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DANVILLE -- Chad Cochran is a teacher at San Ramon Valley High School, a happily married guy with two kids and two dogs.
But he's has one wish that he hopes will be answered, and that is to convince his favorite actor and comedian to join him as his "date" at the school's prom.
In a video that Cochran and five of his students helped prepare, Cochran pleads: "Will Ferrell, will you chaperone the senior ball with me?"
The bespectacled and bearded video production teacher, 34, said he decided to ask Ferrell on a date to prom with him, after students he'd been working with to create a viral video suggested they put together one that invited a celebrity to their school after seeing a legion of similar videos that had garnered millions of views, that had (almost) lured celebrities like Miley Cyrus and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, Kate Upton.
And in a brainstorming session with students, when they were throwing out ideas on who to ask to prom, the "Anchorman" star immediately popped to mind, he said.
"We just thought, who would be the ultimate person -- and let's shoot for the stars," he said.
Cochran is a huge fan of Ferrell and many of the students also love his movies, said Nick Friedler, a junior who helped work on the video.
"He's very spontaneous and he's got a very good sense of humor," he said, citing movies like "Anchorman" and "Blades of Glory" as his classmates' favorite Ferrell films. "He just seems right for our school."
Cochran explains in the video, right at the outset, before anyone can get the wrong idea: "I'm happily married with two children and two dogs, but my wife can't make it, so I kind of need someone to go with me."
And then he attempts to reel the actor in, by launching into a list of hidden perks and rewards of attending the shindig:
"There's a chocolate fountain," he said. "We could ride on a school bus all the way there with a bunch of teenagers (and) I promise to buy you a boutonniere from a chain grocery store."
And "I hear that there might be a photo booth and we can take some excellent pictures together," he said.
"It's hard to imagine it even happening," Cochran said, his voice drifting, when asked what he thought it might actually be like to have the "Saturday Night Live" star hang out with him among the high school revelers, punch bowl and hors d'oeurves.
"I think he would teach me some dance moves that would be useful on the dance floor, though," he said.
The video was made last week and was posted on YouTube on Monday and has already gotten close to 2,000 hits, but its views are growing, because at the school, "he's everyone's favorite actor," Cochran said.
If Ferrell were to actually come to the prom, Cochran said his reaction "wouldn't be manly."
"I would probably cry and jump for joy," he said, "and I probably would keep smiling for at least a year and half, and develop some kind of medical issue with my cheeks."
Contact Joyce Tsai at 925-847-2123. Follow her at Twitter.com/JoyceTsaiNews.


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PHOENIX -- If key players such as infielders Brandon Moss and Josh Donaldson, and reliever Jerry Blevins get off to bad starts this season, the A's will have a tough decision deciding what to do with them.
All three are out of options, meaning the team has to find a way to keep them on their roster all year or risk losing them to another club by having to put them on waivers.
Five other possible members of the 25-man roster -- pitchers Travis Blackley, Pat Neshek and Chris Resop, and infielders Adam Rosales and Daric Barton -- are in the same predicament, but their departures wouldn't be as severe.
Moss is expected to be the every day first baseman, Donaldson is the favorite to win the job at third and Blevins is one of the team's better set-up relievers.
Some of the other five could be traded before the season starts. All have value, as manager Bob Melvin admitted Wednesday.
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NYSE Euronext Arca exchange experienced problems reporting the price for Facebook stock transactions Monday morning, the exchange reported.
The issue led it to stop sending data on trades in the social network's shares for roughly 30 minutes. Arca, a fully electronic exchange owned by the Big Board operator, stopped sending data to the national listings of best bid and offer prices after it had "sporadic difficulties" disseminating data about Facebook trades around 9:50 a.m. EST, according to a statement from the exchange.
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ROCHESTER — The gallery at artstream studios at 56 North Main Street in Rochester NH is pleased to announce its February exhibition "6x6 "
The 6x6 show is an annual exhibition of work created by members of the WCA-NH. Over 30 artists work in this petite format is assembled into a grid and each work is for sale at $66. The art is widely varied in both style and medium used from these women New Hampshire artists.
The reception for the exhibit is Saturday, Feb. 2 at the gallery from 5 to 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend and meet the artists from the exhibit. Alongside the 6x6 show are works by gallery artists, Susan Schwake, Tom Glover, Erik Boettcher and Darryl Joel Berger. Also on display in the Equinox gallery inside artstream is work by Jocelyn Toffic presented by the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts.
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Tryout season is upon us - please read the following advice.
Before you do anything sit down with your daughter and discuss specific goals she has for next season.
1. What is it she wants for herself? Have her describe her new team with as much detail as possible.
2. Does she want to play a specific position?
3. Is she willing to play a different position if asked?
4. How many times a week does she want to practice?
5. How often does she want to play tournaments?
6. Does she want to attend a Nationals or World Series event?
Next sit down with your spouse and ask yourselves the following:
1. How much time can we commit to a team? # of tournaments per year? # of practices per week?
2. How much money are we willing to commit to the team in team fees?
3. Are we willing to commit money for hitting, pitching, or catching lessons?
4. How much money are we willing to commit for hotels and travel expenses?
Please keep in mind that tryouts are a 2-way street. Teams are obviously trying to find players to fit their team, BUT parents need to make sure that the team is a good fit for them.
To find the best fit for your daughter and your family.
Here's a few questions to ask to get the ball started.
1. What's the purpose of the team? What is their purpose and goal?
2. What was their fall schedule/record this past season? Winter schedule? Next spring and summer schedule?
*** This will give you an idea on how well organized the coach is and how well thought out the coach is for the upcoming season.
3. What's your practice schedule like for the fall, winter and spring/summer? How many times a week/month? How often do you practice?
4. Can we see some past practice plans for the team?
*** This will allow you to see how much the coach puts into his practice plans. If they're unable to provide one, then this speaks volumes for the lack of foresight and preparation he/she puts into the practices.
5. Ask for the most current team financial records showing expenses/income for last season etc..
*** Again, if they are unable to do so, this a major red flag. With the kind of budgets teams are using now days, it's imperative that teams keep good accounting records.
*** Personally my team could provide you with spreadsheets, bank statements and quickbook statements.
6. Do any monies go to the organization or does it all stay with the team? If the answer is yes, then what does it include?
7. What are the fees and what does it include? Uniform(s), insurance, tournaments - how many? etc..
8. How many games does the team plan on playing next season?
9. How many out of state tourneys? How many?
10. Is the team planning on qualifing and playing in a nationals or world series event at the end of the season?
After you've done the research and you're convinced you'd like your daughter to tryout for a team, ask to have your daughter participate in a practice with the team in addition to a tryout if that's possible. This will allow you to see how the coach(s) interact with the team while allowing you to talk to the parents. Don't feel like you have to wait for tryouts to meet the coach and some current parents. Contact them as soon as possible and start doing your research. If possible have a private conversation with some of the current parents. They are a great resource for info, but talk to more than one.
Don't be afraid to ask tough questions.
My last piece of advice is simple. Follow your gut! Don't get caught up in all the hype of a new team, or a new organization, or how many kids were at a particular tryout. Good organizations and good teams have a mission and above all have good leadership and are well organized.
Do the research! After all this is your daughter you're talking about. She'll learn a lot from you on how you conduct your research. It's just like interviewing for a job!
Again remember, finding a good team is a 2 way street. You need to find a good fit for your daughter while the team needs to find a good fit for their team.
Good luck!
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Joanne Galleher Boyle, 76, banker, health care hero
Joanne Galleher Boyle had a way with money and with people.
The longtime Grossmont Bank employee, honored by the Grossmont Healthcare District as one of its Healthcare Heroes in 2009 for her volunteer work, died Dec. 1 after a long battle with multiple myeloma, a type of bone marrow cancer. She was 76.
Beth Morgante, executive director and chief development officer for the Grossmont Hospital Foundation, said Mrs. Boyle's leadership qualities and kindness to people were a brilliant combination.
"She had the 'big picture' vision but also got her hands dirty in minutiae," Morgante said. "She had so much involvement, intimately, with details on budgets and huge spreadsheets. She was very meticulous and careful, she wanted quality work. Joanne was just as comfortable with high level executives as she was with support staff. She showed genuine interest in everyone and everyone was equal in her eyes. She would invite a staff assistant to her home for dinner and the next night host some head of a corporate bank."
"She taught me a lot, including how to treat people."
Mrs. Boyle, a La Mesa resident since 1972, was born Sept. 10, 1936, in Dearborn, Mich.
She moved to Los Angeles in 1957 before relocating in San Diego County and taking a job at Grossmont Bank, where she served as its senior vice president and CFO from 1972-92. She retired from banking in 1992.
She was married for 22 years to retired judge Martin Lawrence Boyle, also a Michigan native — although the two didn't meet until 1989, in California.
When they wed at La Mesa's St. Martin's of Tours Catholic Church in 1990, it was the second marriage for both. When they weren't traveling to Canada or Europe, skiing at Mammoth Mountain or visiting their grandchildren from children from earlier marriages, the two lived on Mount Helix.
Mrs. Boyle was previously married for 13 years to William Woolman of El Cajon.
For more than 20 years Mrs. Boyle was a member of the Soroptimist Club of La Mesa. She sat on the board of the La Mesa Chamber of Commerce, including a stint as its president from 1992-93.
Mrs. Boyle was also on the board of the Boys & Girls Club of East County and had one term as president. She was a member of Grossmont Hospital Corporate Board of Directors for five years, serving as its chair for three years.
Her husband said Mrs. Boyle was "all business when doing business" but that her way with people always made a big impression.
"Joanne had a very keen intellect, she was quick and good at everything she did," Martin Boyle said. "She was a very, very authentic person. She could handle her job well and was a good listener, very empathetic. I learned things every day from her. There was a wonderful heart inside her bones."
Martin Boyle said that he didn't ski when the two first met, but said he promised his wife that if she learned to play golf, he would learn to ski.
"She took three lessons and then quit," Martin Boyle recalled, laughing. "She even got me a membership to the old Stardust Country Club as a Christmas present one year. Then she went and took three lessons with best pro they had at Stardust. She thought she was going to get right out there on the course. But she found out that in golf, it's a long, hard trail. She never played. She didn't do anything unless she knew she would do well. She never shied away from a challenge."
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Boyle is survived by sisters Barbara Janice Motisi of El Cajon; Marilyn Stephenson of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; and brother James Galleher of Woodhaven, Mich.; and stepchildren.
Funeral services have been held.
Donations in her memory may be made to the Grossmont Hospital Foundation or Sharp Hospice Care.


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AVON, Colorado - Vail Resorts can propose all the plans it wants for property on the ski areas it runs, but the final OK always has to come from the ski company's landlord - the U.S. Forest Service. And getting the landlord's blessing can be complicated.
The plans for Vail Resorts' proposed "Epic Discovery" summer programs are no different. While plans for those programs were announced in July of this year, work is unlikely to start before 2014. It's going to take that long to research, create and approve an environmental impact statement for the project.
While much of that work happens in offices, the Forest Service includes public comment periods in its approval process. One of those comment-seeking sessions was held this week at the Avon Public Library.
Crowd turnout was small - most of the people at the meeting worked either for the Forest Service, Vail Resorts or the press. But the handful of people who did attend learned about current plans, and had a chance to ask questions.
Vail residents Bob and Ann Louthan sat right up front for the presentation. They, along with Vail Homeowners Association Director Jim Lamont, asked Forest Service and Vail Resorts representatives.
Lamont wanted to know if the proposed summer trails for bicycles, hikers and horses would be separated.
Tom Allender of Vail Resorts said the trails would likely be separated by signs, adding that the trails to be built would be built to newer standards that lessen damage from tires and erosion.
Those trails will also require bigger maintenance crews - part of Vail Resorts' claim that the summer programs will help the company keep more employees working year 'round.
Lamont also wanted to know if resort and Forest Service officials are making plans in case people get lost on those new trails.
"That's why we've consolidated the trails," Allender said. "We don't want people leaving (the resort boundaries)."
And Vail Resorts' initial plans call for putting most of the summer activities on a fairly small portion of Vail Mountain. Only about 25 percent of the ski resort area will be used for summer programs under this plan.
Bob Louthan asked just how many people Vail Resorts expected in the summers compared to ski season crowds.
Allender said there aren't really any estimates now of how many people per day may end up on the mountain. In the winter, Vail Resorts can accommodate as many as 25,000 people per day, but the "comfortable carrying capacity" is closer to 20,000.
"The (summer) number will be much smaller than that," Allender said.
Vail Resorts' representative Kristin Kenney Williams said the mountain now has about 100,000 people over a roughly 100-day summer season. Winters can bring 1 million visitors or more.
"We'd like to double or triple the summer number," she said.
While Vail Resorts wants to lure people off Interstate 70 to visit in the summer, people who do stop will find something different than many roadside attractions, thanks to restrictions imposed by federal law.
While Vail Resorts plans climbing walls, zip lines and gravity-propelled "forest flyers" - company officials are adamant that the rail-riding cars are nothing like an "alpine slide" - will be joined by hiking and biking, the law prohibits golf courses, tennis courts and water parks.
There also won't be many nighttime events.
"We want most people off the mountain by 7 (p.m.) or so," Allender said.
All the resort company's plans will be evaluated by the Forest Service over the next several months.
Holy Cross Ranger District District Ranger Dave Neely said this first part of the evaluation will end Dec. 31. After that, work will start on a "draft environmental impact statement" that Neely expects to be finished by late summer of next year. When that document is issued, there will be another public comment period, after which the Forest Service will prepare a final environmental impact statement. That, and a "record of decision," could be issued about this time next year.
If the improvements proposed are built as proposed, Louthan said he's confident - "Vail Resorts does things in a quality way," he said.
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A federal judge has approved an agreement between the U.S. Justice Department and the New Orleans sheriff aimed at reforming the city's notoriously dangerous jail.
U.S. District Judge Lance Africk's decision Thursday came over the objection of Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration. Landrieu says the city should not have to pay for the reforms and has accused Sheriff Marlin Gusman of mismanaging the lockup.
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Child bride Courtney Stodden turned 18 today, making her relationship with Doug Hutchison totally not creepy. (Just kidding. He began courting her when she was 16, and it will be weird forever.)
Despite the fact that Courtney is a hardcore Christian — she was a virgin till marriage, allegedly — she's now being inundated with offers from porn production companies eager for a piece of her totally rill bod.
Could America's sweetheart really do porn? Maybe. Turns out Courtney is not ruling it out, telling TMZ—
I'm not gonna say yes right now ... and I'm not gonna say no.
In other words, let's see how long she can hold out before a desperate need for relevancy wins out over her conservative Christian values.
This is classic Courtney Stodden, who loves to walk the line between chastity and erotica. She's basically made a career out of giving perverts on Twitter masturbation material, then offering them prayers. Here's a string of tweets from back in May:
And hey, maybe Courtney could film a sex tape with husband Doug Hutchison — thereby preserving her marriage vows — and donate the proceeds to Jesus. I'm just saying, there are ways to do this and keep it holy.
Besides, even if she does sin, God forgives all—
And the love between an 18-year-old and a 52-year-old is the greatest love of all.
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Published: Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 4:30 a.m.
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Hendersonville leaders will be asked to take up a subject of long debate during a City Council meeting Thursday — the future of the Grey Hosiery Mill property. But this time, a sense of urgency fills the air as a state tax credit that enticed prospective developers in the past is set to expire later in the year.
Hendersonville City Manager John Connet plans to update the council on discussions he has had with groups interested in redeveloping the property, noted to be the last remaining relic of industrial buildings within city limits.
Preservation North Carolina, a nonprofit statewide historic preservation organization, and a new prospective developer have both shown interest in the property, according to Connet.
Preservation N.C. has built a reputation across the state and nation for promoting and protecting historic properties. The group has a knack for connecting decaying properties, whose dreams of development have fallen through the cracks, with developers who give the sites new life, according to Connet.
He plans to advise council members on the steps the city would need to take to transfer the property to Preservation N.C., if the board wishes to take that route.
According to an appraisal of the property submitted to the city in January, developers would be able to receive state and federal tax credits of 50 percent for a "certified rehabilitation" of the property. The state tax credit of 30 percent, however, will sunset this year.
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Editor's note: This is an excerpt from "Women of Vail," by Elaine Kelton and Carolyn Pope. The Vail Daily is serializing the book as Vail celebrates its 50th anniversary. Books are available for purchase at www.bookwormofedwards.com, the Colorado Ski Museum, Pepi's, Gorsuch, Annie's and the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens. Kelton and Pope will be at the Vail Public Library for a book talk and signing at 5:30 p.m. on Monday.
My sister and brother-in-law Doris and Dick Bailey came on a ski trip to Vail in 1962. They walked up Bridge Street and saw Fitzhugh Scott's beautiful blue door; Scott was an architect, as was Dick. He telephoned Vail's first architect, who called him back, and asked, "How soon can you start?" Doris and Dick moved to Vail soon after that. Then I came to visit and never left.
Fitzhugh Scott owned the Vail Bridge Chalet, and it had the first toilet. I started to work for Vail Associates in 1964-65. I was a junior in college, but I'd stopped and ski bummed in Killington that winter and drove to Vail with a friend in June. She did not stick around; she didn't love skiing as much as I did. Summer was gorgeous. I lined things up for the upcoming winter. My first job was with VA, but I only worked part-time. Filmmaker Roger Brown and Perry Willett also had work for me. I used to transcribe for Roger. Loyette Goodell was Pete Seibert's secretary. We were in the old Plaza Building - Pete and Chuck Lewis were upstairs with Al Bridges and ski patrol. We only had 25 ski patrol and instructors, and they came in each day after the lifts closed to check out. It was the post office, too.
Oh, those early years. We all fell into a bar at night. What else do you do? There was no TV; you had The Red Lion, La Cave, the Casino, Nu Gnu. Pepi's was just a bar and restaurant, not a lot of rock 'n' roll there. That first summer I worked at the Vail Resort Association; Doris was there at the beginning of VRA. Gaynor Miller wanted to start the Vail Valley Camp for Girls. So he put me in charge of it; it didn't go very far, even though it was a perfect place for a girls' camp; it was wilderness here. We had the sheep drives go right through town and up the mountain because it was the best grazing.
Wedding bells
I lived with Doris for a period of time. Then I moved over the liquor store. I met George Ward at The Red Lion, where he bartended. We married, and I had four kids in three years. You didn't have anything, including your mother, at your disposal for a birth. The plan was to use a doctor in Denver for the first child. I was at Norge by George Laundromat, and my water broke in my car. I went to Dr. Steinberg down the street, and he said, "You won't make it to Denver." So I told him I'd go to Glenwood, and he replied, "But go now!" I was smoking and drinking through all of that.
My wedding was in 1967. Bridge Street was just being paved that day for the first time; it was a Tuesday in October, and The Red Lion was closed, so we had the reception there. Whoever was in town that day came to the wedding. It was Don Simonton's first wedding in Vail. We were married in the little white church in Minturn (now Holy Toledo consignment store). We sent George to Glenwood Springs to pick up the flowers. He ran into a sheep drive on the way back. Everybody was already at the church. Cissy Dobson ran out of repertoire to play, and Don Simonton wore his white robe with cowboy boots sticking out. I wore my sister's full-blown wedding gown. I just sat with my father and lit up a cigarette. Larry Burdick's comment was "villainous to the end." George used to be the villain in the town melodramas. Finally, he showed up at least an hour late; people were still listening to the same music over and over. After the ceremony, the German girls kidnapped me according to an old German custom, and the groom had to look for the new bride. They took me to different places.
After the reception, they handcuffed George to a bar stool at Donovan's. He was attached to a bar stool and had to go get the car key. They took me to Jeff's Cafe in Minturn for bumper pool with guys who frequented the place. I won a bumper pool game with some guy. Helga Rein will never forget that one. George appeared, and he retrieved me.
Snowed like crazy
The tourists would ask, "Do you really live here?" Tourists became your best and lifelong friends and came to live here, too. Everybody knew everybody else. People worked different hours; we had instructors who didn't stay up all night, but bartenders that did. Instructors worked all day long, and they could only stay up so long. You'd have early crowds, late crowds and shifts. There was no gender bias. Most of the women in Vail were jock types, more aggressive and independent. My sister carried the development torches; I avoided town politics. I was aware but never quite got into it. I probably played and drank a lot, but you were fairly safe because your car was buried in snow. You didn't go many places; it snowed like crazy up here. You were "here," and the trip to Denver was long. People with businesses might have done it differently, but ski bums had no real need to go. If you needed a bra, for instance, you'd go to Frisco. You couldn't buy things like that here. Leadville was at higher altitude, so it was safer to take the two-lane to Frisco. I didn't have a car then, so I went with friends.
I worked for Gunther Hofler at The Red Lion. He and his wife were second parents to me. Once I started there, I made a lot more money. VRA was booking conventions. I even remember corn and sheep conventions, and a firemen's convention. Whatever went on in Vail on a given day, everybody did it. I remember Christmas in July at the Slifers' house and making nose warmers as a surprise gift. You had one street in town, with a cross street. We had a sense of adventure, and the core thing was a love of skiing. I don't think anybody who didn't love skiing came. Anne Staufer came with Josef, who loved skiing. It was all starting then. Men were looking for more mountains to tame. Women who came on their own were more rugged. And I think everyone liked everybody. I missed my friends when I left, but they are long-lasting friendships. I never thought I'd made a mistake coming to Vail. I miss it.
"Women of Vail" was produced by a team that includes Elaine Kelton and Carolyn Pope, publishers; Joanne Morgan, designer and production; and Rosalie Hill Isom, writer-editor.


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MIAMI -- Here they are again, back on the brink of a championship.
It slipped away from the San Antonio Spurs last year, but it would take something special -- historic, actually -- to stop them now.
The Miami Heat would have to make the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.
"They're the two-time champs, they're a great team, and there is still one more game," Spurs guard Tony Parker said. "We have to win one more game."
Kawhi Leonard had 20 points and 14 rebounds, and the Spurs routed the Heat again, winning 107-86 on Thursday night to open a commanding 3-1 lead.
The Spurs can win their fifth NBA championship with a victory at home in Game 5 on Sunday and avenge their seven-game loss to Miami last year. They have three chances, and the way they're dominating the Heat, they might need just one.
"I'm pleased that they performed as well as they did while we've been in Miami, and that's about as far as it goes," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "Now we've got to go back home and play as well or better."
LeBron James had 28 points and eight rebounds for the Heat, but Dwyane Wade was just 1 of 10 through three quarters and finished with 10 points.
"They smashed us," James said. "Two straight home games got off to awful starts. They came in and were much better than us in these last two games. It's just that simple."
No team has overcome a 3-1 deficit in the finals, and the way the Heat was outclassed twice on its home floor makes it hard to imagine the two-time champions being the first.
"We put ourselves in a position where it is about making history," James added.
Parker added 19 points, and Tim Duncan had 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Spurs, who shot 57 percent from the field and are hitting 54 percent in the series.
The Spurs lost twice in Miami to end last year's finals, their only defeat in the championship round. They won their two games in South Florida this time by a combined 40 points.
San Antonio's surprising dominance has Miami on its heels, and unless Miami can figure things out quickly, the Heat's two-year championship reign will come end.
If this was the last home game of the season in Miami, it looked and sounded nothing like the ones to end the last two years, which featured confetti falling and trophies raised. This one had the unfamiliar sound of boos late in the first half and a chant of "Go Spurs Go!" with under 3 minutes left from the San Antonio fans who remained long after many of Miami's had bolted.
The Spurs knew their defense had to be better, realizing their once-in-a-lifetime, 19-for-21 start in Tuesday's 111-92 Game 3 victory covered the fact that they allowed Miami to make more than 50 percent in the game.
They held Miami to 35 percent in the first half.
"They played great, and I can honestly say I don't think any of us were expecting this type of performance," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.
San Antonio blew the game open late in the second quarter with seven straight points, capped by Leonard's soaring follow dunk that made it 55-33.


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I just wanted to say that it snowed 2 cms today. That's just not right.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
23 comments:
- Niecey said...
Wow! That's crazy. I have sunburn and it's been in the 90s here. (Nebraska)
- May 31, 2009 at 11:14 PM
- Rio Mari said...
Eeek! Where are you? I will think happy sunshine thoughts for you if you think happy rain thoughts for me!
- May 31, 2009 at 11:23 PM
- Claire said...
That's messed up! Did you and the boys make a little tiny snowman? We would have, but snow is an extreme novelty where we live. I imagine you all get tired of that stuff.
- May 31, 2009 at 11:31 PM
- nicolaknits said...
Snow! Yikes. We've had temps over 30 degrees the last couple of days here in the Okanagan, BC.
- May 31, 2009 at 11:57 PM
- Jan Scholl said...
I thought it only did that in Michigan in late May. It will be cold here tonight but the air is dry. I covered my tomatoes. BTW-don't send any of that crap here. I hate it.
- June 1, 2009 at 12:02 AM
- Jan Scholl said...
I thought it only did that in Michigan in late May. It will be cold here tonight but the air is dry. I covered my tomatoes. BTW-don't send any of that crap here. I hate it.
- June 1, 2009 at 12:02 AM
- Sharon H. said...
WHAT!? snow in MAY?! :O that's weird...
- June 1, 2009 at 12:23 AM
- Spencer said...
I can't even imagine what it's like to live in a climate like that. I've only ever lived in Florida and the temperature is currently about 75 degrees Fahrenheit and it's almost 1 in the morning.
- June 1, 2009 at 12:56 AM
- Vegetation said...
Given how cold it is here right now, I can imagine how warm it's meant to be in the US and that's not it! The weather is just crazy now days.
- June 1, 2009 at 3:29 AM
- Ron said...
Good heavens, that should be happening in my country Australia) where today (June 1st) is the first day of the official winter season.
- June 1, 2009 at 5:15 AM
- Sarah said...
it definitely isn't right! i'm sorry.
there was a freeze warning last night here in maine. so wrong.
- June 1, 2009 at 7:10 AM
- Lisa -- Cravin' Veggies said...
I know that misery loves company, and although it didn't snow here in NE PA, it was 34F this morning -- dangerously close to losing the garden we've been working so hard on!!
- June 1, 2009 at 7:29 AM
- jessi said...
Ohhh I would have been a very angry person if I would have seen snow outside my house.
- June 1, 2009 at 7:49 AM
- VeganCowGirl said...
I am not feeling so badly about not being in Canada right now :)
- June 1, 2009 at 8:25 AM
- Jain said...
Omigosh! When I first saw your title, I tried to guess if it was the name of a new confection... or weather!
- June 1, 2009 at 8:55 AM
- Holly said...
I'm only a couple hours away in Ottawa, and it was so cold yesterday that it hailed!! But only for 10 minutes, then it stopped.
- June 1, 2009 at 10:51 AM
- MsDerious said...
Oh my gosh! It's been very warm here in the UK... the the point I was out and about with my parasol.
Well, over here in the UK 80C is warm.
I'd like to swap... I love the snow :)
- June 1, 2009 at 1:21 PM
- HayMarket8 said...
That is insane. Im in Atlanta and it snowed here a few months ago!
- June 1, 2009 at 2:11 PM
- sweetkaroline said...
No way, that is so cool! Haha I love winter...maybe too much.
- June 1, 2009 at 9:26 PM
- Tatiana said...
Wow, that's crazy!
Awesome Vegan Girl
- June 1, 2009 at 11:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
you bet that isn´t right! I went to the beach here in the Algarve (Portugal)we have 30º celsius. Sorry to tease you
- June 2, 2009 at 10:38 AM
- Cafe Cyan said...
No, that's not right!!! Even in Minnesota it is gorgeous! Sorry :(
- June 3, 2009 at 11:24 AM
- Candice said...
How is that possible? It's the end of May. Maybe better than humidity and heat??
- June 3, 2009 at 11:54 AM


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SANTA CLARA -- Earthquakes target man Alan Gordon says it's part of the team's DNA to come back.
Mexican power Toluca FC probably won't dispute that claim after Gordon scored in the 95th minute to force a 1-1 draw Tuesday night at Buck Shaw Stadium in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals.
The Earthquakes will travel to Toluca at high altitude on March 19 for the return leg of the quarterfinal home-and-home series. San Jose opens its MLS season against Real Salt Lake on Saturday at Buck Shaw Stadium.
The draw gives San Jose at least a fighting chance in the series finale.
"It was huge," Gordon said. "Against these Mexican teams, they're really good at home. It's tough to go into Mexico and get results, so for us to go in there down 1-0 would have been a huge mountain. Now we're in a one goal series."
Gordon, who missed most of the preseason after offseason foot surgery, scored in typical style. After entering the game in the 73rd minute, he raced in untouched and converted a header off a Shea Salinas free kick, in front of a sellout crowd of 10.525.
Raul Nava gave Toluca a 1-0 lead with a brilliant shot in the 67th minute off a muffed clearance by Quakes defender Jason Hernandez.
Gordon said the comeback was good for the team's confidence.
"We didn't put our heads down," Gordon said. "We got together at the middle of the field like we usually do, and we looked at each other in the eye and we made a conscious effort to all see it through all the way to the end."
The late-game drama came during an otherwise frustrating night for San Jose, which came close to scoring at least a half-dozen other times.
Quakes coach Mark Watson thought his team played well in its first game of the season against the 10-time Mexican league champions.
Through a translator, Toluca coach Jose Saturnino Cardozo was dismissive of the Quakes physical style, only crediting his team with playing the game properly.
"It doesn't matter what he says," Cordell Cato said in response. "People are gonna talk. Sometimes they don't like the style of a team's play. It doesn't have to be the Quakes. It can be the (Los Angeles) Galaxy. It can be anybody. They're gonna talk because they dislike it, but we play and we get results, and that's all that matters."
Hernandez started in place of U.S. national team center back Clarence Goodson, serving a one-game suspension for yellow cards in the CONCACAF group stage.
The Quakes nearly scored three times during a spellbinding sequence in the 79th minute. Salinas sent a cross into the middle, and Steven Lenhart headed the ball off the crossbar. JJ Koval, a rookie out of Stanford, hit a follow shot that banked off a defender. Then Gordon appeared to shoot off Koval, who was on the ground.
After a bit of a slow start, the Quakes brought the action to Toluca in the second half.
In the 54th minute, Cato raced up the right wing and curved a cross to Chris Wondolowski, whose one-time attempt from 10 yards out was turned away by goalie Alfredo Talavera. Wondolowski was foiled again in the 60th minute from point-blank range.
In the first half, San Jose was denied in the 34th minute when an open header by Lenhart off a Salinas corner kick was cleared off the line by defender Edgar Duenas.
Gordon's teammates knew what to expect from Gordon in the end.
"Alan's a fantastic player," winger Cato said. "Our top four guys are good in the box on crosses, and it just goes to show. He has missed a lot, but one chance and he has a goal."


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ANTIOCH -- Lauren Rojas' Hello Kitty has boldly gone where no doll has before. And the popularity of the toy's trek into near space -- evidenced by more than 376,000 views on YouTube as of Thursday afternoon -- is taking the Antioch teen to new heights.
Rojas, 13, a seventh-grader at Cornerstone Christian School, recently sent the doll into the stratosphere on a faux-rocket as part of a class science project. The Hello Kitty weather balloon traveled 93,625 feet above the planet and was airborne for about 90 minutes.
Rojas' family documented the journey with four cameras and condensed the footage into a YouTube video. With the fun. song "We Are Young" playing as a backdrop, the video shows the different camera angles of the rocket's flight, the weather balloon bursting and Hello Kitty's fall back to Earth.
The project has become a smash on YouTube since posting on Jan. 25. It also has received national and international media attention, including from Canada, India and the Discovery Channel.
Sanrio, the company that created Hello Kitty, and High Altitude Science, the company that created the weather balloon and flight computer, both feature the flight on their websites.
Rod Rojas, Lauren's father, said they have been blitzed with interview requests, as well as questions from university students studying engineering asking to see raw footage, and from teachers around the world.
"It's been terrific how it's sparking all this interest," Rojas said. "It's great because seeing all this, I think it's sparked Lauren's interest in science and pushed it that much farther. All the other kids were asking questions as well, so it's sparking their interest as well."
The shy 13-year-old was watching television with her father when they saw a Citibank commercial showing three men using reward points for a weather balloon.
"I thought that was one of the coolest things ever, and thought right away it would be good for a project," Lauren said.
It so happened that all Cornerstone seventh-graders had to create a science experiment. Lauren decided to test the effects of altitude on air pressure and temperature as a weather balloon rose.
"When she first brought the idea to me, I had to make sure that it was an experiment and not a demonstration," teacher Annette Cluck said. "After she showed what she planned to do, I said, 'Go, girl.'"
Adding Hello Kitty was a way to have a little fun. A fan of the doll since she was 6, a figurine she received from her dad after he returned from a business trip to Asia "fit in the space perfectly," she said.
"She wanted to make it look like something was really going into space, instead of just making a capsule," Lauren's mother, Cheryl Martinez, said. "She thought it would be cute to support Hello Kitty."
Lauren also fastened some pink Hello Kitty-themed tape to the capsule. The rocket also has a pink ribbon sticker to honor those in her family who have survived breast cancer.
With her father, who works in sports marketing, assisting when power tools were required and providing other guidance, Lauren assembled the weather balloon contraption, including a flight computer, and attached four GoPro Hero2 video cameras to the capsule to record the journey.
"It took about a month to plan and put it all together," she said. "I thought it would be a little easier. While working on it, we would think back at how easy it looked on the commercial and laugh."
Added Rod Rojas: "It was a pretty big undertaking. There are a lot of moving parts and a big checklist."
Lauren spent a lot of time searching Google and YouTube to see what she should and shouldn't do to make the launch successful. After all, they had only one shot at it.
The parts cost less than $500, and even that came with "a lot of bargain shopping and finding the best prices," Rod said. They also had trouble finding helium because it is scarce and expensive, and instead used hydrogen.
Rod and Lauren launched the balloon about two months ago from an industrial complex parking lot in Livermore. It remained aloft for about 90 minutes before landing in a tree in the Almaden Quicksilver County Park area, west of San Jose and about 47.5 miles from its takeoff spot. They found the balloon by attaching a GPS tracking device. An arborist had to help retrieve it from the tree.
After the successful trip, a family friend helped compile the nearly four-minute video. The video flow, music and the ending were Lauren's ideas, her father said.
The normally shy Lauren was calm and "didn't miss a beat" in her presentation to her classmates on the project this week, Cluck said.
"She just beams with pride when the students praise her or talk to her about it," Cluck said. "She could probably talk about it all day long."
Half of the rocket and Hello Kitty are attached to a poster board, sitting in Cluck's classroom. It will be judged in the school's science fair Tuesday, and could be entered in a regional science fair for Christian schools.
"I'm beyond proud of her," Cluck said.
Contact Paul Burgarino at 925-779-7164. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulburgarino.
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CHF; Congestive heart failure; Left-sided heart failure; Right-sided heart failure - Cor pulmonale; Cardiomyopathy - heart failure
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Symptoms of heart failure often begin slowly. At first, they may only occur when you are very active. Over time, you may notice breathing problems and other symptoms even when you are resting. Symptoms may also appear suddenly after the heart is damaged from a heart attack or other problem.
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Limit how much salt you eat. Your doctor may also ask you to limit how much fluid you drink during the day.
Other important changes to make in your lifestyle:
Your doctor will ask you to take medicines to treat your heart failure. Medicines treat the symptoms, prevent your heart failure from getting worse, and help you live longer. It is very important that you take your medicine as your health care team directed.
These medicines:
It is very important that you take your medicine as your doctor and nurse directed. Do not take any other drugs or herbs without first asking your doctor or nurse about them. Drugs that may make your heart failure worse include:
The following surgeries and devices for certain patients with heart failure may be recommended:
Severe heart failure occurs when treatments no longer work. Certain treatments may be used when a person is waiting for a heart transplant:
At a certain point, the health care provider will decide whether it is best to keep treating heart failure aggressively. The patient, along with his or her family and doctors, may want to discuss palliative or comfort care at this time.
Often, you can control heart failure by taking medicine, changing your lifestyle, and treating the condition that caused it.
Heart failure can suddenly get worse due to:
Most of the time, heart failure is a chronic illness that gets worse over time. Some people develop severe heart failure. Medicines, other treatments, and surgery no longer help at this stage.
People with heart failure may be at risk for dangerous heart rhythms. These people often receive an implanted defibrillator.
Call your health care provider if you develop:
Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911) if you experience:
Most cases of heart failure can be prevented by living a healthy lifestyle and reducing your risk for heart disease.
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ACUSHNET — Nomination papers are available beginning Jan. 3 at the Town Clerk's Office for all candidates for local office, including those candidates seeking re-election.
The annual town election is scheduled for Monday, April 1, 2013.
Officials whose terms expire this year include the following. Positions are for three-year terms unless otherwise indicated.
David E. Wojnar, Selectman;
Liberio D. Soares, Assessor;
Douglas M. Coray and Michelle D. DeTerra, School Committee;
Kristen E. Leotti and Robert J. Bartolome, Trustees of Free Public Library;
Charlene Fortin, Cemetery Board;
Richard P. Forand, Planning Board (five-year term);
Michael L. Desrosiers, Park Commissioner;
Thomas J. Fortin, Board of Health;
Marc E. Laplante, Commissioner of Trust Funds;
Vacancy, Commissioner of Trust Funds (two- year term);
Steven R. Boucher, Board of Public Works;
All candidates are required to circulate nomination papers and obtain 40 signatures of registered voters.
The last day to obtain nomination papers is Thursday, Feb. 7, at 5 p.m., and the papers must be filed with the Board of Registrars by 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11.
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Much of this month college students will be traveling through our area making their way to the gulf coast.
News 4 rode along with one police agency on how they're cracking down on students headed to the beach.
Officer Derrick Mize is ready for his normal traffic patrols in headland, but because so many people are traveling this stretch of highway it won't take long to notice a driver not obeying traffic laws.
"We've been seeing a good amount of traffic coming through mid day to evening time frame, and they are committing a good amount of traffic infractions, and their being stopped by multiple agencies," Officer Derrick Mize of the Headland Police Department,
It is spring break time for many students across the country, and many who attend colleges near our area, know the perfect get a way is just an hour and a half from Dothan.
"The things we're looking for with the spring break traffic coming through is a lot of traffic violations trying to keep everybody safe, and we're also looking for any illegal narcotics, and alcohol coming through our jurisdiction," Officer Derrick Mize of the Headland Police Department.
And here recently those violations have picked up.
"The narcotics and alcohol have picked up quite a bit, along with the traffic violations," Officer Derrick Mize of the Headland Police Department.
Many are in a rush to reach their destinations. And when that rush involves impaired driving, things become more dangerous.
"People speeding, driving questionably, not using their turning signals, cutting people off, just driving erratically," Officer Derrick Mize of the Headland Police Department.
Driving that way will get you pulled over, a citation or vacation in a jail cell.
So if you plan on making your way to the beach for spring break, officers urge you to please obey traffic laws, because one thing is for sure the beach is not going anywhere.


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Tuscaloosa Magnet gets recognition as IB school
International designation four years in the making
Published: Friday, April 26, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 11:50 p.m.
By Jamon Smith
IB requirements
-Schools had to increase art, music and foreign language curriculum.
-Hired a part-time art teacher, part-time music teacher, full-time Spanish teacher and two full-time IB coordinators.
-Shaped curriculum to teach classes required and implement project-based learning.
-Full-time teachers and elective teachers were required to understand and incorporate the IB philosophy, which is teaching all eight subjects in all eight subjects.
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TUSCALOOSA | Nearly four years ago, the Tuscaloosa Magnet Schools opened their doors with the goal of becoming official International Baccalaureate schools.
That day has finally come.
"About three weeks ago, we received word that we've been fully authorized as an IB primary years program," said Jeanne Burkhalter, principal of Tuscaloosa Magnet Schools Elementary. "The middle years authorization is on its way."
The IB primary years authorization has only been given for the Tuscaloosa Magnet Schools Elementary. The Tuscaloosa Magnet Schools Middle won't become officially be authorized as an IB school until an IB official visits the school in October and gives the final OK.
Kaylee Brooks, a fourth-grade teacher at the elementary school, said she feels like she can finally breathe now that the school's been authorized.
"It feels validating because we had so many people support us throughout the process," Brooks said. "This process has made us a team because we had to plan together as a school."
Askia Little, a third-grade teacher at the elementary school, said he remembers how overwhelmed the school's teachers were when they were first introduced to the IB curriculum.
Now, they know the program's curriculum so well that they received authorization during their first try, he said.
"To me, it's a breath of fresh air," he said. "It's validating that the IB evaluators said we were doing everything that we should be doing in practice."
The IB program began in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1968. It's a standardized, advanced education program with an international curriculum accepted worldwide in 138 countries.
Some IB courses can count for college credit, and statistics have shown that IB students are up to 30 percent more likely to be accepted into college. Many IB students also receive full scholarships.
In April 2011, the Tuscaloosa Magnet Schools became candidates for the IB program. A year later, an IB consultant visited the elementary school and gave an assessment to see if the school met IB's stringent standards.
To meet IB's requirements, the schools had to increase the art, music and foreign language curriculum to 50 hours a year. They had to hire a part-time art teacher, part-time music teacher, full-time Spanish teacher and two full-time IB coordinators to help achieve those teaching goals. They had to fill out the plethora of paperwork and do the constant reporting that's required to be IB.
They've had to shape the curriculum to teach the eight classes required and implement project-based learning so the schools would feel like IB schools. The schools' full-time and elective teachers were required to understand and incorporate the IB philosophy, which is teaching all eight subjects in all eight classes — in music class, students would not only learn music, they'd learn the history of it and they'd use math to learn how to make instruments, for example.
"The only thing that will change now is the title," Little said. "We already teach the curriculum."
Tuscaloosa City Schools Superintendent Paul McKendrick said the magnet elementary school becoming IB is a wonderful accomplishment.
"We're a system that has innovative programs and is moving forward," he said. "We're not being mired in mediocrity. We're pushing ourselves beyond what our past efforts have been and we won't be satisfied with what we've done."
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I think it it a slap in the face to this Veteran that any lobbying group can purchase the vote from the people that we put in office to do our will. I don't care which party you or me are associated with in this case it was what the MAJORITY of Americans wanted and deserved. I didn't think it was " of the people, by the people and for the NRA cash that is so freely available"
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Guns are not the problem. Guns have existed for years and do nothing until taken up by a human being who perceives that violent acts are the means to their aspirations. The U.S. has a violence problem, not a gun problem. Violence permeates every aspect of our daily lives from the TV news, to movies, to songs, to video games, to professional, and even college and high school sports. We are a society that thrives on it and it has grown to the point of being inescapable.
It should alarm us... not only that we have allowed violence to flourish in our society, but how quickly we are to abandon our constitutional liberities if someone could, and would, just restore order.
I find it hard to believe that our President could support Gun Control to protect our children on the one hand and promote Abortions with the other hand. More than 4000 children died during abortions on the same day as Newtown. That's something to pray about.
If any of the new proposed laws would prevent another tragedy I would be a total supporter. However anyone that can think or will think can plainly see non of the proposed laws, if they had been in effect at the time, would have prevented Newtown, the theater shooting, the Arizona shooting or any other. These new proposals are either one of two things. 1. The typical non-thinking, brain dead knee jerk reaction to do something, anything, even if it is wrong and regardless that it is useless. 2. The action of the gun control nuts who stoop so low capitalize on these very real tragedies to farther their personal agenda.
Well, I am in agreement with most of the posts. Congress and the Representatives of the People need their asses kicked! It's time for them to react to to people they are supposed to be representing and not the dang lobbyists for whatever non-gun control people that are lining their pockets. Americans take a vote! Remove these greedy and self-satisfying politicians - start letter campaigns, e-mail, face-book and all the media. Scare the bejesus out of them and maybe they will finally listen to the people!
Just to make myself feel better, I recently did a little bookwork on definitions.
Merriam-Webster Defines the word "Infringe," as used in the Second Amendment, as "To encroach upon, in a way that violates law or the rights of another"
It goes on to define "Encroach" as "To enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another."
Does this sound at all familiar???
The Democrats today seem to want to violate the Rights Granted by the Constitution and take away Freedoms. I was a Democrat for fifty-two (52) years, but will no longer support a Party against the Constitution.
I have sold firearms for various licensed dealers in 6 different states over the past 30+ years.
The state with the fewest number of restrictions vis a vis law abiding citizens was Vermont. At the time they had the highest estimated ownership of firearms per capita in the Republic. They also had the lowest level of crimes related to the unlawful use of firearms.
The state with the highest number of restrictions vis a vis law abiding citizens was Illinois. I'd say, from my anecdotal observations, that firearms ownership was near the median per capita for the US. They have nowhere near the lowest level of crimes per capita related to the unlawful use of firearms, most predominantly in urban areas.
As a member of the Jury of the Whole as a US citizen, I have yet to be convinced beyond the shadow of a reasonable doubt that restrictions upon the liberty of law abiding citizens to obtain, keep and bear firearms has a mitigating effect on those who would use them unlawfully.
Over the course of having sold several thousand firearms over the years, 2 of my customers were investigated, only one of these inquiries was criminal rather than administrative.
If registration is not in the future plans of Obama and his pack of liberals, Why does the application for NICS have to include Make, Model, Serial No, and Caliber? Are they qualifying the firearm or the purchaser? As soon as they establish a registry and find out the costs of administering it, the only logical way to to cover the costs is to tax it. When the taxes have been raised to the point where they are no longer affordable, Confiscate the property. Registration, taxation, confiscation. Think about it...The 2nd amendment has successfully been circumvented.
It is a victory for those of us that are LAW ABIDING CITIZENS of the United States of America. I really don't understand what part of 'shall not be infringed' that our politicians don't understand. The Constitution of the United States of America is the highest law of the land, and IT can ONLY be changed by the CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. NO ifs ands or buts about it!! If we don't hold our politicians feet to the fire, and bind them down by the chains of the Constitution, they are going to walk all over us.
Gun's are not the problem. Congress needs to focus more on immigration than on a leftist agenda such as gun control. Boston is a prime example of the problem, one from Russia and the other from another soviet bloc country. We are too eager to nationalize anyone who says they want to be American. I believe it is only a matter of time before a group or individual slips across our southern border and causes real mayhem. Our founding fathers saw the need for guns to protect ourselves, that is why it is in the constitution.
If gun control worked, Chicago wouldn't be the killing capital of the nation. The current Liberal Administration wants to destroy the Constitution so they don't have to obey any laws/rules and can continue to drive this country into the sewer faster than they are doing right now..
It is time to change our travels from a democacy to a tyrant social state. We have traveled just to far in socializing our form of govenment, and a very sick members of congress. Term limits of all office holders and curb the interest groups from their power. Keep the guns, this is our only security for our beloved country people.
Gun violence in the USA is a problem. I know your thinking DUH!! Well that's the same way I feel about a knee jerk solution to the problem and everyone saying thank god we did something, now we can move on. Does anyone think that the defeated proposal could have prevented Newtown? Let's put our heads together and address the real concerns. Do I have answers? No! Do I think that the House and Senate can up with something better? Well they are well paid to try to do better. Listen to the discourse and if anyone is making sense let them know. If they're not, Remember that and vote them out. They are there to represent us. If they aren't or can't TRASH THEM. It won't fix the problem tomorrow, but a concerned public will go along way toward getting their attention.
Oddly, it is the President that is charged with ensuring that the current laws are enforced. Now why are the laws for gun registration not being used?
Also, the 2nd amendment speaks of the right to bear arms in the context of citizens being able to protect themselves from all enemies, not for hunting food. How will you feel when you only have your hunting rifle to go against Obama's army with their machine guns and missiles?
It is sad that so many have been injured by fire arms in our society in other terms than defending our country. We do need adequate background checks on ANYONE purchasing a firearm ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. I also believe that in my beloved America, we have developed into a passive nation, making more laws mandating the enforcement of the laws we already have that are not being taken serious in the first place. Forget all the fluffy words and tell it like it is. Stop selling guns without the proper precautions.
"Expanded background checks would not have prevented the Newtown tragedy. That is a fact. Our Constitution protects every citizen's right to own and bear arms and criminals don't care about gun laws, they will get what they want regardless."
I see all the NRA Parots are out in force.
As a veteran, ex-competition shooter, and a KS resident Concealed Carry Permit, and TX non-resident Concealed Carry permit I find anyone that thinks background checks has any determent to the second amendment, the you better review the laws governing full auto weapons and yelling fire in a theater.
AS a gun owner and Concealed Carry, I will be out campaigning in my state to show these repuglickons for what they are. If you can't stand a background check you don't need to own a sling-shot.
AS FOR THE NRA AND THEIR DRAFT DODGING LEADERSHIP,my wife (Ex- Chief of Police) and I dropped the NRA 1987.
This one message from American born Al-Qaeda Adam Yahiye Gadahn telling Muslims it is easy to get weapons from gun shows and carry out random attacks on Americans should trump all other arguments.
There are exceptions to "every rule." There is necessity in our country to think critically and we must be prepared, and to ACT on the tragic trend plaguing our nation with rampant and raging re-occurrences of gun crime violence within the past 14 years. Additionally, sad to say, the United States (currently) has the INFAMOUS distinction of having the highest fire arms (i.e. gun related felonies involving) injuries and fatalities of ANY NATION in the WORLD!
The ISSUE is this! What takes PRECEDENCE? The WRITTEN DOCUMENT of our nation's "forefathers" originating over two hundred years ago known as the Constitution of the United States; and of which the 2nd Amendment has become the most controversial amendment in the 21st century (C.E. and/or A.D., in the U.S.); and that gives authority for the nation's "militia" to own and bear arms; when ITS sovereignty is threatened by enemies both foreign and domestic; or the LIVES OF LIVING PEOPLE (American men, women, and children) threatened by, and acts committed by would be assailants, assassins, criminals, and terrorists.
What takes PRECEDENCE as Vice-President Joe Biden recently alluded to on NPR news media, and in his response to Congress as to what the latter is "to say to the NRA" (National Rifle Association) about (erroneously) perceived too restrictive gun control laws; and also complained by the latter as, infringing on their rights to own and "carry" weapons? Or, what do we say to the parents of innocent elementary school children SLAUGHTERED at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut that occurred on December 14, 2012 ON THE NECESSITY OF PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN with more stringent gun control laws; that include background checks to keep firearms out of the hands of convicted criminals, and those suffering with mental illness?
CLEARLY THE ANSWER IS PROTECTION OF HUMAN LIVES TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER A "PIECE OF PAPER" DOCUMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHOM HAS WRITTEN IT, OR ITS HIGHLY ASCRIBED SIGNIFICANCE! U.S. historical protocol, law, tradition, written counsel, statutes, legal adjudication, is subject to written amendment, volatility, error, argument, misunderstanding, misinterpretation, and being misconstrued.
The RESPECT and SANCTITY OF LIFE IS NOT SUBJECT TO DEBATE!INNOCENT HUMAN LIVES ARE NOT EXPENDABLE! The growing gun crime violence (in terms of frequency, severity, global and local growth patterns, and simultaneity, is indicative of, and) must be "a wake up call" for Americans and members of Congress; to arouse and stir vigorously from their environmental and attitudinal, marginal, comatose state of minds; and that something must be done to REDUCE these tragedies pronto! Like right now for increased protections from gun crime violence, perpetrated by those with criminal and mental illness backgrounds.
Also, more stringent background checks are NEEDED for those with "rap sheets" involving crime, and more programs for the diagnoses and treatment of the mentally ill are necessary to REDUCE these crimes. It's impossible to COMPLETELY ELIMINATE gun crime violence as long as there are those with criminally intended and mentally ill minds. But we can TRY and must REDUCE these increasing "gunfights at the [NOT] O.K. corral."
The answer to this is easy; the Constitution and the Bill of Rights take precedence.
I wonder if the dead children support the legislatures that vote to do nothing to protect children in the future.
I wonder if dead children support citizens that support abortion. But then I remember that dead anyone, adult or child, no longer support or object to anything. That being the case, the only thing that counts is the living. I think that allowing the living to decide whether to support those in the legislature that support the issues (not issue) that best correspond to their own is not just the best course of action; it the only course of action.
Given some of the comments I read above and in light of the Boston Bombings, maybe we should pass laws restricting the right of citizens to purchase Pressure Cookers, ball bearings and nails. If killing people is the criteria to use maybe automobiles should also be added to the list? That is the logic being used by those wanting to restrict gun ownership. Newtown would not have been prevented by the new laws proposed - the kid was not a criminal and had no record, so a background check of him or his mother would have not prevented them from acquiring the weapons used in the Newtown killings.
Expanded background checks would not have prevented the Newtown tragedy. That is a fact. Our Constitution protects every citizen's right to own and bear arms and criminals don't care about gun laws, they will get what they want regardless. So from my vantage point new expanded guns laws will only restrict the rights of law abiding citizens. The root cause of the Newtown tragedy was mental illness and that is the area where any preventative actions should be taken.
No criminals do not care about gun laws any more than they care about any other law; that is why they are called criminals. Requiring background checks at gun shows will not prevent criminals from acquiring guns. FBI gun crime statistics show less than 1/2 of 1% of guns used in crimes were purchased legally. Requiring background checks at gun shows won't change these numbers.
Speaking of which, the idea, as discussed by another, that because x number of people have been murdered by guns this demonstrates a need to restrict or eliminate citizens' 2nd Amendment rights is as ludicrous as demanding motor vehicles be outlawed because x number of people have been killed by motor vehicles. The 2nd Amendment protects citizens from tyranny,both from without and from within. To propose eliminating all the citizens rights because some citizens simply won't or can't obey the law is the height of insanity. Those favoring such action should be ashamed of themselves.
Not counting the current terrorist action in Boston, the majority of the mass shooters have been individuals taking medically prescribed psychotropic drugs that come with clear warnings about aberrant behavior in patients taking these drugs. It would probably go a whole lot further toward protecting society if Congress and the President put forth the effort they have in attempting to further impact 2nd Amendment rights in preventing the administration of these medications outside of a hospitalized setting.
You hit the nail right on the head. One approach would be to put some of the responsibility for these folks on the doctor prescribing the drugs without keeping tract of the patient. Many people knew that the young man that shot all the children needed a lot of help but wasn't getting it. We are our Brother's keeper so we all must keep our eyes open to wacky things going on around us and get the people in authority involved. Better to be a watchful neighbor than to get shot.
as a vietnam, 3 tour vet, and a strong proponant of the right to keep and bear arms. I am dismayed and saddened that the resolution failed. The resolution would not infringe on your rights. What it was saying was those that frequent gun shows and purchase firearms with out checks, because they can't purchase them legally would be required to go through nics to acquire a weapon. If I must go through checks before I purchase a weapon , and I gladly do, Why shouldn't all be required to go through the checks. why should gun shows be exempt.
I could not agree more! This was an important measure that could have removed the loophole allowing felons and the mentally ill unfettered access to weapons. Shame on those senators who succumbed to the notion that this legislation would in any way hamper responsible individuals from acquiring a gun.
We will probably have our membership cards shot out of our hands, Glad to see at least one with common sense.
Any incumbent in the US senate should be voted out of office. The people thre are not getting the job done. I am ashamed to be a republican.
I'm a 92 yer old vet WWII, 4 battle stars, was issued an M1 as a weapon. No weapons since leaving Manila after end. Think that the 2nd Amendment is obsolete in the 21st century. Assault weapons are for combat only! In the last 30 years over 1 million gun deaths. Time for us to do something, in fact it is long past time.
In this gun control battle everyone seems to forget why the 2nd Amendment was put there in the first place. When this country was fighting for its independence, it needed TRAINED people who could shoot, clean and repair their weapon. If you take away "Assault Weapons", you will be taking way valuable training. Training is what makes a better soldier would you not agree?
Perma, thank you for your service. The 2nd amendment is not to allow Americans to have guns for hunting, or just for personal protection, it is for the citizen's army, which protects us all from a future hitler, stalin, putin, or whosoever would try to deprive us of our hard fought freedoms. These days will never pass, vigilance is required of us all.
A true and faithful government has nothing to fear from an armed citizenry.
Along with my American Legion membership, I am an NRA life member with strong 2nd amendment beliefs. As we have seen over the past week, guns, bombs and knifes are not the problem, people who wish to injure, maim, and kill are. I do support gun show background checks, the sponsors should provide an 'official' to perform the check for all gun sales, private or dealer. This is not gun registration, but to prevent felons or crazies from getting guns at these events.
What is it that the courts,congress and the President do not understand about "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED"?
In what you say I could agree. However, The Congress has never passed any bill (Not even a Bill of Rights bill) that was only one line. It is really amazing how people like Jefferson, Adams, etc., had such a handle on the overall workings of a democratic government, that they pretty well insured the rights of United States citizens in years to come. No, there were no assault weapons then, & beside the military, throughout the years, until recent times, "extreme" weapons were mostly in the militia & some law enforcement agencies.
I find it rather interesting that Boston and Massechussetts have perhaps the most restrictive gun laws, and that a terrorist / murderer chose to plant a bomb in open view that created unfortunate death and unthinkable injury to the spectators and participants in the Boston Marathon. My condolences for the victims and loved ones of those affected.
more restrictive gun laws will not prevent tragedies from happening like newtown or the little girl shot in a drive by in Chicago Illinois has some of the stringent laws and has some of the highest gun violence in the country start looking at mental health issues and leave the law abiding gun owners of the country alone