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Now, having said that – tradition dictates the following rules of finance:
The BRIDE is responsible for paying for the groom's wedding ring, her personal lingerie, gifts for the female attendants, personal stationary, lodging for her out of town attendants, a bridesmaids luncheon, and the gift for the groom.
The GROOM is responsible for paying for the Bride's engagement and wedding rings, the marriage license and any other legal documents required by your state. The Bride's bouquet, the bride's going away corsage, corsages for the mothers and grandmothers on both sides, all of the boutonnieres, lodging for his out of town attendants, the fee for the clergy, the honeymoon and transportation, gifts for the groom's attendants and (let's not forget) the gift for the bride!
The ATTENDANTS are to pay for their attire including dress, tuxedo, and accessories, but not flowers.
The BRIDESMAIDS are usually responsible for giving the bride a shower. Today, a good idea is to have a couples shower; it's a lot of fun and the groom gets to be involved
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On Saturday, May 11, 2013 at approximately 9:45 AM a van driven by Brent Earl Anderson, (62yrs) of the Upper Sioux Community, Granite Falls MN, was traveling westbound on highway 67 at approximately 570th St.
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Big Bird was probably chilling in his nest, chomping down a bag of bird seed and minding his own business. Then he clicked on the TV and, before he could flip over to the Discovery Channel, he spat out a mouthful of seed as he realized he was the topic of conversation during the first presidential debate.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney might have dominated Wednesday's debate with President Obama, but he definitely lost the Muppet vote. Romney repeated what has become a Republican theme over the years: That the government shouldn't be funding PBS.
He told moderator Jim Lehrer, who works for PBS: "I'm sorry, Jim. I'm going to the stop the subsidy to PBS. I'm going to stop other things. I like PBS. I love Big Bird. I actually like you, too. But I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for it."
Somewhere, Elmo sheds a single tear.
Romney isn't just after "Sesame Street." According to the Washington Post, Romney wants to cut all federal funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Doing so would save $450 million, less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the federal budget.
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CHS and King 5 report that USDA wildlife officials today shot and killed a coyote showing signs of mange that had been roaming around Volunteer Park. From CHS:
UPDATE: 3:30 PM: A USDA spokesperson tells CHS that the coyote has been killed. "I understand that the ill coyote has been found and removed. No additional information is available at this time." the brief statement reads. We were told the agent searching for the coyote was not on the Hill this afternoon but have not confirmed details of what agency was ultimately responsible for ending the hunt and killing the coyote believed to be suffering from mange.
Montlake Forum commenters have posted coyote sightings as recently as today, including in or near Interlaken Park. It is worth noting that Seattle Parks has recently confirmed a pack of healthy coyotes living around North Capitol Hill — so there are likely others in the area apart from the animal put down today.
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As a breeze kicked up, bringing Saturday's snowstorm to Farmer's Korner, runners dashed through the snowy fields surrounding Summit High School, kicking high with snowshoes on their feet.
To the average onlooker, it's a surprising sight. To the runners it's a nice way to get out in the snowy winters of the High Country.
And, it's a nice way for Summit High School to win a state championship, knocking Cheyenne Mountain High School off the top of the podium after three years.
The PowerBar Big Easy Snowshoe Race, formerly known as the Love Me Tender race, had 2k, 5k and 10k options, with the 5k being the Colorado High School Snowshoe State Championship and the 10k being a qualifying race for the national snowshoe race in Bend, Ore. The top 10 overall U.S. Snowshoe Association member finishers in qualifying events are eligible to register for the national championship.
As for the high school race, "It was really exciting. There was only about a three-point difference between us and Cheyenne Mountain. It was really close; we're really excited. ... They're one of the best distance-running teams in the state," race organizer Darren Brungardt said, adding that because snowshoeing is such a fledgling sport, the teams are co-ed.
Summit's team was comprised of Liam Meirow (3rd place among the boys), McKenna Ramsay (1st among the girls), Emily Pappas (3rd), Jessica Horii (4th) and McKinley Jones (5th). Because nine-year-old Alayna Szuch from Evergreen came in second in the girls' 5k, her finish was omitted from the high school standings, bumping everyone else forward.
Amongst the high school runners, Justin Weinmeister took the boys' championship and Summit's Ramsay took the girls'. Weinmeister was running for Lakewood High School in a vacant spot, though he attends Windsor High School.
The course, although flat, was challenging between the snowy surface and the weather.
"With a little bit of a breeze, this mile was tough," first-year competitor Weinmeister said of the section of a stretch headed south, almost directly into a strong wind. Overall, though, Weinmeister was happy with the course. "You could run fast and not worry about getting lost. I've done a few snowshoe races and that always seems to be a problem."
Ramsay was casual about her win, which is her second snowshoe state championship.
"It was hard, but fun," she said.
Summit cross-country runner Liam Meirow finished third. He collapsed onto the snow after crossing the finish line after running into trouble willing his body to move between miles one and two.
"The wind takes it out of you, so much. It's hard to breathe, the wind goes into your mouth. It was so gray, some spots you fall in and it takes 10 percent out of you. It was intense. Snowshoeing is a completely different game than running. It's like running with 10-pound plates on your feet. It's ridiculous," he said, adding, "Once we got to the downhill after mile two, I started to feel myself again and started going faster."
Saturday, Feb. 9
5k girls' results
1. McKenna Ramsay (Summit) - 30:32.41
2. Alayna Szuch (Evergreen Elementary) - 33:29.55
3. Madison Lambros (Cheyenne Mountain) - 34:16.15
4. Emily Pappas (Summit) - 34:52.95
5. Jessica Horii (Summit) - 36:22.33
6. McKinley Jones (Summit) - 37:26.29
7. Maddie Ivy (Lakewood) - 37:50.33
8. Erin Matheson (Lakewood) - 37:53.10
9. Sarah Maronick (Lakewood) - 37:54.42
10. Ana Fairbanks-Mahnke (Lakewood) - 38:04.91
5k boys' results
1. Justin Weinmeister (Windsor) - 24:23.65
2. Joshua Fowler (Cheyenne Mountain) - 25:40.90
3. Liam Meirow (Summit) - 26:43.40
4. Ben Fox (Cheyenne Mountain) - 26:49.91
5. Tristan Pelto (Cheyenne Mountain) - 27:10.72
6. Zach Kuzma (Cheyenne Mountain) - 27:13.32
7. Ryan Parker (Smoky Hill) - 27:34.02
8. Tristan Meyers (Cheyenne Mountain) - 28:05.65
9. Matt Klepfer (Cheyenne Mountain) - 30:26.45
10. Michael Andress (Smoky Hill) - 31:00.25
10k men's results
1. Tim Hola (Highlands Ranch, 40) - 54:53.71
2. Jonathan Fenske (Thornton, 43) - 57:31.96
3. Ron Thomasson (Longmont, 47) - 59:48.76
4. Dave O'Sadnick (Evergreen, 57) - 1:02:14.58
5. Brett Tomlinson (Frisco), 42) - 1:11:27.17
10k women's results
1. Lisa Mills (Smoky Hill, 51) - 1:05:02.5
2. Jill Heil (Summit Cove, 40) - 1:18:32.15
3. Amy Mastin (Silverthorne, 49) - 1:18:51.19
4. Michelle Lyman (Breckenridge, 39) - 1:22:45.40
5. Mary Pappas (Breckenridge, 45) - 1:23:43.28
5k adult results
1. Jerry Wentik (Glenwood Springs, 53) - 38:43.09
2. Stephen Houk (Air Force, 21) - 39:33.59
3. Anne Chapman (Breckenridge, 54) - 43:36.75
4. Lynn Amundsen (Denver, 47) - 48:01.35
5. Laureen Boll (Highlands Ranch, 44) - 51:21.17


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New School Jazz student Jay Hyung Sang Cho (piano) presents his senior recital.
Jay Cho, a late bloomer born in Seoul, Korea, who turned 40 in 2013, started his jazz studies in his mid 30s. He started his music career in his mid 20s and was involved in recording productions with a few million sells. After then, he was able to associate with topnotch people in the Korean music field. In the end, his ceaseless craving for studying music brought him to the Jazz program at The New School in New York.He's been married for 13 years and has a 6 grade daughter. They live in New York City.
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The New Gottland Lutheran Church will host its annual Independence Day Celebration at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The evening will begin with a potluck supper, including grilled hamburgers, hotdogs and beverages furnished by the church. Attendees are asked to bring their table service and aside dish to share.
A patriotic program titled "The Sound of Freedom" will be presented in the church sanctuary at 8: p.m. A freewill offering will be received for the McPherson County Food Bank.
Closing out the evening activities, weather permitting, homemade ice cream will be served out-of-doors followed with a display of fireworks at dusk.
New Gottland Lutheran Church is at 1822 17th Ave., northeast of McPherson.
The public is invited to come and enjoy the evening.
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Kaseta Gets 15 Years For Murder of Woman Missing Since 2001
Girlfriend disappeared in 2001 after an argument; body never found.
Published: Friday, December 7, 2012 at 10:53 p.m.
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BARTOW | Dion Kaseta, who was convicted of manslaughter last month for the 2001 disappearance of his girlfriend, was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for her death.
Circuit Judge J. Dale Durrance imposed the maximum sentence against Kaseta for a manslaughter conviction.
Authorities never have found Kimberly Mimmovich's body but maintained that Kaseta killed her during an argument at the trailer they shared in December 2001.
Kaseta, 52, said she disappeared the next day after they traveled to Deerfield Beach to visit his sister, and Mimmovich didn't return from a walk on the beach alone to watch the sunrise. She was 37.
During last month's trial, Assistant State Attorney Cass Castillo told jurors the Lake Wales woman never made it to the beach. She died during a heated argument with Kaseta the night before — after she had told a man at a bar that she wasn't dating anyone, he said.
Neighbors testified during the trial that they heard things hitting walls in the couple's trailer that night, then they heard one loud thump, followed by silence.
Castillo called the trip a "charade" to get rid of his girlfriend's body, which he surmised was discarded somewhere along the way to Deerfield Beach.
Bartow lawyer Jeffrey Holmes, representing Kaseta, said the prosecution's case was based on "supposition, speculation, conjecture and innuendo."
"What you really got is an unsolved disappearance," he said.
Jurors deliberated nearly five hours before returning with a guilty verdict.
On Friday, several of Mimmovich's relatives offered statements during the sentencing hearing, asking Durrance to impose the maximum sentence.
"If she were here today," said Pamela Ward, the victim's cousin, "I believe she would say. 'Dion, I loved you very much. You were a part of me. We were going to be a family. My family loved you and trusted me to you. Your selfishness took me away from the one thing that is most important to me — my family.' "
During Friday's hearing, Durrance denied Kaseta's motion for a new trial on grounds that a defense witness recognized one of the jurors in the trial as her former neighbor. Holmes alleged the juror was guilty of misconduct, and he sought the court's permission to interview that juror, but Durrance rejected that argument.
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The PEIS will also analyze the steps necessary to facilitate the processing of the approximately 100 geothermal lease applications that were pending as of January 1st, 2005, as mandated by the Energy Policy of Act of 2005. The law stipulated that 90% of these applications must be issued, rejected, or otherwise disposed of by August 8th, 2010. Public comments on the PEIS are being accepted until August 13th, and the BLM encourages suggestions on which areas with high geothermal potential should be examined. The BLM will also hold public meetings in 10 western cities, with the first occurring in Denver, Colorado, on July 9th. See the BLM press release and the BLM's Geothermal PEIS Web site.
The BLM has just completed its first competitive geothermal lease sales in Idaho and Utah. In Idaho, the BLM leased five parcels on 8,901 acres for more than $5.7 million. In Utah, the BLM leased three parcels on more than 6,000 acres for nearly $3.7 million. The lease sales were the first to be performed under new regulations set by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. See the press releases from the BLM state offices in Idaho and Utah.


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Note: Blogness correspondent�Kim Tschida Petters took in the Jake Clemons/Garland Jeffreys show in Minneapolis Nov. 15, and was nice enough to file this report.
�Hail Hail Rock and Roll� seemed to be the mantra Friday night at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis: a �double bill with Jake Clemons opening for Garland Jeffreys.
I was excited to see Jake perform songs from his new EP, "It�s On." As he toggled among the guitar, the saxophone and the keyboard I was happy to see a young artist and his band making their way. The songs are powerful and engaging and his stage presence welcomes you.
I couldn't help but think what it must be like going from a stage that faces 60,000 people who scream at your moves to a room of maybe 200 people who are sitting in folding chairs as though they are watching a movie. Perhaps this is what impressed me the most – Jake and his band still gave us all of their energy. They were excited and that was obvious.
The alt/rock songs are strong and a bit edgier when performed live, and this 45-minute set was the perfect rock sneak peak into what is to come from Clemons. Not to mention the perfect opening to a night with Garland Jeffreys.
From the moment Jeffreys, the 69-year-old NY-based rocker, stepped on stage he commanded and delivered his song, and his anthem. Styled in black pants and a black sequined shirt, Jeffreys played songs from his new album, "Truth Serum," as well as favorites from his long and prolific career.
His energy is inspiring and his voice is mesmerizing and strong. As he sang �I used to be a contortionist� and moved about the stage, I had to wonder if it might be true. He jumps into the audience, engaging them as he goes along. Then back to the stage for more.
Garland�s star began to rise after the release of the single "Wild In The Streets" and its follow up album, "Ghost Writer." Although there have been no major hits for him, he has continued to release critically acclaimed records like "American Boy & Girl" and "One Eyed Jack." At the Cedar he performed like a star, playing many songs from his album "Escape Artist."
I must confess I�m rather new to the music of Garland Jeffreys but knew somehow that a transformation was about to take place. That somehow in that room of 200 people and a rock and roll band – I became the lucky one. The new one in the know. �Rock and Roll saved my life and saved my soul!� Jeffreys belts out – that is what this night is about as he conveys tales of race, of growing up in New York, and his long friendship with Lou Reed.
Tireless and energized, he brings the streets of New York into this Minneapolis night. There is no refrain as he delivers "Coney Island Winter," "Modern Lovers" and "Mystery Kids." Not to mention the power of "�Til John Lee Hooker Calls Me."
Something magical happens when an artist like Jeffreys performs and �Rock and Roll Music!� transforms.
For more on Garland Jeffrey's tour, visit�garlandjeffreys.com. For info on Jake Clemons' appearances and new EP, visit�jakeclemons.com.


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Post by Eddie Wolowski | April 2nd, 2012
We arrived at Pichon Longueville Comtesse De Lalande, commonly referred to as Pichon Lalande, on a sunny afternoon for a lunch appointment. As we walked up to the estate, we nodded to former stable-mate Pichon Baron across the road (scene of tomorrow night's dinner for some of us). The two estates were once united, but were split amongst siblings in 1850 and classified as Second Growths five years later.
After a Champagne toast with Chateau Director Sylvie Cazes, I sat down to lunch and a chat with Monsieur Philippe Moreau, the new technical director. Previously employed by Chateau de Pez and Chateau Bernadotte, Philippe completed his first vintage at Lalande last year. He was very generous in answering my questions. I have always wondered why Lalande's wines take on a certain characteristic that is not reflected in the wines of its close neighbors Baron and Chateau Latour. The disparity between Lalande and Baron has always been particularly interesting, not just because of their proximity, but their common heritage alone should warrant more similarity. Philippe first agreed that while yes, the terrior is nearly identical for all three properties, one contrast lies in the technical winemaking style of Lalande – the way that grapes are pressed gently for finesse and not heavily extracted for power.
However, he went on to explain that perhaps the most critical difference is how some Lalande parcels are on higher ground and slightly closer to the water. This variance has a moderating effect, keeping its grape temperatures cooler than surrounding properties during hot days and warmer doing the cold months. That, coupled with strict grape selection and severe sorting under Philippe's guidance, may help explain why Lalande had such an outstanding vintage this year. Whatever the reason, all these factors helped produce one of the top wines of Paulliac for 2011.
Indeed, the 2011 Pichon Lalande was impressive, displaying the consistent characteristics for which Lalande is known. It showed real elegance and finesse, a silky texture and floral fruit, with just a touch of mint. It managed to have concentration and deep color while beautifully reflecting its terroir. I may prefer this vintage over the 2009.
Lunch perfectly complemented the ambiance – unpretentious and delightful, and ranged from snapper to braised lamb with boiled potatoes. Bottles of 1975 and 1995 Pichon Lalande stood in rows for guests. Both vintages were exquisite, especially the 1975, with its enduring freshness, complexity, and length. Before we left, our generous hosts topped us off with one last refill of both vintages, sealing the afternoon's celebratory mood. Under its current management and direction, the future for this chateau looks very bright.


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SARATOGA -- There's a brouhaha brewing in this town and it revolves around a late-night drinking venue planned for the city's quaint downtown drag.
At issue is whether it's a bar or a restaurant that will be joining the ranks of the eateries on Big Basin Way -- a strip dotted with upscale, award-winning establishments.
The fracas began June 6, when a notice for a liquor license appeared in the vacant ME Benson Antiques storefront, revealing the business was being renamed Meza Bar and that it was seeking a license to become a 21-and-over joint.
"This is not a restaurant -- this is a bar for adults," said Aida Scott, whose children attend Saratoga Elementary School a block away. "That will bring its own issues. It's not the right place -- not next to an ice cream shop, not next to an elementary school."
Scott and other residents say they were blindsided. What was pitched as a restaurant, they say, will actually be a second late-night bar on the strip.
Trudy Grable, another neighbor, echoed the sentiment that if it was a "true restaurant" there would be no problem. But she said with a bar, there's late-night noise, loitering, smoking and other activities that just don't belong there.
"I walk my dog by there at night," Grable said. "A bar that stays open until 2 a.m. doesn't attract family men. I don't want the owner to think we're out to get him, but we just don't want that kind of activity."
When she first heard a restaurant was moving in, Scott thought it would be something like the Michelin-starred Plumed Horse or other fine-dining restaurants found on the strip.
In reality, Meza Bar will not have a full kitchen, only a food-preparation area. It advertises itself as a tapas bar. According to a posted sample menu, that's mainly finger-fare: pickled veggies, crostini, cheese plates, bruschetta, charcuterie and flatbreads.
Even so, city officials say it will, indeed, be a restaurant.
Key to the administrative approval of Meza Bar's permit is that the establishment maintain food service during all hours of operation, which will be from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m., with provisions for opening as early as 6 a.m., said James Lindsay, the city's director of development. Lindsay noted that the food-prep area and service requirement qualify it as a restaurant, and he said it's a good addition to the area.
"It's a use that Saratoga doesn't currently have downtown," he said. "The ability to have a light dinner of tapas -- there are not many opportunities for that. I believe that's what attracted the applicant."
That applicant is Ante Bilic, who lives about a mile away. According to Lindsay, he's a "long-standing Saratoga resident who raised his children through Saratoga schools."
But Bilic has a history that raises the hackles of some residents, and it set off a small-scale smear campaign last week when fliers detailing his past surfaced in some downtown locations.
Bilic is the former co-owner of Sunnyvale's Kit Kat Club, a strip joint that made the news in the mid-1990s when dancers working there were facing prostitution charges after a police raid. The charges didn't stick, but that background -- as well as Bilic briefly flirting with the idea of opening a topless bar in Gilroy in 2009 -- was the basis for the flier, which Lindsay called "inflammatory."
At a recent Saratoga neighborhood meeting, about 10 residents expressed concerns about the bar. While none bought into the flier's notion that it was the genesis of a strip club, that idea brought some levity to the meeting when a resident asked City Councilman Howard Miller to spell "tapas bar" to make sure he wasn't saying "topless."
But tense neighbors are on a mission -- they're collecting signatures to petition the state to deny the liquor license -- and that bodes for a lively meeting later this summer. Bilic is on vacation in Europe and could not be reached for comment, but after he returns in August the city plans to hold another community meeting -- this time with Bilic in attendance -- to hear concerns and hopefully allay some fears.
"If Bilic becomes a nuisance, we have the ability to revisit the permit or pull it back if he is not a good neighbor," Lindsay said. "But let's give him the opportunity to show that he's a good neighbor."
Police said they don't receive a substantial amount of calls for service from The Bank, downtown's lone bar. And numerous merchants and shoppers queried along Big Basin were more curious than fearful of Meza Bar. Some folks, however, were skittish about voicing an opinion, worried that speaking out could have repercussions.
Jin Suzuki, chef and owner of neighboring Hachi Ju Hachi, is not one of those folks. A wiry man with a tenacious handshake, Suzuki said he welcomes all businesses that want to try to survive on what he calls a difficult strip.
"They can go to hell and shut up," he said of the opposition. "We are taxpayers, too. What the hell are people complaining about? It's no one else's business. You got guts to come to Saratoga."
Contact Eric Kurhi at 408-920-5852. Follow him at Twitter.com/erickurhi.


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A large drilling rig sits outside the Covelli Center with some of the Youngstown, Ohio skyline in the background. Officials say drilling in Ohio's Utica shale region nearly doubled the output of oil and natural gas there since 2011, although some industry experts remain cautious about the long-term potential for production. (AP Photo/Mark Stahl, File) by Kevin Begos PITTSBURGH (AP) — The head of an influential charity is being criticized for his ties to the oil and gas industry, but some experts say the allegations are misguided. The Public Accountability Initiative, a liberal-leaning group that investigates corporations and businesses, released a report last week claiming that Robert Vagt, the president of Pittsburgh-based Heinz Endowments, hadn't fully disclosed his ties to the oil and gas industry and his current membership on the board of Houston-based Kinder Morgan Inc., the largest operator of natural gas pipelines in the U.S. The report also criticized the Endowments, which are separate from the giant food company, for providing funding for the Center for Sustainable Shale Development, which works with the gas drilling industry to reduce pollution.


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If you have children in South Carolina public schools, you've probably heard the term "Common Core" several times by now. It's the name for a nationalized set of academic standards to which South Carolina public schools are now required to conform.
Did you vote for Common Core? Did you have any say in it at all? No, you didn't.
One very important reason for Congress to expedite work toward a new Food, Farm and Jobs Bill is to continue today's rapid growth in local and regional marketing opportunities for American agriculture.
From local farmers markets to regional food hubs, these new opportunities benefit a wide range of Americans from all walks of life.
They benefit farmers and ranchers who are looking to start selling locally or scale up to regional sales.
"More babies are dying in SC." That was the banner headline in the Charleston Post and Courier recently.
To me, it was both shocking and impossible to ignore. And I would bet most South Carolinians felt the same way. Unfortunately, to many of our state government political leaders, it was just another day at the office.
The proposed cluster development ordinance passed first reading at the Lancaster County Council meeting Nov. 25. The reason stated was to get the issue on the table and talk about it.
The values of the important parameters included in the cluster development version passed by council are the very small numbers required to permit Mattamy Homes to develop the Treetops site to 933 homes. We will call these values the Mattamy Homes Treetops profit numbers (MHTPN).
The General Assembly is considering legislation which intentionally damages the fiscal and societal well-being of the citizens of South Carolina. The bill, couched under the clever title "the business freedom to choose act," is in fact special interest legislation at its rankest.
The deficit in Washington is growing – and I'm not speaking about our nation's floundering finances.
The trust-deficit between Americans and policymakers is distressingly large – with only 19 percent of Americans, according to an October Pew poll, who say that they have faith that the government will do what is right just about always or most of the time.
There are many honors and responsibilities that come with being a legislator. But none is more profound than sharing a community's appreciation to the men and women who have put service above self, and made the commitment to go wherever they were sent for the purpose of protecting the freedoms that we hold dear.
Jesus Christ publicly thanked God on several different occasions. He thanked God for five barley loaves and two small fishes, and then proceeded to multiply them so that a crowd of more than 5,000 people was satisfied, and 12 baskets of bread were left over.
He thanked God for hearing his prayer and then raised Lazarus from the dead. He thanked God for revealing truths to "babes" while hiding them from those who were wise and prudent.
By the time you are reading this, Thanksgiving will either be coming up very soon, or will have just recently passed. It has always been one of my favorite holidays.
In my house growing up, Thanksgiving was even more than Christmas, the holiday that my extended family used as an excuse to get together. So, while Christmas was Mom and Dad and my siblings, Thanksgiving was always a huge get-together with lots of family, food, football and naps.
There are two kinds of freedom in a free society, positive and negative freedoms. Positive freedoms are what the founders envisioned for a civil society and spelled out in the Declaration, Constitution and Bill of Rights. They gave us freedom of speech, religion, self-protection and the freedom to pursue life, liberty and happiness. These freedoms are assured by laws which prevent infringing on the freedoms of others.
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I found this small male Sweat Bee crawling around in a flowering chive. In the fast-paced world in which we live, it's easy to lose sight of the immense beauty which surrounds us. Just beneath our eyes lies an incredible world of bizarre looking creatures, vibrant colors, and elaborate patterns. While nature's most spectacular wonders are often thought to be far away mystical jungles or foggy snow-capped mountaintops, some of the most beautiful and intriguing sights are in our own backyards. I hope this photograph helps to shed light on a world which is so incredible and yet so obscure.
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They've been going at each other for a couple of weeks now, but haven't met face to face...until today.
District 4 commission candidate Alvin Mason is still asking Keith Brown to prove his past residency or step down as interim commissioner for District 4.
Mason now says that since he hasn't been able to get that proof, he's hoping a judge will.
It's a residency rumble now set to be duked out in court.
"I would ask Mr. Brown to apologize to the district, to my wife and myself for questioning our integrity in this process," Mason said.
He is now filing suit against interim commissioner Keith Brown, asking a judge to make him step down.
He says he gave Brown a chance to prove he's lived in Georgia for the two years required by law.
"But he chose not to do that," Mason says, "so he forced my hand to go ahead and do this action against him."
Though the two have spoken separately about the issue, it was only with News 12 that they agreed to meet face to face.
"There was some denial in the information, now there's--"
"Denial by who?
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Both men say they feel they've been personally attacked by the other. We asked Brown if he would give Mason the apology he asked for.
"There will be no apology issued by me to him for that," Brown said.
"This wasn't a witch-hunt," said Mason. "I did not bring false information against Mr. Brown, nor would I ever do that."
Brown admits he lived in South Carolina and voted there in November 2004, but says he's qualified because he also owned property in Georgia. He says he's waiting on city officials to tell him otherwise.
"Until I hear from them or my attorney, I will continue to do what I do, which is represent the constituents of District 4."
We asked Director of Elections Lynn Bailey what constitutes residency when it comes to qualifying.
"The law says your residency is where your habitat is, where you live, where you reside, where you are at a place, and your intent is to stay at that place," Bailey said.
Bailey's office is not involved yet because no formal complaint has been filed.
Bailey says the word "intent" can become tricky. She says it could be argued that in this case Mr. Brown never intended to stay in South Carolina.
And there's another part of the law that talks about voting in another state, and what that means for your residency. Georgia law says if you vote in another state, you forfeit your right as a citizen in Georgia.
It seems the issue really will have to be settled in court. Mason and Brown have agreed to disagree now, and let a judge decide later.
Mason is on the agenda to speak to Augusta commissioners at their next meeting.


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(A) Harald Turner's letter264
1. On 11 April 1941 SS Lieutenant-General [SS-Gruppenführer] Dr. Harald Turner wrote to Wolff about the use of a gas van at the Semlin concentration camp in Belgrade:
Already months ago I had all the Jews we could catch in this country shot, and concentrated all Jewish women and children in one camp. With the help of the SD we have obtained a "delousing-car" thanks to which we will clear this camp within 14 days to four weeks.265
2. Despite his misgivings, Irving concedes that the document 'may be genuine', but adds 'there is no indication that Karl Wolff himself did receive it. The hand-written initial on it is apparently that of [Werner] Gr[othmann], Himmler's adjutant, familiar on documents from Himmler's files; Grothmann will no doubt clarify this at the trial of this action.'266 This concurs with what Wolff himself argued at his trial; that he could not remember any such letter and that his own signature was missing from the letter.267
3. The Munich court, however, was convinced that Wolff had read the letter on two grounds. First, the letter was a personal letter from Turner to Wolff. The letter paper had a letterhead 'Staatsrat Dr. Turner'. The letter opened 'Dear comrade Wolff' [Lieber Kamerad Wolff] and closed 'I am, as always, your follower' [bin ich wie stets Ihr getreuer]. Secondly, the court heard the evidence of Wolff's adjutant SS Major [SS-Sturmbannführer] He.
4. He. declared that it was outside his remit to direct personal letters to Wolff on into official channels on his own authority. Personal letters were presented to Wolff, or at least their contents were orally made known to him. After this had occurred He. would stamp the letter with 'it has been brought to Chief P.'s attention' [Chef P. hat Kenntnis]268. Only then would the letter be passed on further, according to Wolff's instructions. The top right hand corner Turner's letter bore the inscription:
- 1. Obstub. Dr. Brandt (side 2)
- 2. It has been brought to Chief P.'s attention
- 3. To be filed
5. The court inferred that the witness He. had showed the letter to Wolff, hence the comment 'Chief P. knows'.
6. After Wolff had seen the letter he had instructed his adjutant to bring the letter to the attention of Himmler's personal aide SS Lieutenant-Colonel [SS-Obersturmbannführer] Dr. Rudolf Brandt, especially the second page in which the destruction of the Jews is spoken of. Wolff instructed his adjutant to treat the letter as official correspondence because of its contents. To this end it was filed as confidential amongst the papers of Himmler's personal staff under act number AR 21/B.270 This would explain Grothmann's initials on the document; a fact that in no way detracts from or contradicts the proof that Wolff had seen the letter. Irving is deliberately trying to fool the court.
264. Irving was sent a copy of Turner's letter in June 1977 by Lewis Chester, co-author with Gitta Sereny of the July 1977 Sunday Times article 'Mr Irving's Hitler - the $ 1,000 Question'. (Document 493, letter to Irving from Lewis Chester 28 June 1977, enclosing copy of letter SS-Gruppenführer Harald Turner to Karl Wolff, 11 April 1942).
265. 'Schon vor Monaten habe ich alles an Juden in hiesigen Lande greifbare erschießen und sämtliche Judenfrauen und - kinder in einem Lager konzentrieren lassen und zugleich mit Hilfe des SD einen "Entlausungswagen" angeschafft, der nun in etwa 14 Tagen bis 4 Wochen die Räumung des Lagers endgültig durchgeführt haben wird.' (document 493). There is a discussion as to whether Turner's claim to have ordered the gas van from Berlin was true or not, or an exaggeration to impress Himmler. (Christopher Browning 'The Semlin Gas Van and the Final Solution in Serbia' in Browning, Fateful Months. Essays on the Emergence of the Final Solution (New York, 1985), p. 77; Walter Manoschek, "Serbien ist judenfrei". Militärische Besatzungspolitik und Judenvernichtung in Serbien 1941-1942 (Munich, 1993), pp. 169-171). This discussion is immaterial to the problem under discussion, because it nevertheless illustrates that the 'Final Solution' was an open secret between higher Nazi officials and that Wolff was seen by Turner as a suitable and reliable channel to bring Himmler's attention to his efforts, real or imagined.
266. Reply to Defence of Second Defendant, p. 19, paragraph 24 (ii).
267. Justiz und NS-Verbrechen, vol. XX, p. 453, § 31.
268. Wolff was at this time head of Himmlers Personal Staff Main Office [Chef des Hauptamtes persönlicher Stab]. The stamp 'Chef P.' presumably derived from his position.
269. '1. Ostub. Dr. Brandt (Seite 2) 2. Chef P. hat Kenntnis 3. Zum Akt. He.'(ibid., p. 454, § 31). The full document, including marganalia, is reproduced in Tuviah Friedmann, Die zwei intellektuellen SS-Generale die verantwortlich waren für die Ermördung der Jude in Jugoslavien und in Danzig 1941 - 1943. Eine dokumentarische Sammlung von SS-Dokumenten (Haifa, 1996), no pagination.
270. Justiz und NS-Verbrechen, vol. XX, p. 454, § 31.
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December 21, 2012
Half of British workers rarely see daylight
The dark mornings and even longer, darker nights mean that millions of workers who don't take lunch-breaks only see the sun on weekends. And research conducted on behalf of Beurer, makers of Brightlight Daylight Lamps, finds that more than a quarter of us regularly stay in the house over the entire weekend too. As a result, 35% of those polled experience a lack of energy at work during the autumn and winter months, 42% said they don't have enough sleep, and 33% suffer from subdued moods.
Regus and Staples join forces to provide small business spaces
Mobile workers can now access business drop-in centres and buy office supplies at the same time thanks to a new link-up between Regus and Staples UK. The first new Regus Business Hubs opening in Staples stores will be located in Swindon, Reading, Sheffield and Birmingham. They will offer drop-in facilities, a professional business lounge and meeting spaces. Business people can access the hubs with a Regus Business world card, by buying a £5 pass in a Staples store or by visiting regusdirect.co.uk.
43.5 million fake pound coins in circulation
There is £43,586,400 of forged currency at large in the UK, according to a Freedom of Information request made to The Royal Mint by CardSave. This represents 2.86% of the pound coins currently in circulation. CardSave CEO Clive Kahn said: "Banks and card issuers have put measures in place to protect the public and businesses against card fraud, and these are improving all of the time. However, it's much harder for merchants, especially small businesses, to protect against taking fake coinage, and it seems the likelihood of receiving such money is still high."
Pickles opens pop-up store for small retailers
The Department for Communities and Local Government has opened the "first ever Whitehall pop-up shop" in its own headquarters in London's Victoria. The shop was opened by communities secretary Eric Pickles and local growth minister, Mark Prisk, and has the support of StartUp Britain, John Lewis and Intuit. The shop will be open for at least a year and will offer affordable retail space to over 150 small start-up businesses. Every fortnight, six new British start-up businesses will move into the shop. Emma Jones, co-founder of StartUp Britain, said: "By actively encouraging local authorities to give start-ups access to empty shops across Britain, we hope it will help accelerate British enterprise as well as providing a vibrant addition to the local British shopping experience."


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EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - A winter storm rolled through Eagle County, leaving several inches of snow in its wake Thursday with more predicted for today.
The National Weather Service predicted 3 inches through Thursday, another inch or so today more Saturday afternoon.
Vail reported 17 inches in the last seven days on Vail Mountain. Breckenridge reported 24 inches over the same period, according to Vail Resorts.
Skiers and snowboarders love it, but it can be a bit problematic for travelers.
Westbound Interstate 70 was closed for about an hour Thursday morning when a tractor-trailer jackknifed into the median near Wolcott.
The Colorado State Patrol got the call at 8:24 a.m., reporting the accident.
An Illinois-based rig was pulling dual trailers was headed west through Eagle County on I-70 when it slid off the road and into the median, said Trooper Josh Lewis with the Colorado State Patrol.
It took an hour to clear away the wreck and reopen the highway, Lewis said.
Size matters
A moderate-sized storm like this one still rallies Department of Transportation crews, said Ashley Mohr, spokesperson for this region.
"The bigger the storm the more resources we have to throw at it. Even if it's a small storm we're still out there with plenty of equipment and personnel to make sure the roads are safe," Mohr said.
When a storm rolls through, Department of Transportation crews go on 12-hour shifts clearing snow from roads and anything else they need to do, Mohr said. Department of Transportation crews work around the clock until a storm is over.
Which leads us to a little etiquette. If you're behind a snowplow and the driver is clearing the road in the left lane, it's a monumentally bad idea to pass on the right.
"If the snowplow is in front of you, that's the best possible road situation," Mohr said.
We're in good hands with this region's Department of Transportation crew. This year's Department of Transportation Executive Director's Cup, an award of excellence, went to Region 3, which encompasses Eagle County and much of Western Colorado.
"Our people dedicate their lives to making the transportation system of Colorado the best it can be," said Region 3 Transportation Director David Eller. "This award is all about the people who plan, program, design, build, maintain, repair, and support what is necessary for our highways to run efficiently and safely on a day-to-day basis."
Snowpack still lags
The snow helps, but Colorado's snowpack still lags behind last year's and well behind the historical average.
Colorado's February snowpack remains at 72 percent of normal and 90 percent of last year's readings, said the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
That has forest watchers looking hopefully at the skies.
Last year's weather pattern was similar to this winter's, but last year the reservoirs and rivers were full because of the previous year's record snow. This year they're not, said Scott Fitzwilliams, White River National Forest supervisor.
"Last year's drought followed three to four years of good water weather. Now we're enduring two dry years in a row," Fitzwilliams said.
Even though it was snowing outside, they remain vigilant about the upcoming wildfire season.
"Even though it's snowing outside, it's never too early to talk about preparedness."
Staff Writer Randy Wyrick can be reached at 970-748-2935 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Exactly what could allow your children to value symphonic music and pay attention to them more is by associating something with it. If you read tales to your youngster, attempt playing relevant songs behind-the-scenes while reading the story. This can allow him/her to think back those unique minutes with you each time he/she listens to similar music.
If you're going to associate songs to stories, make sure that you play the very same songs when reviewing the same story to them. This could permit them to remember it much more and recognize with it. Make certain that you just do not choose out random tunes to play while reviewing a tale to your kids. You should additionally make certain that the track that you'll play could associate with the mood of the story.
3. Permit them to listen to timeless songs just before playtime.
This could be a great time for you to ask them to listen to music and tell them something regarding the track. By doing this regularly, you can allow your kid to build a routine of understanding stuff about classic music and value it more.
4. Allow your youngsters dance to the songs.
If you have little ones who are very energetic, it could be hard merely to allow them pay attention to timeless music alone. You'll likewise have to resolve their electricity. One means that you could do this is by letting them do some interpretative dancing while paying attention to the songs. You could permit them to be creative and permit themselves to dance the method the songs is making them feel.
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There is nothing worse than those letters you get in Christmas cards recapping what someone's family has been doing for the past year. Maybe everyone should start making videos of their year, like this beautiful, sweet, wonderful, and every other positive adjective gay couple.
Joe M posted this video of him and his partner's year together. It seems to be mostly their travels and cute moments together, and it is so sweet it makes me want to go out and find a Brazillian gay porn star boyfriend just like Marc Jacobs and gay marry him in every place where it's legal. Sure, the Paramour song is kind of annoying, but the only thing better than two guys in love is two hot, young, British guys in love. It's almost so perfect it's like an ad for something. Oh, please tell my cynical heart it's not and this is love...true love.


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March 03, 2010
White House: Agencies Should Weigh GHG Emissions in NEPA Reviews
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced on February 18 that it is proposing a number of steps to modernize and reinvigorate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), including the consideration of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change impacts when evaluating proposed projects and actions. NEPA provides the framework for nearly all environmental reviews performed by federal agencies, and it applies to federal projects and actions, projects located on federal lands, and projects over which the federal government has jurisdiction. The CEQ's draft guidance proposes that any project resulting in GHG emissions equivalent to 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide or more per year should undergo a quantitative analysis of its environmental impacts. Specifically, agencies should consider potential measure or reasonable alternatives to reduce GHG emissions. The guidance also instructs agencies how to assess the effects of climate change on their proposed actions. The draft guidance does not apply to land and resource management actions. The CEQ published a notice of the draft guidance documents in the Federal Register on February 23 and will accept public comments through May 24. See the CEQ press release, the draft guidance on climate change and GHG emissions (PDF 102 KB), and the Federal Register notice. Download Adobe Reader.


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OAKLAND -- Three spurts of heavy rain in Oakland Saturday morning lasted into early afternoon, delaying the start of the A's-Twins game.
The game, scheduled for a 1:05 p.m. start, is now set to get underway at 3 p.m.
At the same time, there was another embarrassing sewage leakage. This one, located in the restroom adjacent to the A's coaches office, didn't have any impact on the game's start, but it was a serious sources of Twitter finger-pointing in lieu of the game having not started.
The rain left heavy puddles on the warning track around the field, thoroughly saturated the grass where it wasn't protected by the tarp, and both dugouts dealt with flooding issues.
Pitcher Brett Anderson posted this video of the A's dugout underwater via instagram: http://instagram.com/p/eiFHFHBzId/#
The A's were saying one inch of rain fell in the Coliseum in the space of one hour, an unusually heavy total for the facility.
The rain took a hiatus about 1:15 p.m., at which time the umpiring crew, managers Bob Melvin of the A's and Ron Gardenhire of the Twins toured the field. But by 1:45 the rain was falling again and the club said there would be an update at about 2:15 p.m.
But outfield playing conditions were questionable enough that Melvin decided to scratch center fielder Coco Crisp and alter his lineup.
The deluge in the coaches' locker area was just the latest in a series of sewage problems hitting the Coliseum this season.
``It was like a sewage volcano,'' A's reliever Ryan Cook said as the A's took the sewage issue in typical good humor.
David Rinetti, the A's vice president of stadium operations and A's clubhouse manager Steve Vucinich both said this sewage leak appeared to be the result of the heavy rain. Sewage leaks in late June and earlier this month were traced back to articles of clothing jammed into toilets.
A's manager Bob Melvin's team entered the day with a magic number of two for sewing up the American League West title, meaning an A's win Saturday and a loss by the Rangers in Kansas City would give the A's the title and move them into the playoffs.
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PARKERSBURG - Children used every corner of their imaginations to create journals, drawings and items of clay on Saturday during the first "Arty Party" of the new year at the Parkersburg Art Center.
About two dozen children with parents and grandparents were encouraged to use color and shapes for the "design a journal" program that also included clay modeling as well as the opportunity to draw in the journal.
"My grandson Owen came here during the summer for the art center's art camp and now his sister really wants to come this year because he had so much fun," said Carla Holbert, of Mineral Wells, who brought her grandchildren Owen Pratt, 7, and Lucy Pratt, 6. "We will probably try to be here for the other 'Arty Parties' because it gives the kids something fun to do on a cold Saturday."
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Juanita Salazar, 7, of Lubeck, molds clay into a flower for her grandmother, Charlotte Smith, who brought her to the first "Arty Party" of the year on Saturday at the Parkersburg Art Center.
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Owen Pratt, 7, of Parkersburg, is encouraged by his grandmother, Carla Holbert of Mineral Wells, during the first "Arty Party" of 2013 at the Parkersburg Art Center on Saturday morning.
Each week children will be introduced to a new media or project that allows them to use their imaginations and be artistically creative, said program facilitator Katie Ferguson. The program is free to the public due to a gift from the Sisters of Saint Joseph Charitable Fund.
"We have been doing these 'Arty Parties' for some time now and it's great to see the kids having such fun with it," Ferguson said. "By coming here, families get to do activities together and children can use their creativity and be artistic, which is lacking a lot in schools."
The free program will be held each Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon through Jan. 26 for children ages 12 and under and a parent. A new lineup of classes will begin Feb. 18 at the art center.
The weekly program is not a class, but an opportunity for children to play with art in the big room of the art center's basement.
The next "Arty Party" will be Jan. 12 with "tempura painting." The following weekend will be "printing with unusual items" on Jan. 19 and the final party will be "milk carton creations" on Jan. 26.
"It is wonderful to bring my granddaughter here and see all of the children having fun," said Charlotte Smith, of Parkersburg, who brought granddaughter Juanita Salazar, 7, of Lubeck. "When kids do art, something wonderful is happening before their very eyes."
Also during the month of January, the art center will be having "Trial-Sized" classes for children and adults. The kids classes include pottery, 3-D designing and painting, while adult classes include pottery, sculpting, drawing, stained glass and decoupage.
The new "Trial-Sized" program provides an opportunity for people to try a single session of some of the art center's multi-week classes at a reduced investment of time and money to see if they are interested in the full classes.
Registration for art classes is available by calling 304-485-3859 or going online at www.parkersburgartcenter.org. Most classes require a minimum of four students in order to run.
The art center is located at Eighth and Market streets in downtown Parkersburg.


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Definition of comma in English:
1A punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark the place of thousands in a large numeral.
Example sentences
- For one thing, the author has a nasty habit of separating sentences with a comma, when a semi-colon would be far more appropriate.
- In the realm of punctuation, a comma is used for a brief pause, a semicolon for a more moderate pause, and a period as a full stop.
- You make punctuation mistakes on a regular basis, particularly by using commas when semi-colons or full stops are required.
2 Music A minute interval or difference of pitch.
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- The source of the comma, is the difference between a human singing voice, and an inanimate object: a monochord.
- In the simple folk song shown here, a comma to the right of a pattern of notes signifies that a mini-closure should be expressed.
- Help the congregation to understand the necessity to sing with meaning (take breaths at commas, not at the end of musical lines).
3 (also comma butterfly) A butterfly that has wings with irregular, ragged edges and typically a white or silver comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing.
- Genus Polygonia, subfamily Nymphalinae, family Nymphalidae: numerous species, in particular the common eastern comma (P. comma) of eastern North America.
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The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team will be spending the weekend at home this time, with a three-game Southland Conference series against UTSA set for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The series will be the league opener for both teams as they meet at Chapman Field. The times of the games are set for 6:30 p.m. on Friday, 3 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
The Islanders are 7-7 on the season after a loss against #4 Rice on Wednesday night in Houston. UTSA sits at 8-4 overall after going 2-1 in their home tournament last weekend.
Texas A&M – Corpus Christi will be looking to hold serve on its home field to open up Southland Conference play against a team that gave them troubles last season. The two teams met five times a year ago, with UTSA going 4-1 in those contests. The Islanders were able to get the one that mattered the most, however, taking a 2-1 win over the Roadrunners to eliminate them from the Southland Conference Tournament.
On the mound for the Islanders this Friday night will be Adam Hoelscher, who is 3-1 on the season with a 4.50 ERA. He picked up his third win of the year on Tuesday night, getting a win in relief against Houston – Victoria. He will face Casey Selsor of UTSA, a lefty that sports a 3-0 record and 2.84 ERA this year. Selsor earned a win over Kansas in the UTSA tournament last Friday night.
Saturday will feature Tim Keller going against UTSA's Blake Denman and Sunday will conclude with Daniel Minor facing Michael Kraft on the mound.
Offensively, Eric Weiss continues to lead the Islanders with a .348 batting average, as well as being second on the team with seven RBI. Kyle Danford owns the team lead in RBI with nine while hitting .250 at the plate.
Riley Good is hitting .510 to lead UTSA in batting average, along with seven RBI. Daniel Rockett has a team-high 14 RBI while hitting .292 for the Roadrunners and Ryan Dalton is second on the team with 11 runs batted in.
Live video and stats will be available for all games this weekend by visiting www.GoIslanders.com.
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85.At page 307 we are told "Samuel Crowell has collected ample evidence proving that the SS were indeed concerned to prevent loss of life amongst the inmates. Some of the most stunning documents will be discussed briefly in the following, thereby relying on his most recent paper, which is an excellent, ground-breaking work that should be made required reading for everybody dealing with this question. This is footnoted at 13. FN 15 is an article by Samuel Crowell entitled "Bomb Shelters at Birkenau: A re-appraisal" available on the Internet at the CODOH site. (See MDB 4 tab 6).
86.On page 15 of the Crowell article we find reference to "Guidelines for Bomb Shelter Construction in the GG" as mentioned in lines 2 and 3 on page 308 of the Witness Statement. On page 16 we find "Entries from the diaries of Hans Frank" as mentioned in lines 4 and 5 of page 308. On page 18 of the Crowell article we find "The Stroop Report". As recorded on lines 6, 7, 8, and 9 of page 308 on page 19 we find the Nuremberg Testimony of Joseph Buehler as referred to at lines 9 and 10 of page 308.
87.At page 309 of the Witness statement is the sub-heading "High level documents about Bomb Shelters. This is replicated in the Cowell article at page 21. The documents in this section in the report dated 14th September 1940, 27th January 1942, 6th March 1943 are found as document 6 on page 23, document 10 on page 25 and document 11 on page 25.
88.At page 310 there is a sub-heading "Mid level documents about Bomb Shelters". This sub-heading is replicated at page 30 of the Crowell article. Pages 310 to 313 are lifted directly from pages 32 to 34 of the Crowell aricle.
89. At page 313 of the Crowell article is a sub-heading "Low level documents concerning Bomb Shelters". This heading is replicated at page 38 of the Crowell article, lines 7 to 15 on page 313 are based on the commentary at page 41 (document 28) of the Crowell article. The June 1994 document about 10 trench shelters mentioned at line 15 of the Witness statement is at page 32 of the Crowell article (document 31), The remainder of page 314 repeats what is written about document 32 on page 42 of the Crowell article. Page 315, lines 1 to 8 are taken from page 43 of the Crowell article. 90.
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Flags to be lowered through Sept. 20
Published: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 12:19 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 12:19 p.m.
Gov. Pat McCrory joined President Barack Obama by ordering U.S. and North Carolina flags immediately lowered on state facilities in tribute to victims of the shootings at the Washington Navy Yard. Citizens are urged to follow this order as well. In a proclamation released by the White House, the president said:
"As a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on Sept. 16, 2013, at the Washington Navy Yard, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby order that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, Sept. 20, 2013. I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations."
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Sorry to be extremely off topic--
The only reason why I'm posting this here is because this guy seems to play in tourneys quite a bit and the rest of the boards are dead. Can't find his phone #, but I figured someone might know who this is.
I found faded out orange Valkyrie, #16 Sugarbottom. B. Kauffman PDGA #20486
PDGA profile isn't updated..
Help me out if at all possible.


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If the 49ers and Seahawks didn't dislike each other so much, they'd probably all be best friends.
OK, maybe not Jim Harbaugh and Pete Carroll, but otherwise ...
They're two teams built almost exactly alike, that play almost exactly alike, that are vying in the same division for the exactly the same rewards.
And -- when they're being honest -- that recognize and respect all these distinctive elements about each other.
"We're excited to go test ourselves," 49ers safety Donte Whitner said of Sunday's huge rematch with Seattle.
"We really believe that we're the mighty 49ers, and they believe that they're the mighty Seahawks. So we'll see who comes out on top.
"We're very confident; they're very confident -- two teams that are, you know, similar when you look at us."
Yes, so similar, and that is absolutely a compliment to both proud NFC West teams, though for the 49ers that has lately taken on a harsher edge.
Simply put, the 11-1 Seahawks are currently better at the things the 49ers pride themselves on -- physical, dynamic football -- than the 8-4 49ers are.
That's not just because Seattle has walloped the 49ers in the last two meetings, both in Seattle's deafening home stadium.
It's because the 49ers have tacitly acknowledged that they must improve the way they do things, or else Seattle will continue to be the conference's alpha team.
This game isn't about the NFC West title or top-echelon seeding in the playoff race, because Seattle has already all but locked up both things.
No, it's about the 49ers resetting themselves to be good enough, tough enough and smart enough to play with the best, and -- though the 49ers won the NFC championship last season -- that's Seattle now.
This is a proof-of-title-plausibility game.
"With Seattle, the beauty of what they do is it's pretty simple and it's pretty consistent," 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman said.
"So, as far as (the 49ers offense) drawing up new plays, maybe a few. Maybe a few."
The 49ers have to make adjustments, not Seattle.
The 49ers have to make sure their quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, is up for this; while Seattle can be fairly certain that its quarterback, Russell Wilson, is born for this.
The 49ers have to figure out how to run the ball consistently on Seattle's defense; while Seattle believes Marshawn Lynch can do that on the 49ers, because he almost always has.
It's all spelled out, exactly the way the 49ers expect and hope. It's just that the 49ers have been worse at it than Seattle lately.
Defensively, it's as simple as can be, though certainly not easy.
"Stop the run," Whitner said. "Tackle 24 (Lynch), 22 (backup tailback Robert Turbin) and 3 (Wilson)."
That's why, for both sides, this isn't a chess match as much as it's an everlasting Cold War, complete with offseason one-upmanship and total focus on each other.
The 49ers' necessary theme: If a move isn't significant enough to make some kind of difference against Seattle, it might not be worth doing.
On this scale, the acquisition of Anquan Boldin was the 49ers' way of finding a receiver to push past Seattle's great press coverage (though it didn't work that way in Week 2 when Boldin had one catch for 7 yards).
Meanwhile, the Seahawks' signing of Cliff Avril was their way to give 49ers right tackle Anthony Davis a greater challenge off the edge.
And when Michael Crabtree made it back last week from tearing his Achilles, the 49ers (and probably the Seahawks) immediately recollected his essential 41-yard reception in Seattle two Decembers ago to set up the winning field goal.
"In all those games that we've won, and really when you see anybody that beats Seattle, I think one of the common threads is they're going to make some chunk plays against them," Roman said of "chunk" 20-yard gains or more.
"And whether it be in the run game or the pass game, that's a common thread of teams that have beaten Seattle."
So the 49ers understand that a slow-and-steady offensive approach probably won't cut it against Seattle and that they need big plays.
And the 49ers also appreciate that they need to be almost perfect on defense, to make sure the 49ers offense isn't given too large of a burden.
This is all possible, and I believe the 49ers will win this game because the urgency of the moment might be precisely what they need.
But they will have to play at full force for a full game, and the 49ers haven't done that against a top opponent all season.
It might as well come against Seattle, the team that must get knocked down a few pegs for the 49ers to rise back up.
For more, see Tim Kawakami's Talking Points at blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/timkawakami.
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at 49ers (8-4), 1:25 p.m. FOX
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Raiders (4-8) at N.Y. Jets (5-7), 10 a.m. CBS
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Irving v. Lipstadt
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David Irving, Holocaust Denial, and his Connections to Right Wing Extremists and Neo-National Socialism (Neo-Nazism) in Germany: Electronic Edition, by Hajo FunkeTable of Contents
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2.2 Additional definitions from the political and social sciences.
2.2.1Although there is a debate as to what the definition of RWE legitimately encompasses, there is wide academic consensus that RWE is essentially anti-democratic, in that it stands contrary to the tradition of human rights and the constitutional state. Ethnocentricity, often in the form of overt racism and nationalism, are at the core of an ideology that claims superiority over all other values. The values of universal human rights (of individual liberty, freedom, equality, respect of human dignity) are despised, rejected, or denied - as well as fundamental rights of freedom of speech, thought, conscience and religion. RWE is directed against parliamentary and pluralistic democratic political values and systems, against the sovereignty of the people and the division of power. RWE aims to achieve an authoritarian, totalitarian and centralized power system, often in the form of a hierarchical anti-democratic one-party movement, ruled by a strong leader.
2.2.2Uwe Backes and Eckhard Jesse, prominent academic experts on extremism in Germany, define RWE as a collective name for various anti-democratic beliefs and efforts. The core of this doctrine denies the basic claim of equality represented by equal rights8 . These extremists principally advocate inequality and an aggressive nationalism that breeds resentment against ethnically foreign groups; a phenomenon often leading to an advocacy of naked racism. They seek a strong state that will realize the 'objective' interest of nationalist values, even by military means.
2.2.3This ideological impulse to fight back is often not confined to mere political rhetoric. Within the framework of political culture and political psychology, the aggressive authoritarianism of RWE presents a specific view of perceiving the world as one surrounded by dangerous enemies, so that fighting back is essentially the only solution to survival (although the perceived enemies are merely scapegoats). As this tendency towards authoritarian aggression against weak scapegoats solves neither the social nor the personal problems of the aggressor, these aggressions have an addictive quality. Consequently right-wing extremists perceive themselves, as recognised by Adorno and Alport, in a paranoid way as 'persecuted persecutors'9 . RWE's ideology of inequality and denial of human rights leads to advocating violence. RWE is often connected with an ideology and/or a practical tendency towards violence, militancy, and terror (see especially the neo-Nazi groups in eastern Germany).
2.2.4Thus the belief system inherent in RWE is the perception of dangerous enemies within and without that have to be defeated if their own world and values are to survive. These internal 'enemies' are often migrants, foreigners, or others of different opinion who are perceived as threatening their supposed homogenous society and state system. These foreigners are often the scapegoats for the existing social miseries in society, and as such the targets of political violence. Such racist perceptions of the outer world lead externally to ideas of containing or even conquering this outer world by expansion (a new Reich) or an aggressive foreign policy.
2.2.5In general RWE tendencies and groups can arise in many forms, not only in Germany, but in Great Britain (the National Front), France (Jean Marie LePen), Austria (Jörg Haider's Austrian Federal Party - FPÖ) or in Belgium (Vlaams bloc).
2.2.6However German RWE is particular in its ambivalent relationship to the most extreme form of nationalism in German history - National Socialism [henceforth NS]. Despite the de facto military and moral disaster of NS, the resulting destruction and self-destruction (the genocide of Jews, gypsies and Slavs), many right wing extremists see in NS a point of orientation. In many ways historical NS acts as a model for RWE within the FRG. NS, although tactically criticised, may be fully identified with, its characteristics applauded, and its symbols used as an efficient means of bringing out confrontational behaviour. To serve this purpose various tactics are used to 'save', 'rescue', or rehabilitate the NS ideology (sometimes in the Italian version of fascism) by:
- relativising and playing down the its atrocities
- denying some of these atrocities
- in its most radical form, rehabilitating the system by a form of radical negation and denial, so called 'revisionism' or 'denialism'10
2.2.7.These tactics are of interest when analyzing the shape and the format of post-war RWE in Germany. This ideological affinity with NS and the resulting attempts to free NS of the burden of its crimes is of pivotal importance for national and international 'networking' within the RWE scene, both in Germany and elsewhere in Europe and North America.. The revisionist campaign of Auschwitz denial since the late 1980s plays a key ideological and organisational role in this effort.
2.2.8.To summarize. RWE strives towards a hierarchical, anti-democratic, and even totalitarian state, based on cultural or racist subordination, the rejection of 'others', especially so-called inferior races, foreigners, and other scapegoats. Implementation of this ideology of subordination often takes the form of advocating and using physical violence.
8. Uwe Backes and Eckhard Jesse, Politischer Extremismus in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, vol. 2, Analyse, (Cologne, 1989), p. 33.
9. Hajo Funke, 'Rechtsextremismus-Zeitgeist, Politik und Gewalt. 'eine Zwischenbilanz', in Richard Faber, Hajo Funke, and Gerhard Schönberner (eds.), Rechtsextremismus: Ideologie und Gewalt (Berlin, 1995);Lars rensmann, Kritische Theorie über den Antisemitismus
10. Ibid
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Check the Movie – full movie from Vermont
"Check the Movie" is an East Coast movie, filmed mostly at Sugarbush, Vermont, though with shots and homies in the film from as far away as Whistler, too. The cast of riders, which includes Eric Buczek, Colton Boehlke, Evan Sheridan, Johnny Hancheck, Sam Watson, Kyle Gola, and Andrew Baker, shows an undying love of snowboarding within every clip. So, "Check the Movie" and enjoy.Read More


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BERWICK, Maine — The Berwick Animal Shelter, located at Red Barn Professional Pet Services, 63 Blackberry Hill Road in Berwick, will hold a rabies clinic on Saturday, Jan. 26 from 10 am to noon.
TNT Equine Veterinarian Dr. Deme Erickson has offered to donate her time to administer vaccines. Berwick Town Clerk Melissa Albert also will be donating her time to offer last-minute registrations of Berwick dogs.
Dog registrations that are not renewed by Jan. 31 are assessed a $25 late fee in Berwick. Rabies vaccines will be $15 at the clinic. All proceeds will go to support the Berwick Animal Shelter.
For information, call 207-698-4580.
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Sonya H. Martin, 50
Published: Friday, January 4, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 5:54 p.m.
ETOWAH — Sonya Howard Martin, 50, of Etowah, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at Pardee Hospital.
Shuler Funeral Home will announce the arrangements.
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