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Having a ball: Boone County basketball league fun for players, community
Washington District Senior League is a non-profit co-ed basketball league in Madison for teenagers ages 13-19. The teens involved look forward to this winter sport every year.
"It's absolutely amazing; we go down there to have fun. We don't get too competitive about it. We get to play against people we know and our friends," said Scott High School junior Dakota Workman, who plays for the Hawks.
"Anybody can play; you don't have to try out," he added.
"It's good for teenagers to stay out of trouble. It gives them something to do," said Mathew Walls, a junior at Scott and member of the league's Knicks team.
The senior league has been around for more than 10 years and is a big event in Madison. Students from all three Boone County high schools (Scott, Sherman and Van) play, as well as students from high schools in some nearby counties. Members from all over the community come to watch kids they know play or just to watch the game itself.
A concession stand is run during games, which is where the league gets most of the money it uses to operate. There is also a small admission charge ($2 adults, $1 students), which is used to pay the referees.
Games are at the Madison Civic Center on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The first one of the night starts at 5 p.m.
At the end of the basketball season, the league has a tournament. After the championship game, players and teams are given awards and a pizza party is held for anyone who is present.
As Workman said, any teen who wants to can play in the league. There are no tryouts like there are for school basketball. Anyone who signs up and pays the entry fee is placed on a team.
Before registration, players can attend open gym if they want to get in some practice first. Then, at registration, each player is given a number, and coaches assemble their teams.
There are eight teams in the league this year, all named after NBA teams. They are the Hawks, Knicks, Grizzlies, Magic, Heat, Celtics, Lakers and Spurs.
There are an average of 12 players per team, which means there are slightly less than 100 teens in the league. This is a significant increase from last year.
Washington District Senior League is a great way for community members to come out and support their youth. The teens involved love it and look forward to it every year.
If you live in the area, why not come out for some fun and basketball? You just might love it, too.
For more information, call the Civic Center at 304-369-4647 or request to join the Washington District Senior League Facebook group.


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We normally use Chrome for our Web Clients. However a recent concept involving a Wrapped web client exposed an issue with our Web Client under IE8/9/10 affecting drag and drop functionality. It does not work. I was under the impression that IE was a fully supported browser. I have confirmed that the AJAX client is whats being loaded. Dragging messages into folders with but attaching a file from the desktop folders into a new or existing message does not work withing the Compose window. As far as I can remember before we upgraded to 8.0.3 there was not an issue
I realized I did not ask a question as such. Does Drag and Drop work for anyone else under 8.0.3 ZCS in Internet Explorer?

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I like the gravelly range or tobacco roots for your base camp/ spike camp hunt plans.
I like the gravelly range or tobacco roots for your base camp/ spike camp hunt plans.
tnakyou bitterroot bulls I will check those out.
are the HD's in the Absaroka's any good our would it be better to head north or west?, I'm a NR and haven't hunted MT before
What kind of hunt are you looking for?
depends, I want to be able to leave the truck and pack in a little ways but if there's a few roads around it won't bother me, i don't like to drive around much! mostly just want to know where I can find elk, having never been in any country in MT except on the hiways, i would like to know if some of the units are worth my time even to go scout. any help would be great, I can pour over maps all day, but maps don't show you animals. I can hunt hard just don't want to spend a week miles from no where and not see any animals if you know what I mean.
I am willing to travel so hopefully, i can narrow it down to one or two good ranges, I know MT has a lot of nice bulls and a lot of area to cover
one more question, I plan on hunting the archery season as well, would any of the regions in the centeral to south central be good for archery?
Archery hunting is good everywhere there are elk. The ranges I referenced have some good (even great) bowhunting for elk.


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Phoenix, AZ (Sports Network) - Jee Young Lee fired an 8-under 64 on Friday to
take a 1-stroke lead after two rounds of the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup.
Lee ended 36 holes at Wildfire Golf Club at JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge
Resort & Spa at 15-under 129, while first-round leader Ai Miyazato followed
her record-tying first round with a 5-under 67 to sit a stroke back at 14-
under-par 130 for the tournament.
Miyazato carded a 9-under 63 on Thursday to tie a tournament record and
career-low round.
Stacy Lewis finished with a 7-under 65 on Friday to take sole possession of
third place at minus-11. Lewis has a chance to take the world No. 1 ranking
with a win this week coupled with a third place or worse finish by current No.
1 Yani Tseng (72), who sits in a group tied for 60th place at 2-under.
Danielle Kang (67), Amy Yang (67), Lindsey Wright (67), Candie Kung (69) and
Gerina Piller (69) share third place at 9-under 135.
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text: I have been fortunate enough to have killed plenty of deer. As far as score and what I consider a trophy took until this year to get a 175" buck. It seemed I couldn't get anything better then a 160". While out just looking in hard to draw areas with extremely good trophy quality the 170"-190" are always around but I can never draw those areas. I agree with Montana to be able to kill a 170"+ buck consistently each year is very doubtful without paying the big bucks. I'm sure there are guys out there that do it but not me.


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Fairview Heights, Ill (KSDK) - A man from Ridgeway, Illinois has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring with two other individuals to grow more than 100 marijuana plants and one count of actually growing more than 100 marijuana plants.
The indictment alleged that Daniel J. Fulkerson, 39, was involved in the offenses that occurred in Gallatin County between April 11, 2012 and August 29, 2012.
Fulkerson faces between 5 and 40 years imprisonment, up to a $5 million fine, and 4 years to life on supervised release to follow his incarceration on each count.
He was remanded to the custody of the United States Marshal to await sentencing.


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1965 Oldsmobile Cutlass - Parking Lot Brawler - PHR Project CarWritten by on December 11, 2009 Contributors: Robert McGaffin Our Newest Project Car Gets Ready To Dice Through The Autocross Cones With A Complete DSE Rear Suspension For '64-72 GM A-Bodies.
Avid readers will recognize the name Robert McGaffin as PHR's photographer extraordinaire. Squashing the competition like Walmart in what's left of capitalist America, Robert's endless assignments have brought him face-to-face with the hottest muscle cars featured in this magazine in recent years. Eventually, he couldn't bear standing on the sidelines any longer, and had to get a project car of his own. That itch has materialized in the form of a '65 Olds Cutlass, and he's determined to transform it into a pylon-clipping autocross beast.
While shooting Randy Johnson's LS7-powered '66 Chevelle for our November 2008 issue, McGaffin contracted an A-body fetish that he couldn't shake. Disenchanted by the astronomical price tags affixed to the typical Chevelle, McGaffin realized a change of plan was in order. "I always wanted to build an A-body due to the availability of go-fast parts, and because they have plenty of room inside for my kids. Since Chevelles were so expensive, I started looking at Skylarks and Cutlasses and was amazed by how much more car you could get for the money," he recalls. "I've always been the guy who likes oddball stuff, and I liked the idea of building something that wasn't mainstream. I found this '65 4-4-2 clone on eBay, struck up a deal for $7,500, and a few days later it was sitting in my garage. The car had already been restored in the past, so all the metal was solid and it needed no bodywork at all."
By opting for a not-so-common body that's attached to a very common platform, McGaffin essentially purchased a solid two-door post Cutlass for the same price as a jalopied-out Chevelle. That means he can focus less on restoration and more on performance. "My goal is to build something I can beat on around an autocross course that I can also take to cruise night and enjoy with my kids," he adds. "The stock 330 small-block is going to be replaced with a 500hp 455 big-block, and the suspension and brakes will be upgraded with hardware from DSE and Baer. Above all else, this car needs to be reliable, and I want to keep it on a reasonable budget." The best part is that you'll be able to read all about it right here in PHR as the project develops.
By far, the biggest challenge in building Project Olds will be getting a two-ton A-body to deftly negotiate tight autocross courses, and the big-block plopped up front will only compound the degree of difficulty. Consequently, it only makes sense to tackle the suspension first, and for guidance, we contacted Kyle Tucker at Detroit Speed and Engineering. Although best known for its cutting-edge suspension bits for first-gen F-bodies, DSE has recently expanded its product offerings to encompass GM A-bodies, X-bodies, and Chevy IIs as well. In light of our predicament, Tucker set us up with DSE's Rear Speed Kit, which includes a set of upper and lower control arms, coilovers, an adjustable sway bar, and a chassis brace kit. Lending a huge hand in the parts installation was Brent Jarvis of Performance Restorations in Mundelein, Illinois. Jarvis is no stranger to muscle car restorations, and he's done his fair share of competitively road race A-bodies. In the months ahead, we'll cover the build of Project Olds' engine, rearend, front suspension, fuel system, and brakes, but for now, here's how to transform your A-body's antiquated rear suspension into a laterally lethal combination.
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As with the upper control arms, the lower control arms were matched to the length of the stock arms for the initial installation. On A-bodies, Jarvis recommends setting the lower control arms at a 2- to 4-degree upward angle. "If you actually plot out the instant centers of the rear suspension, you will see that a slight upward angle will give you the best combination of front end lift and anti-dive characteristics. Lower is better to a point, but then the geometry gets screwed up and your suspension just won't work," he explains.Adjusting the control arms is as easy as shortening or lengthening the threaded portion of the arms, then locking down on the jamb nuts. Measuring from the center of one bolthole to the other provides the greatest accuracy when matching the length of the new control arms to the stock units.Removing the upper control arm bushings from the rearend housing can be a real bear. Jarvis says that using a hammer to either remove or install the bushings can crack the housing ears, so a press is a must, which resembles a big C-clamp. As expected of a 40-year-old car, the axle bearings were leaking, and the stock drums were removed accordingly to address the problem.After removing decades worth of grime off the rearend housing with a wire brush, it was given a fresh coat of paint. Before pressing in the new upper control arm bushings, which were supplied with DSE's kit, Jarvis made sure the openings were free of sharp edges and burrs that could potentially obstruct the bushings. A light coat of wheel bearing grease prevents distorting the bushings with excessive force from the press.Perhaps the most innovative pieces bundled into the DSE kit are a set of chassis braces that attach between the upper and lower control arm brackets using the factory boltholes. This effectively triangulates the upper control arm mounts, rear crossmembers, and framerails to substantially stiffen one of the most severely stressed areas of the entire chassis. The braces were actually installed after the control arms were in place, but mocking them up beforehand shows how they're positioned in the chassis for illustrative purposes.To reinforce the factory shock mount area and provide an attachment point for the aftermarket eyelet-style shock mounts, the DSE coilovers use a set of two-piece custom upper brackets. Before installing them, the factory shock mount holes must be enlarged to 3/8 inch.The upper coilover bracket is a two-piece design that sandwiches the framerail. Jarvis first placed the upper doubler plates on the top side of the chassis, then threaded a 3/8-inch bolt into them from the bottom side of the car using the outermost holes. In the two remaining holes, 3/8-inch capscrews were fed into the doubler plates and cinched down with Nylok nuts on top. All bolts were then torqued to 35 lb-ft.The lower coilover conversion bracket mounts to the lower control arm bracket with three bolts. Using existing holes on each lower control arm bracket, Jarvis attached the coilover bracket with 1/2-inch bolts and Nylok nuts. Next, using the coilover bracket as a template, two 5/16-inch holes were drilled into each factory bracket. With the mounting holes drilled, the coilover brackets were torqued to 25 lb-ft on the 5/16-inch bolts and 80 lb-ft on the 1/2-inch bolts.
With the control arms and coilovers attached to both the chassis and rearend, Jarvis torqued the bolts down to spec. DSE recommends using high-strength Loctite on the upper shock bolts, and tightening both ends to 70 lb-ft. The control arms require 110 lb-ft. While a spring rate of 150 lb/in might seem soft, it's important to remember that the stock Cutlass had no rear sway bar at all, and the addition of the DSE bar will increase roll stiffness dramatically. Furthermore, the A-body features springs that are mounted directly to the rearend housing, which yields an effective wheel rate that's identical to the spring rate. In cars where the springs are mounted in the control arms, the resulting linkage ratios create a wheel rate that's often far softer than the actual spring rate.Although the final ride height won't be dialed in until the front suspension is installed next month, Jarvis says it's important to set the baseline height as accurately as possible. He first threaded the coilover adjusting nut until he felt a slight amount of tension, then turned the nut three to four more rounds. Measuring between the base of the shock and the bottom of the adjusting nut with a caliper helps ensure that the left and right sides of the car are sitting evenly.A-bodies use a triangulated four-link, which eliminates the need for a Panhard bar. Consequently, the upper control arms are angled outward, which means that varying their length moves the rearend from side to side. With the tires reattached and the car back on the ground, Jarvis measured between the framerails and axle housing to help center the rearend perfectly.In addition to determining the side-to-side positioning of the rearend, the orientation of the upper control arms also determines the pinion angle. From Jarvis' experience, 2 degrees of pinion angle provides plenty of forward bite for A-bodies, as their four-links don't distort much under heavy acceleration. To achieve that angle, he shortened the upper control arms slightly from their baseline setting.Project Olds' new 275/40R18 Nitto tires cleared the rear wheelwells, but just barely. Accurately centering the rearend helps maximize the available real estate in the stock tubs. Jarvis plans to set the cornerweights during final suspension setup, but for now, the rear ride height was set at 23.5 inches from the ground to the top of the wheelwell.With the new control arms, braces, and coilovers in place, it was time to install DSE's 1.125-inch tubular rear sway bar. Unlike many factory bars that attach to the lower control arms, the DSE piece bolts to the frame. This keeps more vertical load on the inside wheel during cornering for enhanced grip. Since the preliminary ride height had already been set, Jarvis mocked the sway bar into position to help determine where the frame would have to be drilled for the endlink mounts. The bar was affixed to the rearend using supplied U-bolts torqued to 60 lb-ft.The DSE endlinks swivel back and forth along two axis, which allows the sway bar to articulate freely and reduces binding. The upper and lower endlink bolts were tightened to 45 and 40 lb-ft, respectively. The sway bar features two mounting points, which enables fine tuning the rear end stiffness. The distance separating the two holes might not seem like much, but the basic tenets of sway bar design say that minimal changes in swing arm length yield dramatic changes in bar stiffness. DSE rates the bar stiffness at 507 lb/in when the front mounting holes are used, and 624 lb/in when the rear holes are used.Using DSE's provided template, Jarvis drilled two 1/2-inch holes in the rear crossmember, each spaced 15.5 inches from the crossmember centerline. The endlink brackets were then affixed to the frame using 1/2-inch bolts and Nylok nuts torqued to 80 lb-ft.


text: I have 15 NR points and am seriously considering burning these for one NR Paunsagunt archery deer tag this year. Could be as long as 5 years for me to get a rifle or mzl tag there and those hunts are not slam dunks. I enjoy archery better anyway, but I've never archery hunted for mulies. Have a lot of elk experience. Can anyone tell me about the archery deer hunt there, and if you think it would be a good value for 15 points? Thanks.


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WXIA -- All this week here on 11Alive, you'll hear us talking about the American Cancer Society's push to get volunteers for our generation's Cancer Prevention Study.
The Cancer Society needs 300,000 volunteers. Atlanta's share is 5,000.
11Alive is committed to helping recruit those volunteers in honor of our loved ones and co-workers who have battled the disease and for our children's children to live in a cancer free world.
CPS stands for cancer prevention study; it's the third study. The first was a few generations ago and it found the link between smoking and cancer. CPS 2 found links between obesity and cancer.
If you volunteer, you will fill have blood drawn, your waist measured and fill out a questionnaire, then fill out another questionnaire every three years or so for the next 20 to 30 years. That simple deed could help find a cure for cancer.
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Campaign 2008 | The end of a two-year campaign and the election of the nation's first African-American president marks for Democrats a historic milestone and for Republicans a time to begin again. Without color in the evangelical movement, "it's going to be a rough road ahead"
"America spoke" Continued...
When Wilfredo De Jesus learned that Sen. Barack Obama seized enough electoral votes to become the nation's first African-American president, the Hispanic minister was standing a few feet from the podium where Obama greeted an estimated 240,000 jubilant supporters in Chicago's Grant Park on an unseasonably warm election night. "It was surreal," De Jesus told WORLD.
The surreal evening marked the end of a grueling two-year battle for both Obama and Sen. John McCain, and the end of a journey for De Jesus: The Assemblies of God pastor served as the sole evangelical on a 15-member Hispanic advisory board to the Obama campaign, and spent months trying to persuade social conservatives to support the Democratic candidate.
Many scoffed: De Jesus said a handful of members from his own denomination sent hate mail. Others charged he couldn't be a Christian and support Obama. De Jesus pushed back: "For any one party to say that they have the moral mantle of this country, they're wrong."
According to early exit polls, most white evangelicals backed McCain. The Republican led Obama 73 percent to 26 percent among the group. (Obama gained 5 points over Democratic Sen. John Kerry's level of evangelical support in 2004.)
McCain lost support among other groups as well: Just 32 percent of Hispanic voters supported the Republican. That's down from 44 percent who backed President George W. Bush in 2004. While exit polls didn't immediately confirm how many Hispanic evangelicals backed McCain, a pre-election survey reported that Hispanic Protestants supported Obama over McCain by a 50 percent to 33 percent margin. (More than 80 percent of poll participants described themselves as born again and/or evangelical.)
Obama's lead among the group is significant: Bush won as many as 63 percent of Hispanic Protestant voters in 2004.
Why the sharp decline this year? Samuel Rodriquez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC), offers a two-word explanation: "immigration reform." Rodriguez believes GOP stridency over immigration turned many Hispanics against McCain, even though the senator angered Republicans by supporting comprehensive immigration reform last year.
"It's the proverbial rock and the hard place," said Rodriguez. "We like John McCain. We don't like his party."
Hispanic support for Obama helped propel the Democrat to victory in at least four states that supported Bush in 2004: Colorado, Florida, Nevada, and New Mexico. Rodriguez thinks the Republican Party-and white evangelicals-could have done more to reach out to Hispanics by embracing "a compassionate, non-amnesty approach to immigration reform."
"The coalition of white, brown, and black evangelicals-that would have been very powerful in engaging and mobilizing evangelical citizens for McCain," he said. "But that sort of coalition never emerged."
For Obama, turning red states blue helped deliver a substantial electoral victory in an election with record-breaking voter turnout: The Democrat won 364 electoral votes, while McCain carried 162. (Missouri remained too close to call immediately after the election.)
McCain's early concession speech gave way to all-night parties for Obama supporters in places like Washington, D.C., St. Louis, New York City, and Chicago.
In Washington, D.C., an overwhelmingly Democratic district, pubs and restaurants brimmed with revelers, while drummers converged on 14th Street and men ran through the streets with their shirts off, giving high-fives to strangers and banging pots and pans. (At the nearby Capitol Hilton, where the Republican National Committee held an election-watching event, many dejected McCain backers trickled out before networks officially announced the results. Some retreated outside to smoke on sidewalks before climbing into cabs.)
At a St. Louis victory party hosted by two R&B radio stations, the mostly black crowd erupted into cheers when McCain conceded and said: "This is a historic election, and I recognize the significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight."
In New York City, the celebrations turned less poignant in some corners: The Obama Girls of Comedy troupe entertained Obama supporters in Greenwich Village with crude jokes about McCain and his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin. Patrons hunched over dimly lit tables at the Le Poisson Rouge bar, eating "Palin Pigs-In-A-Blanket."
In Chicago's Grant Park, where Obama held a victory party, voters wept openly and strangers embraced at news of Obama's win. A subdued Obama gave a serious speech about the significance of his victory, declaring that "change has come to America." He offered a caveat to voters with high expectations: "The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there."
The president-elect also offered a promise to voters who didn't support him: "For those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I will be your president, too."
Nearly 2,000 miles away, that wasn't a promise some voters wanted to hear. At the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Ariz., McCain supporters brushed away tears as the Republican candidate congratulated Obama and encouraged his supporters to offer the Democrat "good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together."
Surrounded by his family and a teary-eyed Palin, McCain told supporters: "We fought-we fought as hard as we could. And though we fell short, the failure is mine, not yours."
Even as McCain conceded failure, political observers noted that his competitive race was remarkable considering the political environment. Saddled with an economic crisis blamed largely on his party, and relentlessly connected with a highly unpopular president by his foes, McCain still managed to win 46 percent of the popular vote.
Only a few weeks earlier, the presidential race remained neck-and-neck, with McCain gaining ground after a successful GOP convention and a popular vice presidential pick. But it was a September surprise that ultimately unhinged the senator's campaign: When Wall Street collapsed, so did McCain's focus. After he briefly called off his campaign, threatened to cancel the first presidential debate, and returned to Washington to help with an unpopular bailout package, voters questioned McCain's leadership, and the candidate never recovered.
Meanwhile, McCain faced an overwhelming Obama fundraising machine: While McCain accepted public financing and was limited to spending $84 million during the general election, Obama declined public funds and raised a record-breaking $640 million. National and state Democratic parties also outstripped Republican spending, hiring five to 10 times more paid staff than Republicans in swing states, and dominating grassroots efforts once the domain of the GOP.
Conservatives waiting for an 11th-hour intervention like the Swift Boat television ads that damaged Sen. John Kerry's presidential bid in 2004 were disappointed: Chris LaCivita, who developed the Swift Boat campaign for a political action committee four years ago, told Politico that when it came to developing a similar campaign against Obama: "Donors just weren't willing to give the money."
One place McCain's popularity grew through Election Day was with a group that once represented one of his biggest challenges: evangelical voters. Late last year McCain trailed Republican hopefuls Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney among evangelicals, registering only 13 percent of their support.
Shortly before he won the Republican nomination in March, only 25 percent of evangelicals supported McCain. By late March that support rose to 51 percent, and it reached over 70 percent after McCain's choice of Palin as his running mate in August. The Alaska governor delighted religious conservatives, solidified the conservative base, and left some wondering if the McCain camp should have emphasized Palin more during the campaign, despite a barrage of negative coverage by big media outlets (see sidebar).
Hispanic evangelicals like De Jesus and Rodriguez were disappointed that McCain didn't emphasize immigration reform and noted the senator didn't mention the issue in his convention speech. Still, the two pastors-who both serve with the NHCLC-came to different conclusions about the election: De Jesus supported Obama, Rodriguez did not.
Rodriguez said Obama's positions on social issues served as "firewalls" that kept him from supporting the candidate. "I find it difficult to reconcile evangelicalism and a biblical worldview with any candidate that supports abortion on demand," Rodriguez said of Obama. "As an evangelical, as a Christian, as a minister, it's impossible for me to reconcile that."
But Rodriguez said he knew several conservative, Hispanic ministers-like De Jesus-who supported Obama. De Jesus, pastor of New Life Covenant Ministries, a 4,500-member Assemblies of God church in Chicago, said he told Obama that he is "very pro-life and very pro-marriage." "But there are other issues on our plate," he says. He believes Obama would support an immigration plan to give illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship without providing blanket amnesty, an issue De Jesus says has a moral dimension many people ignore.
As Republicans lose conservative Hispanic voters to the Democratic Party, Rodriguez says rebuilding a coalition between Hispanic evangelicals and white evangelicals is possible: "White evangelicals need to reach out and embrace a compassionate, comprehensive, non-amnesty immigration reform policy that reconciles Leviticus 19 and Romans 13" (biblical passages that emphasize compassion for strangers and respect for the law).
Evangelicals looking to build coalitions should also look to another minority group that played a major role in this year's elections: black voters, 95 percent of whom favored Obama. Black voters also favored a socially conservative cause that Obama opposes.
Voters in Arizona, California, and Florida passed ballot measures to ban gay marriage in their states. Obama said he opposes such measures, but a significant bloc of his supporters disagreed: A Florida poll reported that 65 percent of black voters said they would vote for the ban. In California, the support was even higher: Exit polls showed 70 percent of black voters supported the measure. A majority of Latino voters also supported it, while white support was split.
Opponents of the ban appealed to black voters to oppose the measure, and framed the initiatives as a civil-rights issue. Ron Buckmire of the Barbara Jordan/Bayard Rustin Coalition, a homosexual advocacy group in Los Angeles, told The New York Times: "We're saying, 'Gay people are black people and black people are gay. And if you are voting conservative on an anti-gay ballot measure, you are hurting the gay community.'"
Conservative groups, arguing the opposite, poured millions of dollars into the California campaign. The conservative Florida Family Policy Council recruited black pastors to support the Florida measure. Sharon Austin, an associate professor at the University of Florida, told the Florida Times-Union that civil-rights comparisons don't always resonate with blacks: "A lot of people resent that comparison because they don't think it's the same."
Anthony Bradley, an assistant professor of apologetics at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis (and a WORLD correspondent), says his fellow African-Americans often have a social conservatism that comes from the black church influence. But while blacks may support a ballot measure for something like traditional marriage, Bradley says that doesn't usually translate into political activism for conservative candidates.
Bradley says African-Americans expect pastors to address moral issues and politicians to address political issues: "In the black church there's never been a sense that we need to find a political solution to a moral or social problem."
White evangelicals seeking to build coalitions with black evangelicals need to begin with that understanding, he says, and make a case for why issues like abortion and marriage matter politically as well as socially. White evangelical leaders should also include more black leaders in the discussion, Bradley says: "This will challenge more black pastors to rethink their positions."
As Republicans and conservatives begin to rethink strategy in the light of an Obama victory, Rodriguez says reaching out to other groups is key: "You have to broaden the tent-not compromise our values, but put some color into the evangelical movement. If not, it's going to be a rough road ahead."
-with reporting by Emily Belz in Washington and Alisa Harris in New York
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Despite controversy, Palin remains GOP hopeful for many.
By Jamie Dean
RALEIGH, N.C.-Seven hours before Gov. Sarah Palin took the stage for a pre-election event at the Exposition Center in Raleigh, N.C., Diane Byrd was already in line. Dressed in a full-length Uncle Sam suit, and covered with McCain-Palin buttons, Byrd explained why she waited all day to see the vice presidential candidate: "She's brought an enthusiasm back to the Republican Party that has been gone since Reagan. And no matter how this election turns out, that won't go away."
Four days later, the Alaska governor returned to her home state after conceding defeat with Sen. John McCain. But enthusiasm for the Republican was still fresh: Scores of supporters greeted Palin at the Anchorage airport with chants of "2012!" When reporters on the icy tarmac asked the governor if she would consider a run for the presidency in four years, Palin demurred: "We'll see what happens then."
Darrell Ellison already hopes Palin will run: "I'd love to see her in the White House." The factory worker from Raleigh said he didn't plan to vote for McCain until he put Palin on the ticket. "She's real, and she's a conservative," Ellison said at the North Carolina rally. "She's Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher combined."
Women supporting Palin expressed a personal affinity with the governor: Lulane Chasteen, a special-needs teacher from Raleigh, said: "She says the things I want to say." Joann Landry, a native Alaskan, said: "When people see Sarah, they understand me." Sharon Bogler, a mother of two from Concord, N.C., wore a "Palin-Rice: 2012" T-shirt and said: "She's every woman who has a job and kids and manages a budget. Every woman here is Sarah Palin. I'm Sarah Palin."
That kind of enthusiasm met Palin at other events, despite downplayed media coverage: At Elon University near Greensboro, N.C., local police estimated Palin drew a crowd of 15,000. The local paper reported 2,000 at the event. On a trip to The Villages, a retirement community north of Orlando, Fox News reported Palin drew 60,000 people, but the event garnered scant national attention.
At the Raleigh event, fire marshals estimated the crowd at 7,000, with thousands left waiting outside when the Exposition Center was full. The local paper reported 5,000 at the event, and didn't mention the snaking line outside after the doors closed.
While media outlets alternately ignored and scorned Palin, some conservatives derided the governor as well: Conservative columnists for National Review, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post questioned McCain's judgment in picking Palin. CNN reported that McCain campaign aides anonymously complained about Palin as well.
The coverage frustrated Landry, the native Alaskan at the North Carolina rally. Landry blasted the media, but also criticized the McCain campaign for not using Palin more aggressively to attract conservative crowds hungry for her blue-collar message of lower taxes and smaller government.
It's that message-combined with social conservatism-that may make Palin a player in the GOP future, according to Bill Whalen at the Hoover Institution. "Conservatives are looking for Mr. Right," Whalen told the Associated Press. "And maybe Mr. Right turns out to be Ms. Right."
Dave Woodard, a GOP analyst and political science professor at Clemson University, told WORLD that Palin would need to cultivate a deeper understanding of a broader range of policy issues to mount a serious bid for the top spot on the ticket in 2012. And she must find a way to reach moderates and independents that helped sway the election for Obama.
Pollster Frank Luntz agreed, telling The Wall Street Journal: "She's a star among conservatives, but the crucial independent voter has a different perspective, and the lesson for the GOP is if you lose the center, you lose America."
Either way, Joseph Matthews, a UPS worker from Cary, N.C., said he's already sold on Palin. When asked about the governor's political future, a wide grin spread across his bearded face: "I'd vote for her for president."


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Everybody says the 2nd is better if the weather is cool, but the 2nd season has higher hunter success over 3rd season as far as bulls anyway. What's the reason for that? Pressure? In your opinion what is the better season 2nd or 3rd? Obviously muzzleloader and 1st rifle are better but of the 2 OTC seasons which is better?
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Could just be a numbers game from legal bulls getting shot pre-3rd. Plus the remaining ones have gotten pressure & may have headed to private land, or weather related issues. Saw a lot of folks packing up and leaving with a cpl days left during 3rd last year when that big snow storm blew in.
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No. 11 Cyclones Fall to No. 18 Illinois, 3-0
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After a competitive first set saw Illinois come out with a 25-23 decision, the second set looked to be heading the same way with the Cyclones taking an early 7-5 lead. However, the Illini went on a 6-0 run powered by two Liz McMahon kills and a pair of Illinois blocks to get ahead 11-7 and not look back in the second en route to a 25-19 second set victory, and a 2-0 set lead heading to the intermission.
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Mackenzie Bigbee. There were not many bright spots for the Cyclone attack Sunday, but one was the sophomore out of Williamsburg. Bigbee had a match-high 14 kills, she also played all six positions in the third set, allowing her to tie her career-high of five digs.
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*Caitlin Nolan posted a career-high with five service aces. She is the first Cyclone with five aces in a match since Caitlin Mahoney did it against Cincinnati in 2011.
*Mackenzie Bigbee's 14 kills marked the fifth time this season she has reached double-figures and 21st for her career.
*Kristen Hahn posted 13 digs, extending her school-record run to 46-straight matches with at least 10 digs. She has 63 digs in the last week dating back to Wednesday's match at UNI (34) and Friday's against San Diego (16).
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Middle blocker Megan Callen became the first Lancer sophomore from the 2012 South Coast Conference co-champion Pasadena City College women's volleyball team to move to the next level. Callen signed a scholarship to attend and play at NCAA Division II Dominican University of California.
Callen was a two-time, All-South Coast Conference selection at PCC, making the First Team this past season after being a Second Team choice in 2011. In her two seasons, Callen helped the Lancers to a 41-10 overall record and a pair of trips to the Southern California Regional Playoffs.
She averaged 2.11 attack kills and 0.78 block kills per set this season. Her .365 hitting percentage was second best on the Lancers.
The 6-foot-1 Callen played for a CIF Southern Section champion at St. Lucy's Priory (Glendora) and originally accepted a scholarship offer to the University of North Florida. Just before the 2011 season, Callen transferred to PCC and joined the team a few weeks into the schedule.
Callen played under the direction of Lancers head coach Tammy Silva. For the Penguins of Dominican (located in San Rafael), Callen will play for head coach Gayle Stammer.
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Goodguys 15th PPG Nationals Columbus, Ohio - Doin' It Slideways!Written by Johnny Hunkins on November 1, 2012 The Popular Hot Rodding Street Machine Autocross hits the Goodguys 15th PPG Nationals in Columbus, Ohio
The heat topped 100 degrees well before noon on Saturday, July 7—just ask anybody there and they'll tell you it was definitely not a "dry" heat. To those local car nuts who missed being at the Ohio Expo Center & State Fairgrounds for the Goodguys 15th PPG Nationals, the elevated mercury was a convenient excuse to stay at home. Too bad for them; the resulting low attendance made for a wide-open venue that rewarded those who did brave the tarmac. The Pro Touring proponents who lined up to challenge the short yet tricky autocross circuit quickly found out that the record-breaking heat was more of an inconvenience than a hindrance to performance. No heat-related mechanical failures were seen on the Street Machine autocross, and the elevated temperature only seemed to accelerate the deposit of grippy rubber over the course.
At stake was a nicely embroidered Popular Hot Rodding jacket—the irony of which did not escape those who faced the scorching 151-degree asphalt. Perhaps we should've put up for grabs a couple of tickets to the local water park—at least we might've gotten a Mopar or two to partake. Unlike the other four PHR Street Machine Autocross events this year (Del Mar, Texas, Nashville, and Scottsdale this November, in which the fastest qualifiers in each are the automatic winners), the Columbus event has a run-off elimination for the four fastest cars—those being the '63 Corvette of Mark Rife, the '70 Camaro of Josh Leisinger, the '66 Mustang of Kenny Edwards Sr., and the '72 Corvette of Danny Popp.
Popp showed handily why he is considered the best in the biz when he "popped" off a best lap of 33.757 seconds during time trials. That performance later translated into a win during the four-car elimination run-off. Speaking of lap times, we've been asked if the autocross length is consistent from track to track, the same way a quarter-mile dragstrip is. While it would be nice to be able to compare performances at one venue to those at another, each autocross is different due to terrain and space constraints, so lap times can only be compared to lap times at the same course.
The PHR Street Machine autocross, however, was not the only autocross action happening at Columbus Goodguys on the weekend of July 6-8. The Street Machine of the Year (SMOTY) competition was also underway, and this competition requires all cars up for the award to be driven through the course at a pace of the car-owner's choosing. The lap times of these cars are recorded, but do not enter into the scoring equation for the competition; their participation is only meant to prove that the cars are performance worthy. Nevertheless, the fastest car through the course for the SMOTY competition was the "Producer" Mustang, a '66 fastback built by Ringbrothers and owned by Gary Bauers. The Ringbrothers Mustang ran the course in 35.579 seconds, and also outright won the SMOTY competition. Look for a feature on this magnificent car in the near future.
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|1966 Ford Mustang
|Josh Leisinger
|1970 Chevy Camaro
|Mark Rife
|1963 Chevy Corvette
|Mike King
|1963 Pontiac Tempest
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|1969 Chevy Camaro
|Mike Hawley
|1971 Chevy Camaro
|Tom Farrington
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|Mark Turner
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|Bob Bertelsen
|1971 Chevy Camaro
|John Kundrat
|1964 Chevy Corvette
|Michael Merritt
|1967 Ford Mustang
|Al Noe
|1967 Chevy Camaro
|David Forry
|1968 Chevy Camaro
|Ray Thompson
|1968 Chevy Camaro
|Albert Melchior
|1970 Pontiac Formula
|Tommy Lumley
|1969 Chevy Corvette
|Curt Ukasik
|1962 Chevy Nova
|Jim McDaniel
|1968 Pontiac Firebird
|Jody Parker
|1967 Chevy Camaro
|Tony Ramos
|1969 Chevy Camaro
|Cole Quinnell
|1966 Chevy Chevelle
|Mike South
|1968 Chevy Camaro
|Brian Kellisen
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|Lloyd Gaskins
|1957 Chevy Bel Air
|Jay Mellis
|1968 Pontiac Firebird
|Steve South
|1970 Buick Skylark
|Steve Smith
|1966 Chevy Corvette
|Richard Giesey
|1971 Chevy Camaro
|Russ Urban
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|Jeff Betz
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|Jason Varney
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|Don Figliozzi
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|Greg Beetz
|1965 Ford Cobra
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Josh Leisinger grabbed the keys to mom's '70 Camaro for a few hot laps under the baking sun. This show stunner has a beautiful matte-silver paintjob with much custom bodywork. It was running in the Vendor class with a 500-inch LSX plant and DSE suspension.We get all nostalgic when we see a '64 GTO, and this Muncie four-speed car owned by Brian Kellison (Lawrence, Kansas) had our interest piqued. Yes—it's Pontiac powered too! The 455 has ported 6X heads, a COMP cam, and a six-pack carb setup. A full complement of RideTech suspension goods helped it string through the cones.Remember when we printed a photo of Sam Matchett's '55 210 Chevy in the February issue with our Indy coverage? We had no info on it then—but we do now. We discovered that Matchett's got a 400ci Dart-based small-block—one of our faves when it comes to power and reliability. Suspension bits include a Unisteer rack-and-pinion, PST bushings, and Danchuk disc brakes. Matchett says it runs high 12s down the quarter, thanks to a 3.54-geared Dana 60 and a BorgWarner four-speed manual trans.Remember when we printed a photo of Sam Matchett's '55 210 Chevy in the February issue with our Indy coverage? We had no info on it then—but we do now. We discovered that Matchett's got a 400ci Dart-based small-block—one of our faves when it comes to power and reliability. Suspension bits include a Unisteer rack-and-pinion, PST bushings, and Danchuk disc brakes. Matchett says it runs high 12s down the quarter, thanks to a 3.54-geared Dana 60 and a BorgWarner four-speed manual trans.When you see Jeff Beitz's '69 Chevelle wagon the first time, it's impossible to not fall in love with it. This big green machine not only looks gorgeous, it flat-out hauls. Yep—hauls the family, hauls the groceries, and hauls ass too. A 502 Ramjet EFI crate motor moves the beast through a Tremec TKO 600 and a 4.11-geared 12-bolt. Flat cornering is gratis RideTech suspension pieces while braking is handled by Wilwood platters.Ever wanted to know what the difference is between a totally freshened stock suspension and a modern suspension such as one from DSE? We found out when autocross expert Brian Finch jumped into Bill Howell's "new" 351-Windsor–powered '69 Mach 1. It ran a best lap of 41.788 with Finch driving the wheels off it at 10/10ths. When compared to DSE's '66 Mustang with a typical lap time in the mid 33-second range, you can see they aren't even close. Bill Howell says he'll be stepping it up soon!Cheryl Herrick was running the Jet-Hot Performance Coatings '67 Nova hard in the Vendor class, putting the LS1 engine and T56 through its paces. A mix of RideTech and TCI suspension pieces work well with Wilwood binders—the whole point of which is to test out different Jet-Hot coatings in the heat of autocross battle.Also running in the Vendor class was Ryan Matthews piloting the Detroit Speed & Engineering '66 Mustang. The pony is DSE's test vehicle for a completely new line of Mustang suspension components, which was revealed to the public for the first time at Columbus. We've taken a close look at these parts, and the DSE system is the most significant suspension—short of a complete custom-fabbed chassis—that has ever been offered for a Mustang. PHR will be bringing you the details in a tech story soon.The '68 SS/RS Camaro is arguably the sleekest production ponycar ever produced, and Ray Thompson has done a wonderful job taking his to the next level with DSE suspension pieces, a TKO 600 five-speed, Baer disc brakes, and those sexy Torq-Thrust wheels and Nitto NT05 tires. Motivation is from a 383ci small-block.
There's no rule that says guys with stock suspensions have to stay on the sideline, and Steve South's '70 Buick Skylark was one of those cars on the move in the Columbus heat. Steve's a traditional Buick guy with a 455 Buick mill, but he has gotten up to date with an EFI system from Holley, and a Tremec five-speed overdrive. This thing's also run a best of 11.63/116 in the quarter-mile!A mix of RideTech, SPC, Global West, and Bilstein chassis parts are a dead giveaway that Mike South has built his '68 Camaro over a longer period of time instead of all at once. Mike says his crowning achievement is building a custom center console and swapping the drivetrain for an LS1 and a six-speed overdrive.Don Figliozzi's eye-popping Aqua Blue '61 Buick bubbletop got our heads swiveled around in a hurry. It's mostly old-school with a 413ci nailhead Buick motor and Turbo 400, but it does have a Gear Vendors overdrive and RideTech suspension, giving it a much appreciated dose of streetability. We almost bought a bubbletop Buick for a project earlier this year, but the bosses said "no." Figliozzi's car made us feel sorry all over again.Brian Finch built this '70 Chevy Nova for fellow Hermitage, Tennessee, resident, Mark Turner, and let's just say it's got everything it needs to live comfortably at the top of the lap-time chart. The Mast-built LS engine with Holley EFI channels twist to a Tremec six-speed and Moser 9-inch rear with 3.50 gears. The suspension is all DSE—natch—with brakes from Wilwood.Owning a "survivor" car may seem like a big deal to some, but Lynn Denlinger has owned this '72 Camaro Z28 RS for 32 years, so it doesn't seem like such a biggie to him. Lynn has, however, developed an affinity for the stock suspension, so the mods are pretty sparse, making concession only under the hood with a set of AFR heads and a bigger cam.Nobody tries harder to play with the big boys than Al Noe and his '67 Camaro RS/SS. We see him here hanging the rearend out as he dials in just the right amount of opposite lock. Noe works at Trick Flow Specialties, so his 388-inch small-block naturally has TFS heads. RideTech shocks, control arms, and four-link work with Baer Track brakes on Stielow spindles to make this an E-ticket ride.Prior Street Machine autocross winner, Mark Rife, had his '63 Vette running hard with a number-four finish and a spot in Sunday's run-off competition. Rife is an exercise in smoothness that most other competitors can only dream of reproducing. Of course, an LS7 powerplant, Tremec five-speed, RideTech adjustable shocks, and a complete C4 suspension help too.Columbus was the first time we laid eyes on Kenny Edwards' '66 Mustang. We don't know where this car has been hiding (Smithtown, New York, actually), but he nearly put it on the pole for Sunday's eliminator round with a fantastic 33.883-second lap. We were so impressed, we invited Edwards to the Muscle Car of the Year competition the following day. Look for more on it in the December issue.
Cars running time trials in the PHR Street Machine Autocross on Friday and Saturday were eligible for the Sunday eliminator round—provided they could post a lap time in the Top Four! This ladder shows how the Sunday eliminator went down, with Danny Popp and Kenny Edwards Sr. facing off in the final round.When the dust settled, Danny Popp earned the PHR Street Machine Autocross jacket by posting the top lap in qualifying (a 33.757), then making it to the final round of eliminations to beat Kenny Edwards Sr. We'll also point out that Popp has a wicked "new" set of old wheels—a homebuilt '72 Corvette with a 355ci small-block, M21 Muncie four-speed, Wilwood brakes, and Van Steel suspension components.


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The Big Wedding (2013)
The Big Wedding SynopsisWith an all-star cast led by Robert DeNiro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, with Susan Sarandon and Robin Williams, The Big Wedding is an uproarious romantic comedy about a charmingly modern family trying to survive a weekend wedding celebration that has the potential to become a full blown family fiasco. To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin (De Niro and Keaton) are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present and future - and hopefully avoid killing each other in the process. Screenplay by Justin Zackham. Directed by Justin Zackham.
The Big Wedding Release Date
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Starring: Robert De Niro (Don), Katherine Heigl (Lyla), Diane Keaton (Ellie), Amanda Seyfried (Missy), Topher Grace (Jared), Susan Sarandon (Bebe), Robin Williams (Father Moinighan), Ben Barnes (Alejandro), Christine Ebersole (Muffin), David Rasche (Barry), Patricia Rae (Madonna), and Ana Ayora (Nuria)
Written by: Justin Zackham
Directed by: Justin Zackham
Produced by: Justin Zackham, Clay Pecorin, Richard Salvatore, Anthony Katagas, and Harry Ufland
Length: 89 min
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May 25, 2016
Press Release: Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Foundation
Who: Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Foundation
What: Celebrating its 30th year, the Golden Gala is a black tie affair and considered by many as one of Tallahassee's premier charitable and social events. Proceeds from this year's event will support the acquisition of a television-based interactive communications and entertainment system for TMH patients and their families.
The star of Golden Gala XXX is Maroon 5, winner of three Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, two Billboard Music Awards and the 2013 People's Choice Award for best band. The band is led by Adam Levine who is featured as a judge/coach on the hit television series, "The Voice."
When: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 6:00 PM
Where: Leon County Civic Center
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2012-13: Played in all 26 rounds...finished second on the team in scoring with a 78.1 average...had three "Top 5" individual finishes and four "Top 10" finishes...posted a low score of three-under-par 67 in the first round of the Butler Fall Invitational...shot a three-under-par 68 in the final round of the Dayton Flyer Invitational...had a one-under-par 71 in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Conference Championship...tied for third at the Butler-Evansville Challenge and at the Butler Spring Invitational...tied for fourth at the Butler Fall Invitational.
2011-12: Played in 26 rounds and finished fifth on the team in scoring with a 77.6 season average...had one "Top 5" individual finish...shot a season-best round of 71 in the second round of the Butler Fall Invitational...tied for fifth at the Big Four Classic...tied for 12th at the Green Bay Invitational.
2010-11: Saw action in 17 rounds for the Bulldogs...finished tied for fifth at the Big Four Classic...shot a season low 72 at the adidas Hoosier Invitational...posted an 80.0 scoring average.
2009-10: Played in 20 rounds in his first season with the Bulldogs...had a scoring average of 78.5 on the season... finished 8th against Green Bay....finished 9th at the Big Four Classic...shot a season best round of 71 at the Bulter Fall Invitational and D.A. Weibring... named to the Butler Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
High School: Two-year All-City and All-Conference golfer at Saint Xavier High School...helped high school team to a state title as a senior and a fourth place state finish as a junior...sectional medalist as a junior...posted a low round of 69 as a senior...had a 76.0 average as a junior and a 75.0 average as a senior...earned four varsity golf letters...High School Coach: Brian Shircliff.


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This Council Statement for the fifth plenary meeting of the Transatlantic Council on Migration captures key elements of deliberations on the best ways to bring greater order and legality to migration, border management, and labor market systems through transatlantic cooperation.
While policymakers are under increasing pressure to reduce illegal immigration, the estimated population of unauthorized immigrants in EU-15 countries has declined since 2002. European governments are collaborating on the management of their external borders, as this report details, discussing the detected and estimated scope of irregular migration in the European Union.
This volume from MPI's Transatlantic Council on Migration aims to fill the analytical gap regarding the question of what greater global cooperation on governing the flow of international migrants could achieve. The book focuses on a set of fundamental questions: What are the key steps to building a better, more cooperative system of governance? What are the goals that can be achieved through greater international cooperation? And, most fundamentally, who (or what) is to be governed?
This Council Statement from the sixth plenary meeting of the Transatlantic Council on Migration provides an overview of the Council's discussions on how states can work together to move beyond the mantra of "global governance," and begin taking concrete actions in pursuit of a shared agenda of safe, secure, legal, and orderly migration.
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David Walck had plenty of reason to be stressed out Tuesday night.
"I think I just aged about five years in the past hour," the Grand Valley High School volleyball coach said.
The Cardinals gave their coach plenty of reason to fret, but even more reasons to rejoice following their 3A Western Slope League match at Rifle. They rallied from a two-set deficit with some lengthy runs, then held off a late run in the fifth and deciding game for a 19-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 15-10 victory.
"I told my team to step on the floor ready to play, and we didn't come in here ready to play," said senior setter Tarianna Lawrence, who finished with 28 assists and a pair of aces for Grand Valley (4-5 overall, 2-1 league play). "We changed things. We got after it. We went for everything and weren't lazy, we were all fired up and we were competing."
Kayla Fredrich had 10 service aces and four kills and Kyra Chenoweth pumped in a match-high 14 kills for the Cardinals, who faced a 19-9 deficit in the third game. But a Rifle service error, followed by a hitting error and a kill off a dig from Lyndsey Anderson, sparked a 16-4 run the rest of the way to help Grand Valley avoid the sweep.
A 6-0 run late in the fourth game gave the Cardinals a 23-15 cushion and paved the way to a decisive fifth game, where four consecutive aces from Fredrich helped Grand Valley open an 11-1 lead. Hitting errors by the Cardinals, along with a kill from Sarah McCutchan and an ace from Kylee Orgill, pulled Rifle (5-7, 2-1) within 14-10, but a kill from Grand Valley's Megan Smith capped the Cardinals' comeback.
"I was pretty frustrated," said Walck, referring to his team's play through the first two games. "This is a pretty outstanding group of kids, so it's hard to get mad at them. But they made me mad. ... They weren't even honoring Rifle with their best play. I got after them and ... they said, 'That ticked us off.' I told them I was glad it did, but it shouldn't have to take that."
and four aces from McCutchan in the loss. The Bears will continue league play tonight at Gunnison while Grand Valley continues league play at home Saturday against Aspen.
Glenwood Springs downs Rifle boys soccer team
Playing with a short-handed roster because of disciplinary issues, Rifle's boys soccer team dropped a 9-1 decision to Glenwood Springs on Tuesday.
The Demons (2-5, 1-5 4A Western Slope League) snapped a five-game losing streak with the win. Diego Suarez scored the only goal of the game for Rifle (2-5, 1-5).
Rifle continues league play at 11 a.m. Saturday when it hosts Steamboat Springs.
Roman runs to top-10 finish for Cardinals
Grand Valley's Rocio Roman led her team on Saturday at the Hotchkiss Invitational cross country meet. The senior clocked in at 23 minutes, 6 seconds to take sixth place in the girls race.
Isaiah Martinez of Grand Valley finished 17th in the boys race with a time of 20:27.93. Teammates Miguel Valles took 25th (21:19), Joel Carrasco 27th (21:22) and Jonathan Marbas 47th (22:50.34).


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Monday, January 17, 2011
* Preschool At Home: Ground Coffee Sensory Box
12 comments:
- miss merril said...
What a fun sensory idea. Hmmm...I will need a lot for our large sand table in the classroom but I'll start keeping tabs of my coffee grind and bean situation. The aroma an added bonus. Thanks for sharing.
- January 17, 2011 at 10:00 PM
- Gina said...
Wonderful idea! We'll definitely be using it when we do our letter 'C' unit! Now, where, oh where are we going to find some free coffee? ;)
Thanks for sharing! I love your blog!
- January 17, 2011 at 10:21 PM
- Jessica said...
My daughter is only 17 months old, so this is out of the question for now!! But, I love reading about your ideas for when she is older! Even though I secretly want to keep her 17 months old, I also can't wait to try these fun ideas out with her when she is older! :o)
- January 18, 2011 at 11:58 AM
- Rebecca said...
MMM, i bet this sensory bin smells amazing!
- January 20, 2011 at 11:28 AM
- Shauna said...
Your blog is amazing! I just love reading about and looking at all of your wonderful and creative ideas. I am so glad I found your website! I can't wait to exlpore some more!
- January 21, 2011 at 5:12 AM
- Elle Belles Bows said...
Fabulous idea! Love it! Kerri
- January 22, 2011 at 3:57 PM
- bronwyn said...
I just found your site and I'm glad I did! I love this sensory box idea. I do something similar to this with my daughter but not in a box. She calls it "tea flavors". I give her a handful of tea bags and she pours them out into a bowl and mixes them up. She'll add whatever is around - water, cooking oil, coffee grounds, whatever. She scoops it up and distributes it between a few bowls. It is her favorite thing to do. I like the idea of her being able to get her hands in there more. Will have to try this. Thanks!
- January 23, 2011 at 9:24 AM
- Amber Dover said...
Thank you so much for this idea. It's a life saver :)
- January 27, 2011 at 1:31 AM
- Michelle said...
Oh, tempting! ;)
Thanks for adding this in the last week's High paw linky! Hope to see more great ideas added this week too! :)
- January 28, 2011 at 1:51 PM
- Nic and Mike's latest research project said...
For those looking for a source of coffee: I've saved the used grounds from my coffee maker for a week or 2. You can dry it out in a pan in a warm oven or freeze it and play with it later like mud. Added bonus that the the coffee grounds likely has very little caffeine once its been brewed.
- March 3, 2014 at 10:37 PM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
@ Nic and Mike -- YES! we do the same thing here, my kids love to play with it in the backyard then we just dump it in the garden or compost pile when they're done!
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- March 5, 2014 at 5:05 PM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
@ Nic and Mike -- YES! we do the same thing here, my kids love to play with it in the backyard then we just dump it in the garden or compost pile when they're done!
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- March 5, 2014 at 5:05 PM
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - D.C. United's playoff push continues on
Saturday when it heads to BMO Field to take on lowly Toronto FC.
United is unbeaten in its last four games, taking 10 points over that stretch
to remain cemented to a playoff position.
The club has not yet clinched a postseason berth, but its position three
points ahead of the cutoff with three games to go leaves Ben Olsen's men in a
favorable position.
D.C. is coming off of a 1-1 draw with the Portland Timbers at Jeld-Wen Field
last Saturday, the first of two consecutive road games.
"It's a long way and to come away with something is a positive especially with
our road form this year," said Olsen. "It hasn't been stellar, but as of late
we got a win and a tie on the road so, it's something to build on. We're in a
heated race, some teams picked up some points on us, but in the standings it's
a huge point."
The club took the lead against Portland but conceded an equalizer 11 minutes
from time.
"I thought we gave them a lot of their chances, which is disappointing," said
Olsen. "We have to find ways now to kill games off and we've done a pretty
good job of that as of late, but it will help if we can find a way now to get
the second [goal] when we do have the lead and teams are pushing."
Toronto has endured another miserable season, embodied by the club's dreadful
4-1 defeat to Red Bull New York at the weekend.
"It's been the worst season imaginable, to be honest," defender Richard
Eckersley said. "We're simply not good enough for the minute and we want the
season to end so we can regroup and start again next year, really."
The Canadian club brings an 11-game winless run into Saturday's clash, going
0-8-3 over that stretch to remain bottom of the Eastern Conference.
"It's probably the most frustrating thing is the talent is there, the
ability," defender Darren O'Dea said. "It's all there. It's just becoming a
team that can win games even you're not playing too well.
"It doesn't help when you've got your three DPs sitting injured. It doesn't
help, we've had injuries and things but it happens in football. I think next
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Country legend Dolly Parton has offered to adopt a dog left behind by its owner at Britain's Glastonbury festival last month .
The white lurcher was discovered abandoned in a tent during the festival clean-up last week. She was taken to the nearby Happy Landings animal shelter, where she was dubbed Dolly in honor of the "Jolene" hitmaker, who was the star turn of the 2014 event.
Parton has now offered to adopt the dog if its owner does not claim her.
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She says in a video message, "I had my manager call the Happy Landings animal shelter to make sure the dog is being treated and cared for properly.
"At this time, nobody has claimed the dog and the dog is in great hands at the shelter. I will take the dog home to America if nobody claims her within a reasonable amount of time."


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- Fox News: Obama wants a 'Christian cleansing' of the U.S. military
May 3, 2013
By Robert Sobel
The religious right in America have always had a loud voice, but with the election of the first African-American in United States history, their voice has never been louder. One of the media megaphones of the religious right and the conservative movement is none other than the cable news network, Fox News.
The loudest voice in the right-wing media, Fox News has been vocal in their opposition toward President Obama since he was campaigning to become the Democratic nominee for president in 2007. One of their largest criticisms has been the president's religious beliefs. Whether it's fanatical "birthers" questioning President Obama's place of birth or Christian extremists claiming the president is a radical Muslim, Fox News has given them all a platform and have often agreed with them in the process.
During an episode of "Hannity," Fox News radio host, Todd Starnes accused the Obama administration of attempting a "Christian cleansing" of the United States military.
The U.S. military released a statement, re-enforcing the fact that "proselytization" was not permitted regardless of the religion in question, but that soldiers were allowed to share their faith as long as they don't harass others.
"Under the Obama administration we've seen a Christian cleansing of the United States military. Dozens and dozens of incidences of Christianity under-attack. This most recent incident occurred a few days ago when Mikey Weinstein, who is the head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, had a meeting at the Pentagon where he was urging them, the military, to enforce regulations that he believes would result in the Court Martial, proselytizing, sharing their faith. The military, the pentagon, issued a statement to me on Monday. They said that proselytizing was against the Department of Defense regulations. After our story came out, they walked back that statement and they said they do believe in "sharing your faith," that soldiers are allowed to do that."
Fox News and their guests claim that President Obama is trying to rid the military of Christianity, despite following the same rules and regulations that have been in place for years. One could only wonder what the reaction from Fox News would be if a Muslim, Jew or Atheist was "proselytizing" their beliefs to Christian soldiers in the U.S. military.
"Religious proselytization is not permitted within the Department of Defense. Court Martials and non-judicial punishments are decided on a case-by-case basis."