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Philpott trial: Blaze 'part of a plot to win back custody of children'
Posted: February 22, 2013|
SIX siblings – Jade, 10, John, nine, Jack, eight, Jesse, six, Jayden, five, and Duwayne, 13 – all died after the fire which engulfed the family home at 18 Victory Road, Allenton in the early hours of May 11 last year.
Mick Philpott, 56, his 31-year-old wife, Mairead, and family friend Paul Mosley, 46, of Cecil Street, Derby, have all denied six counts of manslaughter in relation to the children's deaths.
It is alleged they started the fire in a botched plan to frame Philpott's former mistress, Lisa Willis, with whom he was locked in a custody battle over their children.
The prosecution alleges that Philpott was the mastermind behind the scheme and that Mairead Philpott and family friend Paul Mosley were "in" on the plan.
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It says forensic evidence, which is yet to be heard, would reveal that both Philpott, Mrs Philpott and Mosley, 45, had petrol on their clothing.
The trial, at Nottingham Crown Court, began on Monday of last week and could last until Easter.
On Tuesday, the jury was told that Philpott "flew into a rage" after police refused to arrest Ms Willis when he reported that she had been making threats to him.
The court did not sit on Monday but last Friday the prosecution claimed that Mrs Philpott had an abortion after becoming pregnant while having sex with another man while Philpott watched.
Witness Claire Tyler, who worked with Mrs Philpott as a cleaner at the Derbyshire Royal Infirmary and Royal Derby Hospital, told the court about an incident in 2011 when Mairead asked for some time off work because she was pregnant and looking to go to the doctor for a termination.
And earlier last week Philpott's former mistress Ms Willis, gave evidence in court, shielded from the view of the defendants, Philpott, Mrs Philpott and Mosley, by a screen.
She told the court that she and her five children – four of them fathered by Philpott – had lived with the Philpotts at Victory Road.
However, she had taken the children and moved out after Philpott had been abusive towards her.
But she also told the jury that Philpott was never abusive towards any of his children and that she saw Mrs Philpott's children as her own and treated them "the same".
Asked how she felt about their deaths, she said she was "devastated".
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He cleaned my dirty closet
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He straightened out my posters
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My parents almost fainted when
he fixed my bedroom door.
I did not try to stop him.
He made my windows shine.
My room looked like a palace.
My jackets smelled like pine.
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Sean O'Driscoll believes Nottingham Forest's Andy Reid is in the form of his career
Posted: December 10, 2012|
SEAN O'Driscoll believes Andy Reid is in the form of his career – and has backed the midfielder to be a future captain of Nottingham Forest.
The Irishman had a hand in both goals as the Reds secured a morale-boosting 2-0 win over Burnley, to further enhance his status as one of the most important players at the club.
It is a transformation from last season, when Reid struggled to hold down a regular place in the side for long periods.
But, aside from a recent spell when he was injured, the player has featured in every game during this campaign.
O'Driscoll insists the 30-year-old has always had quality – but is also showing that he has the attitude to match.
"As people get older, they get more mature. He has not had a bad career, that is for sure. But he still wants to achieve something at Forest. If he has that attitude, he is going to be a real asset for us," said the Forest boss.
"He is the one who, when you look at the team sheet as an opposition manager, you would be worried about him popping up in dangerous positions and causing you problems.
"He is difficult to mark and he creates something when he is on the ball.
"He has another year on his contract. He is reliable, he is a good bloke in the dressing room and he always has an opinion. You can talk to him. He is captain material.
"Andy is a creator. He is somebody who trains really well. I was really impressed with him when I was here last season."
O'Driscoll says Reid has benefited from the hard work he put in over the summer to get himself in shape.
"He lost a lot of weight in the summer," he said. "He trains really well. When he wasn't in the team last season, when I walked off the training pitch, I still always thought to myself that he was one of the better players. It was just a case of trying to get him into the team.
"He was prepared to back himself defensively. When people look at him, they know he is good on the ball, but do they believe he can do the other hard graft?
"He always said 'give me a chance and I will do it'. Steve (Cotterill) gave him that chance last season and he did it and he has carried that on and maintained his form.
"I have thought about resting him from time to time, but we haven't really got another player like him. He is technically very good and the strikers like playing with him.
"People make runs off him because they believe he will spot it. If you are a striker, you would want Andy Reid in your team.
"He says he played against Cafu, who is the most adventurous full-back ever known – and Andy reckons he did a job on him. If he can do a job on Cafu, he can play in the Championship.
"He is never going to be svelte like, but he is fit and he works very hard in training. Throughout the time I have been here, he has always done that."
Striker Dexter Blackstock, who headed home a Reid cross to put Forest ahead, added: "Everyone knows Andy Reid is quality, but that is what he is in the side to do. He can produce that little bit extra."


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GIBSON TOWNSHIP — The body of a homicide victim found in Susquehanna County belongs to an 88-year-old man, and now the victim's son and grandson are charged with the crime.
Authorities believe that elderly man was killed in Montgomery County, near Philadelphia, and then his body was dumped in Susquehanna County.
The Susquehanna County coroner identified the body as Jack St. Onge, 88, from Montgomery County.
The D.A.'s office near Philadelphia charged David St. Onge and David St. Onge Jr. in connection with this homicide
Workers discovered the body of Jack St. Onge in a wooded area last week.
The Susquehanna County coroner says St. Onge's body was wrapped in tarps and had been there for at least several days.
The death is now ruled a homicide and that man's son, David St. Onge Sr., is accused of killing his father. Investigators say David St. Onge Sr. then worked with his own son David St. Onge Jr. to dump the body in Susquehanna County.
"Pitiful. It's not right, it's not right."
The Montgomery County district's attorney's office believes St. Ogne's home in Plymouth Township is where the homicide took place.
Investigators say St. Onge's son and grandson drove more than 150 miles to dump the body in Gibson Township.
"I bet the people who did it never thought of anybody being in there cutting the trees," said David Hine of Gibson Township last Saturday.
Hine and his daughter Natalie were walking along Route 92 when they saw state police blocking the road. Hine says he can't remember anything like this happening in the township, but he doesn't think it will be the last body found in the woods.
"Not around here, not this close. It surprises me that it's taken this long"
Hine's daughter, however, says she can't believe someone would dump a body near her home.
"It really scared me when I heard that it was a body or something."
Authorities say David St. Onge Sr. admitted to killing his father. He also confessed to stealing his dad's belongings and selling them to make money.
Additional charges may be filed after the Susquehanna County coroner makes a final determination on the cause of death.


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Musician Joseph Nkasa who was stoned last Friday in Dowa on his way from a rally where he had been singing for President Joyce Banda is not dead, we have it on record from a well-trusted source.
This is after various news outlets on social media have taken it as their duty to spread the lies on Nkasa's life. An observation has shown that some people have taken to social media to announce that Nkasa has given up on life from the stones that were thrown at the PP car he was in.
"That is a lie, Nkasa is alive and kicking," said a source close to him.
The musician is currently avoiding the media from the time the stoning incident happened and he was taken to Mtengowamthenga hospital in the district.
Nkasa, who has had his fair share of singing for politicians, is currently singing for Joyce Banda and in his song he praises Joyce Banda of improving tobacco prices at the auction floor something which is not entirely true.
It is said that it is this that infuriated the tobacco farmers in the Central region district to stone him.
However the source has said that Nkasa has recovered from the stones and is not dead as some people would wish of him.
Storry Written By Malawi Voice, Face of Malawi
14 Responses to "Stoned Phungu Joseph Nkasa Not Dead: Still Alive And Kicking"
Anthu anji anapanga zolakwazi anthu osasambawa fuseck I like mkasa to much his song is giving me a power to work hard ok I hate u guyz
Siwandale! Siwandale ine! Anatero Nkasa asanaidziwe bwino ndalama kukoma kwake.
Musiyeni satana Nkasa adyeletu b4 May 20th kuti akatengenso bwino khasu kwa mwini munda pa 21st May.
Mkasa bola umwalire Coz I will finsh yu–Mwana wa hule/kukonda ndalama ngati ndi ambuyako Dementi
Nkasa iwe ufera zaweni aise mmesa unatembenuka mtima ndikuyamba gospel songs. Jbtu akuyalula sabata yamawa. Usova. Komabe i wish u a quick recovery.
Iwe ungakayimbe ku dowa nkhani zopusazo akuonetsa mfolo.PP kulibe ku DOWA
…than praise a woman that cannot breastfeed her children but wave her breasts all the time. too bad nkasa and his friends cant see that.
This will end on the 20th May next week. Nkasa get ready and find something to do other than signing as this will end next week. I bet ukatenganso khasu kwa mwini munda unabwenza lija.
ntchito zake zikumuchitira umboni udzafa ndi ntchito zako .
Nkasa deserved the stones considering the fact that Malawians r suffering at the cruel hands of Jezebel and he is busy praising her for a simple penny. Its not eating alot only that mekes one fat in life but eating the right food at the right place and at the right tym. Nkasa must hv a good reasoning b4 searching 4 his daily bread bcoz th more he tries to get it the more he draws his days close to the end. He wil pay 4 all the sufferings Malawians r going through wth his stupid mouth.
Unakawaputa wekha a Kapoli ndi a kangwingwi kumeneko umakataniko Nkasa kwa eni ngati kumeneko, ndalama zikupweteketsa iwe uyisolver.
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In the markets of Kabul, male buyers and sellers haggle over price and colour, while the women who bear the brunt of burqa are largely invisible. Even ten years after the savage reign of the Taliban was lifted, women are still covered in public places. But the Taliban weren't the only ones to use the burqa for their own purposes. From Chinese importers, to Iranian politicians, to spy agents and suicide bombers, "All have benefited from burqa," says Brishkay. "The women under have always lost." The reality of wearing a burqa becomes explicitly apparent when the director dons a pale blue version and attempts to navigate the complexities of stairs and city streets.
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November 29, UN Decides on Palestine
"The General Assembly, Having met in special session at the request of the mandatory Power to constitute and instruct a Special Committee to prepare for the consideration of the question of the future Government of Palestine at the second regular session..."
Opening text from UN General Assembly Resolution 181 November 29, 1947
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In the last year, early elections were one of the main political topics in Israel. Following dramatic events, which included a failed coalition with Kadima and bogus early elections in September, the elections were set for January. This was the latest possible date for Netanyahu, who seeks to strengthen his government. The actual coalition is not strong enough for his goals; he seeks to strengthen the Likud position in the next Knesset bygaining the most senior ministries, namely Defense and Foreign Affairs, which are held now by other parties. If he achieves that, it will be much easier for him to conduct a war against Iran. The best testimony of his intent was the brutally belligerent speech he delivered in September at the UN General Assembly. Despite his verbal violence, he didn't give the order to attack Iran because, right now, he cannot give such an order to the IDF. To win a war against Iran, Netanyahu needs American military and diplomatic help; the IDF can initiate a war with Iran, but it is unable to finish it properly. However, President Obama won't allow such an attack before the upcoming presidential elections in the USA; the current administration is unfriendly towards Netanyahu. Thus, Netanyahu delayed war with Iran. Yet, Israel and the USA agree that by mid-2013 Iran's nuclear industry will be well established and safe from conventional attacks. This is Netanyahu's deadline. The elections in January provide a good opportunity for him to follow his plans.
The Palestinian bid changed the main topic in Israel. Instead of comfy elections' propaganda on a possible war with Iran, Israel must confront the Palestinian issue. Netanyahu faces strong opposition on this, including from his new partner Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. This is especially delicate since the two announced a few days ago that Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu, their respective parties, will run together in a unified list. Netanyahu, Lieberman, and eventually all possible partners of the next government compete now one against the other in a game called "Who is the fiercest against Palestine." The several parties holding primaries in late November have no choice but to center on the bid, since this is also the planned date for the UN vote. In other words, Israel has been forced to play in favor of the Palestinians; the extreme words used by Israeli politicians in following weeks will play in the UN in favor of Palestine.
Iran decided the timing of the elections; Palestine imposed their main topic.
Israel Reacts
Following the Palestinian announcement of its intentions, Israel is warning that this may lead to a new Intifada or the collapse of the Palestinian Authority. In its publications, Israel doesn't mention the fact that the Palestinians themselves announced that they may dismantle the PA out of their own will if the move fails. Of all possible scenarios, those in which Israel plays with the existence of the PA, are the easiest to turn around against Israel itself.
An option favored by Lieberman is the declaration of Abbas as irrelevant, as it was done with Arafat, before his murder. If that happens, Hamas will remind everybody that Mahmoud Abbas is holding his position as President of the Palestinian Authority illegally. Elected to serve until January 9, 2009, Mr. Abbas unilaterally extended his term as president for another year and continues in office years after that deadline expired. The day after Israel bans Abbas, Palestinian elected Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, will probably declare Israel as irrelevant, and the political center of the now semi-independent Palestinian Authority will move to Gaza.
Moreover, Israel is planning punishments against the PA, including a significant expansion of West Bank settlements and halting tax transfers to the PA. Both methods were used extensively in the past. Personal punishments of Palestinian officers are also planned; these include the revocation of their VIP passes that allow them to pass through IDF security checks in the West Bank.
Israel is also expanding its diplomatic activity. On October 24, Lieberman and Netanyahu met with EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton and warned her that the PA's UN bid would be a "game-changing move" that would spark unilateral Israeli measures in response. Moreover, Israel plans to lobby most of the UN's 193 members, especially those it has a good chance to influence. Yet, Palestine has a reasonable chance to beat Israel at the UN General Assembly.
History in the Make
Palestine is also conducting a diplomatic offensive. It wants to win recognition by a landslide similar to the one it got last year in the UNESCO vote. Its task is simpler than the Israeli one; the map above shows the 130 countries that have already recognized the State of Palestine. Their combined populations account for over 80% of humans on the planet. Palestinians aim at getting at least 160 votes out of the 193 UN voting members.
History folds in odd ways; this year, on the exact anniversary of the UN Resolution 181, the same body may vote on its actual implementation, sixty-five years after the original decision. The date will become a symbol of Justice in the make. Yet, can Israel compensate Palestine for the robbed time?
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Introduction To The First Epistle Of Paul To The Corinthians
This first epistle of Paul to the Corinthians is actually not the first letter that Paul wrote to the believers in Corinth. In 1Co 5:9, Paul said that he had written a previous letter. That letter has been lost. This is the first of two letters that have been preserved.
The book of 1 Corinthians is the second longest of the Pauline epistles, surpassed only by the book of Romans, which it follows in the traditional order of Scriptures.
Paul made it clear at the beginning of this letter that his reason for writing this epistle was because members of Chloe's household had informed him of divisions in the church (1Co 1:11). Paul mentioned three men by name who had come to him from Corinth (1Co 16:17), but it is not certain if these were the members of Chloe's household to whom Paul referred.
Paul's main purpose in this book was to correct the carnality that had damaged the unity of the believers and to answer specific questions. 1Co 1:10 sums up his intent: "Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."
Paul dealt with this disunity in three main areas. First, he countered the division caused over a difference of opinion as to whom the people should be following (1Co 1:10-4:21). Some of the church claimed Paul as their spiritual leader, some Apollos, and some Peter (1Co 1:12).
Second, Paul reprimanded the believers for the immoral conduct of certain individuals (incest, 1Co 5; lawsuits, 1Co 6; marriage relationships, 1Co 7; eating things sacrificed to idols, 1Co 8) and the passivity of the others in not dealing with these problems (1Co 5:1-11:16).
Third, Paul dealt with the conduct of the Corinthians in their church services (1Co 11:17-14:40). This section includes instructions for the Lord's Supper (1Co 11) and the operation of the gifts in the church (1Co 12-14).
Paul concluded this letter with the most complete arguments found in the New Testament on the resurrection of our bodies (1Co 15). 1Co 16 gives instructions for the collection for the poor saints in Jerusalem as well as miscellaneous instructions and salutations.
The Corinthian church was the most carnal church that we have record of Paul dealing with. Paul had established this church during his second missionary journey (see note 1 at Ac 18:22) when he spent eighteen months ministering in Corinth. He had already written them once before to instruct them on church discipline toward an individual who had committed fornication (1Co 5:9-10).
Corinth was a Greek city that was unsurpassed in its moral wickedness (see note 1 at Ac 18:1), and this background had dulled the perception of the new believers as to what was proper conduct. Paul dealt with a number of moral and ethical issues to provide these believers with God's perspective of right and wrong.
These people's pagan background was also evident in the way they turned the Lord's Supper into a drunken feast and the way they administered the spiritual gifts in their services.
Spiritual Gifts
Three chapters of 1 Corinthians are devoted to the subject of spiritual gifts (1Co 12-14). This is the most information on spiritual gifts in one place in the entire Bible. This is the only place in the Bible that guidelines are set forth for the operation of the gifts in an assembly of believers.
Some people have tried to capitalize on the fact that these believers had all the spiritual gifts (1Co 1:7) and yet were carnal (1Co 3:3), to argue that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are not necessary or that they are even of the devil. However, Paul never told these believers that their gifts were of the devil. Despite these flagrant abuses, Paul told them, "Covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues" (1Co 14:39). He taught them how to properly use the gifts, not to dispose of the gifts.
Paul has never seriously been challenged as the author of this letter. The letter begins with a salutation that proclaims Paul as the author. There are numerous statements throughout the book that link the writing to the Apostle Paul, and the style and doctrinal beliefs are nearly universally thought to be those of Paul's. Clement of Rome spoke of Paul as being the author of this work as early as A.D. 96.
Date And Place Of Writing
This letter to the Corinthians was written after Paul's second missionary trip (circa A.D. 51-53 - see note 1 at Ac 18:22), where he established the church in Corinth (Ac 18:1-17), and before the end of his third missionary trip (circa A.D. 54-58 - see note 2 at Ac 18:23). This can be seen by looking at Paul's statements in 1Co 16:1-9.
Paul had not yet gone to Corinth the second time (1Co 16:5), which Acts records as happening toward the end of his third missionary trip (Ac 20:1-3). Therefore, the date of writing can be placed around A.D. 57. Paul clearly stated that he was writing from the city of Ephesus (1Co 16:8, see note 3 at Ac 18:19) and would remain there until Pentecost. This narrows the time that this book was written even further to be around the end of A.D. 56.
About The Author
Numerous notes about the Apostle Paul are scattered throughout the book of Acts. A brief history of Paul's life can be found in note 1 at Ac 9:1.


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I own and play a speed cobra and love it as a pedal, but if I played only heel down I doubt I would like it. Heel down is somewhat limited in speed and you can't do doubles as easily so the need for a high end pedal is debatable. That said if you want a heavy pedal look and iron cobras, dw 5000, or if your used to mapex try their falcon pedals. Of those 3 iron cobra is heaviest. Don't buy a dw9000 they are very light and have a floating feeling. None of these pedals will make you better, I would just keep what you have, and if you are being held back try to learn some new techniques, not new gear.
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Wonder Woman set off Friday morning for a girls' weekend with some of her out-of-state friends, leaving me to care for the kiddos until late Sunday afternoon. My mom took them for a good part of Saturday, but yesterday, it was just me and them, from sunup till almost sundown … and I'm beyond thrilled to report that we had a great time.
It was unseasonably warm — almost 70 — and all of our neighbors used the day to rake, bag and dispose of the leaves blanketing every inch of ground in the neighborhood. I did some raking, too. Yeah, I raked a big pile of leaves at the bottom of our little slide, and let the kids barrel into it, over and over again. That's enough yard work for me, thanks.


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Collection Title: Morris Goldseker Foundation (MGF)
Inclusive Dates: 1973-2009
Size: 45 linear feet
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Administrative records, correspondence, and marketing material relating to grants to individuals and institutions throughout the Baltimore community.
Historical Note:
The Goldseker Foundation was established in 1975 with an $11 million bequest from the estate of Morris Goldseker. MGF is a grant-making organization that supports the work of hundreds of nonprofit organizations and projects in the Baltimore metropolitan region.
Access Note:
Access to any materials from this collection requires written permission from The Goldseker Foundation, Symphony Center, 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 310, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.
Custodial History:
The collection was donated to the University of Baltimore by Timothy D. Armbruster, President & CEO of the Goldseker Foundation, in 2001. A second of accrual of records was received from the Foundation in 2009.


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Association Football (Soccer)
In 2001 the majority of European national association football (soccer) teams concerned themselves with qualifying matches for the 2002 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup, to be held in Japan and South Korea. Nine European nations qualified for the World Cup finals by winning their respective Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) groups: Croatia, Denmark, England, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, and Sweden. By year's end five second-place teams also had qualified: Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Slovenia, and Turkey. The prospects for England, led by captain David Beckham (see Biographies), had improved with the appointment of a Swede, Sven-Goran Eriksson, as its first foreign coach. France, the defending champion and therefore exempt from the preliminaries, was able to add another trophy to its 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 titles by winning the FIFA 2001 Confederations Cup for area champions, which also was staged in Japan and South Korea. The triumphant French beat Japan 1–0 in the final on June 10. In September young players representing France defeated Nigeria 3–0 to capture the under-17 world championship.
At club level, despite moves toward more freedom of contract, the scramble for first-class players continued to escalate transfer fees. In July the Spanish club Real Madrid paid some $64 million to Italy's Juventus for French forward Zinedine Zidane, the reigning FIFA World Player of the Year. England, with eight current French internationals playing in its Premier League, saw champions Manchester United pay £19 million (about $28.1 million) for Dutch striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy from PSV Eindhoven and a British-record fee of £28.1 million (about $41.6 million) for Argentine midfield player Juan Sebastián Verón from Italy's Lazio, Eriksson's former club.
Manchester United's record third championship in succession—and its seventh in the nine years of Premier League football—produced an average crowd attendance of 67,544, the highest ever achieved in 112 years of professional football in the country. Overall attendance in the Premier League increased by 6.89%, chiefly through increases in stadium capacities. The aggregate figure of 12,472,094 for the entire competition yielded an average of 32,821, while the overall total including the three Football League divisions of 26,030,155 was the highest since 1976–77.
United's league title achievement was overshadowed by the three cup victories of Liverpool, which had also managed twice to beat United in league games. Under the tutelage of French coach Gerard Houllier, Liverpool annexed the League Cup, the Football Association (FA) Cup, and the UEFA Cup for a unique treble. In August it defeated Manchester United 2–1 in the annual Charity Shield match between FA league and cup winners and then added the European Super Cup to its list of honours, beating Germany's Bayern Munich 3–2.
By the conclusion of its UEFA Cup venture, Liverpool had completed 63 competitive games during the season. The UEFA final in Dortmund, Ger., on May 16 against the Spanish finalist, Alavés, was an absorbing encounter full of goals, unlike the tight, defense-dominated contest that had been widely forecast.
For Alavés, only six years out of the third division, it was a fairy-tale scenario, but when the team found itself a goal down in three minutes to Liverpool's first serious attack, the Spanish players' prospects seemed poor. Scotsman Gary McAllister's free kick was headed in for Liverpool by Germany's Markus Babbel, and worse followed for the team from Spain's Basque region. Liverpool's other German international, Dietmar Hamann, combined with Michael Owen after 17 minutes to produce a goal for Steven Gerrard to make the score 2–0.
Rather than lapse into free fall, Alavés shrugged off these early setbacks. Coach José Manuel Esnal ("Mané") brought on striker Iván Alonso for defender Dan Eggen and switched from a 4-5-1 formation to an attacking 3-5-2 system. In the 27th minute the substitute headed in Cosmin Contra's cross to reduce the deficit to one. Alavés goalkeeper Martín Herrera then tripped Owen, and McAllister restored Liverpool's two-goal advantage at 3–1 from the resulting penalty kick in the 41st minute. Surprisingly, Herrera received only a yellow card for his indiscretion.
By the 51st minute Alavés had evened the score at 3–3 through two goals by Javi Moreno early in the second half. In the 48th minute he headed in Contra's centre and then converted a free kick for his second successful effort. Houllier then changed tactics, bringing on Vladimir Smicer in midfield for defender Stephane Henchoz, shuffling the team around, and replacing Emile Heskey with Robbie Fowler up front. Mané's response was to withdraw Moreno, a move that arguably cost them the chance of taking the initiative. In the 73rd minute Fowler ran through to make it 4–3 for Liverpool, only to have Alavés tie the score in the dying seconds of normal time. From a corner kick from Pablo Gómez, Jordi Cruyff headed in to force the game into overtime.
Alas, the Spaniards then fell apart. Magno Mocelin of Brazil was shown the red card for a foul on Babbel in the 99th minute. Captain Antonio Karmona, already on a yellow card, was cautioned again for pulling back Smicer in the 117th minute, and Alavés was left with only nine players. From McAllister's resulting free kick, the ball clipped the head of defender Delfí Geli and found the corner of the net to give Liverpool a 5–4 sudden-death victory.
In contrast, the European Champions League final a week later between Bayern Munich and Valencia of Spain in Milan's San Siro Stadium was dominated by penalties and caution, although there was a similar 5–4 score from the final shoot-out. The Spaniards took a dramatic lead in the second minute when Swedish international defender Patrik Andersson was adjudged to have handled the ball in a scramble at the mouth of the goal. Gaizka Mendieta drove the penalty kick past goalkeeper Oliver Kahn's right hand. Four minutes later Bayern had the opportunity to level the score with a penalty of its own. Jocelyn Angloma tripped Stefan Effenberg, and although Mehmet Scholl's penalty kick was on target, the ball hit Valencia goalkeeper Santiago Cañizares's legs and rebounded over the crossbar.
Both teams made second-half changes, and Bayern equalized from the game's third penalty award in the 50th minute. Amedeo Carboni handled the ball in a panic, and Effenberg put the teams into a tie at 1–1. Neither team seemed ambitious enough to take undue risks from then on as the game drifted toward the end of 90 minutes. It was only in overtime that the Bayern players stirred themselves more than the opposition, who seemed content to await the fate of the inevitable shoot-out. Paulo Sergio missed for Bayern with the first penalty attempt, but the Germans emerged 5–4 victors after Mauricio Pellegrino's effort was saved by Kahn with what was the 17th penalty kick of the match.
In purely domestic terms Bayern had won the German Bundesliga on the last day of the season. The team needed at least a draw at Hamburg to prevent Schalke 04 from overtaking it, and it did so 1–1. It was Bayern's 17th championship and its third in succession. In Azerbaijan there was a closer contest, which had to be determined by a play-off in which Shamkir beat Neftchi Baku after both teams had finished level on goal difference. Boavista became only the fifth different team in 66 years to win the title in Portugal, while the French first division club Toulouse was relegated to the third division when it was unable to make adequate financial guarantees. French cup winner Strasbourg also suffered relegation to the second division. Europe's ace marksman was Swedish international striker Henrik Larsson of Scotland's Celtic. He scored 35 league goals and 52 in all competitions as the Glasgow club won all three domestic trophies. Cypriot champion Omonia Nicosia saw its German striker Rainer Raufmann head the leading scorers for the fourth season in succession.


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12/21/12 7:29 PM by Il Duce
Another softball for Chad.
12/21/12 5:55 PM by yellow wrkahlc
Dana's money is on Aldo to win, and that's the smart bet. If Chad wins this bout, I'm sure he'll be one fight away from another title shot. If not, oh well, he had his shot. Let other's that are at the top get their chance to dethrone the champion.
12/21/12 5:45 PM by nick diaz nut hugger
God damn I love watching Mendes fight
12/21/12 5:39 PM by Doctor NPD
That's not going to matter when Frankie beats him, though. While it's a terrible matchup, I'm glad they're giving Mendes a chance to shine and win some more casual fans with these quick, easy KOs.
12/21/12 3:16 PM by JudoThrowFan
Manny all day
12/21/12 1:16 PM by KidJustice
These guys need to make money to live. I don't blame them for taking any fights offered.
12/21/12 12:34 PM by yellow wrkahlc
Guys, they have contenders at 145 waiting in line already, so why would they match them up with Mendes to potentially be beaten? They want new opponents for Aldo, not rematches.
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This... They are either ''protecting him'' or just not giving him the match-ups he deserves. Manny is a decent fighter but he does not have any business of being in the cage with Mendes. I do not understand this match up at all. It shows that UFC obviously does not want to be treated like a regular professional sport because matchup between top five in the respected weightclasses are getting sparser by the minute.
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WASHINGTON, March 18, 2003 While much of the nation's focus has been on the prospect of war with Iraq, U.S. military forces in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom are still the target of hostilities.
U.S. forces reported today that three 107 mm rockets were fired over their positions in Gardez, roughly 60 miles south of the capital city of Kabul. U.S. Central Command officials said they're unsure of the rockets' launch or landing points. No injuries to U.S. soldiers or equipment damage were reported.
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Meanwhile, as the clock ticks on President Bush's 48-hour ultimatum to Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq or face war, coalition aircraft continue to warn Iraqis of pending military action in their country. Today, more than 1 million informational leaflets were scattered over western and southern Iraq near military and civilian sites in 20 locations.
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Most reviewers agree that the 2012 Nissan Quest has performance that, while not superb, is pretty good for a minivan. Reviewers like the adept handling and powerful V6 engine, even as they complain about the transmission and occasional road noise.
- "It's a package that is great for skipping from stop sign to stop sign or cruising down the freeway, but not so happy being hustled down a mountain road." -- Road and Track
- "On the road, the Quest's driver might actually enjoy the drive. Well, at least he or she probably won't hate it or feel as if he or she were piloting something as ponderous or clumsy as a typical minivan." -- Car and Driver
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The 2012 Nissan Quest is powered by a 260-horsepower V6 engine. The transmission is a continuously variable transmission (CVT), which reviewers aren't overly fond of, in part because it lacks a system to keep the Quest from rolling backward when starting on a hill. Still, reviewers also report that acceleration is good, so long as you don't floor it. When you do, the drivetrain protests and the steering wheel pulls sharply to the side, which is a common problem in front-wheel drive cars.
The EPA hasn't released fuel economy ratings on the 2012 Nissan Quest yet, but the 2011 model gets an EPA-rated 19 mpg in the city and 24 mpg on the highway. That's better city mileage than most other vans in the class, but the highway gas mileage is just average.
- "Nissan's ubiquitous 3.5-liter V6 provides ample power in all situations, though a somewhat touchy gas pedal results in occasional lurchiness from a stop. It's strong off the line with enough muscle for passing, though the CVT occasionally strained during uphill climbs. Note that the van was empty during testing." -- Consumer Guide
- "Although it doesn't give the 4400-plus-pound van a cheetah-like pounce, it does have sufficient grunt to generate mild torque steer. The bigger letdown is bolted to the engine, where the only transmission choice is a CVT. We never enjoy the characteristic engine moan that accompanies these transmissions, but we don't suppose many Quest buyers will notice." -- Car and Driver
- "Passing slower traffic on the highway is made easier thanks to quick reactions from the throttle and transmission, while there are advantages in fuel efficiency as well. The steady drone of the engine, which is typical of the steady-state rpm that comes with the use of a CVT, is really only evident on uphill grades." -- Edmunds
- "Aside from what seems to be excessive power is a CVT that turns throttle response into something slightly better than a steamboat captain calling for more wood. No big deal if you treat the Quest as a family appliance well suited for traversing neighborhoods and Costco parking lots." -- Road and Track
- "The powertrain, more specifically the continuously-variable transmission, lacks any type of electronic 'hill hold' to prevent the minivan from rolling backwards on an incline (unlike traditional stepped gearboxes which hold a vehicle stable on all but the steepest hills when in gear, most CVTs will roll backwards even when in 'drive'). Most other automakers have embraced the 'hill hold' for basic safety reasons. Nissan should too." -- Autoblog
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- "Quest's tight turning radius aids close-quarters maneuverability. Steering is responsive and has a solid, weighted feel. Body lean in corners is fairly pronounced. Braking action is firm and smooth." -- Consumer Guide
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Conceptual Foundations for Multidisciplinary Thinking by Stephen Jay Kline - reviewed by Peter Corning
Conceptual Issues in Evolutionary Biology by Elliott Sober (ed.) - reviewed by Danny Yee
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In the Wake of Chaos by Stephen H. Kellert - reviewed by Susan Stepney
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Innovation, Evolution and Complexity Theory by Koen Frenken - reviewed by Piergiuseppe Morone
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Introduction to Artificial Life by Christoph Adami - reviewed by Susan Stepney
Introduction to Chaos by Hiroyuki Nagashima & Yoshikazu Baba - reviewed by Cliburn Chan
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It Ain't Necessarily So by Richard Lewontin - reviewed by Danny Yee
Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff & Mark Johnson - reviewed by Susan Stepney
Microcosmos by Lynn Margulis & Dorion Sagan - reviewed by Andrew H. Knoll
Mind and Morals: Essays on Ethics and Cognitive Science by Larry May, Marilyn Friedman & Andy Clark (eds.) - reviewed by Danny Yee
Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity by Gregory Bateson - reviewed by Danny Yee
Mind as Motion: Explorations in the Dynamics of Cognition by Robert Port and Timothy van Gelder (eds.) - reviewed by Rick Grush
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Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken, Hunter & Amory Lovins - reviewed by Steven Marx
Natures Magic: Synergy in Evolution and the Fate of Humankind by Peter Corning - reviewed by James Brody
Newton's Clock: Chaos in the Solar System by Ivars Peterson - reviewed by Susan Stepney
Non-Zero: The Logic of Human Destiny - by Robert Wright reviewed by J. Bradford DeLong
Nonlinear Dynamics by H.G. Solari, M.A. Natiello & G.B. Mindlin - reviewed by Jerry Huke
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Open Boundaries: Creating Business Innovation Through Complexity by Howard Sherman & Ron Schultz - reviewed by Chris Lucas
Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines by Kevin Kelly - reviewed by Susan Stepney
Pattern Formation out of Equilibrium by M.C. Cross and P. Hohenberg - reviewed by Cosma Shalizi
Physics of Fractal Operators by Bruce J West, Mauro Bologna & Paolo Grigolini - reviewed by Henrik Jensen
Random Dynamical Systems by Ludwig Arnold - reviewed by Jaroslav Stark
Reinventing Darwin: The Great Evolutionary Debate by Niles Eldredge - reviewed by Danny Yee
Reputation in Artificial Societies: Social Beliefs for Social Order by Rosaria Conte & Mario Paolucci reviewed by Flaminio Squazzoni
Selection Theory and Social Construction: The Evolutionary Naturalistic Epistemology of Donald Campbell by Cecilia Heyes & David Hull - reviewed by Bruce Edmonds
Self-Organized Criticality: Emergent Complex Behaviour in Physical and Biological Systems by Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen - reviewed by Susan Stepney
Self-Organizing Maps by Teuvo Kohonen - reviewed by Hisao Miyano and Elie Sanchez
Shifting the Patterns: Breaching the Memetic Codes of Corporate Performance by If Price and Ray Shaw - reviewed by Paul Marsden (authors' reply)
Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age by Duncan J. Watts reviewed by Prabhakar Raghavan
Social Emergence: Societies as Complex Systems by Keith R. Sawyer - reviewed by Edmund Chattoe
Species: New Interdisciplinary Papers by Robert Wilson - reviewed by Danny Yee
Spiral Dynamics by Don Beck & Chris Cowan - reviewed by Steve Dinan
Sudden Origins by Jeffrey Schwartz - reviewed by Carl Resler
Swarm Intelligence by James Kennedy & Russell C. Eberhart - reviewed by Susan Stepney
Sync: Rhythms of Nature, Rhythms of Ourselves by Steven H. Strogatz - reviewed by Susan Stepney
System Effects: Complexity in Political and Social Life by Robert Jervis - reviewed by Scott Page
Systemantics: How Systems Work... and Especially How They Fail by John Gall - reviewed by Anthony Judge
Tending Adam's Garden: Evolving the Cognitive Immune Self by Irun R. Cohen - reviewed by Susan Stepney
The Cerebral Code: Thinking a Thought in the Mosaics of the Mind by William Calvin - reviewed by Danny Yee
The Collapse of Chaos: Simple Laws in a Complex World by Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart - reviewed by Susan Stepney
The Complexity of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod - reviewed by Ken Binmore
The Computational Beauty of Nature by Gary William Flake - reviewed by Danny Yee
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan - reviewed by Alexander Stroup
The Dynamics of Evolution by Albert Somit & Steven A. Peterson - reviewed by Danny Yee
The Eco Principle: Ecology and Economics in Symbiosis by Arthur Lyon Dahl - reviewed by Brad Pokorny
The Emotional Brain by Joseph LeDoux - reviewed by Keith Oatley
The Engine of Reason, The Seat of the Soul: A Philosophical Journey into the Brain by Paul Churchland - reviewed by Danny Yee
The Evolution of Complexity, by Means of Natural Selection by John Tyler Bonner - reviewed by Cosma Shalizi
The Extended Phenotype by Richard Dawkins - reviewed by Cosma Shalizi
The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter Senge - reviewed by J. Fullerton
The Garden in the Machine: The Emerging Science of Artificial Life by Claus Emmeche - reviewed by Susan Stepney
The Global Dynamics of Cellular Automata by Andrew Wuensche & Mike Lesser - reviewed by Stuart Kauffman
The Hidden Connections – Integrating the Biological, Cognitive and Social Dimensions of Life into a Science of Sustainability by Frijtof Capra - reviewed by Philip S. Wenz
The Major Transitions in Evolution by John Maynard Smith Eors Szathmary - reviewed by Danny Yee
The Meme Machine by Susan Blackmore - reviewed by Susan Stepney
The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self and Soul by Douglas R. Hofstadter & Daniel C. Dennett - reviewed by Susan Stepney
The Nature of Selection: Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus by Elliott Sober - reviewed by Danny Yee
The Origin of Animal Body Plans. A Study in Evolutionary Developmental Biology by Wallace Arthur - reviewed by Gert Korthof
The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution by Stuart Kauffman - reviewed by Reilly Jones
The Origin of Species Revisited by Donald Forsdyke - reviewed by Gert Korthof
The Philosophy of Artificial Life by Margaret A. Boden (ed.) - reviewed by Susan Stepney
The Predictors: How a Band of Maverick Physicists Set Out to Beat Wall Street by Thomas A. Bass - reviewed by H. Van Dyke Parunak
The Principles of Life by Tibor Gánti - reviewed by Gert Korthof
The Quark and the Jaguar by Murray Gell-Mann - reviewed by Susan Stepney
The Self-Made Tapestry by Philip Ball - reviewed by Cosma Shalizi
The Shape of Life: Genes, Development, and the Evolution of Animal Form by Rudolf A. Raff - reviewed by Walter Cressler
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory by Stephen Jay Gould - reviewed by Gert Korthof
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The Unknowable by Gregory Chaitin reviewed by Robert S. MacKay
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Three Dialogues on Knowledge by Paul Feyerabend - reviewed by Danny Yee
Ubiquity: The Science of History by Mark Buchanan - reviewed by Susan Stepney
Unified Theories of Cognition by Allen Newell - reviewed by Daniel Dennett
Weak Links: Stabilizers of Complex Systems from Proteins to Social Networks by Peter Csermely - reviewed by Makany Tamas
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What does it mean to be a matriculating student? A non-matriculating student?
Matriculating students are those who have been formally admitted to the institution and have confirmed their intention to enroll in a certificate, certification or degree program. Matriculated students may attend classes on either a full-time or part-time basis. Undergraduate matriculating students have a class standing such as Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior.
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Professor David Greenberg writes in Slate today that the conservative dislike of Woodrow Wilson is "confused," "bad as an interpretation of the facts," and "demonstrably inaccurate." He implies elsewhere that it is a "crackpot history" that requires not only debunking but also ridicule. But beyond the blustery rhetoric, Greenberg only proves that he misunderstands conservatives' beef with the 28th president.
Full disclosure: in 2009, I graduated from Hillsdale College – which Greenberg blames for influencing Glenn Beck and, therefore, fueling the Tea Party's hatred of Woodrow Wilson. More particularly, I was a student of Ronald J. Pestritto, whom Greenberg cites as particularly influential in demonizing Wilson. Having sat in Dr. Pestritto's classroom and painstakingly highlighted my way through his book on Wilson, I understand his critique quite well. (I am also gruesomely familiar with Dr. Pestritto's rigorous grading standards, and I can say with some certainty that the quality of Greenberg's argument here would have earned him academic casualties.) I will not presume to speak for Dr. Pestritto — he has made his own case comprehensively — but after learning from him, I can at least explain why I dislike Woodrow Wilson as a president. It's for very different reasons than those Greenberg presumes to attribute to me.
Back to the Slate piece. The first several paragraphs can be skimmed, as the author bizarrely points out commonalities between Woodrow Wilson and George W. Bush and faults Glenn Beck for once not knowing something before he learned it. In the fifth paragraph, Greenberg makes a minor concession to the "nub of truth amid the distortion of the right's Wilson-bashing." He acknowledges that Woodrow Wilson expanded the power of the presidency, a Tea Party complaint.
But in actuality, that is only a secondary reason why conservatives dislike Wilsonian liberalism. In a nutshell, Wilson introduced the idea of a "living" Constitution, opening up infinite opportunities for revisionists to throw off the delicate balances within government so thoughtfully established in the original text. Wilson's scholarly background taught him to embrace big government as the solution to the problems of the citizenry. He saw himself as a philosopher-king, much like the one we have today. And inherent in that perception was a condescending elitism. He became the patriarch of American paternalism, justifying his behavior with appeals to "history" as he perceived it.
The Tea Party movement argues that because of their academic snobbery, those who follow in the footsteps of Woodrow Wilson have lost touch with liberty-loving Americans. As evidence of this, I defer to Greenberg, who writes:
For Wilson, [presidential activism] involved regulating finance and the money supply, limiting the corporations' demands on their laborers, aiding farmers, preventing monopolistic practices, and making the new federal income tax a graduated one. Just three months ago, I wrote in Slate that over the last century, almost no one has questioned these achievements; clearly, I hadn't been watching enough Fox.
It is little surprise, then, that Greenberg defends Wilson in the ex-president's own language. "Of course, even those who happily admit to wanting to repeal a century's worth of regulation have to reckon with a fundamental flaw in today's Wilson hatred: It's completely ahistorical," he writes. He goes on to paint Woodrow Wilson as the man of his times, a leader fearlessly responding to the pulse of his era, a president whose choices are only fathomable when history is properly considered. The problem with this argument is that the existence of "history" as a moving, authoritative force is questionable at best, and Woodrow Wilson made history as much as he responded to it. And it is a bit presumptuous of Greenberg, in any case, to claim a superior understanding of history's motives and pathways.
But in the interest of dialogue, let's grant Greenberg the generous assumption that Wilson really was the man of his time and that all his actions were justifiable as such. Toward the end of his article, he asserts:
Properly situated in this context, Wilson and other progressives emerge not as proto-fascists or wild renegades but as tempered, moderate reformers. They implemented major changes, but those changes were in tune with the mainstream of public sentiment.
In today's electoral climate, this is precisely the last argument the author should be making – especially if the role of the president is to follow public opinion. But instead, today's liberals take another cue from Wilson, who believed that a political leader must remain one step ahead of public opinion, pulling it along and shaping it without ever straying too far.
But Americans sense when they're being dragged along by the ear. This, too, makes them resentful of Woodrow Wilson's presidential example.


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Boeing names engineering building for Joe Sutter
Boeing Monday dedicated an engineering building to Joe Sutter, the father of the 747. Specifically, Boeing dubbed Everett's 40-87 engineering building the 'Joe Sutter Engineering Building' in honor of the engineer, who recently turned 90. Here's the plaque. "You are the reason why we are always building tomorrow's airplanes, while others are building today's," Boeing […] [Read More]
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Boeing's outsourcing missteps on the 787 Dreamliner program cost billions of dollars, but the company has learned from those and the airplane is still on track to be profitable, top executives said Tuesday. "I think its a fair criticism that, particularly during 787 development, real-time visibility of the supply chain was not perfect," Boeing Chairman, […] [Read More]
Korean Air gets first Airbus A380
Korean Air marked delivery of its first of 10 super-jumbo Airbus A380s on order Tuesday at Airbus' assembly plant in Toulouse, France. "Korean Air was the first airline to purchase an Airbus aircraft outside Europe and they have now become an essential part of our fleet," airline Chairman and Chief Executive Office Yang Ho Cho […] [Read More]
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Over 1000 philanthropic minded guests, enjoying the cooler temperatures packed the Hilton Americas Hotel, Wednesday, November 13 for the 28th Annual National Philanthropy Day Luncheon to honor individuals and organizations who "change the world with a giving heart" in our community. Chevron, represented by Joni Baird, Manager of Policy, Government and Public Affairs served as […] [Read More]
A 15-year blowout for Key To The Cure
At the 15th Annual Key to the Cure Kick-off, supportive socials were given eleven reasons to celebrate. Among Saks's designer duds, the jubilant sound of over 200 champagne flutes clinking together in honor of the night's eleven honorees and cancer survivors-Alison Ayres Bell, Grace L. Butler, Jason Connelly, Terri Dome, Marilu Garza, Sharon Graham, John Hrncir, […] [Read More]