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One of the great wonders of our time is why the mainstream media so often take John McCain seriously on matters of foreign policy.
Granted, McCain is always available for interviews. He's on Sunday morning TV shows more than almost any other politician in American history. The problem is that he's so often wrong, but only rarely is he challenged by his so-called questioners.
And, of course, now that there's a new dust-up in the Middle East, McCain is on the tube at almost every turn of the dial, looking either angry or pensively wise.
As Paul Waldman puts it, the fact that McCain "has never demonstrated the slightest bit of understanding of Iraq is no bar at all to being the most quoted person on the topic."
Waldman offers HERE a few of the foolish pronouncements McCain made at the outset of the Iraq war:
When asked if Iraqis were going to greet us as liberators, he answered, �Absolutely.� He said, �Post-Saddam Hussein Iraq is going to be paid for by the Iraqis� with their oil wealth (the war ended up costing the American taxpayer upwards of $2 trillion). And my favorite: �There is not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shias, so I think they can probably get along.�
The conflict between Sunnis and Shiites is the central dynamic of the Iraq conflict, of course. Yet today, the media once again seek out John McCain�s wisdom and insight on Iraq, which is kind of like saying, �Jeez, it looks like we might be lost � we really need to ask Mr. Magoo for directions.�
Of late, he has a habit of walking out in the middle of briefings where he might actually learn what�s going on so he can head to the cameras and express his dudgeon. His current genius idea is for the administration to rehire David Petraeus and send him to Iraq, where he�ll�do something or other. He showed his deep knowledge yesterday by saying�Al Qaeda is now the richest terrorist organization in history,� apparently unaware that ISIS, the group sweeping through Iraq, is not in fact the same thing as Al Qaeda.


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Poll: Most Americans Want to Hear Less From Palin
Sarah Palin is the politician Americans most want to be quiet, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News/Annenberg poll that asked respondents to weigh in on six prominent figures.
More than half – 52% — of people surveyed said the former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, who was recently seen calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment in a Breitbart News column, should just "be quiet."
Ms. Palin, still a tea party favorite and who maintains an active television and social media presence, scored worse than fellow former pols Jesse Jackson (45%), Dick Cheney (42%) and Newt Gingrich (39%).
Mr. Jackson's numbers are a bit of a mystery, given that he has not been in the national media much of late. More than half of people surveyed who are 50 years or older – who perhaps remember the civil rights activist when he was more prominent and a potential Democratic presidential nominee – said Mr. Jackson should be quiet. Only 35% of people aged 18-34 said the same.
The Journal/NBC/Annenberg poll was kinder to Bill Clinton (31%) and Al Gore (37%), though about half of Republicans said they would prefer that the 1990s Democratic team in the White House would be quiet.
Twelve percent of those surveyed said each of the pols surveyed should continue talking – they said none of them should be quiet.
The poll of 1,392 people was conducted from June 30 to July 7, except for on the July 4 holiday, and has a margin of error of 3.14%.

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PHOENIX -- Hideki Okajima is sound of mind and shoulder and ready to pitch for the A's.
On Tuesday morning, he made the first step. He passed his physical, signed a minor league deal and dressed to take part in the first spring training session for A's pitchers and catchers.
That must come as something of a surprise to the New York Yankees.
It was at about this time a year ago that the Yankees, who had invited former Boston Red Sox short reliever Okajima to spring training, sent him packing, saying that he'd failed his physical exam.
The Yankees found the left-hander's shoulder ailing, and he headed back to Japan, wondering if his big league career was over.
"I wondered `Is this it for the Major Leagues?' '' Okajima, talking through an interpreter, said Tuesday on arriving at Oakland's Phoenix Municipal Stadium home.
He caught on with Softbank in Japan and put together a stellar year — a 0.96 ERA in 56 games and 472/3 innings pitching mostly situational relief. And he did it all with the shoulder the Yankees had deemed dicey.
"I was very surprised to be told I'd failed the physical,'' Okajima said. "I was able to go to Softbank and have a good year, but I always wanted to return to the Major Leagues.''
"The shoulder is fine,'' he said. "I pitched with no problem (in Japan). I won't throw off a mound today, but I'm on a regular schedule.''
Manager Bob Melvin already was well-stocked with left-handed relievers in Jerry Blevins, Sean Doolittle, Pedro Figueroa, Travis Blackley and Jordan Norberto. But he's enthused by the addition of Okajima, who is battle-tested in the post-season.
"I'm excited talking about the depth this move gives,'' Melvin said. "His numbers in Japan were off the chart. He's 37, but he doesn't appear to have a 37-year-old's body. And now our depth on the left-hand side is very strong.''
A's outfielder Coco Crisp, who was with the Red Sox for Okajima's first two seasons back in 2007 and 2008, is a big fan.
"I saw what he did then, and he was outstanding,'' Crisp said. "You have to like his arm.''
Unless, apparently, you are the Yankees.


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Dr. Tommie Robinson recognized by Longwood's CSDS Advisory Board
June 13, 2012
Longwood University's Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSDS) Advisory Committee recently recognized Dr. Tommie Robinson, director of the Scottish Rite Center for Childhood Language Disorders in the Department of Hearing and Speech at Children's National Medical Center, for his ongoing support of Longwood's CSDS program.
Since 2006, Robinson has commuted from Washington, D.C., to teach the CSDS 575 Fluency Disorders summer course at Longwood. In addition, he presented the keynote address for the "Celebration of First" dinner, recognizing the first graduating class of the CSDS program. Robinson also was presented the "Friends of Communication Sciences and Disorders" award in 2011.
"Students widely acclaim the fluency disorders class," said Dr. Lissa Power-deFur, director of the Longwood Center for Communication, Literacy and Learning (LCCLL) and coordinator of Longwood's CSDS graduate program. "As a result of Dr. Robinson's class, our students gain tremendous skills in working with persons who stutter."In 2010, Robinson served as the president of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and has achieved Specialty Recognition in the area of Fluency from the ASHA.


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Fannie and Freddie Bet: A Political Time Bomb?
Mutual fund managers holding preferred shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are divided about whether it's the best bet ever – or a political time bomb.
Bruce Berkowitz said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal this week that he's planning to re-open his $8 billion Fairholme Fund to new investors in part because he plans to scoop up more preferred shares in the mortgage giants, calling them "a huge part of the American dream."
Mr. Berkowitz has a supporter in Thomas LaPointe, manager of the Third Avenue Focused Credit Institutional Fund, with $1.3 billion of assets under management. As of April 30, Mr. LaPointe's fund held 500,000 shares each of the most common Fannie and Freddie preferred stock, according to Morningstar.
In a recent letter to investors, Mr. LaPointe described the two companies as "nearly impossible institutions to replace."
"At some point, we will realize that these companies need to be returned to the public markets," Mr. LaPointe wrote.
A holder of the preferred shares for about three years, Mr. LaPointe said in an interview Friday that he had no plans to sell. He thinks Mr. Berkowitz's plan to increase his stake in the companies is smart.
Not everyone is quite so supportive. Scott Carmack, co-portfolio manager of the Leader Total Return Institutional Fund, with about $35 million of assets under management, said Friday that he sold his fund's position in Fannie Mae "S" preferred – about 50,000 shares – in early June because he felt the investment was too risky.
The bet is a big political wager. Even though Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are profitable, they can't emerge from government control without action from Congress or the U.S. Treasury – and that doesn't appear to be forthcoming. Meanwhile, under the bailout terms, taxpayers can recoup all of their profits, which means preferred shareholders will not be paid. Fairholme and other investors sued the Treasury last month to challenge those terms.
"There's no reason the government has to start paying the preferred shares again," Mr. Carmack said. He added: "These things could be worth 25 or these things could be worth zero."
The "S" series of the Fannie Mae preferred shares have jumped about 180% so far this year, closing Thursday at $4.68.
Mr. Berkowitz has said that he's confident the rule of law will prevail, and the fixed dividend that preferred shareholders should be paid will once again be restored.
Until that happens – or until there's political action – Gary Cloud says he's not moving his fund's position. Mr. Cloud, the co-manager of the Hennessy Core Bond Institutional Fund and the Hennessy Equity and Income Institutional Fund, holds a total of about 18,500 shares of Fannie Mae preferred in the funds, according to Morningstar.
"It's kind of the ultimate crap shoot in a way in that Fannie and Freddie have really become a piggy bank for the federal government," Mr. Cloud says. "It's going to be litigated for quite some time."
– Nick Timiraos contributed to this article.
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Tech Tip 03
Standby Power Supplies Can Lock Up Your PC
- Computer System Lock Ups.
- Standby Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) "Beeps".
- UPS Has Highly Distorted Output Voltage.
- Replace with an On-Line Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) with Sine Wave Output Voltage.
- Adjust sensitivity setting for UPS.
A standby Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) is designed to provide battery backup for the normal 120V AC supply in the event there is an interruption of electrical service. This feature is designed to prevent loss of computer data and protect the load from power line disturbances.
A distributing company reported occasional computer lockups when one of their UPS units "beeped". A computer operator noted that the UPS usually "beeped" when she turned on one specific computer.
The UPS user's manual claimed a "Pseudo Sine Wave" output. A snapshot of the actual output waveform is shown in Figure 1. Replacing the UPS with an on-line UPS featuring a sine wave output was recommended.
The line-to-neutral peak was 200 volts, roughly 18% above the nominal peak of 170 volts. The higher voltage and nonsinusoidal output voltage waveform may have contributed to the computer lock-ups.
Figure 1: Transfer to Battery Backup
Employees of a fast food restaurant reported enduring computer system lockups a few times a day. These lockups would halt the electronic cash registers until the computer system could be restarted. The output waveform of their UPS is shown in Figure 2.
The sensitivity setting of the transfer mechanism caused the UPS to switch to battery backup several times each day. The random computer lockups ceased following replacement of the standby UPS with an on-line, pure sine wave output UPS.
Figure 2: Transfer to Battery Backup
For some UPS systems it is possible to lower the voltage threshold setting that causes the unit to switch to the backup supply. This may be done by flipping mini-switches on the back of the unit or by software that is supplied with the unit.
The information and diagrams presented herein are for general educational purposes only, and should not be relied upon as instructions for customer self-wiring. Customers should at all times seek the assistance of qualified electricians or utility personnel for all wiring projects.


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1997-1998 Chevrolet Malibu COLD ENGINE TICK OR RATTLE AFTER START-UP (REPLACE PISTON/PIN ASSEMBLY)
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Model(s): 1994-95 Buick Regal 1994-97 Buick Skylark 1994-98 Buick Century 1994-95 Chevrolet Beretta Corsica, Lumina, Monte Carlo 1996-98 Chevrolet Venture 1997-98 Chevrolet Malibu 1993-97 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme 1994-96 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera 1994-97 Oldsmobile Achieva 1996-98 Oldsmobile Silhouette 1997-98 Oldsmobile Cutlass 1994-98 Pontiac Grand Am, Grand Prix 1996-98 Pontiac Trans Sport with 3100, 3400 V6 Engine (VINs M, E – RPOs ticking type noise that begins shortly after cold engine start-up and gradually diminishes as the engine warms up. In most cases, the noise is gone after five (5) minutes. In severe cases, the noise may not disappear when lhe engine is hot. Under normal design tolerances when the piston pin bore is produced at the maximum tolerance and the piston pin is produced at the minimum tolerance (min-max tolerance) trace noise levels can occur. This level of noise does not affect the reliability or durability of the product. If piston-to-pin noise is detected and the customer desires the condition to be corrected, replace all six pistons with pin assemblies. The new piston sets have a minimal piston-to-pin clearance. Remember, piston-to-pin noise occurs in both park and drive at engine idle rpm and it varies in intensity depending on the number of pistons involved. A ticking sound means one piston is affected whereas a rattle or diesel type sound indicates more than one piston affected. The following should also be checked: 1. On W-Cars, make sure the right side engine splash shield is not contacting the engine crankshaft balancer. This condition usually happens cold and is caused by the shield curling when cold. 2. Reference Service Bulletin 57-71-06 for transmission rattle noise often confused for engine rattle noise. 3. Reference Service Bulletin 47-61-36 for Accessory Drive Belt Tensioner noise. 4. Check cylinder bore diameter and piston diameter as outlined in the Service Manual.


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1. Halloween party downstairs, but not in the mood: 01:42
The Graduate House Halloween bash is still going on downstairs. The loud whoops seem to indicate that people are still having tons of fun. But I don't have any energy. I feel so out of things.
This lethargy started at dinner. Maybe an MSG overload at the Japanese place we went to? Not eating there again.
But there's also... well... it's never really been my scene. That's why I still insist that I'm an introvert. I don't get a thrill out of just partying.
I'm tired. I don't want to meet more people right now. I want to get to know the people I know, and maybe go from them to the people they think I should know.
The high energy, bubbly person most people know - that's me. That's a real me. But there's also a quieter, deeper me. That's a real me, too. I think it's time for people to get to know that side of me. (That said--I might be quieter, but I still think life is good!)
Or maybe this is just the MSG talking...
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The 3HO lifestyle puts the "health" into "Healthy."
Over the years, Yogi Bhajan shared a lot of practical, traditional wisdom about how to stay healthy. From food and herbs; to the science of Ayurveda; to the healing properties of gems; to the subtle healing power of Sat Nam Rasayan; all these traditions date back to ancient practices. Before modern medicine, people consciously took care of their physical bodies. They worked with their own healing power, and with the gifts of nature, to maintain their health. The systems they created have much to teach us, even today.
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February 21, 2006
It's one of life's biggest frustrations, bad drivers. Don't you wish you had a camera to catch that person who cut you off last week, or those speeders who keep terrorizing your neighborhood? News 12 set out to do just that.
Drivers who break the rules drive us all crazy. Your e-mails poured in about dumb and dangerous drivers near you. So we set out to catch it on tape.
Diana Nevils worries about the elderly in her neighborhood when they cross this four-way stop at Battle Row Drive and Metcalf Drive. She watches the danger from her porch.
"They run through. They never slow down a lot of times. I say you catch them at the right time and you're going to have a collision on that," Nevils said.
We set up our camera there and sure enough, one car after another, after another, after another rolls right through the four-way stop. You would think it's a yield sign.
Others wrote about Washington Road's drivers. We catch a driver more concerned about a cigarette light than the stoplight. This lady keeps cars way back from the intersection. And we spot this driver on Washington Road who forgot to shut his trunk, whoops!
We noticed some dangerous driving while going live after the death under the Olive Road railroad bridge. The road underneath the bridge was closed while a fallen beam was repaired, but we saw many cars ignoring signs and going right underneath. After setting up our camera, the only driver we catch on tape is this green SUV. He starts to go under but sees News 12 so he turns around, loops behind us and heads the right way down the street.
We had to leave our Olive Road stakeout for another interview, but when we returned a few hours later we saw sheriff's officers must have noticed drivers trying to slip through these barriers. Drivers won't be getting through anymore. Now a concrete wall is up so no one can get under this bridge.
We also catch speeders in a school zone. As school is getting out at Garrett Elementary off Eisenhower Drive, many cars are going ten over the speed limit. This Rav 4 whizzes by at 40 miles per hour and we find the driver lives on the same street as the school.
"Did you know you were going 15 over?" News 12 asked.
"I didn't," the driver said.
"You didn't know?" News 12 asked.
"No, I didn't," the driver said.
"These are your neighborhood kids, aren't they?" News 12 asked.
"Yes they are," the driver said.
"And you don't want to hurt them?" News 12 asked.
"No," the driver said.
This driver says she'll be more careful next time.
We have two more nights of Dumb and Dangerous Drivers caught on camera. Coming up on News 12 at 6 o'clock on Wednesday night we'll show you a car trying to beat a train, and someone blocking a fire lane for half an hour. We confront drivers to find out why.


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1. Got my study permit extended: 20:19
Yay! No longer have a strict deadline for completion. Not that I should let my schedule slip anyway, but it's nice to know that I won't have to leave by Aug 31.
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Today is one of the floater holidays at IBM. I think floater days are there so that IBMers in different Canadian provinces have roughly the same number of holidays. Monday will be a civic holiday, too.
What do you do with an unexpected holiday?
What I do for work (or my studies, at least) is so much fun that I don't need to escape from it, so I don't have any daydreams or ready-made escape plans for going off to the beach or something like that.
Instead, I spent the morning hanging out with a friend I haven't seen in more than a year. I picked up two parcels, too: a care package from my mom, and a thank-you gift from Tito Henk, Kathy's boyfriend's father. =)
Then I spent the afternoon reading a book on how to read. To be precise: "How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading", by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren. I learned that the although I still have to think about whether or not the Great Books will play that much of a role in my life. Fortunately, W- actually has books like Edward Gibbons' The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, so I can go and judge for myself.
In the evening, W-, J- and I had one of my favorites: strawberry salad with raspberry vinaigrette. She was particularly insistent on playing store after yesterday's math-lesson-disguised-as-play. And now we're watching Annie. J- has seen it so many times, but she still loves it. =)
I guess that's what I want my holidays to be: a chance to slow down and savor life, and a time to think ahead, too...
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The New York State Fair will be wrapping up another successful year on Monday. Attendance is up from last year, but Saturday's numbers broke the fair's single-day record set 25 years ago.
The new record stands at 120,617 attendees, topping the previous mark of 120,516 set in 1989. Day 10 attendance was up by more than 40,000 from 2013.
According to our news partner, News10NBC, not only was the weather great on Saturday, but the fair hosted country acts Jason Aldean and Florida Georgia Line as well as the first-ever Miss New York State Fair Pageant and Talent Show.
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Bruce Paltrow
A producer and director known as much for the love and loyalty of his famous friends and family as he was for his groundbreaking and progressive TV work, Bruce Paltrow struck an exemplary balance between his public and private lives. His work on shows such as "The White Shadow" and "St. Elsewhere" influenced a generation of television dramas. More recently, he became known as the beloved father of Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who has credited him for crucial personal and professional support.
Bruce Paltrow was born in Brooklyn , New York on November 26, 1943 . He studied painting at Tulane University , but later moved back to New York , where he became interested in theater. As a young producer, Paltrow won a Tony Award for Butterflies are Free and produced several other plays on and off Broadway.
It was in rehearsals for one of those productions, the 1969 play Someone's Comin' Hungry, that Paltrow met actress Blythe Danner, whom he married in 1970. Danner became his partner in art and in life—and Paltrow's anchor when things got rough or heady. In a 1970 interview quoted in his New York Times obituary, Paltrow compared himself and Danner to celebrity couples of the time, saying, "We're not Andy Hardy types, but we're also not Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero... We're more like Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman." Danner's loving correction: "Oh no, honey. We don't even know those people. We're just us." Perhaps the pair's combination of dedication and level headedness served as a foundation for their long marriage, which was known to be one of the most solid in Hollywood .
In the 1970s, Paltrow and Danner—by then the parents of Gwyneth and Jake—moved to Southern California , where Paltrow began working at Screen Gems, a division of Columbia Pictures. His first success there came with the TV movie Shirts/Skins, a sports comedy in which a group of six businessmen turn their weekly pickup basketball game into an increasingly wacky treasure hunt.
Paltrow continued the sports theme with the 1978 television series "The White Shadow," starring Ken Howard as a white NBA pro who becomes the basketball coach at a mostly black inner-city high school. In its three years on the air, the show—which Paltrow wrote, directed, and produced—won two Emmy nominations and earned Paltrow a reputation for smart, socially conscious TV.
In 1982, Paltrow directed his first feature, A Little Sex, starring Tim Matheson and Kate Capshaw. Though the film, which explored marriage and infidelity in the post-sexual revolution/pre-AIDS era, didn't do well with critics or audiences, that same year Paltrow returned to television to create his biggest hit, the popular medical drama "St. Elsewhere."
In its six years on the air, "St. Elsewhere," which followed the staff of St. Eligius, a run-down Boston teaching hospital, as they faced work and personal challenges, won four Golden Globes, three awards from Viewers for Quality Television, and 13 Emmys (out of a staggering 63 nominations). The show, which launched the careers of actors Denzel Washington, Ed Begley Jr., and Mark Harmon, is seen as the forerunner of modern medical dramas such as "ER," "Chicago Hope," and "Presidio Med" (the latter of which starred Paltrow's wife Danner).
Along with Steven Bochco's "Hill St. Blues," which was written just one flight up at the MTM building in Studio City , "St. Elsewhere" set a new standard for television. Combining drama and comedy, the shows featured multiple interwoven plot lines in each episode. Though network executives were unsure how audiences would respond to complex, character-driven work that blended drama with black humor, the show was a hit.
And Paltrow pushed his writers to do the best work they could, on time and on budget. In an interview for the Writer's Guild of America magazine Written By, Lydia Woodward remembers Paltrow's advice: "Don't dumb it down. The audience is smart and gets what you are doing." Steve Lawson remembers Paltrow's response to his first script: "A key is how many pages [were] dog-eared. I snuck a look, and every page but the title page was dog-eared. Bruce began, 'Page one is very funny; unfortunately, this is a drama... Page three is very well-typed. On page four I don't know where we are.'" With humor and rigor, Paltrow got the most from his writing staff, and it showed.
"St. Elsewhere" was also known for its treatment of previously taboo medical subjects, including testicular cancer and AIDS. The former episode ran into trouble when network censors, fearing viewer reaction, wouldn't let writers use the word "testicles"—but Paltrow fought and won that battle, recalls writer Tom Fontana in the Written By interview. In the end, he explains, "the only letters we got were from young men who had done the self-examination explained in the show, found a lump, gone to a doctor, and gotten cured." The series went on to win an award from the Humanitas Foundation for such breakthroughs.
In 1999, just a few months before he was to direct his daughter Gwyneth in Duet— his return to feature film—Paltrow was diagnosed with throat cancer. After a treatment of radical surgery and radiation, he returned to the Duets set after only 13 days. By the time the film was released in 2000, Paltrow was declared in remission.
Throughout his career, Paltrow was loved and respected by those who worked with him, all of whom admired his dedication to work and family. "He was a family man," Ken Howard, star of "The White Shadow," told E Online in 2002. "He always put his family before his work." And Paltrow treated his coworkers almost like family, added Howard: "For those who worked for him, he was always very supportive."
Characteristically, in his advice to aspiring writers and directors Paltrow wedded professional and home life, hard work and true love. He told an interviewer for Written By, "It's a prizefight. Get off the stool, take your beating, go back to your corner, rest, and take a beating again. Believe in your own talent.... Marry well."
True to his word, Paltrow's marriage to Blythe Danner lasted 32 years, and by all accounts he was very close to his children, Gwyneth and Jake (now a TV director in New York who has directed several episodes of "NYPD Blue"). When Gwyneth won a 2000 Academy Award for her work in Shakespeare in Love, her emotional acceptance speech focused on how much she appreciated her father. She has said, "He's incredibly loving and so supportive and so brilliant and just so funny.... I feel really lucky to have him."
On October 3, 2002 , Paltrow was celebrating his daughter's birthday with her in Rome when he died suddenly from pneumonia and complications associated with recurrence of the cancer he first fought two years earlier. He was 58 years old. He is remembered as a maker of high-quality television that changed lives and as a loving husband, father, and friend. In 2003, Steven Spielberg, Paltrow's closest friend for 30 years, dedicated his film Catch Me if You Can to the memory of his great friend and compatriot.
In 2005, Paltrow's wife, Blythe Danner, began a relationship with the Oral Cancer Foundation. She graciously donated her time to film a very well received public service announcement on the need for early detection of oral cancers, which played on TV stations nationwide. In 2006 she again partnered with the foundation to continue her call for early detection and public literacy regarding oral cancer. During this partnership she did print interviews with People Magazine and Woman's Day, and TV interviews on Good Morning America, and Entertainment Tonight. Her efforts to help others through awareness and early detection keep the memory of her husband alive, and will positively impact millions of people that have come in contact with her message.
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Shia LaBeouf has received a cease-and-desist letter from Daniel Clowes' attorney, basically asking him to stop messing with his client, according to Variety.
LaBeouf last week hired a skywriter to apologize to Clowes for plagiarizing his 2012 short film "HowardCantour.com" from a Clowes' comic. On Tuesday, LaBeouf tweeted about the cease and desist letter that was sent to LaBeouf's attorney Brian J. Wolf.
"Your client is seriously out of control," read the letter from the comic book artist/writer's lawyer Michael Kump.
Seems like he left out the part about LaBeouf being crazy as well.
Kump wrote, "We have been waiting since December 27th to hear how Mr. LaBeouf intends to make right, but all that has happened is further wrongful acts."
Kump suggested LaBeouf again violated his client's rights in a series of recent tweets related to the incident. For example, one said a new short film was in the works based on Clowes' work, titled "Daniel Boring."
"No analysis is needed to prove that Mr. LaBeouf's most recent transgressions violate Mr. Clowes' rights under the law," Kump wrote.
This is all really weird.
LaBeouf has apologized several times to Clowes on Twitter during the past month ("You have my apologies for offending you for thinking I was being serious instead of accurately realizing I was mocking you," he wrote). He has since tweeted a number of sarcastic messages, with words and famous apologies from other celebrities, including Kanye West and Taylor Swift.
Clowes' lawyer apparently doesn't find it funny.
"Leave Mr. Clowes alone and address these problems immediately," Kump wrote, calling LaBeouf's skywriting stunt "foolishness."
Then again, maybe Kump should encourage LaBeouf. Had you ever heard of Daniel Clowes before last month?
Stay tuned.
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Pa. hunter OK after hanging upside-down in tree
Published: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 7:07 a.m.
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BRUSH VALLEY, Pa. (AP) — A 63-year-old hunter will be OK despite hanging upside-down after his tree stand broke in the western Pennsylvania woods.
Brush Valley assistant fire chief Al Pluchinsky says James Yoder, of Johnstown, was hunting with a partner in Brushvalley Township late Saturday afternoon when the stand broke. Yoder's feet got tangled and he was dangling about 15 feet off the ground, though his partner helped Yoder by trying to hold his head somewhat upright while they yelled for help.
One of Pluchinsky's firefighters, who lives nearby, heard the distress calls and called 911. Others arrived to search and they found Yoder and his partner a little after 6 p.m.
Yoder was treated and released for minor injuries at Conemaugh Memorial Hospital in Johnstown.
Brushvalley is about 50 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
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"Gross is a top-notch thriller writer."
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"Andrew Gross knows how to make your skin crawl. Eyes Wide Open should be read with the door shut and the lights on; a truly terrifying descent into evil."
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New York Times bestselling author Andrew Gross solidifies his position as one of today's very best suspense authors with Eyes Wide Open. Joining his previous bestsellers The Blue Zone, The Dark Tide, Don't Look Twice, and Reckless, Eyes Wide Open is another brilliant example of the contemporary thriller done absolutely right. In this relentlessly exciting page-turner, a man must investigate a shattering personal tragedy that is somehow connected with a charismatic cult leader from the '60s. James Patterson, Harlan Coben, David Baldacci, John Grisham, Jonathan Kellerman, Jeffery Deaver, Lisa Gardner, Nelson DeMille, Tess Gerritsen—Andrew Gross stands tall in their elite company.
Jay Erlich's nephew has been found at the bottom of a cliff at Morrow Bay—a tragic suicide, it appears, until secrets from the past rear up again.
Years ago, Jay's older brother, Charlie, a wayward child of the sixties, fell under the sway of a charismatic but deeply disturbed cult leader in California—a mesmerizing human monster who set a nightmare of violence into motion. Charlie moved on and raised a family, but the demons that nearly destroyed him never completely disappeared.
Heading west to help his grieving brother, Jay finds himself being pulled back into Charlie's dark history. In a story of two brothers—one successful, the other outcast and troubled—Jay must put his family and life on the line to uncover the truth behind his brother's son's death, a dark and dangerous quest that threatens to bring up the secrets of the past once again . . . and plunge him over the edge into the depths of evil.
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"An emotional, frightening study of evil with believable characters and a relentless pace. Readers who wear pacemakers will want to check their batteries before they open the book." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Gross's suspenseful second stand-alone thriller (after The Blue Zone) raises chills and strains credulity in almost equal measure." — Publishers Weekly
"A chilling page-turner drawn from the author's life." — People
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"Each and every page of this thriller makes the goosebumps stand up as high as they will go... a superb novel full of fear, chills and mind-games that are truly unforgetable!" — Feathered Quill Book Reviews
"Gross offers dysfunction galore in this psychological thriller." — The Oklahoman
"Gross is a master of 3-D characters….Compelling with its intensity….Gross has written his best book to date." — Associated Press
"If there are tricks of the trade, Gross has learned them all. He writes with seeming ease, offering no fancy stylistic tics, no overwrought prose, no melodrama, just a menacing tale with effective twists, perfect pacing, intriguing characters, and heart-gripping suspense." — Library Journal (starred review)
"Gross's suspenseful second stand-alone thriller…raises chills…" — Publishers Weekly
"Emotional weight... a harrowing story that works its own terrible magic on a reader... a high velocity page-turner... the personal drama moves us before the thriller elements kick into high gear. — Connecticut Post
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The Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce has announced the holiday parade winners. The Chamber-hosted parade was held Dec. 14.
According to the Chamber's newsletter, the parade featured many beautiful and creative entries which caused the judges to have a very difficult task in choosing a best.
The awards are as follows:
• Spectacular Sparkles Award — Given to any entry that presents an outstanding display of lights and/or other type of illumination: Ridgepoint Church
• Elfin Magic Award — Given to the outstanding entry featuring children as the main part of the entry: St. Mary's Church
• Spirit Award — Given to the entry that has the most enthusiasm during the parade: Snappy Tomato
• Director's Award — Given to the best walking/marching group: ORHS Marching Band
• Chamber Award — Given to the overall outstanding entry presenting and illustrating the parade theme (Inside Santa's Workshop): Home Depot
• Judge's Award — Given to the entry that has the best overall originality, creativity, appearance and uniqueness of decorations: City of Oak Ridge Electric Department
• Buddy the Elf Award — Created by this year's judges to honor the elf-like enthusiasm displayed by one of Oak Ridge's newest residents at his first Oak Ridge parade: Jeremy Wharton.
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Photos and brief information on each of the 85-plus candidates in Sunday's Anderson County Fairest of the Fair and Tiny Miss pagents will be published in the Friday print edition of The Oak Ridger,
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Milton F. Wolff, 81, of Stroud, died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in Stroud.
Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at Immanual Lutheran Baptist Church in Cushing. Burial will follow at Luthren Cemetery in Cushing.
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News 12 at 11 o'clock, March 30, 2010
AUGUSTA, Ga. --- He's known as the "Bad Boy of Radio" and on Tuesday night he was in town to do some good. His message was so popular -- so many people came out -- that some had to be turned away. Still, everyone is welcome to help save our kids. National Radio Show Host, Michael Baisden of the Michael Baisden Show has created a campaign to encourage one million Americans to sign up as mentors for children. More than a thousand people packed Paine College's Chapel to hear his message and News 12's Melissa Tune was there.
Baisden brings his message of mentoring to Augusta as part of a 73 city tour. With the recent violence in Augusta,many say his trip and his words are right on time to help the community.
It was a packed house with standing room only as Michael Baisden receives a warm welcome at Paine College. The radio show host delivered his charge to Augusta step up the mentoring. Baisden's goal is to get a million mentors for children signed up. This was Baisden's first trip to Augusta.
"I love being in Augusta!" says Baisden." I'm really happy to be here. The campaign has been great and great seeing the kids and great seeing the organizations."
Baisden and his co-host George Wilborn are both enthusiastic on the radio and off. They are hoping that they can help change the course of a child gone astray in some way.
"That is the goal -- to touch as many lives as possible,"said George Wilborn.
Baisden agrees.
"I think people are really ready for this, I think they needed somebody to take the lead and I"m glad that I could do that,"added Baisden.
Baisden decided back in September 2009 to tackle gang violence and that is where the idea of a million mentors was born.
"I wanted people to focus on the numbers and the time that we need to spend with our children," explained Baisden. "We know for a fact that mentoring impacts children's grades and grades go up and there's less incarceration and less drop out."
Baisden chose Paine College as the location for his town hall meeting. He was flanked by city leaders and law enforcement all there to show support.
Before leaving, the two radio show hosts each left a message.
"After we leave, what's important is that after the bus pulls out, the impact we leave on people to get up and make a difference and continue the momentum that's started," said Wilborn.
"There's no excuse for not getting involved with kids," said Baisden."We need people to sign up with a program that's existing or just get involved as an individual. "Get up off your behinds and do something these kids need our help!"
The turnout was so big Paine College had to turn away some people but you can still help with this One Million Mentors Campaign.
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Brian Patton has been serving as the head men's and women's cross country and track and field coach at Greenville College since 1994. His men's track and field teams have been crowned NCCAA national champions 12 times while the women's track and field team has placed as high as second at the NCCAA championships.
Patton is a 22-time recipient of the SLIAC cross country coach of the year award and has coached 122 NCAA Division III national qualifiers, 44 NCAA Division III All-Americans, 111 USTFCCCA academic All-Americans, and four individual NCAA Division III national champions. Additionally, he has coached 155 all-conference athletes in cross country alone.
The men's cross country team has won 12 of the last 14 SLIAC championships while the women's team has won a total of 14 conference championships. The men's track and field team finished sixth in the 2015 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field championships and seventh in 2004 and 2014 with Patton at the helm.
Patton, a certified public accountant, graduated from Greenville College in 1988 and has a 15th place finish at the Vineman Ironman triathlon to his credit. He and his wife Heather have two sons, Elijah and Caleb.
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Lela Asp, 98, of Yuba City, passed away March 20, 2012 at Rideout Memorial Hospital, in Marysville.
Lela was born on November 2, 1913 in Tensed, Idaho. She was the youngest of 12 children born to George and Mary Catherine Billingsley. She moved to California from the state of Washington and settled in Gridley in her early twenties. She resided in Gridley for 50 years. It was here that she met and married Everett H. Spratling in 1938. She was the head cook for the Gridley School District for many years and a wonderful homemaker. Her home was always open to family and friends.
In 1984, she married Gordon Asp and they traveled throughout much of the United States. They resided in Corvallis, Oregon and Yuma, Arizona.
Lela moved to Yuba City in 2004 to be near her family. She was a member of the Widowed Persons Association, the Women of the Moose and Crossroads Community Church. She was an independent lady with a love for life. She loved to dance, travel, and be with people.
Lela is survived by her daughter Lavaune Bell, of Yuba City; grandson Michael Bell and his wife, Kara, of Yuba City; great-grandchildren Katelyn and Wyatt, of Yuba City.
She was preceded in death by husbands Everett and Gordon, her parents and all of her siblings.
A celebration of her life will be held on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at 11 a.m., at Crossroads Community Church, in Yuba City, with Pastor Jim Clark officiating.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Lela's memory may be made to Crossroads Community Church, 445 B Street, Yuba City, CA 95991.
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The Sloth opened up the first set. After not opening a show from 11/24/91 in New Hampshire until 3/22/03 in Cincinnati, the Phish from Vermont decided to come out of the gate slicing nipples for the second time in the past 10 shows. Well played version, jumped straight into My Sweet One and immediately we've assuaged fears of this being a typical show.
46 Days was flirting with leaving it's structure by 3 minutes into the song but stayed relatively snug within it's languid confines. I'm always a big fan of the joygasm that follows the brief reprise of the chorus and this version didn't disappoint.
Camel Walk leads off a very well played funk suite, something tells me that Camel Walk will be the next song to receive one of the unexpected dashes of extra mustard that seem to be popping up lately, from the SuperMound to the West Coast Roggae amongst others.
The Tube that we all missed made it's grand return in Atlantic City. Page's clavinet work and Fish's "Nude Descending The Staircase" beat seemed to invigorate Phish and lead Tube somewhat outside of the box for the first time in quite awhile. Some classic start-stop jamming allowed the fans to show our appreciation. When that first break launched into some funky bass instead of the end of Tube, ecstatic might not encompass the feeling from the fans. God, I'm so happy with this show I almost typed "Phans"!
The little spacey interlude following Tube undoubtedly had the entire audience in the palm of Phish's collective hands anticipating the long awaited return of the Tube Reprise. It wasn't to be. This Tube didn't reach the heights of Dayton 97 or Hershey 00 but I don't think it would be a stretch to say that people appreciated it more.
The funk continued in the form of Cities. Any time you get a chance to get 10,000 hippies to scream the question "Do I smell?" You gotta take it. While Cities stayed as standard as it gets, I really enjoyed the quick and smooth segue into It's Ice. Fit like a glove on a gearshift as Phish pushed it into 3rd and left the funk behind.
The intricate innards of It's Ice were a nice reminder of how much tighter Phish is these days. Not a perfect version by any stretch of the imagination but played quite nicely. I'm still waiting to hear the crazy leadup before the drop to go straight into "Bundle of Joy" but I probably overthink these things.
After Sand-> Nellie Kane and the warpspeed Rocky Top from Bonnaroo, Ginseng Sullivan was a return to the halcyon days where you could just say "Bluegrass song was bluegrass song"
I really dug the Stash that came next. On second listen it was a lot more atypical than I initially thought. Mike was playing very forcefully and anchoring an excellent melodic take on the Stash jam. Ignoring screaming tension and release this Stash peaked almost romantically, with all 4 guys adding equal pieces to the puzzle. Perhaps some people won't like this version, but this unique take on Stash fits right in with the best things Phish is doing lately.
No matter how many times I hear Simple, I'll never tire of the reverse crescendo nature of it's improv segment. Great psychedelic melodic interplay in this version. Smooth slide into the Wedge, very cohesive 1-2-3 punch.
Stealing Time! Where have you been all my life? Fairly reminiscent of the 46 Days jam (As well as an Ocelot or Alaska jam, for good measure) Stealing Time finally fulfilled it's destiny as a song more akin to a Character Zero than a Sample In A Jar. There is no way that they have played a better version than this before. Real breakthrough with Stealing Time.
Holy crap, a Coil closer! I feel like the requests for a walk-off Page Home Run had been piling up and Phish delivered. Trey's current tone lends itself really well to Coil. As great as the Page solo is, the longer the band stays out the more I tend to enjoy Coil and we got a solid minute of all 4 members blissing out before Page cleared the bases and knocked us into setbreak.
My Soul wasn't the most unpredictable opener but something seemed different about it. Perhaps I'm just that much further away from being sick of the song, or maybe the rest of the band was more engaged than usual.
Birds Of A Feather in the 2nd slot seems like another easy call, but Birds decided to rejoin the big kids table. Why not? It's Atlantic City and the big kids table has gambling! If you wanted a 6 minute raging Birds jam, you got it. If you wanted them to push pass the peak and bet on 17 you got that too. Phish hit me. Fishman drops some utterly amazing beats in this jam, rolling toms and cymbals all over the place while Trey plays in a more 'millennial' fashion than he has usually. This jam has the feel of one of those krautrock influenced 99 Pipers but with a much more intricate touch. Spacey jams are at their best when Fishman is still kicking ass on the kit and Page is tinkling the ivories and this Birds fulfilled both of those qualifications while Trey & Mike conducted a counterpoint love affair within the margins. Mike once again showed he is the Admiral of the 3.0 ship while repeatedly whipping out basslines that subtly nudged the jam in different directions.
Trey might have been thinking NICU but Fishman kicks in Back On The Train and suddenly I've realized that Phish developed a better understanding of segues (Or perhaps just stopped fucking with us) at some point since New Years run.
I had a feeling this Train was going to go deep like the seminal version from Miami on 12/30/09. It wasn't to be, but we still got a fairly jammed out version of the song which got some excellent staccato interplay in on top of some huge round basslines from Mike. Trey seemed to cue up a segue into Heavy Things using the delay pedal (ala 6/29/00 Birds->Catapult->Heavy Things) but Fishman decided to make a clean break and let Trey's loop ring out by itself for a moment.
This version of Heavy Things had such an emotive solo from Trey and reached some truly glorious heights in it's slight 7 minute run time. Immediately jumped into my 'Favorite Heavy Things Ever' slot, and that is most definitely not an attempt to damn it with faint praise. Ecstatic.
The first 4 songs of this set seemed like a personal message from the band. A story of dejection and disillusion leading to redemption and joy. The Heavy Things solo perfectly encompasses the vibe of Phish these days: Passionate.
Twist captured that smoky Monaco speakeasy vibe that it's aimed for lately. The band allowed it a lot more room to breathe and it turned into a great showcase for how well they're listening to each other lately. It's constantly amazing how fast they can flip the pages during a jam without ever sounding jarring or disjointed. All of a sudden Twist is just raging! The first big WOO is a great moment. What a way to cut directly into our skulls and implant some unadulterated joy directly into the bony carapace of our lizard brains.
The WOOing continues into a fantastic 3.0 Piper that charges back up the motorik, and hits 100 on the Autobahn before melting away into an ambient segment with heavy Nitrous Oxide overtones. Fishman's sporadic drumming and Mike's huge bass bomb created an excellent illusion of being on some intergalactic carousel that occasionally spins past a drummer in a mumu.
What's this emerging? Billy Breathes?! Holy god. This and If I Could might have to do battle for the best placed 2nd set ballads in quite awhile.
A long pause complete with STEEEEAM requests (Couldn't agree with you more, homeboy!) and Sally brings the funk back for a quickie. Nothing spectacular but pretty solid, I dug the way Fishman pushes the beat directly into David Bowie. Mike's single Maze tease in the intro- a sly nod to the uproar over repeats? If so, well played Cactus, well played. As far as "Remember those songs we played earlier tonight?" Teasefests go, this one was pretty fun. Trey & Page play a really interesting game of cat & mouse on and off prior to the shift into rage mode. A premature jump into the Bowie peak provided one of the few blemishes on the set.
Extremely solid First Tube with a little extra mustard and pickled onion, perhaps some DWD teases in there towards the end?
Can't think of any reason to give this show less than an "A"
Curious to see what would have happened if they played this set at the 'Roo. Maybe more people would have walked out, but I'd assume that WAY more people would have dropped their life and decided to worship Phish for the rest of their lives.
I really really hope they keep up this level of passionate playing and sneaky-amazing improvisation. It's been really invigorating hearing this kind of stuff lately. Thank you, Phish!


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Gov. Jeb Bush is honoring couples who have proven their love is "here to stay."
Thursday night, Bush and his wife hosted five couples who have been married for more than 50 years. The governor and Mrs. Bush have been married for nearly 29 years.
Bush has made strengthening families one of his themes. He called Thursday night's dinner, A Valentine's Eve Celebration of Marriage. At Bush's invitation, the couples told stories of how they met.
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An Arizona district ranger is relocating to Colorado's High Country to take over as deputy forest supervisor of the White River National Forest.
Heather Provencio, a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Forest Service, will step into the new role as second in command of the local forest in June.
"It's a whole new level of leadership for me," Provencio said.
The move will be a change of climate for Provencio, who is currently a district ranger in the arid climate of the Coconino National Forest in Sedona, Ariz. She also served as acting forest supervisor in Oregon and was at one point a staff archeologist in the southwestern United States.
She will be based in Glenwood Springs.
"I am delighted to welcome Heather to the White River National Forest," forest supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams stated in a recent release on the appointment. "She brings a wealth of experience on a wide variety of natural resource management issues and has demonstrated outstanding success working with communities and partners throughout her career."
Provencio will join a staff managing a much busier forest - with roughly 11 million annual visitors compared with 2.5 million in Coconino - facing a historic drought, a pine beetle epidemic, a tight budget and the threat of catastrophic wildfire.
She says she's ready for the challenges.
"There are a lot of great people on the White River National Forest who are going to help get me up to speed on those issues and challenges, so I'll be starting out doing a lot of listening," Provencio said. "I'm at my best when I'm pushed and I'm challenged. I like working with teams and groups to figure out those solutions."
Provencio has bachelor's and master's degrees in anthropology from Northern Arizona University. She has experience managing large, complex recreation programs.
She said she has long been a visitor to Colorado forests and loves outdoor activities including hiking and skiing.


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Hamburg: the draw
Roger is back on court in Hamburg - a clay-court tournament he hasn't participated in since 2008. He won the tournament four times in the past:
2002 (victory against Safin), 2004 (victory against Coria), 2005 (victory against Gasquet) and 2007 (victory against Nadal).
After a first round bye our champ will probably play against the winner of the match between Germany's Daniel Brands (ATP 53) or Italy's Paolo Lorenzi (ATP 70) on Wednesday.
In the second round, he could meet Latvia's Ernests Gulbis (ATP 36) before an encounter against Alexandr Dolgopolov (ATP 24) is possible. In the semifinals, Poland's Jerzy Janowicz (ATP 17) could be his opponent before a clash with Germany's Tommy Haas (ATP 11) in the final.
"At Wimbledon, it was strange to go out so early and I didn't know what to do," said Roger about his participation in Hamburg and Gstaad. "But I had a clear plan 48 hours later to play at Hamburg and Gstaad."
May I know what channel in India I can watch this tournament (Hamburg Masters) on? Thanks!
Allez Roger!
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Can anyone watching report how he played with the new racket?
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Do you know what a sprint tri is? An IM and a sprint is as different as I don't know a Marathon and a 5K.
Good luck the race and the little bandit participant
It's also extremely selfish (and far more dangerous) to smoke or drink while pregnant. bohnster, why don't you put some of that righteous indignation into action and tell all the pregnant women you see doing dangerous/unhealthy things that they should shape up. My guess is, you wouldn't be nearly as gutsy in a face to face confrontation as you are in an anonymous internet forum.
Bohnster would be way out of line except for the fact that we all know ? and he does too ? that he?s speaking from a platform of stubbornness and self-congratulatory stupidity. He fabricated the part about the doctor lacking credentials in triathlons and the nonsense about a "20mph crash" ? purely made it up. He invented a groundless, factless argument and then won it. Brilliant work, Einstein. In doing so, he also takes a stab at the competency of the original poster, a woman who commands more respect with her savvy and intelligence and experience than this foolishness that I seem to be wasting my time on.
To dodojenn: So what bohnster is saying, little missy, is you just run along and let the XY chromosomes take care of those tough decisions. He doesn?t ?expect you stay a recluse for nine months?, but he knows more than you or your doctor, so don?t you worry your pretty little head anymore.
Make the check out to dodojenn. You lost.
Yes, you might as well kick off your shoes and set your rocking chair up in the kitchen. You know we women can't think for ourselves. We aren't interested in our health or the health of our babies....we just want to keep our tight abs.
Am I piling on? So sorry. That kind of chauvinism really gets my goat.
One more thing: Better polish up your burqa.
I'm worried what a 20mph crash would do to me and I'm not even pregnant
goals for 2011:
break 19minutes for 5k
break 2:42 for olympic triathlon probably Anthracite olympic
break 3:16 for marathon ( a long shot but it's fun putting yourself out there)
She said her goal in this race is not for a personal best. If she's done these races before, she probably knows enough to hang back and not tangle with the serious racers.
I think her training and racing are great but I would be nervous about ridng. nobody plans on a bike accident that's why we wear helmets. just my supersafety .02 would be to train on a bike trainer as much as possible to avoid bike accidents and the ignorant driving public
goals for 2011:
break 19minutes for 5k
break 2:42 for olympic triathlon probably Anthracite olympic
break 3:16 for marathon ( a long shot but it's fun putting yourself out there)
I agree, joe. That's one reason I have held back from doing a triathlon. I've had a few bike accidents- in the most serious one I was knocked unconscious even though I was wearing a helmet. That's not an experience I would repeat for anything.
i haven't been on a bike since my son got injured, so i can appreciate the risk involved, including the experiences of others, like helen82's.
But the original poster deserves the respect of the responders for what she is saying. Words of caution can be expressed in a caring way, but blithering on and on with stuff that is entirely made up in order to be purposely insulting to the integrity of a fellow athlete is beyond tolerance. I don't know. Some men have a real problem with assertive, confident women. Maybe it's genetically coded or maybe it's the height of immaturity and insecurity. My boys don't act like that.
what can i say? men are dumb. don't think his advice was totally off base just said wrong.
goals for 2011:
break 19minutes for 5k
break 2:42 for olympic triathlon probably Anthracite olympic
break 3:16 for marathon ( a long shot but it's fun putting yourself out there)
Not just said wrong-highly confrontational. He has some real problems with pregnant women doing anything but nesting in a rocking chair for 9 months. Doctors now understand that pregnant women need exercise, and we're not likely to miscarry or damage our babies if we do the type of exercise that our bodies are used to. I'd bet that dojojenn is fitter and in better shape than a lot of the women on this board.
just speaking for myself here but there are some people in our sport that don't know when to quit not saying that it is the original poster but when they are injured keep training and racing. sometimes it's good to have a devil's advocate to keep you honest
goals for 2011:
break 19minutes for 5k
break 2:42 for olympic triathlon probably Anthracite olympic
break 3:16 for marathon ( a long shot but it's fun putting yourself out there)
Yo-sal and Helen82 - thanks for all the support! Joe_h1 -you sound like a reasonable guy who just doesn't want to see anyone get hurt.
I was never asking for anyone's approval/permission to do this race. My husband, my family and my doctor have already granted that. But since it seems to be such an emotional issue to everyone I will add the following... I am racing for fun, that means to me - no speeding around on the bike, no aerobars and I am still undecided on the pedals (to clip or not). I am also concerned about traffic while training which is why I have mostly limited my training to spin classes (I teach them anyway). All the remainder of my outdoor riding is always done on quiet roads with at least one other rider. The risk of a bike accident is always there and
whether pregnant or not, I still have two other children to take care of so a bike accident (or any other type of accident) is always a consideration.
The only other thing I can add to that is - By the grace of God, I go. And by the grace of God, I will race in less than two weeks, have a great time and then put my bike away early this year. I am plannning on doing two races in September (only the swim and the run).
As far as bohnster goes, his original post was so pathetic/thoughtless that it didn't even deserve a reply.
I agree with you about Joe-h1's posts.
I think it will be an uphill battle to get society to accept exercising moms-to-be. There will always be some who look on pregnancy as an "illness," and pregnant women as frail creatures who need to be kept at home. All we can do is support each other and keep doing what we know is right.
Of course, there are women who have complicated pregnancies and DO need to take it easy. Something tells me, dojojenn, that you are not one of those women.
Best of luck to you. Please let us know how everything goes.
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- The rankings: Nos. 1-75 | Nos. 76-150
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- Apr 20:
- SV 150: Silicon Valley's chip industry suffered downturn in 2012
- SV 150: Zynga's troubles take joy out of entertainment
- SV 150: HP drags down its tech sector
- 2013: While Facebook stumbles, LinkedIn thrives
- SV 150: Google powers Web sector surge
- SV 150: Bay Area non-tech companies were more profitable than their technology counterparts in 2012
- SV 150: Health, biomedical industries jump in value
- SV 150: Once again, Apple carries consumer tech sector to new heights
- SV 150: Microchip industry stumbles
- SV 150: 'Facebook freshman class' storms the ranks of Silicon Valley's largest companies
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Silicon Valley's cleantech sector, which includes companies in biofuels, electric vehicles, lighting, solar and the smart grid, had a rocky 2012. The industry faced what's known as the "cleantech cliff," as one-time federal stimulus funding wound down and venture investment pulled back.
There was significant drop-off in venture investment in the sector: Global clean-technology venture investment plunged to $6.46 billion in 2012, down 33 percent from the $9.61 billion invested in 2011, according to the San Francisco-based research and consulting firm Cleantech Group.
"2012 was a difficult year for the sector," said Sheeraz Haji, CEO of the Cleantech Group, earlier this year. "Anyway you cut it, there's been a significant drop-off."
The low price of natural gas has made it harder for renewable energy to compete on cost. Venture capitalists are shying away from capital-intensive deals after seeing companies like Santa Clara-based MiaSolé sold at fire sale prices.
Just three cleantech companies made the Mercury News' annual survey of the valley's 150 largest public companies: solar manufacturer SunPower (SPWRA), electric car maker Tesla Motors (TSLA) and new entrant SolarCity, a leading solar financier and installer. Biofuel maker Codexis, which saw sales drop 30 percent in 2012, fell off the SV150 list.
San Mateo-based SolarCity had a successful IPO on Dec. 13. The company had to slash its share price to get out the gate, but ultimately raised $92 million.
Palo Alto-based Tesla Motors, which went public in June 2010, is enjoying growing success as it produces its all-electric Model S sedan in higher volumes. Shares leapt to an all-time high April 1 after Tesla said it would show a quarterly profit for the first time in its 10-year history.
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The AM Roundup: Law Firm Lets the Sunshine in, More
Lifting the veil: A major law firm has released what could be one of the most complete pictures of a U.S. legal firm's financial performance, a step it says is a move toward greater transparency in a profession where financial results are often opaque. WSJ
Class-action ethics: Two Bay Area attorneys have sued one of the state's largest plaintiff shops, alleging that it's a vehicle for hiding assets from their $20 million fraud suit. Recorder
FBI sexting: An internal disciplinary report obtained by CNN shows how the FBI has had to contend with a "rash of sexting" by employees using government-issued devices. Atlantic Wire
Pistorius probe: South African police brought in their most-senior detective to lead the murder case against Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, because the previous lead investigator himself is facing attempted-murder charges. WSJ
Juvenile justice: The case of two students punished for wearing "I ♥ Boobies" bracelets to their middle school has proceeded to an en banc hearing of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals which began yesterday. Examiner
Just do it: Emails between Nike and Oregon government lawyers offer insight into how the company brokered a deal giving it special tax protections. The Oregonian
In good hands: Lawmakers in at least half a dozen states, including California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania, have proposed legislation this year that would require gun owners to buy liability insurance. NYT
Improper choppers: Nearly four months after a Texas state trooper in a helicopter fired on a pickup truck speeding along the U.S.-Mexico border, killing two Guatemalan immigrants, state officials said Thursday that troopers are now forbidden from aerial shooting unless they're under fire. AP
School's out: A couple who fled Germany with their five children over fears they would lose custody for not sending them to school has asked a federal appeals court to grant them asylum in the U.S. AP


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To the Editor:
This letter is a response to the letter by Mark DeVol, printed in the Thursday, March 7, paper.
The three paragraph rant against liberals is nothing more than "Fox News" style misinformation. Mr. DeVol calls California a liberal state and blames the state's current fiscal problems on utopian entitlement style spending.
The facts are during the last 100 years, California has had 13 different Republican governors and only three different Democratic governments for a total of 24 years. Since 1967, Republican governors have buried California in debt, building prisons and not liberal programs. Clearly, California, like the rest of the country, has not recovered from the Reagan era.
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It just dawned on us that we haven't told anyone what the heck we do in Wisconsin and it's Small Business Saturday. The fabulous Flora Grubb gave us the opportunity to run her really cool Web Shop from Madison when she heard the news we were moving back to Wisconsin. We use our UW-Madison art degrees to hand craft rockin' Aeriums, in addition to packing and shipping all online orders. Our house here in Wisconsin has a big finished basement where all the magic happens. Matti also continues to do reporting and other special projects for Flora.
The best part, we get to hang out with Zoe all day! Check out Flora's Web Shop, there's tons of fun holiday stuff happening along with a bunch of super cool new products.
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Terrebonne School Board elects officers for 2013
Published: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 9:42 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 9:42 a.m.
The Terrebonne Parish School Board elected Roger Dale DeHart president and Richard "Dicky" Jackson vice president Tuesday.
Members nominated two people for each position.
DeHart, who was the board's vice president last year, was elected with a 5-3 vote. The other three votes went to member Brenda Babin.
Here's how members voted:
For DeHart: DeHart, outgoing board President L.P. Bordelon III, Jackson, Don Duplantis and Hayes J. Badeaux voted for DeHart. He also voted for himself.
For Babin: Babin, Roosevelt Thomas and Debi Benoit.
Board member Gregory Harding arrived after the elections.
Jackson was elected with a 6-2 vote.
Babin and Thomas voted that Thomas be vice president. The rest, excluding Harding, voted for Jackson.
"It's always about test scores, keeping kids in school ... getting more money so we can provide more for our children. It's not just about taxes," DeHart said, speaking of the board's goals and obstacles.
He highlighted the fact that Terrebonne Parish takes in little tax revenue compared with the rest of the state, "but we're still very productive."
Still, the Terrebonne Parish school system could use "a little help from the public," DeHart said.
The School Board plans to ask parish voters May 4 to approve a 20-mill property tax that would raise an estimated $16.4 million a year for the system. It is still working out details of what the money would be spent on.
This year, unlike past years, the new board officers don't have the power to hire and fire within the school system. A new law passed this year which reserves that power for the superintendent.
That law was struck down by a judge earlier this month but is on appeal. Until the appeals process is finished, the board has no say in personnel decisions.
The first local principal to be hired in this way is H.L. Bourgeois High's Matthew Hodson, who took the place of Bridget Olivier. Olivier left the school to take care of ilnesses in her family, officials said.
Hodson was introduced to the board Tuesday.
"I'm truly excited to be at H.L. Bourgeois," Hodson said.
Hodson was most recently a teacher at Lockport Middle School. He has worked in the Lafourche school system for more than 18 years, serving as assistant principal at Central Lafourche High School and principal at Larose-Cut Off Middle School, among other positions.
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He's the first to ever win the best actor Oscar three times. He's been nominated five times, winning for "My Left Foot" in 1990 and "There Will Be Blood" in 2008.
Day-Lewis spent a year preparing for "Lincoln," and, in his customary method, remained in character during the production. His widely-expected Oscar win further cements his status as the most admired actor currently working.
The other nominees Sunday night were Bradley Cooper ("Silver Linings Playbook"), Hugh Jackman ("Les Miserables"), Joaquin Phoenix ("The Master") and Denzel Washington ("Flight").
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Smaller Government, Lower Taxes Under Reagan? It's a Myth
Published: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 12:08 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 12:08 a.m.
I keep hearing the Republican philosophy of smaller government and lower taxes that was the stellar stable of President Ronald Reagan's administration accomplishment. The myth perpetrated is an outright lie.
Let us look at the facts under Reagan's administration:
Reagan nearly tripled the federal budget deficit. During the Reagan years, the debt increased to nearly $3 trillion.
Ronald Reagan raised taxes 11 times in his administration.
Unemployment soared after Reagan's 1981 tax cuts. Unemployment jumped to 10.8 percent after Reagan enacted his much-touted tax cut.
Reagan grew the size of the federal government tremendously. He promised to cut government agencies such as the departments of Energy and Education but ended up adding one of the largest — the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
President George W. Bush left office with two unfunded wars, an unfunded Medicare drug prescription plan, the Bush tax cuts, and $10 trillion in debt. Was not Vice President Dick Cheney the one who said deficits do not matter? Hypocrisy at its best.
Do we have a debt problem? Absolutely. But do not solely blame President Barack Obama for this mess. And we must lower the debt by both increasing taxes and spending cuts.
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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Monday, April 30, 2012
MILNER, Ga. -- The Department of Justice estimates as many as 58 percent of women who are arrested will go back to jail within three years of their release.
It makes you wonder if our justice system is working. One woman who's been in and out of jail dozens of times believes it isn't, but she says the problem isn't what happens behind bars. Instead, she says it's what happens when you get out.
However, after years of arrests and rearrests, she says she's found the answer. It's called the Potter's House, and there's only one like it in the entire country.
"I don't have a clue who that is," laughed Lisa Hensley as she held up a mugshot of a person who looks nothing like her. The woman in the photo's dark eyes and emotionless expression are a sharp contrast to Hensley's energy and smile, but the woman in that picture is, in fact, Hensley.
Then again, the woman in that mugshot isn't Hensley at all. At least, it isn't who she is anymore.
"I never felt normal," she said. "I never felt like I had this banner off my head that said 'crack-headed prostitute, left your child, unclean, untouchable.'"
Hensley says her first banner came at the age of 5. The little girl who loved to ride horses had a terrible secret; she says she molested.
"Inside, I was already feeling dirty, scared, all the things that come with molestation and sexual abuse," she said.
The abuse lasted until she was 14.
She never told anyone.
"I got interested in drinking. Marijuana. Cocaine. Anything to numb. Anything to make me just not feel."
At just 16 years old, Hensley became a mom but couldn't give up the drugs.
"I had gotten my son out of his bed and put him in the back of a car to get a hit, and I remember thinking, 'What am I doing? What in the world am I doing?'"
She then drove to her mother's house and left her son.
"I don't know what my mother had to endure by stepping into my shoes. I don't know what she had to endure by her daughter not being there and just being the person I'd become. My sisters grew up without the baby," Hensley said as tears streamed down her face. "It's just crazy for us to think, 'Oh, I'm not hurting anybody.' You're killing everybody! Everybody's life stops to some degree."
But Hensley's life didn't stop -- it spun even more out of control. She says she landed in jail 32 times.
"A lot of those were just probation violations. I couldn't stay sober. I couldn't throw away my crack pipe. It was my best friend. It's what kept me numb."
She says her addiction forced her to sell her body for more drugs. She was a prostitute for years, and one night, a group of men forced her into their car.
"For four hours, they did some really horrific things, things that you think even if you do live through it, you won't live through it," she said.
Hensley managed to survive, and when she was able to run away, the first person she saw was a police officer who knew her from the streets.
"I thought, dear God. Thank you, God. I was running to him, and it's like I hit this cold wall. He looked at me like I was nothing, and he said, 'Lisa, there's no such thing as rape when it comes to a crack-headed prostitute.'"
Hensley was naked and bloody as she walked away and decided to give up.
"I'm dead. Nobody cares. Not one person cares."
Then, Hensley found a place that proved her wrong: the Potter's House for Women.
When she arrived five years ago, she couldn't even walk through the front door. She crawled.
"Within the first month, I told the Lord when I stepped on the front porch, I just felt it. I've been looking for this place my whole life," she said.
This is where Hensley's life was saved in more ways than one.
"Completely. God restored my whole family. They didn't come running, but they've opened their hearts, and God healed that."
Later, at an open house for the Potter's House, Hensley turned around, and there was her son.
"He just came to see the miracle. He wanted to see his mama," she said.
Part of that miracle wasn't just seeing life in his mother again. It was seeing what she was doing with that life. She said she asked God why he put her there, and she says he answered.
"You're here to help other women like you, and I'm like, 'Yeah, right,'" she said.
But she says God was right. Within three months of coming to the Potter's House, the woman who says she lost her soul was now giving direction to other women struggling with many of the same demons. Then, two years ago, she helped begin a ministry not far away for unwed teenage mothers.
As for her future plans?
"What God's got in store for me? Augusta? Wherever. I just want to help women," she said.
So, what is the Potter's House? It's a place about two and a half hours from Augusta that's been quietly helping women like Hensley for 12 years. Now, it has the attention of local leaders and even some judges who say we desperately need a place like this.
On Tuesday, for the first time ever, the Potter's House is opening its doors to a news crew, and we will take you along.