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When six Chinese security officials arrived at Yu Jie's front door in the Chaoyang District on July 5, the dissident writer was editing an article with a lengthy but provocative title: "Terminating the State Security Bureau is the First Step Toward a Lasting Good Social Order."
The article is part of a book Yu plans to release through a Hong Kong publisher. The book-China's Best Actor: Wen Jiabao-is a criticism of the Chinese premier that won't find a willing publisher in the state-controlled environment of China's communist regime.
As security officials whisked Yu to an interrogation room at the nearby Dougezhuang Police Station, the outspoken Christian says he offered a simple prayer: "Almighty Lord, please grant me courage and wisdom to say what I should say, remain silent on what I should not say, and defeat the darkness and the evil."
Call it the dissident's prayer: It's a plea echoed by endangered activists all over China and other oppressive regimes. But it's also the dissident's prod: Yu's prayer serves as a spur for leaders in free countries to speak wisely on behalf of those otherwise silenced by oppressive governments.
More than 18 months after President Barack Obama took office, Yu and other human activists say the prodding isn't working. They say that the Obama administration has made a slow start on human rights, and that U.S. officials are reluctant to speak publicly about specific cases, even as officials in high-profile regimes like China and Iran continue to commit egregious abuses against their own citizens.
Human rights activists worry that the low-key approach could leave thousands suffering in silence, with little open objection from the outside world. Foreign policy experts warn that the approach could undermine U.S. foreign policy instead of bolstering better relations with harsh regimes that show little willingness to change.
The U.S. government has a long history of defending dissent. Six of the most famous words uttered by President Ronald Reagan rang in the ears of some 20,000 Germans gathered in 1987 at the Berlin Wall. Addressing Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, Reagan demanded: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
More than 20 years later, Yu doesn't expect a similar challenge to China from Obama. In an article recounting his recent interrogation by Chinese security officials, Yu quotes one Chinese officer telling him: "Since Obama came to power, the American embassy no longer keeps in touch with you. America is not reliable."
Yu says he told the officer he would criticize communism regardless of American policy toward China, but conceded: "Since Obama became president, he hasn't cared about Chinese human rights issues."
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton didn't help that perception during her first visit to China last year. The top U.S. diplomat told reporters that human rights were important, but that those issues couldn't interfere with such issues as the economy, security, and global warming.
Obama improved the rhetoric during a trip to China last November, briefly speaking of the value of "universal rights," but the president avoided publicly addressing specific cases of abuse or holding meetings with dissidents, breaking with a common practice of President George W. Bush. A White House official told reporters that Obama privately spoke about several dissidents' cases with Chinese President Hu Jintao.
The U.S. State Department also seems to prefer private talks with the Chinese government, though officials have publicly mentioned at least two dissident cases: Jon Huntsman, the U.S. ambassador to China, has publicly called for the release of Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese dissident sentenced to 11 years in prison for co-authoring the Charter 08 petition for political freedom.
Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner told reporters in May that U.S. officials had also spoken with the Chinese government about Gao Zhisheng-a high-profile human rights lawyer seized by authorities in 2009. Gao's fate remains unclear.
But for every Liu and Gao, there are many more political prisoners remaining in Chinese prisons. Posner declined to mention other specific cases in his May press conference, saying only that U.S. officials prefer to raise the issues in private.
It's not that the State Department doesn't know about the abuses. In its 2009 annual report, the department catalogued a series of Chinese abuses, including "extrajudicial killings, executions without due process, torture and coerced confessions of prisoners, and use of forced labor."
The report included names of the dead: Li Qiaoming, a prisoner reportedly beaten to death in Yunnan Province; Li Wenyan, a prisoner who died in Jiangxi Province after officials neglected a series of health problems; Phuntsok Rabten, a Tibetan monk beaten to death by police in Sichuan Province.
The report also chronicled the missing: Julius Jia Zhiguo, an underground Catholic bishop arrested in March 2009; underground Catholic priests Zhang Li and Zhang Jianlin, detained by authorities in 2008; and Wu Qinjing, the bishop of Zhouzhi in Shaanxi Province, detained in 2007.
Human rights groups have chronicled other abuses in China, including the imprisonment of leaders of the Linfen Church in Shanxi Province. The U.S.-based ChinaAid reports that at least 10 leaders of the Christian church remain in prison and labor camps after their arrests last October.
Trouble began for the Linfen Church in September when some 400 officials and hired workers raided the church's construction site and severely injured more than 20 members. The church reported massive destruction by officials: destroyed buildings, looted property, smashed appliances, and destroyed personal belongings. ChinaAid reported that a mob reduced the church building to rubble.
Officials arrested church leaders on charges ranging from "disturbing the social order" to "unlawfully occupying agricultural land." A Chinese court sentenced pastor Yang Rongli to seven years in prison. The court sentenced four other leaders to sentences ranging from three years to five years and six months in prison. Officials sentenced five other leaders to two years of "re-education through labor." ChinaAid is assisting with appeals but reports that the process is moving slowly, and that prison conditions are worsening.
Freedom House-a human rights group in Washington-reported a string of human rights abuses by the Chinese government in its annual report and noted a troubling trend: "While these acts of repression are disturbing, so is the absence of protest from the democratic world."
The group noted that abuses of dissidents in the Soviet Union once drew widespread condemnation from international leaders: "China's current actions, by contrast, elicit little more than boilerplate criticism."
Human rights advocates have leveled similar charges against the Obama administration's approach to Iran. After hundreds of thousands of Iranian protesters poured into the streets of Tehran after dubious presidential elections last summer, Iranian officials violently cracked down, killing as many as 200 citizens and detaining as many as 4,000 demonstrators.
As the so-called "velvet revolution" unfolded, marking the largest outcry against the ruthless regime in 30 years, Obama was slow to voice support for dissidents, drawing criticism from human rights activists. The president said he wanted to avoid becoming a foil for Iranian forces in an internal conflict.
That conflict continued to unfold, and the U.S. State Department chronicled Iranian abuses in its 2009 report, despite the administration's restrained approach. The report cited a litany of severe Iranian abuses: "The government executed numerous persons for criminal convictions as juveniles and after unfair trials. Security forces were implicated in custodial deaths and the killings of elections protesters and other acts of politically motivated violence, including torture, beatings, and rape. . . . Authorities held political prisoners and intensified a crackdown against women's rights reformers, ethnic minority rights activists, student activists, and religious minorities."
In May, Freedom House condemned the execution of five more political prisoners and said dozens more are on death row. Golnaz Esfandiari-an Iranian journalist for Radio Free Europe-told the Heritage Foundation in June: "Iran today is a prison."
The Obama administration's reluctance to speak forcefully about human rights abuses in Iran is likely tied to efforts to persuade the regime to back off its development of nuclear weapons. So far, it isn't working: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad remains defiant and continues development.
Jim Phillips-senior research fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs at the Heritage Foundation-says that the administration's reluctance to address human rights abuses in Iran is "due to expediency and wishful thinking." He adds: "It undermines an opportunity to make it clear that we're on the side of the Iranian people."
Political considerations also likely undergird the administration's muted approach to human rights in other regimes: China holds a massive chunk of American debt and remains a key player in the global economy. Obama also promised an open-handed approach if harsh governments would unclench their fists. So far, fists remain clenched in regions around the world, including parts of Africa, Russia, Asia, and the Middle East.
Human rights activists say that speaking publicly about specific cases-and offering assistance to pro-democracy groups in oppressed countries-bolsters beleaguered dissidents and strengthens America's ability to continue to advocate for justice in severe cases of abuse.
In a July speech in the U.S. House, Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., called for the Obama administration to "find its voice" on human rights, and said he recently met with two human rights lawyers visiting the United States for legal training: "The lawyers said quite pointedly that their lives improve, and those of their cohorts in prison or facing pressure by the Chinese government, when the West speaks out for their plight and raises their cases by name."
Other dissidents agree. Adrian Hong-a Chinese activist imprisoned in 2006 for helping North Koreans escape the country-spoke at an April conference for dissidents at the Bush Institute in Texas. Hong told former President George W. Bush: "When I was released [after 10 days] I was told that it was because of very strong messaging from the White House and the culture you set."
Syrian dissident Ahed Al-Hendi told the gathering that human rights advocacy had declined since Bush's departure: "In Syria, when a single dissident was arrested during the administration of George W. Bush, at the very least the White House spokesman would condemn it. Under the Obama administration-nothing."
Wolf says that sluggishness over human rights is part of a "bipartisan apathy," and he calls for more action from both Democrats and Republicans. But he says Obama must set the tone for an effective human rights agenda: "It's got to come from the top."
Hillary Clinton showed a willingness to help set the tone during a July visit to Vietnam. The secretary of state publicly expressed concerns about intolerance for dissent, and she called on the deputy prime minister, Pham Gia Khiem, to promote greater freedoms in a country full of human rights abuses and oppression of religious freedom.
Groups like the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom are waiting to see if the State Department is willing to take the next step: adding Vietnam to its list of countries of particular concern for human rights abuses.
Back in China, Yu-the dissident writer-is concerned about his future, but determined to continue speaking out against communism and to advocate for religious freedom. When a security official urged Yu to back off his Christian activities and said he should obey the Bible's command to submit to authority, Yu says he replied: "We must obey God rather than men."
Harry Wu-founder of the D.C.-based Laogai Research Foundation-says his group is committed to helping Yu continue to write and publish. Wu is concerned about his friend, but he says Yu is "a very courageous man." He hopes that the United States will speak more openly about abuses in China and for cases like Yu: "Why do we keep quiet?"
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In Poland, the distance is between events, not things, and I move in flux between World War II, the Gdansk shipyard strikes, and the new-world-order capitalists hawking goods. Ideally, part of my work as a Peace Corps Volunteer is to learn what it means to be Polish. After having lived in Poland for a year and a half, I've learned to look through the problems here to find the values that sustain the hope of this country.
Perhaps because of the war experience and the struggles of the past forty years, Polish people seem to be sensitive to life's tenuousness and its singular beauty. As a result, they've developed the gift of communion, stretching a social gathering into an all-day, sometimes all-night, affair. With miracle-of-the-loaves hands, they transform a few slices of bread, cheese, and tomato into a feast.
Underlying the loud and eager conversation of family and friends is the same quiet sincerity and thankfulness that I have noticed surrounding the celebrations of the Eucharist in Polish churches. Fortunately, my work as a teacher trainer has brought me into the private realm of Poland where people help one another to overcome the inefficiencies, frustrations, and insecurities of everyday life.
In the district where I live, the unemployment rate has reached thirteen percent, which means a good number of the people I sit with on the bus are probably out of a job.
Now, whenever I get together with my Polish host family or with Polish friends, the talk turns towards enterprise. When I miss the leisurely conversations of a year and a half ago, I have to remind myself that their talk is a matter of strategy and survival, not manners. At least four new language schools have opened in Torun, offering immediate success and wealth if a person will only sign up for English courses. Although such a claim is exaggerated, it reflects the need people have to learn a language that will enable them to understand the "rules" the West lives by. Business booms at these private schools.
At any rate, I teach English with the general philosophy that people use language to shape reality, to create a world view, an understanding of the human condition. Metaphorically, until a person learns to use his or her own language effectively he or she lives in a "developing country."
In Poland such abstractions take on concrete form. Vaclav Havel testifies to this in a speech he gave called "Words," where he explains "in the part of the world I inhabit the word Solidarity was capable of shaking an entire bloc." Poland, however, is a "developing country," not only because that which connects a modern society-banking, communication, and distribution systems, for example-is often disconnected or defunct, but also because Poland is undergoing what Timothy Garton Ash, a specialist on Eastern Europe, calls a "reconstitution of civil society." All the way from glee clubs to the government, Poland is in the process of redefining itself in a painfully literal way.
In the opinion section of the Warsaw Voice, a senior assistant at the National Museum, Alfred Twardecki, claimed that "conceptual chaos reigns in Poland." In his view, Polish society needs the ordering power of clearly defined words: "defining what is meant by a democratic system, and starting a public discussion on the fundamental principles on which Poles want to construct." That, he wrote, is essential if Poland is to have a stable society and government.
While Poles reconstitute their society, it is my hope that my students can use their English language skills to keep traditional Polish values, the emotional, intellectual, and spiritual life of the people, from being "deconstructed" by the jargon and jingoism of consumerism. One of my students recently told me that she had studied English only as a means to emigrate because she could see no future for herself in Poland. But after a year of study at the Teacher Training College, she had determined to stay in Poland and make her living as an English teacher. She is the "advance guard" that will give form to Poland's national determination, and I am honored to have been a part of her training.
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Last Time Out: Justin Lofton and the No. 77 Lofton Cattle team had their work cut out for them during the last event at Nashville Superspeedway. Shortly after Lofton climbed behind the wheel of his Toyota Tundra for the start of the race, the team discovered that they could not hear Lofton on the radio. Despite the challenge of adjusting on the truck without their driver's input, the Ryan "Rudy" Fugle led team showed well with a solid 16th place finish. After the tour's first five events Lofton sits 19th in the driver point standings.
Lofton at Dover: One year ago, Lofton tallied his best finish to date within Camping World Truck Series competition by scoring a third place finish at the Monster Mile. Lofton started the 200-mile race from the 19th position, ran within the top-10 for most of the event, and ran as high as second before ending the day in the third spot.
Dover Rounds: Lofton and the No. 77 Lofton Cattle team will be busy throughout their two-day stay in Dover. With two practice sessions set for Thursday afternoon, Friday will be a little more hectic both on and off of the track for the team. Following qualifying on Friday morning, Lofton will participate in an autograph session in the Camping World Store in the Fan Zone from 12:30 to 1:30 PM local time. Additionally, the No. 77 team will host two servicemen from the nearby Dover Air Force Base on Friday. Sgt. Gregory L. Hanner and Sgt. Louis Orville Hess will be joining the team, serving as Honorary Pit Crew Members for the Lucas Oil 200, which will begin just after 4:30 PM.
Truck Information: Lofton will race chassis GR102, TRD006. It is the same truck that the team raced earlier this season at Martinsville. The truck showed speed by posting the fourth fastest time in practice, followed by an eighth place qualifying effort. Early contact with a lapped truck however, forced the team to the garage for prolonged repairs. They rallied to finish 32nd.
Lofton on Dover: "I am so excited about getting back to Dover. I had never even raced on a track that was even comparable to it before the race last year. It is challenging and unique, that is for sure. I'm looking forward to going back and running up front again."
Crew Chief Ryan "Rudy" Fugle on Dover: "Dover is a good track for Justin. We've had some bumps along the road but now that we are about to hit a string of racing, we want to start it off with a strong run at Dover, continue building our team, and improve his finish from last season."
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When my wife and I decided to have kids, we also decided we didnt want them in day care their first few years. After our son, Kian, was born, my mother-in-law became his nanny for a year, but she moved back to California in May. My wife works in financial services, and those folks make more money than journalists do. A lot more. So I left my job as a senior editor of this magazine, a position I had held for 12 years, and became a stay-at-home dad.
I realize this is a terrible career move when jobs are so scarce. And stay-at-home dads get no respect. People who have never raised a child think its easy. A neighbor recently asked how Im liking retirement. Trust me, Im not planning to work this hard when I retire.
Journalism takes brains and a thick skin, but its not physically demanding. Its much more tiring to chase a toddler bent on self-destruction while juggling cooking, laundry and other tasks. When I worked at BNC, it often took me an hour to fall asleep at night because I still had enough energy to fret about the next day. Now Im usually out cold in 10 minutes. I dont worry about tomorrow. Im too tired from today.
Fatherhood is changing me in other ways. In journalism, if you tell relevant truths, no matter how mad it might make people, youll usually do OK. I liked that. Parenting, Im finding out, is more like public relations: A good PR person never lies, but his job is to accentuate the positive and avoid the negative. As a parent, you dont show, for example, the concern you might have that your kid is a little late hitting the milestones for fine motor skills. Instead, you revel in the fact that hes off the charts (to quote our pediatrician) in gross motor movement and quietly work with him on what hes not yet good at.
The main skills I honed in journalism seem useless in my new job. A warts-and-all written summary of his day would have no effect on Kian. He doesnt read, preferring instead to eat books, using his fine set of new choppers. Besides, I dont want to find out what kind of adult is produced by a steady stream of brutally honest criticism during childhood. So I just try to stay patient, keep talking to him and show him how to do things until he starts doing them himself. And when he does, I cheer as if he had just won the lottery and set up a fat trust fund for his doting parents. I think thats how its supposed to be done.
Because our chats are one-sided, I go off on tangents a lot and even catch myself babbling as I try to expose him to language and stimulate his brain. Often, he ignores me. In fact, I sometimes think Im wasting my time. Workers at a decent day care center probably know more than I do about raising kids. Maybe hed have reached those fine-motor milestones by now. I was pretty good at writing and editing. Why did I interrupt my career at the vulnerable age of 48? By the time Im ready to re-enter the labor force, who will hire me especially if the economy falls back into a recession? Whod risk adding a 50-something to their health plan? I dont like being financially dependent on someone else. What the hell was I thinking?
Then my boy makes a breakthrough. A few days ago, he learned to clap. Maybe Im not so bad at this, I think. Maybe this investment of time will pay off in a happier, smarter, nicer, funnier, more successful kid. Then he gets up from his toys, toddles over to where Im lying and, with a smile, dives headfirst across my chest, giving me a full-body baby hug. I grab his legs, hoist him in the air upside down, and he laughs. In those moments, I dont care if my investment pays off. Im a lucky guy, and I wouldnt miss this for the world.


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You thought he was a homer before....
Hint: #10
Haha! He can't be serious. Anything to sell subs I guess.
Wow. Wow. Wow. Nothing says top 10 player in the country like scoring 10 ppg at Valley.
Plus he has a Drake commit at #75 and neither Matt Thomas or Morris are anywhere to be seen.
You know his rating are total BS when they are light years different from every other major recruiting service.
Why stop at #10?
Should of just said #1 and been done with it.
He's always been ridiculous but that there's the showstopper.
What a joke! He doesn't even have Morris or Thomas listed in his "best of the rest". ESPN rates Jok at 70. Thomas is at 88, Morris at an 83. What a complete waste of a list.
-Be kind. That is something you will never regret. You will never say to yourself when you are old "I wish I was not good to that person".
Matt Thomas ought to be on anyone's top 100. Jok at 10 is a Jok(e).
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he gets paid to do this! I am in the wrong line of work.
Talkin' out yer azz can pay well if you find the right gig.
that can't be an updated list, can it? there's like 25 players on that list who've committed already and its not accurrate. shocking, i know.
Yeah, credibility: lost
that is an old list likely done a 2-3 years ago, several errors on it, i.e. Chris Thomas at #6 is at a juco in Florida now, not a high schooler
It's updated enough to show Jok(e) committed to Iowa.
Van, you're an idiot.
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that is an old list likely done a 2-3 years ago, several errors on it, i.e. Chris Thomas at #6 is at a juco in Florida now, not a high schooler
True but he had enough energy to update Jok's commitment. That must have been all the time he had.
Van is and always has been a wannabe scout. No one should ever take him serious. I remember him saying Brock Jacobson was top 50 talent back in the day.
You tell me if he was top 50 in this class. I just realized how awesome this class was.
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Following a June announcement in which Class I railroad carrier Canadian National Railway (CN) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TSI Terminal Systems, a subsidiary of GCT Container Terminals Inc., to enhance service levels for mutual customers and draw greater volumes of traffic over Port Metro Vancouver (PMV), the companies recently announced they have taken the next step and signed a Service Level Agreement (SLA).
Company officials said the SLA establishes specific performance targets and measurement tools through a series of Key Performance Indicators for multiple customers, including on-time departure and arrival of trains, the utilization of train capacity, and the average dwell time of containers at TSI terminals, and other measures.
They added that the combination of TSI's container terminals and CN's rail infrastructure are well-positioned to leverage Vancouver as a key North American west coast intermodal logistics center.
CN Director of Communications & Public Affairs Mark Hallman told LM in June that CN has been interested for some time in developing closer ties with its key customers and stakeholders with which it does business.
"Clearly TSI is an important partner in terms of serving the international container steamship lines that call on PMV, and the [MOU and SLA are] going to be establishing the goals, activities, and responsibilities of the parties to ensure the future flow of containers is expedited through that gateway," Hallman said.
And Claude Mongeau, president and chief executive officer of CN, said in a statement that TSI is an important, strategic partner of CN and this Service Level Agreement is designed to drive continuous improvement in CN and TSI performance at the Vancouver Gateway, which is critical to better customer service and increased throughput at Port Metro Vancouver.
Prior to June's MOU announcement between CN and TSI, CN had heralded similar collaborations with other parties.
On May 31, PMV and CN said they had joined hands for a supply chain collaboration effort to drive further efficiencies at the Port and recognize the importance of balanced accountability. PMV and CN said this agreement enables the Port, CN and port stakeholders to develop mechanisms to define, measure, monitor, and evaluate the performance of each participant at the port against established benchmarks, as well as establish processes to proactively communicate on service-related matters and resolve disputes between CN, the Port and port supply chain participants on a commercial basis.
And on April 29, CN, the Halifax Port Authority (HPA), Cerescorp Company Limited (Ceres) and Halterm Container Terminal Limited (Halterm) heralded an agreement to better measure and align each party's performance in the Halifax Gateway supply chain and enhance the port's role as a preferred gateway on the east coast to Ontario, Quebec and the U.S. Midwest markets.
Officials said in a statement that the agreement establishes clear and defined performance standards for these Halifax Gateway partners – CN, HPA, Ceres and Halterm – regarding times for unloading and loading containers between vessels and cars, the timing of the placement of rail cars at the terminals, and CN transit times to key markets in eastern and central Canada and the U.S. Midwest.
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Believe it or not, the sensational kick Anthony Pettis used to floor Benson Henderson was inspired by the cult martial-arts classic, "Ong Bak."
Pettis' coach, Duke Roufus, said he's played around with "old-school" Muay Thai techniques for several years, and the crazy kick that Pettis landed is just one such attack.
"I just believe in being creative," Roufus today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "Anthony is a lifelong martial artist, and I'm a lifelong martial artist, and we're just trying to keep evolving and blend it all together."
Pettis (13-1 MMA, 5-1 WEC) landed the literally off-the-wall shot in the final moments of a headlining title bout with Henderson (12-2 MMA, 5-1 WEC) at WEC 53, the promotion's final event, which took place Thursday at Jobing.com Arena in Henderson's hometown of Glendale, Ariz. Moments after he regained his footing, he bounded onto the cage wall and used his right leg to spring off and kick Henderson in the face.
The force of the blow knocked Henderson on his back and prompted referee Herb Dean to close distance, though Pettis' opponent survived until the final bell.
The champ, however, did not survive the title challenge when judges' scorecards were read; Pettis took home a unanimous-decision victory and a spot in history as the last man to hold the WEC lightweight belt. He also earned a shot at the winner of an upcoming UFC lightweight title bout between champion Frankie Edgar and challenger Gray Maynard.
To top it all, he likely sparked the imaginations of millions of mixed martial artists on what's possible inside the cage. That's long been one of Roufus' priorities for Pettis.
"I've been trying a bunch of different stuff," he said. "Bringing out some of the old-school Muay Thai techniques where you climb up on people and land techniques. It's using his athleticism and surprise attack, and being able to put different elements of the game together."
Roufus said it's not the first time he's had one of his fighters use the cage for a springboard in a striking attack.
"You saw that at UFC 100 when Alan Belcher threw the 'superman' punch off the cage," he said. "I've been working a lot of cage techniques. It's just like when soccer changed. They started playing indoor soccer on hockey rinks. Kickboxing changes when you put it into that cage. There's a lot of tactics you can employ."
And Pettis needed to pull out all the stops going into that final round with Henderson. Roufus thought the round scores were 2-2 – or maybe even 1-3 – with Henderson in the lead. He urged Pettis to stay active and keep attacking.
But Roufus doesn't think it was the kick that swayed judges toward Pettis – as amazing a move as it was.
"After that Alan Belcher debacle at UFC 100, I don't trust the judges most of the time," he said. "I don't think it was the kick. It's when he reversed Ben (on the ground) and was able to take control of the round from there."
Words couldn't describe the way Roufus felt when Pettis was announced the winner.
"I don't train a lot of fighters in the big show, but the ones I do I'm so proud of," he said. "Now the next question is, 'Who's next?' They're all like my children, so I want to get all my kids there."
Of course, that question also applies to Pettis, who could meet either Edgar or Maynard sometime in 2011. Roufus hasn't decided which is a better matchup for his fighter.
"We'll assess that when we get home," he said. "I've watched them, but I want to sit down before I answer the question."
And probably catch a few winks of sleep, which he hasn't done much of since Pettis won the belt.
But instead of partying with the team after the event, he stayed in his hotel room and reflected. (Another one of his fighters, Danny Downes, rebounded in a huge way from a debut loss when he bested Chinese import Tiequan Zhang on the event's preliminary card.)
"I kind of soaked it all in," Roufus said.
The trainer feels there's still room for evolution in Pettis' game, so who knows what crazy attacks we'll see going into 2011.
"He's happy he got the strap, but he wants to be a guy like Georges St-Pierre who's constantly working on weaknesses," Roufus said of Pettis. "He wants to be the best he can be."
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Dragon wrestlers gave their fans a show Thursday, Dec. 13 under the new spotlight when the grapplers defeated Yuma 48-28.
The Dragon Den Dual drew a nice crowd in the student appreciation night where students were admitted at no charge.
Nine varsity matches were wrestled, with Holyoke winning six and Yuma taking three. The visiting Indians had three open weight classes, while HHS had two open classes.
Starting at 170 lbs., the dual featured the heavier weights first, then went back to cover classes 106 through 160.
Dragon Ben Martinez works to turn Armando Valenton of Yuma in 152-lb. action in the Dec. 13 dual in Holyoke. Martinez took the win by pin in 5:37. —Enterprise photo
"The kids did a fantastic job, all the way through the line-up," praised coach Jack Garrison.
He said the team is in good shape. "We ran them out of gas in several weights." But he noted the whole team needs more offense and there's lots of work to do.
Several varsity wrestlers head to the UNC Christmas Open tourney in Greeley this weekend, Dec. 21-22, then break for the holidays. Coach Garrison said Monday he's still trying to find a JV tournament for other team members this weekend.
In the Yuma dual last week, Spencer Kotch, Jesus Hermosillo, Dylan Kotch and Ben Martinez earned six team points apiece, winning their matches with pins.
Luke Stewart and Nicholas Ortner won their matches by decisions to gain three team points apiece.
Eric Rojo, Morgan Golden and Marques Harvey had no Yuma opponents, so were declared winners and added six team points apiece.
Individual results of the Dragon Den Dual follow:
106 lbs.—Yuma was open, so Eric Rojo took the win.
113 lbs.—Holyoke was open, so Yuma's Hayden Holtorf took the win.
120 lbs.—Issac Brandt was pinned in 1:33 by Aaron Aagesen.
126 lbs.—Yuma was open, so Morgan Golden took the win.
132 lbs.—Holyoke was open, so Yuma's Luke Brown took the win.
138 lbs.—Nicholas Ortner won an 8-4 decision over Bryce Leifheit.
145 lbs.—Luke Stewart won a 3-0 decision over Angel Dominguez.
Luke Stewart has control over Angel Dominguez of Yuma in a 145-lb. match that went scoreless until the third period, where Stewart won 3-0. —Enterprise photo
152 lbs.—Ben Martinez pinned Armando Valenton in 5:37.
160 lbs.—Leo Ortiz lost a 1-14 decision to C.J. Leonhardt.
170 lbs.—Spencer Kotch pinned Kaler Ybarra in 1:20.
182 lbs.—Yuma was open, so Marques Harvey took the win.
195 lbs.—Jesus Hermosillo pinned Luke Korf in 1:02.
220 lbs.—Dylan Kotch pinned Todd Fresquez in 2:31.
285 lbs.—Astolfo Rojo was pinned in 1:02 by D.J. Snelling.
JV. exhibition match—220 lbs.—Sidney Struckmeyer pinned John Chouinard in :22.
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Hmmmm.........not really appropriate for a doormat, if I had one, I would hang it on the wall.
Inappropriate is not a strong enough term. It's just not right. It shows a total lack of respect for both the flag and the Nation and People it represents.How many American members would have a stroke if they saw an American flag doormat?
I agree with you Chuck D!I too support freedom of speech through expression while recognizing respect for others is important too. Not that I'm all PC or anything, it's just part of civility.
Might get a few and put them under my bikes to keep the oil off the floor. ERC
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I'm trying to make Zimbra (v7.1.2) to NOT discard spam. Reading the administrator guide, I found this is expected to happen:
"Anti-spam Settings: (...) Any message tagged between 33%-75% is considered spam and delivered to the users junk folder. Messages tagged above 75% are always considered spam and discarded."
I'm making some tests, and spam messages that I send dissapear. I don't know if they dissaper because they are discarded (tagged above 75%) or if something isn't working.
How can I configure Zimbra to NEVER discard messages? I need this to tests, and as a policy, since we need to keep ALL messages, even spam.
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International Aid | Look closely at bra giveaways and other 'gift in kind' aid projects
"The girls need your support! Literally," wrote Rebecca Snavely on The Huffington Post last year. The former web producer and staff writer for the Los Angeles Times entertainment site said she had received an email from a friend who works in Uganda: "Do you have any bras lying around that you're not going to wear anymore?" it read. "Would you be willing to donate them to women in Uganda who desperately need them?"
Snavely wrote, "Imagine spending every day without a bra. Ouch. Now imagine that your day involves walking miles to the water pump, walking even more miles to the market, and your free time is spent working in the fields . . . without a bra. . . . My own highly scientific guesstimation is that 99.82% of women in rural Uganda do not own a bra." The pitch: An associate traveling to Uganda was "willing to bring a duffle bag of bras. The only problem? WE NEED YOUR USED BRAS IMMEDIATELY!!"
That's typical of how some international aid projects get started. Someone with a big heart sees a problem and sets out to fix it by sending stuff-known as "gifts-in-kind" or "in-kind" donations. An anonymous aid worker who goes by "J" and blogs at Tales from the Hood coined a more acid term: #SWEDOW, or "Stuff We Don't Want" with a Twitter hashtag suggesting a trend and a term that's caught on among aid bloggers.
In-kind project founders may have good intentions but their efforts are often misguided. Maybe the women in Uganda don't want to wear bras, say critics. Maybe they aren't culturally accepted. Maybe it is more cost effective to send money. Maybe dumping duffle bags full of foreign bras in the marketplace lowers the price and drives local producers out of business. In other words, every problem is more complicated than it first appears, and good-hearted donors can make things worse if they don't understand the culture or the economic effects of their efforts.
Tales from the Hood's "Best in #SWEDOW" 2010 Grand Prize winner was the International Breast Milk Project (IBMP), which claims to be "the only international milk bank in the world." According to its website, "Moms like you have donated over 67,000 bottles of safe donor milk to help orphaned, sick and hungry infants in South Africa and around the world."
I emailed J, who says he has "worked in the field of international aid, relief and development since 1991" and was in a remote area of the Philippines, to find out what makes a project a winner. He defines #SWEDOW as stuff "foisted off onto a recipient community" and says planning happens "far from that community, usually without meaningful input from those the implementers say they want to help." Whether the stuff is new, used, or technologically sophisticated is unimportant to J: The process "is almost always about the donor-and the benefit to beneficiaries is a serendipitous side effect."
J argued that the Breast Milk Project was "dreamed up by someone" without "input from those she meant to help" and said he doubted that imported breast milk would deal with chronic malnutrition "better or more effectively than another intervention or technology." He also cited the project's "'ick' factor" as another qualification for grand prize: "My head is swimming at the possibility for misunderstanding, rumor, gossip, perhaps even intentional misinformation about what 'The Americans' are trying to do by sending their breast milk over for 'our babies' in some remote zone."
I called the International Breast Milk Project executive director Amanda Nickerson, who admitted that the project came about in 2006 when founder Jill Youse looked in her freezer and saw more breast milk than her baby needed. She didn't want to dump it out, so she used Google to figure out where to donate it.
Youse found an orphanage in South Africa that was actively seeking donated breast milk for HIV-infected infants in its care. Youse asked her grandmother to pay the shipping costs to send the milk, kept frozen with dry ice, to South Africa. The project grew, especially after Oprah featured it on her show. IBMP has now sent almost 268,000 ounces of breast milk to a neonatal intensive care unit in Cape Town where babies weigh less than three pounds and are orphaned or their mothers for health reasons can't breastfeed.
Nickerson says for these babies it is a "life or death medical supply"-given by prescription, three weeks at a time, with amounts adjusted according to the baby's size, health, and age. IBMP also has raised and donated more than $186,000 to fund health projects and develop local milk banks in Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa. It makes two shipments of milk a year, 50,000 ounces at a time.
What about J's objections? It is true that Jill Youse had the desire to donate her excess breast milk, and that she and the other donors feel good about what they do. But it's also true that she responded to a plea from an organization on the ground in South Africa. As to safety, milk banks are similar to blood banks: Donors are screened, their blood is tested, and the milk pasteurized to kill any bacteria or disease. The milk goes to sick and low-weight babies, and doctors say breast milk is the best thing. One neonatalist recently wrote to Nickerson, "Breast milk makes all the difference. Please send more." And since the milk is going to institutional users, the "ick factor" isn't really an issue.
So, while J's general concerns seem valid, he may have jumped too fast to criticize the International Breast Milk Project. Let's look at another of his winners, Soles 4 Souls.
Wayne Elsey, a shoe executive, founded Soles 4 Souls after he "felt compelled to do something" following the 2004 Asian tsunami. He didn't know what to do, but as he watched TV he saw "a picture of a single shoe washing up on the beach . . . it triggered a few calls to some other executives in the footwear industry and the subsequent donation of a quarter of a million shoes to victims in the devastated countries."
Soles 4 Souls has sent shoes elsewhere-and it drives the aid bloggers crazy. They don't question Mr. Elsey's good intentions-although Slate reported that he makes $500,000 a year, a salary he justifies by saying, "I've given up my prime earning years to do this. I made four times that as a business executive."
The aid bloggers do question his premise. Saundra Schimmelpfennig, who blogs at Good Intentions Are Not Enough, writes, "I challenge anyone to find a single country in the world where there are not shoes for sale in the marketplace. There are many better and cheaper ways to get shoes on the feet of the poor."
Schimmelpfennig adds, "Sending donated goods oversees is an appealing idea because it makes you feel like you're really helping while at the same time recycling things that are no longer of any use to you." But since people don't wear shoes for many reasons, both cultural and economic, she says it can be a bad solution, especially if donors don't consult with the people they're trying to help.
Elizabeth Kirk, director of communications at Soles 4 Souls, has a different view. She says her organization listens to criticism and is "always collecting data from partners . . . consistently keeping our ear to the ground. That has led to changes, including working more with non-governmental organizations that are "already on the ground. We trust their instincts and networks." She says the group sometimes buys shoes in-country rather than shipping in used shoes collected in America.
But on the big criticism, that giving shoes or other stuff is more about the donor and the donor's needs than about the recipient, Kirk doesn't back down: "We are trying to meet an issue-lack of footwear-with footwear." Maybe better sanitation is the long-term goal, but Kirk says her organization is focused on the 300 million children worldwide who go without shoes: "You can quickly improve the quality of life and lifespan of a child by giving a pair of shoes." She's impatient with people who "stand against a fence with their hands in their pockets, saying there's a better way to do that."
For now, the aid bloggers and the givers are talking past each other. Schimmelpfennig is concerned about "the impact that the aid project could have on the local economy, that inappropriate donations can do more harm than good." Those concerns don't dissuade organizations like Soles 4 Souls.
But back to underwear: Don't even think of sending your old skivvies or bras to Rwanda. The Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RBS) recently banned both the importation and sales of used nightgowns, men and women's underwear, bras, and undershirts. Inspectors will be guarding the six main border points and the Kigali International Airport to keep out such #SWEDOW. The Rwandan newspaper New Times said of the used underwear, they are "old and cannot serve their purpose."
Saundra Schimmelpfennig says donors should ask six questions before donating goods abroad:
1. Is the donation appropriate for the local climate, culture, and religion?
2. After a disaster, will an influx of donated goods clog the ports?
3. Do the recipients actually need the donation?
4. Are the goods available locally?
5. Will the people receiving the goods be able to afford to fix or replace the donated items?
6. Will donating this item do more harm than good?
She also poses an empathy test: If the roles were reversed, and your town was the one suffering from poverty, famine, or disaster, would you welcome foreign aid workers offering the type of aid you are handing out?


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This may be related to bug/enhancement request #7794, but I hope it is a configuration issue on my part. The use case:
A Secretary is configured to share an Administrator's calendar so they can manage it. The Secretary updates the calendar as necessary. In addition, the Administrator returns from a meeting, gives their PDA to the Secretary to sync. The Secretary syncs the calendar and returns the PDA to the Administrator.
Our current approach is to have the Secretary's Outlook log into the Administrator's Zimbra account. This works well for sync-ing the Calendar. However, it also syncs the mail and allows the Secretary to have access to all the Administrator's email. This is not good.
I can think of a couple of possible solutions.
1) Is there someway to disable the Secretary's ability to run Outlook while still allowing sync-ing to take place? Normally, the Secretary uses the Zimbra web client to access email and maintain the calendar.
2) Is there a way to have the PDA sync-ed to the Administrators shared calendar via the Secretary's account?
3) Is there a way to tell Outlook to be only a calendar program, disabling the email capability?
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INKSTER, Mich. (AP) -- A 113-year-old woman from the Detroit area became the oldest person in the U.S. when a Florida woman of the same age died last month.
According to the Gerontology Research Group, Jeralean Talley of Inkster is the third-oldest person in the world. She earned the title of oldest American when Elsie Thompson of Clearwater, Fla., died March 21, just weeks before her 114th birthday.
Talley was born May 23, 1899, in Montrose, Ga. When asked why she thinks she has lived so long, Talley lifted her arm and pointed to the sky, telling the Detroit Free Press "Don't ask me. Ask Him."
The Gerontology Research Group verifies age information for Guinness World Records. It says the world's two oldest people are 115 and live in Japan.
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Holyoke received heavy rains last week, with 1.32 inches of rainfall on April 23 and 1.54 inches on April 24.
Olympic gold medalist Greco-Roman wrestler Rulon Gardner made an appearance at the high school auditorium April 29 and spoke to students about reaching their goals. The program was part of the FCCLA chapter service project "Ban Bullying."
Dorothy Machamer will be honored May 11 at a retirement coffee in appreciation for her 21 1/2 years of service as the Holyoke Elementary School secretary.
Former Holyoke resident Bob Ewegen and his wife Yvonne will be the featured speakers at a writers' seminar to be held May 16, sponsored by Friends of the Library.
The "Hunger Walk," sponsored by the Phillips County Crop Committee, will be held May 7 between Holyoke and Paoli. Participants have been collecting pledges on a per-mile basis for cash or commodities for distribution to places such as Iran and Bangladesh.
The Holyoke Board of Trustees appointed Leslie Lutze town superintendent, effective May 1. Lutze will work with Willard Bolen, current town superintendent, until Bolen's retirement Oct. 1.
Dan Gracey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Schmidt of Holyoke, was named most valuable player for the 1971-72 basketball season at St. John's College in Winfield, Kan.
Miss Velma Biddle, former student and teacher at the high school in Holyoke, was recently named Teacher of the Year by the Future Teachers of America chapter of Powell, Wyo. where Miss Biddle teaches English.
Holyoke and Wray firemen were called last Thursday afternoon to battle a grass fire in a remote area of the sandhills about 25 miles southeast of Holyoke in the Alvin district. The fire was reportedly started by lightning.
Seven members of the junior class at HHS attended the annual medical career conference in Denver Saturday under the sponsorship of the Colorado Medical Auxiliary.
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|Location: central-nicaragua
|Community: playa-san-diego
|Property Type: Casita
|Bedrooms: 2
|# of Beds: 3
|Bathrooms: 2
|Sleeps: Up to 4
Regular Season:
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50% deposit is required to reserve dates
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This home is equipped with a 2 bedrooms, one with a queen bed and the other with two full beds. Each bedroom is nicely furnished and includes it\'s own AC and ceiling fan. There is wireless Internet, a fully equipped kitchen and Cable TV. Casa Marazul is less than a five-minute walk to the restaurant, bar, common pool area, and beach (Punta San Diego).
- Drinking water provided.
- Fully appointed kitchen (microwave, stove, refrigerator, toaster, blender, coffeemaker etc)
- Bath towels and linens (bring your own beach towels).
- Cable TV
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- Stereo with iPod connection
- Security
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There are several transportation options once you arrive in Nicaragua. In the dry season (Nov. - May), you can often get by with a taxi or shuttle to the beaches near Managua. In the rainy season (June - Oct.), a 4wd vehicle is recommended. Nicaragua has all the major rent-a-car companies at MGA International and reservations can be made in advance, online or upon arrival. If you decide to drive on your own, please be aware that Nicaragua has regular police checkpoints.
Groceries and Restaurants
Food options are limited in beach areas. The Gran Pacifica development has a restaurant on the beach near rental properties open for breakfast lunch and dinner. Los Cardones eco lodge prepares meals daily. There are no grocery stores in the area, so you should stock up with food in Managua for meals you plan to prepare yourself.
Meal Plan
- Surfing
- Fishing
- Snorkeling
- Horseback riding
- Golf at Hacienda Iguana
- Fun local restaurants
- Yoga
- Visit the Las Salinas Hot Springs
- Beach Combing
- Sunset beach walk
Side trips for:
- Shopping in Masaya
- Visit Granada
- Check out San Juan Del Sur
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Alcohol abuse means having unhealthy or dangerous drinking habits, like drinking every day or drinking too much at a time. Signs of alcohol abuse include having problems at home (like arguments about drinking), at work (like being absent or not doing your job), or with the law (like getting arrested for drunk driving).
Over time, this abuse usually causes health problems, like high blood pressure, liver problems, or problems with digestion.
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