate medical information about birth control and protection from sexually transmitted diseases. This should be taught in junior high at the latest. The school nurse could be the provider of this information. At the same time, the students could be advised that abstinence until marriage is the best policy. Teaching abstinence alone is obviously not working.
Knowledge is power. We should empower our children so they can be the best person their potential allows. We should not ask our children to run life's race blindfolded and expect them to succeed. They need to be informed.
Another way to lower abortion rates would be to offer assistance to a woman who has an unplanned pregnancy. If she asks for an abortion because she knows she will be unable financially to provide and care for an infant, she could be assured that state assistance would be available for child care and to aid in the nutritional, educational and medical needs of the child after it is born.
Adoption is another option, but that is not always possible.
To advocate for lower abortion rates without advocating for birth control and child welfare seems contradictory to me.
Perry and the Republicans in the state Legislature did not seem to think this way. He and the Republicans in the Legislature slashed the budget for education, family planning and child welfare. I don't know who will be responsible for paying for the sonograms.
Perry is a politician and as such, he needs to attract voters to stay in office. I understand that. Perhaps this emergency was all a show in an effort to get the votes of the evangelicals and the Tea Party people when he made his planned run for the Republican nominee for president.
Another piece of Perry's emergency legislation was the voter ID. It is hardly an emergency when only a precious few citizens bother to come out to vote and it is hard to find a bona fide example of voter fraud. The real emergency is that people don't take the time to educate themselves on the issues and vote intelligently.
The Voters Guide put out by the League of Women Voters is a good start for nonpartisan information. Other sites to check facts are snopes.com and PolitiFacts.com
I just learned that Perry has dropped out of the race for the Republican nominee. He's coming home to Texas. Maybe now he can help us with the real emergencies in Texas like the dearth of funds for education, child care services, and health care and the failure to control air pollution along the coast.
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Leslie Ann Hunt and Forrest Lester Green were united in marriage on September 1, 2012, at the Hunt residence, East Benton, by the Rev. William Townsend.
The bride is the daughter of James and Bonnie Hunt, East Benton.
The groom is the son of David and Kathryn Green, Newton.
The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, chose her sister, Jamie Hunt, as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Theresa Green, sister of the groom; Molly VanDuzer, cousin of the bride and Kathryn Green, sister of the groom. The flower girls were Hailey and Kendall Shull, cousins of the bride.
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How easily can you resist a lil scratch and sniff with a stranger's pup? Yes, it's risky to approach a tethered dog (since you don't know if he's friendly) but sometimes those furry faces are darn hard to resist . . .Source: Flickr User greenkozi
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Smacks83 5 years
Its never a good idea to pet a tethered dog. They can feel trapped because they know they can't run. Personally I'll wave and say something like "Hello baby" or "Aww, look at the puppy!" but I never pet a dog without its owner's consent and if its tethered it probably because the owner isn't around that moment.
Yogaforlife 5 years
I always ask to pet the dogs and give them love when the owner says it's okay. Pet - when I vacationed in San Fran last year - I was so intrigued with how many people take their dogs with them when running errands and would leave the dog to wait outside while they ran in to grab something at a shop. And the number of cafes/restaurants that allowed people to eat at the outdoor seating with their dogs.
snarkypants 5 years
i would never pet a dog without the owner's permission, but like wassy said, i oooh and ahhhh all i want
Pampire 5 years
I ask the owner first and then pet if it don't bite. If its a stray or a neighborhood dog you can usually tell by the dogs behavior whether its friendly or not.
Choco-cat 5 years
yes, i say hi to pets. i don't try to pet them without asking though.
wassy988 5 years
I do "ooh" and "Aww" over other dogs, but rarely pet one. I'm a big fan of dog shows where you must contain yourself and not touch the precious ones, so it's become a habit to pass by them, but stare. My Bella LOVES when people and kids come and talk to her though, so maybe I should start petting other dogs. Can't hurt. :)
Happsmjc 5 years
obviously repeated myself! haha
Happsmjc 5 years
I don't live in a city where dogs are left alone like the one above, so when in the park or on the street I always approach dogs in the park and on the street when the owners seem friendly and give them love. I love when people do the same to my dog since thats all he wants in life!
runningesq 5 years
When I'm running -- all of the time! I stop and ask the owner if I can pet his or her dog... and one time, I petted a bangal cat on a leash :)
lostinsomniac 5 years
If the dog is tethered like the one above, I usually squat down at a safe distance and see if the dog approaches me (in the friendly way). Then I go in for the smooches. If the dog is with it's human, I always ask before petting.


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If English tabloid reports are to be believed, Everton manager David Moyes is the chosen successor to Ferguson, who is all set to put an end to a 27-year career at Old Trafford.
It's no secret anymore that Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is all set to put an end to his glorious 27-year career at Old Trafford. United's last match this season against West Brom on May 19 is expected to be his last in charge. But who is going to replace him? That's the question.
If English tabloid reports are to be believed, it's Everton manager David Moyes. The 50-year-old may not be as big in stature as Jose Mourinho or Pep Guardiola but his credentials are pretty good.
Moyes was made Everton manager in 2002 and since then he has turned out fairly good results considering he has never had top-class players to manage. He is the third longest serving manager in the Premier League right now after Ferguson and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who is reportedly also on his way out.
Come to think of it, Moyes won't be a bad choice at all. He is well-spoken and well-behaved. United need a manager who commands players' respect; who can bring the best out of them. Moyes certainly fits the bill.
United have already clinched the Premier League for a record 20th time and it will be an emotional moment when Ferguson walks out of the club on May 19. Ferguson has let it be known several times in the past that he is a big admirer of Moyes and his good opinion might land the latter one of the most high-profile coaching jobs in the world.


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Medallion - S. Antonius De Padua, Blue Plastic, Framed, circa 1930s Reg. No: SH 940586
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- Framed medallion belonging to Mrs Anna Anchesci, an Italian Migrant. St. Anthony of Padua is a very popular saint. He was renowned for his preaching and for working many miracles during his lifetime which earned him the title of 'wonder-worker'. St Anthony is the patron of lost articles, Portugal, and harvests. His feast is June 13. He is usually depicted bearing the Child Jesus in his arms and holding a lily.
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- Large circular medallion, in blue plastic, with a gold painted rim. The medallion depicts St Anthony, with halo holding a child Jesus and kissing his head. The white plastic frame which holds the medallion in place, is in the shape of a wreath of lilies in a basket.
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The ouster of Hans-Peter Friedrich on Friday over his handling of confidential information about a looming inquiry into a SPD lawmaker suspected of possessing child pornography has split Merkel's two-month-old coalition just as it was trying to enact urgently needed pension and energy reforms.
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At the Forge - Dojo Events and Ajax
In last month's article, we looked at Dojo's packaging system, some of its enhancements to the JavaScript language and its rich-text editor. This month, we look at some of Dojo's other capabilities that might interest modern Web developers, including support for events and Ajax.
One of the cornerstones of JavaScript programming is the use of event handlers—functions that are invoked when a particular event occurs. For example, we can define a function that opens an alert box:

We can then tell the user's browser to invoke our openAlert function whenever someone clicks on a paragraph of text:

This is a paragraph.

There are several interesting things to notice in this short example. First, we have set the onclick event handler in this case. About a half-dozen other event handlers exist from which we could choose. In many cases, we might set more than one event handler. This was particularly prevalent in the pre-CSS days, when JavaScript event handlers would be used to change the look of an icon when the mouse was hovering over it.
Second, event handlers sometimes can be used in contexts you might not expect. For example, the above
 tag has an onclick handler. You normally wouldn't think of clicking on a paragraph of text, but we can do that. This is the basis for some of the modern drag-and-drop events.
Third, although JavaScript does make it pretty easy to attach handlers to particular events, some messiness still is involved. We cannot define multiple event handlers easily or disconnect handlers that have been defined.
By this point, you might be wondering what JavaScript event handlers have to do with using Dojo for Ajax and modern Web applications. The answer is that much of Dojo's functionality, across all of its many packages, depends on the event system. If you want to use Dojo's Ajax package, for example, you need to connect it using Dojo events. This might seem restrictive at first glance; however, Dojo events are surprisingly easy to understand.
As a simple example, let's see how we might implement our onclick handler from before using Dojo events. First, we need to modify our event-handling function so that it takes one argument, the event itself:

Next, we must connect the paragraph to the event. Rather than doing this directly, by setting the onconnect handler, we give our paragraph an id tag:

This is a paragraph.

Now, we can use Dojo's dojo.byId function—similar in some ways to Prototype's $() function—to get the node itself:
var para = dojo.byId("para");
Finally, we connect our paragraph to the handler function we created:
dojo.event.connect(para, "onclick", openAlert);
If we put it all together, we get the program shown in Listing 1, which I have called test-dojo.html.
Listing 1. test-dojo.html
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So there I was, sitting at my desk Thursday afternoon going through my normal routine when the phone rang. "There's this lady walking down Route 50 dressed all in black. I'm curious and I think it would make an interesting story," the lady on the other end of the line said.
I've received several similar calls over the years. Sometimes the walker, or runner, or biker, turns our to be doing something for a worthy cause. Just as often though, they're looking for a free handout – a place to sleep, some food, or better yet, money.
Figuring the latter was most likely the case, I piddled around a bit, then decided I better grab and a camera and go see if there was any story to be had from a woman walking down the road dressed in black. A couple miles or so out of town I spotted a figure in black off in the distance. So I pulled into a parking lot, grabbed my camera and notepad, I waited for the figure to get closer.
As a little woman, dressed entirely in black from her sandals and socks to her robe and the hood pulled over her head, drew closer I snapped some photos. When she was almost beside me I tried to ask her a few questions. But she never answered, or even acknowledged me. She just kept her eyes on the ground in front of her and kept walking.
I shouted another question as she walked on by, but she never even flinched and continued on her way.
I'd never had that happen before.
Well, that was wasted time, I thought for a moment. But there were a few other people in same parking lot waiting for the woman, so decided to ask them a few questions, like why they were interested in what the little woman was doing.
What I found out, especially after returning to the office and looking the little woman up online, was that the fact that there was no story was a story in itself.
Mystery, obviously, intrigues people. Lots of people.
So many, in fact, that shortly after I arrived at work Friday I found myself seated in my office with a WLWT reporter and cameraman as they interviewed me about what had transpired between the little woman and I the day before.
There wasn't a lot to tell, but like I said, that's the story.
Curiosity killed the cat, they say.
It's odd. An apparently homeless person can walk down the road in rags and no one even seems to notice. But a woman dressed in all black, and hauling black bags, makes an appearance and everyone wants to know what's up.
Throughout the day I heard all kinds of speculation, some good, some bad.
I wondered if she could be doing some type of study, or maybe a research paper, walking around to see what kind of reaction she gets. If that's the case, she gets an "A" for effort, especially after learning that what appears to be the same woman has been spotted the last couple months Kentucky, Tennesee and Virginia doing the same thing she was here.
More than likely she has some type of agenda. What it is we may never know, but maybe it's none of our business. Maybe she has nowhere to go. Maybe she's a little confused. Maybe she just likes the exercise. Maybe this is her way of seeing part of the country. Maybe she just wants to express her freedom to go wherever she wants to go. Maybe she likes the mystery she's creating. Maybe walking is her way of escaping some past problem.
Whatever she's up to, I wish her well. She apparently means no harm and she almost appears to be praying as she walks along. But she walks dangerously close to the edge of the road and was reportedly spotted walking down Columbia Parkway the other day. That's not safe. It's not safe for anyone, let alone a little woman, to be walking by herself in some of the places she's walked.
Really, like everyone else, I have no clue what she's up to. But I do know this – in this country, unlike many others, she has the right to walk pretty much wherever she wants to walk, as long as she's not infringing on the rights of others. And that's a right not to be taken lightly.
The black wardrobe raises some speculation, but there's no law against wearing black either. Ever heard of Johnny Cash?
So maybe we should all just look at it like Hillsboro Police Chief Todd Whited, who said that as long as she's not bothering anyone else, his department was not going to bother her either.
Good luck little lady. Be safe. I hope you find whatever it is you're looking for.
On another note, if you read this column last week, you know I wrote about some remembrances of Pigeon Roost Road just south of Hillsboro. In that column I said that I was most likely first attracted to the road because of its name and that I wondered where it came from.
I got an answer this week.
Verda Mae Peters, who I wrote a story about last year dealing with her part in the March on Washington 51 years ago where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have A Dream" speech, dropped me a letter to fill me in.
Turns out Mrs. Peters has lived on the Pigeon Roost Road for 30 years and when she first moved there she had the same questions. So she did a little research.
"Before the passenger pigeons were shot to extinction they roosted in trees on this road in such great numbers that the branches bent to the ground, hence its name," Mrs. Peters wrote.
I always figured the name had something to do with pigeons roosting on the road, but I never knew the full story.
Now I do. Thanks Mrs. Peters.


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American University Director of Sustainability Chris O'Brien analyzes the Federal News Radio "Greening the Government" survey.


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A day after JD(U) snapped ties with NDA, a combative Nitish Kumar rejected BJP's charge of betrayal and squarely blamed it for the break-up of the 17-year-old alliance, saying his party was left with "no other way" in the "new era" within BJP.
As the war of words intensified between JD(U) and the BJP, Mr. Kumar also accused BJP of "betraying" and "cornering" its elders in an oblique reference to the sidelining of L.K. Advani.
Mr. Advani was miffed over Modi being anointed the party's campaign commitee chief, an event that triggered the split within the NDA with the JD(U) seeing this as the first step before the Gujarat Chief Minister is named as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
Mr. Kumar maintained that the decision of his party to part ways from the BJP was "not taken in a haste" and it happened after "due deliberations" and at "appropriate time".
The JD(U) leader said, "further waiting over it would have been cheating onself" as the central leaders of BJP were not in a position to give any assurance and were only asking us to put on hold a decision on the split.
"Our parting ways from the NDA is BJP's failure. You created a situation in which the old allies walked away. An alliance does not run under compulsion.
"If you do not leave any way out before the ally... If any party wants to form a government (at Centre), the responsibility is of that party to get support of other parties if it is not in a position to get the numbers for it on its own. And here an old ally was forced to leave," Mr. Kumar said.
Keywords: Nitish Kumar, BJP, JD(U), NDA, Narendra Modi, L.K. Advani, JD(U)-BJP split