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this question is based on a false premise-there IS NO BUDGET CRISIS except the one the Republican extremists have created. There should be no concessions on this or the debt ceiling either one-it is ALWAYS a mistake to negotiate with terrorists and extortionists. I can't be the only one to notice the deficit only goes down when Democrats are in control of our government as our current condition proves once again. This self-inflicted "budget crisis" is adding an extra $Billion per week to our deficit-you tell me who's the Party of Fiscal Sense.
Deficits/Surpluses From 1940 Until 2013 (in billions)(*fiscal years)
1* - Presidential control
2* - Senate control
3* - House control
D = Democrat R = Republican
Year Dollars Inflation Adj 1* 2* 3*
1940 $2.9 Deficit $48.33 Deficit D D D
1941 $4.9 Deficit $77.78 Deficit D D D
1942 $20.5 Deficit $292.86 Deficit D D D
1943 $54.6 Deficit $737.84 Deficit D D D
1944 $47.6 Deficit $634.67 Deficit D D D
1945 $47.6 Deficit $618.18 Deficit D D D
1946 $15.9 Deficit $191.57 Deficit D D D
1947 $4 Surplus $42.11 Surplus D R R
1948 $11.8 Surplus $114.56 Surplus D R R
1949 $0.6 Surplus $5.88 Surplus D D D
1950 $3.1 Deficit $30.1 Deficit D D D
1951 $6.1 Surplus $54.95 Surplus D D D
1952 $1.5 Deficit $13.27 Deficit D D D
1953 $6.5 Deficit $57.02 Deficit R R D
1954 $1.2 Deficit $10.43 Deficit R R D
1955 $3 Deficit $26.09 Deficit R D D
1956 $3.9 Surplus $33.62 Surplus R D D
1957 $3.4 Surplus $28.33 Surplus R D D
1958 $2.8 Deficit $22.58 Deficit R D D
1959 $12.8 Deficit $103.23 Deficit R D D
1960 $0.3 Surplus $2.36 Surplus R D D
1961 $3.3 Deficit $25.78 Deficit D D D
1962 $7.1 Deficit $55.04 Deficit D D D
1963 $4.8 Deficit $36.64 Deficit D D D
1964 $5.9 Deficit $44.36 Deficit D D D
1965 $1.4 Deficit $10.37 Deficit D D D
1966 $3.7 Deficit $26.62 Deficit D D D
1967 $8.6 Deficit $60.14 Deficit D D D
1968 $25.2 Deficit $169.13 Deficit D D D
1969 $3.2 Surplus $20.38 Surplus R D D
1970 $2.8 Deficit $16.87 Deficit R D D
1971 $23 Deficit $132.95 Deficit R D D
1972 $23.4 Deficit $130.73 Deficit R D D
1973 $14.9 Deficit $78.42 Deficit R D D
1974 $6.1 Deficit $28.91 Deficit R D D
1975 $53.2 Deficit $231.3 Deficit R D D
1976 $73.7 Deficit $303.29 Deficit R D D
1977 $53.7 Deficit $207.34 Deficit D D D
1978 $59.2 Deficit $212.19 Deficit D D D
1979 $40.7 Deficit $130.87 Deficit D D D
1980 $73.8 Deficit $209.66 Deficit D D D
1981 $79 Deficit $203.08 Deficit R R D
1982 $128 Deficit $309.93 Deficit R R D
1983 $207.8 Deficit $487.79 Deficit R R D
1984 $185.4 Deficit $417.57 Deficit R R D
1985 $212.3 Deficit $461.52 Deficit R R D
1986 $221.2 Deficit $471.64 Deficit R R D
1987 $149.7 Deficit $308.02 Deficit R D D
1988 $155.2 Deficit $306.72 Deficit R D D
1989 $152.5 Deficit $287.74 Deficit R D D
1990 $221.2 Deficit $395.71 Deficit R D D
1991 $269.3 Deficit $461.92 Deficit R D D
1992 $290.4 Deficit $484 Deficit R D D
1993 $255.1 Deficit $412.78 Deficit D D D
1994 $203.2 Deficit $320.5 Deficit D D D
1995 $164 Deficit $251.53 Deficit D R R
1996 $107.5 Deficit $160.21 Deficit D R R
1997 $22 Deficit $32.07 Deficit D R R
1998 $69.2 Surplus $99.28 Surplus D R R
1999 $125.6 Surplus $176.16 Surplus D R R
2000 $236.4 Surplus $320.76 Surplus D R R
2001 $127.3 Surplus $168.16 Surplus R D R
2002 $157.8 Deficit $205.2 Deficit R D R
2003 $377.6 Deficit $479.8 Deficit R R R
2004 $413 Deficit $511.14 Deficit R R R
2005 $318 Deficit $380.84 Deficit R R R
2006 $248 Deficit $287.7 Deficit R R R
2007 $161 Deficit $181.51 Deficit R D D
2008 $459 Deficit $498.37 Deficit R D D
2009 $1413 Deficit $1539.22 Deficit D D D
2010 $1294 Deficit $1386.92 Deficit D D D
2011 $1299 Deficit $1350.31 Deficit D D R
2012 $1100 Deficit $1120.16 Deficit D D R
2013 $759 Deficit $759 Deficit D D R
Source: Whitehouse website
I think it's to time get with the mad hatter and have a tea party of your own and let the rest of us go on with our lives. Yes Tea Partiers, there is a wonderland and it is not in Wash. D.C.
With the revelations of the NSA (in addition to what I experienced in the military )everyone should now know that there is no "personal information." We are a country of open information as almost everything you have done, applied for, had medical treatment, or paid for is known in many information bases. Anyone who thinks they have personal information Is not in touch with our cyber world. Look up right now as you are most likely being recorded!
One of the worst features of the ACA deals with Section 1311. That section collects everyone's personal information in one data base. And it is managed by people hired off the street without a background check. These people are called Reviewers, and they are supposed to help new insurance buyers select their mandated health care insurance. Yet all of our personal information is held in one database that the reviewers will have access. I am not inspired with someone like this to have access to any of my personal information. That includes all of my health history, social security number, address, etc. Way too much information in one place and monitored by a person that has not had even a background check.
The Affordable Care TAX is just that, a tax, at least according to the Supreme Court. They said if it wasn't a tax, it was unconstitutional. It will raise a lot of money (power) for politicians to control, but will not improve healthcare in America. As each part of it is implemented, it makes it more difficult to go back to the fine healthcare system we had in place.
I also feel bad for our Canadian neighbors. Once ACT is implemented they won't have anywhere to go for good healthcare.
do you seriously think what we had before was working? hundreds of thousands of families being driven into bankruptcy by medical bills, insurance corporations taking tens of thousands of consumer's dollars for premiums and then canceling policies after they get sick? Either you are willfully blind to facts or you watch too much Fox News. This plan is the Heritage Foundation plan, written by Republicans who only refused to vote for it or support it because it was passed by this President. As we now know they had vowed on the first day to block absolutely everything during his tenure in office. If you don't understand this then you must live on John stewart's legendary Bullshot Mountain!
US Healthcare system is rated by the World Health Organization as 37th in the world. Canada is rated much better. Although rated as 37 the best our healthcare is ranked as the highest cost in the world. ACA will improve this hapless problem.
Unfortunately the bill is funded and cannot be defunded.
The congress is not trying to defdund it only delay the individual mandate until next year the same as Obama did for big business. And to eliminate the subsidy for congress. The business delay is for political reasons. The fear is that they will begin dropping health care before the election
ACA page543
(A) IN GENERAL.—Out of any funds in the
2 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is
3 appropriated to carry out this section,
4 $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.
5 (B) BUDGET AUTHORITY.—Sub paragraph
6 (A) constitutes budget authority in advance of
7 appropriations Act and represents the obligation
8 of the Federal Government to provide for the
9 payment of the amounts appropriated under that
10 subparagraph.
11 (2) 5-YEAR AVAILABILITY.—Funds appropriated
12 under paragraph (1) shall remain available for obligation through December 31, 2015
You conveniently omitted this:
14 (3) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS.—In no case
15 may—
16 (A) the aggregate amount of payments made
17 by the Secretary to eligible States under this sec
18 tion exceed $75,000,000; or
19 (B) payments be provided by the Secretary
20 under this section after December 31, 2015.
That doesn't really matter, though, because page 543 is part of Section 2707, MEDICAID EMERGENCY PSYCHIATRIC DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
The question remains unanswered. Where is the money appropriated for full funding of the ACA?
Give me a break guys. All the fancy talk in the world is going to fix nothing! You have forgotten what the whole system is about. You vote the people in that you think will do a good job of carrying out how you want things to be. Not what they think is best for you. If they don't YOU VOTE SOMEONE ELSE IN NEXT TIME!!! Fighting politicians is not how the game was meant to be played. Until you get off your lazy butt and vote out those who are not doing what is expected of them we are going to go down the toilet...Keep It Simple Stupid!!!!
There are those among us that believe Obamacare (the term used by Republicns mostly) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are two different programs. WRONG! They are one and the same. Republicans are trying to confuse citizens by using deceit and propaganda.
ACA guarantees everyone can get insurance regardless of their health or if they have pre-existing conditions. What is wrong with that?
ACA guarantees no insurer can limit lifetime benefits. What is wrong with that?
ACA guarantees that no insurer can cancel the insurance of a policy holder regardless of the number and amount of claims. What is wrong with that?
So don't kid yourselves. Republican are doing what they do best -- protect the profits of big business and private health insurande is big business.
So don't be stupid and not know that ACA and Obamacare are the same and insured under ACA will be protected better than they are today or would be if ACA was repealed.
There are several individuals here who are taking the position that the ACA is already fully funded. Repeated attempts to find proof of this allegation have resulted in avoidance and finally in an "answ2er" that turned out to be a bluff. I called the bluff and have yet to receive a reply.
There have also been implications that the House is trying to "defund" the ACA. The continuing resolution passed by the House provides funding. Defunding is a different process and has been used previously for certain cases where funding had already been approved. The partial defunding of the F-35 is a case in point.
The House has approved a resolution calling for full funding of all government programs and departments EXCEPT the ACA. This has been rejected by the Senate and Obama states he will veto the resolution even if it passes the Senate. Now, if the ACA truly is already fully funded, what is the issue in the Senate and with the president?
If the ACA is already fully funded, why is the Senate stalling? Just pass the House resolution as is and be done with it.
The Republicans are petrified that Obamacare will be implemented and become popular, when everyone realizes the lies they've been telling about it are just that. If they really believed it was a "problem" law, they would let it go into effect and then run against it in 2014 and 2016.
My daughter has Lupus, though not too many symptoms. She is a single contractor and has to buy her own insurance. She just checked the Obamacare exchange site, and her insurance will go from $17,000 a year to $5000, saving her $1000 a month - enough to pay her mortgage. She makes too much for a subsidy, so this is all because of the power of buying in a group (and not sticking people because they have pre-existing conditions - even if their medical costs are low).
Yay Obamacare!!!
That's a wonderful story. Congrats to your daughter! I am 68 and cannot retire as my wife has skin cancer and glaucoma and was not insurable without my employers group insurance. As soon as she can get Obamacare I can consider retiring! Also, my daughter who is 25 and does not have an employee insurance is now insured under my plan under Obama care. Thank you Mr. President. Don't give an inch!!
The Republicans are petrified that Obamacare will be implemented and become popular, when everyone realizes the lies they've been telling about it are just that. If they really believed it was a "problem" law, they would let it go into effect and then run against it in 2014 and 2016.
My daughter has Lupus, though not too many symptoms. She is a single contractor and has to buy her own insurance. She just checked the Obamacare exchange site, and her insurance will go from $17,000 a year to $5000, saving her $1000 a month - enough to pay her mortgage. She makes too much for a subsidy, so this is all because of the power of buying in a group (and not sticking people because they have pre-existing conditions - even if their medical costs are low).
Yay Obamacare!!!
Social Security is not a deficit program.
the Congress diverted the paycheck withdrawals into the General Funds during the Johnson administration, but the Treasury issued special bonds to the Social Security Administration since then, and those bonds are as good as if the SSA stashed dollar bills in boxes. The SSA has a huge surplus in its accounts which will cover its benefits for decades to come. President Reagan raised the income cap point so the SSA's annual income increased to extend its ability to cover future anticipated costs.
social Security will have no trouble covering its future benefit demands if the income cap is eliminated so that ALL paychecks, including millionaires, pay the same withdrawals throughout the year, just like the average blue-collar Joe.
The ACA is Federal Law. That is non-negotiable. It is a fact of life, so suck it up. The budget of the USA, the country you supposely love so much, should not be held hostage by the domestic terrorists in the Congress. The proper place to bring the spotlight on the ACA Law is in regular session. Republicans are playing a dangerous game when they violate the constitution.The driving force behind the efforts to defund the ACA is the color of the President's skin. The Republican image is stepping forward from the shadows and he is wrapped in a Confederate flag and wearing a cone hat. You must remember the oath you took while in the military that you swore allegiance to the US Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. The ACA is the law of the land.
Well said SIR!
Hey Richard Powers, your Black Ivy League President is the duly elected President of the US . get over it you pin head!! He won over McCain and the tea Party bafoon ( what was name? Oh yea Mitten, ) both times by overwhelming per cent age. He won the majority votes of white women, black men and women, young generations, vote, the Asian vote, the college educated vote and oh yea the HISPANIC vote!! The only segment not won was the old white man vote so you old farts can sit around and complain to each other because no else is listening. You think that was a landslide then wait till next time! President Hilary!
Your comments are racist, hateful and smack of ageism. You also show an ignorance of the Constitution.
"When ACA (Obamacare ) was passed and became the law of the land the funding was passed as part of the Bill so it is already fully funded."
Completely false. The ACA was enacted in 2010 but contained ZERO funding. The ACA requires new appropriations funding each year in accordance with Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ("No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law.") Congress has full discretion on whether or not to fund a particular program.
Before continuing with your rants, I suggest you find a copy of the Constitution and read it. It would also be useful if you could leave your hateful attitude at the door and post civil comments.
Thank you sir. I'm with you 100%. But I wouldn't waste my time talking to this jerk. You'll get no where talking to a brick.
I am sorry but you are completely devoid of the truth and it's obvious that you would rather call me names than listen to the facts. Go look it up. Obamacare IS funded and is operating. That is why it is NOT part of the shutdown.
Please quote the section of the ACA which provides funding.
That is why the Tea Party is calling for "defunding".
The following is from the National Journal, a Republican Party think tank. "The CRS report was issued at the request of Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who has not been shy about his opposition to the shutdown strategy. "[A government shutdown] would be committing ritual suicide on an altar of bad strategy," Coburn's communications director, John Hart, told National Journal Daily. "The idea that we can fully defund Obamacare through the continuing resolution is a Washington gimmick to advance political funding goals."
The report substantiates the argument that a shutdown would not be an effective tool to stop the law. This is because much of the law relies on mandatory funding and multiple-year and no-year discretionary funds, which are not beholden to annual budget debates."
That's nice. You still haven't answered the question. Specifically tell me WHERE in the ACA full funding is provided.
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Here is page 1024. Funding is not mentioned. Question still remains unanswered.
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3 ''(1) VACANCIES.—No vacancy on the Board
4 shall impair the right of the remaining members to
5 exercise all the powers of the Board.
6 ''(2) QUORUM.—A majority of the appointed
7 members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for
8 the transaction of business, but a lesser number of
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You didn't answer the question. You are so big on facts so it would be nice if you actually presented one. Please provide evidence substantiating full funding of the ACA.
What do you call a controversial law that was not created by a bipartisan agreement in Congress, that is opposed by over 70% of Americans, that has been personally modified over 17 times by the President himself to exclude certain specific groups from having to participate until 2015, that forces Americans to purchase insurance or be fined and finally does not lower the cost of health care but causes it rise dramatically? This is the definition of Obamacare. Either everyone is excluded from being forced to participate in the personal mandate or everyone has to participate in the personal mandate with no exceptions. While some may call this confrontation "blackmail", that's exactly what happened to the American people when their representatives refused to read the bill before passing it along. This legislation was intentionally designed to fail anyway. The purpose of this exercise is to have the American people become so frustrated with the ineptitude of health care to beg the federal government to come in to save the day with, wait for it...a single payer healthcare system. Scrap it now!
Sorry, can't be undone. That's the irony of it all.
....unless it's not paid for.
Read my previous comments. Obamacare was funded when it was passed into law. The tea party is trying to convince their you that it can be defund. By law it cannot. They can shut down government workers but they cannot defund ACA. It just happens to be the law.
Why the hell can't it be changed? Obama does it all the time.
We'll just keep on spending and in the not to distant future this country will be bankrupt and then no one will be getting the free bees. Additinally, the individuals that worked and earned what the should get will also not get anything. What a sad state we are going into.
The house of representative is the only body that represents the people. The senate is skewed, allowing some more "equality" than others, depending on the population of your state. Obama is not representative of the American people, the cover up by our Tokyo Roses, NBC, CBS and CNN, of the fact that he was not legally on the Indiana ballot and voter fraud in Ohio and Pennsylvania (which should have disqualified both states) make him a false president just as JFK was. So, kill Obamacare is what the majority of Americans are saying.
When ACA (Obamacare ) was passed and became the law of the land the funding was passed as part of the Bill so it is already fully funded. After the house sends a clean resolution to the Senate it has no effect on Obamacare. If there are refinements to be resolved in the law then Congress can through normal procedures make changes in the law the same way they want to make changes in other laws.
The largest deficit spender in the budget is the Dept of Defense and therefore it has the greatest ability to change. If we stop the continuous wars then we can use this money for Veterans and for internal rebuilding of our country.
While I agree with your first paragraph, I disagree with the second. My Military career (20yrs)was during the Clinton downsizing, we had to do the same jobs with less. My body is NOW paying for those years.
The first Budget Cut things ANY Politician wants to do is cut back Police, Fire, and Teachers. Our Government is an Employer of People. Our Defense is made up of PEOPLE ! The 1st cuts are People benefits cuts. I still pay for my Own VA Benefits while Congress calls it double dipping if I don't.
If you want a Federal Department to trim fat, TRY CONGRESS. They make the Perks, Benefits, Retirement Packages to their own Good with so many Loop- Holes it looks like a Gordian Knot. Congress lives a Triple Standard above their Common Citizens.
Our Country needs a Better Health System, But NOT one run by the "For Profit" Insurance Companies. Before I married my current Wife, She HAD NO HEALTH Insurance, and made $150 too much for Medicare. She had Medical Bills that were "FULL PRICE NOT DISCOUNTED BY INSURANCE". And BRAND NAME Prescriptions that She Had to buy "By the Pill" for Hundreds of Dollars each Month. She is still being Sued for those Bills.
But back to the Military funding, We are not alone on this Planet. Do you want those who would do this Country harm to HARM US ON OUR SOIL? AGAIN?
Teddy Roosevelt once said; "Walk softly and carry a big Stick."
This Country has Agreement with others to allow staging of our Stick. I would rather keep a Ten-Foot-Pole than a Sword distance between myself and those who would want me to bleed.
Actually, the largest deficit spender in is Medicare, followed by Social Security (check the internet please). Using your logic, the way to effectively reduce deficit spending is to reduce the number of elderly people in the United States.
So...what do you suggest? Should we euthanize all our senior citizens in order to reduce the deficit?
I worked and payed Social Security during all my forty two working years. And I expect to receive back for what I am vested (this is not an entitlement). If congress decided to earmark MY money to fund all type of pork, they better come up with MY money now one way or another, they owe it to me.
Actually your wrong because both Medicare and Social Security have revenue income from payroll. Defense only spends money and it' has no income.
The ACA was passed by a Democratic House, Senate and President. It was the FIRST entitlement bill in the history of the United States passed without a single vote of the other party. This is not how our forefathers envisioned the democratic process to take place. In essence, the "King" and his court prevailed and completely disregarded any opposition. This one bill set the stage for partisanship that exists today. It is no wonder that the Republican controlled House (who, by law initiates budgets) is rebelling against this partisan bill in any way legally possible.
While I do not agree with everything in the ACA, the actions of the House are essentially an attempt at blackmail, with the health of the nation at stake. This sets a very bad precedent. The proper procedure would be to inform the public and win the next election and then change the law. Blackmail is a bad precedent.
The ACA endangers the viability and exceptionalism of US medicine. Although past rising costs are a persuasive argument for reform, I think that the ACA will guarantee the mediocrity of the medical care available to us all. Let's get rid of it any way we can and start over.
actually the proper legal term for this is Extortion-A Grand Jury should be convened and those guilty of promoting this attempted attack should be tried for their crimes by a jury of OUR peers.
I agree with you. Not only was ACA passed by both Houses and signed by The President of the United States, the Republican Supreme Court confirmed its Constitutionality. The Tea Party thinks it can over turn our Constitution. It's not going to happen! Cruz and Rubio are Cubans who think that they can do to the US what Castro did to Cuba. They are guaranteed to give the Dems the White House (Hilary)and both houses of Congress in the next elections which will also change the Supreme Court to Democrat. Bye bye Tea Party.


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In the weekly feature called "e-views," we invite readers to answer a question via email.
Last week's question:
How do you think Antioch should have filled the City Council seat left vacant when Wade Harper was elected mayor? The options before the Antioch City Council were to hold a special election, appoint the third-highest vote-getter, appoint someone based on submitted applications or go through a public interview process for interested candidates.
APPOINT THE THIRD highest candidate receiving votes in the recent election. It would be the one fair way, since that individual already went through the campaign and election. I believe the third highest candidate receiving votes was Jim Davis.
Dick Augusta
ANTIOCH'S CURRENT CITY Council makeup should appoint someone through the applications and public interviews process. The recent elections determined who the voters wanted to fill certain seats, and those who lost should not hold any special positioning in this matter.
They lost, and that is that. But, they can equally apply for consideration also. This preferred method may not seem fair to some but there really is no process that would satisfy everyone. Career past city council members Jim Davis and Don Freitas were rejected by the voters and that should weigh heavily against their appointment, so someone else should be picked instead. We can't keep repeating the mistakes of the past -- especially when it comes to considering those who negatively contributed to our city's existing financial problems via their budget decisions over the years. Let's move forward, not backward.
Ralph A. Hernandez
FIRST OF ALL, no one who holds a current office should be allowed to run for any other office.
If you are elected and are receiving a paycheck from the taxpayers, that is the only job you should be doing. After you leave your elected position you may run for something else. On the "outside" if you have a business or other job that is called "moonlighting" and it is either frowned upon or not allowed.
Now, in keeping with government's usual wasteful ways, the city of Antioch should hold a special election costing the taxpayers thousands of dollars. Or, we could appoint the lowest vote-getter. They couldn't do any worse could they?
Roy Maxson
RATHER THAN INCUR the time, expense and politics of a special election, etc., I believe the appointment of the third highest vote-getter is the best for Antioch today. We will be getting a proven contributor to our community in Jim Davis. His priorities match well with other members and the needs of our community. It allows us to move forward without delay.
Glenn Espy
THE ANTIOCH CITY Council voted three to one to take applications from citizens to fill the council seat vacated by Mayor Wade Harper. Jim Davis was the third highest vote-getter. He got just a few votes less than those cast for our new councilwoman Monica Wilson
The logical course of action would be to welcome Jim Davis to the seat vacated by Mayor Harper. Now the city council will hand pick a replacement in a closed session. Did Mr. Davis not apply for the position when he threw his hat in the ring and ran a viable campaign? Now those of us who cared enough about our city to go to the polls and vote will be denied our choice.
Write and email your city council now and demand that Jim Davis be appointed to the city council. Let your voices be heard. Evidently, the ballot box didn't speak loud enough!
Carole Harrison
I THINK IT should be filled by the one who came in third. Why waste the public's -- and those who would have to campaign anew or those who would have to launch a campaign's -- money.
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Eagle County's Department of Public Health is offering vaccinations for seasonal flu in October and November at all three of its locations.
Cost of the seasonal flu vaccine is $20 for those 19 and older, and $14 for those 18 and younger. No child will be turned away based on inability to pay.
The Eagle County Public Health locations are:
• Avon, 100 W. Beaver Creek Blvd., Suite 107
Walk-in: Every Wednesday in October from 8:15 to 11 a.m.
To schedule an appointment, call 970-949-7026.
• Eagle, 551 Broadway
By appointment only, call 970-328-8840
• El Jebel, 0020 Eagle County Drive, Suite E
By appointment only, call 970-704-2760
All community members are encouraged to get vaccinated against the flu. According to Public Health officials, the vaccination is important not only to protect the individual, but also those around them.
"Even if you're healthy and 'never get sick,' consider the health of your loved ones before deciding to forego vaccination," said Rebecca Larson, epidemiologist for Eagle County. "No one wants to bring the flu home to their family."-
The vaccine is also available through local medical providers and pharmacies. Guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control indicate that everyone 6 months and older should get vaccinated for seasonal flu every year.
This season, community members should also consider vaccinating against pertussis (whooping cough) as well. Visit www.eaglecounty.us/flu or call 970-328-8840 for more information.


text: Just how big is the thrash revival we've seen over the last handful of years? These sorts of things are hard to quantify, but here's a good example: Coldsteel, a New York thrash band that put out exactly one album in their career, has enough attention and interest to reunite and put out their first new material in twenty years. You know the movement is serious when it's not just the big names of the past that are being resurrected, but also the ones you never heard about in their own heyday. For a band like Coldsteel, this is more than they could have ever hoped for.


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Client Response:
All staff members voted on the final identity after liking both options and the identity has helped business over the past couple of years.
Located on music row, this firm needed to update their look to a modern, hipper look without sacrificing professionalism. The bold orange against brown color palette and the "friendly" ampersand that wraps through letters both add a nice degree of fun while the minimal design and business like font keep Young & Associates looking professional.Branding, Creative Direction, Print Design2013
Wedding invitation and save-the-date created for a friend. The coupled loved the result as it matched the "Mumford & Sons" inspired/rustic theme of their wedding and included elements they picked (mason jars, use of brackets, use of green) while being unique and budget-friendly.Art Direction, Graphic Design, Print Design2013
Client Requested:
A unified system of promotional material including a business card, brochure, website and banner
FEEDBACC is a start-up that provides an instant micro-survey service geared towards the service industry.
Theme consisting of sketched characters, standard fonts and color and unified message
Accompanying materials: Unique, fold-over business card, customized website that fits both the theme and updated design, multi-use brochure/flyer, two trade-show banners
Logo redesign ideas and comps
Logo touch-ups
Advice on content
The materials were used at an Atlanta restaurant convention to secure several leads and received several compliments by attendees.
Art Direction, Branding, Print Design2013
I provided the creative direction and design for a campaign for Health Assist Tennessee.
This project involved the creation of an advertising campaign and improvements on their "Run for the Uninsured" initiative in order to increase awareness and funding.
Client stories are the driving factory with both campaigns as there were some great quotes from happy folks.
Art Direction, Print Design, Advertising2010
Client Needs:
Promotional materials, Country Music Marathon integration
New identity, letterhead, envelope and business card
Front-end website design
Country Music Marathon "Run for the Uninsured" Campaign featuring office promotional poster, branded bags for ice, bright, tshirts featuring client quotes, day-off volunteer support
Three-panel display board for events
Print advertising campaign
Client Response:
Clients were in tears during the presentation of the new identity
Large turn-out for the marathon despite awful, stormy weather
Great attendance at auction featuring new materials
Branding, Art Direction2010
Client Needs:
T-shirt for the annual Flying Monkey Marathon based on the year's theme.
Each year, I have deliver a new tongue-in-cheek shirt design based on the years theme. I take a different, fun approach each year.
The t-shirts have earned many compliments, both on race day and after. Folks wear the shirts throughout the year and the coordinator works with me every year on a new design.
Art Direction, Graphic Design, Print Design2013
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Sierra Club members to hear wildlife educator
Published: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 10:23 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 10:23 a.m.
A wildlife educator is scheduled to speak to the Manatee-Sarasota Sierra Club about "Wildlife Management in an Era of Rapid Change."
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Sarasota Garden Club, 1131 Boulevard of the Arts, Sarasota.
David Sadkin, volunteer director of education services for Wildlife Inc. Center for Education and Rehabilitation in Bradenton Beach, will talk about Wildlife Inc.'s twin missions of rehabilitation and education, issues impacting the Florida environment and trade-offs between the needs of the natural and human environments. Sadkin will bring to the meeting a screech owl, barred owl and a great horned owl.
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Betty Sue Blankenship, 81, of Cardinal Cove, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, December 10, 2012, at her home in Cardinal Cove. She was born on February 9, 1931, in Carter County, Oklahoma, to the late Samuel Houston Hefner and Nellie Cleveland Chandler Hefner. Betty was raised in Wilson and married J.A.
Blankenship on May 12, 1947, in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death on October 8, 2002. She later lived in California before moving to Dickson where she lived most of her life. Betty has lived the past several years in Cardinal Cove. She was a foster parent for several years and she enjoyed painting, playing Canasta, she loved her fish, dogs and birds, and she was an animal lover.
She is survived by: children, John Blankenship and wife, Vicki, Denison, Texas, Samuel Blankenship, Dickson, Oklahoma, Richard Blankenship, Dickson, Oklahoma, Hank Blankenship and wife, Laquita, Centralia, Missouri, Regina Eubanks, Longview, Texas, and Susan Morrow and husband, Tony, Longview, Texas; several grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; brothers, Eddy Hefner, Tommy Hefner and Joe Hefner; and sister, May Gibbs.
Casket bearers: Sam Blankenship Sr., Sam Blankenship Jr., Ty Blankenship, Dustin Morrow, Ryan Blankenship and Jesse Blankenship.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents; husband; one son, Joseph Blankenship; five brothers, Carl, Sam, Herald, Roy and Doris Hefner; and two sisters, Ruth Williamson and Alvie Davenport.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at Watts Funeral Home, Kingston.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, December 13, 2012, at the Watts Funeral Home, Kingston, Oklahoma. Leon Haas will officiate the services. Services will be under the direction of Watts Funeral Home, Kingston, Oklahoma. Condolences may be sent to wattsfuneralhome.com.
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LG Takes Orders for Curved TV
South Korea's LG Electronics is taking orders for its new 55-inch television with a curved display, again outpacing larger rival Samsung Electronics in the race to market the latest in organic light-emitting-diode display technology.
LG and Samsung both unveiled prototypes of TVs with curved, thin displays at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year, but LG seems to have kicked its OLED marketing efforts into higher gear. It said it expects to begin deliveries of the new TV in Korea beginning June, but buyers will have to pay 15 million Korean won ($13,600) to get their hands on one.
Earlier this year, LG beat Samsung to market with a 55-inch flat-screen OLED TV, becoming the world's first to mass produce a large TV with the next-generation technology. LG has sold more than 200 OLED TVs in Korea since it launched its first flat-screen models in January.
OLED displays are known to have more vivid displays than existing liquid-crystal-display models and enable companies to produce TVs with superthin screens. Samsung already uses them widely for its high-end smartphone models including the latest Galaxy S 4, but has yet to release an OLED TV.
Other TV makers, including Japanese firms like Sony, have been struggling to mass produce larger models because of technology constraints.
At this point, however, the curved TVs are unlikely to bring LG much more than bragging rights. Production yields for large OLED panels are still too low for companies to profit from them.
LG Display, which makes displays for LG Electronics, will continue to work on improving production yields for OLED screens this year, investor-relations executive Kim Hee-yeon said following the release of the company's first-quarter earnings last week.
"It will likely take three to five years, at least, for the companies to see some meaningful profits," said IHS senior display analyst Jerry Kang.
In addition to technology challenges, OLED TVs will also have to compete with falling prices for traditional LCD TVs, he added.
"For now, [large-sized] OLED display is an expensive and difficult technology. But after overcoming the technological obstacles, it will allow companies to make display screens through a much simpler process," possibly making it worth the pursuit, Mr. Kang said.
But once they go on sale, the pricey curved TVs could draw a captive audience: LG's competitors.
"Rival companies will be interested in finding out the technological structure and performance of these screens," said Mr. Kang.


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PABLO, MONTANA 59855 ISSN: 0528-8592 VOLUME 12 NUMBER 5 THE MONTH FOR CELEBRATION DANCES July 15, 1983 Indian water claims go to state courts HELENA — Montana officials are jubilant over a U.S. Supreme Court decision Friday over a U.S. Supreme Court decision Friday that cleared the way for state courts to decide Indian water rights in Montana and 10 other states. The court reinstated, 6-3, federal District Court decision in cases originated by federal authorities on behalf of Montana's Northern Cheyenne Tribe and Arizona's San Carlos Apache Tribe. Council authorizes $100 August per capita In the shortest per capita non-debate in recent memory, the Council voted July 1 to distribute a $100 payment in August The two-minute decision came during the less-than-two-hours long July quarterly meeting in Pablo. Notified that the ledger sheet didn't show enough income to make a summer payment-the budget is"in the hole" by six digits, in fact-the Council decided to authorize a per capita distribution from the Tribes' reserve account. Natural Resources Department head Jim Paro, one of a handful of program managers in the sparsely populated quarterly audience, declared his intentions to return his check. It will join the money he returned in December of last year, making a balance of $200 in the voluntary economic development account By Garry J. Moes Associated Press On Feb. 22, 1982, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had overturned the District Court rulings and barred state courts from adjudicating Indian water claims. The Supreme Court decision removes a major roadblock to a comprehensive approach to water-right adjudication mandated by the Montana Legislature in 1979. The water adjudication program has proceeded despite the fact that the Indian question was pending before the nation's top court. The Montana Supreme Court on April 27, 1982, rejected a petition by the U.S. Department of Justice to halt proceedings until the appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was decided. "Although adjudication of (Indian) rights in federal court. might in the abstract be practical, and even wise, it will be (Continues on next page) District Meeting There, will be a district meeting sponsored by Arlee, St. Ignatiusr and Dixon districts July 20, 1983. It will be held at the Arlee Senior Citizen's Center at 6:30 p.m. and there will be a dinner served. Please plan to attend and be updated on what your Tribes' are doing in all areas of economic, health, recreational, and mineral development
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Former Cal and Bishop O'Dowd High star infielder Jeff Kobernus is property of the Detroit Tigers after being selected Thursday in Major League Baseball's Rule 5 draft.
Kobernus was taken from the Washington Nationals organization by the Boston Red Sox with the seventh pick and then traded to the American League champion Tigers for minor leaguer Justin Henry.
Kobernus, 24, is a second baseman who the Tigers believe could also play the outfield, making him a more attractive bench option for their major league club. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Kobernus hit .282 in 82 games at Double-A Harrisburg in the National' system this season. The San Leandro product stole 95 bases during the past two seasons after the Nationals drafted him in the second round of the 2009 amateur draft.
"He has a lot of speed and a lot of athleticism," Tigers president and general manger Dave Dombrowski told the Detroit News. "He's a hard-nosed, character guy."
Like all players selected in the major league portion of the Rule 5 draft, Kobernus must make the 25-man active roster this season or be offered back to his original team for half of the $50,000 purchase price of each Rule 5 pick. The only way Rule 5 picks can remain in the minor leagues is if a trade is worked out with the player's original club.
The Tigers also swung a trade for another Rule 5 pick, acquiring 23-year-old left-handed pitcher Kyle Lobstein from the New York Mets for cash considerations. The Mets selected Lobstein from Tampa Bay.
Nationals assistant general manager Bryan Minniti told the Washington Post that he was disappointed to lose Kobernus and Lobstein.
"You obviously never want to lose any players," Minniti said. "You set your rosters, you know you're always taking chances on losing any of your prospects. It's never good to lose a left-handed starting pitching prospect and a middle infield prospect. You wish them well, you wish them luck. At the end of the day, you hope you get them back at some point in the next year."
Should Kobernus remain with the Tigers, he wouldn't have to wait long to make his return to the East Bay. Detroit will be in Oakland during the second week of the season for a three-game series April 12-14.


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No Regrets for a Love Of Explosives; In a Memoir of Sorts, a War Protester Talks of Life With the Weathermen
By DINITIA SMITH
Published: September 11, 2001
''I don't regret setting bombs,'' Bill Ayers said. ''I feel we didn't do enough.'' Mr. Ayers, who spent the 1970's as a fugitive in the Weather Underground, was sitting in the kitchen of his big turn-of-the-19th-century stone house in the Hyde Park district of Chicago. The long curly locks in his Wanted poster are shorn, though he wears earrings. He still has tattooed on his neck the rainbow-and-lightning Weathermen logo that appeared on letters taking responsibility for bombings. And he still has the ebullient, ingratiating manner, the apparently intense interest in other people, that made him a charismatic figure in the radical student movement.
Now he has written a book, ''Fugitive Days'' (Beacon Press, September). Mr. Ayers, who is 56, calls it a memoir, somewhat coyly perhaps, since he also says some of it is fiction. He writes that he participated in the bombings of New York City Police Headquarters in 1970, of the Capitol building in 1971, the Pentagon in 1972. But Mr. Ayers also seems to want to have it both ways, taking responsibility for daring acts in his youth, then deflecting it.
''Is this, then, the truth?,'' he writes. ''Not exactly. Although it feels entirely honest to me.''
But why would someone want to read a memoir parts of which are admittedly not true? Mr. Ayers was asked.
''Obviously, the point is it's a reflection on memory,'' he answered. ''It's true as I remember it.''
Mr. Ayers is probably safe from prosecution anyway. A spokeswoman for the Justice Department said there was a five-year statute of limitations on Federal crimes except in cases of murder or when a person has been indicted.
Mr. Ayers, who in 1970 was said to have summed up the Weatherman philosophy as: ''Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where it's really at,'' is today distinguished professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. And he says he doesn't actually remember suggesting that rich people be killed or that people kill their parents, but ''it's been quoted so many times I'm beginning to think I did,'' he said. ''It was a joke about the distribution of wealth.''
He went underground in 1970, after his girlfriend, Diana Oughton, and two other people were killed when bombs they were making exploded in a Greenwich Village town house. With him in the Weather Underground was Bernardine Dohrn, who was put on the F.B.I.'s 10 Most Wanted List. J. Edgar Hoover called her ''the most dangerous woman in America'' and ''la Pasionara of the Lunatic Left.'' Mr. Ayers and Ms. Dohrn later married.
In his book Mr. Ayers describes the Weathermen descending into a ''whirlpool of violence.''
''Everything was absolutely ideal on the day I bombed the Pentagon,'' he writes. But then comes a disclaimer: ''Even though I didn't actually bomb the Pentagon -- we bombed it, in the sense that Weathermen organized it and claimed it.'' He goes on to provide details about the manufacture of the bomb and how a woman he calls Anna placed the bomb in a restroom. No one was killed or injured, though damage was extensive.
Between 1970 and 1974 the Weathermen took responsibility for 12 bombings, Mr. Ayers writes, and also helped spring Timothy Leary (sentenced on marijuana charges) from jail.
Today, Mr. Ayers and Ms. Dohrn, 59, who is director of the Legal Clinic's Children and Family Justice Center of Northwestern University, seem like typical baby boomers, caring for aging parents, suffering the empty-nest syndrome. Their son, Malik, 21, is at the University of California, San Diego; Zayd, 24, teaches at Boston University. They have also brought up Chesa Boudin, 21, the son of David Gilbert and Kathy Boudin, who are serving prison terms for a 1981 robbery of a Brinks truck in Rockland County, N.Y., that left four people dead. Last month, Ms. Boudin's application for parole was rejected.
So, would Mr. Ayers do it all again, he is asked? ''I don't want to discount the possibility,'' he said.
''I don't think you can understand a single thing we did without understanding the violence of the Vietnam War,'' he said, and the fact that ''the enduring scar of racism was fully in flower.'' Mr. Ayers pointed to Bob Kerrey, former Democratic Senator from Nebraska, who has admitted leading a raid in 1969 in which Vietnamese women and children were killed. ''He committed an act of terrorism,'' Mr. Ayers said. ''I didn't kill innocent people.''
Mr. Ayers has always been known as a ''rich kid radical.'' His father, Thomas, now 86, was chairman and chief executive officer of Commonwealth Edison of Chicago, chairman of Northwestern University and of the Chicago Symphony. When someone mentions his father's prominence, Mr. Ayers is quick to say that his father did not become wealthy until the son was a teenager. He says that he got some of his interest in social activism from his father. He notes that his father promoted racial equality in Chicago and was acceptable as a mediator to Mayor Richard Daley and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1966 when King marched in Cicero, Ill., to protest housing segregation.


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Northern Ireland was transformed into a winter wonderland two weekends ago when arctic weather made its way east – but the Antrim Borough escaped relatively unscathed apart from pockets of snow on higher ground.
Despite that, freezing temperatures and driving winds caused havoc for pedestrians and drivers alike.
With much of County Antrim under an amber warning from the Met Office, there was chaos on the roads on Friday, January 18, as motorists battled through the big freeze to get home for the weekend.
[Source: Antrim Guardian]
Two cow carcasses found dumped in Creggan River recently has shocked and angered the local community and prompted Sinn Féin Councilor Terry Hearty to publicly condemn those responsible.
The dead animals were found along a stretch of the river popular with walkers in the Poet's Glen.
Describing the perpetrators as "mindless individuals," Councilor Hearty says they are beneath contempt and called on anyone with information on those responsible to contact the police or the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (D.A.R.D.).
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A family's beloved pet dog is fighting for its life after it was savagely attacked by hounds on a weekend hunt, it has been claimed.
Gardaí (police) in Graiguenamana, County Kilkenny, have launched an investigation into the alleged incident, which happened at Bahana Wood, north of St. Mullins, in Co. Carlow.
Rene Jaggli said that he and his four sons – aged 10, 13, 16 and 17 – were in the woods with their dog Kas when hounds from the Carlow Farmers Hunt attacked their terrier.
"They just tore him apart. It was unreal, it was like you see in a horror movie," Mr. Jaggli added.
[Source: Irish Independent]
Over $21.5 million has been allocated to Cavan County Council for road improvement and maintenance under the 2013 National Roads Allocation.
Fine Gael T.D. for Cavan and Monaghan, Deputy Joe O'Reilly, has welcomed the grants as announced by the Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar.
"I am delighted to have been informed by Minister Varadkar that [$20,804,025] was allocated to nine roads throughout the county for general improvements and [$693,933] was allocated to the council for winter and safety maintenance," said Deputy O'Reilly.
[Source: The Anglo Celt]
Up to 54 houses in a West Clare seaside resort have been seriously devalued due to a "malfunctioning" sewage treatment plant, residents have claimed. A house at Westpark, Spanish Point sold for $567,000 during the height of the economic boom in 2007, but the current guide price for a house in the estate is $200,000.
Householders in the mixed residential and holiday home development have claimed their dwellings have been devalued to "next to nothing" because they can't get certification of compliance due to issues surrounding the planning permission for the sewage treatment plant.
Clare County Council was initially alerted to problems with the treatment plant shortly after its installation in January 1998.
Senior executive chemist Mary Burke expressed a number of concerns about the operation of the plant on April 5, 2000, the Clare Champion has learned.
[Source: Clare Champion]
"Fear, isolation, and a lack of purpose."
These were among the reasons given by Pat Behan of Suicide Aware for an alarming rise in deliberate self-harm by males in Cork since 2007. According to figures released last Wednesday by the Men's Health Forum, there has been a 55 percent increase in deliberate self-harm in Cork City and county by males.
"We are finding," continued Ms. Behan, "that our helplines are becoming [busier]. People are frightened by cutbacks. In one case that we had recently a man was after being hospitalized for drinking paint stripper after finding out that his telephone allowance had been cut off and he could not afford the dispensing charge on his prescription. He did not die but he will suffer the ill-effects for the remainder of his life. People feel ashamed and useless and that they have no prospects because of this recession."
Ms. Behan continued: "The tragedy of suicide is far worse than anything else, particularly the reasons that lead to suicide. To hell with the recession, no matter what the problem is there is a solution. Anyone who is suffering has got to talk to someone about it."
[Source: Cork Independent]
A judge has imposed a restraining order on a teenager that bans him from going near his mother's home for three years.
District judge Barney McElholm imposed the order on Samuel Murray (18), of Northland Road, Derry, who pleaded guilty to criminal damage.
The court heard Murray arrived at his mother's Limavady home in the morning. He asked her for money and when she refused she heard the sound of glass breaking.


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It's a popular website for teenagers...and predators: MySpace.com.
And an Aiken County man is headed to prison after meeting a Columbia County girl on the site and having sex with her.
But investigators say the girl was also not being truthful and was posing as an older woman.
News 12's Kristen Cosby explains the dangers of meeting on-line.
30-year-old Steve Harrison of Beech Island thought he was talking with a 29-year old advertising executive on MySpace.com.
When he met this person, she was only 13.
It's all the rage among young people: MySpace.com.
They post pictures, hobbies and personal information, and meet others who have done the same.
FBI investigators say a Columbia County teen lied on her Space and said she was 29 years old.
She was actually 13, and talking with 30-year-old Steve Harrison from Beech Island.
They decided to meet last Halloween.
So Harrison picked the girl up from her home in Columbia County.
Investigators say Harrison admitted when he saw the girl he knew she was underage, but took her back to his Aiken County home and had sex with her anyway.
The investigation began after the middle school student told her friends about this, and they told a school counselor.
School officials did the right thing notifying law enforcement immediately," FBI agent Ed Reinhold tells News 12.
Things went wrong on both sides of this story, but FBI officials say predators finding victims on websites like MySpace.com is growing.
They deal with three to four active cases each day.
"There's a lot of talk about privacy and 'you're invading my privacy'. Well as a 13-year-old you really don't have that right, and it's the parents' responsibility to make sure you're safe," Agent Reinhold says.
Experts say keep your family computer in the living room where you can see what your child is looking at. Don't keep it in your child's bedroom, where they can shut the door on what's going on.
Experts also say not to let your child talk with anyone you don't know.
Don't let them accept calls from people you don't know.
And don't let your child put a picture on the Internet.
Harrison pleaded guilty to enticing a minor across state lines for illegal sexual purposes.
But because of the teenager's lies, the judge only sentenced Harrison to three years in jail.
Prosecutors said in federal court yesterday that as recently as this week the girl was still on MySpace.com, now saying she was 21 years old.


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GRAND JUNCTION - There's just no nice way of putting it - it was a bad day at districts for anybody from Eagle County.
The Eagle Valley girls and Battle Mountain boys basketball teams are done for the year after winless stints in Grand Junction, while the Eagle Valley boys are still in state, but not exactly riding a crest of momentum.
The Devils boys fell to Rifle, 63-36, Saturday at Colorado Mesa University. This was actually a close game until the Bears made a key basket at the buzzer of the first half. Rifle went on a 28-2 run to start the second half, and the Devils finished fourth at the tournament.
While the Bears doubtless win the 4A Slope's unofficial award of "Most Improved Team," a troubling fact is that the Devils (15-7) are just 4-4 in February, and heading into the state tournament on a two-game slide.
"I've rode the same guys hard for three games (at the district tournament), and we looked like it," Devils coach Jim Bair said. "We got tired. We need to rest up, refocus and have a couple of days of good practice. I've got good kids and they'll bounce back."
The state bracket comes out today on chsaa.org, and the Devils will play Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Eagle Valley girls basketball fell to Steamboat Springs, 45-27. The Devils finish the season 12-11. The Devils' demise was a lack of offense down the stretch.
And Battle Mountain closed out with a 62-44 loss to Glenwood Springs, the Huskies' nemesis all season. Senior Joe LyBarger did have a big day in his finale with 23 points, nine rebounds and five assists.
Sports Editor Chris Freud can be reached at 970-748-2934 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Several Meander artists from the Upper Minnesota River Valley, including locals Dale and Jo Pederson and Franz Richter are being featured in a special exhibit at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD).
A reception honoring the artists will be held on Friday, Sept. 14, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the MCAD Concourse Gallery at 2501 Stevens Avenue in Minneapolis.
The event is free and public is invited to attend. The exhibition will end on Sunday, Sept. 16.
Featured Meander artists in addition to the Pedersons, of Granite Falls, and Richter, of Clarkfield, include Audrey Arner and Richard Handeen, of Montevideo; Malena Handeen, of Milan/Big Bend; Karen Jenson and Gene and Lucy Tokheim, of Dawson. Malena Handeen will also be performing some musical selections at the Friday evening reception.
According to the MCAD website, the exhibition, "In The Field: Artists from Greater Minnesota," is a showcase of the variety and depth of work being created by Minnesota artists outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
"The exhibition came as part of an initiative to get artists who live out state an opportunity to have a venue where their work can be seen, and to help support their work through that kind exposure," said Jay Coogan, president of MCAD.
The show serves as a capstone to the college's Greater Minnesota Arts Initiative. Over the past year, and with support from the Bush Foundation, the college taught two design in the community classes focused on the Upper Minnesota River Valley and the greater Grand Rapids areas. The students met with local residents and discussed creative ways to use skills learned at MCAD to help address challenges faced by rural communities. Based on the community discussions occurring in these classes, MCAD developed a summer fellowship program where students lived in the Montevideo and Grand Rapids areas for two weeks.
Throughout this process, the college came into contact with many rural artists dedicated to practicing their art while also working to ensure that Greater Minnesota's vibrant and eclectic arts scene continues to flourish. "In the Field" is a sampling of the work of these talented and dedicated individuals.
"MCAD is really tending toward grooming artists to be able to function as community members. It's our hope that we can demonstrate how you can live in a rural place and do art, and be involved in other endeavors," Arner said.
Coogan echoed Arner's explanation. "The goal is to get students to think about how one can both work in a rural setting and have an active arts career and also how the arts can play a role in Minnesota communities in terms of economic development," he said. "Something like Meander is a good example of that. I think also things that sort of happen around that, where people might get exposure to that arts festival, but become aware of where these artists are from. Many of the artists involved also have other businesses that could benefit from exposure as well."
Page 2 of 2 - Students assisted Clean Up the River Environment (CURE) with their projects designed to connect people through river, art and the re-use of empty buildings in the towns of western Minnesota.
"We worked with CURE and we also worked with the Milan Village Arts School and the Granite Falls Chamber of Commerce, looking at ways that they might expand their programming, coordinate their programming and reach a larger audience," Coogan said.
"I'm really excited about the artists taking part in this show, they're some fantastically talented people. I've met all of them, and they're doing wonderfully creative work."
Jeremy Jones contributed to this article.
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Topic: Topic about medical supplies
I have an idea for a new topic on the board.
I have many unused medical supplies that I had for Tom. Since he has passed on - I do not want to throw out all the supplies.
How about a "Medical Supplies" area where people could post their unused medical supplies - either for free or to sell them - Since many insurance companies may not allow or limit the amount a person can get in a month...people may be willing to purchase them through a private party at little or no cost.
I have tons of gauze pads, tegaderm films, insulin pen needles, insulin syringes, gloves, etc that I could post on such a topic and there may be others that have such things that they either need or want.
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Question: Are there ways I can protect myself from insect stings while outdoors?
Answer: Wear protective clothing while outside to decrease exposed skin. For example, wear long pants when hiking or mowing the grass, gloves while gardening, and shoes or sandals rather than running around in bare feet.
Question: Is any color of clothing better?
Answer: Wear white or light colored clothing; dark clothing and clothing with flowery designs are more likely to attract insects.
Question: Can I protect myself if I exercise outdoors?
Answer: Use unscented deodorant and rinse off perspiration after vigorous exercise. Insects are attracted to the scent of deodorants and perspiration. Avoid any strong smelling perfume, cologne, hair oil, hair spray or lotions because insects may be attracted by the smell. Use insect repellants and keep insecticide available.
Question: How can I protect myself from insect stings during a picnic?
Answer: Cover food and drinks at outdoor events as much as possible. The smell of food is a strong attraction for insects. Don't forget to cover garbage, as well.
Question: I've had severe reactions to insect stings in the past. What should I do to protect myself and let others know about my condition?
Answer: Wear a medical alert bracelet or necklace stating that you are allergic to insect stings. The person with insect allergies should always carry an emergency pack. Talk with your healthcare provider about exactly what to have in the emergency pack, but generally it should contain each of the medications needed to treat a sting reaction, such as an oral antihistamine - syrup or chewable tablet - and an epinephrine injection device (EpiPen). If you have asthma, also keep a rescue inhaler and spacer in the pack. Ask your healthcare provider about potential symptoms of allergic reactions to insect stings. It also can be helpful to carry a small action plan card listing the actions to take and the importance of calling 911 or going to the closest medical facility once the medication is given. Review how to take all the medications that are prescribed in your action plan. If an epinephrine injection device is prescribed, review when it should be used and demonstrate the correct technique for your healthcare provider. Talk with family about how they can help you follow your action plan.
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Genevieve "Gen" Betzen, 76, of Granite Falls passed away Thursday, October 31, 2013 at Shoreview Senior Living.
Mass of Christian burial was held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 6 at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Granite Falls.
Visitation was from 5 to 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Novem-ber 5, at the Wing-Bain Funeral home in Granite Falls and will continue for one hour prior to the service at the church. Genevieve L. "Gen" Betzen was born on November 5, 1936 in Breckenridge, the daughter of Michael and Madeline (Kerean) Casper. Gen was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Faith at St. Mary Catholic Church in Breckenridge. She grew up and attended school in Breckenridge with the Class of 1954.
On August 17, 1957 Gen was united in marriage to Donald "Don" Betzen at St. Mary Catholic Church in Breckenridge. To this union five children were born.
Don and Gen made their home in Granite Falls where Gen became very active in St. Andrew Catholic Church affairs. She served as a religious education teacher and was actively involved in the Ladies Association and also sang in the church choir.
She was the secretary for the Granite Falls Chamber of Commerce for several years and served on the board of directors for the hospital. Gen was very interested in making Granite Falls a better place to live, and for this service was honored as the Woman of the Year as a Chamber of Commerce award.
Gen very much enjoyed flower gardening and was quite proud of her flowers at the house on Prentice Street. She was also a partner to her husband Don in starting the Dairy Queen franchise in Granite Falls, where she also worked.
Gen was a devoted wife and loving mother and grandmother. She also enjoyed making "hollyhock dolls" for the grandchildren when they visited and always brought them (in parade fashion) to the "Korner Store" for treats. Something her grandchildren still remember. Gen simply enjoyed spending time with family and friends.
Surviving family include her husband Don of Granite Falls; her children: Scott (Jackie) of Burlington, Wisconsin, Sue (Rich) Christianson of Maple Grove, Katie Hamilton of Saginaw, Mike of Zephyr Hills, Florida and Tom of Granite Falls; 11 grandchildren; her sister: Sr. Kathryn Casper OSB of St. Joseph.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother Michael Casper and one sister Midge Lamvik.
Arrangements were with the Wing-Bain Funeral Home of Granite Falls.
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Woman texts and drives, hits herd of cows
Cows injured in crash
A distracted driver slammed her car into a herd of dairy cows as it crossed the road.
Witnesses at the farm in Mount Hope, located in Upstate New York, claimed the driver was texting and driving, though the 21-year-old driver stated that she was only looking down to check an incoming call.
However, the farm-owner Mike Hosking noted, "If you don't see 50 cows in the road, you're doing something (you shouldn't be doing)," reports the Times Herald-Record.
The driver struck a total of six or seven cows, three of which were seriously hurt in the crash. She also nearly hit one of Hosking's farm hands, who tried to signal her to stop.
Hosking said he'll be closely monitoring the seriously hurt cows in the days ahead.
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RICHMOND -- For Jose Barrera, the horrifying memory of his 14-year-old son's unsolved murder is a Google search away.
The teenager, Kevin Barrera, was shot dead four years ago, but the grim crime scene remains on Google Maps' satellite image of Richmond, a haunting reminder of the August 2009 killing.
While the Internet giant on Monday said it will take the unusual step of removing the image as quickly as possible, the elder Barrera said it has already traumatized his family. His stepdaughter, a 26-year-old UC Berkeley student, has struggled to sleep since the family discovered the image on Friday, he said.
"All the memories are coming back to four years ago," Jose Barrera said inside his Hilltop neighborhood home Monday. "I'm in shock."
Kevin was shot and killed the night of Aug. 14, 2009, on a footpath crossing the railroad tracks that separate North Richmond from San Pablo. His body was discovered by a passer-by the next morning. The crime was never solved.
Google Maps' satellite image shows Kevin's body, a police patrol car and what appear to be police officers examining the scene near the tracks running parallel with Rumrill Boulevard.
A local TV news station notified the elder Barrera of the image on Friday, prompting him to publicly call for Mountain View-based Google to remove it from its site.
Richmond's RYSE Center, too, asked for its removal. In the months before his death, Kevin frequented the 41st Street youth center, which offers teens a safe space to congregate after school.
"It was a tragedy when it happened," said RYSE co-director Kimberly Aceves. "It knocked the wind out of the RYSE community. The fact the dad can access something that brings him back to that point in time is unacceptable."
Google responded directly to Barrera and news outlets on Monday, saying the company is "looking at different technical solutions" to replace the image. It could take Google eight days to do so, officials said.
"Our hearts go out to the family of this young boy," Brian McClendon, vice president of Google Maps, said in a statement. "Google has never accelerated the replacement of updated satellite imagery from our maps before, but given the circumstances we wanted to make an exception in this case."
The apology wasn't enough for Barrera, who said he's disappointed in Google and hopes the company will exercise more caution in the future. But, he said, perhaps the new publicity will put pressure on Richmond police to solve his son's murder. However, officials said Monday they had no new leads in the case.
"I'm going to take this time to tell police, 'Don't forget my son. Close the case,'" he said.
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Funeral services for Mrs. Alma Maxine Fore, 87, of Ringling, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, December 20, 2012, at First Baptist Church of Ringling, Oklahoma, with the Rev. Mike Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Ringling Memorial Cemetery in Ringling, Oklahoma. Services are under the care and direction of Alexander Funeral Home of Wilson.
Maxine was born December 21, 1924, at Byers, Texas, to Mr. Hugh "Emit" Riddle and
Mrs. Pearl (Stanton) Riddle. She departed this life December 16, 2012, at Stephensville, Texas.
Maxine was raised on a farm near Grady, southwest of Ringling. She married Mr. J.T. Fore on October 16, 1946, in Gainesville, Texas. J.T. and Maxine made their home near Ringling, Oklahoma. Maxine was proud to be the wife of a farmer and rancher.
She loved helping J.T. with the farm and ranch and was a dedicated wife and mother.
Preceding her in death was her husband, J.T. Fore - January 8, 2003; parents, Hugh "Emit" Riddle and Pearl Riddle; sisters, Bernice and Thelma; and brother, Emit Riddle.
Survivors include son, Kevin Fore; grandson, Jared Ryan Fore; and numerous other friends and family.
Visitation will be from 7:30 - 9 this evening at Alexander Funeral Home in Ringling, Oklahoma.
Condolences may be sent online at www.alexanderfuneralhome.org.
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The first set cuts in on a pretty good Axilla although the recording is awful at first, the taper and Paul settle in nicely. Foam also has some leveling going on and is loosely played in the middle section. Bouncing should be standard, but had a bad ending from Trey. Maze is well played and has nice solos. Fast Enough is good, as is a pretty tight ATR. Stash has a really nice jam in it. This is definitely one of the highlights tonight. Lizards is good. Ah! The first Sample comes out strong, except limited harmonies from Page and Fish missed the count in the bridge hold. Right into a solid Glide. Antelope makes for a nice closer, but is loosely played the middle making it sound a little off to me.
Good Chalkdust to open the second set. The second Wedge in as many shows is better than the first. I still can't get over how different it was. Nice soloing from Page. Mike's was just ok, with a lot of uncertainty about how and where the jam was going. TMWSIY was pretty good at both ends of an average Avenu. There is some rust showing here too. Weekapaug was rocking and very dynamic with another uncertain ending tonight. They are just not locking in. Lawn Boy was sloppy on Mike's end and a little on Trey's. Pen was also a little off at times including the drums at the beginning. The Ball Jam also has an uncertain ending. Fish even messes up the lyrics to Lengthwise? But it does have a nice reggae swing to it! Hood is sloppy but has a decent ending. Cavern is also sloppy. Not sure what happened but, this show went off in the wrong direction on all the endings of the songs. Definitely below average playing tonight.
The new Amazing Grace brings the usual shushing of the crowd and is less than stellar with their intonation. An ok GTBT finishes off a rough night in Providence.


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(B) Citing other documents to discredit the minutes of the meeting.
1.Irving has referred repeatedly to other documents, which, he claims, indicate that Hitler, in fact, did not mention the extermination of the Jews during his meeting with Horthy. These arguments by Irving are utterly pointless, as the authenticity of the original minutes is beyond doubt, and never directly challenged by Irving. Not surprisingly, the documents used by Irving indirectly to undermine the official minutes fail to support his case and once more illustrate his flawed methodology.
2. First, in his footnote, Irving casts doubt on the reliability of the official minute by claiming that
Secret Hungarian records do not echo the wording in such bluntness. In a draft letter to Hitler on May 7, Horthy included a sentence - later deleted - "Your Excellency further reproached me that my government does not proceed with stamping out Jewry with the same radicalism as is practised in Germany."13
3. This is pure invention by Irving. It is based on the fact that the draft letter by Horthy (disclosed by Irving to the court) uses the term Ausrottung, which Irving insists on translating as 'stamping out'. However, its true and generally agreed meaning is 'extermination', which is of course no less blunt than the term 'annihilated' used by Ribbentrop in the minutes. The complete passage in Horthy's draft letter should thus be translated as follows: 'Your Excellency further reproached me that my government did not proceed in the extermination of Jewry with the same radicalism with which this is being carried out in Germany and there is also regarded as desired for other countries too.'14 Clearly, this draft letter comprehensively fails to support the claim which Irving attaches to it.
4. Secondly, in his plea to the court, Irving cites a report submitted by the Hungarian representative in Berlin, Sztójay, to Prime Minister Kallay in Budapest.15 According to Irving, the report summarised 'the talks between Hitler and Horthy and Ribbentrop' and did not say that the Hungarian Jews 'were to be liquidated, only interned'. In fact, the document is concerned with a separate conversation between Sztójay and Ribbentrop. Only a very brief passage of the document deals with the Hitler-Horthy meeting. In this brief passage, Sztójay reports that Hitler 'personally drew the attention of His Highness the Regent [Horthy] to the necessity of settling in a more thorough and penetrating manner the Jewish question in Hungary. No doubt His Highness the Regent has informed Your Excellency [Kallay] of this'.16
5. Clearly, Irving completely misrepresents this source. As is plain to see, Sztójay in his reference to the Hitler-Horthy talks does not mention that Hungarian Jews were 'only' to be interned. Also, it is no surprise that Sztójay speaks merely of 'more thorough and penetrating' measures, and does not directly mention killing. Possibly, Sztójay was not aware of the explicit statements made by Ribbentrop and Hitler on 17 April 1943. After all, Sztójay himself had not been present during the meeting. More likely, though, Sztójay was well aware of Nazi extermination policy, and merely cloaked the murderous programme in more neutral, euphemistic language. This was common practice. For instance, Horthy himself in his letter of 7 May 1943 to Hitler (see above) deleted the sentence which spoke of the 'extermination' of the Jews. The remaining letter made no direct reference to the fate of the Jews.17
6. Thus neither Horthy's draft letter to Hitler on 7 May 1943, nor Sztójay's report of April 1943 can cast any doubt on the remarks made by Hitler and Ribbentrop at the meeting on 17 April 1943. Irving's claims are totally irrelevant and simply designed - not very effectively - to undermine a reliable source, namely the minutes drawn up by Schmidt of the meeting.
13. Irving, Hitler's War (1977), p. 872.
14. 'Euer Exzellenz warfen mir des weitern vor, meine Regnierungen schritten nicht mit dem gleichen Radikalismus in der Ausrottung des Judentums vor, als dieses in Deutschland durchgeführt und dort auch für andere Länder als erwünscht betrachtet wird'. Horthy to Hitler (draft); cited in The Confidential Papers of Admiral Horthy (Budapest, 1965), disclosed by Irving in this court case as document 85.
15. Document 82 in Irving's Discovery.
16. Sztójay report, 24.4.1943; cited in E. Levai, Black book on the Martyrdom of Hungarian Jewry (Zurich, Vienna, 1948), pp. 26-27.
17. The reference to the 'internment' of the Jews was made by Ribbentrop in a subsequent meeting with Sztójay. Sztójay also noted that Hitler had decided to 'rid Europe of the Jews' and that all 'Jews of Germany and the German-occupied countries are to be moved to the Eastern i.e. Russian, territories'. Again, the use of this kind of language has no special significance. In general, when dealing with foreign government officials, leading Nazis preferred to speak of 'resettlement' in the East, a widely used euphemism for extermination - hence the great significance of the blunt statements by Ribbentrop and Hitler on 17 April 1943. Ribbentrop probably used such euphemistic language in his meeting with Sztójay. Alternatively, Ribbentrop might have used language at his meeting with Sztójay that was as open as that used at the meeting with Horthy. In that case, Sztójay might in turn have thought it wise to use a euphemism such as'resettlement' in view of the opposition of his superior, Prime Minister Kallay, to such a measure if he did not receive guarantees that the Hungarian Jews so resettled would be well-treated. Sztójay was well known to be more antisemitic than Kallay and has been described by historians as having 'constantly undermined his Prime Minister's position in Berlin' during his many meetings with German officials; see IMT Case XI, NG 1800; Braham, Politics, 229-234; Jagow to Foreign Office, 2.6.1943, reprinted in R. L. Braham (ed.), The Destruction of Hungarian Jewryvol 1 (New York, 1963), document 107.
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Man accused of punching nurse in face
Published: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 1:29 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 1:29 p.m.
PALMETTO - A Palmetto man was arrested for punching a nurse in the face at Manatee Memorial Hospital Tuesday, according to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office.
Nicholas Johnson, 40, was brought to the hospital by the Palmetto Police Department under the Marchman Act, for assessment of substance-abuse impairment. At the time, Johnson was secured in restraints as ordered by the nursing staff.
Later, a nurse approaching a nearby room noticed Johnson was out of the restraints and exiting his room. When the nurse advised Johnson to return to his room, deputies say Johnson punched her in the face with a closed fist.
The nurse was treated at the hospital for a broken nose. Johnson is now charged with aggravated battery on an emergency provider.
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Cru Jones wrote: Economic left: -4.25
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put me right at dahli lama.
it found it to be pretty on point.
i want the government to look out for us as a whole (ie: medically, undoing social injustices etc.) but stay the funk out of my personal business.
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Collected by Max Hunter (H-13)
For Mary C. Parler
Transcribed by Frances Majors
Sung by Rev. Harold E. Hunter
Eldorado Springs, Missouri
October 7, 1958
Reel 257-58, Item 17
I Was Born Ten Thousand Years Ago
I was born about ten thousand years ago;
And there's nothing in this world that I don't know.
I saw Peter, Paul and Moses
Playing ring-around-the-roses,
And I can lick the guy that says it isn't so.
I saw Satan when he looked the garden o'er;
I saw Adam and Eve driven from the door;
And behind the bushes peeping,
I saw the apple they were eating,
And I'll swear that I'm the guy that ate the core.
I saw Jonah when he embarked within the whale,
And thought he'd never live to tell the tale;
But old Jonah had eaten garlic,
And he gave the whale the colic,
So he coughed up and let him out of jail.
I saw Samson when he laid the village cold,
Saw Daniel tame the lions in the hold;
And to help build the tower of Babel,
Up as high as we were able,
And there's lots of other things I haven't told.
I taught Solomon his little A-B-C's;
I helped Brigham Young to make limburger cheese;
And while sailing down the bay
With Methusela one day,
I saved his flowing whiskers from the breeze.
Queen Elizabeth she fell in love with me;
We were married in Milwaukee secretly;
But I schemed around and shook her,
And I went with General Hooker,
To shoot mosquitoes down in Tennasee.
I remember when the country had a king;
I saw Cleopatra pawn her wedding ring;
And I saw the flags a-flying,
When George Washington stopped lying,
On the night when Patty first begin to sing.
I Was Born Ten Thousand Years Ago (Cont'd)
Reel 257-58, Item 17 (Cont'd)
So you see, I an an educated man;
To keep my brains in my head I plan;
'Cause I been on earth so long
That I used to sing a song,
While Abraham and Isaac played the band.
I was born about ten thousand years ago;
And there's nothing in this world that I don't know
I saw Peter, Paul and Moses
Playing ring-around-the-roses,
And I can lick the guy that says it isn't so.
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He not only was an outstanding basketball player but also a towering presence on and off the court.
And now Jason Collins, nearly 7 feet tall, has only grown in stature.
Collins, whom I covered more than a decade ago while he was at Stanford, went public this week as the first active openly gay male athlete in a major American sport. The Washington Wizards' backup center came out in a Sports Illustrated feature written with Franz Lidz, one of the magazine's writers.
Let's hope this bit of truth initiates our overdue national conversation on this subject. Oh, we've spent years talking around the issue. We've made halting, tentative steps. But now that the reality is upon us, the conversation truly can begin.
Collins and his twin brother, Jarron, were key members of some to the best teams in Stanford history. With Jarron was at power forward and Jason at center, the Cardinal averaged 28.5 wins per season from 1998 through 2001 -- including its first ever No. 1 national rankings in 1999, 2000 and 2001.
Jason Collins was the center of it. Only the second Stanford basketball player featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, Jason competed for only two full seasons -- he missed most of two others with knee injuries -- but commanded the middle with defensive ferocity. He finished his career on The Farm as the school's all-time leader in field-goal percentage.
I have particularly fond memories of Collins and his 2000-01 teammates, who forged an unforgettable win over St. Joseph's in the NCAA Regional in San Diego. St. Joe's coach Phil Martelli raved about Collins, referring to him as a future lottery pick.
He was, instead, taken 18th overall in the 2001 draft.
Collins will finish his NBA career with something of considerably high social value, which ought to make his old school proud.
Collins is 34 years old, near the end of his pro career. He is not an NBA star, which will make it easier for a franchise to shed him from its roster for legitimate basketball reasons. So it took courage to make this announcement.
And here he is again once again, back on the cover of SI, this time blazing a very sensitive trail.
Consider it one giant step for Jason Collins and an even larger sacrifice for others.
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