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There is no better job in the world than being an ex-president. We build museums and libraries to honor them like ancient Egyptians built pyramids for dead pharaohs and they live on the government tab for the rest of their lives, free to play golf as well as doing good works that burnish their reputations and make occasional side trips into partisan activity to help friends and allies.
There is no worse job than being a failed presidential candidate. While your opponent gets to hear "Hail to the Chief" every time he walks into a room, November's loser must slink off into obscurity, generally despised even more by members of his own party (who will never forgive their candidate for losing) than even their opponents.
But judging from the latest reports about Mitt Romney's plans, he sounds as if he's trying to combine the two jobs. As the Wall Street Journal writes today, Romney's plans to "rejoin the national dialogue" seem to be based on the idea that he still has the potential to do his country and his party some good. While Republicans desperately need to turn the page from his failed 2012 campaign and put new faces in front of the voters, Romney may be on to something.
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As a first step, the former Republican presidential nominee plans to welcome 200 friends and supporters to a three-day summit next week that he will host at a Utah mountain resort. He is considering writing a book and a series of opinion pieces, and has plans to campaign for 2014 candidates.
The "Experts and Enthusiasts" summit is apparently more than just a GOP gabfest. It will center on philanthropic and business issues as well as political ones and even includes an appearance from former top Democratic strategist David Axelrod. Which makes it sound like something that we'd expect to be run by a popular ex-president like Bill Clinton, who has helped build his brand by combining advocacy with charity work in his foundation.
The point is Romney doesn't want to go away and hide, though that is precisely what a lot of conservative Republicans may want him to do. In his characteristic technocratic can-do style, he still wants to help brainstorm solutions to the country's problems while also keeping his hand in politics and doing good works.
There are good reasons for him to worry about becoming too prominent, and according to the Journal he's sensitive to those concerns. Romney is a favorite whipping boy of the left and liberal media outlets and there's little doubt they will take every opportunity to pour on the abuse. The deep bench of GOP presidential prospects for 2016 also provides a variety of views that makes it unnecessary for Romney to become too visible. The party needs to avoid doing anything that makes it seem as if a rejected politician like Romney is its de facto leader. His image as a plutocrat that was reinforced by a year's worth of Democratic attack ads, gaffes as well as his views on issues like immigration are not the sort of things that can help Republicans win in 2014 or 2016.
But there is plenty of room for Romney to play a role as an elder statesman who is no longer out for his own personal advancement while still seeking to help America. That's the sort of perch usually reserved for ex-presidents, not mere failed politicians who either return to the political fray in some other guise (like John Kerry or John McCain) or just fade from view other than the occasional television commercial like Bob Dole.
Republicans need a completely different style of candidate in 2016. One more in touch with common concerns—something the remote Romney never could master—as well as someone who isn't filthy rich would be a good place to start. But there is a place in our national discussion for a figure that can be both a political voice and a wealthy do-gooder with the stature to bring out attention to issues when he deems it vital to do so.
Mitt Romney might have made a good president, but he was a terrible politician, so we'll never get to know just how well he might have done if he had been given the chance to sit in the Oval Office. But he can skip the four- or eight-year waiting period and jump right into the business of being an ex-president, using his prestige, wealth and ability to speak out to do as much to aid needy causes or highlight issues as the two Bushes or Clinton can while also avoiding the vitriol and ill will toward Israel that has ruined Jimmy Carter's ex-presidency.
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President of the USA to read Perry audio book
Here at the nexus of politics and entertainment, we have learned that Gov. Rick Perry's new book, Fed Up!, will have an audio book version read by none other than the President USA. Barack Obama reading Perry's rant against the federal government? Has the world turned upside down? No, actually not. The audio book will […] [Read More]
Comptroller: Tax collections down $2.5 billion from 2009
Texas collected $2.5 billion less in taxes in the 2010 fiscal year that ended Aug. 31 than the previous year, state Comptroller Susan Combs said in a new cash report. The tax collections were nearly $2 billion less than Combs predicted a year ago when she certified the two-year budget (see Table 16). "The cash […] [Read More]
DeLay enters a plea
Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay officially entered his plea in his political money laundering trial moments ago. "Ladies and gentlemen, I am not guilty," DeLay said, facing the jury. DeLay is accused of conspiring with John Colyandro and Jim Ellis to launder $190,000 in corporate money raised by Texans for a Republican Majority […] [Read More]
White looks back
It's a cool Friday evening in the Lone Star State, and while many of his fellow Texans are headed moth-like toward high school football's Friday-night lights, Bill White is flying home to Houston after a day of campaigning in San Antonio, Austin and Fort Worth. Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News and I are […] [Read More]
Why did he want to be governor the first time?
Gov. Rick Perry didn't have a stock answer about mom, apple pie, taxes, small government or even fiscal conservatism when asked, "What made you decide to be governor?" Perry, who initially got the job because he was lieutenant governor and then-Gov. George W. Bush made the move to the White House, basically described that process […] [Read More]
Hi-tech autograph
Texas Tech graduate student Jeff Frazier is hi-tech enough to have an iPad and traditional enough to want Gov. Rick Perry's autograph on it. He'll protect the autograph — "God Bless Texas! Rick Perry" — the same way he protects the iPad from breaking. It's covered by his OtterBox case. Perry's messages on the economy […] [Read More]
Guns up for Rick Perry
The Lubbock County Republican Party is using GOP Gov. Rick Perry's coyote-shooting ways to raise some money – and Perry endorsed the effort on Friday's visit to Daybreak Coffee Roasters. "You can win two (2) 'Coyote Special' handguns and concealed handgun license for two (2) people!" said fliers handed out by Texas Tech student James […] [Read More]
Perry: focused on "me and Texas"
Gov. Rick Perry brought his stay-the-course-in-Texas, send-a-message-to-Washington campaign to a crowd of about 70 at an Amarillo coffee shop. His speech was heavy on what Washington shouldn't do be doing ("spending all the money" for example) and included a plug for local candidates and Republicans running for governor in other states. But he didn't talk […] [Read More]
Because Independent Conservative Republicans just aren't Tea Party enough?
Sen. Dan Patrick — the Houston Republican who earlier announced the founding of the Independent Conservative Republicans of Texas to reach out to Tea Party activists and independents — now says he's joining with other lawmakers to create the Tea Party Caucus. "The Tea Party has played an important role this year and I want […] [Read More]
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The godless, left-wing radicals have taken over universities and the national government and are radically transforming the country, State Board of Education member Don McLeroy warned in a speech last week to a Tea Party group in Bastrop. SBOE Member Don McLeroy "Sadly, instead of teaching our children historical facts, many professors indoctrinate them in […] [Read More]
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Golf's latest female phenom has no interest in teeing it up with the guys.
Being able to play full-time on the LPGA Tour is challenge enough for Lexi Thompson.
Two days after becoming the youngest winner on the LPGA Tour, the 16-year-old said she plans to petition for an exemption to the tour's 18-year-old age requirement. That comes as no surprise to LPGA commissioner Mike Whan, who said he will consider any petition from Thompson when he returns from the Solheim Cup, which begins Friday in Ireland.
"I'm not going to be playing on the men's tour," Thompson said Tuesday when asked if she'd consider playing any PGA Tour events, as Michelle Wie did before she joined the LPGA Tour full-time. "I really just want to focus on women's golf. They're so good out here. You have to shoot 20 under every week to win."
Or close to it. Thompson shot 17 under to win the Navistar LPGA Classic last weekend, making her the tour's youngest champion by more than two years.
In the 15 months since she turned professional, Thompson has played 14 events, had three top-10 finishes and earned more than $500,000. She also is the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Open, as a 12-year-old in 2007.
"I think they should give her full (membership)," seven-time major champion Juli Inkster said after Thompson's victory. "It's kind of silly, isn't it? I think it makes us (the LPGA) look bad, too. Now, you have to go to qualifying school? To me, that's silly."
The LPGA Tour's age limit is designed to protect players _ both emotionally and developmentally. Golf isn't gymnastics or figure skating, where turning 21 gets you an AARP card. With most female players playing their best golf in their 20s and 30s, there's no sense in a teenager rushing to get onto the tour _ especially if it might come at the expense of other parts of her life.
But Whan recognizes there are exceptions.
"I look forward to reading (Thompson's) petition and we'll figure it out from there," Whan said. "But it's obviously an incredible win. … Lexi shows us that 16 years of age isn't just the time to get your driver's license."
The LPGA already has shown a willingness to make allowances for Thompson, whose parents have carefully managed her development on and off the course.
She is homeschooled to accommodate her practice and travel schedule, but has ample time to hang out with her friends. She sees a lot of movies _ "I haven't seen many good ones lately" _ and spent the night before the Navistar began gabbing about boys with fellow teen golfer Janie Jackson.
And while she said winning her first LPGA Tour event was "way more exciting" than getting her driver's license earlier this year, she needed a second or two to think it over.
"I have the same lifestyle as a lot of high schoolers _ playing sports, just working hard," Thompson said. "I have sacrificed a lot for this game but this is what I love."
Though Whan rejected Thompson's request for 12 sponsor's exemptions this year, double what's allowed, the LPGA did allow non-members to participate in Monday qualifying, essentially allowing Thompson the chance to earn her way into additional tournaments.


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George on Granger: 'He looks like he's 98 percent ready'
The biggest question surrounding the Pacers isn't whether Paul George is going to get a new contract — it's just a matter of time — but rather how forward Danny Granger is looking. Last year, Granger missed all but five games due to a left knee injury. He was shut down during the first week in March and opted for surgery on April 4.
In regards to his health, "I'm good," he provided last week. "I'm doing good. I'm doing great."
Others in the organization, however, aren't so mum on the subject.
"I expect a lot from Danny," Pacers president Larry Bird said on Monday. "Danny looks pretty good to me."
Added head coach Frank Vogel: "He's having a great September and a great offseason, looking very healthy and we're all excited about adding him to the team."
One player who is particularly thrilled to see him back on the floor is Paul George. The two share the same agent, Aaron Mintz, and it was Granger that encouraged Bird to draft George, who he was working out with in California that summer, with the No. 10 pick in the 2010 draft. Moreover, even though Granger was sidelined most of last season, he stayed in George's ear — helping him grow as a player and as the face of the team.
"I've seen a lot," said George. "Danny is almost back. Only thing now is – I know he's in shape, I know he's conditioned – it's whether he'll fully trust putting all the moves and all the power and strength on his knees. From what I see, he looks like he's 98 percent ready. He looks really good out there."
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Please note: Title intentionally inflammatory to increase readership. In fact, the point of this is to try to provide a more well-reasoned attack on Proposition 8 than we usually see. Liberals, myself included, have expressed a generally unintelligible ire over Prop 8 while conservatives generally sound reasoned and principled on the subject. I think a proper analogy is asking the man who's just been stabbed in the gut to perform an oratory on the evils of assault. We're just too angry and wounded to do it, and it looks like the rationale should be obvious. Let me try to parse it out in a bit more methodical way than just "YOU CAN'T DO THAT!".
The right for the government to curtail people's sexual choices in their private lives is self-evident. You can't have sex with children, you can't have sex with someone who doesn't consent, you can't sell your own body for sex, etc. There's no fundamental philosophical rule behind any of these rules. Kant doesn't say kids aren't okay but people of your gender are, and Locke doesn't contend that there's some fundamental rule that says same-sex marriage is wrong, but heterosexual marriage is right. It's indefensible to claim that the government can't restrict a person's private sexual choices, and that's true for both sides of the aisle.
An applicable analogy: strong defenders of the second Amendment often decry assault weapons bans because the government shouldn't abridge anyone's right to bear arms. It stands to reason that they should also allow a private actor to build his own nuclear weapon, as barring that would violate the sacrosanct second amendment. No one in their right mind would defend that, but it sort of disproves the notion that people really believe in a fundamental right for private entities to break the state's monopoly on violence. They support the principle, but not its full enactment, because that would lead to total chaos. It's about where you draw the line.
The same is true for private sexual choice, but it becomes a question of where we draw the line. Until 1967, it was drawn here: in 16 states, you could only marry someone of a different gender, but the same race. These states had centuries-old anti-miscegenation laws, backed by popular majorities, on the books. All 16 of these states' laws fell when the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Loving v. Virginia that anti-miscegenation violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. Today, we all generally recognize that putting the line there was both arbitrary and wrong.
Whether it is wrong to restrict same-sex couples is apparently open for debate, but it is an untenable position to claim that it is not arbitrary. Some say it follows their religious convictions, and while the Bible does take a strong stance against homosexuality, here are a handful of Biblical passages that a philosophically sound Christian would also want to translate into law:
Malachi 2:16: "I hate divorce, says the Lord God of Israel."
Exodus 22:16-17: "If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife. If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must still pay the bride-price for virgins."
Deuteronomy 7:3-4: "Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, for they will turn your sons away from following me to serve other gods, and the Lord's anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you."
Anything short of banning divorce, premarital sex without immediate marriage afterwards and interfaith (arguably interracial) marriage is the philosophical equivalent of cherry-picking the Bible. As someone who is admittedly not a firm believer in the Bible, I'm okay with this. Again, it's a question of where you draw the line. To generalize a majority of religiously-motivated people, here's the line: premarital sex—not good, but not illegal; divorce—not good, but not illegal; interfaith marriage—not ideal, but not illegal; gay marriage— illegal.
In terms of the religious argument, my default is to return to the word "bigot." Biblically proscribed heterosexual practices are okay, but those involving homosexuals are not. The religiously-backed line is and must be arbitrary, but must it preclude gay marriage?
Let's look at another common argument: the slippery slope. Among the more amusing lines of argumentation to hear, this analysis contends that redefining the meaning of marriage to include homosexual couples opens the floodgates to legalizing pedophilia and bestiality. Although I disagree, I see the logic. But it bears asking, where is the original definition of marriage, and is there anything else we allow that might have already triggered that slippery slope? At our nation's inception, marriage was a union between a white man and a white woman. It was not until Reconstruction (briefly), and then the aforementioned court case forty years ago (permanently), that we "opened the floodgates" by allowing interracial marriage. There, the line of acceptable practice moved, and we have not noticed a major shift since. Again, this was an arbitrary judgment based on valuing the social importance of civil liberties over the philosophical tenet that we should not alter the meaning of marriage. We redrew the line to include interracial marriage without allowing gay marriage, underage marriage or bestiality. We could have, but none of those positions seemed socially tenable. Recap: interracial marriage—fine, gay marriage—illegal.
This brings us to the ultimate, most important question. If it's a logical truism that our restrictions on private sexuality are arbitrary, should this arbitrary line preclude gay marriage because it is socially harmful? I think this is where most of the debate ought to lie. I'm personally of the opinion that homosexual couples are doing no harm to society. Here are some points upon which I base this judgment.
1. Children of homosexual couples turn out almost exactly the same as those of heterosexual couples.
2. A broad consensus of major children's health and welfare organizations oppose restrictions on gay marriage.
These are just two of many points that represent a pretty solid consensus that a consenting adult marrying another consenting adult of the same gender doesn't hurt anyone. I personally believe that this wealth of evidence is convincing and perhaps even overwhelming. And that's why my default response to opponents of gay marriage is to call them "bigots." As established, the line is arbitrary. So if someone draws that line, in the face of strong evidence that it's not a good idea, to preclude gays from marrying, I have to assume it's based on raw prejudice. I see the counter-arguments, but I don't find them compelling. If you can present me with some good ones beyond those which I've already outlined here, feel free to drop a comment. Until then, I'll hop on my pinko commie high horse assume you're an ass-backwards, narrow-minded backwoods bigot.


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According to Montgomery County Animal Cruelty Officer Tim Holifield the mother had been in the yard with the child in a wagon. She went into the home to get a glass of water and when she returned the pit bull was attacking the child. It is not known how it was able to get free of the chain it was on but when police arrived the dog had already been secured.
Both mother and child lived in the home but did not own the dog. The dog is owned by a male who is currently incarcerated in the Montgomery County Jail.
The dog was taken into custody by Animal Control for a 10-day evaluation of rabies. After that it is up to the courts on what will happen with the dog. Texas law says a dog seriously injuring or killing a human must be put down. There is one exception besides police dogs or dogs securing property. In addition Mr. Holifield said the pit bull that killed the child Sunday will be put down. That dog was signed over by the owner to animal control. Even though that dog was in a fenced area and chained could be an exception to the law the court would have to visit, the owner decided it would be to difficult to bring back into the neighborhood but also knowing the dog had killed a human being.
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By Abe Levy : February 17, 2013 : Updated: February 18, 2013 6:33am
As the crowd increases, Cowboy Church volunteer Jared Maddox, 18, helps set up more chairs.
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Cowboy Church volunteers Nancy Abbott, center left, and Dawn Milberger pray with guest speaker Weatherford, Texas evangelist J.D. Dunson before Sunday services in the Auction Barn of the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, Feb. 17, 2013.
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Family Fair Committee Chairman Allen Cole (second from left) prays along with others during Sunday's services in the auction barn of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.
Evangelist J.D. Dunson of Weatherford delivers the sermon, a defense of the Bible's authenticity, in the auction barn.
Photo By Photos by Jerry Lara / San Antonio Express-NewsNoah Davila, 8, of Lytle stands with his father, Ernest, during the Cowboy Church service in the auction barn at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. Nearly 1,000 people gathered for the service.
To transform the auction barn into a church-like setting, hay bales covered the dirt floor of the corral and Bible verses flashed above on a projector screen.
Doorway greeters looked people in the eye, gave firm handshakes and cheery "good mornin's." Inside, coffee and doughnuts sweetened the deal.
Nearly 1,000 people gathered Sunday morning for the Cowboy Church service at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo. The worship service is a staple event, underscoring the historic role of the Christian faith in rodeo culture.
"It keeps us grounded," said Keith Martin, the rodeo's executive director and CEO, sitting on the front row. "It keeps us straight in our values. We are people of God and believe that."
Martin is also board chairman of the National Finals Rodeo, held yearly in December in Las Vegas and regarded as the "Super Bowl" of rodeos. For the first time, its opening ceremony began with a prayer last year, prompting a standing ovation. Martin, a member of Community Bible Church, had advocated for years to see it happen.
Spiritual programming at San Antonio's rodeo is the handiwork of the Cowboy Church committee with dozens of members representing diverse denominations across the region.
Mindful of how far so many rodeo participants drive to take part in the event, the Cowboy Church service is offered on the grounds weekly, committee members said. But they're also working to expand a faith presence during the rodeo's 18-day run.
For the second year in a row, the committee set up a large tent, called "Fellowship Roundup," for daily outreach. Located near food vendors, the tent is a rare example of dedicated space for ongoing Christian outreach at a rodeo.
The tent was custom-printed with pictures on the exterior of stained glass to replicate a church building. Inside are chairs and a stage for Christian musical acts, speakers and Wednesday evening worship service.
In addition, a prayer wall is covered with notes asking for divine help. Two times a day, volunteers read and pray over them.
"It's a safe place for people to just sit and pray and talk about their burdens," said Jerry Godwin, a volunteer for the ministry tent.
Still, the Sunday morning church service is the committee's focus.
The cowboy-boot and jean-wearing audience soaked up the country gospel music of Alan Hinze and "Behind the Cross" band. Then, evangelist J.D. Dunson of Weatherford gave the sermon, a defense of the Bible's authenticity.
He cited a reference to the Earth being round in the Old Testament, saying the Bible knew it long before scientists did. And the book's 300 prophecies about Jesus' ministry all came to fruition, he added.
"Is Jesus who he says he is?" Dunson said. "I implore you, before you gamble with your soul, consider the odds. ... It's not smart to bet against the Bible."
After the service, volunteers stood ready to pray or give counseling. Instead of a passing around a collection plate, volunteers held buckets at exits. The Sunday service in part is why the rodeo has flourished, leaders said.
"The executive committee all has a strong love of the Lord," said Keith Smith, Cowboy Church chairman. "They support and are actively involved in the church service. They attribute the rodeo's success to how God guides and directs us."


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- One of four sections of the Atlantic Submarine Telegraph cable laid in 1865, some 2300 nautical miles.
This object is an unused sample of the main cable, showing the cross-section. The shore end was more heavily armoured than the main cable because of the greater possibility of damage close to shore by wave action and fishing and anchoring activities.
The donor of these items was the Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Co, London, England, who manufactured the 1865 cable.
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The folllowing description is based on that given in the book "The Atlantic Telegraph", by W. H. Russell, first published in 1866, republished in 2005 by Nonsuch Publishing Ltd.
The copper conductor at the centre of the cable was a strand of seven copper wires, each of No. 18 BWG (Birmingham Wire Gauge), or 1.25 mm daimeter. The central wire was covered with a thick coating of Chatterton's Compound, a mixture of gutta percha and Stockholm tar, so that when the other six wires were wrapped spirally round it all gaps between the wires were filled. The conductor was then surrounded by a layer of pure gutta percha followed a layer of Chatterton's Compound. The process was repeated three more times to give a total of four layers of gutta percha and four layers of Compound.
The core consisting of the conductor and its layers of insulation were wrapped with jute and the whole was armoured by wrapping ten iron wires spirally round the core. Each of these wires was itself covered with a jacket of tarred Manilla yarn.
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PUBLISHED: Aug 29, 2011, 12:17 pm IST | UPDATED: Aug 29, 2011, 12:25 pm
Keywords: Gujarat herbal wealth cures diseases Saputara health tourism traditional healers Gujarat tribals
Saputara (Gujarat): Their knowledge is ages old and they are said to possess herbal remedies for problems like diabetes, asthma, infertility and joint pain. The Gujarat government is now set to tap the traditional knowledge of tribal healers of this hill station to promote health tourism.
In Saputara, known as the 'abode of serpents', in Gujarat's Dang district, the traditional healers are mainly from the Bhil tribe. They are known far and wide for their effective snake bite cures. The picturesque hill station is also home to a large array of medicinal herbs.
"Around 520 out of the 1,100 medicinal herbs listed in the pharmacopia of AYUSH (the Indian government's traditional medicine department) are found in Saputara," according to S.K. Nanda, the district in charge officer who has spent around three decades in the area.
Covered with a canopy of mist, the hill station, located in the Sahyadri hills, boasts of many essential herbs used in ayurveda concoctions.
"Among the major listed herbs found here are amla, harde, bherda, satavari, aswagandha, sarpagandha and tubers and roots which are crucial for ailments of chronic nature," Nanda informed.
Many people from far off come to the traditional healers, known as Bhagats, for relief, said Nanda. "The knowledge of the Bhagats is being documented," Nanda said, adding that the state government was planning to tap the region's health tourism potential.
He said the government is providing a platform to traditional healers by giving them the opportunity to examine patients at state-run centres and also prescribe herbal drugs. "They are also being encouraged to grow the rare medicinal herbs that are found deep in the jungle. All this would help in conservation and also popularising the traditional, cheap and easy drug delivery that has no repercussions on the health of patients," Nanda said.
According to Nanda, in 1981 when he was the district development officer of Dang, he had started a pharmacy where the medicinal herbs found locally would be collected and processed into formulations. "It is a GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice)-compliant factory that is helping the local tribals earn money for collecting the herbs and also earn wages for employment in the factory. The Bhagats are also able to prescribe the herbal formulations for simple ailments," he said.
Around 2,000 families of Saputara stand to benefit if the region is made into a health tourism hub, he said. "They would benefit from cultivation of the herbs and also be roped into production, marketing and selling at local markets," he said.
Nanda said that many tourists, both domestic and overseas, visit the traditional healers and get cured. "We have started keeping records," he said, adding that Wall Street Journal had written an article in 2006 on the traditional cures.
The Bhagats also have cures for "injury mitigation through non-invasive methods" for kidney stones, lactation problems for mothers, and also for epilepsy, infertility, thyroid and cholesterol.
According to Dayabhai Patel, a driver with the Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd, the prized safed muesli herb, widely used as a herbal medicine to boost male sexual vitality, is found in the mountains of Saputara. "The muesli herb grows during the monsoon on the hills. The tribals pick it and sell it for more than Rs.1,200 a kg," he said.
There is another herb that the tribals use to make instant curd. "Just a few drops of the plant juice is enough to turn a glass of milk into sweet tasting curd," Patel informed.
Deepak Acharya, director of Abhumka Herbal Pvt Ltd, who has worked among the tribal healers and documented their knowledge, said: "The Saputara forest is home to many rare and important medicinal plants such as Kalihari, Beejasar, Keokand, Hariyakand, Mathrukand and Jaljamni. Kalihari is widely used by local healers in gynecological problems and Beejasar for blood related problems.
"Keokand is said to be very effective energizer, Hariyankand and Mathrukand are said to have anti-oxidant properties and are used in curing rashes, itching, and ringworms. Jaljamni is given to patients with low sperm counts," he added.
Satavari, Aswagandha and Sarpagandha are used in gynae, male vitality and blood pressure-related problems respectively, he said.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - The Cal State Northridge women's tennis team (10-8) lost 6-1 to Dartmouth Saturday afternoon in a non-conference dual match at Matador Tennis Complex. Brooke Doane won in both doubles and singles for Northridge, who nearly defeated its second Ivy League opponent in as many days.
Facing the Big Green, Northridge nearly posted it second-straight win over an Ivy League foe in as many days. The Matadors defeated Columbia, 5-2, on Friday, Mar. 18.
Dartmouth jumped out to an early 1-0 lead by taking two of the three doubles contests. Doane and Jennifer Sher won their top-seeded match, 8-0, but the Big Green took the second and third contests, including a 9-7 decision at No. 3.
In singles, Doane cruised to a straight-set victory at the second draw, winning 6-2 and 6-3. However, she would be the only Matador to register a point as CSUN dropped several tough contests in the decisive third set.
Sher lost in three sets in the No. 1 draw. Nigora Sirojiddinova also lost in three sets at the No. 3 draw. Maria Pistalu also fell in three sets at the No. 4 draw. The Big Green posted straight-set victories in the fifth and sixth singles contests.
The Matadors remain at home for their next contest, a dual match with the Bowdoin College Polar Bears. First serve on Mar. 21, is slated for 2 p.m.
Dartmouth 6, CSUN 1
1. Sher/Doane def. Scott/Matsuoka: 8-0
2. R. Reichel/Smyser def. Man-Son-Hing/Pistalu: 8-4
3. J. Reicher/Danosi def. Yang/Sirojiddinova: 9-7
1. Scott def. Sher: 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (0)
2. Doane def. Leonrard: 6-2, 6-3
3. Matsuoka def. Sirojiddinova: 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
4. R. Reichel def. Pistalu: 7-5, 2-6, 7-5
5. Danosi def. Cheung: 6-2, 6-4
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After Steve Jobs announced his resignation it was unsure what the next step would be. It's very likely that Jobs will be chairman of Apple but also maintain a 'hands-on' approach, making sure the company stays on the straight and narrow
Walt Mossberg, a journalist who is believe to be very close to Apple, has confirmed that Steve Jobs will still be playing a major role in the company, helping with the development of major new products and the company's strategy.
Essentially what this means is that Jobs will be making sure his vision remains intact, still steering the company but from the workshop rather than from the boardroom. This news came just hours after the announcement that Steve Jobs would be stepping down from the company as CEO, but stated he would hopefully remain as chairman and also advisor.
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Hundreds informally appeal tax revaluation
Marby Getty has spent the last four years attempting to sell her Carolina Trace home in order move closer to her daughter in Greensboro.
So it came as a surprise when she saw her newly assessed property value was $20,000 more than her home's asking price of $164,900.
"We were just like 'Wow, that's high,'" Getty said. "We'd love to sell it for $184,900." She noted that the house originally appraised for $249,000 four years ago.
Getty intends to join the hundreds of other Lee County residents appealing their 2013 property tax values.
The Lee County Tax Administration Department released residential property tax values in mid-February and nearly 700 people have filed for an informal appeal to the tax department as of Thursday, according to Lee County Manager John Crumpton.
Property revaluations, required at least every eight years under state statute, are done to align property values based on historical sales.
"Every time you have a revaluation, you expect a certain number of appeals," Crumpton said. "We expected this in our estimates, and we probably raised our estimates because of the number of appeals around the state. With the recession, people have more reason to question the values at greater rates than in years past."
Lee County's last revaluation was done at the height of the real estate boom in 2007. There were more than 1,300 informal appeals to the tax department and 264 formal appeals to the Lee County Board of Equalization and Review in 2007.
Of the 680 informal appeals filed so far this year, 105 are from commercial or industrial properties and 575 are residential properties, Crumpton said. Of those, 319 have already been processed and resolved. If a resident is not satisfied with the informal appeal with the county tax appraisers, they can appeal to the local county board.
A majority of the appeals have come from within Carolina Trace and west Sanford, Crumpton said.
"These type of appeals mostly concern measurements of homes that may be wrong, or many we have seen have a building listed that has been removed," Crumpton said. "Most of the changes right now are what we call clerical-type corrections. When it gets to the (Board of Equalization and Review), that's when it gets to real questions about market value."
Real estate agent Tom Ryan, of Century 21 Southern Realty, said several of his clients have asked questions concerning the new values.
"Basically, many aren't aware of where the new numbers are coming from," he said. "The homes' supposed selling price is nowhere near what can be demanded in the marketplace."
Ryan is working with Getty, and he intends to send information to her for the appeal. Getty, who has moved 17 times in her lifetime, said she'll be glad when the process is over.
"Our retirement is already in jeopardy, and we're in our 70s," she said. "We need every penny to live on. We just think [the taxes are] too high."
The Board of Equalization and Review will more than likely meet in April, Crumpton said, and the group will decide the deadline to cutoff appeals.
Based on the revaluation, the county is projected to stay revenue neutral — meaning the county will not have to lower or raise the property tax based on revenue increases or decreases, Crumpton said. The current property tax rate is 75 cents per $100 of valuation, and some members of the Lee County Board of Commissioners have expressed interest in lowering that rate.


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State propaganda cannot be thrown into eternal oblivion by dismissing it a priori. To achieve that, one must confront it and prove it wrong. Word by word, statement by statement, paragraph by paragraph until the propagandist civil servant runs away in eternal shame.
Before eminent ADL lawyers attack me for saying that "Holocaust" is a wrong term for the events that took place in parts of Europe during WWII let me state its difference from "Sho'a." "Holocaust" is a religious word denoting the total burning of an offering to God. Not even Israel claims that this is what happened in Europe.
Derived from Greek, "Holocaust" translates the Biblical "'Ola." The Hebrew "Sho'a" refers nowadays to the same events in Europe and appears thirteen times in the Bible with the meanings of "calamity and destruction," "desert," and "heavy cloud and storm."
The image above was taken during the December 2013 storm, the worst in the Middle East in more than a century. In the Judean Desert these three apparently unrelated terms became one reality. An almost always dry riverbed floods under a heavy cloud and brings disaster.
In the Hour of Sho'a, 1933
Sho'a in the European context predated Nazi camps. It was used for the first time on March 17, 1933, by the defunct Hebrew newspaper Davar, the Voice of Socialist-Zionists. The editorial that day was entitled "In the Hour of Sho'a for German Jewry," and condemned National-Socialists in Germany.
Even in Israel there are different views about the Sho'a. An Ultra-Orthodox group, Naturei Karta,* has solid proofs that certain Jewish leaders let Nazis kill Jews. Less known outside Israel is the eternal dispute between Israel Kastner and Hannah Szenes. Kastner dealt with Nazi Germany and saved many lives; Szenes infiltrated their camp and was executed. Kastner refused to visit her in jail, and was subsequently assassinated in Israel. In the 2013 elections, a Kastner relative, Meirav Michaeli, entered the Knesset representing Labor.
Invariably, this is portrayed in Israel as one of the most symbolic events showing the Nazi inhumanity. How they degraded humans into numbers, imposed forced works on them, made medical experiments on them, and then killed them. This is not a Holocaust, yet it is a Sho'a.
Word by word, day by day, month by month, I follow Israel's reality. In many occasions, I have analyzed the reports to show that it is not different from the abovementioned European events.
In the Hour of Sho'a, 2013
This is especially true on the day after Christmas 2013, when two storm fronts unexpectedly met and created a Zionist horror show of racism.
Many of the physicians that served the Nazi regime were Jews, including aides to the infamous Doctor Mengele.& After the war, many of the survivors of this group immigrated to Palestine, joined the Jewish settlements and reshaped what later became the Israeli medical services.
A reminder of that is the recent and horrendous affair of non-consensual sterilization of black women by Israeli physicians was widely reported$ in Israel but avoided with fear by international media. The Nazi-style program had been sanctioned by the Israeli Ministry of Health. The racism is so deep that during Mandela's funeral, Israel refused a black lawmaker blood donation.
The mistreatment of African workers by Israel is a related recurrent theme. Only yesterday, December 25, I reported on a fists fight in the Supreme Court, after denizens of Tel Aviv demanded the deportation of Africans. The latter are regularly attacked in Tel Aviv, including at home an in their kindergarten. Despite Israel Police knowing the identity of the Jewish extremists that threw Molotov cocktails at the latter, they were not detained. In essence, this was an African Kristallnacht** in Tel Aviv.
African workers are welcome by Israel but are defined illegal. They are allowed to work, otherwise who will tend Jewish gardens? However, if they give any signs that they are attempting to settle (like registering their children to a school) they are quickly imprisoned in special jails (Saharonim and Holot) and later on deported.
The day after the fight in Court, a shocking revelation hit Israel. The Israeli treatment of Africans is closer to the treatment of Jews by Nazi Germany than anybody imagined.
Israel stripped of names from these humans, innocent men and women who deserve identity and freedom. Like the Nazi tattoos, Israel replaced their names with numbers.
This was disclosed by Yediot Ahronot, the largest-paid Hebrew newspaper. The implementation by Israel by this dehumanizing policy was even more shocking than in Nazi Germany.
The State of Israel appealed regarding 153 early decisions about African illegal workers at the Administrative Issues Court in Be'er Sheva, which forms part of the District Court; this is one step lower than the Supreme Court. A lower Court had ruled that it has no authority to decide on the State's request to keep the Africans jailed; none of them was accused of committing crimes.
After she recovered from the shock, Judge Sarah Dovrat reprimanded the State and rejected the file in its current form. As shown in the picture, the petition was by the State of Israel against a long string of numbers. Each number represented an African.
The file was given to Court by two lawyers Nehama Brook and Yael Glickman. Showing their infinite humanity, care, and love, they told the astonished judge that they had no time to fill the names.
Attorney Asaf Vaitzen, who represents some of the foreign workers, explained that this step was illegal. Moreover, he denounced that several detainees have no lawyers, being thus denied the inalienable right of self-defense.
The Judge ruled "The names of the accused had not been detailed. I don't think that this is a proper way of filling a petition because behind each number there is a human. It is correct to refer to them by their names and not by numbers."
Her daughter, Irit Lerner, said "It is shocking. The idea of taking a human and transforming him into a number creates a sharp emotional disgust since we are what we are. I refer not only to the action of deportation that sickens me; I say that because we are a people of nomads and survivors."
Prime Minister Netanyahu, after successfully imitating Nazi-Germany in so many occasions, would you now follow the genocidial Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and adopt the title Brother #1?
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* Neturei Karta is an Orthodox, non-Zionist groups of Jews with congregations in New York and Jerusalem. In its website, one can find an excerpt from Sefer Min Hametzar (page 92) by Rabbi Michael Ber Weismandel. The excerpt is a literal translation of the letter the Jewish Rescue Committee in Czechoslovakia received from the Zionist Jewish Agency Executive Officers in Switzerland. This was in reply to the call of the Jewish Rescue Committee for help, with Documentary evidence furnished, concerning the fate of millions of Jewish people in Nazi occupied Europe.
+ I grew up in a kibbutz in the Valley, the situation there was so frightening, that the only critique we dared to utter was, "work is our life, but not for us" ("haavoda eeh chayeynu, ach lo bishbileinu"). In other words, "we are slaves." So many years after I left, it still sounds to me like a frightening variation on Nazi "Arbeit macht frei" ("work makes [you] free").
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Amy Starnes wanted a career in finance, but esoteric lectures and textbooks at her previous college just weren't cutting it for her. She wanted a hands-on, real-world education. She started looking for an opportunity to transfer.
After meeting Dr. Andy Terry, chair of UALR's Department of Finance in the College of Business, Starnes said she found exactly what she needed.
"Everything clicked in class, especially because they were teaching exactly as you would see it in the real world. It is a one of a kind program, definitely," said Starnes, a 2011 graduate with a degree in finance and an emphasis in financial planning.
She now is a financial analyst at CenterPoint Energy. She began her post-college career as an associate financial representative with Northwestern Mutual, helping clients identify their financial security needs and focusing on solutions that can make their goals a reality.
"My classes at UALR prepared me perfectly. The College of Business is unique here. It's very flexible," she said. "It allows you to get experience but also get a great education in your classes, and all the professors have real-world experience. I was able to work full time and go to school, which allowed me to boost my resume at graduation."
She was selected to enroll in the Equity Analysis class, where undergraduate and graduate students manage an actual stock portfolio. The team researches potential investments, selects purchases, and presents its selections to the professor, the College of Business' advisory board, and to trading professionals at Stephens Inc.
"The class partners with Stephens Financial downtown, and you get to tour their trading floor, see their research floor, everything," she said. "I would never have gotten actual manage portfolio experience without UALR's College of Business."
Q&A with Amy
What was your favorite class? Applied Equity Analysis
What is your favorite UALR memory? Besides graduation, I enjoyed touring Stephens Financial through the Applied Equity Analysis class
What is your hands-down favorite meal? Teriyaki Chicken and fried rice
What one word would you use to describe yourself? Passionate


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Queens Theatre is located at 14 United Nations Avenue South in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, directly under the iconic towers of the New York State Pavilion. We are easily accessible by car, bus and subway.
Queens Theatre is accessible by all major highways that traverse Queens and is minutes away from Long Island, Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Westchester. And the best part? Parking is always FREE.
From the Long Island Expressway
L.I.E. to the Grand Central Parkway West towards the Triboro Bridge. Get off at Exit 9P (Flushing Meadows Corona Park/Tennis Center). At the end of the exit ramp, turn right and follow the signs to Theatre Parking.
From the Van Wyck North/Jackie Robinson Parkway East
Take the Grand Central Parkway West-Triboro Bridge exit, then get off at Exit 9P. Turn right and follow signs to Theatre Parking.
From the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge
Take the Van Wyck to Exit 12A, College Point Boulevard/495 East. At bottom of the ramp, turn right onto College Point Blvd, then another right into the park. Turn left onto Perimeter Road and follow signs for Theatre Parking.
For directions from your home or workplace, click here.
From Manhattan/Long Island City: Take the Queens-bound E or F train and transfer at 74th Street-Broadway for the Flushing-bound 7 train to the Mets-Willets Point station. Turn left out of the turnstiles, following signs to LIRR/Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Free Shuttle Service
Proceed to street level at the Mets-Willets Point station and pick up our free Shuttle Bus, which makes stops right outside the station approximately every 10 minutes beginning one hour prior to curtain.
If you'd prefer to walk, take the boardwalk from the station past the USTA National Tennis Center. At the end of the boardwalk, follow the tree-lined path on your right to the Unisphere, then bear left toward the towers.
For additional directions via mass transit, visit the MTA website.
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Astros need to get the deal Dunn
Trade for Reds' slugger would ignite sluggish Houston offense
Tim Purpura's been a major league general manager for all of eight months, but he seems to have his poker face down pat.
While Houston is sizzling with trade rumors, the Astros' GM is playing it cool. When approached with rumors that he was trying to make Reds slugger Adam Dunn an Astro, Purpura waved it off as a "media fabrication."
Sounds like a move he learned from his old boss. After all, it was Gerry Hunsicker who, before a game last June, rolled his eyes and poked fun at the naive media for buying into the Carlos Beltran rumors. Three days later, Beltran was trying on his new Astros cap.
So, sorry Tim, but your "media fabrication" is our "you're on the right track."
The Dunn rumor has the Astros giving up top pitching prospects Ezequiel Astacio, Taylor Buchholz and - sorry Hooks fans - Fernando Nieve for all 6-foot-6, 275 pounds of Dunn's country muscle.
Those with weak stomachs might blanch at such a request. The rest of us say, "Is that all?," and "When do you want them there?"
Dunn is only 25, which is three and four years younger than Jason Lane and Morgan Ensberg, respectively. He's also well on his way to his second straight 40-homer season and, although he strikes out a lot, he also walks more than any other power hitter not named Barry Bonds. Best of all, he doesn't come up for free agency until 2007. Even then, he may be eager to stick around since he grew up just outside Houston.
However, such promise comes at a cost.
The Astros have never been shy about giving up prospects when they had a shot at grabbing a player who could help them win it all.
It still hurts to see Freddy Garcia and Carlos Guillen doing well in the American League, but if that's what it took to get Randy Johnson to Houston, so be it.
John Buck might turn out to be a great catcher in Kansas City, but he was used to get Beltran, who nearly carried the Astros to their first World Series.
Now, Dunn could do the same.
Currently, the Astros aren't even a .500 team, but they're right in the wild card hunt, just six games behind the Braves. With the way Houston's playing, you add Dunn to the middle of the lineup and six games can be made up in no time.
If you manage to get in the playoffs, a rotation of Roger Clemens, Roy Oswalt and Andy Pettitte would be tough to beat in a seven-game series. Remember, the Cardinals narrowly took out the Astros when Backe and Pete Munro had to pitch meaningful playoff games.
For those scared about giving up so much youth, think about Astros pitching prospects of the past. When Tim Redding was skyrocketing through the minors, he was thought to be a sure thing. Before that, Houston struggled with trading prospect Tony McKnight for Mike Williams during the 2001 pennant drive. In 1998, Scott Elarton was thought of so highly that the Blue Jays were willing to give up Clemens in his prime for Elarton and Derek Bell.
For the record, Redding, McKnight and Elarton have amounted to pretty close to nothing in the big leagues.
Their other common thread is they were sensational in the minors, but unproven as major leaguers.
Sound familiar? Astacio, Buchholz and Nieve may turn out to be solid pitchers, and one or more could even turn out to be a star. No one knows.
Meanwhile, Dunn is a proven commodity.
The Reds are in last place and willing to gamble on Houston's prospects. Purpura should push all his chips to the middle of the table and boldly call, "All in."
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Yelping mariachi owls in 'Rango' are voice of musician from San Diego
Creating voices for four cartoon mariachi owls was a hoot, Rick Garcia said
SAN DIEGO, Tx - Creating voices for four cartoon mariachi owls was a hoot, San Diego native Rick Garcia said.
His desert-burnished bird combo tote a trumpet, violin, guitar and accordion through "Rango," an animated film being released Friday that features Johnny Depp as the voice of the chameleon main character.
"Singing in character voices is something I've never done before," Garcia, 48, said. "The owls do some mariachi yelping. They have been beaten by the sun, got sand down their throats and are a bit crazy — very colorful characters in a way."
The owls serve as narrators to move the story forward throughout the Gregor "Gore" Verbinski-directed film. Verbinski is best known for the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films.
Co-writing three feature songs for the feathered foursome was easy, Garcia said.
The songs — "Welcome Amigo," "The Bank's Been Robbed," and "La Muerte a Llegado" — soon will be released on the "Rango" soundtrack.
"There was some lyrical rewriting, some tweaking on one song, and there were many versions, melodies, and musical arrangements we mined our way through," Garcia said. "These dusty birds have a license to be different as a mariachi combo, so we worked to give them their own blend of mariachi music."
Music for the 107-minute computer animated comedy is credited to Hans Zimmer, who won an Oscar for his work in "The Lion King." Garcia and Kenneth Karman, music editor for the film, co-produced the songs for the owls.
"We collaborated both on music and lyrics," Karman, 59, said, "with the lion's share of the music going to Rick. Having him was a no-brainer, especially on a project with a Southwest sound, which Rick knows so well. He's very talented and a pleasure to work with."
Garcia has done a lot of Hollywood song writing, singing, and film work the past 24 years, but it's his first work with animation.
In recent years he composed and sang rock en Español tracks for 2004 blockbuster "Collateral," and topped that success a year later with three songs in the Oscar-winning "Brokeback Mountain."
He's a self-managed, self-promoted and self-motivated musician, who grew up playing drums and started writing songs at 9.
"Since Rick was very young he's always known his destiny," his older sister Iris Frank said. "At an early age he pulled pots and pans out and hit them with spoons.
"Every kid has dreams," she said. "Rick is an incredible human being who has found his way throughout his craft."
He graduated from San Diego High School in 1981. After a short stint studying radiology in Austin, he floated in band circles there until 1987. That's when he packed his drums, clothes and a futon he found in a trash bin and moved to Los Angeles.
He grew up with his mother, Frances Garcia, singing Nat King Cole songs to him and his two sisters. Yet he didn't start singing until age 27, when he and his guitarist nephew, Rene Reyes, also from San Diego, began working together in Los Angeles.
Work began on "Rango" in April 2008.
Creating owl voices was a new challenge for Garcia that fits him, those who know him say.
"It's right up Rick's alley," said Frank, who went to Los Angeles for the film's debut. "Rick definitely has several characters inside him already, and depending on the situation they come out."
He's such a character that Frank, a management executive for a technology company in Austin, won't give her brother her work number because he leaves messages on her cell phone in voices of childhood friends in San Diego or relatives.
"Rick refers to them as assaults," Frank said. "So, I like to contain him to one phone number."
Rick Garcia
Parents: Ricardo M. Beasley and Frances Garcia of San Diego (both deceased)
-- 1981 graduate San Diego High School
Career highlights
1987 — Moved to Los Angeles
1990 — Founded band "Act of Faith" with nephew Rene Reyes
1997 — Song "Bring Me On" featured in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" series
2000 — Music in "Price of Glory," starring Jimmy Smits
2001 — Music in "Saving Silverman," starring Jack Black
2004 — Garcia and Reyes started the band "The Green Car Motel," which had songs in "Collateral," starring Jamie Foxx and Tom Cruise
2005 — Wrote and performed music for "Brokeback Mountain"
2008 — Began work with "Rango," starring Johnny Depp
2009 — Co-composed film score for "Another Harvest Moon," starring Ernest Borgnine
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DL, Toby Johnson Signs w/ the UGA Football Team
TOBY JOHNSON...Junior College: Hutchinson CC... Rivals.com four-star prospect, eighth ranked overall JUCO prospect, fourth ranked DT prospect, #2 overall prospect in the state of Kansas...247sports.com four-star prospect, #8 JUCO prospect nationally, #3 ranked DT prospect, #1 overall prospect in the state of Kansas...Fox Sports NEXT four-star prospect, 13th overall JUCO prospect, #2 ranked DE, #4 overall prospect in the state of Kansas...ESPN.com four-star prospect...2012 Second-Team NJCAA All-American...Amassed 87 total tackles, 17 tackles for a loss, five sacks, nine pass breakups, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, and two blocked kicks through two seasons at Hutchinson...Head Coach: Rion Rhoades.
High School: Banneker HS...Head Coach: Marquise Slaton.
Feb. 19, 2013
ATHENS --- Defensive lineman Toby Johnson of Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College has signed a letter of intent to play for the University of Georgia according to an announcement Tuesday by Bulldog head coach Mark Richt.
Johnson is a native of College Park, Ga., and graduate of Banneker High School.
"We are thrilled that Toby has decided to become a Georgia Bulldog," said Richt. "We're looking forward to watching him compete for playing time this upcoming season."
Johnson is the 33rd signee for the Bulldogs.
College Park, Ga., Hutchinson (Kan.) CC
High School: Banneker HS...Head Coach: Marquise Slaton.


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In the bizarre upside down world which is Washington D.C. you have Democrats effectively trying to get their own President impeached. It is not that Democrats actually want to see Obama forced from office, they just think impeachment proceedings would be really good for them politically. So now Democrats use every possibly excuse to bring up the big "I" word.
This new press release today from the DCCC is a perfect example of how desperately they reach for it:
As Republicans barrel forward with their expensive taxpayer-funded lawsuit, political observers are asking whether House Republicans continue their reckless political theatre and pursue Act II: impeachment? With the third-highest-ranking Republican Steve Scalise refusing to rule out impeachment, House Republicans in competitive races around the country are pushing for impeachment.
Clearly, impeachment is just around the corner because the third ranking member dodged a question.
The political strategy is simple. Talking up impeachment brings in a lot of donations.
It also, though, increases the chances of it actually happening. The more Democrats talk about impeachment, the more attentions its gets and the more seriously it is taken. This in turn emboldens that part of the Republican base who want Obama impeached to put pressure on their elected officials. As more Republican members feel they need to say something positive about impeachment, you get new fuel to feedback into the cycle.
While impeachment is not going to happen — Speaker Boehner has made clear he will not fall for this "scam" — it remains true that Democrats have technically adopted a strategy that marginally increases the chance of impeachment.
When you have gotten to a point where the political incentives would actually favor a party for indirectly trying to get their own president impeached, you have to start questioning if there is something wrong with the structure of your democracy.


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Coving can add period style to any property
Posted: October 17, 2012|
Many period properties, particularly ones built in the 19th and early 20th century, would originally have had coving/cornicing in all or some of the rooms.
A room without coving looks rather bare – it's amazing what a difference it makes.
As well as being decorative, coving is a good way of hiding hairline cracks and other imperfections, and makes it easier to get a neat line between a different wall and ceiling colour when painting.
Styles of coving changed throughout history, just as styles of architecture did generally, so make sure any coving you buy matches the period of your home.
If you have coving in some rooms and not others, this is the best indication of style, or your neighbours' homes may have original coving you can copy.
Specialist coving companies sell popular period-style designs and can often match existing coving (and repair and restore it, if necessary).
The modern trend of knocking rooms through may mean that you have coving in one half of the room and not the other, which is where matching an original design becomes invaluable.
Period coving is made of plaster and many coving companies also work in plaster. This is fine if they're fitting it for you, but I wouldn't recommend that you put up plaster coving yourself because it's very heavy.
DIYers should play safe and stick to lighter coving materials, which are easier to work with and won't knock you out if they accidentally fall off the ceiling.
The lightest and easier coving to use is expanded polystyrene, but there are other DIY-friendly types, including polyurethane and duropolymer.
As well as getting coving that's the right period for your home, it's important to get the right size for the room.
Large rooms with high ceilings will be able to take wider, more elaborate designs, while smaller rooms with low or standard-height ceilings will be suited to plainer coving.


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Cavalier soccer standout will play at Methodist
Vicky Monroy has led Southern Lee on the soccer pitch for four seasons. She's earned Cape Fear Valley Player of the Year honors as well as all-conference and team MVP accolades with Lady Cavalier cross country, track and field and gymnastics.
On Friday in Southern Lee's library, Monroy officially accepted a scholarship to play soccer at Methodist University.
Southern Lee head soccer coach Jason Burman knew this day, and perhaps more so to Burman as a coach, next season without Monroy, would come. It'll be tough replacing Monroy's talent when it comes to her scoring and creating for attacking teammates. It could be tougher replacing what Monroy's effort gave the Lady Cavs."So much of what we are comes down to Vicky, period, because of her hard work," Burman said following Southern Lee's Senior Night match last week, a 4-3 overtime loss to Overhills.
"Her effort has been her greatest trait for all four years we've had her," he said.
Her speed and stamina creates Lady Cavalier scoring chances seemingly out of nowhere, as well as keeping multiple opposing defenders on alert.
Monroy is likely to have a big cheering section in the coming seasons down in Fayetteville. For starters she has four brothers and two sisters, then her Lady Cavalier family might be able to caravan a little bit when the Lady Monarch season starts in the fall.
"I'd love for everybody to come and cheer me on and I'll come back and see my team here when I can," Monroy said.
Monroy is going to study dentistry.
Bryan Madej is going into his fourth year as Methodist's head coach. Last season, the Lady Monarchs were 7-13 overall and 5-6 in the USA South Conference.
Before becoming a college student-athlete though, Monroy is still a Lady Cavalier as Southern Lee heads into the state tournament. The Lady Cavaliers finished No. 4 in the Cape Fear Valley and will have a first-round state match on Wednesday.


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Firefox updated to 23.0
Date: Tuesday, August 6th, 2013, 11:29
Category: News, Software
The updates just keep comin'.
On Tuesday, Mozilla.org released version 23.0 of its Firefox web browser. The new version, a 44.3 megabyte download via MacUpdate, adds the following fixes and changes:
- Mixed content blocking enabled to protects users from man-in-the-middle attacks and eavesdroppers on HTTPS pages (learn more).
- Options panel created for Web Developer Toolbox.
- Updated Firefox Logo.
- Improved about:memory's functional UI.
- Simplified interface for notifications of plugin installation.
- Enabled DXVA2 on Windows Vista+ to accelerate H.264 video decoding.
- Users can now switch to a new search provider across the entire browser.
- CSP policies using the standard syntax and semantics will now be enforced rendering improvements (see bug 838675).
- Replace fixed-ratio audio resampler in webrtc.org capture code with Speex resampler and eliminate pseudo-44000Hz rate.
- "Load images automatically" and Always show the tab bar" checkboxes removed from preferences and reset to defaults.
- HTML5 form control implemented.
- Write more accessible pages on touch interfaces with new ARIA role for key buttons.
- Social share functionality.
- Added unprefixed requestAnimationFrame.
- Implemented a global browser console.
- Dropped blink effect from text-decoration: blink; and completely removed element.
- New feature in toolbox: Network Monitor.
- Various security fixes.
Firefox 23.0 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.6 or later to install and run.
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