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Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department, said the victim is a 32-year-old Hispanic man, but police are not releasing his name. The man was shot along with a 24-year-old woman about 8:40 p.m. Friday near West Third and South Harrison streets. He remains on life support and is not expected to live, Silva said.
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Leon Hiebert was pastor of Andover Assembly of God (Generations Church A/G) from 1989 to 2009. He is a Viet Nam veteran who spent 10 years in the US Navy most of the time as a corpsman serving with the Marine Corps. A native of Belleville, Kan., Hiebert is semi retired and lives in Andover with his wife, Sharon. He is a school bus driver for USD 385, Andover, Kansas.
Scripture: Galatians 6:15 Neither circumcision nor un-circumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation. (NIV)
Observation: Paul was writing to the church in Galatia in which there were Jews who believed they had to be circumcised to be acceptable and Gentiles who had not been circumcised. In this verse Paul is saying the same thing Jesus said in John chapter three. "You must be born again." Without being born again, one cannot even see the Kingdom of God. To the church at Corinth, Paul wrote, "if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old one has gone, the new is here!"
Application: When living under the Law, the emphasis is on keeping all its requirements. I am just not able. But NOW being a new creation in Christ with Jesus living inside, the emphasis is on His Presence to make me acceptable to God and His power to enable me to live a life worthy of being God's child. Think of that!
Prayer: Lord, not only have you provided forgiveness for my past, you have promised me a great future! But best of all, I get to enjoy your presence now as you live every day in me and through me!!! You are amazing; I am blest! Amen
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WHERE HE STANDS: Hamlin remained in fourth place for the second consecutive week. He trails points leader Jimmie Johnson by 27 points, third-ranked Dale Earnhardt Jr. by 17 points and leads fifth-ranked Carl Edwards by four points.
BRISTOL RECORD: 14 career starts, one win, four top-fives, seven top-10s, zero poles. Best career finish: First in August 2012. Finished 20th in this race last year and came back to win the August race.
LOOKING AHEAD: Hamlin has a double dose of motivation to do well Sunday at Bristol. First, he's coming off a frustrating 15th place finish at Las Vegas. Second and more importantly, he won the last time he was at Bristol, in August.
Hamlin and teammate Kyle Busch are already learning things from teammate Matt Kenseth, who joined the organization this season and won this past Sunday at Las Vegas. Here's what team owner Joe Gibbs says about Kenseth's interaction, particularly with Hamlin and Busch:
"Obviously, Matt has just been special. I mean, he came over, I think he brings a lot to (the organization). I think Denny and Kyle both really respect him. I think that's helped a lot. I think (Kenseth) kind of likes working with them, so we've got three guys that really, I think, can get after it and drive a race car. I'm really happy, too."
LOOKING BACK: Hamlin struggled at Las Vegas, leading just three laps before finishing a disappointing 15th.
ETC.: Hamlin has completed 95.3 percent (6,681) of 7,013 laps in his 14 career starts at Bristol. His average start is 20.6 and average finish is 14.8. He has one DNF there.
99 CARL EDWARDS, Ford
Team: Roush Fenway Racing
WHERE HE STANDS: Carl Edwards jumped six spots in the standings, from 11th to fifth, after Las Vegas. He trails points leader Jimmie Johnson by 31 points, fourth-ranked Denny Hamlin by four points and leads sixth-ranked Mark Martin by three points.
BRISTOL RECORD: 17 career starts, two wins, four top-fives, seven top-10s, two poles. Best career finish: First in August 2007 and August 2008. Finished 39th in this race last year and was 22nd in August there.
LOOKING AHEAD: Edwards typically does well at Bristol, but not last season, when he finished a career-worst 39th in the March race and 22nd in the August race. He's looking to continue the momentum he has from a win at Phoenix and a fifth-place finish at Las Vegas.
LOOKING BACK: Edwards ran a strong race but failed to lead even one lap at Las Vegas. Still, he finished with a top-5 to go along with the win he had the week before at Phoenix. Here are his thoughts about the Las Vegas race: "We wanted better, but I think if I would have done a better job on my restarts then we would have been better. We were sliding all over the place out there. I am sure we wore out some steering boxes and that was a good race. That was as hard as we could drive."
ETC.: Edwards has completed 95.0 percent (8,084) of 8,513 laps in his 17 career starts at Bristol. His average start is 18.4 and average finish is 14.4. He has one DNF there.
55 MARK MARTIN, Toyota
Team: Michael Waltrip Racing
WHERE HE STANDS: After dropping from third to seventh after Phoenix, Mark Martin rebounded to gain back one position in the standings after Las Vegas, leaving him in sixth place. He trails points leader Jimmie Johnson by 34 points, fifth-place Carl Edwards by three points and leads seventh-place (tie) Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle by two points each.
BRISTOL RECORD: 46 career starts, two wins, 16 top-fives, 23 top-10s and nine poles. Best career finish: first in August 1993 and August 1998. Did not compete in either race at Bristol in 2012.
LOOKING AHEAD: Unfortunately, Martin will not be racing Sunday at Bristol. He'll be replaced by Brian Vickers who did well in filling in for Martin in last year's Bristol races, finishing fifth in the March race and a career-best fourth in the August race. This will be the first of nine races in the first 26 pre-Chase for the Sprint Cup races that Martin will miss by choice. He is also slated to miss three Chase races. When it came to his two top-five finishes at Bristol last season in place of Martin, Vickers said, "(We
were) pleased, but not satisfied. I would have loved to have won one of those races and we came very close. Obviously, very pleased with the results and how it all worked out considering it was part-time."
LOOKING BACK: After finishing third in the season-opening Daytona 500, the 29th time he's been in the Great American Race, Martin had a disappointing 21st place finish at Phoenix and finished 14th at Las Vegas.
ETC.: Martin has completed 94.1 percent (21,488) of 22,845 laps in 46 career starts at Bristol. He has an average start of 10.3 and an average finish of 13.7. He has five DNFs there. Vickers has completed 96.3 percent (7,720) of 8,013 laps in 16 career starts at Bristol. He has an average start of 23.4 and an average finish of 22.1. He also has one DNF there.
20 MATT KENSETH, Toyota
Team: Joe Gibbs Racing
WHERE HE STANDS: Matt Kenseth was the biggest mover in the top 10 after Las Vegas, climbing 11 spots from 18th to a tie for seventh place with former teammate Greg Biffle. The pair trail points leader Jimmie Johnson by 36 points each, sixth-ranked Mark Martin by two points and lead ninth-ranked Clint Bowyer by four points.


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Guys, here's my Top 5 guilty pleasure TV shows. These show need no introduction. Without further ado:
5. The Amazing Race – I just started watching this show a few seasons ago and have really gotten into it. I mean, having to do challenging task after challenging tasks with one other person can really wear you down. You definitely have to be able to get along with your partner.
4. Desperate Housewives of Beverly Hills – The season has ended and I find myself feeling a little empty inside. I will miss the nice expensive houses with the fake bimbos complaining about backstabbing each other.
3. Teen Mom 2 – I had grown so attached to the first teen mom's and I wasn't quite sure I was going to like the show with new ladies. Well, I was pleasantly surprised. This season includes 4 girls struggling with teen motherhood. I have heard people comment that the show glamorizes and/or encourages teens getting pregnant. I am not judging it's worth or how it relates to the betterment of society as a whole, just saying it makes for a good TV show that keeps me locked down Tuesday nights.
2. The Bad Girls Club – This show houses 7 girls who are considered "Bad Girls". By what standard? Who knows? I really question why I continue to watch this show because every episode is filled with girls fighting one another and then new girls entering because of the "no hitting" policy. But for some reason I continue to tune in.
Numero Uno is Jersey Shore – Yes, 3 seasons and going strong. Some people might ask how I could watch such a stupid show. Well I say how can you NOT?! I mean, come on, all the classics like Romeo and Juliet, Tom and Jerry, and The Great Gatsby, have controversy and relationship, which make for great entertainment. Ok, well maybe I am pushing it (maybe not) but let's get REAL it's effing hilarious.
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- we follow national guidance on keeping vulnerable adults safe. We will always report circumstances that we believe suggest a vulnerable adult is at risk of harm
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Italians Spend Till They Drop, Says Japan's Finance Minister
By Takashi Nakamichi and Christopher Emsden
The spending habits of Italians are the latest topic to be addressed by Japan's colorful finance minister Taro Aso.
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After a busy weekend successfully defending Tokyo's monetary policy at a G-20 meeting and a memorable fashion statement featuring a jauntily angled fedora on the eve of the Moscow meet, Mr. Aso decided Monday to weigh in on Italian national character traits.
Never one to shy away from a headline-making quip, Mr. Aso described the saving habits of Japanese as a national tendency that contrasted with the free-spending ways of Italians.
"Italians' way of thinking is that it's good to have no savings at all when you die," Mr. Aso said during a budget committee session televised by national broadcaster NHK. "I think Italians would probably go along with that. In fact, I'm sure they would."
The remarks were greeted with laughter from fellow lawmakers, who have come to expect a mixture of quick wit and attention-grabbing repartee from the former prime minister, spiced up with the occasional gaffe.
"If I say this, a lot of people will probably want to call it discrimination against Italy," Mr. Aso added. "But if I ask my (Italian) friends about this, I'm sure they'll say, 'What are you saving your money for?'"
Mr. Aso is a veteran ruling-camp lawmaker who has emerged as one of the most notable figures in the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe since its formation about two months ago.
Numbering among the favorite topics of Mr. Aso are the habits of senior citizens.
Last month Mr. Aso, himself a 72-year old, said he would rather die without making use of expensive life-sustaining treatment funded by taxpayers, a remark that initially sparked controversy as many took it to be a prescription for senior citizens in general rather than the finance minister's stance on his own life.
Mr. Aso's remarks on Italians came as an opposition lawmaker said Japan's aging population was partly responsible for the nation's lackluster financial market. The lawmaker argued that a large part of the ¥1.4 quadrillion in financial assets held by Japanese households belongs to those aged 55 or older and that they are simply parking that money in Japanese government debt.
The finance minister said Japan's government is trying to encourage a transfer of assets to younger generations through tax incentives, but admitted he was stumped by the nation's propensity to save.
"We don't have a complete analysis of people's sentiment–whether it's a case that there's nothing they want to spend their money on or whether it reflects concern about their future," Mr. Aso said.
But Japanese tend to feel that "their lives have been happy if their savings peak when they die," Mr. Aso said. "To some extent I think we have to consider this national character–the fact they have a completely different way of thinking" when formulating policy, Mr. Aso added.
Italians might take issue with Mr. Aso's comments, however.
While Rome's once-famously high savings level has been in decline for a decade, Italians are hardly binge spenders in retirement.
Two-thirds of private wealth consists of residential real estate, and the low use of mortgages attests to the local custom of passing on such property through inheritance.
A third of Italians' gross salaries go to the nation's mandatory social security scheme, leaving that as the main source of retirement cash. Successive governments have chosen to eliminate inheritance taxes and top up smaller state pensions rather than promote reverse mortgage schemes to boost spending while people are alive.
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You have to feel sorry for the airlines. The industry is well past its Golden Years, whenever they were. Some say they were in the 1930s, others in the '50s or '60s. Certainly, these years, which always look better with hindsight, were before the days of deregulation, which began in 1978.
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As I read Jeff Wieand's Taxes, Laws and Finance column, "Your Gray-haired Pilot", I realized that had I not left the cockpit for a writing career in the 1990s, I would now be that pilot, gray hair and all.
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Eclipse Aviation is going through painful times. In March, the builder of the $1.6 million Eclipse 500 very light jet announced it had to change avionics suppliers. Separately, Eclipse Aviation and United Airlines "mutually agreed to terminate their pilot training program," according to the manager of training development for United's flight training division.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- They took wildly different paths, but the Giants and Dodgers are right back where they started.
The Giants, leaders of the division since April 25, nearly got no-hit by Cincinnati Reds right-hander Homer Bailey on Sunday and instead settled for a 4-0 shutout loss. The four-game sweep was the first by a visiting team in the 15-year history of AT&T Park. The Dodgers, preseason favorites and the most expensive team in MLB history, shut out the St. Louis Cardinals 6-0 behind scalding ace Clayton Kershaw.
On June 8, the Giants led the National League West by 91/2 games. Now the rivals are all tied up.
"It's going to be a race right to the end, it feels like," right-hander Tim Hudson said. "We've seen our worst days, hopefully. Hopefully they're behind us."
Hudson was an Atlanta Brave on July 2 when the reeling Giants couldn't muster a hit against Bailey and lost for the 13th time in 17 games. This year's skid is even deeper. The Giants have lost 15 of 19, including 12 of their last 14 at home.
The losing already has cost one prominent Giant. Closer Sergio Romo was removed from the ninth-inning role Sunday morning, a day after he blew a third save in his last five tries. Romo is 0-3 with a 10.64 ERA in his last 12 appearances, so he was called into manager Bruce Bochy's office and told that Santiago Casilla and Jeremy Affeldt would form a closer committee.
"Sometimes you've got to change things," Bochy said. "Sometimes it's good for the player. Back him off and let him catch his breath."
Romo will pitch in the seventh and eighth for the time being. As he walked out of the clubhouse, he said he is a team guy and is on board with the decision.
"It is what it is," said the right-hander who threw the final pitch of the 2012 championship season. "I'm going to get a chance, and when I get a chance I'm going to be ready to rock."
If any of the Giants relievers are to get consistent shots to close, the lineup will need to pick it up. For the fourth time in five games the Giants got a strong outing from their starter -- this time Hudson -- giving the clubhouse hope that the staff has turned a corner. But now it's the lineup that's lost. The Giants have scored 12 runs in seven games on the homestand, the lone win coming when Tim Lincecum threw a no-hitter.
"I feel like we come in ready to win every day. It's just not happening right now," shortstop Brandon Crawford said. "It's frustrating. Buster (Posey) hit one (hard) and (Michael Morse) hit one the next inning and somehow we get to the seventh inning and we still don't have a hit. It's pretty frustrating, but that's the way it goes."
Posey's liner to left sent outfielder Skip Schumaker to the warning track three batters into the game, but Schumaker made a leaping catch. Morse hit one on the screws in the second, but right at Schumaker. For most of the rest of the afternoon, Bailey looked poised to join Lincecum as the only pitchers in the past 104 years to no-hit the same team twice.
Bailey allowed just a Gregor Blanco walk through the first six innings. With the Giants trailing 1-0 in the seventh, Posey rapped a two-out single to right to end Bailey's bid for a third career no-hitter. Pablo Sandoval's blooper fell among three Reds, but Morse struck out looking, ending the threat.
Bailey went the distance, giving up just three hits. The Giants scored six runs in the series while getting swept in a four-game home set for the first time since 1996. Back then they played at Candlestick Park.
"I will say, in this series we ran into four starters who were as dominant as any four starters I've ever seen," Bochy said. "But even before that, it's hard to explain these things. The only thing you can do, we've got to stay positive, be thankful for a good start. As bad as things are, we should consider ourselves fortunate for where we are at. That's the way we've got to look at it.
"It's really unbelievable. If you look at what's happened the last two weeks, you'd think we were 15 games back."
Bochy and others tried to find silver linings. The manager loves what he has seen from the pitching staff. Hudson, charged with two earned while pitching into the ninth, said the anticipated returns of Angel Pagan and Brandon Belt in the coming week should help. Hudson still believes that one electric win can turn around the slumping team.
"Somebody needs to pay," he said, smiling. "We need to beat the brakes off somebody one of these days. Maybe that'll get us going."
They had better hurry. Since April 25, the Giants had been alone atop the division for all but one day. Now, as Bochy said, they're back in a fight -- and it certainly appears that the Giants are outgunned. Maybe it's best then to hunker down and try to get healthy. Posey said the Giants aren't paying attention to the Dodgers.
"We've got enough stuff to worry about," he said.
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.
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After up-and-down first halves, the rival Giants and Dodgers are tied for first place in the National League West. Here's a look at their month-by-month records:
Giants Month Dodgers
17-11 March/April 15-12
19-9 May 15-15
10-16 June 17-10
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., joined forces with GOP conservatives to introduce a bill that will limit chain-of-command oversight of military sexual assault cases, reported USA Today July 16. The Military Justice Improvement Act seeks to limit a commander's ability to intervene in sexual assault cases involving members of their units. The intent of the bill is to end the protection of perpetrators by commanding officer. Republican backers include libertarian conservatives Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas.
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India's Supreme Court has given state authorities three months to implement new rules to control over-the-counter sales of acids, which have been used to maim, disfigure and even kill people, particularly women, The Washington Post reported July 19. The government earlier this week said it will categorize acid as poison.
Kathryn Bertine, an American cyclist, journalist and filmmaker, recently launched an online petition on Change.org to ask that women be permitted to race in the Tour de France in 2014, USA Today reported July 18. The Tour de France, which only allows men to participate, has been the most prestigious bicycle race in the world.
Canada announced funding to help more women get elected in Middle East and North African nations undertaking democratic reforms, Agence France Presse reported July 18. Two projects with combined funding of nearly $1 million include training in campaign management and coaching candidates on getting their messages out.
The United States launched a $200 million program to boost the role of women in Afghan society, Reuters reported July 18. The program, known as "Promote," intends to help women between the ages of 18 and 30 build skills to find jobs, support female entrepreneurs with credit and microfinance and provide training to women who want a role in policymaking.
Indonesia will penalize political parties that fail to meet a requirement for women to make up at least 30 percent of candidates in the elections. The world's most populous Muslim country seeks to halt a widening divide between the sexes, Bloomberg News reported July 17.
The Coalition of Egyptian Feminist Organizations called on the country's interim president, Adly Mansour, to ensure that the committee that drafts the new constitution has a fair representation of women, the Daily News Egypt reported July 17.
The Advertising Standards Authority, an advertising watchdog, banned a Renault ad featuring scantily-clad dancers, ruling that it objectified women, The Guardian reported July 17. The YouTube ad for the Renault Clio featured a group of women in burlesque-style lingerie, gyrating and dancing around the car and drivers.
A North Dakota judge issued a ruling striking down as unconstitutional a 2011 state law banning medical abortion, Raw Story reported July 15. The law was due to take effect in August 2011, but the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Red River Women's Clinic, based in Fargo, arguing that the law unconstitutionally restricts abortion access for women.
The recession has led to a financial awakening among U.S. women, new data obtained by USA Today show. While more women overall have indicated an interest in financial planning and become more involved in family finances since the recession, a subset has become especially informed and has taken charge of managing their money and making financial and investment decisions.
Minority female-owned firms grew 156 percent from 1997 to 2013 and now account for 1-in-3 female-owned firms in the United States, according to a 2013 report by American Express on the State of Women-Owned Businesses, Forbes reported July 15. In contrast, non-minority female-owned firms grew 32 percent during the same period.
Democrats in the Texas legislature vowed to fight both in the courts and at the ballot box an omnibus abortion bill passed by Republicans, USA Today reported July 13. The bill, passed by a Republican majority, will ban abortions after 20 weeks, require abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital and require all abortions to take place in surgical centers.
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban for promoting the education for girls, celebrated her 16th birthday July 12 by demanding in her first public speech since the attack that world leaders provide free compulsory schooling for every child, the Associated Press reported. From the podium at the United Nations, in an address to nearly 1,000 youth leaders from over 100 countries, she called for "a global struggle against illiteracy, poverty and terrorism." She said the Taliban failed to silence her and her ambitions. Davis Guggenheim, the Oscar-winning director of Al Gore's environmental documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," is to bring the story of Yousafzai to the big screen, The Guardian reported July 16.
Alexi Layton and Rochelle Richards, students of the University of Nevada, found that front-page New York Times stories cited far more male than female sources. After analyzing 352 stories published in January and February, Layton and Richards found that Times reporters quoted 3.4 times as many male sources as female sources. Among all the sources cited, 65 percent were male and only 19 percent were female, according to the study published by Poynter July 16. Seventeen percent of sources were unknown.
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Libya's international women's football team has been banned from a major tournament next week in Germany by the country's sporting authorities, The Guardian reported July 19. Libya's football association cited Ramadan as the reason, but the ban follows a wave of criticism of the women's football team by religious extremists in Libya.
In Turkey, Mücella Yapici, a member of Taksim Solidarity Platform and a leader in the Gezi Park protests who was charged for "leading a crime syndicate," said she was harassed by police during her detention, Hurriyet Daily News reported July 12. "I was undressed by police, they bent me over and they made me cough," she said, "I am 62 years old, I was searched naked. I was harassed, I saw young girls being abused. They did not let us go to the toilet," Yapici said.
Alcohol-related deaths of women born in the 1970s have "disproportionately increased" in the last decade, according to a study of three cities in England and Scotland, Agence France Presse reported July 19. Researchers called for urgent action to tackle what they said was a "worrying trend" in rising deaths from alcohol misuse by women in their 30s and 40s, unseen among men of the same age group.
In Turkey, Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Zeyid Aslan was sent to his party's disciplinary commission over his controversial remarks to a group of female journalists, Hurriyet Daily News reported July 12. Aslan, in responding to a series of photographs showing him sleeping at the parliament's garden that surfaced the previous day, asked female journalists whether it would be moral if he took pictures "between their legs" and published them.
A women's health care clinic in Fairfax City that performed more abortions than any other location in Virginia has closed, and it's unclear whether it will reopen elsewhere, The Washington Post reported July 14. The clinic was sued twice in the past three years by its landlord. It may have faced a need to upgrade or move after Virginia changed its regulations to require abortion providers to have hospital-grade facilities.
Three ex-supporters repeated their demand for San Diego's Mayor Bob Filner to resign, saying he forcibly kissed two constituents and grabbed the buttocks and breast of a staff member, The Los Angeles Times reported July 15. A sexual harassment claim could be filed with city officials.
Women in Zimbabwe are being charged $5 every time they scream while giving birth, Standard Digital News reported July 16. A new report from Transparency International, which focuses on corruption around the world, found that a local hospital in one of Africa's poorest countries was administering the hospital screaming fee to women who "raised a false alarm."
Rural women, especially those without much education, are more likely to have their "tubes tied" in their 20s and early 30s than urban and suburban women, according to a U.S. study, Reuters reported July 15. Although it may be a good option for many women, researchers said, some others go on to regret it; especially when it's performed at a young age.
Equality campaigners in the U.K. have accused the government of a systematic assault on measures designed to protect women and minorities, The Guardian reported July 13. In a report out this week, the Fawcett Society accuses the coalition government of "weakening the legal and institutional measures concerned with equality."
Antalya police in Turkey finally caught a man accused of attacking a pregnant veiled woman at a bus stop, Today's Zaman reported July 12. The incident happened July 4 when the victim says a man approached her and insulted her headscarf and clothing before hitting her hit over the head several times.
Texas State Sen. Wendy Davis, in an op-ed published July 15 in the Washington Post, explains why she opposed the abortion bill that eventually passed on July 12. Davis "stood to oppose the bill because it rolled back constitutional rights and would reduce the number of women's health clinics from 42 to 5, thereby threatening the health and safety of thousands of Texas women."
In an article published July 16 by Feministing, Katty Otto denounced the silence of white feminists in the verdict of George Zimmerman's trial. "To know that the reason George Zimmerman walks free is directly related to the cowardice of white women leaves me no choice but to acknowledge the failure and violence of people just like me," Otto writes. On July 13, an all female jury found Zimmerman not guilty in the February 2012 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, reported The Chicago Tribune July 14.
A group of Afghan female lawmakers and activists are eyeing an unlikely alliance with the country's religious leaders, hoping to promote and enhance women's rights through Islam in a joint campaign, Reuters reported July 16.
North Carolina's Gov. Pat McCrory is facing discontent among some voters after the state's House of Representatives passed a stringent abortion pill, a poll shows, Politico reported July 16. Only 34 percent of voters support the abortion measure while 47 percent oppose it, the Public Policy Polling found.
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The Diamond girls put on a defensive showing in the second half of Monday's showdown against Sarcoxie at the Diamond Girls Basketball Tournament.
Trailing at halftime, the Lady Wildcats came out looking like a new team in the third quarter and held the Lady Bears to only six points in the entire second half to win the game 31-24 in the opening round of the tournament.
Tied 7-7 after the first quarter, the Lady Bears took advantage of Diamond turnovers and carried an 18-14 advantage into the half. But the Lady Wildcats would gain their focus before returning to the floor for the second half. The turnovers began to go away, and the Lady Bears couldn't keep up.
Sarcoxie scored two points in the third quarter and four in the fourth.
"We took care of the ball better," Lady Wildcats coach Brimacombe said. "We limited them to one shot quite a bit in the second half and they didn't get many offensive rebounds. That's really been our emphasis, and so far our first two games I've been really pleased with our defense."
Cady Littlefield led the Lady Wildcats with 12 points, Hanna Million had eight, Heather Wilson six, Asia Mahan three and Macie Seward two.
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POSITION: Goaltender
CATCHES: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Kladno, CZE
DRAFTED: ATL: 2005-41 overall
2008-09 Season Notes
* Appeared in his first NHL game since 12/18 and made 22 saves on 4/7 vs. WSH
* Recalled from Chicago (AHL) for the third time this season on 4/5
* Posted an 18-20-2 record with three shutouts, a 2.58 GAA and a .914 in 40 games with Chicago (AHL)br /> * Earned his third win of the season, turning aside 28-of-29 shots on 12/16 at OTT
* Made a career-high 43 saves on a career-most 46 shots on 11/30 vs. STL
2008-09 Season Highs
Shots Faced: 46, 11/30 vs. STL (career high)br /> Saves: 43, 11/30 vs. STL (career high)br />
|2011-12: Completed his first season in Winnipeg with new career-highs in games
played (68), wins (29), shots against (2,036), and saves (1,845), and tied career-high
in shutouts (4)... Ranked fifth in the NHL in shots against and saves... Played his first
game as a Winnipeg Jet on Oct. 9/11 vs. MTL (1-5L) making 17 saves in the loss... Made
28 saves to record his first win for the Jets on Oct. 17/11 vs. PIT (2-1W)... Tied his
career-high for saves in a game with 50 stops on Feb. 23/12 vs. PHI (4-5OTL)... Started
13 consecutive game twice, between Oct. 27/11 and Nov. 23/11 (6-4-3) and then from
Feb. 27/12 to Mar. 28/12 (5-8-0)... Made his 5,000th career save on Mar. 31/12 at TB
2010-11: Has set career-highs this season with 58 games played, 21 wins and four shutouts... Stopped all 29 shots, posting his fourth shutout of the season, on 4/7 at NYR... Appeared in his 100th career game on 2/1 vs. NYI... Earned his third shutout of the season with a 1-0 win on 1/26 vs. WSH... Made a season-high 45 saves on 46 shots in a 3-1 win on 12/4 @ WSH... Compiled a franchise record and career-high six consecutive victories from 11/19-11/30 while stopping 183 of 188 shots (.973 pct.) during the streak... Named the NHL's 'First Star' for the week ending 11/28 after stopping 97 of 99 shots en route to three consecutive home wins, including a 3-0 shutout win over Montreal (11/26)... Posted his second shutoutof the season (3-0) against MTL on 11/26, recording his fourth straight win in the process... Posted his first shutout of the season on 11/19 vs. WSH (5-0).
2009-10 SEASON: Appeared in 42 games during his first full NHL season, earning a 14-18-7 record with two shutouts, a 3.29 goals- against average and a .906 save percentage ... Set new career-highs in games played, wins, shutouts, GAA and save percentage ... Began the season with back-to-back wins on 10/3 and 10/8, posting a 2.50 GAA and a .929 save percentage in those games ... Won two straight starts from 10/31-11/3, posting a 2.50 GAA and a .944 save percent- age in those games ... Made a career-high 50 saves on a career-most 51 shots against on 10/31 at OTT ... Recorded his first-career shutout with 38 saves on 11/13 vs. LA ... Won back-to-back starts for the third time this season from 11/25-11/27 ... Posted his second shutout, with a 40 save performance, on 11/25 at DET ... Recorded his first career point with one assist on 1/12 vs. OTT ... Posted a 3-0-1 record over a four-game span from 1/12-1/19, earning a 2.23 GAA and a .933 save percentage ... Was a member of the Czech Republic team at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Appeared in 61 NHL games with the Thrashers, posting a 20-28-7 record with a 3.33 GAA and a .902 save per- centage ... Earned a 51-36-5 record with five shutouts, a 2.69 GAA and a .912 save percentage in 92 career games with Chicago (AHL) ... Appeared in 24 post-season games with Chicago, while helping the Wolves capture the 2008 Calder Cup Championship ... 2008-09: Appeared in 40 games with Chicago (AHL), earning an 18-20-2 record with three shutouts, a 2.58 GAA and a .914 save percentage ... Set new career bests for shutouts, GAA and save percentage ... Also appeared in 12 NHL games with Atlanta, posting a 3-7-0 record with a 3.61 GAA and a .880 save percentage ... Earned four consecutive wins with Chicago from 10/17-10/25, recording one shutout, a 1.50 GAA and a .945 save percentage during that span ... Earned his second shutout of the season with a 35-save performance on 10/29 vs. Providence ... Earned his first recall of the season by Atlanta on 11/1 ... Earned a 2-0-0 re- cord in three appearances during his first stint with the Thrashers ... Re-assigned to Chicago on 11/10 and recalled two days later for the second time this season ... Appeared in six games with Atlanta during his second recall from 11/12-12/19 ... Returned to the Wolves lineup on 12/21 vs. Rockford and won four straight starts from 2/21-3/1, record- ing one shutout, a 0.75 GAA and a .978 save percentage in that span ... Recalled by Atlanta for the third time on 4/5 and played one game on 4/7 vs. WSH ... 2007-08: Posted a 33-16-3 record with two shutouts, a 2.77 GAA and a .911 save percentage in 52 games with the Chicago Wolves (AHL) ... Ranked first among rookies and second overall in the AHL in wins ... Earned his first AHL win in his debut on 10/6 at Houston ... Recalled by Atlanta on 10/19 ... Posted a 3-3-0 record with a 3.11 GAA and a .904 save percentage in seven appearances with the Thrashers ... Made his NHL debut in relief duty on 10/20 at TB ... Collected his first NHL win in his first start on 11/3 at TB ... Posted a three-game winning streak from 11/3-11/9, earning a 1.98 GAA and a .942 save percentage during that stretch ... Re-assigned to the Wolves on 12/1 ... Recorded a season-high seven-game winning streak from 12/13-1/2, posting a 2.66 GAA and a .911 save percentage in those games ... Posted his first professional shutout on 2/8 at Iowa ... Named the AHL Goaltender of the Month for February ... Earned his second shutout of the season on 4/5 vs. Quad City ... Earned a 16-8 record with two shutouts, a 2.34 GAA and a .921 save percentage in 24 playoff games while leading the Wolves to the 2008 Calder Cup Championship ... Set a franchise record and became just the third goalie in AHL history to record 16 wins in a single post-season ... Made his professional playoff debut on 4/16 vs. Milwaukee ... Collected his first playoff win on 4/18 vs. Milwaukee ... Made 30 saves on 4/26 vs. Milwaukee to post his first professional playoff shutout ... Posted a five-game winning streak from 5/11-5/20 ... Made 25 saves in the Wolves Calder Cup-clinching win on 6/10 vs. Wilkes-Barre.
AMATEUR CAREER: Earned a 55-29 record with four shutouts and a 2.51 GAA in two seasons with Cape Breton (QMJHL) from 2005-06 to 2006-07 ... 2006-07: Posted a 28-11 with one shutout, a 2.52 GAA and a .908 save percentage in 43 games with Cape Breton ... Led QMJHL goaltenders in GAA and finished third in save percentage ... Earned the QMJHL's Jacques Plante Trophy with the lowest GAA among league goalies for the second consecutive season ... Named a QMJHL First- Team All-Star ... Earned a career-high in wins, which tied for fifth in the league ... Named the QMJHL's Player of the Month for January after posting a 4-0 record, a 1.49 GAA, .951 save percentage and one shut- out in four games ... Earned an 11-5 record and led league goaltenders with a 2.29 GAA and .920 save percentage in 16 post-season games to help the Screaming Eagles reach the league semifinals ... 2005- 06: Made his North American debut with Cape Breton, posting a 27-18 record, three shutouts, a 2.51 GAA and a .929 save percentage in 47 games ... Named the QMJHL's Best Goaltender, Defensive Rookie of the Year and Rookie of the Year ... Selected as a QMJHL First-Team All-Star ... Named to the QMJHL All-Rookie Team ... Ranked second among rookie goalies in GAA and minutes ... Named QMJHL Rookie of the Month for February after going 7-2 with a 2.11 GAA and a .938 save percentage ... Posted a 4-5 record with a 2.25 GAA and a 926 save percentage in nine playoff games.
EUROPEAN CAREER: Spent two seasons with the Kladno organization in Czech Republic from 2003 to 2005 ... 2004-05: Recorded a 2.31 GAA with seven shutouts and .929 save percentage in 39 games with Kladno of the Czech Republic Junior League ... Earned one shutout and a 2.45 GAA in 10 playoff games ... 2003-04: Posted a 2.22 GAA and three shutouts with Kladno's under-17 team.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER: Won a Gold Medal at the 2010 IIHF World Championships and was a member of the 2010 Czech Republic Olympic Team ... Appeared in the 2007 World Junior Championships ... Helped the Czech Republic to fourth place at the 2005 World Under-18 Championships.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Thrashers in the second round, 41st overall, of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.


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SAN JOSE -- A cook who stabbed an off-duty bouncer to death during a confrontation downtown has been released from jail after prosecutors declared that he was acting in self-defense, a decision sparked by the revelation that the man who died was also armed with a knife.
The 22-year-old San Jose man who works as a cook at a downtown restaurant may have at some point worked with 26-year-old San Jose resident Ryan Viri, who was well known in the downtown bar and restaurant scene.
Assistant District Attorney Marc Buller, who reviewed the case, said security cameras in the area recorded crucial parts of the interaction, and that the cook, who is 5 feet 9 inches tall, was reacting to the sight of an armed and advancing 6-foot-4-inch Viri.
"We're not saying Mr. Viri was going to stab him, but he had a knife," Buller said. "Self-defense says you have to have a reasonable belief of danger, and (the former suspect) thought the man was going to do imminent harm."
The cook was taken into custody shortly after the early Wednesday morning stabbing. By Friday, he had been released from Santa Clara County jail.
According to witnesses and police, Viri was at Johnny V's bar and night club when the cook entered but not before checking his attache of kitchen knives at the door. Johnny Van Wyk, the bar's namesake owner was among several bar occupants who said the cook was acting erratic and upsetting female patrons, which eventually prompted management to tell him to leave.
The cook complied, got his knives back and started walking west on the north side of Santa Clara Street toward First Street. That's when Viri left the bar and walked quickly after the man who just left, according to witnesses.
A brief fight broke out, and within seconds, Viri was on the ground with a slash wound to his neck. Bar staff and patrons caught up the scene and tried to render aid to Viri, while other witnesses pointed police toward the cook, who ran off toward the SAP Center. He was quickly caught and arrested.
In the following days, Van Wyk and others who knew Viri said they still couldn't explain why he left the bar. But he said the new details do nothing to alleviate their loss.
"At the end of the day, no matter how it happened, we lost an employee, a friend, a beloved member of our family," he said. "We're all still heartbroken."
Van Wyk, who has been a presence downtown for two decades, said he also laments that the death added to what he called an undue stigma of danger on the downtown district, and that he is disappointed in the police response.
Police responded to the stabbing within seconds, but Van Wyk said a quicker response to the 911 call made as the cook was being ejected from his bar could have prevented the tragedy.
"I get that they're short-staffed, I get the budget cuts. But if a (police) cruiser rolled by earlier, this might not have happened," Van Wyk said. "I'm totally behind San Jose police, but this has got to get fixed. It's not the right direction for downtown San Jose."
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Fletcher police seized processed marijuana, 45 marijuana plants and drug paraphernalia from a home in Fletcher Thursday, charging a man in the home with manufacturing the drug and preparing to sell it.
Todd Michael Stimson, 42, of 30 Fawnhurst Lane was charged with one count each of manufacturing marijuana, maintaining a dwelling to keep controlled substances, possession with intent to sell or deliver controlled substances, felony possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
His neighbor, Charles Derrick Sumner, 36, of 40-A Fawnhurst Lane, was charged with possessing schedule I and VI drugs, which consist of mushrooms, marijuana and Salvia.
Officers with the Fletcher and Hendersonville police departments, the Henderson County Sheriff's Office and the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation served a search warrant at 30 Fawnhurst Lane, according to a release from the Fletcher Police Department.
Inside, officers found illegal plants worth a potential street value in excess of $180,000, the release says.
Stimson was held at the Henderson County Detention Center in lieu of a $22,000.
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definition of firearm); State v. Hart, 118 Conn. App. 763, 776
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Man...that wasn't that long ago. 2004...maybe 2005. I remember buying into it at the time thinking "there's no way Sage has enough time to create a forum alter ego. And Dolan is launching knowmore, it can't be him." I was able to discern what was going on other times with forum shenanigans, but I bought fell for it hook, line and sinker at that time. I thought for sure it was hacked.
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I cant remember how i joined this forum. I must have found a link from a Sage page way back when.
This forum has influenced me in a couple of ways i guess. Its made me realise the cultural divide betweeen us and uk is way bigger than i first thought.
Also i have picked up advice from this forum, sometimes asking for it or not. All good.
I remember i asked if falling for a girl after 4 months was too fast. I was getting some negative advice from a lot of my non web peers and this forum i told me to go for it, with some helpful advice and gramatical corrections:0)...... 7 years later, the girl in question is now my fiance and we are getting married next year.
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So basically we got you married. I assume we'll all be invited to the wedding.
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Haha...Everyone is invited so long as they can make it to Slovakia next year.
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Haha...Everyone is invited so long as they can make it to Slovakia next year.
You won't be laughing when a bunch of bearded strangers in SFR shirts show up and invite you back to their hostel.
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Yeah man. Next year is a year away, which is plenty of time for us to crash a wedding in Slovakia.
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....or grow a beard. That would be great! My fiancés family will think she is marrying into some beardy cult!
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I know this is an old thread, and most of what I'd say has been said already, but I'll still add to it.
I had few friends with similar music tastes to mine, and when I discovered the indie hip-hop scene, I felt 100% more comfortable about my own interests. You all continuously fed that and I loved it.
I feel like Ive grown tremendously in the years that Ive been a member, and there were times when interacting with all of you played a part in that. Even if sometimes I wanted to pull my hair out in heated discussions, it forced me to learn how to chill out and work on listening properly. I came here when I was too depressed to leave the house for anything other than work or to talk to anyone in person, and I loved having that. I probably really needed that. I have made some truly dear friends here.
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Rotty - That is good news! It was funny to read that thread and the 'advice' I gave you 7 years ago. Glad you found the real thing!
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Thanks. Come to think of it i really followed my gut. That was what i took from that thread.
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If you have an iPhone 5 with a sleep/wake button that no longer works as it should, Apple now offers a program to replace the button free of charge.
Apple has a webpage with a full explanation of the replacement process, which is offered for iPhone 5 handsets built before April 2013. Apple spokeswoman Teresa Brewer told the Journal that the company has found that only a "small percentage" of iPhone 5 handsets have experienced such problems. For now, the fix is only available to iPhone 5 owners in the U.S. and Canada. The repair program will open up to other countries on May 2.
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The three-wheeled L'OEuf electrique ("the electric egg") was created by French artist, industrial designer and engineer Paul Arzens. The L'OEuf electrique was conceived for Arzens' personal use as an urban city car in Nazi occupied Paris.
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Credits:Roger Willbanks, Denver, Colorado
The Thunderbolt was touted by Chrysler as "The Car of the Future", in order to educate the public about aerodynamics and streamlining. Devoid of any protruding exterior features, the Thunderbolt was tested in a wind tunnel, and featured an aluminium body with a steel hood. It was also the first American car to feature an electrically operated, retractable hard-top and retracting headlights. Eight Thunderbolts were planned, but only five were built. In 2014, four of the five original cars survive.
Credits:Scott Grundfor and Kathleen Redmond, Arroyo Grande, California
The Chrysler Ghia Streamline X was a streamlined, wedged-shape car with a design influenced by the early Cold War's emphasis on jet power and space travel. Designed by Giovanni Savonuzzi and Virgil M. Exner, the Streamline X illustrated the unification of scientific aerodynamics and streamlined styling. Its tapered tail fins also proved the benefits of directional stability in crosswinds at high speeds.
Credits:General Motors Heritage Center, Warren, Michigan
The Le Sabre XP-8 was described by GM as "a mobile experiment" and its radically low-slung body was made of then exotic materials, sheet and honeycomb aluminium, magnesium castings and fibreglass. Like the Chrysler Thunderbolt, its hidden headlights were concealed behind an oval grille that unsurprisingly, given the 1950s' fascination with space and jet travel, resembled a jet air intake. The car's wraparound windscreen also influenced the design of the original Chevrolet Corvette. Other advanced features included rain sensors, electrically heated seats, an electric hood and 12-volt electrics.
Credits:Sloan Museum, Flint, Michigan
Like the Le Sabre XP-8, the Buick Centurion was another General Motors Experimental Vehicle. In addition to its striking aerodynamic body, the most intelligent feature of the Centurion was a rear mounted camera with a wide angle lends, plus a 4 x 6-inch screen embedded in the dash. This meant a rear-view mirror wasn't necessary. What's more, its steering wheel was mounted on a flat arm chrome column that swung out of the dash like some of the airliners of the time.
Credits:General Motors Heritage Center, Warren, Michigan
Another GM concept, the Cyclone was introduced in 1959 following the first Daytona 500 NASCAR race. With a panoramic bubble top that retracted fully when the doors opened or closed, sharp fins and afterburner-style taillight housings, the Cyclone once again reflected the public interest in aircraft styling and development.
Like the Centurion and the Le Sabre, the Cyclone featured fantastic modern car technology, such as proximity-sensing radar units that scanned the road electronically, and warned the driver both audibly and visibly of objects in its path. It also featured an intercom system, which allowed passengers to speak to those outside of the car without having to open the bubble top.
Credits:General Motors Heritage Center, Warren, Michigan
The Firebird was the first gas-turbine powered car built in the US to figure out the practicality of the gas turbine for use in future vehicles. Described by the motoring press at the time as a "jet fighter on four wheels" the Firebird's gas turbine couldn't provide economical performance, its jet engine was too loud and its exhaust temperature burned at 1,000 degree Fahrenheit. Despite its failures, it captured the public interest and its obsession with space and aviation.
Credits:Collezione Pininfarina, Cambiano, Turin, Italy
In the late 1960s Ferrari approached Carrozzeria Pininfarina to design the astounding 512 S Modulo concept car. At the time, automobile designers and makers were engaged in an ongoing battle to produce the ultimate wedge. This aerodynamic, extreme shape was featured in several earlier concept cars of this era, and soon a competitive race to produce the car with the lowest height ensued.
Credits:Christopher Ohrstrom, The Plains, Virginia
The Bugatti Type 57S Competition Coupe Aerolithe was unveiled at the 1935 Paris Motorshow. The Aerolithe's body was fabricated in Elektron magnesium alloy, a material that was very difficult to weld. The rivets along its spine and front fenders were structurally necessary but also added a visually striking design feature.
Credits:XJ Wang, New York, New York
Launched at the 1909 Turin Motor Show, the Zero was merely 33 inches off the ground. A hydraulic mechanism opened the wide Perspex windshield that was the car's only entry point, as there are no doors. Inside, occupants could see directly ahead and above – and little else.
Credits:Gary and Diane Cerveny, Malibu, California
Mechanical engineer Norman Timbs created the Timbs Special for his personal use. It took Timbs more than two and a half years to complete the car, and it cost him around $10,000.
Credits:Porsche Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
The 918 Spyder Concept Car was part of Porsche's experiments with how their luxury brand could address consumer interest in green technology, environmental impact, and high performance. The car combines high-tech racing features with electric mobility options selected by a push-button control on the steering wheel. The production version of the Porsche 918 Spyder has recently gone on sale to the public.
Credits:BMW Museum, Munich, Germany
Designed by controversial former BMW designer Chris Bangle, the BMW GINA (Geometry and functions In "N" Adaptations – the "N" represents the mathematical symbol for infinity) refers to a philosophy meant not only to give designers and engineers creative freedom, but also to allow them to consider consumers' immediate needs and desires in dramatic new ways in both styling and function. The GINA's shape could change through the use of flexible tensile fabric stretched over a moveable body frame of aluminum and flexible carbon fibre.


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Dustin and Kelsey Warren of Shawnee announce the birth of a son, Landon Alan Warren.
He was born Oct. 16, 2012, at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces and was 21 inches long.
He is the grandson of Sheila Hasbell of Shawnee, Michael Warren of Oklahoma City, and Bruce and Melinda Mathews of Shawnee.
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