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Premium Rush
|Release Date: August 24, 2012
|Running Time: 91 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG 13
|Box Office: $20,275,446.00
|Genre: Action, Thriller
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Michael Shannon
Dania Ramirez
Jamie Chung
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Summary:Dodging speeding cars, crazed cabbies and eight million cranky pedestrians is all in a day's work for Wilee, the best of New York's agile and aggressive bicycle messengers. It takes a special breed to ride the fixie - super lightweight, single-gear bikes with no brakes - and riders who are equal part skilled cyclists and nutcases who risk becoming a smear on the pavement every time they head into traffic. But a guy who's used to putting his life on the line is about to get more than even he is used to when his last envelope of the day - a routine "premium rush" run - turns into a life or death chase through the streets of Manhattan.
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I am wondering if anybody else is having similar problems to me the issues are:
1) cannot create a new email by clicking the new button, only effecting email, new appointments etc work.
2) cannot get into the preferences by clicking the preferences button
3) I have a sync error which I will be posting in the "errors" forum later today, however I cannot not see anything obvious that has not been sync'd?
4) Some of the alarms do not seem to be shown for some calendar items even though they should be sending an alarm 10 minutes before, for example I have had 5 appointments today but only 2 alarms have been shown. Not sure though if this is connected in some way to points 2 and/or 3 above.
I am running the systems on an eeepc 4g with windows XP and the latest build of zdesktop, using server version 5.0.4 (looking at upgrading to 5.0.5 some time this week. I have reinstalled the zdesktop software after getting the same errors on a previous installation but to no avail.
Also I was running Mandriva 2008.1 Linux on the eeepc before and even in the Linux version I had the same email creating problem but I did not have sync errors, the alarms seemed to work OK and I could get in to the preferences.
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Superman Statue
Visit Superman Square in Metropolis to have your picture taken with the 15-foot-tall statue of the Man of Steel. A statue of Lois Lane is located nearby. Across the street is the Super Museum, showcasing rare Superman memorabilia and selling superhero souvenirs.
Volo Auto Museum
The most under priced attraction in the area! 36 acres of family fun. See 300 classic, antique and muscle cars, including the country's largest display of Hollywood TV and movie cars! Experience the Military Combat Zone, a life-like battle scene with rare military vehicles and weapons. Shop 5 Antique Malls. Take a Haunted Trolley Tour. Enjoy great food in a Betty Boop themed diner and more. All in one location!
Super Museum
The Super Museum houses the mythical caped hero from the big green planet. The museum is filled with a $2.5 billion collection spanning 60 years, honoring the most famous hero of all time.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Willis Tower Skydeck
This classic Chicago teen comedy involves the wise-cracking title character who decides to cut school and see the city with his friends. Their romp around Chicago includes stops at The Art Institute (one of the world's leading art museums that's known for its important collection of French Impressionist paintings), Chicago Board of Trade (the world's oldest futures and options exchange that's housed in a magnificent Art Deco building), and the Sears Tower Skydeck (offering dizzying views of the city from atop one of the world's tallest buildings). The movie's famed Twist and Shout scene was filmed during the city's annual Von Steuben Day Parade.
Never Been Kissed - Navy Pier
A charming copy editor for the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper is recruited to write an undercover story about high school life, but falls for a teacher instead. Chicago sites include the Ferris wheel at Navy Pier, one of the city's most popular lakefront destinations that's also home to the Chicago Children's Museum, dining and sightseeing cruise ships, and the Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
Transformers 3 - Willis Tower
This latest high-tech "Transformers " installment involves a race between the Autobots and Decepticons to find a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon. Highlights include amazing scenes of downtown Chicago being destroyed by the battling robots.
Lincoln: History to Hollywood
"Lincoln: History to Hollywood," an exhibition of sets, costumes and props from the Steven Spielberg's Academy Award-winning film "Lincoln," has opened at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum complex, located in downtown Springfield, Illinois. Items of note in the exhibit include Lincoln's office set, a vignette of Mary Lincoln's bedroom, Lincoln's gloves, Tad Lincoln's tin soldiers, and the rocking chair where President Lincoln sat with Tad. Most of the furniture pieces in the exhibit are antiques from the Civil War era, not reproductions. The exhibits are on long-term loan from Spielberg and DreamWorks Studio. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum features more than 40,000 square feet of galleries, theatres and historic displays that takes visitors on a journey from Lincoln's humble beginnings through his Presidency. The "Lincoln: History to Hollywood" exhibit will be located in Union Station, across the street from the presidential museum.
Derailed - Millennium Park
In this thriller, two married business executives meet on a Metra train to Chicago and begin a dangerous affair. Chicago filming sites include Union Station, a 1920s stunner designed by Daniel Burnham that is still a major rail hub in the city today; and the ice rink at Millennium Park, Chicago's 24-acre showplace for the arts that also features the Frank Gehry-designed Jay Pritzker Pavilion, a unique outdoor performance venue.
Navy Pier IMAX 3D Theatre
Located in the Family Pavilion, near the entrance to Navy Pier, the 395-seat Navy Pier IMAX Theatre features Chicago's largest flat movie screen -- a soaring, six-story, 60 x 80 foot screen.
How the West Was Won - Cave-in-Rock State Park
An all-star cast is featured in this frontier drama about the western expansion of the United States in the early 1800s, as seen through the eyes of two pioneer families. Parts of the movie were filmed in Southern Illinois' Shawnee National Forest and Cave-in-Rock State Park, named for its limestone cave that once harbored real river pirates.
The Streets of Woodfield
A lifestyle and entertainment center offering streetside shopping and dining in a suburban setting. A vibrant shopping alternative including Carson Pirie Scott, AMC-Loews Theater, GameWorks, Laugh Out Loud Improve Theater, and some of Chicago's top restaurants. Store, restaurant, and theater hours vary.
The Dark Knight - Navy Pier
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime in this sequel, as he sets out to rid the streets of the remaining criminal organizations that curse the city. He makes progress until finding himself as prey to a reign of chaos set free by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.
Egyptian Theatre
The Egyptian Theatre hosts film festivals, special movie screenings, and live entertainment events. This theatre is a 1929, fully restored Egyptian Art Deco movie palace and is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. The Egyptian is also available for rentals, tours, weddings, graduations, parties and receptions. Capacity: 1,419 Raised stage with dressing room below; balcony and lobby space. - New Google Maps 360 tour of the theatre is now available http://bit.ly/1TJnAdb
Landmark Recreation Center
Landmark's Complex includes the Racquet & Health Club, The Bullpen Sports Bar & Grill, Bowling Center, Landmark Cinemas, The Finish Line Banquet Rooms with rooms to accommodate any occasion, Bowling Pro Shop, and the Barber-Styling Center. Landmark's banquet facilities offer a large variety of party favors and delicious meals that will please every taste bud. In addition, we will tailor any party to fit the interests of your employees, family and friends. After your meeting or during your party, let us incorporate moonlight bowling with laser lights and music, adult arcade games in The Bullpen, or a movie at the Cinemas. With our reasonable food and game prices, the staff at Landmark can offer an enjoyable event to fit any budget.
National Lampoon's Vacation - Buckingham Fountain
In this wacky comedy a Chicago family takes a hysterical road trip across country to reach a theme park on the West Coast. Illinois scenes include Buckingham Fountain in downtown Chicago's Grant Park (seen spouting its famous cascades of water in the background as the family leaves Chicago) and the Poplar Street Bridge that spans the Mississippi River in East St. Louis (where the family gets lost).
Virginia Theatre
Since 1921, The Virginia Theater has been a landmark in the business district of Champaign and in the history of the region. For 75 years, the 1,525 seat theater has offered entertainment as a vaudeville house, legitimate theater, and movie house. The historic theater plays host to Roger Ebert's Ebertfest Film Festival every spring.
My Best Friend's Wedding - Cuneo Museum
In this romantic comedy a food critic jealously tries to put a stop to her best buddy's wedding. The movie filmed extensively around Chicago, including the historic Drake Hotel on North Michigan Avenue; on a Mercury boat cruise as it sailed down the Chicago River; and at the suburban Cuneo Museum & Gardens, a Mediterranean-style mansion that features 75 acres of beautiful formal gardens. The gazebo featured in one of the wedding scenes was built for the film, but Cuneo's owners decided to keep it permanently.
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The Art Theater
The Art Theater is located in the heart of Downtown Champaign and has been entertaining moviegoers since 1913. A true historical fixture, the Art Theater screens independent films and serves up locally grown popcorn, baked goods from local bakeries and a great selection of wines, beers, soda and more!
Paramount Theatre
Recently named one of the Top Ten Theatres in Chicago by the League of Chicago Theatres, the Paramount continues to provide world-class entertainment—including dance, music, Broadway-caliber theatre, and children's programming—for an annual audience of 150,000 patrons from over 250 communities. The Paramount also hosts free community events and its opulent interiors provide a spectacular backdrop for private functions such as wedding receptions or corporate galas. (Photography: Liz Lauren & Charles Osgood)
When Harry Met Sally - University of Chicago
This romantic comedy is all about looking for love and trying to find the answer to the age-old question of whether men and women can really be just friends. The opening scene in which Harry and Sally meet right after graduating from college was filmed at the English Gothic-style University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park, which was co-founded in 1890 by oil magnate John D. Rockefeller.
A League of Their Own - Illinois Railway Museum
This comedy follows the formation of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1940s, at the start of World War II. All of the movie's scenes on the train and at the railroad depot were shot at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, home to more than 250 restored electric, steam and diesel trains. The Nebraska Zephyr passenger train seen in the film is part of the museum's permanent collection.
Eagle Eye - Various El Stations
Two young strangers are thrown together by a phone call from a mysterious woman who pushes them into increasingly dangerous situations as she tracks their every move and controls them via technology while they are pursued by the FBI.
Mission Impossible - The Drake Hotel
In this fast-paced action thriller, a secret government agent is wrongly accused of the death of his espionage team and must find the real spy killer on his own. In the movie, the head of the Impossible Missions Force stays at Chicago's historic Drake Hotel, located at the northern tip of the Magnificent Mile.
Genesee Theatre
Experience the grandeur of world-class artists and Broadway theatricals in the beautifully restored Genesee Theatre. After undergoing a $23 million renovation, The Genesee Theatre is now home to world-class performances including Broadway shows, musical acts, comedians and more. In addition to the shows, this venue is a historic hot-spot for weddings, corporate functions, holiday parties, and a variety of special events. There are also a number of completely renovated auxiliary rooms connected to the main auditorium that are perfect for receptions, birthdays, high school reunions, corporate dinners, cocktail parties, or any other festive gathering, meeting, or presentation. Visit the website for a list of upcoming shows.


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Shrinky Dinks were a family favorite in the '80s, delighting children and adults alike with their almost magical ability to transform from a thin sheet of plastic to a rigid decorative item when heated in an oven. Now they're making a resurgence as a fun activity for Chicago fans of all ages to enjoy! This set of Shrinky Dinks comes with twelve pre-colored MLB and White Sox graphics that are waiting to be cut out and placed into an oven. Watch as they shrink up to a third of their original size while increasing in brightness and thickness by nine times! This set also comes with hardware to create your own key chains, pins, zipper pulls, magnets and stand ups, so you and your family can decorate everything with a little whimsical ChiSox flair!
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Looking for some pop culture inspiration this Halloween? We've got you covered. Caution: Wear these now … by next year they'll be old news. You can thank us when you win that costume contest!
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Quite a few stateliners decided to make up for last night's partying by heading to the gym this morning. Local businesses are more than willing to help us take on one of our most popular New ear's resolution.
Tina Johnson said 2013 is the year of going to the gym and spending more time with family.
"Everyone in our family joined," said Johnson about her family getting gym memberships at Anytime Fitness. "So it's fun to come and spend time with the family. So it's killing two birds with one stone."
Staff at Anytime Fitness say they expect many people to sign up for memberships in the coming days, but only about 40 percent to keep coming back throughout year.
"For the first thirty days they're really into it, and then within sixty days they've kind of fallen off and we don't see them for the rest of the year," said Cody Mercado, manager at Anytime Fitness. "So our goal is to reverse that trend and keep them getting into a long-term fitness solution."
One member at the gym said he's already met his fitness goals; this year it's all about improving his business using the same tactics.
"Well you have a plan, and stick with it," said Edward Winslow. "And as you need to modify it, you do so. You have to have some flexibility."
Others agree that keeping track of measurable achievements along the way is what it takes to fulfill a resolution.
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HRSA IT Webinar on Using Data for Evidence-Based Quality Improvement
Event Date: Friday, July 27, 2012 - 5:00am EDT
Event Type: Training/Technical Assistance Event
A HRSA Health IT and Quality webinar, Using Data for Evidence-Based Quality Improvement, will take place July 27, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm ET. Electronic Health Records (EHR), data warehouses, and registries are critical components to quality improvement efforts. If used properly to maximize their functionality, it's possible to generate quality measures that provide timely, understandable, comprehensive, clinically valid, and meaningful feedback to safety net providers and their practice teams. This information is critical for informing a quality improvement strategy and especially important when participating in a Patient-Centered Medical Home or Accountable Care Organization. Presenters include a quality improvement specialist from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement who will focus broadly on quality improvement. The other two presenters, HRSA grantees from rural and health center settings, will provide useful tips on obtaining data from EHRs, as well as using this information to drive quality improvement and implement practice changes.


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Lets start with some background. Way back when, when I was young and still had my license I played paintball, and if you've never played they build paintball fields out in the middle of nowhere. On the way there was this long, windy road that was well paved and a lot of cyclist would ride it every morning around the time I was on my way to the field. Unfortunately, there was only the road, there was no sidewalk and no bike lane. So, the cyclist would have to ride on the side of the road and would hug the line of the road to let cars go by.
I don't know if this is the cause of rage of most drivers, but at the time, I would attribute my annoyance to two reasons:
1. My safety, this was a winding road, in Florida, and you always have to vigilant because the drivers are morons, so when I had to move over to avoid the cyclists, if I was on a curve I wouldn't be able to see oncoming cars.
2. I didn't understand why the cyclist would put themselves in that situation. I'd see these guys and wonder why they would consistently put their lives in my hands. Courtesy is hard wired into my mind(my parents raised me right, despite my attempts to thwart them when I was young and dumb ) and I would slow down or move around, try and keep them safe, but it got annoying because I was thinking "suppose I was a new driver and wasn't paying attention? All it takes is a text message(I hate people who can't get off their phone when driving) to send me flying into a group of bikers with nothing to protect them but a bowl of Styrofoam and form fitting pants."
So, my opinion of cyclists were these morons with a death wish or too much faith in their fellow man who put the burden of their safety into my hands and it was annoying. It was like those kids who think there is no better activity to do on a jungle gym than to nose dive off the monkey bars. I wanted to put every single biker in a corner to reflect on their actions because I didn't like being put in charge of the lives of those cyclists.
So, now that I am a cyclist myself, I do everything in my power to not put other drivers in that situation and the "share the road" T-shirts kind of annoy me becomes it comes off as pretentious: "I'm on a bike and don't feel like paying attention, so you should watch out for me because I am not going to watch out for you."
So, to summarize, I think some of the rage from drivers comes from the cyclists simply not paying attention and turning their point A to point B commute into a sick game of "dodge the moron." So, to everyone who has read this far, you're as responsible for those near misses as the "*******" is driving the car, so try and give the 2 ton metal object the right-of-way at all times.


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1 St Mary Redcliffe
Religious buildings
12 Colston Parade GB - Bristol BS1 6RA
- if Queen Elizabeth I can be believed - built of light-coloured Dundry stone. Its architecture is a perfect epitome of Gothic style, developing from the 12-13C Early English style to Decorated and then to Perpendicular (c. 14C). The spire (1872) tow..
2 Georgian House Museum
Architecture, castles and historic districts
7 Great George Street GB - Bristol BS1 5RR
Built in 1790 by William Paty for a merchant and sugar cane planter, the house was built of Bath stone in typical 18C style with a pedimented door and rooms decorated in the style of Robert Adam (1728-1792). The furniture includes a secretaire-bookca..
3 Bristol Old Vic
Architecture, castles and historic districts
King Street GB - Bristol BS1 4DZ
The oldest playhouse in the country still in use, which opened in 1766.
4 Clifton Suspension Bridge
Architecture, castles and historic districts
GB - Clifton BS8
The bridge, designed by Brunel (1829-1831), is undoubtedly one of the finest suspension bridges in England. Unfortunately, funds ran out and Brunel never saw his 214 m-long bridge completed: he died 5 years too soon, in 1859.
5 Bristol Zoological Gardens
Industrial tourism and theme park
GB - Clifton BS8 3HA
The famous zoo (opened in 1836) features a large selection of animals - ranging from gorillas in a recreation of their natural habitat to insects.
6 Harbourside
Architecture, castles and historic districts
Harbourside GB - Bristol BS1 5DB
New World Square, on the north side of the Floating Harbour, is an open space linking old and new buildings. It is a pleasant place flanked by cafés and restaurants and enhanced with sculpture, water features and special lighting at night. The Horned..
7 Cathedral
Religious buildings
College Green GB - Bristol BS1 5TJ
Once an Augustinian abbey, this 14-15C Perpendicular Gothic building was consecrated as a cathedral church in 1542. It has tall pointed windows, framed by finialled buttresses and pinnacled parapets; the attractive transept crossing tower is crenella..
8 Brunel's SS Great Britain
Museums and art
Great Western Dockyard, Gas Ferry Road GB - Bristol BS1 6TY
The SS Great Britain was launched in 1843 and was the first iron-built, propeller-driven Atlantic liner. The vast ship (98 m long by 16 m wide) is on show in her original dry dock where she is being restored. The innovations of Brunel's design and th..
9 Lord Mayor's Chapel
Religious buildings
City Hall, College Green GB - Bristol BS1 5TB
St Mark's Chapel was once part of a medieval hospital. The impressive Perpendicular chapel on the right of the narrow north-south nave contains 15-17C tombs. Note the 16C stained-glass window, the mayors' hatchments, the gilded sword rest (1702) and ..
10 St John the Baptist's Church
Religious buildings
Broad Street GB - Bristol BS1 2EZ
This 14C church with a battlemented tower and spire stands over a triple arch on one of the six medieval gateways in the city walls. It contains some interesting 17C woodwork (lectern, communion table, hour-glass) and an earlier brass in the chancel.
11 St Stephen's Church
Religious buildings
St. Stephens Street GB - Bristol BS1 1EQ
The 15C tower of the parish church rises to a height of 40 metres by stages of ogee arched openings to a distinctive crown and two-tier pieced balustrade, linking corner turrets adorned with fountains of pinnacles. The interior houses memorials to lo..
12 City Museum and Art Gallery
Museums and art
Queens Road GB - Bristol BS8 1RL
This museum's rich, varied collections of artefacts attract amateurs and specialists alike. Exhibits include antique, oriental and locally produced ceramics, china, silver, local archeology and geology exhibits, paintings from the 19C Italian and Fre..
13 St Peter and St Paul's Cathedral
Religious buildings
Clifton Park GB - Clifton BS8 3BX
Consecrated in 1973, this Catholic cathedral is an impressive hexagonal edifice in white concrete, pink granite, black fibreglass, lead and glass. Note the windows and the Stations of the Cross.
14 Clifton Village
Architecture, castles and historic districts
Caledonia Place GB - Clifton BS8 4DH
Clifton Village forms a group of charming streets including the Mall, Caledonia Place, Princess Victoria Street and Royal York Crescent. Of particular note is All Saints Church, built by G. E. Street in 1868, with stained-glass windows by John Piper.
15 Wildwalk-at-Bristol
Museums and art
Anchor GB - Bristol BS1 5TT
Wildscreen-at-Bristol opened in June 2000. It stands adjacent to a curved Botanical House with a walk-through living rain forest. Attractions include moving and three-dimensional images, free-flying birds and butterflies, and a giant four-storey IMAX..
16 Explore-at-Bristol
Museums and art
Anchor GB - Bristol BS1 5DB
The interactive science museum, Explore-at-Bristol, opened in July 2000. It is housed in an old railway shed with three floors and seeks to promote research and education in science. The exhibition explores the workings of the brain, inventions harne..
17 M Shed
Museums and art
Prince's Wharf, Wapping Road GB - Bristol BS1 4RN
The museum is housed in a 1950s warehouse on the Floating Harbour quayside. It traces back the city's long history of manufacturing, in particular transport vehicles: horse-drawn carriages, coaches, railway carriages, cars and motorbikes, etc. Upstai..
18 Corn Street
Architecture, castles and historic districts
Corn Street GB - Bristol BS1 1HQ
The four brass nails, the tables used by the merchants for dealing where goods were sold for cash, are an indication of the street's importance for trade in the city. Behind them stands the giant, pilastered and pedimented Corn Exchange, built in the..
19 King Street
Architecture, castles and historic districts
King Street GB - Bristol BS1 4DZ
This street has 17C pubs and 18 and 19C warehouses at the harbour end. At the northwest end are the Merchant Seamen's Almshouses, built in 1544 and enlarged in 1696, with colourful coats-of-arms on the outside wall.
20 Temple Meads Station
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Temple Gate GB - Bristol BS1 6QA
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
No Sleep 'Till...
7 comments:
Wow--two versions of the composition fallacy--did he need 10 times the energy for the next 5 hours or 5 times the energy for the next 10 hours?
- March 27, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Never tried that 5-hour energy -- is it any good?
- March 28, 2012 at 8:46 PM
Never tried that 5-hour energy -- is it any good?
1) It doesn't matter what kind you get, it tastes like garbage- cough syrup tastes better
2) It does work fairly well, though I'm not sure if it really works better than coffee. If I had to guess, I'd guess that the large amount of caffeine in it is by far the most important ingredient, and possibly the only one that really does anything. (Perhaps some others make you feel flush or something, and that make people think they are more awake.)
3) I basically only use them if I'm driving. To me, the advantage over coffee for that situation is getting the caffeine w/o as much liquid as I'd need if I drank the same amount of coffee, so I am less likely to have to stop to pee.
4) I might add that I'm perpetually under-rested, and take really larger amounts of coffee all the time, so perhaps they'd seem stronger to people who do the rational thing and get more sleep. I now must finish my lecture notes for tomorrow morning so that I can try to get at least 5 hours tonight. Less is more likely.
- March 28, 2012 at 11:10 PM
In my head, I hear the previous comment being narrated by Steve Buscemi in a really nervous, jittery voice.
- March 29, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Yeah, that's probably pretty close to right, except I'm a bit less good looking.
- March 29, 2012 at 1:34 PM
11:10/1:34 -- On behalf of Sheriff Marge, I ask: Are you funny looking?
- March 29, 2012 at 7:17 PM
I wanna take 11:10pm on a relaxing holiday! Reminds me when I had two kids under 5 while attempting to make tenure. I preferred guarana.
- March 29, 2012 at 9:16 PM


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WHEELING - Normally, Wheeling Central and Linsly is a rivalry that no matter what the sport you know there will be great intensity and you can throw the records out the window.
Thursday, however, Coach Rick Magruder's Maroon Knights softball team took the wind out of the Cadets' sails early, sending 17 batters to the plate and pushing across 12 runs in the top of the first inning to all but take the life and intensity out of Linsly.
Sophomore Sydney Bennington belted a monstrous, three-run homer and Ashley Gast singled, doubled and plated three as well in the first, while Sarah Henry allowed one hit as Wheeling Central took care of business quickly in a 13-0, three-inning demolition of the Cadets at Holloway Field.
Magruder's squad improves to 12-3 heading into a big weekend in Martinsburg with a pair of games today against the Bulldogs and two more Saturday against Washington High School. Meanwhile, first-year coach Amanda Smith watched her winless squad fall for the 10th time.
''This is the type of game that you get to play a lot of younger girls and see their potential in game situations,'' Magruder said.
A pair of walks and Gast's first hit, a run-scoring single, got the Knights moving early. Bennington then followed with a towering shot well over the left-field fence that pushed the margin to 4-0. Number 8 and 9 hitters Vanessa Saseen and Jordyn Smith each collected RBI doubles while Gast and Henry added two-run doubles later in the frame.
The dejected Cadets managed a second-inning single by Karyn Kovalik.
''We have really been hitting the ball pretty decent lately,'' Magruder added. ''I told the girls to try and go get on them early and they definitely did that. I know Linsly is down a little bit this year, but it is nice as a team to get a few wins like this. You really just hate to see it happen to someone like them.''
As for Smith, she knew what her team was getting into, but there was little it could do about it.
''We knew Wheeling Central has good hitters, they always do,'' Smith said. ''And we knew they would have strong at-bats, but we really didn't expect it to go the way it did, especially not that quickly. It has been a hard, rough season so far, but we are better than that.
''It is really difficult to get anything going with our only senior starter out with an injury and our catcher out also. And it doesn't help that our top five hitters from last year are gone. But we will continue to rebuild and work hard to set a good foundation for the future.


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lives just before a freight train struck their parade in rural Texas,
killing four people and injuring 17, and federal officials rushed to the
scene Friday to piece together why it happened.
About two dozen
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float, set up on the back of a flatbed truck decorated with American
flags. Many seemed to panic as the train's horn sounded, said Patricia
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was on the phone, and I just started screaming," she told The Associated
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side of the train, but I did see the panic on the faces of the people
and saw some of them jump off."
Police said the first truck with
veterans safely crossed the tracks, but the second truck's trailer was
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The U.S. marked Veterans Day earlier this week, and the parade was part of an event to honor wounded veterans.
preliminary investigation indicates the crossing gate and lights were
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if the train crew saw the float approaching.
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tragic incident." He said the train crew did not sustain any injuries
but would be offered counseling.
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spokesman Ryan Stout said. Six people remained hospitalized Thursday
night, including at least one in critical condition. The other 11
injured were treated and released, hospital officials said.
was a horrible accident to watch happen right in front of me," said
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parade to pass. "I just saw the people on the semi-truck's trailer
panic, and many started to jump off the trailer. But it was too late for
many of them because the train impacted the trailer so fast," he said.
events were organized by Show Of Support, a local veterans group. Its
president, Terry Johnson, did not immediately return an email for
comment and his phone number was unlisted. The phone rang unanswered at
the group's offices.
The veterans were going to be treated to a deer-hunting trip this weekend. The event was canceled.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating, NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson said.
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accident involving veterans heroes and their spouses in Midland,"
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A "mastering error" left Young dissatisfied with the sound of the album and he insisted on pulling thousands of copies before they hit stores.
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For those of you gardening in British Columbia−congratulations! You`ve been enjoying a lovely warm summer, but the rest of Canada, well, we're still waiting for summer to arrive. So far, Ontario's summer has been cool and wet. I recently read an article in the Globe and Mail, and it said that this has been the coldest July in 17 years in southern Ontario. The average temperature has been three degrees below normal and the average rainfall; well let's just say my gardens are still soaked! The only good thing about this rainy July is that my grass is lush and green. Of course, I have to mow it every week, but normally at this time of year it's already become a crunchy brown carpet.
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The Beautiful Game Turned Tragic
Starting in October 2009, ESPN began a sports documentary series on their network called 30 for 30, which was the idea of popular ESPN.com/Grantland sports columnist Bill Simmons. This series would invite feature filmmakers to tackle a sports story from the past 30 years of their choice that they had a personal interest in and the stories had to be something that wasn't fully explored yet, but still resonated at the time. While I feel all of the 30 for 30 films are worth watching, my favorite one out of the series had to be The Two Escobars directed by Jeff and Michael Zimbalist.
Drugs and Soccer in Colombia
Andrés Escobar was known as "The Gentleman of Football" and was a defender of the popular and talented Colombian National Football Team. During this time, as the Colombian National Soccer Team was coming into prominence during the 1990's, Pablo Escobarn (no relation to Andrés Escobar) was one of the most powerful drug lords in Columbia. Pablo Escobar was a fervent fan of soccer and was friends with many of the players on the Colombian National Soccer Team. Even though the political climate in Colombia was tumultuous, the Colombian National Soccer Team was thrust into the international spotlight during the 1990 World Cup, helping to unite their country cheer them on. However, when the 1994 World Cup came around, the expectations for the Colombian National Soccer Team were much higher . The documentary explores how both Escobar's lives were intertwined, and the series of unfortunate circumstances that led to both of their premature deaths.
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The great thing about The Two Escobars is that you don't have to be a sports fan to enjoy this movie because the filmmakers are giving an in-depth examination of two figures in Colombian history during the turbulent times for the country of Colombia during the 1990's. The sport of soccer serves mainly as a backdrop for this tragic story. This documentary, with its mix of politics, drugs, the criminal underground, and sports makes it easily one of the most gripping recent documentaries and managed to keep me on the edge of my seat with a story that bordered on fiction.
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In a shock of all shocks in recent Grand Slam history, both defending champions at Roland Garros were knocked out of the tourney's fourth round today.
The biggest shock of 'em all came via Robin Soderling who played some uber-aggressive ball during his stunning 6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 7-6(2) upset of Rafael Nadal. It was Rafa's first loss ever in Paris and was denied a record-setting fifth consecutive crown. The stats told the tale: the Swede hit 61 winners to 33 for Rafa, hit 9 aces, converted on 5 of 6 break chances, and had a 77% success rate up at net.
Seriously, this is Roger Federer's golden egg (read: First French Open, Career Slam, Pete Sampras-tying 14th major) to win or lose with both Rafa + Nole out. He may never get this kind of opportunity again. And would it be the same win even if Fed didn't have to defeat Rafa for the title? HELL YEAH. A win's a win. But really, no pressure.
Ana Ivanovic seemed to be rounding into solid form having lost only 6 games in her last 2 matches. But her shaky confidence, as evidenced by the return of her wayward service toss, was exposed by Victoria Azarenka who was the more aggressive baller on-court. The Belarusian earned an easy 6-2, 6-3 win and inflicted another early exit from a Grand Slam on the Serb.
In fact, the last time NaturAna made it past the fourth round of any major was during her championship run in Paris last year. I'm getting visions of a Svetlana Kuznetsova career moment here. Not a good sign.
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Rafa + NaturAna hit the skids, get unceremoniously booted from Paris
Labels: Ana Ivanovic, French Open, Rafael Nadal, tennis
24 comments:
Not shocking for Ana, but for Rafa?ReplyDelete
What's very weird, is last night I was talking to a friend about when (and I was thinking a few years down the line) Rafa finally loses at the FO. As much as I lust, I mean lurv Rafa, I was saying that it would be historical for the game, and therefore I would be excited by his first loss. Sad for him, but excited for the guy that beats him. NEVER once did Soderling enter my mind as "The Guy Who Beat Rafa."
I agree with you, Richie. If Federer doesn't win now, he never will win a French. I wouldn't mind seeing a Frenchie win it, but it would also be great to see Roger win. I think I'll fly to Mallorca and contemplate this...and perhaps fondle, I mean seduce, I mean cheer up Rafa. ;)
natch: Yeah NaturAna's boot was not a shocker but to see both defending champs go out in the same round is always a stunner.ReplyDelete
Not surprisingly Rafa seemed very despondent, edgy almost, in his post-match presser. He did mention hitting his swimming pool at his home as part of his recovery.
You may be wise to book that ticket to Mallorca sooner than later. He'll need some serious cheering up...and down.
I gave up on Ana almost a year ago, so anytime she wins, it surprises me.ReplyDelete
I hope Safina can take this home now.
One thing is for sure. This FO just got a whole lot more interesting. I wonder what all the guys left are thinking? I would be running around, bouncing off walls.
*speaks to pilot*
Alright, you can drop me off right over that pool. Don't worry, I won't need any clothes...
*grabs tequila and jumps*
- Federer Drop ShotMay 31, 2009 at 5:32 PM
My pick on the women's side is Victoria AzarenaReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 31, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Actually, it's his 3rd loss in Paris - his first loss in Paris ON CLAY at RG.ReplyDelete
- avito1985May 31, 2009 at 5:42 PM
surprising surprising. i found it extremely interesting reading dementieva's press conference yesterday. All the ladies have been asked the same question: whether or not they think rafael is beatable. needless to say, everyone was very flattering, but elena said that she had a hard time seeing him hold up the trophy because he did not look strong enough....at that point rafael just finished demolishing hewitt...so i dunno, does elena know something we don't :PReplyDelete
of course i kid, but i just found it interesting how what we see in previous matches does not necessarily tell us everything. safina dropping 5 games is huge, but definitely not indicative of anything, she really hasn't been pushed at all up till now. i think azarenka is going to be a tought test.
BRB gutted.ReplyDelete
It's not even that it's the loss that hurts, I mean we knew it had to come eventually. But it's that the loss had to come from this HIM of all people.
Vika needs to beat Safina and then duke it out with Masha. I hope JJ can take it all.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 31, 2009 at 8:07 PM
I have a feeling Federer's going to lose. It just looks too good for him. Maybe that's my fear speaking because I really want him to win but I don't want to get my hopes up. Imagine Fed winning this and beating Pete's record. There would be no argument as to who's the best because Fed would have accomplished something Sampras didn't: winning them all. C'mon Fed.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 31, 2009 at 8:29 PM
I can't believe both defending champs are out on the same day. I really hope Fed can win RG. He deserves it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 31, 2009 at 9:24 PM
just like Natch yesterday I was at a dinner party, and tennis was brought up, my uncle started teasing me abt RG, and tht Nadal is soo good, n Fed isn't playin too well, etc. we started discussing if Rafa would ever lose, when it would n against whom. HAH to wake up this morning turn on the laptop n read Rafa Nadal stunned in the 4th round by robin S. was a shocker...though it didn't sink in till I saw the re-run of the match.ReplyDelete
How I would lurrrvee to see Fed whole tht trophy in his hand.
as for the women, I see Dinara in the final, she's put up a strong performance n though she hasn't really been tested by anyone, she's looking good for this one.
who do u think its gonna b for the finals now folks? any guesses (for both men's n womens')
- AnonymousMay 31, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Anonymous No.2 I agree with you completely. Fed has been playing flaky of late. I really want him to win RG this year. I've been thinking for months that this year is his year. The planets seem to have moved into alignment for him. Lets hope he doesn't screw this up. I'm not getting my hopes up because I can't take any more shocks or disappointments. And I really can't take Murray being world no. 2.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 31, 2009 at 11:01 PM
I'm with you guys....c'mon Fed!! He will never be presented with such an awesome opportunity again. I hope he isn't thinking too far ahead though...if Nadal can lose to Soderling, Fed can lose to anybody. Acasuso had him on the ropes, so it won't be smooth sailing, but it's his to win...ReplyDelete
- SabineJune 1, 2009 at 2:58 AM
I was in shock yersterday. The worst thing was that he lost to Soderling, my least favourite player on the tour..ReplyDelete
Sabine, totally agreed. Of all people it had to be that prick Soderling, who has been bugging me since he made fun of Rafa during a Wimbledon match.ReplyDelete
Oh well, he had to lose eventually. I surely didn't expect it to happen that soon though. But that's tennis I guess - anything can happen.
As for Fed winning this: We'll see.
- AnonymousJune 1, 2009 at 5:04 AM
Naturally, after being named the favourite, Federer down 2 sets to love to Haas....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 1, 2009 at 5:45 AM
thankfully took the third...for God's sakes fed, turn it around!!! ull never forgive urself!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 1, 2009 at 8:28 AM
I'm going to miss that pink so much. :o(ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 1, 2009 at 8:31 AM
I know it's bad that Rafa lost. But maybe this isn't the great tragedy of all times. He was going to lose, sooner or later. I'm sure he felt the pressure to keep winning. Maybe, in some small way, this will release some of that pressure.ReplyDelete
I'm still in complete and utter shock, especially having seen Rafa dismantle Hewitt so easily. I just didn't see him losing at RG this year, to anyone, nevermind Soderling.ReplyDelete
As for Fed, I'm not convinced that he'll win it. The way he was pushed against Acasuso and Haas, I just don't know if he'll stand up to someone like Juan Martin del Potro or maybe even Gael Monfils.
The women... I'm still rooting for Safina to win her first major here, I just hope she can keep up her form. Pity that she's in the same half as Masha, who I'd have liked to have seen in the final. But all my predictions have been wrong so far...
- Tennis ObserverJune 1, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Söderling has eaten giant meatballs from day 1 of his life.ReplyDelete
Of the guys left, I'll take Roger, Murray, or Monfils as a winner. If anybody else wins, it won't seem right.ReplyDelete
Of the women, Serena, Dinara, or Maria will win. Sveta has such a chance, but I'm afraid her mental woes will do her in. My hopes are def on Dinara!
The fourth round. The FOURTH ROUND!!ReplyDelete
And to Sour Soderling! Who had the nerve to beat Davy today!
*bursts into tears*
*prays for Roger*
- AnonymousJune 2, 2009 at 1:26 PM
m Sour Soderling shall be what I call him from now on too :PReplyDelete
he ripped apart Davy :| I just can't believe it....its those random things when a player gets this surge of 'mojo' or w/e and just blast their way to win :s
well we'll see just how long Sour Soderling lasts


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Vengeance on the prairie
Abortion | Two ethics investigations have cleared former Kansas prosecutor Phill Kline of allegations that he mishandled evidence in abortion cases, but he's now facing a third. Critics suspect that challenging Planned Parenthood was his real crime
"Vengeance on the prairie" Continued...
LYNCHBURG, Va.-Recently Phill Kline, ex-attorney general of Kansas, approached the lunchroom vending machines in the Liberty University School of Law, where he is now a visiting professor. A maintenance worker looked up with a glimmer of recognition and asked, "How's that, ah, trial going?"
Kline paused and considered the allegations he faces, all stemming from the six tumultuous years he investigated Planned Parenthood and late-term abortionist George Tiller. The ethics hearing, which will conclude in July, is the state legal establishment's third investigation into Kline's efforts to prosecute the abortion facilities. The previous two had cleared him.
The allegations are that he misled judges and mishandled evidence while serving as attorney general and then Johnson County district attorney. Many pro-lifers, though, believe he's really on trial for trying to uphold Kansas law regarding child rape and late-term and underage abortions.
Kline has spent over $250,000 of his own money on his defense. The fourth-generation Kansan has been so vilified in the media that he left the state to find work. Somebody in a grocery store threw a can of vegetables at him. His wife found her car smeared with feces. In the current trial he could lose his license to practice law in Kansas.
"I have faith in the truth," Kline, with a weary grin, told the maintenance worker, "not in the system."
The system has been very good to Planned Parenthood, which collects about $360 million in taxpayer dollars annually. Despite years of reports suggesting that Planned Parenthood workers nationwide routinely violate laws, no affiliate has ever been convicted in a criminal court. Until Kline, none had even been charged. If convicted, Planned Parenthood could lose its federal funding (see sidebar below).
In 2008, before losing his seat as Johnson County district attorney, Kline filed 107 criminal charges against Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri for manufacturing client records, failing to keep proper records, and failing to determine the viability of a late-term baby before performing an abortion. To many prolifers, the ethics hearing against Kline looks like an effort to discredit those charges and send a clear message to other prosecutors across the country who might investigate the group: Don't even think about it.
This story begins in 2000 when Kline, as a member of the Kansas legislature, co-authored a law that limited post-viability abortions to two exceptions: if the pregnancy threatens the life of the mother or if two doctors certify that continuing the pregnancy would result in severe and "irreversible impairment of a major bodily function" of the mother.
When Kline became Kansas attorney general in early 2003, he began investigating child rape and illegal late-term abortions. After a year of legal wrangling that reached all the way to the Kansas Supreme Court, he and his investigators pried the relevant figures out of two state agencies, the Department of Health and Environment and the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.
(The agencies answered at that time to strongly pro-abortion Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, now the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. In 2007 Planned Parenthood threw her a birthday party at which, according to its newsletter, local Planned Parenthood CEO Peter Brownlie led a conga dance around the ballroom.)
The numbers, when they finally arrived, were disturbing: During 18 months in 2002 and 2003, Planned Parenthood and Tiller performed 166 abortions on girls aged 14 or younger, yet state agencies had only one report of statutory child rape from each. Why weren't they reporting clear cases of child rape, as required by law?
Kline brought the evidence to District Judge Richard Anderson, who in October 2004, found probable cause and issued subpoenas to Planned Parenthood and Tiller's Women's Health Care Services for 90 records of late-term abortions, some involving children and some adult women. To preserve client privacy, Judge Anderson ordered the records sent straight to him; he would redact out the names of adult clients before passing them on to Kline. He needed the names of children to investigate possible cases of child rape.
The clinics objected. In January 2005, the Kansas Supreme Court ordered that both sides file briefs regarding the subpoenas: That ruling was unusual because criminal investigators routinely obtain private medical records. Reporters broadcast the abortionists' briefs, by Court order made public a week before Kline's, and portrayed him as a fanatic using his office to pry into the sexual histories of vulnerable women. "The assault was unbelievable and unrelenting for the next several years," Kline said.
In 2006, the state Supreme Court ruled that Planned Parenthood and Tiller had to turn over the patient records. But, astonishingly, the Supreme Court also let Planned Parenthood and Tiller redact their own records before turning them over to Judge Anderson, even though they were the targets of a criminal investigation and Anderson already planned to black out names.
The abortionists got the records to Anderson only two weeks before the 2006 elections. Kline lost his reelection attempt to Republican-turned-Democrat Paul Morrison, the district attorney for Johnson County (in suburban Kansas City). Tiller and others supporting Gov. Sebelius spent hundreds of thousands of dollars promoting Morrison and funding anti-Kline advertising. The Kansas City Star kept slamming Kline and earned a 2006 "Maggie" award from the national Planned Parenthood office for its abortion coverage.
The end result: The Kansas high court had delayed prosecution of Planned Parenthood until Kline left office and was replaced by a pro-abortion Democrat. But then, in a remarkable twist, Johnson County Republicans appointed Kline to take over as DA. (Morrison had been elected DA as a Republican, so the GOP could choose someone to finish his term.) Kline and Morrison swapped offices in January 2007. Kline said about becoming DA, "It was not a job I wanted, but I was convicted that I had to see this done."
Kline also hoped to convict Tiller: Just before leaving the AG's office, he filed misdemeanor charges against Tiller for performing late-term abortions without proper medical justification and failing to report the procedures properly to the state. Tiller had stated on the clients' medical records that not aborting would produce "severe and irreversible bodily harm" to the mother-but not what that harm would be. It turned out that one young mother wanted an abortion so she wouldn't have to hire a babysitter to attend a rock concert.
Kline's case was strong. A distinguished Johns Hopkins University psychiatrist, Dr. Paul McHugh, said in an affidavit that none of the records he examined would have justified a late-term abortion under Kansas law. But the day after Kline filed the charges, a county judge dismissed all counts on a jurisdictional technicality. Kline left office, and the case died.
Before leaving office Kline had also arranged for copies of the patient records he'd collected to be transported to the Johnson County DA's offices. There he continued his investigation despite legal attempts by Morrison and the abortionists to get him to give up the copies of the client records.
As district attorney, Kline began building a new case against Planned Parenthood, which is supposed to submit to the state a report for each abortion it performs and keep a copy of that report in each client's file. The files it turned over to Judge Anderson in 2006 were missing those copies, a misdemeanor, so when Anderson asked for the copies Planned Parenthood provided documents. But in 2007, Kline and his staff noticed that the handwriting on the documents Planned Parenthood gave Judge Anderson didn't match the handwriting on the reports Planned Parenthood filed with the state. It looked like someone had manufactured the reports.
Judge Anderson thought so, too, and consulted a Topeka police handwriting expert to confirm it. At a later hearing Anderson would testify that the organization appeared to have "committed felonies to cover up misdemeanors." In October 2007, Kline filed 107 charges-23 of them for felonies-against Planned Parenthood: It had allegedly produced "false writings," failed to maintain proper records, and failed to determine the viability of a late-term baby before performing an abortion.
Supporters of Planned Parenthood struck back. A week later the Kansas Supreme Court ordered Kline to appear before District Judge David King for a closed "evidentiary hearing"-what critics say amounted to a Star Chamber secret trial. Kline and his staff were put under oath to answer accusations that they mishandled evidence, among other things. Attorney General Morrison intervened on behalf of Planned Parenthood.
Judge King, in his January 2008 report, found no credible evidence that Kline or his staff had mishandled evidence, even though when transferring records to the Johnson County DA's office one investigator (without Kline's knowledge) stored some records temporarily in his living room. King sternly rejected speculation from Morrison's deputy solicitor general that Kline had given some of the records to Bill O'Reilly prior to an appearance on The O'Reilly Factor.
Kline doggedly pursued his case. In April 2008, he subpoenaed Judge Anderson to testify at a hearing as custodian of the redacted records and to produce the originals. The Kansas Supreme Court, with no explanation, promptly ordered Anderson not to appear at the hearing. That stonewalled the prosecution again; no records, no case.
But the Supreme Court did release thousands of pages of documents in June 2008, with passages in judicial rulings that were critical of Kline helpfully highlighted for reporters. With such bad publicity, Kline then lost the Republican primary for Johnson County DA to Stephen Howe, who went on to win election. For a second time the Kansas Supreme Court had delayed a prosecution of Planned Parenthood until Kline was out of office.
Other twists and turns have occurred all along the way. Attorney General Morrison in 2007 had filed his own charges against Tiller: 19 counts that he had an "improper" financial relationship with the second doctor who signed off on his late-term abortions, Dr. Ann Neuhaus. But before Tiller came to trial, Morrison himself resigned as AG in 2008, following a sex scandal.
A Sebelius-appointed successor, Stephen Six, made a sham prosecution of Tiller in March 2009. The state stipulated that all of Tiller's abortions were medically necessary and called one witness: Neuhaus, who was hostile to the prosecution. Tiller gained acquittal.
Two months later Scott Roeder murdered the abortionist. "I was physically ill when I heard that Dr. Tiller was dead," Kline said. "I knew it would cover up the truth in Kansas a lot longer."
More judicial meanderings are likely on July 14 and 15, when a hearing on the charges Kline filed in 2007 will finally come. A Planned Parenthood statement to WORLD said the criminal charges are "completely unwarranted and the outcome of a politically- and ideologically-motivated investigation."
While some Kansas pro-lifers believe District Attorney Howe is not determined to pursue the charges, Howe told me that he wouldn't comment on that or other specifics of the case, but pledged that the July proceedings "will be open to the public."
Four days after the Planned Parenthood hearing will come the second half of Kline's new ethics hearing. A three-member panel of the state Board for Discipline of Attorneys conducted the first half in February. Disciplinary administrator Stanton Hazlitt raised several complaints, such as mishandling evidence and the O'Reilly appearance, even though Judge King had laid those to rest in 2008.
Other allegations were also replays of an inquiry conducted in 2008, when investigators Lucky DeFries and Mary Beth Mudrick looked into allegations from abortionists' lawyers that Kline had lied about desiring names of abortion clients and having probable cause for his charges, and had talked too much to the press.
DeFries and Mudrick at that time found that Kline had set up the plan with Judge Anderson to redact out client names. They noted that Anderson had found probable cause to pursue the investigation. (Two other judges later agreed.)
The investigators also found that Kline's comments to the press were well within bounds in a heated political debate, and that there was "not probable cause to find that Phill Kline violated any of the rules of ethics."
Kline will present his defense at the conclusion of his hearing in July. He is not entirely alone. "It's an abuse of the ethics regime for blatantly political purposes," said Thomas Brejcha, chief counsel of the pro-life Thomas More Society. That the Kansas Supreme Court would repeatedly delay a prosecution where probable cause was established and instead go after a prosecutor three times is "just incredible," he said.
Kansas state representative Steve Brunk, a Republican, asked, "Why are we dragging Phill Kline back here after all these years for these ethics charges?. . . Ironically, the more the abortion industry and its defenders attempt to persecute Phill Kline for upholding the law, the more evidence comes to light about their own misconduct."
At the trough
This year's budget debate featured calls from congressional pro-lifers like Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., to defund Planned Parenthood. "They are indeed 'Child Abuse Incorporated,' and we've got to defund them," he said.
That didn't happen in the budget deal passed in early April; the abortion giant is among the Democrats' strongest allies. Defunding Planned Parenthood is "too extreme," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. "I don't see it happening."
But if Planned Parenthood were ever convicted of a criminal offense, the federal government's own rules suggest defunding.
Planned Parenthood collects about $360 million per year from all levels of government, with 80 percent of that coming from the federal government. Federal Acquisitions Regulations require all "contractors" with the federal government to "exercise due diligence to prevent and detect criminal conduct."
Contractors are also supposed to "promote an organizational culture that encourages ethical conduct and a commitment to compliance with the law." Undercover investigations by organizations such as Live Action show Planned Parenthood representatives flouting state reporting laws.
Jim Sedlak, vice president of the American Life League, said about $75 million comes to Planned Parenthood from grants under Title X of the Public Health Service Act, designed to provide "comprehensive family planning and related preventive health services."
A March memo from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, headed by ex-Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, reminded grantees that "Title X providers are also required to comply with specific State reporting and notification laws." Failure to comply with state laws covering the reporting of child sexual abuse or violence "may result in the disallowance of Title X funds, or the suspension or termination of the Title X grant award."
If Obamacare goes into effect and Planned Parenthood beats back investigations and prosecutions, it might be on its way to receiving billions of dollars more from Washington. Last year, for example, a spokesman for the Minnesota affiliate told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that it was moving to new, larger facilities in part because of the healthcare overhaul. CEO Sarah Stoesz said, "I anticipate that more people will access healthcare."
Other affiliates also are gearing up for a major influx of new clients. A new directive from the head office requires all clinics to have the capability to perform abortions.


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WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- Here are several of the major Affordable Care Act headlines for December 3rd. The White house is launching a fresh campaign to highlight the positives of the Affordable Care Act. Enrollment centers are starting to pop-up around the country. The Oregon state exchange site is still having problems and the federal site reached 100,000 new signups last month.
CBS News -- With HealthCare.gov on the mend, Obama launches new PR push
PBS -- President to push positive of affordable care act in new effort.
Bloomberg -- Obamacare website signups said to reach 100,000 in month.
Charleston Post Courier -- Pop-up Affordable Care Act enrollment center opens near SC Aquarium
CNBC -- Oregon Obamacare site flounders as feds make progress


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Ned Yost media session: July 18
Pitching was the topic of discussion when manager Ned Yost met with the media this afternoon. The opening questions involved tomorrow's starter and call-up from Triple-A Omaha, 22-year-old left-hander Will Smith. Smith will be making his fourth start at the big league level tomorrow when the Royals take on the Mariners at 1:10 p.m. Thus far he has posted a 1-2 record with a 9.00 ERA (14.0 IP, 18 H, 14 ER) with Kansas City. Yost said the biggest reason they are going with Smith tomorrow is because he has been throwing the ball very well down at Omaha and arguably as well, if not better, than anyone else down there. He said Smith is a young guy and he is going to develop, but he likes his mound presence and his stuff. Yost is looking for him take the mound tomorrow and command the baseball, while keeping the ball down and giving the Royals a chance to win. Yost said he gave the Royals a very good start at Cleveland back on May 29 and he is looking for Smith to do more of the same tomorrow. In the Cleveland game, Smith only surrendered two runs on four hits through six innings of work in the winning effort. Yost said if he keeps the ball down, which as a staff they have not done a good job at during the past few games, then he is going to do just fine.
The next question brought up by the media surrounded this afternoon's call-up from Omaha, left handed pitcher Francisley Bueno. Yost said they like that he competes very well on the mound, throws strikes and he is left handed. He said they used lefty Tim Collins for two innings last night, therefore he is not available tonight so Bueno will be a good left handed tandem with Jose Mijares in the bullpen to match up against the amount of left-handed hitters the Mariners have in their lineup.
The last questions were asked about tonight's starter, Bruce Chen, and what he needs to do in order to be successful tonight and get back on track as one of the stronger, more consistent pitchers in the Royals' rotation. Yost said, simply, he needs to pitch better. Chen needs to keep the ball down, change speeds, establish his fastball and flat out pitch better. Yost went on to say they have struggled here lately and they will continue to do so until they get one to three good starts out of their starting rotation. He said they are poised to have that happen with their three best starters due up in the next three out of four days with Chen tonight then Luke Hochevar and Luis Mendoza on Friday and Saturday, respectively. He said they have the opportunity to solidify this and put an end to the slide and get the bullpen back on track. He closed by saying those three are basically the veterans on the staff and they need to take charge, step up and give the Royals some solid starts.


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Aspergers Syndrome
Adam has Aspergers Syndrome
Adam, age 8, has difficulty making and keeping friends. He struggles to understand the subtle cues, nuances and elements of non verbal communication that make up social interaction … read more >
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Aspergers Syndrome? is a developmental disorder which affects children's communication skills, ability to interact socially and can also result in rigid patterns of thinking and behaviour.
Children with Aspergers, what symptoms might you recognise?
Every child develops differently, however some differences may indicate a developmental disorder or delay. This is where important developmental milestones or stages are missed or delayed. Aspergers Syndrome is described as a pervasive development disorder, part of the Autistic Spectrum and is sometimes called high-functioning autism. Aspergers Syndrome is called pervasive because it affects a wide variety of behaviours and abilities. Many children with Aspergers Syndrome also have sensory processing difficulties.
Children with Aspergers Syndrome often find social situations extremely trying and stressful. They frequently have stereotypical patterns of behaviour and can be obsessive about very specific interests, in addition to some speech and language peculiarities and issues with non-verbal communication,
Many of these young people have average or above average intelligence – but lack the skills to communicate easily, have very poor social skills and may not be able to empathise or relate well to other children or adults. These children often have great difficulty 'reading' other people's emotions or feelings.
While the above describes Asperger Syndrome in children, these difficulties can persist through teenage and adult life. However with family and school supports and with early intervention, young people with Aspergers do go on to have full, happy and successful lives.
What is Aspergers Syndrome?
Asperger's Syndrome is a neuro-biological disorder and is clinically described as an Autistic Spectrum Disorders – others being Autistic Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorders-Not Otherwise Specified (PDD NOS).
Internationally Aspergers Syndrome is estimated at 36 per 10,000 children; this amounts to close to 4,000 children under the age of 18 in Ireland and it is 7 times more prevalent in boys than in girls.
The way that Aspergers Syndrome affects a child differs widely, with wide differences in academic ability and functioning. Given the absence of a significant language delay, Aspergers can often be identified quite late when a child begins pre-school or primary school – a period when difficulties with social relationships can come to light.
A recent study in Ireland (Task Force on Autism, 2001) found that the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders, including Aspergers Syndrome, in Ireland can be a problem – characterised by significant delays resulting in many children with Asperger's Syndrome not being diagnosed until adolescence or later.
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Adam has difficulty making and keeping friends. He struggles to understand the subtle cues, nuances and elements of non verbal communication that make up social interaction with his schoolmates or friends. He has trouble understanding his emotions and the emotions of others. He does not appreciate turn taking, nor does he register when somebody else is no longer interested in what he is saying. Adam will talk endlessly about his all absorbing interest in trains, even when the conversation has moved on to other topics.
At school when there are lots of different things happening, he flaps his arms. He does this in an attempt to deal with all the excitement or sensory information that he has to cope with. His schoolmates do not understand why he does this and think that it is a bit strange, which only leads to further social isolation.
Adam is also a little clumsy and uncoordinated; this is due to a deficit in the functioning of a system in his inner ear, his vestibular system. This means that he is often the last one to be picked for a team, and when he is picked, he can't play football as well as he would like.
After completing a Cluas programme, Adam's parents notice that lots of new things are happening. He is more clued into what is going on around him. After misbehaving he said to his mother "you're angry at me, aren't you?", this was the first time that Adam showed that he had an understanding of how another person was feeling.
While he sometimes still finds social interactions difficult and overwhelming, his social skills far exceed what they were prior to him completing his Cluas program. He is still fascinated by trains, however when his parents or brothers tell him that they have had enough of trains for the moment, Adam is able drop the subject.
The supermarket was always a very stimulating place for Adam, the sights, sounds and all the different things to buy. His flapping was often at its worst while doing the shopping with his family. On a recent trip to the supermarket his parents were very surprised that there was almost no flapping and that he was able to help. On the way home in the car he told a joke, which for the first time was genuinely funny and had his whole family in tears of laughter.
The Cluas Program also resulted in a much-improved vestibular system; his balance and co-ordination are also greatly improved. Adam and his classmates have found out that he is quite the goalkeeper and he is happily picked for a team at yard time.
The result of the Cluas program for Adam, is that his social awkwardness has dissipated. He now finds it easier to be around others and others find it less stressful being around him. He has a much greater understanding of not only his own emotions and feelings but also those of others. He has friends calling to the door; his schoolwork is getting better and better, especially maths, which was an area that had always posed a little difficulty. He has developed new interests, though trains will always have a special place.
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