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Erika Benteen from the Homefront/Paradise Lost two parter would have beena good addition during the final season. The events during that two parter would have meant that she was known to most of the main cast and not all of them would have favourable opinions of her leading to drumroll dramatic tension!
Bashir could have fallen for Benteen ratehr than Ezri making the romance less squick imho and helping Benteen to loosen up a bit.
Also Pel, the cross dressing female ferengi from Rules of Acquisition that Quark had feelings for, could have returned as a recurring romantic interest in the final season. JirinPanthosa already suggested that the female rights on fereginar could have been run through a different female than Ishka and Pel would have been perfect for that.
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MDAH Board of Trustees Elect 5 Members to Hall of Fame and Award Over $2 Million in Grants
At a special meeting on December 2, the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History elected five new members to the Mississippi Hall of Fame and awarded over two million dollars in preservation grants to nineteen projects across the state through the Community Heritage Grant Program, authorized and funded by the Mississippi Legislature.
New Hall of Fame members are physician Arthur Guyton, civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, Judge Lucy Somerville Howorth, writer Walker Percy, and blues legend Muddy Waters.
The Hall of Fame was established in 1902, the department's first year of existence. Early inductees included U.S. Supreme Court Justice L.Q.C. Lamar, U.S. Senator E.C. Walthall, and president of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis. Now the Hall of Fame contains over 122 distinguished Mississippians, including Gulf Coast ceramicist George Ohr, newspaperman William Hodding Carter II, civil rights hero Medgar Evers, Choctaw chief Pushmataha, and literary giants Eudora Welty and Richard Wright.
The Community Heritage Preservation grant awards are as follows:
Margaret Martin School Preservation Project, Natchez, Adams County—$176,000
For repairs, corrective measures, and preventive maintenance to the school.
West Point Colored High School Rehabilitation, West Point, Clay County—$76,800
For reroofing of the connector wing (four classrooms), auditorium, and the addition of storm windows to stabilize the structure.
Clarksdale Civic Auditorium, Clarksdale, Coahoma County—$350,000
For the full study of the existing facilities, conditions and user needs, along with repair/restoration of currently deteriorated interior and exterior building elements.
Lowry House, Jackson, Hinds County—$134,500
For the rehabilitation of the interior of the Lowry House including electrical work, plumbing installation, high efficiency HVAC system, and floor refinishing for future use by Mississippi Heritage Trust as office and Preservation Resource Center for the state.
M. W. Stringer Grand Lodge, Jackson, Hinds County —$216,000
For restoration of the interior structure due to water damage.
Burns Church, Oxford, Lafayette County —$62,000
For rehabilitation of interior space that will be used for meetings, community events, and exhibition focusing on the African American experience in Oxford.
Lauderdale County Courthouse, Meridian, Lauderdale County —$108,000
For completion of existing facility analysis and master plan of the county-owned buildings in the downtown area.
Soule' Steam Feed Works, Meridian, Lauderdale County —$75,529
For replacement of aging, leaking roof on the Soule' Steam Feed Works machine shop and the adjacent Hemmings Building.
Lawrence Civic Center, Monticello, Lawrence County —$50,640
For replacement of 3,042 sq. ft. of wood flooring in the second floor auditorium.
Elizabeth Cottage, Brookhaven, Lincoln County —$113,207
For the creation of a literary writing retreat, costume shop, community meeting space, and small residence for guest artists.
Stephen D. Lee House, Columbus, Lowndes County —$30,400
For the restoration of wood windows, replacement of missing or rotted wood elements, replacement of failing or missing glazing, repainting and installation of wheel chair lift to comply with ADA standards.
Chalmers Institute, Holly Springs, Marshall County —$49,156
For the stabilization of the exterior envelope including the restoration of the doors and windows as well as restoration of the west wall structural failure and interior rehabilitation of wall and ceiling plaster, bead board and wood flooring and floor structure.
Immanuel Church, Winona, Montgomery County —$39,804
For the restoration of the interior plaster, interior wall paint, electrical wiring upgrades throughout and stained glass window restoration at two windows.
Founders Gymnasium, Decatur, Newton County —$80,000
For restoration of the south arcade by removal of the walk through infill.
McComb Fire Station, McComb, Pike County —$199,924
For the rehabilitation of the exterior and interior of the station, including the bricks, doors, eaves, soffits, and other elements of the building.
Greenville Y&MV Railroad Depot, Greenville, Washington County —$108,000
For the rehabilitation of the Greenville Y&MV Railroad Depot.
Doss Building, Eupora, Webster County —$117,000
For roof repair or replacement, demolition of moisture damaged interior finishes, and masonry cleaning and repointing.
Oakes African American Cultural Center, Yazoo City, Yazoo County—$80,400
For the restoration of the Oakes African American Cultural Center.
Pugh Blundell House, Yazoo City, Yazoo County—$79,040
For the stabilization of the building through necessary repairs and preventative maintenance.
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is the second-oldest state department of archives and history in the United States. The department collects, preserves, and provides access to the archival resources of the state. In addition, the department administers various museums and historic sites, and oversees statewide programs for historic preservation, state and local government records management, and publications. For more information call 601-576-6850.
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Francisco's Salon cut-a-thon raises funds for Texas A&M Health Science Center Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy
KINGSVILLE - A man who raised millions of dollars to help disadvantaged students realize their dreams of higher education was honored Monday as a local hair salon volunteered time to raise money in his memory.
Francisco's Salon of Corpus Christi had a cut-a-thon to benefit the Dr. James Robertson Jr. Memorial Fund at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy in Kingsville.
Robertson, who was associate dean for student affairs, died Nov. 21 of complications from pneumonia. He was a longtime client of the salon.
The goal for the eight hairstylists was to raise $1,000 and within the first hour of the six hour cut-a-thon, they raised $500.
"Today is not about a haircut, it's about love," said Francisco Villa, owner of the salon. "This is about giving back and getting involved in the community. This is for somebody's dream, somebody's hope to go to school."
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Erasmo Ramirez has been recalled from AAA Tacoma, and will be the starter for today's game for the Mariners versus the Atlanta Braves. This will be Ramirez's seventh start for the M's this season with his last start coming on May 7th in Oakland. In his seven starts Ramirez has a 1 and 4 record with a 6.00 ERA.
To make room on the roster infielder Nick Franklin has been optioned to the Rainers. Franklin rejoined the Mariners on May the 20th and has just hit .129 with 15 strikeouts.
Today's game, from Turner Field, in Atlanta can be heard on KPUG 1170 The Sports Leader starting with the pregame show at 3:00pm it's a scheduled 4:05pm first pitch.
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SMYRNA — It's a simple plan, but a mighty difficult challenge: Put the ball in play.
Elizabethton expects to see Pigeon Forge's Wil Crowe in today's Class AA state baseball tournament opener. The senior pitcher has authored five no-hitters this season, one of which was a perfect game. He is 14-1, with the lone loss coming in a one-inning relief appearance. The University of South Carolina signee — and likely top-five round major-league draft pick in June — throws up to 95 mph, and has racked up 163 strikeouts in less than 100 innings this season.
"Obviously he's a strikeout pitcher, and there are reasons for that," said Cyclones' head coach Joe Nix. "We need to put the ball in play, whether it's playing small ball or changing the philosophy of the way we go about our at-bats."
Elizabethton (28-10) will meet Pigeon Forge (35-2) at Smyrna High School's field, beginning 45 minutes after the conclusion of the Murfreesboro Central-Dyersburg contest — approximately 7:45 p.m. (EDT).
It will be Elizabethton's first state tournament appearance since 1958, and its first-ever in the Class AA event. Pigeon Forge made it last year, going 2-2 with both losses to eventual state champion Goodpasture Christian.
The Cyclones have been red hot since returning from a tournament in Myrtle Beach, S.C. They have won 22 of their last 24 games, including Friday's 6-1 win over Christian Academy of Knoxville in the sectional.
Nix said his team didn't flinch when it got the news it would be playing Pigeon Forge.
"There was no grumbling and no gripes," said Nix. "They are excited and ready to go. They are amped up.
"As coaches, the way things have been going with the improbable wins and the way the kids have kept battling, why not?"
Pigeon Forge head coach Mike Guinn said there's no guarantee Crowe will be on the mound. Left-handers Colt Buchanan and Thomas Sims are available if Crowe isn't rested enough from Friday's no-hitter against Greeneville.
However, that game only lasted six innings because of the mercy rule — and Crowe threw only 70 pitches.
Nix said he won't counter Crowe with the Cyclones' ace. Dylan Richardson (9-1) threw over 100 pitches Friday, and Nix doesn't want to bring the sophomore back on three day's rest. Instead, Nix said he will give the ball to senior Austin Smith.
"Austin is very capable, especially when he is locating his pitches," said Nix. "Hopefully that will be the case because they can flat-out swing it."
With just two losses all season, it's obvious the Tigers aren't a one-man show. However, Crowe is also the Tigers' most dangerous hitter with 11 homers, 45 RBIs and a .448 batting average. He provided himself all the run support he needed against Greeneville with a two-run first-inning homer.
Other key players include senior catcher Ben Breazeale, a Wake Forest signee, and shortstop Drake Byrd, who has signed with Belmont.
"They've got a lot of pop up and down the lineup," said Nix. "They hit it well."
Nix said he hopes his team plays without being tense or tight.
"The big pressure was winning Friday and getting here," said Nix. "I'm hoping now that we got here, we can just continue to keep playing. We're doing everything we can to make sure they stay focused."


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Ranson lets speeders pay in toys
RANSON, W.Va. -- Motorists who get ticketed for speeding in one West Virginia city can avoid facing a judge or paying a fine by donating to the police department's holiday toy drive.
The Ranson Police Department calls it the "Slow Down for the Holidays'' program. Lt. Todd Lutman tells The Journal that anyone cited for speeding in the city in the days leading up to Christmas has three options: contest the ticket in court, decline to contest it and pay the fine, or buy a toy for an underprivileged child and get the citation dismissed. The toy has to be new and cost at least $40, and the speeder has to provide a receipt.
Lutman says drivers without a lead foot also are welcome to donate to the program.


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The Prophet ProfitsThe Prophet Profits (1976) Season 1 Episode 83-16- Dynomutt Cartoon Episode Guide
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- Traditional Animation
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
- Cartoon Characters: Radley Crowne/The Blue Falcon, Dynomutt/Swami Poochi, Mayor Gaunt, F.O.C.U.S. One, The Prophet, The Dyno-Handy Helpers.
- Voice Actors: Gary Owens, Frank Welker, Larry McCormick, Ron Feinberg, Henry Corden, Regis Cordic, Joan Gerber, Bob Holt, Ralph James.
- Directed By William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Charles Nichols.
- Produced By William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Alex Lovy.
- Animated By Ed Barge, Steve Clark, Maria Dail, Jim David, Bob Goe, Bill Hutten, Tony Love, Rod Parkes, Veve Risto, Jay Sarbry, Bob Bemiller, Robert Bransford, O. E. Callahan, Lars Calonius; more Animators ...
- Written By Earl Doud, Jeff Maurer, Lee Orgel, Haskell Barkin, Donald Glut, Orville Hampton, Michael Maurer, Dalton Sandifer, Deidre Staright, Norman Maurer; more Writers ...
- Music: Hoyt Curtin, Paul DeKorte.
- Editor: Chip Yaras.
- First Aired on December 18, 1976.
- Originally Aired on ABC-TV (USA).
- Running Time: 30 minutes.
- Season: 1
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Scarborough softball wins rain-delayed Class A championship, ousts SP along the way
It took two years and waiting through the last vestiges of Mother Nature's wrath for this spring, but the Scarborough softball team can once again call itself Class A state champions.
After having Saturday's championship game (originally scheduled to be played in Augusta) postponed and moved to Brewer Monday night, then postponed twice more, the Red Storm finally battled Skowhegan Wednesday evening in Brewer.
Scarborough freshman Mo Hannan capped her breakout season by holding the Indians to one run, as she walked nobody and fanned nine, and the Red Storm took advantage of Skowhegan miscues to go on to a 3-1 victory.
We'll have more on Scarborough's second championship in three years in next week's issue.
Red Riots' run ends
Before taking on Skowhegan, the Red Storm had to get past the South Portland Red Riots in the regional final.
While South Portland has been competitive as anyone the past five years, not many expected the Red Riots to reach the regional final this spring. Graduation had stripped the program of several standouts and South Portland was also breaking in a new coach, Ralph Aceto.
Instead, the Red Riots met virtually every challenge and enjoyed another stellar campaign. South Portland went 13-3 in the regular year, losing only to Cheverus (2-1), Gorham (4-1) and Scarborough (2-0, in nine innings, in a game which saw Hannan fire a no-hitter while fanning 23).
The Red Riots earned the No. 3 seed for the playoffs and after rallying past No. 6 Gorham (3-2, in eight innings) in the quarterfinals, had no trouble ousting No. 10 Thornton Academy (9-0) in the semifinals, to earn a third regional final date with Scarborough in the past five years.
South Portland won the 2005 game (1-0), but lost two years ago (7-1). The Red Storm also eliminated the Red Riots from the playoffs in 2003, 2004 and 2008.
Last Wednesday, at St. Joseph's College in Standish, in what could only be described as a classic pitchers duel, Hannan did it again, making quick work of South Portland, posting 11 strikeouts in a complete game, one-hit shutout, as the top-ranked Red Storm advanced with a 2-0 victory.
In a tidy 1 hour and 16 minutes, Hannan needed only 73 pitches to outlast South Portland's sophomore ace Alexis Bogdanovich. With a hard fastball occasionally mixed with a devastating changeup, Hannan retired the side in order in five of her seven innings, setting down the final 12 batters she faced to earn the win. In Hannan's final four innings, she recorded seven of her 11 strikeouts, appearing to get stronger and more focused as the game moved into the later innings.
Bogdanovich, a fierce competitor for the Red Riots, was up to the challenge, striking out six and scattering five hits in six complete innings, allowing just one earned run.
The Red Storm touched Bogdanovich for single runs in the bottom of the third and fifth innings, both times with two outs, to secure their second trip to the state championship game in three seasons.
"We've been through this so many times," said long-time Red Storm coach Tom Griffin. "Sometimes you play a game like this and walk away with a 1-0 loss. But this might be the best offensive team we've had one through nine. On any given day it could be another player stepping up and putting the ball in play. We won today without (senior standout) Catie Funk's bat being involved. That's impressive, and we have three freshmen in the middle of the order."
Scarborough scratched and clawed to score a pair of runs off the hard-throwing Bogdanovich. In the bottom of the third inning, senior Bri Mancuso grounded to deep short and beat the throw for a base hit. She then stole second base and came around to score with two outs on a little blooper over the second base bag by senior Reegan Brackett.
In the bottom of the fifth, Scarborough added an insurance run on an RBI single by junior catcher Heather Carrier. Freshman Dominique Burnham reached on an error when her hard-hit, sinking liner rolled out of the glove of the South Portland centerfielder. Mancuso promptly bunted Burnham over to second, and she scored on Carrier's line drive single to leftfield for a 2-0 lead after five complete innings.
South Portland, consistently one of the league's top programs, graduates only three seniors this year and will likely be right back in the mix next season. Unfortunately, two of the three seniors are in the form of captains Lauren Tuttle and Melissa Thomes. But Bogdanovich will be back next year to take the hill and it should be business as usual for South Portland in 2010.
"It was a great game," said South Portland coach Ralph Aceto. "We had one hit, but even when we hit the ball hard they made great plays. We knew coming in that whoever made the fewest mistakes and put the ball in play would win. They took advantage of our mistakes and then didn't make any. We wish them nothing but the best of luck. But I couldn't be prouder of my girls. The way they performed for me this year, as a first-year coach, was far above what I expected."
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Bossip Power Couple Rankings Part II: Dynamic Duos From Classy To Ashy- By Bossip Staff Categories: Coupled Up, Dirty Dog Diaries, Multi
Congratulations you've officially reached the "fun" side of the list. Here are the folks that learned the hard way that love doesn't always come packaged in a neat lil bow. Homewrecking, creeping, promiscuous pasts and attention sloring galore landed these pairs at the bottom of the barrel.
16. Dwyane Wade & Gabrielle Union We love black love and these two make a beautiful pair -- but it's not likely the public will ever fully forget how Wade ditched his wife and labeled her crazy for his Hollyweird "good time girl." Not to mention, rumor has it that dogs don't come much dirtier than D-Wade, who we've heard cheats on Gabby worse than how he did his wife!
17. Swizz Beatz & Alicia Keys You know those folks who know they're dead wrong and like to smile and act like their angels or something? Yeah. Us too. Baby Egypt is really cute, but not cute enough to make us forget his pops was still married to another woman when he was conceived.
18.Kanye West & Kim Kardashian He's known for pitching public tantrums and she "got famous" from a home movie. But he's not so innocent either. It doesn't help that they're talking marriage and kids when she hasn't even been granted a divorce from her 72 day wedding. Peen pics, freaky flicks and a penchant for needing ALL the attention all the time has us wondering why these two aren't ranked even ashier. SMH.
19. Terrence J. & Selita Ebanks Sure they're beautiful but he can't act his way out of a paper bag and she slored herself out to half of Hollyweird and the NFL before dating down with this C-lister. Just cuz y'all lightskinned don't mean you ain't ashy!
20. Nelly & Ashanti We actually love these two together, but let's be real, Jay-Z and Beyoncé they're not. Ashanti hasn't had a hit since Irv Gotti almost went to jail and if Nelly's not careful about the company he keeps, his friend's h-ron habits will land him behind bars.
21. Doug Christie & Jackie Christie We heard so much about her crazy ways for years and now thanks to Vh1 we get to witness on a weekly basis. Her own kids don't even like her!
22. Lamar Odom & Khloe Kardashian-Odom Kris Jenner has been pimping this marriage since the day it was conceived in her office. We're happy for Khlomar that they ended up actually liking each other after getting married for ratings but it's still tacky the way they sell their marriage for mass consumption. Not to mention, it's not fun watching Khloe get freaky for her hubby on TV. It's actually pretty gross.
23. T.I. & Tiny We'd love to rank these two higher thanks to their family friendly T.V. show and cute posse of kids but we still haven't forgotten how Bonnie & Clyde here managed to get themselves arrested not once but twice for doing isht they have way too much money to get caught doing in public.
24. Hank Baskett & Kendra Wilkinson These swirlers are so sweet to us, but what is that precious faced Baby Hank gonna think the day he sees Mommy's home video and all her magazine spreads? The horror! Oh and is it cruel to mention that Hank's football career is now a bust?
25. Wiz Khalifa & Amber Rose We've seen her vajayjay more than her gynecologist has -- and she's knocked up so that can't be good! Props to her for getting off the pole but that baby is gonna be born with a contact high and probably learn his ABC's by reading the tats off Daddy's face!
27. Jim Jones & Chrissy He looks like he never bathes and she loves catching fade. What a match made in heaven.
29. Eddie Cibrian & LeAnn Rimes These two are more trashy than ashy, but whatever. Who can stand this emaciated homewrecker and her whiny Twitter rants? Oh and her hubby ain't isht as an actor.


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A conversation with Paul Ryan about Medicare reform, Cuba and NASA
THE VILLAGES, Fla. - U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) warned Florida seniors about the perils of Medicare during a campaign appearance here on Saturday, telling an overflow crowd of mostly retired seniors that President Barack Obama had raided the entitlement program to help pay for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
"We want to earn your support. We want to earn victory. So that when we win we have the mandates -- the moral authority -- to stop kicking the can down the road and get this country back on track," he said.
Ryan, who was joined at the campaign appearance by his mother, Betty Douglas, a part-time Lauderdale-By-The-Sea resident and Medicare recipient, drew clear distinctions between how he and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would reform Medicare.
"The first thing we have to remember is President Obama raided $716 billion from the Medicare program to help pay for the Obamacare program," he said during a one-on-one interview with WPTV NewsChannel 5. "He puts [forth] this new board of unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats who are required to cut Medicare every year in ways that will lead to denied care for current seniors. What Mitt Romney and I propose is to stop this raid, restore that money and get rid of this board that will lead to denied care for current seniors."Ryan said that under the plan he and Romney have proposed, Medicare benefits for the more than three million people in Florida enrolled in the program would remain unchanged if they were near retirement or 55-years-old or older.
Ryan stressed that he favors a system where future Medicare participants could opt to keep the current program's structure as one of many options.
"In order to keep that promise," he said, "those of us in the younger generation -- because Medicare ultimately is going bankrupt -- we need to reform it."
Ryan said the proposed reform would require a bipartisan measure in Congress.
"It's an idea that came out of the Clinton Commission to save Medicare, where future seniors have guaranteed choices, where they have a menu of options to pick from, just like Medicare Advantage works today, or Medicare Part D, including traditional Medicare as an option and Medicare supports their premiums," he said. "What we have learned is reforming Medicare for the next generation of seniors allows us to keep the promise as it's known today for Medicare for current seniors."
Danny Kanner, a spokesperson for Obama for America, defended the president's position on Medicare after the campaign appearance, and said Ryan and Romney had lied to seniors about their plan for reform because its details were "politically suicidal."
"Seniors would face higher Medicare premiums and prescription drug costs and would be forced to pay out of pocket for preventive care," Kanner said. "[Ryan] didn't say that if he had his way, Medicare would be bankrupt in just four years, or that he would give $150 billion taxpayer dollars back to private insurance companies, which raises costs for everyone. He didn't say that they'd turn Medicare into a voucher system, ending the Medicare guarantee and raising costs by $6,400 a year for seniors. And he certainly didn't say that they'd do it all to pay for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires."
Ryan countered and said the campaign's assertion the proposed reforms would raise premiums and costs for seniors was inaccurate.
"Those statistics were misleading three years ago when they used them. They're even more misleading now," he said. "We need to restore this program because people who have already retired on the promise that Medicare would be there for them. And, that's a promise we have to keep."
During the one-one-one interview with WPTV NewsChannel 5, Ryan sought to reassure Cuban-Americans in South Florida that despite voting to lift the embargo against Cuba in 2001 and 2004 -- he has since supported the embargo -- he and Romney would maintain a hard line against the Communist regime.
"One of my best friends in Congress is Mario Diaz-Balart. I'm also good friends with Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. And, I've had some great meetings with them -- briefings from them -- over the last number of years about how important it is to make sure we stare down the Castro regime and we do nothing that helps embolden the Castro regime," he said. "Mitt Romney is as strong as anybody on this issue to see an end to the Castro regime."
Ryan, who voted against the Obama-backed DREAM Act and has opposed amnesty for most undocumented immigrants, said he supported -- but hadn't endorsed -- the immigration reform efforts of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL).
"I've been impressed with Marco Rubio's leadership on this issue," he said.
"Marco Rubio was on the cusp of introducing the bipartisan solution to immigration problems. President Obama preempted that with what many people think is an unconstitutional move and denied the ability to have a bipartisan solution to these legitimate immigration issues that we have to solve."
Countering critics who perceived him and Romney as weak on national security and foreign policy, Ryan said Romney would propose to strengthen defense spending if elected.
Ryan, who voted against the 2008 and 2010 NASA Authorization Acts, said he believed in a "robust space program."
He said the space agency, which has shed thousands of jobs after the retirement of the space shuttle and the cancelation of its Constellation program, was an "invaluable asset to our national security."
"President Obama has advanced what we think are devastating and irresponsible cuts to defense programs. We want to restore that because we believe in peace through strength. We believe in scientific research. We obviously believe that a robust space program is in the vital national security interests of America," he said. "Mitt Romney has committed to restoring our national defense which we see as a national security issue including our space programs."
Ryan declined to say which role, if any, commercial space companies such as Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, would have under a Romney-Ryan administration.
Ryan also countered critics who said he and Romney did not have strong foreign policy credentials.
"I have more experience than President Obama did when he came into office," he said. "Mitt Romney and I share the same principles and values when it comes to national security and foreign policy. We believe in the doctrine of peace through strength. We believe in having a strong military. We believe in strengthening our relationships with our allies abroad. And, making sure that our adversaries know that we have resolve."
"I have been in Congress a number of years. I have voted to send men and women to war. I have been to those funerals. I have visited with our troops overseas in war zones to get their perspective. So, we have that kind of experience. And, we also know that we have to have a strong America if we're going to be peaceful here at home. And, that's something we're very committed to."
Despite the push to win broad support for Medicare reform, Ryan said the election would hinge on the economy and unemployment.
"The president has failed in this. President Obama has not offered the kind of leadership it takes to get people back to work, to prevent our deficit from getting out of control -- which is hurting our economy," he said. "The president can't run on his record. It's a bad record. And, what he's doing now, is he is running on distraction. On distortions. He's running a campaign of frustration and anger."
Ryan attended a fundraiser near St. Petersburg after his campaign appearance in The Villages.
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Pittsburgh — Charleston's Jose Cuevas had a first-half goal, but the Pittsburgh Riverhounds were able to pull out a 1-1 tie in USL Pro Soccer in front of 3,464 fans at Highmark Stadium on Saturday night.
The Battery (7-3-3, 24 points) remained in fourth place in the standings.
The Battery started brightly and almost took the lead in the fourth minute after Zach Prince slipped the ball through to forward Dane Kelly on the right side of the box. Kelly ran onto the pass and hit a sharp first-time shot that zipped high and wide.
Pittsburgh fought back and forced Battery goalkeeper Odisnel Cooper into action in the 27th minute. Midfielder Kevin Karr found himself free 20 yards out as Pittsburgh broke on the counter-attack. Kerr drilled a dipping shot on target, but Cooper managed to tip the ball over the bar.
The Battery took the lead in the 37th minute after defender Emmanuel Adjetey found Cuevas with a short pass across the halfway line. Cuevas dribbled the ball forward, and as the Riverhounds' defense approached he curled a right-footed shot into the top corner, beating goalkeeper Hunter Gilstrap.
Charleston almost scored another goal with a terrific flowing move at the end of the half. Cuevas drove a diagonal pass across the field to Prince at the edge of the box. Prince cushioned a volley inside to Nicki Paterson, whose reaction header just missed wide of the right goal post.
Pittsburgh enjoyed more of the ball after the break as the Riverhounds pressured for an equalizer. Cooper made a terrific save in the 64th minute, denying Jose Angulo from point-blank range with a reaction save. Five minutes later, though, Angulo received a chance and slipped his header into the far corner to equalize.
Both teams had opportunities in the closing minutes, but neither was able to break through and find a winner.
The Battery takes on the Rochester Rhinos on Sunday at 4 p.m. as they conclude their Northeast road swing.
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For those who didn't know this fun fact, Michael Storm took over the role of Larry Wolek from his real-life brother James Storm in 1969. Curious as to how something like this came about, I asked Michael about this turn of events in his early career. "My wife and I were living and working in Southern California when my brother got this soap opera role in August 1968. He called me one day and said he wasn't happy with what he was doing and had an opportunity to travel to Europe, Russia and North Africa and said, 'I think I'm going to leave.' James suggested that I have my agent contact the show to see if they were interested in extending the role to me," Michael explained. "I was sent a script and did an audition on the set of General Hospital then was personally interviewed in New York. It was supposed to be a short contract, a test, but my wife and I moved everything to New York after the show wanted to tear up the temporary contract and gave me a full contract. I started on January 4, 1969 for what started out at about three episodes per week. I loved the work and was embraced by the talented cast. They made me feel like one of them. I took over for my brother and made the transition into the storyline when my brother, as Larry, rushed into a fire to save another doctor and ended up being burned himself. I, myself, made my début as Larry when the bandages were removed from [brother] Larry's face. And there I was!"
Having been a longtime fan of the show, I was excited to hear how it was for Michael to work alongside some of the show's veteran actors like Phil Carey (Asa Buchanan), Erika Slezak (Viki Davidson), Andrea Evans (Tina Roberts), and Robert S. Woods (Bo Buchanan), but Michael reminded me that his start on the show came well before these guys were considered vets in Daytime's eyes! "No," Michael said of the old days. "Back then, it wasn't about Viki [Erika], Asa [Phil], etc… For a number of years I worked with Gillian Spencer (original Viki Lord), Lynn Benesch (Meredith Lord Wolek), Lee Paterson (Joe Riley), Allan Miller (Dave Siegel) and Patricia Row (Eileen Riley Siegel). What made the show unique was One Life was the first soap opera to have an African American storyline. When the storyline started, the show was threatened throughout the country for cancellation, but ABC said they were keeping it. From the support of the fans, we made it through, and I was proud to be a part of that."
Anyone who's a fan of the show knows when someone in Llanview was in trouble, they'd head to Llanview Hospital to see Dr. Larry. For years, we, as fans, haven't had the pleasure of seeing Michael's character on the scene, and we've missed him! So I asked Michael if he would welcome a full-time return to the show, if there were a chance that Dr. Larry could be incorporated into the storylines again. "That's a real tough question," Michael admitted. "I left the show unknowingly. For the last ten years, when I went to work, I was living in California and would fly back to New York for the storyline. One time I flew back but never heard from the show again. I would like to go back and have some closure. The cast and stage crew, we were all friends outside the studio. We had a great time, we're an extended family. I would welcome a limited contract but full-time, having to move… I don't think I'd do that."
Let's pause for a moment and take a look back at Dr. Larry in action! I found this great video from the soap vault where Viki tricked the good doctor into thinking she was fine - when she was really Jean Randolph!
Michael's had many television appearances since leaving Daytime behind, which can be viewed in Michael's Where Is He Now article, but I was interested to know if he still kept track of the show and what he does during his free time. "I don't watch the show," Michael divulged. "My wife does on occasion, but I'm a potter. I have a studio that I spend a lot of time in then I play with my grandchildren… That's why I was put on this earth."
So, will we be seeing Michael in any upcoming appearances? Though Michael doesn't have anything in the works at the moment, he is working with a new agent and plans to put himself out there soon. "I don't have to work. It's nice, but sometimes it takes the sparks, the fire, away. I'll go out there because I love the craft of acting. I love what I do now, but in the business you can't keep an actor down!"
Before we ended our call, Michael wanted me to extend a very special message to all of his fans… "Thank you so much. It is just so wonderful in this profession to have people who 'get' what we do in soaps. It is very much appreciated!"
Soaps.com wishes Michael the very best in his future, and we can only hope that the show remembers what a great character they had in Dr. Larry - and how useful he could be to the many storylines going on today! In three little words, my final words of this interview… Bring Larry back!
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Our Co-Games of the week feature boy's and girl's games with first-place implications between rivals in the Fox Valley Association and Eastern Valley Conferences.
FVL girls take control of Eastern Valley, Oshkosh North boys hand Neenah first loss of season.
Notre Dame defeated Fox Valley Lutheran Monday night in nonconference girls basketball
95.3 WSCO's Justin Hull joins Ryan Rodig in studio to discuss Appleton-area basketball topics in this week's Prep Spotlight segment
In the final segment of High School Sports Xtra we crown our Team of the Week, Bill Gusse presents his Team360 Minute, and we take a "Local 5 Look-Back" at the past week
Bay Port is heading back to State for the 4th time in five years, while Notre Dame heads to Fox Valley Stadium for the 2nd time in three years.
Ryan Rodig has highlights from Divisions 3 through 5 of Saturday's boys high school basketball action.
Justin Hull from Appleton sports radio 95.3 WSCO joins Ryan Rodig in studio to talk high school hoops in the Fox Valley.
High school basketball highlights from Friday, February 8th.
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Mel B's hot, fierce body has become a new career for her these past couple of years (burlesque show, DVD, underwear modeling, various pap shots poolside with bikini and heels – you get the picture), but unless we hadn't already guessed, it takes fearsome work to look the way she does. The former/current/oh, who cares anymore Spice Girl is the face of International Fitness Week (apparently), so gave an interview to the UK's New! magazine terrifying us with how hard she works at it.
- On how she stays fit: "I like to work out with other people – we might do an army workout or hike if I'm in LA. This week I've been running – I ran six miles yesterday and six miles the day before."
- On doing 600 situps each day: "I do it at the end of my workout. I do it every ten reps so it goes quickly. I rest every 200."
- On being "addicted" to exercise: "Once you get into it, it's like a drug."
- On her diet: "I've trained my body to crave clean, healthy food."
Our whole body is crying out for a nap on the sofa and a bag of Kettle chips just reading that. Still, at least Mel gives herself a break by knocking back the wine every time she's in London (seemingly). You can take the girl out of Britain, but you can't take the Britain out of the girl! (Photo: WireImage]


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Value Expressions in Mapping Model
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in a new model version, the entities of my data model got some additional attributes; among others they got (mandatory) timestamp and identifier fields. The timestamps are of type NSDate, the identifiers are of a custom UUID type that supports the NSCoding protocol whence Core Data can store it as NSData.
Since these attributes are mandatory, I need to assign reasonable values during the migration. For the timestamps, it is ok if every timestamp becomes @[NSDate distantPast]@. The identifiers need to be unique for obvious reasons whence I need to generate for every instance a random identifier, e.g. using the convenience constructor @[UUID uuid]@.
The Mapping Model in XCode lets me define value expressions for the destination entities' attributes. Unfortunately, I can't find a comprehensive documentation of the value expression syntax. The Predicate Programming Guide has a section Predicate Format String Syntax but that does not mention the "Function" expression at all.
The NSExpression Class Reference describes the syntax as FUNCTION(receiver, selectorName, arguments, …). Unfortunately, the migration fails to assign proper values if I use the value expressions FUNCTION(NSDate, "distantPast") and FUNCTION(UUID, "uuid"), respectively - the migration manager complains in the validation phase that the corresponding attributes have no values.
Do you know of additional documentation that may explain what I am doing wrong? Or do you know another approach (short of implementing custom migration managers for every entity) that assigns proper values to the destination entities' attributes?
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I would suggest opening a radar against the documentation for this. It would bring it to the attention of the Core Data team and hopefully they would be able to explain this in better detail. Barring that I would design a custom migration step that is dynamic enough to be written only once but can be injected for each object that has these two mandatory attributes. That would be the simplest path that I can think of.
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Christoph Ludwig (13 posts)
Actually, someone from apple explained in a dev forum post how to construct the the value expressions. And following that, I opened a documentation enhancement request (#7443740) with Apple asking that they address value expressions in more detail and in just one place.
Of course, such a discussion would also fit very well in your book if you plan to do a 2nd edition. :-)
PS: For those who cannot access the iPhone dev forum: The value expression that calls @[NSDate distantPast]@ is @FUNCTION(CAST('NSDate', 'Class'), 'distantPast')@.
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Candidates weigh in on light-rail, taxes, development and more
The candidates for the Chapel Hill Town Council presented their cases for election Tuesday night as they answered questions posed by the audience in advance of the Oct. 17 start of early voting.
In a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters for Chatham, Durham and Orange Counties, the eight candidates – D.C. Swinton, Amy Ryan, Maria Palmer, Gary Khan, Loren Hintz, Ed Harrison, Sally Greene and George Cianciolo – presented arguments for why they should fill the four available seats on the council.
While incumbents Greene and Harrison seek re-election, Councilmembers Gene Pease and Laurin Easthom are leaving their posts after serving one and two terms in office. The four candidates receiving the most votes win the available seats.
Running unopposed but opening the forum with his platform for office was Chapel Hill Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt, who said he can identify with residents who miss the small-town charm that once defined Chapel Hill but realizes the importance of preparing for future changes.
"I really miss that town," he said, referring to Chapel Hill in 1988. "But I love this town, too. They (previous town leaders) helped us move from there to here and that's been about the only thing that's remained the same in Chapel Hill ."
He added that he wants the city to avoid the abandonment of its rural buffer and urban services boundary despite the continued pressure to develop and grow the area and to continue to give attention to the downtown area so that local businesses don't have to rely as heavily on the University of North Carolina 's calendar as they are now.
The possibility of a light-rail transit system along Highway 54 had support among some of the candidates but Ryan said she was concerned that "it would serve only a small part of the town, even though it's our largest employer. I'm concerned about the expense for a town of our size."
Greene, who has served two terms on the council, is in support of a light-rail system but doesn't "want us to be another Atlanta . I'm excited to see ways to incorporate affordable housing near light-rail stops."
When asked to choose between raising taxes or cutting services, Kahn said that "increasing taxes is not the way to prioritize our budget. We have to take each item for what is it."
Having served more than 10 years on the council, Harrison said that the recent tax increase was the first in four years and that there "was a lot of built-up need. There will be needs but there's not much left to cut."
Discussing pro-density and pro-connectivity, Cianciolo said that "it's a natural reaction of any neighborhood to want to protect itself. We need to educate people, provide the data and explain to them carefully the benefits" as well as have alternative plans if those fears are realized.
Hintz believes that bike safety is a very important issue and that educating the public is crucial, detailing that "we need to work more with the [the N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles] on educating drivers and incorporating as many bike safety features in the development of new roads and the retrofitting of old roads."
Palmer said that the town should "push UNC to do more for their employees because we are subsidizing employees who aren't paid enough to pay rent" when asked about loss of tax revenue due to the university's expansion.
Swinton believes that the town can "restore the tax base by bringing in new industry or retail" but is aware that "infrastructure is very costly and why we don't want to deal with urban sprawl. I'd rather build up than out."
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