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For the first time in nearly three decades, the township board of trustees will be without Joe Sykes when it begins a new year of governing in January.
The longtime trustee is retiring at the end of December, after 28 years of service to the township.
"I'm going to miss the camaraderie of serving with the other trustees," Sykes said. ...


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Deepika Padukone hot saree photos at film Ram Leela first look trailer launch at PVR ECX in Mumbai on Monday, September 16th, 2013 evening. Movie is director by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ranveer Singh opposite to Deepika Padukone. One of the most awaited bollywood movie of the year is all set to release in cinema halls on 15th November.


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We started down the hill and followed the gravel path into the woods for a walk that would last no more than a couple hours. Sunset wasn't too far away and, besides, I wasn't sure how far his legs would be willing to take him. Along the loop, though, they took us further than I'd imagined we might go.
Across the field and into the woods, close by the Osage orange tree the boy's Cub Scout troop had investigated, then down among oak and hickory and pine, the wandering path kept by the park service and helped by Eagle Scout projects and other acts of kindness was just right for a little boy who'd long since used up his keepers' patience, whose energy had him more than ready to get out of the house on a gray, rainy day.
"The wood on the boardwalk might be slick," I told him of the trail ahead, inspiring him to ask what a boardwalk was and why there was one ahead and what water it bridged and the like. Soon enough we came to it.
"That is a lot of water," he said. He asked what fish might live in it and what you could catch and how. He asked whether there were any beavers here and also any foxes or bears. I answered as best I could.
Toward the slough's lower end we found where its waters came to a head and flowed with a purpose under a footbridge then away.
"Where does this water go?" he asked and I gathered what geography I could find in my mind's eye. I told him the slough and others like it flow out through ditches and drainages and small tributaries mostly without name until they reach the bigger creeks, then run on into rivers like the Tombigbee or the Pearl or the Big Black. Eventually the rain drops find their way to the Gulf of Mexico at New Orleans or Mobile then head out to sea. He stripped a handful of privet leaves and dropped one on top of the moving water. It floated and twirled, caught in an eddy for a moment then swung downstream and disappeared.
"How long will it take that to get to the ocean?" he asked and, with him, I imagined it making its way. I guessed, presuming it didn't hang up or run aground but kept moving in the best current it could find, it might be there in three or four weeks. The wheels of his mind turned and his eyes took on a far-away cast I recognized from the mirror. I told him I wanted us to practice hiking until we were ready for some big boy walks, say, down in the Grand Canyon or along a section of the Appalachian Trail and he liked the sound of that, though he asked what a canyon was and seemed pleased with what I described.
We talked a lot but thought a lot more. Putting our boots to the ground for a couple miles turned our imaginations loose to roam much further, a pretty good outing for a simple, rainy day.
Kevin Tate is V.P. of Media Productions for Mossy Oak in West Point.


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Would you like to pick your own fruits, nuts, citrus and berries in your own backyard?
Charlie Graham, LSU Agricultural agent and fruit/pecan expert, will discuss Incredible Edible Yard: Part 1 from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Louisiana Nursery, 12290 Mansfield Road, Keithville.
He will share "secrets" of growing fruits, nuts, citrus and berries in northwest Louisiana.
According to a news release from Louisiana Nursery, participants will learn which plants and varieties thrive in the area, how to properly prepare the soil, and how to have a yard that is not only beautiful, but incredible edible as well.
There will be refreshments and door prizes.
Admission: free.
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Left wing Ruslan Fedotenko, who had been with the New York Rangers on a tryout contract, has signed with the team for the 2010-11 season. Terms of the deal were not released, but according to Newsday, it's a one-year, $1 million contract.
Fedotenko led the Rangers in preseason scoring with 7 points in five games. He also had a plus-5 rating.
Fedotenko is coming off the worst season of his NHL career in 2009-10, when he had just 11 goals, 30 points and a minus-17 rating in 80 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
In nine NHL seasons, Fedotenko has 150 goals and 308 points in 677 games with the Flyers, Lightning, Islanders and Penguins. He's a two-time Stanley Cup champion, having won in 2004 with the Lightning and 2009 with the Penguins. He had 12 goals in 22 playoff games for Tampa Bay, including both goals in the 2-1 win against the Calgary Flames in Game 7 of the Cup Final.


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Should Minnesota go Republican?
Jan 12, 2004, Vol. 9, No. 17 • By BARRY CASSELMAN
All of this bodes well for President Bush. The Dean organization, as elsewhere, has been visible and highly energized in the state, but Kerry, Edwards, Gephardt, and Lieberman supporters here seem more than routinely skeptical of their party's likely nominee. This has intensified since the capture of Saddam Hussein. The Bush reelection organization, for its part, is busy replicating the very capable Coleman 2002 grassroots effort, and is likely to maximize the already strong support for the president in rural and suburban Minnesota. The latest published polls indicate the president has expanded his support level from about 50 percent to almost 60 percent.
The main impediment to Republican control of the state is increasingly the Independence party, now rid of Jesse Ventura and trying to occupy the political center. Unless that party recruits a compelling leader/candidate, however, we may soon see 2002-2004 as the beginning of a Republican era in what used to be one of the country's most reliably liberal states.
Barry Casselman, the national political correspondent of the Preludium News Service, writes a column for the Washington Times.


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Text of keynote lecture delivered at the conference on constitutionalism in Southern Africa organized by the Southern Africa Research Institute for Policy Studies (SARIPS), Sheraton Hotel, Harare, Zimbabwe, July 24-27, 2000.
It is indeed an honor to be asked to deliver this keynote lecture at this very important conference on constitution making and constitutionalism in Southern Africa. Let me begin by declaring that I speak for myself as an African, an activist, and academic. I would also like to congratulate the organizers, SARIPS for bringing together some of the best minds on the continent to deliberate on how the people can take back the initiative for determining how they wish to be governed.
It was only recently that we all began to subject the so-called third wave to critical evaluation. While we all rejoiced at the liberalization of political spaces in Africa, we failed to take critical note of some trends and tendencies that now appear to be compromising the democratic project. In the temporary excitement over the new and loud political gyrations of the so-called new democrats, we confused appearances with substance. Of course, the visible involvement of Western governments, international NGOs, and the lending agencies in defining, shaping, and even implementing the liberalization agenda facilitated the encapsulation of the process and its reduction to procedural gyrations that failed to alter the structural foundations of the African predicament. Indeed, the role of the West, even where it was well intentioned, failed to fully appreciate the history and historical experiences of Africa; the undemocratic distortions and disarticulations that negate democracy; the manipulation of the process by entrenched interests; and the essence of democratization and democratic transformation, as against mere liberalization and elections. Perhaps the greatest crime of the donors and lenders against Africa and its transition from authoritarianism is in reducing African civil society organizations into externally focused, opportunistic, corrupt, and visionless agents for pursuing the tentative, tenuous, and limited agenda of "change" that has been externally packaged.
The consequence of the above is that we are only just discovering that many of our human rights organizations, prodemocracy groups, new political parties and so on are not really democratic; that they lack the capacity to push for true democratization; that women are still invisible in their structures; and that they lack ideological clarity, courage, and vision. We are just beginning to realize that many of the so-called civil society groups were never really interested in change for transformation or true reformation, but were interested in change for restoration of a repackaged status quo. Thus as soon as they captured state power, like the nationalists of the 1950s and 1960s, they whitewashed the instruments and structures of domination, marginalization, exploitation, and repression and continued with business as usual. Many of the prodemocracy movements are dominated by old and outdate ideas and incapable of providing a formidable challenge to the discredited old guard of African politics. As well, they are concentrated in the capital cities, exhibit a pathological fixation on the capture of raw power, and are better known to donors and Western governments than to their own peoples. They shamelessly ape the prescriptions of the IMF and World Bank and lack ideological originality while they are quick to abandon declared objectives for a share of power with the "devils" they had been fighting. Finally, they are unable to reach accommodation with each other hence the proliferation of political parties, prodemocracy movements, and presidential candidates.
You will agree with me that a close look at most of the countries where "change" had occurred as part of the so-called Third Wave would reveal a continuing process of violence, corruption, human rights abuses, skewed allocation of resources, harassment of social activists and academics, and subservience to foreign determined and dictated ideas especially from the multilaterals. Most painfully, we would see not just the continuing oppression and exploitation of children, women, and the poor, but also the shameless mortgaging of Africa's future to imperialist agents and agencies in the name of "political reform," structural adjustment, or globalization. Some of our so-called "enlightened", "younger", "educated", and "revolutionary" leaders speak, sound, and look more like confused political thugs, crooks, and political opportunists of the worst kind ever imaginable. To some, this might be harsh. But tell me: how do we explain the lack of vision and political courage? How do we explain continuing disregard and disrespect for women? How do we understand continuing subservience to foreign dictated economic and political programs? How do we explain the inability to build new networks, encourage new discourses, and commit society to the construction of new political values? How on earth can we understand this tenacity to office and the privatization of power? How do we explain the resort to war and other forms of violence within and across borders over mundane issues including personal egos? Finally, how can we explain continuing corruption, mismanagement, inefficiency, concentration of resources in a few locations, the manipulation of ethnicity, language and identity, and the pathological fixation on raw power? We have seen enough of the politics of illusion and the arrogance of power. We have seen the trivialization of the rights of people: they give it on one platform and abridge it on another. We have seen the arrogance of power: power that should belong to the people but now appropriated and privatized by one "big man" and his ethnic jingoists or cabal of crooks! Many of our "radical" and "modern" leaders appear to be irrevocably bound to violence: how do you explain the ease with which "friends" and "comrades" degenerate into war as has been the case between Uganda and Rwanda, and Ethiopia and Eritrea! This sort of irresponsibility that is costing already poor countries a lot of foreign exchange and innocent lives can no longer be tolerated. It can be asserted that it is only the continuing courage and determination of civil society groups and leaders, especially movements of students, women, environmentalists, professionals, and human rights that has prevented the so-called new leaders from going overboard. In this new democracy business, it is like political abracadabra: the more you look the less you see. You are told today that democracy is the answer. The very next day, you are told that democracy is alien, it has to be controlled, and you have to wait for the "big man" to approve when you can practice democracy! Our people are voting without choosing and the corrupted, contaminated, and compromised political show is throwing up several democratic dictators! To buy legitimacy for the reform process, especially to satisfy the new masters, Africa's new leaders have tried to use a new approach to constitution making to redesign, redefine, repackage, and reallocate power. Fortunately, in a handful of countries, constitution making has been used to promote a national rebirth, national education, mobilization, and healing. It has been used to redefine the content and context of politics and to drastically attempt to empower hitherto marginalized and brutalized constituencies such as women and minorities. How and why have they done this?
Background to Constitution Making
A critical by-product of the new processes and dynamics of power, politics and political contestations has been a renewed interest in constitutionalism and constitution making all over Africa. Uganda, South Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Ghana have taken this process to the most admirable levels because of the PROCESSES they adopted. Zimbabwe also adopted a process led approach and after several months of near meaningless gyrations in the wilderness of political conservatism, Nigeria has also adopted a consultative approach to reviewing its undemocratic 1999 constitution. This renewed interest in democratic and participatory constitution making is directly linked to a new doctrine of political legitimacy that is emerging in Africa's civil society. This new doctrine is built around continental and international interests in, and commitments to the challenge of helping plural communities articulate collective national visions for designing and promoting democracy and democratic values. It is also being used to mobilize the populace; resolve the legacies of dictatorship; and establish a new agenda for growth and development. Constitution making is being used to articulate national dreams, educate the populace, draw attention to existing contradictions, and promote a new culture of tolerance, inclusion, participation, and democratization. The new constitutions are now seen as road maps that define power and set out new or alternative political arrangements. The constitutions also spell out the socio-economic, cultural and political rights of all citizens; reassure disadvantaged constituencies like women and minorities, and provide a political road map for a new generation of Africans as we move into the next millennium. Finally, constitution making is being used as a powerful tool for engaging the contentious issues of ethnicity, language, gender, accountability, social justice, difference, and identity. Unlike the colonially inspired constitutions of the 1960s, the new constitutions are directly addressing these questions.
While some issues as to process and procedure have been addressed in Uganda as evidenced in the admirable work of the Justice Odoki Commission and the promulgation of the 1995 Constitution, for many African countries like Nigeria, there are still serious questions to be answered. Some of the questions that have come to determine the nature of the debate and politics on constitutional reform in Africa have included: Who should initiate the process of constitution making and on what terms? What should be the minimum mechanisms and guiding principles for constitution making? For how long should the process run? Who selects the staff or leadership of the constitutional review commission? Should there be restrictions as to what the commission should cover? What are the guarantees that what comes out of the process will be respected by those in power? Is it possible to use the process to check the violent, irresponsible, and rapacious African military; corrupt and grossly inefficient public institutions; and the unstable, illegitimate, over-bloated, repressive, and non-hegemonic postcolonial state.
The Postcolonial State and Constitution Making
Constitutions are by no means a new phenomenon in African politics. Even the Apartheid state had a constitution. General Sani Abacha of Nigeria, Idi Amin of Uganda, Jeane Bedel Bokassa of the Central African Empire (now Republic), and Marcias Nguema of Equatorial Guinea as well as Gnasingbe Eyadema of Togo all have or had constitutions in one form or the other. But as we all know, these so-called constitutions were not even worth the paper on which they were written. More importantly, though some of them could claim (ed.) to be legal documents, they are/were certainly not legitimate. In fact, the so-called constitutions were instruments for terrorizing the poor and weak, legitimating corruption and the privatization of the state, and rationalizing the suffocation of civil society and subservient relationships with imperialism.
Why were these early constitutions illegitimate even if legal? The truth is that they were not compacted through a truly open and democratic process that paid attention to the dreams, pains, and aspirations of African people, their communities, and constituencies. In fact most of these were directly imposed constitutions or elite-driven processes that treated the people and their ideas with disrespect, if not contempt. The hallmark of imposed constitutions is that they are never subjected to popular debates or referenda. If at any point the constitutions were subjected to public debates, such debates were often brief, carefully monitored and manipulated. The documents, either in draft or final forms, were never made available to the people. If referenda were called, the results were rigged in favor of the state and its custodians. In some cases, the reports of constitutional commissions were simply ignored after elaborate ceremonies aimed at diverting public attention and convincing donors and the international community that something positive was being done about democracy. In Nigeria, not only were general and presidential elections conducted without a constitution, but also the draft was never widely debated, seen or voted upon by the people. Even after the presidential election, the government continued to keep the constitution a secret and away from the Nigerian people. In an open demonstration of military arrogance and insensitivity to the popular will, the General Abdulsalami Abubakar junta refused to release the constitution even after the military ruling council spent three days "putting finishing touches" to what was supposed to be a peoples' document. The illegal junta then promulgated a decree to give legality to the document. This is hardly the way to lay the foundation for a democratic project. Such arrogance of power and disrespect for the popular will simply widens the already wide gap between the state and civil society, and between the government and the governed. It is not surprising therefore that constitutions in postcolonial Africa have never enjoyed widespread acceptability. This lack of acceptability mediates their utility as veritable weapons to be deployed in the defense of the democratic project.
In the process of reviewing their constitutions, largely as a result of courageous and costly pressures from civil society working across ethnic, regional, religious, and other primordial lines, African leaders have adopted all sorts of tricks and underhand strategies to retain power or mediate the impact of popular demands. These have included:
constitutional conferences with full sovereign powers as in Benin Republic;
Constitutional conferences that were packed with agents of the state as in Mobutu's Zaire;
Constituent Assemblies packed with nominated representatives and persons elected under questionable or unaccepted conditions as in General Sani Abacha's Nigeria;
Constitutional Review Commissions with terms of reference designed and determined by the state and aimed at reaching conclusions favorable to the state as in Nyerere's Tanzania and General Abubakar's Nigeria;
Constitutional commissions with clear efforts to tinker with the constitutions in a way designed to deal with specific problems and political "enemies" of the president as in Chiluba's Zambia;
Constitutional amendments that seek to re-establish state legitimacy while actually strengthening it vis-à-vis civil society as in the case of Algeria;
Tentative but carefully programmed and very slow concessions to constitutional reforms aimed at making no concrete changes in the constitutional compacts as in Moi's Kenya; and
Constitutional processes designed to bring about a new constitutional contract between the state and the people based on past experiences and aimed at a new political environment to promote democracy and democratic values as in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, and South Africa.
To be sure, even the last form of constitutional process is hardly perfect. It contains several imperfections, contradictions, and several avoidance mechanisms. These are provisions that attempt to dodge critical questions of political arrangements such as federalism or unitarism as in South Africa; fiscal federalism or fiscal unitarism as in Nigeria; multiparty or movement system as in Uganda; and dual citizenship or monocitizenship as in Ghana. But whatever the situation, these new brand of constitutions and the process that culminated in the final enactment have had the courage to raise and address new issues that if sustained and built-upon, would significantly extend the frontiers of democracy and work to consolidate Africa's democratic rebirth.
Women in the Ugandan Constitution
Uganda interestingly ranks among only a handful of African nations that have not tried to hide the rights of women under broad and dubious provisions in national constitutions. Some African constitutions such as in Nigeria do not even bother to address the woman question. Under the National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy, the Ugandan Constitution in Section VI requires the state to "ensure gender balance and fair representation of marginalized groups on all constitutional and other bodies." It does not define in exact terms what "balance" means and also fails to explain the meaning of "fair representation." There is no timetable or clear basis for measurement of progress. In Section XV, the constitution requires the state to "recognize the significant role that women play in society." This is rather too broad. But what exactly does "recognize" mean? Acknowledge it? Announce it? Talk about it? Reward the role of women? Is this a grant or some special gift from the state and its custodians? Chapter Four, Section 33 (1-6) address the rights of women: they are to be "accorded full and equal dignity of the person with men;" they are to be provided with "the facilities and opportunities necessary to enhance" their welfare to "enable them to realise their full potential and advancement;" and in view of the "natural maternal functions" that women perform, the state commits itself to protecting "women and their rights." In addition, the Constitution guarantees the right to equal treatment with men including "equal opportunities in political, economic and social activities." It prescribes a "right to affirmative action for the purpose of redressing the imbalances created by history, tradition or custom." Finally, the Constitution is direct in articulating the position that "Laws, cultures, customs or traditions which are against the dignity or interest of women or which undermine their status, are prohibited by this Constitution." In Section 40 (4) employers are required by the Constitution to guarantee protection during and after pregnancy to women. There are other bits and pieces here and there in the Ugandan constitution that directly and/or indirectly engage or address the rights of women. Compared to many African countries such as Nigeria, this is a very radical Constitution. For whatever it is worth, you have a president who does not abuse women and call women activists prostitutes; you have a woman vice-president; the number of women in parliament is not excellent but fair; you have an Affirmative Action Policy; and you have a ministry for gender and social development. As we have come to experience tough, these have remained, in large measure, mere constitutional provisions. Some laws have been abrogated, some institutions established, and a few policies initiated. But at a fundamental, institutional, and structural level, Uganda is still a very much male-dominated society. This is so for several reasons:
a). The character of the Ugandan state as a political structure designed to serve the interests of men and the country's largely unproductive, dependent, corrupt, and non-hegemonic elite has not changed in spite of the NRA's victory and the NRM's rule;
b). Our values and cultures are still patriarchal, backward, conservative, and exploitative, even if we refuse to accept this reality.
c). The educational system is still outrightly neo-colonial. Education is not for liberation and service but for domination and exploitation.
d). Uganda is still a neo-colonial social formation dominated by powerful profit and hegemony-seeking transnational corporations with the interests of the metropole as priority;
e). There is nothing in the Constitution that represents a major revolutionary attack at the institutions, structures, and locations that perpetuate female disrespect, oppression, and exploitation.
f). The Ugandan media is still very complacent on gender, especially women's issues. It reports violence against women, defilement, incest, and so as general interest stories; and
g). The very same persons, regulations, institutions, and individuals that constructed the existing conditions of female domination, exploitation, abuse, and marginalization are being expected to voluntarily dismantle the environment and processes that guarantees their worth, status, and accumulative patterns.
In sum therefore, Uganda, like most African states, still has a very long way to go to structurally or fundamentally alter the oppressive conditions in which our women live and work. In The New Vision of September 29, 1999, there were four reports on defilement including one of a 3 month old baby (pps. 4, 23, 37, and 39); one report of rape (p.42); and one complaint about obscene media language that degrade women (p.15). The real issue therefore is not just the making of a constitution, but what happens after it has been made and how we translate lofty provisions into reality. I realize that there are experts here that would be dissecting these issues in the next couple of days.
Beyond Constitution Making: What Next
If Africa's democratic projects are to survive, the participatory approach to constitution making must be adopted. It is clearly the only way to mobilize and educate the people, construct alternative democratic platforms, acknowledge primordial identities and pluralism, and construct much needed platforms of inclusion, tolerance, and participation. The process of constitution making is critical to the strength, acceptability, and legitimacy of the final product. In fact, by involving the people and their communities, they understand the document, its importance, and its relevance to the larger democratic process. Having made the constitution, the question, is what next?
The real challenges here include the following:
1). Availability of the constitution to all citizens. There is absolutely no reason why citizens should pay for or buy the constitution. Any attempt to sell the constitution is a direct effort at subverting it by keeping it away from the people. All citizens should have a right to a copy of the constitution.
2). Does the Constitution contain institutions for translating, mass-producing, distributing, and teaching it to the people? The Uganda Human Rights Commission does this here. The National Commission for civic Education does this in Ghana and the Department of Constitutional Development performs these functions in South Africa. This is not an issue in Nigeria!
3). Are there direct and deliberate efforts and programs to make the constitution a living document, the "main document in town," the basis of determining relations within and between constituencies, and encouraging the citizenry to deploy the constitution in the protection and defense of individual and collective rights.
4). Is the state (especially the Judiciary, Legislature, and Executive) OPENLY committed to using the constitution as the basis of governance, protecting the weak and rectifying decades of oppression and injustice.
5). What are the specific and broad provisions on minorities, language, women, the disabled, children, rural areas, devolution of power, social justice, human rights, and participation and are these provisions justiciable? How committed is the state to their implementation?
6). Are there democratic mechanisms for a regular monitoring, review or amendment of the constitution in the larger interest of democratic participation and consolidation?
These are ultimately the issues that must transcend the PROCESS and determine the content and context of democratization as well as the larger project of democratic consolidation. Unfortunately, most African countries, including Uganda have not done too well in the process of post-constitution making experiences. Let us conclude by looking at the case women in the broader African context.
Women and Constitutionalism in Africa
African women represent the most marginalized, dominated, exploited, and disrespected constituency in Africa: precolonial, colonial, and contemporary. This is painful and unfortunate given their critical importance to the continent's survival. While it is important to give a dialectical and holistic approach to gender, recognizing that there are progressive men and reactionary, even dangerous women, on the aggregate, women have borne the brunt of the irresponsibility, mismanagement, and misguided egos of Africa's male chauvinists and patriarchal communities. Of course, whether educated or not, young and old, the men have found a lot in our traditions and cultures to rationalize and legitimate the marginalization of women from power and decision-making, and to justify their exploitation and sexploitation of women. In fact, the most shameful aspect of the woman question is in the active and shameless connivance of African governments in the brutalization of our womenfolk who are seen as objects of exploitation rather than objects of participation in the so-called nation-building (even constitution making) process. Thus today, in spite of vitriolic and suffocating propaganda by African leaders, several UN Decades for women, countless conferences organized by the UN, OAU, ECA, World Bank and other NGOs, the lot of African women can hardly be said to have improved. To be more direct, African leaders have signed several declarations and conventions as well as charters and communiqués on women only to return home and water down the agreements, turn a blind eye to the abuse of women, ignore constitutional protection for women, and even engage in tokenist politics evidenced in the appointment of women to visible but ceremonial and powerless positions.
The new participatory constitution making approach has created opportunities for women's issues to be articulated, debated, and incorporated in constitutions. This is evidenced in special provisions on women, affirmative action, rights, and special commissions. NGOs representing women have been able to capitalize on political liberalization and the debates on new constitutions to highlight the marginalization of women, negative cultural practices that pull women back, and laws in existing constitutions that work against the rights of women. However, though some gains have been made especially in South Africa, the constitutions have frequently fallen short of rectifying decades of abuse and neglect. The women's groups have been less effective because they all started off from disadvantageous positions; fighting against a largely insensitive and ignorant society; and working to change centuries of male-dominated patterns of power, politics, and resource allocation from which they were already shut out. Consequently, even the new constitutions have not been as radical as they should or ought to be in examining the roles of women in society; their participation in politics; their place in decision making; how they have been treated historically; their lack of access to central economic activities as against subsistence farming and petty trade; their low or marginal social status in society; and existing structures and institutions of domination and marginalization that have worked against women. Though the new constitutions contain elaborate human rights provisions even socio-economic and cultural rights, they are either non-justiciable or not enforced by the state. Thus all the prescriptions from the countless declarations and conventions, including the famous Beijing positions on equal opportunities for women, access to credit, education and training, expanded participation in all spheres of society, access to leadership positions, elimination of traditions/cultural stereotypes, termination of sexual division of labor, improvement to health facilities, programs for scientific education for women, elimination or at last the reduction of the domestic responsibilities of women, job security and institutional platforms such as ministries, monitoring units, and commissions to monitor and advance the place of women in the society have not been seriously implemented in ANY African country including Uganda. The documents are not even available to women and their groups. Practically no effort is made by our usually extravagant governments to translate and teach the documents so that our women can deploy them to advance their rights. Patronizing and condescending approaches are adopted that give the impression that it is the good nature or benevolence of the president and his wife or wives that is making concessions to women in the country. Violence against women is blamed on alcohol or some foreign scapegoat and on the victims of the violence. At best, a desk or unit is created in the president's office or kitchen to handle women's affairs directed by some backward, tired, and totally reactionary character that could be relied upon to subvert the cause of women. Worse still, most African leaders have not seriously and vigorously addressed the vulnerability of women to crippling and deadly diseases such as AIDS/HIV; female genital mutilation, child abuse practices such as incest, child marriages, rape, forced prostitution, subtle cultural discrimination, and the general lack of societal respect for women. Some African presidents have been known to specialize in the importation of foreign commercial sex workers at great cost to the national economy! Where some policies have been developed they have been post hoc, uncoordinated, poorly funded, dependent on unpredictable donor funding, and have never been treated as priority. Our leaders, policy makers, academics, and traditional rulers continue to rely on opportunistic, superficial, and diversionary strategies for reproducing a status quo that would ultimately destroy our communities, values, and countries. Our first ladies, with no record of activism in civil society, with a superficial understanding of gender issues, and steeped in the arrogance of power constructed by their spouses, become active once they get to power on some of these issues. As soon as they leave office or are forced out of office as is often the case, they promptly turn their backs on women's issues and become contractors, land speculators, and part of the oppressive machine that threatens to destroy our continent. This story of betrayal, disrespect, domination, marginalization, abuse, and shameless exploitation of African women can go on, and on, and on. What should be done?
Constitutions MUST contain a comprehensive Bill of Rights that is justiciable. Institutions that will monitor and ensure that guaranteed rights are enjoyed must be included in the constitution. Special commissions on women must be included in the constitution. Adequate affirmative actions programs, with time lines if necessary, must be written into constitutions to rectify decades of abuse. Special provisions must be made for children especially female children to protect their psychological build-ups being destroyed early. Laws that discriminate against women must ALL be expunged from our law books. Clear sanctions, counseling, and rehabilitation facilities must be available to those that engage in all forms of violence against women. Special quotas with time limits pending actualization must be constitutionally guaranteed. There is no reason why women cannot occupy half of cabinet positions and why ministries of defense, finance, foreign affairs, science and technology and so on cannot be occupied by women. All African states must have a ministry of women affairs with the head nominated or elected by Women's NGOs. Our schoolbooks must be reviewed and rewritten to expunge all anti-women language and content. Women should be given positions of responsibility early in life. Cultural institutions that work against women should be reformed, encouraged to reform themselves, or confined to museums and history books. The world is changing and they must change. Women's NGOs must be encouraged and supported to operate independently and assist with the process of societal reeducation and renewal. Current custodians of state power, especially in the judiciary must be retrained and reeducated on gender sensitivity while national planning, policies, and politics must reflect a progressive ender culture. For instance, public budgets must be analyzed to see their differential effects on children, women, and the elderly. We cannot continue to allocate huge sums of money to projects that end up in strengthening the unequal and unjust status quo. Women's groups should draw up a "National Dishonor List" for decision-makers that work against women and for leaders that fail to implement global, continental, and national resolutions on gender equality. Such a Dishonor List should also be drawn up continentally and published annually through international agencies and the Internet. The bottom line is that any government that does not openly, robustly, and stringently work to uplift the conditions of women, eradicate injustices, build new platforms of equality, participation, and democracy cannot hope to really survive the next millennium. The constitution represents a starting point. The real challenge is how we join hands to work together in the interest of our nations and continent so that we are no longer seen as the most backward, most underdeveloped, most disarticulated, least industrialized, most debt-ridden and debt-distressed, continent with the most AIDS victims, most refugees, most wars, and most useless governments run by lunatics that parade themselves as leaders on the eve of the twenty-first century.
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Police had to end an afternoon vehicle pursuit in York on Monday when the driver of a 2005 Kia Spectra fled from officers and wildly took her car the wrong way down one-way streets at high speeds, York City Police said.
The driver of the vehicle, later identified as 26-year-old Pamela Harriott, was ultimately apprehended by officers after she ran on foot to an alley, police reported.
Harriott, of the 600 block of Salem Avenue, later told officers she did not want to stop for police after they activated their emergency lights because of her bad experiences with law enforcement in the past, according to charging documents.
After observing the vehicle drive the wrong way on South West Street at 3:03 p.m. Monday, police tried pulling the vehicle over, documents state. The driver instead fled, disregarded traffic signals and got away from police, who terminated their pursuit because of unsafe driving conditions, police said.
Police then spotted the vehicle traveling on Parkway Boulevard, where it struck another car and then a fence pole at the intersection of Parkway and Pershing Avenue, documents state. The driver then ran on foot on North Pershing Avenue, where officers finally took her into custody, police said.
In the Kia, police said, officers found numerous empty heroin baggies and hypodermic needles. Later that evening, Harriott was brought to York Hospital to be checked for injuries. She admitted to using heroin earlier that morning, and said that she typically uses 30 bags per day, documents state.
Harriott was charged with fleeing officers, DUI, driving the wrong way and reckless driving, among other offenses. She was in custody at York County Prison on $25,000 bail for the fleeing and DUI charges. She also has bail set at $100,000 for prior charges, which include aggravated assault and throwing bodily fluids, according to prison officials.


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Local first responders listen to Paradigm instructor Ken Wilkerson as he presents a program by Paradigm addressing area pipelines.
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About 400 people learned about the complicated maze of pipelines that sprawls beneath the Blue Water Area Monday.
The Pipeline Safety program, targeted toward first responders and excavators.
The session included presentations from 13 pipeline companies in Macomb, St. Clair and Sanilac counties. ...


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Marketplace Money for Friday, August 27, 2010
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Marketplace Money for Friday, August 27, 2010
Better now than later -- Use those gift cards!
Tess Vigeland talks to UCLA marketing professor Suzanne Shu about why people have such a hard time using gifts and gift cards.
The Great American Apparel Diet
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A 'new normal' in New Orleans
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New Orleans residents rebuild with 'The Lot Next Door'
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Getting Personal: Building capital, gay marriage finances
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Tess Vigeland and Los Angeles Times' personal finance David Lazarus answer your money questions.
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February 11, 2013 (Mora, Minnesota) – Matt Liebsch from Orono, MN and Sarah Max, from Bend, Oregon, won the 58km FR men's and women's races respectively as the Vasaloppet USA ski race was moved to a shortened course because of insufficient snow and then was hit with a snowstorm on race day. Andrew Brown and Mary Beth Tuttle won in the 35km race while Dave Chamberlain and Audrey Weber won the 42km Classic race.
Skiers contesting the 58km, 35km and 42km races began by heading into 18-mile per winds as they skied a 13km lap on Knife Lake before heading towards Mora and a downtown finish. During the race heavy snow began to fall making a picturesque ski course, but also created tough skiing conditions.
The first North American male and female finishers in the 58K race will receive a free trip to Sweden to compete in the following year's Swedish Vasaloppet ski race or receive $1,000 in cash.
Read more in the Kanabec County Times HERE.
1. Matthew E Liebsch (Orono, MN) 1:53:20.0
2. Adam C Swank (Duluth, MN) 2:50
3. Michael D Brothers (Houghton, MI)
4. Nikolai N Anikin (Duluth, MN) 2:52
5. Chris Pappathopoulos (Sun Prairie, WI)
16. Sarah Max (Bend, OR) 3:05
22. Jan Guenther (Mound, MN) 3:09
30. Bonnie W Albrecht (Stillwater, MN) 3:12
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(MCT) – Early Friday morning, Memphis police arrested the mother of a 7-week-old girl who went missing Thursday.
Andrea A. Walker, 33, has been charged with two counts of aggravated child abuse and two counts of aggravated child neglect or endangerment. The fate of the Aniston Walker was still unknown at 8 a.m. Friday.
More than three dozen officers arrived at the home at 5604 Falling Bark Drive near Bartlett.
The officers gathered outside, waiting on maps to specify search areas before they start looking again. The infant's home appears to be empty with two cars still in the garage.
The mother was booked into the jail just after 4 a.m. The infant was reported missing Thursday, spurring a huge police presence at the home. According to police, the infant was last seen in the home Thursday morning, and details surrounding her disappearance were contradictory last Thursday.
A neighbor, out walking her dog, said Walker has two other children.
On Thursday, officers and police dogs scoured the subdivision south of Bartlett near Raleigh-Lagrange and Bartlett Road. The neighborhood is an area of modest homes with several empty lots and ongoing construction. They looked in trash bins, searched a wooded area behind the home and explored houses under construction nearby. About 6 p.m., officers seemed to zero in on a house with an unfinished garage just across the street from Aniston's house.
Police sent dogs through the home several times, and groups of investigators walked through the garage and looked beneath a pile of building materials in front of the garage.


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Plymouth's Jon Tiernan-Locke excited by 'massive Sky challenge'
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JON TIERNAN-LOCKE is hopeful his remarkably successful 2012 will be the springboard for future triumphs.
Plymouth's Tiernan-Locke is fast emerging as the new face of British cycling – a tag pretty much confirmed by his signing for powerhouse outfit Team Sky.
Although his move had been one of cycling's least best-kept secrets, Tiernan-Locke told Herald Sport his phone had been 'ringing off the hook' and that 2012 had been a 'whirlwind'.
He said 'I am over the moon' at securing the switch to Sky, which he feels will help him 'move up to the next level' and provide 'job security over the next two seasons'.
He is not alone in thinking that, as sharp observers of the sport are tipping Tiernan-Locke to rise higher still after joining the outfit he calls 'the best team in the world'.
Tiernan-Locke concedes that clinching a two-year deal with Team Sky – Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish et al – is a 'big step up' for him in terms of expectation and exposure.
But given how far the former Endura rider has come since the start of the year, he and Team Sky are clearly of the same opinion, that he has the ability and ambition to make the jump.
The 27-year-old has netted nine victories this year, which have included the Tour de Mediterranean and a triumph at the Tour du Haut Var, which propelled Tiernan-Locke to the top of the UCI European Tour standings.
The stand-out victory and the one which probably persuaded Sky to lure him from Endura was Tiernan-Locke's success in September's Tour of Britain.
His triumph was watched by thousands of well-wishers throughout the UK, and none more vociferous in their support than in the Devon leg of the eight-stage Tour.
Tiernan-Locke's local roots go deep as the former Coombe Dean student says he is never happier or content than riding across Dartmoor.
Tiernan-Locke's horizons over the next two seasons will be a good deal loftier, having already won a call-up to the Great Britain squad for last month's World Road Championships in the Netherlands.
Tiernan-Locke will bring to the Sky party the reputation of being a specialist climber which his new employers will be keen to exploit in pulling Tour de France winner Wiggins up the mountains in 2013 and 2014.
The challenge cannot come too soon for the proud Plymothian.
"To say I'm over the moon at joining Team Sky is a massive understatement. Who wouldn't be? They are the world's best team," said Tiernan-Locke.
"I had a great time with Endura but Sky is at another level altogether and a major step up, no question.
"Just look at the riders they already have – real British legends like Brad (Wiggins), Cav (Mark Cavendish), and Chris Froome – I feel honoured to be counted as a team-mate.
"Sky is a fantastic set-up and with Dave Brailsford in charge, they have an incredibly successful management team.
"It's a massive move and challenge, but I am thrilled to be given the opportunity of riding for them."
Competing for Team Sky is a far cry from Tiernan-Locke's relatively humble beginnings as a rider, having started out with the local Mid-Devon club, while also being beset with bad luck, illness and injury.
He had three years out of the game in his late teens through illness and at one stage was working in a bike shop to make ends meet.
Now he's in with the elite and with the very real possibility of a big race win within his compass in 2013.
Added to which, Tiernan-Locke's annus mirabilis has put him on the grid for a shout at winning The Herald Sports Personality of the Year 2012.
He faces stiff opposition as Olympic heroes Tom Daley, Tonia Couch, Sarah Barrow and the mercurial Ruta Meilutyte are also expected to be finalists at The Herald's gala sports dinner at the Pavilions on December 3.
Tiernan-Locke said, if invited, he is looking forward to attending the event which would mark his debut, indicating his rise over the past 18 months.
"I'd love to come. I've never been to The Herald Sports awards before. It sounds great," said Tiernan-Locke, who added he would keep the first Monday in December free.


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May 30, 2013
FILE - This April 18, 2013 file photo shows the remains of the the fertilizer plant smoldering in the rain at the at the West Fertilizer Co. in West, Texas after an explosion at the plant. Until the local fertilizer company in West, Texas, blew up last month and demolished scores of homes, many in that town of 2,800 didn't know what chemicals were stored alongside the railroad tracks or how dangerous they were. Even rescue workers didn't know what they were up against. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
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Around the country, hundreds of buildings like the one in West, Texas, that blew up last month and demolished scores of homes store some type of ammonium nitrate. They sit in quiet fields and by riverside docks, in business districts and around the corner from schools, hospitals and day care centers.


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text: Editor: Hats off to our Cambridge letter carriers on Saturday, May 8, when they collected food to help us at G.R.A.C.E. Food Pantry. Mark Lucas did a wonderful job of coordinating the drive this year. We all worked together as a team, which also includes the many wonderful people who donated food to this drive. Without the kind generosity of our community to share with others, we would not be able to help provide food for those in need. Thank you. Beverly Lapham Volunteer Director


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Rated: R, violent content, torture, language
The lowdown: One of the best movies of the year stars Hugh Jackman as a father who will do anything to get back his daughter who has gone missing. Jake Gyllenhaal plays the detective whose investigation is impeded by the overzealous parent. Critics embraced the film, giving it an 81 percent positive rating at Rottentomatoes.com.
Don't miss: Extras include a featurette on the tense relationship between Jackman and Gyllenhaal's characters and discussions with cast members.
Score: ★★★½
"One Direction: This is Us: Ultimate Fan Edition"
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Rated: PG, language
The lowdown: A documentary that follows the popular band on the road as well as behind-the-scenes looks at their lives and beginnings. Critics at Rottentomatoes seemed to dance to the music, giving the movie a 64 percent positive rating.
Don't miss: Bonus offerings include a "Best Song Ever" music video, featurettes on each member of the group visiting their homes and a featurette on 1D fans.
"Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters"
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Rated: PG, violence
The lowdown: The mythical adventures of Percy Jackson continue in this sequel which finds Percy and his friends on a quest to find and bring back the Golden Fleece in order to save the world. The majority of critics on the tomatometer, did not approve, giving the film a 38 percent positive rating.
Don't miss: Bonus materials include a "Tyson" motion comic, a look at deconstructing a demigod and a look at the special effects.
Score: ★★


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Kate Winslet escapes fire at Branson's island home
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London -- Guests, including Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet, escaped uninjured when fire destroyed Richard Branson's Caribbean home in the middle of the night, the British businessman said Monday.
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The Virgin Group boss said about 20 people, including Winslet and her children, were staying in the eight-bedroom Great House on Necker, his private isle in the British Virgin Islands.
Branson said he was staying in another property around 100 yards away with his wife, Joan and son Sam, 25.
He said the fire broke out around 4 a.m. during a wind and lightning storm, and Sam managed to help evacuate Winslet and other guests from the house.
Branson said the guests, including his 90-year-old mother and his daughter Holly, 29, all managed to get out safely.
"Kate Winslet, her boyfriend and her family were there and Holly and some of her friends were also staying," Branson said. "My mother was there and they managed to get her out and she is fine."
Winslet's spokeswoman, Sara Keene, confirmed the actress was unharmed.
Branson said the house was "completely destroyed," and the fire was not entirely out Monday.
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"My office was based in the house and I have lost thousands of photographs which is very sad," Branson said.
He said he planned to rebuild the house "as soon as we can."
"We'll all stay here for the time being," he said. "There's a lot of damage and we won't be able to stick it back together again right away."
Virgin said the cause of the fire was still being investigated but lightning was the likely culprit.
Branson, 60, bought the island in the early 1980s and began building the Great House in 1982. He also has developed an exclusive eco-resort on the island showcasing renewable energy technology.
Winslet, 35, shot to international stardom with her appearance opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in James Cameron's "Titanic," and sealed her reputation with a Best Actress Academy Award in 2009 for "The Reader."
She has two children, 10-year-old Mia and Joe, 7, from marriages to directors Jim Threapleton and Sam Mendes.
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ALL-STAR WHITE ANCHORING BANDITSFeatures | 3/2/2011 10:07:10 AM | Michael Jafari
The Buffalo Bandits may have had the weekend off, but their captain was still at work.
Defenseman Chris White made the trip to Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York to play in his third straight NLL All-Star Game on Sunday afternoon. Joining White were teammates John Tavares, Mark Steenhuis and Brett Bucktooth, who all participated in the game along with the rest of the best players in the National Lacrosse League.
"It was nice to sit on the bench and watch those offensive guys move the ball around," said White. "A lot of them will be playing in the world championship and playing for their respective countries, so watching them play together and seeing the power play combinations was a lot of fun."
White saw a lot of offense in the star-studded contest, with many of the points coming from his teammates. Bucktooth netted three goals and added three assists while Steenhuis scored a team-leading five goals in the victory. John Tavares added two goals and notched an assist while serving as the team's captain in the game. White, who, along with Steenhuis, was voted into the game, tallied an assist and served the East's only penalty in the game.
"I don't know if they should bring defensive guys like us into the game anymore and have the offense go up and down, but it was lots of fun. I had to get on the scoresheet somehow, so I took a penalty. They didn't want to cut through the middle anymore after that I guess," joked White.
Despite the high-scoring, seesaw battle between both teams, White's East squad was victorious over the West, 30-26. Bucktooth netted what would be the game-winning goal at 10:39 in the fourth quarter to secure the win for his team.
"We do have some pride out there, and you never like losing no matter what kind of game it is. For a defensive guy like myself, you don't like leaving your goalie out to dry," said White.
"Going back, a lot of my hockey buddies played lacrosse so it was an easy fit. I hung out with them all winter, and they talked me into playing the sport, and it stuck ever since," recalled the Bandits' captain. "Towards the end of my junior career, I started talking to a few GM's around the league coming up to the draft. I always played hockey, and it was the number one sport at the time, but once that ended lacrosse seemed to be a good fit."
In 2001, White was drafted by the Albany Attack in the second round (20th overall) of the NLL Entry Draft. After just one season, White transferred with the franchise to play for the San Jose Stealth. In 2004, White became a Bandit when the team traded a 2005 first round pick (11th overall) to acquire the rugged defenseman from San Jose.
"I didn't really know what to expect after the acquisition. I knew a few guys who played for Buffalo, and they really seemed to enjoy it. It's always nice to be wanted from another team, and it shows what kind of organization the Bandits are, which is a top notch team."
Ever since the Bandits traded for White, he has been a cornerstone of the franchise. White was also part of the Bandits team that won the Champions Cup in 2008. Although he missed most of the final game due to injury, White remembers how the experience felt.
"It was amazing to get your first NLL Championship, and there is no other feeling like it. It was especially great because I enjoyed it with half the guys in this dressing room, and we won it in front of our sold-out home crowd," recalled White. "I only played a couple shifts because I got hurt early, and they wouldn't let me play anymore. We'll have to get to another championship so I can contribute a bit more."
The 2009 campaign was another memorable season for the defenseman. In addition to moving into the top ten in all-time penalty minutes for the Bandits, he was selected as the team's captain, succeeding one of the NLL's greatest players and current Bandits' assistant coach, Rich Kilgour. In the first two-plus years of White's captaincy, the team has posted a 22-17 record and made the playoffs in the first two full seasons.
"I had big footsteps to fill," acknowledged White. "Richie has been the captain for so many years, and it is an honor for Darris and management to pick me. It is an amazing feeling because there haven't been many captains in Buffalo's history, so I think about how lucky I am that these guys want me to lead them."
White has been a part of both winning and losing teams throughout his nine-year career, but so far he likes what he sees from the 2011 Bandits squad. With the additions of players like Tracey Kelusky, Scott Self and Chad Culp joining the likes of Tavares, Steenhuis, and Bucktooth, White thinks this year's team could have a special season in the year the team is celebrating its 20th Anniversary.
"We got a few new faces this year so it is taking some time for guys to gel together, but we seem to be rolling now. There are quite a few similarities between this team and the 2008 Championship team because we're such a hard-working team and don't want to give up anything to the opposition. We just have to keep working hard and things will pan out for us, because through hard work good things happen," said White, who ranks second on the team with 42 loose balls on the season.
The Bandits captain certainly has established a successful lacrosse career, but he has also been able to carry over that success off the turf. White works in the indoor air and cooling business near his home in Canada.
"I work for a family-owned business in heating and cooling. I install air conditioners and furnaces, which is a great business to work at in Canada," White said with a smile. "If any of my teammates ever need furnaces, they know I can put them in for them."


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I haven't seen the Oakland Raiders this season, but I suspect the team doesn't always gather at midfield prior to pre-game calisthentics and have a team huddle. It did Sunday, with defensive lineman Richard Seymour among those in the middle. Players jumped up and down, then reached toward the middle of the huddle before breaking.
It is the beginning of what should be an extraordiinary afternoon for the Raiders, playing their first game without Al Davis. The club is dressed in its disctinctive white jerseys, with black numerals, and there doesn't appear to be anything commemorating Davis on their uniforms. But there are black decals on the backs of their helmets -- with the word "Al" inscribed in silver, according to reports.
There is also expected to be a moment of silence prior to the game, in memory of Davis.
Davis' death is the back story to a game that is important to both sides, but more meaningful for the Raiders now that Davis is gone. Oakland is 2-2 and a 6-1/2-point underdog here, but there are people who believe the emotional fallout from Davis' death may propel the Raiders to the upset.
Oakland can only hope. The club seems to be improved from last year when it was 8-8, but it must demonstrate it can cut down on penalties and beat non-division opponents -- both of which it has not this season. The Raiders lead the league in penalties, and they're 1-2 agaiinst non AFC-West opponents.
This is a critical test, and the timing is extraordinary. They may need something extra to push them over the top, and the emotional response to Davis' death could be that something.
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My wife and I are are looking to get out of West Des Moines and to a smaller town, I grew up around Story City, but have never thought of living in Huxley. My wife really likes Huxley, for those that live in town or have lived in town do you recommend it? I currently work in Urbandale so I would have farther drive, but growing up in a small town, West Des Moines is not for me. I see there is a golf course which is a plus, what are property taxes like, is there only one bar, and I have heard the cops in town are no fun? Just wanted some thoughts, since moving to Huxley would be a new town for me, just like ideas. Thanks in advance
Polk City is nice... just FYI..
Originally Posted by UNIGuy4Cy
I have heard the cops in town are no fun?
true. i know a lot of people who have gotten tickets going through there. cheap-shot 1mph over tickets even.
Originally Posted by ChrisMWilliams
If you guys come by Bondurant tonight, I'll **** all over every one of your dogs. I'm not the Mayor but I've been drinking a crap ton of water today and have plenty of water in the old radiator.
Great school system, I know the chief of police, so I might be biased, but they are a lot better than what it was 5-10 years ago. Property taxes might be higher due to the new school being built. Not a big fan of developer Dickson Jensen though. 2 Caseys in a small town is pretty unusual. Shop in Ames or Ankeny and still close to DSM.
I always thought Slater was a neat little town, played some baseball there after high school in an adult league that was a lot of fun. Not sure if they still have it though. Used to be a nice little bar in town with some good food. But remember this was 17 years ago.
Indianola is a nice medium sized town, and I know a guy who's trying to sell a house there. Ok......I'm trying to sell a house there.
Just buy an RV and stay in whatever town you might like for that night, week, month, year, life
But seriously something just bugs me about Huxley, I don't know what it is. Have you checked out Maxwell or Bondurant?
I've got some family in Huxley and although it's really not for me I can kind of see the appeal of it. Obviously like just about anywhere right now the housing market is down and my family members got a house pretty damn cheap. In terms of food there is pretty much nothing, you've got a subway, 2 caseys, a dairy queen and maybe a bar. Cops are still a-holes, speeding tickets still prevalent. I just couldn't live there since I grew up in Ames, I could never stand the Ballard kids, or the Gilbert kids, or the Boone kids, or Nevada kids. We generally didn't like any of the surrounding towns growing up in Ames I guess.
I moved to WDM from Huxley a few years ago - thought it was going to be a great place, but ended up not being so hot. The school system believes their kids are angels, even when they have no respect for peoples property. The cops don't seem to care too much, except when you're speeding through on the way to/from an ISU game. No grocery store, as others mentioned not much along the line of food establishments. I have some family members who grew up in Huxley and they have nothing nice to say about the place.
With gas prices the way they are, both my husband and I working in the WDM area, we decided to get the hell out before it got any worse. The only thing I miss about the place was my big back yard and garage. And maybe being closer to Hilton/Jack Trice.
Throwing seven different kinds of smoke!
I would not move to Huxley, you have to go to Ankeny or Ames for everything. Might as well just find a community in one of those two places you like. Or maybe polk city.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775
I just started working in Ames and the school system is a real concern. A lot of my coworkers live in Huxley because the Ames CSD has gone down the pooper. We currently live on the north side of Ankeny but are looking at some properties that back up to Huxley's soon to be completed sports complex.
Seeing how everyone knows that Huxley is a speed trap, if you stay below the limit for the one mile that you are in the city limits, you should be alright.
I also live in Polk City and love it, only no grocery store.
Originally Posted by Stelrs1995
I always thought Slater was a neat little town, played some baseball there after high school in an adult league that was a lot of fun. Not sure if they still have it though. Used to be a nice little bar in town with some good food. But remember this was 17 years ago.
Your Slater Nitehawks
Originally Posted by Cyclonepride
Indianola is a nice medium sized town, and I know a guy who's trying to sell a house there. Ok......I'm trying to sell a house there.
LOL, too south for me, the wife wants to be closer to family, sorry man :(
Originally Posted by Clone4Life
I also live in Polk City and love it, only no grocery store.
I heard Polk City was kind of snooty? Anyone think that, I just heard that, not always a believer of that.
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We'll this review is coming a little late, like almost 8 years or so late. This was my FIRST SHOW. Festival was fun, although I was there mainly to see Ben. got a little tipsy, got a poster and cd autographed by him after the set. Remember how personable he was letting people take photos and giving out autographs. I got a girl to take my picture with him and she promised to mail it to me, she didn't. I knew I should have gotten her or address. I mean what is she going to do with a photo of Ben and me? This is where not drinking would have gotten me a photo of a great memory in my life. I have been to about 10 or so shows since then and still plan on going every chance I get. this is great reflecting back on the memory. much love, Darin J (Florence, SC)
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|Is it Possible to Do a Microvascular Anastomosis with an Ordinary Video Camera? Experimental Study.
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|An alternative method of magnification for microvascular anastomosis was analyzed using an ordinary video camera and compared with the traditional method under microscope. For this study 20 rats were divided in two groups of 10 each: control group (microscope-assisted [M]) and experimental group (video-assisted [V]). Magnification was accomplished by a surgical microscope in group M, whereas a video system composed of low-cost camera, audiovisual cable, and analogue television in group V. In both groups, the right femoral artery was severed and sutured with interrupted simple stitches. The criteria examined were: patency, vessel diameter, amount of sutures, anastomosis time, and histologic features. There were no differences between both groups in patency rate and vessel diameter. The video-assisted microanastomosis is a time-consuming procedure as compared with the microscope-assisted anastomosis, to a certain extent due to lack of stereoscopic image and technical inability with the video system as well. There was a smaller quantity of sutures in group V. Higher foreign body tissue reaction was found in group M, consequent to greater amount of suture material. In conclusion, video-assisted microanastomosis is possible with the present video system but is not as safe as conventional microanastomosis.
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One thing became evident to Valley on Friday night: A return to Class AA after two winless years in Class AAA doesn't guarantee victories – or even close games.
Burrell rolled over Valley, 41-6, in a Class AA Allegheny Conference clash between neighbors and longtime rivals in front of a standing-room-only crowd at Buccaneer Stadium.
Burrell (2-0, 1-0), ranked No. 8 in Class AA, grabbed a 34-0 lead by late in the third quarter and cruised to the finish line in its conference opener.
The contest marked the 33rd consecutive year the rivals have played. Valley leads the all-time series, 19-14, but Burrell has won four in a row against the Vikings for the first time.
Burrell senior running back Cole Bush (6-2, 220) bowled over and brushed off numerous Valley defenders, as he rushed for 242 yards and three touchdowns and stood out at linebacker.
"Cole is a team player," Burrell coach Kevin Horwatt said. "He knows it's not just Cole Bush, and it's not just the offensive line. It's everyone working in practice to make us better."
A week after breaking a 22-game losing streak, Valley (1-1, 1-1) struggled against an experienced Burrell team that tied for third place in the conference last season.
"We tried to preach that we have to stop the run, but we weren't able to do that too well," Valley coach Chad Walsh said.
"And execution. We were letting blitzes through on the quarterback. You can't make mistakes against a team like that."
Burrell's 6-foot, 225-pound senior tight end Matt Hess, who converted from center during the offseason, made a highlight catch in the first quarter. Hess pulled in a pass after it was tipped by Valley defensive back Kevin Frame and raced for a 55-yard touchdown to give the Bucs a 13-0 lead.
"This is our biggest rivalry game all season, especially since we're in the same conference again," Hess said. "They brought it the first couple of series (in the game), but we were able to put it to them eventually."
Valley couldn't find its groove. Burrell limited the Vikings to 140 yards rushing and 48 yards passing.
Valley junior quarterback Ty Matthews broke the shutout with a 9-yard touchdown run with 3:20 left in the third quarter.
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Down 10-3 with 27 seconds left in the first half, McNabb went to the line and called a timeout after deciding that he didn't like what he saw on the Raiders' side of the ball. Problem was, the Eagles had already used their customary three timeouts in the half, and no amount of bargaining could get them another one. Philly was busted for delay of game, the ball was pushed back from the Oakland 15 to the Oakland 20, McNabb took a Richard Seymour(notes) sack on the next play, and the Eagles had to settle for a field goal. Had the Eagles scored a touchdown and kicked the extra point in that drive, they would have had the points needed to tie the Raiders.
Of course, McNabb wasn't the only one at fault. He might have had a few other things going on, what with left tackle Jason Peters(notes) suffering a knee injury and giving way to King Dunlap(notes) (who???). And he might have expected that Andy Reid, his beloved head coach, would have left Mac5 a timeout late in the half instead of calling two on the previous drive -- both after incomplete passes (which kill the clock, anyway). Of course, when it comes to clock management, Reid won't make anyone's top ten list.
Whatever bedeviled McNabb on that particular occasion, he'd best get over it -- Peters is scheduled for an MRI today, and Reid isn't going to get any more prudent with the clock. The Eagles have an extra day this week before they face the Redskins on Monday Night Football, and they certainly don't want to be the team with the least amount of preparation and awareness in THAT particular matchup. After all, the Redskins have their own history with timeouts.
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The Other Cleat Drops in Case of Football Players and Friend Videotaping Rape of Passed-Out Woman
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The other cleat has dropped as a second former player with the Santa Ana Dons--Luster Mitchell Lewis, 21, of Irvine--pleaded guilty in the case, and all three men were sentenced to six years behind bars.
The three men had become friends at Tustin High School before Foster moved to Monterey County and Lewis and Clemmons joined the Dons' roster. But Foster would come down and visit his friends occasionally.
|Luster Lewis
To say they failed is an understatement.
While the young woman was, as the DA put it, "unconscious, incapacitated and unable to resist due to intoxication," Foster videotaped the duration of the sexual assault. Lewis removed her clothes and moved her from the bed to the floor so he and Clemmons could repeatedly rape, orally copulate and digitally penetrate her. One of the fine, upstanding gentlemen ejaculated onto her face, and Foster joined in the sexual assault by rubbing his penis against her face while holding the video camera and then, handing the camera to another defendant, Foster pissed on her. Throughout the rape, the woman never awoke, despite Clemmons and Lewis slapping her in the face, ordering her to wake up and holding her nose closed in an attempt to suffocate her into consciousness. The brutally graphic 21-minute tape the men made was found by someone on Dec. 28, 2008, and turned over to Tustin Police, who eventually showed it to the woman, who had been unaware of the assault due to her intoxication.
During sentencing today, the victim's mother said her daughter had been permanently scarred by the "sadistic" acts, suffering from emotional issues and an inability to trust. When she woke up the morning after the assault, the men refused to drive her home, leaving her to take the bus, her mother said.
The trio pleaded guilty to four felony counts of rape of a person unable to resist due to an intoxicating substance, one felony count of sexual penetration by foreign object of a person unable to resist due to an intoxicating substance, and three felony counts of oral copulation of a person unable to resist due to an intoxicating substance.
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