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CONYERS -- It was another successful season for the Heritage soccer program, and that success was reflected on the recently announced all-Region 8-AAAAA teams.
Heritage, which had its girls team reach the first round of the state playoffs for the sixth consecutive season and its boys team reach the round of 16 for the first time since 2007, put eight players on the girls team and 10 on the boys team.
Chad Suddeth was named the region's girls coach of the year, while the junior trio of goalkeeper Mady Carter, midfielder Ally Silvey and defender Abbey Dunlop were first-team selections. Junior defender Ray Brown and sophomore midfielder Kaley Wells made the second team, while freshmen forwards Sara Boggus and Faith Shelton and sophomore midfielder Haley Elliot were honorable mention selections.
"I'm very thankful and proud that Heritage was so well represented again in the region, especially considering this was supposed to be a bit of rebuilding year for us," Suddeth said. "It's always nice to see the players recognized for the hard work and sacrifice that they devote to the game. It's even better news to think we have every one of those players back playing for us next year. Now that's exciting."
The Heritage boys had their finest season in six years, winning 14 games and coming within a loss in penalty kicks to Lakeside-DeKalb from appearing in the state quarterfinals. The senior-dominated Patriots had a trio of players make the first team in their final season: defenders Delvin Bickham and Tyler Weaver and midfielder Harrison Kulp. Two other senior defenders, Grant Crain and Will Boggus, were honored on the second team, along with sophomores Andre Deas, a midfielder, and Austin Kulp, a forward. Senior midfielders Juan Villanueva and Jeffrey Lawson and freshman Connor Domeleski were honorable mention selections.
The Salem boys, who finished 8-6-2, had two players make the second team -- junior forward Rico Pope and sophomore midfielder Daniel Rodriguez -- along with honorable mention seniors Christian Colin, a midfielder, and goalkeeper Kai Uchimura, and junior defender Tyler McEwan.
The Salem girls, who struggled to a 3-11-1 record, had senior goalkeeper Sydni Booker named an honorable mention selection.
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USA's attempt to win the "information-war".
Funny that you dont mention Russia is lying about sending troops into Ukraine.
Oh wait, Russia doesn't have a free and independent media, so everything their "media" reports is state propaganda.
1. Mr. Putin says: Russian forces in Crimea are only acting to protect Russian military assets. It is "citizens' defense groups," not Russian forces, who have seized infrastructure and military facilities in Crimea.The Facts: Strong evidence suggests that members of Russian security services are at the heart of the highly organized anti-Ukraine forces in Crimea. While these units wear uniforms without insignia, they drive vehicles with Russian military license plates and freely identify themselves as Russian security forces when asked by the international media and the Ukrainian military. Moreover, these individuals are armed with weapons not generally available to civilians.
Thanks. So do you think it's acceptable for Russia to invade a soverign neighbor? What do you think the EU or Denmark should do about this?
No, I don't think it's acceptable for Russia to invade Ukraine nor do I think a tiny country like Denmark (although the kingdom of Denmark is the 12th largest country) should intervene.
EU on the other hand has to decide whether they want to help a country that wants to become a part of EU or turn their back on them and let the russian bear draw his own borders. I dont know.
I have, however, changed my belief regarding american involvement. I think USA should intervene more than just sending aid (read: money) to Ukraine.
Having read about the 1994 Trilateral Statement I believe that USA should comply their part of the deal regarless of how Russia ignored it.
Invading a sovereign nation violates international law. And you neglect to mention Yanukovich's abuses of power--you know, the whole reason there was a revolt in the first place? in Daffy's mind, if the Russian people overthrew the dictator Putin, he would call that "illegitimate" and demand that the US not recognize the new govt.
In your haste to do anything to attack Obama, you twist yourself into very strange positions. Maybe you should just stick to your claims that Obama is a Muslim. That was good satire.
John McCain: "We are all Ukrainians now"
Ron Paul: "Stay out of Ukraine"
Boehner: "I have no clue"
Lindsey Graham: "No idea either but I will attack Obama anyway"
GOP schizophrenic as usual on foreign policy.
That was Truman silly. At least keep your democrats straight.
You should try reading news from outside your local anit-Obama community.
March 3rd
"Ukraine beskylder Rusland for at oversvømme Krim med militærstyrker. Alle ukrainske militærbaser på Krim er omringet, lyder det fra forsvarsmyndighederne. Rusland giver ifølge Ukraines militær landets styrker et ultimatum om at overgive sig på Krim - ellers vil de blive angrebet. Ruslands flåde i Sortehavet afviser, at de har givet et ultimatum. Russisk militær tager kontrol over en ukrainsk grænsepost ved en færgeovergang mellem Ukraine og Rusland, og russerne sender mandskabsvogne med soldater ind på Krim, siger en talsmand for grænsepolitiet. EU indkalder til et hastetopmøde, der skal afholdes torsdag"
= "Ukraine accuses Russia for flooding Crimea with troops. All ukranian military bases on Crimea have been surrounded, says the defence authorities. Russia issues, according to Ukraine's military, a ultimatum to the Ukrainian forces regarding a full surrender on Crimea - or they will be attacked. Russia's Black Sea fleed denies having made an ultimatum. The russian military takes control over a ukranian border checkpoint at a ferry transition between Ukraine and Russia. Furthermore, the russians are sending in troop carriers says a spokesman from the border police. EU convene an emergency summit to be held Thursday."
So... Are Barack Obama a spokesman from the ukrainian border police or a member of the ukranian defence authorities? If not, he isn't lying.
I've been gone a few days with no time to check in here.
Obama should just stop talking about this situation. Not doing anything is fine. Condemning Russia and not doing anything makes you look weak.
The EU doesn't want to mess with Russia because they need the gas. If we exported gas to Europe they wouldn't need Russia as much and we could make some much needed money. Problem is Obama would only approve exporting wind and solar energy if it were possible to do. All the jobs created with the Keystone pipeline would be such a blessing for so many but the academics in the White House just don't like us putting gas in our cars and getting their air dirty. They don't realize that that oil is going to be refined and used somewhere and it should be here.
Russia wins. Be prepared for the **** to hit the fan. Putin is going to keep going and nobody is going to get in his way.
PRs: 5K - 19:28 (5/15) | 10K - 41:23 (4/15) | 10 Mile - 70:02 (10/14) | Half - 1:34:58 (8/15) | Full - 3:33 (6/14)2015: Get in Gear 10k......Done. Grandma's.......Done. Next........Gopher to Badger 1/2.
Little mac, exactly what level of ignorance and stupidity are you aiming for?
Do you wish to reconcile your comment "I'm satisfied with Obama and Kerry's handling of it" with "Can we all agree once again how bad our idiot President forced us into this trying to look strong?" You lack the basic knowledge to make an accurate, critical assessment of the situation and any assessment at this time may be premature.
Do you understand the sheer stupidity of the various Fox pundits trying to make Putin into a man's man, while deriding the President ("They keep showing pictures of Putin swimming in 50 degree water against Obama riding a goofy bike in Martha's Vineyard with a bike helmet. Or.....Former KGB versus Community Organizer. Goodness how bad is this going.")? If it has escaped anyone's attention, Putin is a dictator with authoritarian control over a corrupt nation, where the wealth and power is collected in the hands of a few select individuals. There is an inherent insanity to placing on a pedestal a dictator.
Do you understand the sheer stupidity of the various Fox pundits trying to make Putin into a man's man, while deriding the President ("They keep showing pictures of Putin swimming in 50 degree water against Obama riding a goofy bike in Martha's Vineyard with a bike helmet. Or.....Former KGB versus Community Organizer. Goodness how bad is this going.")? If it has escaped anyone's attention, Putin is a dictator with authoritarian control over acorrupt nation, where the wealth and power is collected in the hands of a few select individuals. There is an inherent insanity to placing on a pedestal a dictator.
So, that would make Obama a leader with executive control over a corrupt nation, where the wealth and power is collected in the hands of a few select individuals.
Yeah, unbelievable. No he doesn't understand the stupidity. Just more evidence of how dumb many righties are (except you ). That they would actually prefer a character like Putin over Obama- in any fashion - is just mindbogglingly dumbfounding. They think with their small heads. They actually think foreign policy should be based on macho posturing. They put the duh in duhmb.

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Congratulations to Dr. Jim Henderson and Bossier Parish Community College on being a leading member of the consortium that was awarded a $14.7 million grant as part of the U.S. Department of Labor's Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training. This effort, combined with BPCC's partnership in the Workforce Innovations of Northwest Louisiana collaborative, shows that BPCC is dedicated to growing the work force partnerships in our communities.
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Okay, I need a kick in the face or something.
My boyfriend of two years and I broke up a little more than a week ago. He cheated. But there's a bit more to the story: He was a raging alcoholic, and I've broken up with him a few times. One of those times--when he was at our place and supposed to be packing his things and be gone by morning--I kind of rebounded off some guy, had sex with him, then came home later the next day and found that my boyfriend was still at my place. We talked and got back together. Later on he found out about the rebound sex I had, and I think that's why he cheated. We weren't a healthy couple, all in all.
We both want to remain friends, so a week after the breakup we went out for coffee. We both realized the feelings we have for each other haven't gone away. There's no chance in hell I'm getting back with him after he cheated, but I can't resist this urge to have sex with him. And I know the feeling is mutual. So now I'm torn on whether to start a sex-based "relationship" with him or just block him from my life.
Cheated on One
If you've ruled out getting back together with this guy because he's a raging alcoholic, COO, that's fine. If you're not getting back together with him because this relationship generates way too much conflict and drama, COO, that's also fine. But if you're not getting back together with this guy--a guy you have strong feelings for--because he cheated on you, well, that's just retarded.
Yeah, yeah: You didn't cheat. Not technically. You were officially "off again" when you had rapid rebound sex with someone else, and you were "on again" when he had sex with someone else. But ... come on. You fucked someone else during a particularly rough patch and kept that info from him when you decided to get back together. He found out you fucked someone else and went and fucked someone else himself.
You can choose to view his cheating as a violation of trust and an unforgivable betrayal and wocka wocka wocka, COO, or you can choose to view it as part of your most recent rough patch and round his cheating down to rebound sex, even if he was rebounding after you were officially back together, and get back together with him.
If that's what you want. And you know what? It sounds like that's what you want.
My girlfriend of seven years has disgusting manners. She eats loudly with her mouth open, farts and belches incessantly, snorts instead of blows her nose and so on.
I used to find it refreshing to be with a girl who was so uninhibited. But now it's getting on my nerves and it's embarrassing when she farts in front of our friends. I'm starting to be turned off by this, and I don't see her as desirable anymore. She thinks I'm being sexist and have a double standard.
Tell me, please: Am I intolerant? And is there something wrong with me that I'm losing my libido?
Grossed Out
Yes, there's something wrong with you--there's something wrong with anyone who could spend seven years with this woman. Seven minutes sounds intolerable.
I wouldn't tolerate a dude who behaved the way your girlfriend does--or advise a woman to tolerate one--so there's no sexist double standard on my end. And so long as you're not ripping farts in front of her friends or chewing with your mouth open, there's no double standard on your end either, GO.
Me & my boyfriend was planning to get married last month, just last week we had some argument that made him get angry on me just because of the argument, he said we will not be married again and the next day he left me and we broke up. I still loved him and I wanted him to marry me, for me to get him back i had no choice than to contacted dr.marnish@ yahoo. com to help me and he helped me to bring my lover back to me so we can continue our plan to be married. he came back after 3 days
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Oct. 2, 2008
By Keenan Bowen, EWU Sports Information
If you were to tell Eagle senior cornerback Ryan Kelley a year ago that he'd face a life-threatening virus and arguably the best collegiate wide receiver in the coming months, he would probably have thought you were crazy. But that is exactly what has happened over the last few months for Kelley, and he was victorious on both accounts.
Just prior to the start of practice this spring, Kelley spent a week in the hospital battling for his life with a bout of bacterial meningitis. He lost 12 pounds after overcoming the sometimes-deadly disease that put him in critical condition in an intensive care unit, as well as an induced coma, in late March. Kelley made a complete recovery, despite some lingering hearing problems.
With his illness in the review mirror, Kelley turned his attention to Eastern's first opponent of the 2008 season, the Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12 Conference. Not just the Red Raiders as a whole but specifically their star wide receiver and All-American Michael Crabtree.
Kelley and the Eagle secondary held their own against Crabtree, holding him to nine catches for 73 yards and a touchdown. Despite being five inches shorter and 30 pounds lighter than Crabtree, Kelley put up a fight.
After starting off the season 0-2 after the loss at Texas Tech and a near victory at Colorado, the Eagles had a bye week before NCAA Division II Western Washington. Eastern won 52-31, but the Vikings played the Eagles to the wire in a game widely projected to be a blowout. Eastern then kicked off the Big Sky Conference slate with a 45-31 victory against Idaho State last weekend.
The Eagles are now 2-2 and head to Portland State to take on the Vikings this Saturday. The Vikings have won the last two meetings, including a 34-0 shutout in 2006 and an upset victory in Cheney last season that hampered EWU's championship hopes.
Q: Do you feel fortunate to play football again after what you went through last spring?
A: "It's a blessing for me to be here, still have all my limbs and be able to play football. I don't know what I would be doing if I couldn't play. It's great to be around the team and play the game that I love."
Q: You had all summer to think about facing Texas Tech. What did you do to prepare to face Michael Crabtree?
A: "I googled Crabtree and watched some highlights, read about all his awards. I printed out his picture and put it on my wall, so every morning when I woke up during the whole summer I looked at him. When I got lazy and didn't feel like working out I would look at the picture and it made me want to work hard so I can be where I need to be."
Q: How do you think you played against him?
A: "He drove me into the ground a few times, but he is 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds, compared to my 5-10, 190. But I still held my own. It was good to prepare for an opponent like that. It's not every day you get to play against a Heisman candidate as a FCS player."
Q: After you played Texas Tech and Colorado down to the wire, Western Washington did the same to you. What happened?
A: "The bye week had good and bad consequences. It gave us time to replenish our bodies after two FBS games. But then in playing down against Western we kind of got lackadaisical and we played like it."
Q: You needed another big fourth quarter to beat Idaho State, but how did it feel to get that first Big Sky Conference victory of the season?
A: "We really wanted to beat Idaho State. You always want to win your first conference game to start out on top. And that is exactly what we did."
Q: Is the team hungry to beat Portland State, a team that defeated you 28-21 last year and 34-0 two years ago in Portland?
A: "We are looking forward to going into their house and beating them this weekend. That loss last year kept us from potentially being co-Big Sky Champions, so we are going to go down there and try our hardest to beat them."
Q: What part of football do you like best?
A: "I love to watch our offense, as a former running back. I love to watch Dale (Morris) get the ball and see him cut and slash through the defense. Being a defensive player, I like to get physical and make tackles."
Q: Whose game do you try to emulate?
A: "I like how Champ Bailey (Denver Broncos) plays. I love his technique and how aggressive he is. He isn't like a Deion Sanders type of corner, a finesse cover guy. Bailey, Deangelo Hall (Oakland Raiders) and Fabian Washington (Baltimore Ravens) will all get physical with you."
Q: Best player you've ever played against?
A: "Definitely Michael Crabtree, he is the best overall player I've played against. He's aggressive and he is a talker. If you're a player that lets others get in your head then he will do that. He runs great routes and just finds a way to get open in the end zone."
Q: Best thing about being a Division I football player?
A: "The best thing is just the level of competition. You get to play in front of large crowds and that is something a lot of kids dream of. It's just fun overall -- the people, the atmosphere and the camaraderie of a team."
Q: Who has been the most influential person in your playing career?
A: "My mother. She doesn't even know that much about sports but she always has encouraged me to strive to be better. She always tells me you're as great as you're going to get if you don't continue to work hard. Her main focus is pushing me academically and athletically to always do what it takes to succeed in both."


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Not the screw hole that is in the post, but the actual threads of the post that screw into the fork mounting tabs.
I am mounting a front rack on my Cannondale tandem. The bike is disk brake equipt, with no posts in the fork. I want to use the post mounting hole to anchor the rack to.
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The Drudge Report isn't exactly known for its accurate headlines, so it's no surprise that yet another inaccurate one has popped up. In touting a New York Times story on President Obama's plan to narrow the conditions under which the U.S. would use nuclear weapons, Drudge made a completely false claim in its big red headline: "No Nukes: Even In Self-Defense!"
In fact, according to the Times article Drudge linked to, Obama would permit the use of nuclear weapons against nuclear states, against non-nuclear states that are not in compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, and against a possible biological attack if the development of such weapons sufficiently threatened the U.S.
Even Allahpundit at Hot Air shot Drudge's headline down.
The actual facts, unfortunately, are likely to get trumped by the mindset that because something is in big red type, it must be true -- which seems to be the kind of audience Drudge is catering to.


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My situation: Two times every winter, I video programs put on by seniors at our RV park. I currently use iMovie HD (Version 6.0.3) to assemble the clips and audio into a movie that is between 1 and 2 hours long. The video clips come from 3 cameras and can be MOV, AVI, or Mp4. The audio comes in as a separate AIFF file recorded in Audacity from the sound system mixer board. There is a considerable amount of clip trimming and audio adjustment to get everything synced properly. The final movie is then exported to iDVD, also an orphan because... no optical drives on the new machines. The finished DVD master is then sent to a professional duplicator for 50 - 100 copies. I sell the finished DVDs to residents for $5 each. The market won't bear more than that, and it covers my expenses and some of my time.
I am currently running Mac OSX 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) on a 2011 MacBook Pro with 8Gb ram and a 2.66 GHz i7 processor that seems to handle the job just fine. Final file sizes for the movie are 60-80 GB. Video clips and iMovie projects are held on USB 3.0 external drives hung off of my Mac Mini and connected via ethernet.
My Problem: I am afraid to upgrade my OSX because iMovie HD won't run and I don't know if there is the capability to publish a finished movie to a DVD and what size limits newer versions of iMovie may have. Since I only do this twice a year, in the winter, mostly for free, Final Cut Pro is way too expensive for my needs. iMovie HD is actually adequate for the job, but I would like to upgrade my laptop to Mountain Lion or Mavericks.
Any advice on what other video editors, DVD publishers I can use to get this job done would be appreciated?


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Thank you so much!!!! This is the first post about motorsports I have seen since 2009!
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Danica Patrick has taken advantage of a second chance and qualified for the Indianapolis 500.
IndyCar's most marketable personality is in the 33-car field with a four-lap qualifying average of 224.861 mph, the second fastest of the day.
It wasn't easy.
Patrick pulled out of the qualifying line when her car failed inspection, then had to wait through two rain delays before making a qualifying attempt. At one point, it looked like Patrick might not even get that shot. When the track dried, Patrick quickly got up to speed and qualified 26th, the middle of Row 9. Paul Tracy has the day's fastest speed, 224.939, and Team Penske driver Ryan Briscoe will start on the outside of Patrick at 224.630.
The race is May 29.
American Graham Rahal and Brazilian Ana Beatriz qualified for the race earlier in the day. Beatriz made the first run, completing her four laps with an average of 223.979 mph. That's the slowest speed in the field. She currently holds the No. 26 starting spot.
Rahal posted an average speed of 224.380, completing the run as rain fell on the south end of the 2.5-mile oval. He's tentatively in the No. 25 starting spot.
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FRUITA, Colo. - Amy Kame's 24 points for the Central Warriors was not enough to pull her team to victory down the stretch against the Columbine Rebels on Friday afternoon at the Wildcat Invitational. The 56-48 loss leaves the Warriors with a 0-2 record at the tournament.
Central held the lead in the fourth quarter before Columbine's Olivia Legshock scored two of her 28 points to take a 44-43 lead. The Rebels never trailed again in the win.
Demitra Apergis added 10 points for the Rebels. Haleigh Higgins scored 12 points for the Warriors in the loss.
Central will wrap up play at the Wildcat Invitational on Saturday afternoon against Battle Mountain at 12:30 p.m.
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Every spring, the USA Triathlon Northeast Regional Council gathers the names for the top age-group athletes from the previous year and sends out a congratulatory note and gift. This year, the council decided to recognize as many of these athletes as possible in person at the Boston Tri-Mania Expo. In the process of determining the number of attendees, the council heard from numerous athletes, astounded at the news of their final 2013 age-group ranking. One gentleman in particular, Lee Michaels, shared his amazing and moving account and the council agreed it should be shared with the region. To read Lee's full story, check out the Northeast Region's Website. We hope his story inspires you as much as it did us and wish you a safe season.
Here is Lee Michaels' story:
At age 73, I am still a full time civil trial lawyer and now, incredibly, the 2013 age-group champion for aquabike. What makes it even sweeter is my wife, Susan Kreplin-Michaels, who is much younger than me, has competed three of the last four years at the world championships for Team USA. She is a long time All-American. I think she was 13th last year in USAT for her age group. We were in London last year and afterward we vacationed in Dublin, Amsterdam, Bruge, and Brussels before returning home. There was no sign of trouble while in Europe other than we walked a lot and I felt fatigued.
The day after we returned, I went for a three-mile run. I felt a heavy pain in my chest and my throat as if I was nauseous. I came home and it stopped. This went on for three weeks while running, biking, swimming and weight lifting. After three weeks, I'd had enough. I called my cardiologist, as I have had a pacemaker since age 61, and he got me right in after doing some blood work. The next thing I know, I am told I am "having" a heart attack and am sent by ambulance to St. Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y. I had 99% blockage of the left anterior descending artery (the Widow Maker, a la Tim Russert). They put in a stent and I went home the next day. The heart doctor there told me I could have totally occluded any minute. I was told I would have to enter cardiac rehab after a few weeks, so I started rehabbing for the rehab on day three. I ended up having 36 sessions of rehab where I was getting PR's on the rowing machine and nustep machine. I am finally done and back to running, indoor biking, swimming and lifting. I did a post incident PR for a 2000-yard nonstop pool swim. It wasn't really much of a time if I had been younger, but I was powering past an old guy, 10 years younger than me, in the lane next to me, lapping him every 150 yards.
Now I am the local poster child for other local athletes with the proposition that we "uber" athletes have to pay attention to our symptoms. They can kill us just like overweight sedentary smokers.
I finally did a couple aquabikes, at Rev 3 Quasi and Rev 3 Williamsburg so I would not have to run as I am really slow at running now. They don't give out age-group awards, instead only awarding in order of finish. I did another aquabike a few years ago in the Musselman in Geneva. I was so tired during the 56-mile bike that my attention lapsed when I was going on a dirt path through a park and I fell off my bike and dropped by chain.
While I realize this recognition is really a matter of attrition rather than any particular skill, I find it sort of neat. I have to check out some more aquabikes to enter this year.


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Chapter 2
Feelings for Him
"Shit, you are one lucky dog!" Ellen said as we sat on her bed at her place. After supper at my house, I immediately went over to Ellen's house and told her everything. "He is even paying me fifty a week!" I said and he just smiled.
"And you get to be close to him after school," Ellen said and then winked at me.
"Ellen, I don't want to fuck the dude! I just have a slight attraction to him. I bet every girl that has him as a teacher does!" I cannot believe she would suggest that, maybe it's the comment I said at school today.
"Get your panties out your ass, girl! It is okay to want a man in
a sexual way…"
"Are you talking about me?" Jason said as he barged into the bedroom. His blonde hair is down to his shoulders and he has very bright blue eyes. If was not such a douche bag and want in my pants, I would date him.
"No, Carmen has a crush on our English teacher," Ellen said rolling her eyes. He sat on the bed, right beside me and gave me a cute look and bashed his eyelashes at me.
"When will you just go to bed with me, just one night?" He said and I rolled my eyes.
"When hell freezes over!" I said and he frowned. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Jason!
"Well, I got some babe coming over tonight, see you girlies later!" Jason finally left and I sagged against her pillows.
"Jason can be so annoying!" Ellen said and I laughed, agreeing with her. Mrs. Reynolds, or Tawny, came in with a platter of cookies and my face went into a face splitting grin. I remember my mom doing this when some of my friends came over, which are not my friends now, bitches! "Thought you girls could appreciate some cookies," Tawny said with a beautiful smile. Ellen mentioned that her mom had a rough relationship before she met her father. They met after the breakup and Tawny's friend wanted her to get a workout to get fit. Now, they have been married for twenty years and what Ellen said, still has sex every night and can get loud! I really didn't want to hear that about her parents, but Ellen is pretty open. I can hear my parents have sex, and it sounds rough sometimes, but hey, they are married and in love, they can have sex! "Thanks Tawny," I said and she smiled. For being a little over forty years old, she is a very attractive woman. Both her kids got her blonde hair and their father's blue eyes. "Where's Carson?" I asked her and she smiled really big.
"He is at the gym, he will be home in a little bit. Where did Jason go?" She asked and Ellen rolled her eyes.
"Off to get some chick to fuck tonight," Ellen said and Tawny got very angry.
"How many times have I told you to not use that language, young lady?"
"I hear you scream 'Fuck me, Carson!' all night last night!" I covered my face and I know Tawny is fucking pissed off right now.
"Young lady, I will talk to your father about this! Our sex life is none of your business!" Tawny stormed off and I finally uncovered my face and shook my head.
"Do you purposely make your mom's life a living hell?" I asked her and she lay back against her pillows.
"No, I just very open minded. I really don't mean it, I will apologize to her later. My mom is a very emotional person, I don't blame her, with the shit she went through," Ellen said and I tilted my head to the side. What did Tawny go through over twenty years ago? It's none of my business, but I really would like to know!
The next day, Ellen took us to the mall in our suburb, Ontario. We walked around and rummage through the clothes in the shops, and I bought a few shirts on clearance. I am not a very wealthy person, but we are not poor. I can't afford designer stuff, same as Ellen. We went to the food court and bought a fruit smoothie and sat down. The mall is not as busy as it usually is. As we talked about school, Ellen looked up and she smiled really big. "Why hello, Mr. Lancaster!" Ellen said and my heart went to my throat. I looked behind me and there he is, in blue jeans, a Harley Davidson tee shirt and he has his aviator glasses on his head.
"Hello ladies, what are you two doing on this beautiful Saturday morning?" He asked us and I swallowed a few times, damn heart, get back in my chest.
"Just shopping, wasting time," I finally croaked out.
"I am getting some things for the classroom. Carmen, do you want to come with me?" He asked and I looked at Ellen and she shrugged her shoulders.
"Meet me at the car at three," She said and I looked at my watch and I have two hours. Two hours with Mr. Lancaster! I waved at Ellen and Mr. Lancaster put his hand on my upper back and pushed me slightly to start walking. As we walked, we didn't utter a single word to each other. When we made it to the book store, he finally said something. "You don't have to be so nervous around me, Carmen," Mr. Lancaster said and I opened my mouth and it went dry.
"Call me Jacob, please. Only call me Mr. Lancaster during school hours."
"Jacob, I'm sorry for being nervous. I never walked around with anybody other than my parents and Ellen in a mall before."
"As in a man?" His eyebrow cocked up and I licked my lips. They got unusually dry all of the sudden.
"Y-yes," I managed to say and he smiled. Jacob put his hand on the nape of my neck and we walked into the book store. He rummaged through some posters and I looked through some books, and I found a first edition Jane Austen book. "Ah, Austen, a good choice," Jacob said and I nodded.
"My dad is into math and my mom is into ballet. My mom has her own dance studio and my dad works at the high school, of course you know that. I loved books ever since I was probably eight years old and literature itself," I said touching the book and it feels like leather.
"My father was a welder and my mother worked in a mill factory in Montana. When I left to go to UCLA at eighteen, my parents we're happy at first. When I told them I'm going to be an English teacher, they freaked. They expected me to go to medical school or even law school to be rich. I love literature, like yourself. I haven't talked to my parents since I was nineteen, eleven years ago." Wow, that long ago? That makes him twenty eight years old, eleven years older than me! Shit, what an age difference! My dad is ten years older than my mom, so it doesn't matter with me.
"My parents are very understanding about my decision. My father is happy that I am interested in something other than hanging out with a bad crowd. My mom is just happy with everything I do. She still tries to get me to dance, but I cannot dance! I am in a dance class with Ellen and I feel on my ass!" Jacob laughed and we went though a few more things and he finally bought the items, which was five hundred dollars worth of merchandise. We walked around some more and he talked about Montana and his parents and he has a little sister, Josie. He has not seen her in eleven years also, she is twenty years old now. "I am an only child, I wish I had a brother or a sister," I said and he nodded.
"I love Josie, but she was a pest. I understood that she just wanted to be near me, and I didn't mind that, sometimes. I still remember bringing my date home when I was sixteen and Josie threw a snowball at us when I tried to kiss her…" He smiled at the memory. We walked and talked some more and when it came to ten till three, we knew its time for us to go.
"Carmen, you are a very beautiful woman, and I would like to take you out to dinner Monday, after we work. Care to join me for dinner?" Jacob said and my throat got dry. Jacob is asking me on a date? Wow, is this for real?
"S-sure, I will have to lie to my father…" I said and he shook his head to disagree.
"No you don't, I'll tell him that I will take you to dinner after our first day…well, it's a white lie. I am not taking you out for that reason, I am taking you out as a date." I smiled really big and he leaned down and placed a kiss on my cheek. His warm touch sent signals to my lower body, and I got very anxious to see him. If we are going on a date, will we kiss? I sure hope so!
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I thought I should probably try to give everyone a little update about how things have been going for me. I have a fair amount to tell you, so here's as good a place to start as any.
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I've read about, and seen on TV, demonstrators occupying Asheville, New York, Oakland, and other cities.
They seem uncertain as to what their real goals are other than to destroy our system of government and capitalism. They are seeking additional "handouts" from the government, and have a "Share the Wealth" mentality. Many carry signs demanding that we change to a Communist or Socialistic government.
The Asheville Citizen-Times published an Associated Press article on Nov. 6, 2011, page F-2, that pretty well countered the demonstrators' philosophy. The article stated that Cuba's Communist-Socialist government employs over 80 percent of the workers there, and that they are paid $20 per month in return for free education, health care, nearly free housing, transportation, and basic foods.
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In some cases, making a down payment might not be enough-depending on the circumstances, a lender may require a larger down payment as a compensating factor. 10% down is often a good figure to start planning with in these cases. This is one reason why home loan experts advise people to start planning for a new home purchase as early as possible.
Saving up for a possible down payment-even when not required-is definitely something to consider. Even if you don't use the money for a down payment, it could be put towards closing costs or other VA home loan expenses.


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Running for the council are Zach Adamson (from left)Jackie Leigh Butler and Todd Woodmanse.
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Indianapolis has quietly passed a milestone in this year's City-County Council race: the first openly gay major-party candidate.
And the second. And the third.
In a state with a handful of openly gay elected officials -- fewer than neighboring states -- the candidates are hoping to increase gays' and lesbians' visibility in local government. But for some of the three -- all Democrats -- the greatest significance is that the prospect of their election has made few waves. ...


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As I blogged yesterday (here and here), there is a current, ugly push-poll being used by anti-gay folks in Oregon to convince voters to support a ban on same-sex marriage. One of the questions the push-poll asks, as quoted in the Oregonian, is:
I wrote earlier that I didn't know exactly what Massachusetts policy the push-poll question referred to. My friend Robert Hayes suggested that they're probably referring to this policy (thanks to Charles for the link!). Robert wrote:
So that's what they're talking about in their push poll.
I'm not a Christian fundamentalist, and I'm not concerned that someone's children might be taught tolerance. I am concerned about what values my children are taught; fortunately, I have lots of recourse in that department. There are a lot of people who don't have my options, though, and I can understand why they would be upset.
Amp, if you had kids, and the only school you could afford to send your kids to taught values that were morally wrong to you, wouldn't you be upset? I think that folks on all sides of the fence have to understand the special status of public schools. They're the school of last resort for all, and the school of only resort for many. Regardless of the merits of a particular piece of social advocacy, using the schools for such advocacy is inevitably going to trample on someone.
First of all, I want to point out that Trey of Daddy, Papa and Me has responded to Robert's comment. I agree with Trey completely – his response to Robert is better and more interesting than my own – but I can't find a good bit to quote out of context, so please go read Trey's post.
My response to Robert: It's far from clear that the particular policy Robert is talking about – which says only that students be able to "Define sexual orientation using the correct terminology (such as heterosexual, and gay and lesbian)" – can be correctly described as "advocacy." If it's advocacy, it's only so in the same way that teaching evolution is advocacy. And in any case, the policy predates SSM in Massachusetts by five years, so suggesting that this policy is caused by SSM (as the push-poll did) is dishonest.
However, what about schools that include a book like Heather Has Two Mommies in the curriculum? A book like that (to repeat Robert's distinction) goes beyond teaching tolerance to advocating normalization.
Can I feel sympathy for a family that is "upset" that their child is reading Heather Has Two Mommies in public school? Well, I can certainly understand why they're upset. But from my perspective, they're upset for the same reason that an anti-Semitic family might be upset when public schoolchildren are taught that Jewish holidays and traditions should be accorded the same respect as Christian holidays and traditions.
I can understand that, too. On an intellectual level, if I try, I can even sympathize with the pain and distress such parents must feel. But it doesn't mean that I'm inclined to want those folks setting policy.
(Charles also brought up an interesting question: How does Robert feel about the pro-capitalism bias of virtually all public schools in the USA, since this may distress those parents who are socialists?)
Returning to what is (for me) the central issue of my earlier post, I can understand the distress anti-gay parents feel. However, that distress doesn't excuse using fear of the "gay lifestyle" being taught in schools to drum up support for an anti-gay measure that has nothing to do with what's taught in schools. In fact, because I can understand that distress, I think that telling lies designed to aggravate that distress is particularly scummy.
(I'm not assuming that Robert disagrees with me on this point; he hasn't yet commented either way).


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Behavioral health and Fond du Lac County leaders are hopeful that efforts boosted by a recent grant will help reduce suicide deaths in the area.
According to state statistics, Fond du Lac County's suicide rate is higher than the overall state rate. Seventeen local residents committed suicide in 2011. Based on those numbers, the Fond du Lac Healthy 2020 steering committee has set a goal that suicides will decline to 12 or fewer annually.
A recent grant was awarded to Agnesian HealthCare with support from local leaders making it one of five state organizations to be part of the 2014 Perfect ...


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PGC to host Webinar on protecting against electronic surveillance
The Protective Glazing Council International, Topeka, Kan., announced the next in a monthly Webinar series for architects, building owners, specifiers, glazing contractors and others in the architectural community in a Sept. 11 release. The free monthly Webinar series focuses on various industry topics and runs an hour in length.
Scheduled for the last Friday of each month, the next Webinar will be given by Ron Waranowski, managing director of ASTIC Signals Defenses LLC, a distributor/manufacturer of glass coatings for Electro-Magnetic Countermeasures, i.e., security for wireless LANS and mitigating eavesdropping, EMI and EMP threats. Waranowski, the co-inventor of Signals Defenses Technology, i.e., a patented, optically clear electromagnetic field barrier, will discuss four critical and fast growing threats to these electronic assets, including threats that usually fall in the "gap" between the IT and physical security groups.
"Ron's presentations both amaze and frighten people because most companies have no idea how easy it is to fall prey to several types of electronic surveillance and espionage," said Brian Pitman, director of marketing and communications, in the release. "His presentation will certain enlighten and provide solutions to a swiftly growing threat to companies around the globe."
Waranowski's presentation kicks off at Noon EDT, Sept. 25. To learn more and register, visit the PGC International Web site


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Same expectations for Monessen Lady Greyhounds
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A new basketball season may be getting ready to tip off, but the expectations never change for the Monessen Lady Greyhounds.
Just ask fourth-year Monessen head coach Gina Naccarato.
"Our (first) goal is to win the section," said Naccarato, who helped establish such lofty goals when she played in the 1990s, scoring 3,364 points, which remains the all-time WPIAL record.
"We also want to qualify for both the WPIAL and PIAA playoffs."
Naccarato hopes to continue a run that began with her predecessor, legendary coach Major Corley, as Monessen has made the WPIAL playoffs in each of the last 23 seasons.
A major factor in the team reaching the goals in Section 4 A will be the senior one-two punch of guard Mariah Ward and guard/forward Chelsea Szakal.
Ward averaged 20.9 points and 3.3 assists per game a season ago while Szakal contributed 12.1 and 7.9 rebounds a game before injuring her ACL.
Ward has 1,089 points for her career while Szakal has 558.
Naccarato says that the pair will have to be the leaders.
"They will be the leaders on the floor during the game because they are the ones with the most experience as far as playing time goes," she said. "They will be surrounded by three others who didn't get a lot of varsity experience, so Mariah and Chelsea will have to guide them."
Naccarato is happy with how Szakal has worked hard to recover from her injury. The coach hopes to have her cleared for action by the start of the season.
"She worked hard all summer to get back for the first day of practice," Naccarato said. "She is actually ahead of schedule in her progress."
Junior forward Monet Wade was a spot starter a season ago and is in the lineup along with junior guard-forward Eden Holland and senior guard Asyaa Davis.
Other players expected to see playing time include senior forward Edzarae Bell and a pair of sophomores, guard/forward Cara Grogan and guard Mariah Johnson.
So what does Monessen have to do to have a successful season while replacing three full-time starters and a part-time starter to graduation from a team that went 20-4?
"We have to play Monessen basketball," Naccarato said matter-of-factly. "That means we have to run, press, and play good defense.
"And hopefully we can get some fans to attend games and support us. It really helps the girls on the floor to see a lot of fans in the seats."
Naccarato feels that Clairton and Winchester Thurston are the other top teams in the section, which also includes Frazier, Geibel, and Serra Catholic.
"Both teams played us tough and have most of their players back," she said of Clairton and Winchester Thurston.
"Serra should be good too."
The Lady Hounds are in the McKeesport Tip-off Tournament next weekend.
Bill Hughes is a freelance writer.
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