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Don't be misled by how smoothly Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's education bill moved through the West Virginia State Senate. The knives will come out now that the bill has been sent over to the House of Delegates.
Some of the rough water the bill will now encounter will be political, with legislators worried about bucking the two teachers' unions. Leaders of the West Virginia Education Association and the state chapter of the American Federation of Teachers have been strident in their condemnations of the measure. The unions still have enormous clout.
About 18 specific complaints have been advanced by the unions. For a time, Tomblin believed the vast majority, 16 or so, had been dealt with to the union leaders' satisfaction. Apparently that was too optimistic. By week's end, the unions still were balking at many of the bill's provisions.
One key objection to the governor's bill involves what has become known as the Teach for America provision. Teach for America is a national organization - theoretically nonprofit but with a very healthy balance sheet - that works with college graduates who want to work in the classroom but do not possess teaching degrees. Teach for America gives them five weeks of pedagogical training.
In West Virginia, state law requires schools to hire certified teachers, for the most part. One of the certification requirements is a degree in education, so Teach for America people don't qualify. Tomblin's bill would change that.
As Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, noted, the bill doesn't specifically mention Teach for America. It does allow more flexibility in current "alternative certification" rules. Several colleges and universities already offer alternative certification programs.
Here's where concern about the bill goes beyond politics. About one-fifth of the 100 members of the House are active or retired public educators. Some of them have real concerns about certifying too many people without training in how to teach.
That isn't just a turf protection reflex. Teaching is a demanding profession and it requires a certain skill set, some of which is developed by obtaining an education degree and some of which comes with experience. Both Ferro and Pethtel tell me they're concerned that teachers without intensive professional training may shortchange students.
Of course, the problem is that in some fields - mathematics is one - West Virginia just doesn't have enough certified teachers. So the question becomes whether it's better to insist on fully trained educators and, in some cases, not have qualified ones at all, or to make use of alternative certification to obtain some who have at least a little exposure to pedagogical training.
Tomblin's bill includes at least one safeguard against unqualified teachers. It gives principals and faculties more say in who is hired and retained at their schools. Rest assured that if a principal, who's held responsible for results, doesn't think an applicant can do a good job, that person won't be viewed favorably.
In any event, the so-called Teach for America provision is just a tiny part of the bill. At some point, Tomblin and legislative leaders could amend or exclude it, should the issue become critical.
Let's hope it doesn't. The bill is chock-full of really good ideas, ranging from early childhood education to more emphasis on being certain children can read well at an early age. It's far from perfect, but it's one of the most significant attempts at education reform most of us have seen in our lifetimes.
The bill needs to be enacted.
It may well be that the unions have chosen the House as their battleground. Don't be surprised if this one goes right down to the wire.
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His repeated use of the "F" word and attacking behavior toward an employee in a public forum showed a total lack of respect to all IVGID employees, homeowners and the general public present. According to Mr. Weinberger, all IVGID employees should expect a greeting of "F" you in their normal routine of duties.
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Boston College: Enda Kenny, Ireland's Taoiseach (Prime Minister), will give the Commencement Address to Boston College's 4,400 graduates at Alumni Stadium this morning.
In the three years since coming to power, Kenny has looked to build a "Republic of laws," a Republic that many Irish expatriates in the US—myself included—identify with because it closely mirrors the society in which we now live, a society where the letter of the law rather than the unspoken assumption of a doctrinaire moral code determines social policy.
Savita Halappanavar is a victim of that moral code and social policy. Mrs. Halappanavar died of sepsis, an infection brought on by the miscarriage of her seventeen-week pregnancy, in a Galway hospital on 28th October 2012. Her grieving husband described the medical treatment meted out to his wife as "horrendous, barbaric and inhumane." To read the "Timeline" of his wife's eight-day ordeal, based on evidence presented at the week-long official inquest, induces shame and anger. A young healthy woman fell victim to a lack of political will.
Enda Kenny outlined his vision for a very different Ireland during a Dáil Éireann speech in July 2011 when responding to the publication of the Cloyne Report. Like earlier reports—Murphy, Ryan, and Ferns—Cloyne echoed the well established narrative of clerical child sex abuse and confirmed the Catholic hierarchy's failure to report such abuse to the civic authorities. The Bishop in question observed the dictates of the Vatican rather than the law of the land.
But Cloyne was of a different order too. It detailed how the Vatican deliberately organized to frustrate an Irish State-commissioned inquiry into clerical child sex abuse as recently as 2009. In an unprecedented move, Mr. Kenny, a devout Catholic, entered the Dáil chamber, the seat of political power in Ireland, and called the Vatican to account. And, he declared the primacy of the State's standards, not those of the Catholic Church, in all matters related to the protection of Ireland's children.
The "Cloyne speech" represents a watershed moment because it encapsulates a new vision for the nation:
This is the Republic of Ireland 2011. A republic of laws, of rights and responsibilities; of proper civic order; where the delinquency and arrogance of a particular version, of a particular kind of 'morality,' will no longer be tolerated or ignored.
That "version … of morality" for too long masked a history of collective abdication of responsibility for Ireland's most vulnerable citizens. It fed the open secret of abuse, abandonment and neglect in Irish society as nation and State looked the other way and chose not to see what we all knew happened in our midst. Mr. Kenny drew a line under that history.
In November 2012, Mr. Kenny delivered on his promise to "protect the sacred space of childhood and to restore its innocence." The electorate exercised its democratic right in a national referendum and amended Ireland's constitution to include, for the first time, an article "recognize[ing] and affirm[ing] the natural and imprescriptible rights of all children." His government also passed into law the Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act, 2012, which among other things makes it no longer acceptable for a priest to claim the sanctity of the confessional seal in cases related to child abuse.
Earlier this spring, the Taoiseach offered the long-awaited official apology to survivors of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries—women victimized by the same moral code. The apology was heartfelt and sincere. On this occasion too Mr. Kenny imagined an Irish society characterized by compassion, empathy, and social justice. And, he charged members of the public with the obligation to learn the lessons of the past and to help ensure no repetition in the present or future.
The Cloyne speech and the Magdalene Apology signal Enda Kenny's willingness to confront Ireland's history, learn from past mistakes, and legislate for the lived realities of Ireland present. Both speeches inform his decision to sponsor the "Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, 2013"—the pending legislation that makes his choice as Boston College's commencement speaker controversial.


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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo dueled each other to an entertaining stalemate on Sunday, with both superstars scoring twice as Barcelona drew 2-2 with Real Madrid to keep an eight-point lead over its archrival intact.
The result ended Barcelona's perfect start to the league campaign as it dropped points for the first time in seven games, but provided yet another memorable chapter in the rivalry between Messi and Ronaldo, the two biggest names in soccer.
"It should be prohibited to say which is the best in the world," Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said. "They are both from another planet."
Ronaldo put Madrid ahead at Camp Nou stadium in the 23rd from a pass by Karim Benzema to extend his scoring streak in "clasico" matches to six.
Then it was Messi's turn, as he took advantage of a defensive slip to level for Barcelona in the 31st, before adding a second goal in the 61st with a perfect free kick from almost 25 yards out.
But as Barcelona looked to seal the result, Mesut Oezil unlocked Barcelona's makeshift defensive line to set up Ronaldo to respond five minutes later and split the points.
It was, perhaps, a fitting end to the latest head-to-head duel between arguably the two best players in the world, who for the last two seasons have engaged in a two-way scoring race unlike anything the Spanish league has seen before.
"(Messi and Ronaldo) both try to do everything they can to help their teams and score goals," Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova said. "If Ronaldo hadn't coincided with Messi, perhaps he would get even more recognition."
Not to be outdone, Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao also scored twice on Sunday, including a 90th-minute winner, to earn a 2-1 win over third-place Malaga. The Colombian international leads the league with nine goals, one more than Messi and Ronaldo.
Atletico's sixth straight victory lifted it even on points with Barcelona at the top of the standings.
Also, Levante beat Valencia 1-0 thanks to Obafemi Martins' first-half goal, Granada downed Mallorca 2-1 for its first home loss, and Athletic Bilbao edged out Osasuna 1-0.
LONDON (AP) - Veteran American goalkeeper Brad Friedel was dropped to the bench for Tottenham's 2-0 win over Aston Villa, ending his record run of 310 Premier League starts in a row dating to May 2004.
France captain Hugo Lloris, a summer signing from Lyon, started over Friedel and posted a shutout in his league debut, with Spurs' goals coming from Steven Caulker and Aaron Lennon.
"Obviously Brad was disappointed but as a great professional, he ended up accepting the decision," Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas said. "We respect his performances and I'm sure he will be back in the team as soon as possible."
Manchester United relied on early goals from its much-maligned defense and a stunning strike from Tom Cleverley to secure an impressive 3-0 win at Newcastle, keeping the pressure on Chelsea at the top of the Premier League.
Jonny Evans and Patrice Evra scored on headers from corner kicks for United in the opening 15 minutes. Cleverley scored on a long-range shot in the 71st that curled in.
The frustration continues for Liverpool, which tied Stoke 0-0 at home. American midfielder Maurice Edu made his debut for Stoke as an 81st minute substitute for Charlie Adam.
In Sunday's other match, Jose Fonte scored a late tying goal - his second of the game - to earn Southampton a 2-2 tie against Fulham.
MILAN (AP) - Ten-man Inter Milan hung on to beat crosstown rival AC Milan 1-0 in a bad-tempered Serie A derby that saw the hosts have a goal disallowed and a late penalty appeal waved away as they chased an equalizer.
Walter Samuel headed Inter in front in the fourth minute following a howler from goalkeeper Christian Abbiati. Milan improved but had Riccardo Montolivo's goal disallowed for a foul on Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic.
Inter had Yuto Nagatomo sent off for a second yellow card shortly after the break, but Milan could not find the equalizer and was denied what looked to be a clear-cut penalty late on when Robinho appeared to be brought down by Samuel.
Earlier, American midfielder Michael Bradley scored his first goal for Roma in a 2-0 win against Atalanta, and defending champion Juventus stretched its unbeaten streak in the league to 46 games with a 2-1 victory at Siena.
Bradley sealed the game for Roma in the 62nd minute.
Claudio Marchisio scored what proved to be the winner for Juve.
Also Sunday, high-flying Lazio cruised to a 3-0 win at struggling Pescara.
Stevan Jovetic continued his impressive start to the season as he scored his fifth goal to send Fiorentina on its way to a 1-0 victory against Bologna.
Catania beat 10-man Parma 2-0 and Cagliari won 1-0 at Torino.
PARIS (AP) - Marseille kept hold of first place in the French league after drawing 2-2 with bitter rival Paris Saint-Germain, with strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Andre-Pierre Gignac both scoring twice with well-taken goals in a pulsating first half.
PSG would have overtaken Marseille for first place with a win, remains three points behind Marseille after eight games.
Gignac gave Marseille the lead in the 17th minute, hitting a diagonal shot that went past goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu's outstretched hand.
Ibrahimovic then scored two stunning goals in the 23rd and 25th to send the raucous Stade Velodrome crowd into total silence and take his prolific tally to 10 goals in nine games since joining from AC Milan.
First, he volleyed the ball in from near the penalty spot with his outside of his foot with a martial arts-type kick from Maxwell's corner, and then hit a free kick from 30 yards (meters) with such pace that it flew past goalie Steve Mandanda before he could get across to stop it.
Gignac equalized in the 32nd when he soared above four PSG players to equalize with a powerful header from winger Mathieu Valbuena's corner that gave Sirigu no chance.
Third-place Lyon missed the chance to keep the pressure on the top two when it was held to a 1-1 tie at Lorient.
Earlier, sixth-place Bordeaux maintained its unbeaten start to the season after tying 1-1 at Brest through striker Cheick Diabate's second-half tying goal.
Israel forward Eden Ben Basat put Brest ahead in the 38th minute with his third goal of the season, but Diabate leveled in the 68th with his second goal in as many games.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Defending Bundesliga champion Borussia Dortmund lost more ground to Bayern Munich when it conceded a late goal and had to settle for a 1-1 tie at Hannover.
Mame Biram Diouf scored in the 86th minute to earn the tie for Hannover, leaving Dortmund trailing Bayern by nine points.
Eintracht Frankfurt had its first loss of the season, losing 2-0 at Borussia Moenchengladbach, while Stuttgart and Bayer Leverkusen tied 2-2 in the day's third match.
AMSTERDAM (AP) - American forward Jozy Altidore was ejected from AZ Alkmaar's 2-0 loss to first-place Twente in the Dutch league.
Alkmaar's Adam Maher was shown a red card for a late tackle, and Altidore got two yellow cards protesting the call and was sent off in the 52nd. Nacer Chadli, Dusan Tadic and Luc Castaignos scored for Twente.
Earlier, PSV Eindhoven beat NAC Breda 4-0 to move into second place. Ajax drew 1-1 against FC Utrecht in Amsterdam and fell into fourth place behind Vitesse Arnhem.
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - Greece striker Georgios Samaras scored the first-half winner as Celtic beat Hearts 1-0 to maintain its two-point lead in the Scottish Premier League.
Five days after earning Celtic its first away win in the Champions League with a stoppage-time goal against Spartak Moscow, Samaras drove home a low finish in the 34th minute at Celtic Park as his team claimed a third straight league win.
VIENNA (AP) - American forward Terrence Boyd scored in the 86th minute, giving Rapid Vienna a 1-1 tie at Sturm Graz in the Austrian league. Boyd has five league goals this season and seven overall.


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MARIETTA - The late arrival of an emergency generator unit delayed the opening of Washington County's new Emergency Operations Center on Davis Avenue in Marietta, but officials say the EOC and the new county board of elections office site next door should both be up and running by the end of August.
The new center was originally expected to be completed by late June.
"I would say the project is 95 percent complete, and we've set a target date of Aug. 12 to move in if all of the work is finished," said County Commissioner Tim Irvine who's helping coordinate the EOC and election board move.
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Washington County Emergency Management Agency Director Jeff Lauer pulls into the parking lot near the new Emergency Operations Center location on Davis Avenue. (Photo by Sam Shawver)
Both facilities are currently located at the Washington County Courthouse.
In the past, either a sheriff's office conference room or a room in the courthouse annex have been used during emergency situations but they don't have the space necessary for use by all agencies. The Ohio EMA has been urging each county to have a designated, permanent EOC to use as a communications center during emergencies.
Work on the EOC, which included renovations and electrical upgrades to the ground floor area of the Washington County Children Services building at 204 Davis Ave., was to be substantially completed by the end of June, according to the original terms of an Ohio Emergency Management Performance grant that paid $237,500 toward the project.
But the project was slowed while the county waited on the arrival of an emergency generator and transfer switch.
"The work was just delayed because of our lead time in ordering that equipment," Irvine said. "But the project is coming along nicely now, and we expect both departments will definitely be in by the end of August."
Jeff Lauer, the county's emergency management agency director, agreed, noting the county was able to get an extension of the grant deadline until Aug. 31.
"Originally we had set the June 30 date for completion of the first phase of the project, which included building walls, installing electrical service and some plumbing," he said, adding that most of that work was done, but the project couldn't be completed until the new generator and transfer switch were installed.
Lauer also noted bids on the project came in $63,593 lower than the original estimate of $434,900 by architect David Haught, which allowed for the purchase of furnishings and other equipment that would have been part of a second phase initially planned for next year.
"We had planned to buy the furniture and equipment in the next grant cycle, but we wouldn't have received that award until sometime next year," Lauer said. "That could have taken at least eight more months. After we received the extension on this grant, and by being conservative with our spending we decided to get everything done at one time."
He said some savings have been realized by making use of existing laptop computers and other equipment from the current emergency management agency offices at the courthouse.
"We've ended up trying to do a two-year project in one year's time," Lauer said.
The generator and transfer switch, which arrived earlier this month, have been installed and were connected into the facility's electrical system this week. A tank of propane which will be used to fuel the generator still had to be plumbed in as of Thursday, and Lauer said the entire installation would still have to be tested and inspected.
Other work to be completed includes telephone system installation and application of a sealant on the tile floors.
Peggy Byers, deputy director for the Washington County Board of Elections, said her staff hopes to soon begin moving into their offices at 204 Davis Ave., Suite B, adjacent to the new EOC.
"August 12 is our target moving day," she said. "And we're planning on holding an open house for the election board and EOC in mid-September."
Byers said there have been some concerns expressed by voters that the election board is moving from a more convenient downtown location at the county courthouse to Davis Avenue. But she also noted that the Washington Morgan Community Action Bus Lines will provide bus service to the Davis Avenue offices for those who want to vote early at the election board office from Oct. 1 to Nov. 5.


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Definitely necessary... Never thuoght about the overstability for that reason! Could afford a person to be more aggressive that way...
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PARKERSBURG — Republican lawmakers from West Virginia Friday panned the news in a job report issued Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor that said 157,000 new jobs were added in January....
Second question to all,"If you didn't create a job today, what have you been doing all day long?"
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Even a better question would be: "HOW MANY JOBS HAVE McKINLEY AND CAPITO """BLOCKED TODAY""" to keep our economy stagnant....
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The question is "How many jobs did you create today?". Try it and see how many replies you get back.
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I didn't mean to pick on those two only, but they stepped into the spot light. Ask that of all members of congress. I e-mailed my congressman for two months in a row and asked them the same question. Never got a reply to a very serious question. Guess where my vote will go next time around?
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And I ask of them, how many jobs did you ceate today? The reply is muted. I can't hear you. The reply is simple. Give me a number other than zero.
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The republicans are outraged at the paltry number of jobs created. Of course, when the economy was hemorrhaging half a million jobs per month during the end of the last republican administration, Capito, said the fundamentals were fine.
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The French writer La Rochefoucauld, said, "When were are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere."
i know many people who feel over extended, over committed, and hollow. They are weary of the rush, of the search for happiness, and some admit they don't know what they are looking for, but they know they have not found whatever it is.
I also know people who have every material thing and are free of financal worries. Still they seem restless and unhappy. They travel. They buy "stuff": cars, toys, houses, and then rent storage places for their excess. They diet, exercise, or surgically change their appearance. They change spouses. They search the Internet for Romance. They watch sports for thrills. They use booze and pills in the frenzied search for Happines or Tranquility. They hire therapists, psychics, and gurus to guide them. They even change religions.
T.S. Eliot wrote a poem called "The Hollow Men," which expresses the anxiety and sense of loss and emptness after war in Europe. I also think of one of my favorite dramas, "Waiting for Godot." Two men wait and wait for Godot who never arrives. As Americans we believe we are entitiled to "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." And bars used to offer "Happy Hour."
What is the Happiness or Tranquility we seek/ I think de Rochfauld was correct---it is within us. We just need to listen to our hearts.


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It didn't take long for Chris Cocores to win his first mixed martial arts fight.The bout lasted 47 seconds to be exact, and this was Cocores being patient. The odds were against him, but the South Tahoe local won by TKO against Francisco Ybarra in the first round of the Ultimate Reno Combat at the Grand Sierra Resort on Oct. 2.It's easy to understand why the betting odds were stacked against Cocores going in. The local fighter is not a flashy guy. He left his shirt and hat on as he quietly faced off against Ybarra before the fights. He also had a deceiving 0-1 record going in after a disqualification in an August fight for an illegal hit to the head. But anyone who was at that fight would have known Cocores was not to be underestimated. As he took the cage, Cocores didn't know what type of fighter he was about to face. The plan was to stay patient and figure out his opponent's style."You never really know what you're going to run into until you get in there so there's no real point in stressing on it too much," Cocores said. "You've just basically got to rely on your training because at that point that's pretty much all you have." Cocores' training paid off pretty quickly. He paitently endured a few kicks before he caught his opportunity. Catching Ybarra mid-kick, Cocores quickly delivered a stuning blow. In the dazed second that followed, Cocores finished the fight. "In fighting, whatever you put in is what you're going to get out," Cocores said. "The harder you train the more you're going to get rewarded for it."Cocores has put in long hours training with Chris Eggleston at the South Tahoe Police Activities League Martial Arts free program. Eggleston has helped Cocores round out his standup background with other forms of martial arts. The trainer volunteers his time to teach local kids martial arts."I couldn't even put into words how much he helps us and does it all on his own time," Cocores said. "It's somewhere kids can go and actually learn martial arts and get discipline and a lot of good things they can carry with them after they leave."Cocores is hoping to fight in South Tahoe next if MMA returns to MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa in January."That's the next one we're shooting for and that one should be a lot of fun because it's going to be another local show and there should be some pretty killer fights in it," Cocores said.
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In 2011 at one of the GOP's primary debates, Mitt Romney was asked about federal disaster relief for a recent tornado. He called the spending "immoral" and said that FEMA should be privatized. He said that victims in Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and Massachusetts should not receive governmental assistance. He claimed that it is "simply immoral for there to be deficit spending that could harm future generations It makes no sense at all." Anyone who votes for Romney in these four states deserves whatever loss that have or may suffer in the future, but we do not. This is only one of many selfish, ignorant and cruel statements that Romeny has made, all made without any regrets. He repeated this comment a day or two before Sandy hit the East Coast.Here is what Gov. Christie said after Sandy hit New Jersey. MICHAEL D. SHEAR, NYT 10/30: "In Wake of Storm, Christie Breaks From Attacks to Praise Obama. Chris Christie was supposed to be one of Mitt Romney's most aggressive surrogates, constantly attacking President Obama in the waning days of the presidential campaign. Instead, Mr. Christie on Tuesday repeatedly heaped praise on Mr. Obama for his leadership of the federal government's response to the storm that slammed into his state on Monday.""I have no idea, nor am I the least bit concerned or interested. I have a job to do in New Jersey that is much bigger than presidential politics," Mr. Christie said. "If you think right now I give a damn about presidential politics, then you don't know me." "It's been very good working with the president," Mr. Christie said on the "Morning Joe" program on MSNBC. "He and his administration have been coordinating with us. It's been wonderful." Speaking about the damage to his state on the "Today" show on NBC, Mr. Christie called the president "outstanding" and said the response from the Federal Emergency Management Agency had been "excellent."In a Twitter message from his official account, Mr. Christie said he wanted to "thank the president personally for all his assistance as we recover from the storm."Politicus - Rmuse 10/30:"Romney's obscene "immoral' comment was made worse when he said, "What are the things we're doing, that we don't have to do? Those things (disaster relief), we've got to stop doing because we're jeopardizing the future of our kids, it is simply immoral." In Romney's vision of government, all expenditures should to go to the wealthy, the military, and corporations, and his grand idea for disaster relief is handing the task of helping displaced Americans to private enterprise. It is true the federal government does not have to help its citizens, but it also is not required to help the oil industry, Israel, corporations, or Willard Romney, but he never complained about the welfare the federal government provided him, Bain Capital, or the 2002 winter Olympics. Apparently, to Romney, his understanding of government morality is founded in how many tax payer dollars the government hands over to him, corporations, and the wealthy elite." "...However, by asserting that spending taxpayer dollars on agencies like the NWS, FEMA, or NOAA is immoral, it is easy to defund an agency like FEMA or the NWS despite the cost in human terms, and if Americans have learned anything in the past year-and-a-half, it is that Republican cuts always carry a high price in human terms; unless the humans are filthy rich." Willard has stated numerous times that if he is elected, he will de-fund FEMA. And probably numerous other government agencies whose sole purpose is to help our citizens during times of disaster."Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) detailed the problem with GOP's FEMA cuts; "The House bill slashes funding for grants to equip and train first responders by 40 percent, on top of the 19% cut in FY 2011," and she goes on to note the "GOP House defense appropriations bill provides $12.8 billion to train and equip troops and police in Afghanistan, but only $2 billion for first responders to assist American citizens."I am not surprised one bit. All Romney and the Republicans care about is lowering taxes for the rich and protecting the rich, i.e., Romney and his ilk. "Republicans are immoral for, as Romney says, wanting to "get government out of the way" of people's lives which is code for privatization and more tax cuts for him and his wealthy cohorts." "...If it is immoral to use federal funds for disaster relief, then it is a mortal sin for Romney to take $1.5 billion (from the government) for puerile Olympic games, or millions from the federal government auto bailout. Romney's moral dilemma can be summed up in three words; pure unadulterated greed. What the American people need to know is that Willard's moral compass is dictated by the size of his hidden riches and not concern for the American people or this country, and he has projected that sentiment for the past 9 months. It is just another piece of evidence that not only is he not a Christian, he is an immoral human being who thinks so little of the American people that his first priority is enriching the private sector and himself, and although that may be part and parcel of being a good Mormon, it makes him a despicable American, and in keeping with the spirit of the season, a scary monster." I wish I could have said this as well, but Rmuse writings are absolutely accurate. "Jeff Fecke, - Truthout 10/29: "Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaking at a campaign rally in Pensacola, Florida, 0n 10/27: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Hurricane Sandy threatens to be one of the most devastating storms ever to strike the United States. But if Mitt Romney were president, disaster relief would be up to the states. Romney stands behind "disband FEMA" comment.""The Romney campaign said early Monday morning that Romney stood behind a statement first made during a 2011 Republican debate, in which Romney said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency should be disbanded, and its powers either privatized or given to the states.""Gov. Romney wants to ensure states, who are the first responders and are in the best position to aid impacted individuals and communities, have the resources and assistance they need to cope with natural disasters," the campaign said."Sandy Could Impact Fourteen States. Romney's paean to states' rights ignores the very important role of FEMA in coordinating disaster relief in events that transcend state boundaries. Hurricane Sandy is expected to impact fourteen states and the District of Columbia; its impact stretches from Maine to North Carolina, and from West Virginia to Massachusetts."Furthermore, FEMA manages disasters on scales beyond the capacity of states to manage them. Hurricane Katrina did over $100 billion in damage to Louisiana in 2005. The entire annual budget for the state is about $25 billion. Simply, states that are hit by devastating natural disasters are usually in no position to manage the crisis by themselves."This loss was to Louisiana alone. The damage to the other states that were hit was enormous, way beyond any of the states ability to provide the disaster relief required let alone pay for it. Does anyone in their right mind believe that any private company could possibly have the manpower, skill and equipment to assist these tens of thousands of people harmed by these disasters? And, who would pay these companies? Under willard's insane thinking, it could only be the US Government. But this cannot happen, because as Willard stated above: "...However, by asserting that spending taxpayer dollars on agencies like the NWS, FEMA, or NOAA is immoral,..." The amount covered by disaster insurance is minuscule relative to the actual cost involved and most people who have been hit by this disaster do not have insurance in part because they cannot afford it. But if you think like Willard, who cares, it is your own fault."In many ways, Mitt Romney's opposition to federal disaster relief programs is what the election is about. President Barack Obama supports using government to help those in a crisis get back on their feet. Mitt Romney believes that government has no role in helping people who are dealing with disaster. Those two very different views of America's future are on the ballot next week." Another issue: The Nation- Katha Pollitt -10/24 Ladies, Don't Fall for the Moderate Mitt! "...Maybe, though, you support women's rights, like most women-did I mention that the gender gap is huge this year?-but you think Romney is a moderate who is only pretending to be anti-choice and dim on equal pay. I can see why you might think that: you never know whether you're going to get the Romney who campaigned for governor of Massachusetts as a pro-choicer and who today talks about how every woman should have access to contraception, or the Romney who claims he governed that bluest of blue states in a "severely conservative" fashion. He's said so many different things over the years, it's really hard to tell what he actually believes. What we do know, though, is that he has said he'll "get rid of" Planned Parenthood funding if elected-that means cutting off more than 5 million low-income women from basic reproductive healthcare. He's said he'll overturn the Affordable Care Act and, specifically, that he supports the Blunt amendment, which would have permitted employers to exclude from coverage any kind of healthcare that offends their religious or moral convictions-birth control, prenatal care for single women, you name it."Romney has backtracked on a couple of provisions in the ACA, that he said he would keep in his healthcare plan, whatever that is. He has NEVER provided a single element of his plan; which probably does not exist."Romney, in fact, supports banning abortion except in cases of rape or incest, or to save the woman's life. He's running ads that tout these exceptions as evidence of his moderation, but what kind of moderate wants to criminalize 93 percent of all abortions? Among those who would not be lucky enough to qualify for Romney's exceptions are women carrying fetuses with fatal conditions, the mentally ill and pregnant women at risk for any injury short of death. In reality, Romney would criminalize most abortions for rape and incest victims, too, since most rapes and incest are not reported: in 2009, only 331 abortions were performed in the whole country that qualified for the Hyde amendment's rape exception, under which federal funds can be used for low-income women's abortions.""...In 2007, he said he would be "delighted" to sign a total ban on abortion (such a ban is part of the Republican Party platform). He acknowledged that people weren't ready for that, but added that America is "ready to overturn Roe v. Wade." More recently, Romney has clearly stated his "preference" for a Court that would reverse Roe.""As for women's employment rights, he still hasn't said whether he would have signed the Lilly Ledbetter Act, which permits women to sue when they belatedly discover they've been paid less than men doing the same job. He does not seem to believe that government plays a role in ensuring fairness in the workplace. Are you ready to say goodbye to your right to bring a complaint against your boss?" "The Romney campaign's basic strategy on so-called women's issues is to change the subject: what women really care about is not their own rights but the economy. You'll notice no one else is being asked to sacrifice their rights to bring back jobs-certainly not employers or the 1 percent. And the joke on women is, few of them will see much of those promised tax cuts-which are skewed toward the wealthy, not the waitress-but women will definitely suffer under the severe budget cuts that are the other half of Romney's proposals, since they are the teachers, social workers, healthcare workers and other public employees who will find themselves unemployed."My third issue: Forbes - Rick Unger 10/20 - Romney Family Investment Ties To Voting Machine Company That Could Decide The Election Causing Concern"The network political departments get busy and, in short order, discover that the machines used in Hamilton County, Ohio-the county home of Cincinnati- are supplied by Hart Intercivic, a national provider of voting systems in use in a wide variety of counties scattered throughout the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Colorado and Ohio. A quick Internet search reveals that there may be reason for concern."A test conducted in 2007 by the Ohio Secretary of State revealed that five of the electronic voting systems the state was looking to use in the upcoming 2008 presidential election had failed badly, each easily susceptible to chicanery that could alter the results of an election.As reported in the New York Times, "At polling stations, teams working on the study were able to pick locks to access memory cards and use hand-held devices to plug false vote counts into machines. At boards of election, they were able to introduce malignant software into servers. We learn that one of the companies whose machines had failed was none other than Hart Intercivic.""It turns out that Hart Intercivic is owned, in large part, by H.I.G. Capital-a large investment fund with billions of dollars under management-that was founded by a fellow named Tony Tamer. While it is unclear just how much H.I.G. owns of Hart Intercivic, we do learn that H.I.G. employees hold at least two of the five Hart Intercivic board seats. A little more digging turns up a few tidbits of data that soon become 'the story'." "Tony Tamer, H.I.G.'s founder, turns out to be a major bundler for the Mitt Romney campaign, along with three other directors of H.I.G. who are also big-time money raisers for Romney. Indeed, as fate would have it, two of those directors-Douglas Berman and Brian Schwartz- were actually in attendance at the now infamous "47 percent" fund raiser in Boca Raton, Florida." "To everyone's amazement, we learn that two members of the Hart Intercivic board of directors, Neil Tuch and Jeff Bohl, have made direct contributions to the Romney campaign. This, despite the fact that they represent 40 percent of the full board of directors of a company whose independent, disinterested and studiously non-partisan status in any election taking place on their voting machines would seemingly be a 'no brainer'.""And finally, we learn that H.I.G. is the 11th largest of all the contributors to the Romney effort." "Numerous media sources, including Truthout, are reporting that Solamere Capital-the investment firm run by Mitt Romney's son, Tagg, and the home of money put into the closely held firm by Tagg's uncle Scott, mother Anne and, of course, the dad who might just be the next President of the United States-depending upon how the vote count turns out, in our little tale, in the State of Ohio-have shared business interests with H.I.G. either directly or via Solamere Advisors which is owned, in part, by Solamere Capital, including a reported investment in H.I.G. by either Solamere Capital or Solamere Advisors." "UPI- COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The company whose voting machines will be tabulating votes in the swing states of Ohio and Colorado has links to Mitt Romney, a company spokesman said.""Salon magazine reported Tuesday Hart Intercivic's ties to the Republican presidential nominee first popped up last month on the Ohio website Free Press, which reported a key investor in Hart was HIG Capital. Seven HIG Capital directors are former employees of Bain & Co., where Romney was chief executive officer before leaving in 1984 to found Bain Capital. HIG Capital, which has contributed $338,000 to the Romney campaign this year, announced its investment in Hart a month after Romney formally entered the presidential race.""The Nation reported HIG Capital has ties to the Romney family through private equity firm Solamere, which has invested in HIG and is run by Romney's son, Tagg. Salon also noted a 2007 study commissioned by the state of Ohio found Hart Intercivic's voting system does a poor job when it comes to protecting the integrity of elections. The study found the Hart system allowed unauthorized individuals to gain access to memory cards and "easily tamper" with core voting data.""The vulnerabilities and features of the system work in concert to provide 'numerous opportunities to manipulate election outcomes or cast doubt on legitimate election activities ... virtually every ballot, vote, election result and audit log is forge-able or otherwise manipulatable by an attacker with even brief access to the voting systems,'" the study concluded."Lichtenheld said Hart's system has not been upgraded to address the concerns...."Does HIG Capital and/or Hart Intercivic have the ability to alter the voting results in Romney's favor? Absolutely! Will they actually do this, who knows? Any voter in any state which has any of Hart Intercivic's voting machines, should be concerned. Henry Bornstein is an Edwards resident
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Definition of abductor in English:
1A person who abducts another person.
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- To me, he will always be a dirty thief and a ruthless abductor!
- Authorities are following up on the report and have yet to determine if the abductors are pirates or terrorists.
2 (also abductor muscle) Anatomy A muscle whose contraction moves a limb or part away from the midline of the body, or from another part. Compare with adductor.
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- She is recovering from a torn abductor muscle in her thigh.
- He missed the last couple of matches due to a slight tear in his abductor muscle.
- This exercise engages spinal extensors, hamstrings, abductors and stabilizers.
2.1Any of a number of specific muscles in the hand, forearm, or foot: [followed by Latin genitive]: abductor pollicis
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- The tears are most likely to the thenar muscles (i.e., opponens pollicis, abductor pollicis brevis and possibly the adductor pollicis).
- I had a look around on the internet this evening for some muscle diagrams and it seems I have a painful abductors pollicis longus.
- The abductor hallucis muscle is the largest and most superficial of the intrinsic great toe muscles lying on the medial border of the sole.
Early 17th century (as a term in anatomy): modern Latin (see abduct).
Words that rhyme with abductorconductor, destructor, instructor, obstructor
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Two weeks ago I was trying to get my Visa application for my upcoming Africa trip when I couldn't figure out where I put my current passport. Thinking I probably put it in my safe deposit box at the bank, I head across town only to discover two sets of impression of my teeth, some old paperwork, my international shot record, and one passport- which was expired. After a quick search of the house, I called for reinforcements to assist in the search. We looked high and low, uncovering every nook and cranny. Although we found $400 dollars and two more expired passports, we didn't find the current passport. I even resorted to posting an SOS message on Facebook to enlist more help in finding the MIA Passport.
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WATERTOWN TOWNSHIP — Tucked in a remote corner of a large property of rolling, green hills overlooking Wolf Creek is the final resting place of at least seven members of the Nixon family that once......
Shades of the Phillips/Culverhouse family plot on that farm that my late aunt inherited, lock, stock and barrel, in Harrison County, from the unmarried Culverhouse daughter whom my aunt took care of before WWII. Their family plot on the property was so lost in time and few relatives that the headstones had sunk, broken into the ground--the Culverhouse family home came with--about everything that two generations managed to collect--including some very decent liquid assets. No one today, a second cousin, would remember that there are family members at rest in his cow pasture. Kind of sad.
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OAKLEY -- In an effort to curb the rising costs of fighting crime, the city is considering the possibility of parting ways with the county sheriff's office.
The idea was the subject of a brief discussion at Tuesday's council meeting, where City Manager Bryan Montgomery presented an overview of the situation.
Oakley has been a so-called contract city for 13½ years, one of four municipalities in Contra Costa County that pay to have sheriff's deputies patrol their streets.
By city officials' accounts, they are doing a fine job, but it's getting expensive: Oakley began with a force of 17 peace officers and a $2.5 million budget, but it now has 28 sworn personnel and $8.2 million dedicated to public safety.
The cost per deputy has risen by nearly 22.8 percent over the past five years, according to city records, a significant chunk of which is pension costs that the county is passing on.
The realities have prompted Oakley's City Council to start exploring other options, including having the city provide its own police services.
Additional possibilities that the city will be weighing are establishing a police department that is a combination of in-house and contract employees, and contracting with another city for police services.
Oakley is one of four cities among the 19 municipalities in Contra Costa County that use the sheriff's office's resources -- Lafayette, Danville and Orinda are the others.
City staffers will spend this year doing a detailed analysis of each scenario and report on their findings.
If the city were to strike out on its own, it would have to give the county a 12-month notice, Montgomery said.
In other police matters, city leaders acknowledged the service of former police Chief Bani Kollo with a standing ovation as uniformed officers lined the back of the council chamber to honor their boss.
"It's been a really, really good run," Kollo said while city employees took turns presenting him with gag gifts and giving him some good-natured ribbing.
Kollo was promoted last month and now is working within the sheriff's office in another capacity.
The city also welcomed Kollo's successor, Chief Dan Gomez, who starts work Tuesday.
Gomez has been with the sheriff's office since 1992, and before that served eight years in the U.S Air Force.
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Panetta Faults Obama, GOP on Budget
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday faulted the White House and Republican leaders for failing to negotiate on major budget issues, saying a complete lack of trust between both sides was punishing Americans for political dysfunction.
"When you are operating by crisis, I think there's enough blame to go around," Mr. Panetta said at a Seib & Wessel breakfast hosted by The Wall Street Journal. "Everybody has to engage, and engage – as I said – on the basis of trust. This town has gotten a lot meaner in the last few years."
During the course of the hourlong breakfast, Mr. Panetta used the words "engage" or "engagement" 20 times.
Mr. Panetta, a Democrat and former congressman from California, was Secretary of Defense from 2011 until earlier this year. He served in the Clinton administration as director of the White House Office of Management and Budget from 1993 until 1994 and White House chief of staff from 1994 until 1997.
Mr. Panetta said Mr. Obama had to engage Republicans in order to tackle the deficit talks head-on so he can work on other legacy-type issues, such as immigration, for the remainder of this term in office. He said Congress needed to target close to $2 trillion in addition deficit-reduction over 10 years, something he said could be accomplished through a combination of spending cuts and tax increases.
He said lawmakers and the White House needed to resolve their differences, end the government shutdown, raise the debt ceiling, and then go to a conference on the budget where both sides would have to put "everything on the table." He said this would require "tough choices" by both sides, but he said a deal could be reached if Democrats and Republicans were willing to make concessions.
Mr. Panetta said there were many culprits for Washington's dysfunction, such as nonstop fundraising, redistricting, and fewer personal relationships between lawmakers. But he also said political leaders lacked the resolve that was present during budget negotiations in the Reagan and Clinton administrations.
"I don't think they ought to try to come up with some razzle-dazzle super-committee or group of muckity-mucks from the outside world," he said. "That hasn't worked. They are going to have to do it in the context of the conference of the budget."
Mr. Panetta said the White House had tried to engage Republicans on the budget before, but he suggested the Obama administration felt burned by past attempts and no longer felt a deal could be achieved.
"You can't, just because you've engaged in some set of negotiations and they haven't gone anywhere, for one reason or another there's been a breakdown, [that] is no reason to walk away from the table," he said. "In this town, you've got to stay with it and stay at it."
Similarly, Mr. Panetta faulted what he described as "extreme members of the House" of Representatives who did not get their way on the health-care law and decided "to take out their vengeance on the American people and hurt their fellow citizens."
He said if the White House felt too many Republicans cringed at the idea of agreeing to anything that Mr. Obama helped design, he should consider delegating negotiating power to someone else to try and break the ice.
"If the president, for whatever reason, feels he can't do it because the Republicans don't want to confront him, then he ought to be willing to delegate that responsibility to someone who can do it," he said.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A driver suspected of causing a crash that killed two people and critically injured a third in San Francisco's Mission District on New Year's Day has been identified by police as 19-year-old David Morales.
Morales, an alleged gang member, was booked into jail on suspicion of two counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, evading police, being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and gang enhancements, police spokesman Officer Gordon Shyy said Wednesday.
The district attorney's office is reviewing the case and Morales could be arraigned as soon as Thursday, district attorney's office spokeswoman Stephanie Ong Stillman said.
The incident began at about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday when Morales was driving through the Valencia Gardens housing complex at 14th and Guerrero streets and allegedly fired at three people but missed them, Shyy said.
Witnesses called police and gave a description of the shooter's vehicle, which police tried to stop at 21st and Mission streets.
However, Morales allegedly sped off heading east on 21st Street and collided with another car driving north on South Van Ness Avenue, sending that car careening into Muzio's Wines and Liquor store at the northeast corner of the intersection, police said.
An as-yet-unidentified woman inside the victim vehicle was killed in the crash, as was a pedestrian, 26-year-old Francisco Gutierrez, who was entering the store, police said.
The male driver of the victim car was taken to San Francisco General Hospital in critical condition, but his condition has since been upgraded to serious, Shyy said.
Morales was also hospitalized and a gun was found in his car, police said.
The case remains under investigation. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Police Department's anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 or to send a tip by text message to TIP411.
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DALLAS (October 9, 2012)—The National Federation of Independent Business, a national small business trade association, endorsed Texas Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz Tuesday.
The tea party favorite and former state solicitor visited a Dallas machine company Tuesday where he he accepted the nomination of the federation's political action committee.
Cruz is vying with former Democratic state Rep. Paul Sadler to replace retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
The federation was founded in 1943 and has members around the country.
Its mission is to help members "own, operate and grow their businesses."
"We have to get the boot of the federal government off the necks of small business owners," Cruz said.
He promised to reduce federal regulations and reduce government spending.
Sadler was campaigning Tuesday in Lubbock on the campus of Texas Tech University.


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HUNTSVILLE, Texas – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi women's basketball team lost another nail biter, as it was unable to hit a shot with the clock running down to drop a 79-76 game in Sam Houston State.
The Islanders (10-10, 3-6 SLC) had another well-rounded game, as they had four different players in double figures with Jasmine Shaw and Brandi Huff leading the way with 13. Shaw also had five rebounds to go along with eight steals. Lexy Harris (11) and freshman Kassie Jones (10) rounded out the double-digit scorers.
The Islanders shot the ball well, shooting at a 40 percent clip, making this the first time the team has lost when scoring 70 or more points and shooting at least 40 percent from the field.
SHSU (10-9, 5-3) also had a well-rounded game with four players of its own hitting double digits in the scoring column. Leading the way for the Bearkats was a Jasmine of their own, with Jasmine Johnson scoring a game-high 17 points.
Maggie Lorenz had a big game for the Bearkats, coming off the bench for a double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds.
For the first time in three games the Islanders did not open up the scoring, as a SHSU triple got things going 46 seconds into the game.
However, Huff started a run by herself for the Islanders with the next seven points for A&M – Corpus Christi. Amanda Barnes hit her second three of the game during that time to make it a 7-6 A&M – Corpus Christi lead at the 16:44 mark.
The Islanders kept the pressure on, as they scored the next six points to open up a lead of as many. A Bearkat jumper put an end to that run, but the visitors kept rolling early on, scoring six in a row again, culminating with a three ball by Alissa Campanero with 12:27 on the clock to give the Islanders a 19-8 lead.
SHSU answered with a run of its own though, knocking down the next nine of 11 points to pull within four — the closest the Bearkats had been in five minutes.
Shola Adebayo then knocked down a free throw and Campanero hit her second three of the game to extend the lead back out to eight. The Bearkats got the same pairing of a single free throw and triple, though, and pulled within four once again this time at the 7:28 mark in the first.
Shaw got fouled on a three and knocked down all of her free throws, but the Bearkats got three points of their own a little easier with a bucket from behind the arc to keep it a four-point game at 6:55.
After a Jones layup pushed the lead back up to six, Johnson hit a triple for the home team to cut the lead in half. The teams then traded buckets to keep it a three-point game.
It was then that the Islanders scored the next seven points to jump out to double digit lead with just 54 ticks left in the half.
However, the Bearkats responded with the final four points of the half to make it a 45-39 game after the first 20 minutes of play.
The teams traded buckets coming out of the locker room before a three by Johnson pulled the Bearkats within three.
The Islanders stayed just ahead though, as SHSU made it a three-point game two more times, and even cut it to one before Campanero hit her third three of the game to give the Islanders a 54-50 lead with 13:48 on the clock.
However, the A&M – Corpus Christi went cold, scoring just two points over the next five minutes and 50 seconds, which led to SHSU taking its first lead since the opening minute of the game, with the score sitting at 58-56 with just under eight minutes left in the game. Also a key during that stretch was Camesha Davis fouling out with more than 10 minutes left to play.
Lexy Harris tied the game up at 58 with a pair of free throws, but a three by Amanda Barnes ran the lead up to three for the home team. The Bearkats continued to remain hot, going on a 10-3 lead to get out to their biggest lead of the game at 72-63 with 4:16 left on the clock.
It was then that head coach Royce Chadwick called a timeout to gather his team and urge them to turn up the pressure. That is exactly what they did, as after a Jones layup, the Islanders forced a turnover and Mbamalu got fouled and hit one of two from the line.
The miss wasn't a bad thing though, as Jones got the rebound off the free throw and kicked it back out to Mbamalu for a three to cut the lead back down to three with 3:33 left in the game.
The Bearkats got back out to a five-point lead, but a pair of free throws by Shaw and a layup from Jones after Shaw forced a turnover made it a 75-74 game with 1:43 left on the clock.
The pressure remained constant for the Islanders, as they forced another turnover, which led to a Shaw layup after she gathered the rebound from her own missed three-point attempt. The layup put A&M – Corpus Christi back on top, leading 76-75 with just over a minute left to play.
However, some timely defense with three blocked shots to go along with a field goal and free throws led the Bearkats to the win.
The Islanders will be back in action Saturday in Lamar to wrap up the first half of their four-game road trip. That game will start at 4 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN3.


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The Breckenridge Music Festival welcomes Justin Bartels, principal trumpet of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, and his brass sextet, Bartels Brass, for a holiday concert on Sunday.
The performance takes place at 4 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in Breckenridge, followed by a holiday reception.
Bartels, who began his tenure as principal trumpet with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in 2008, formed Bartels Brass in 2011. Five of the six musicians are members of the Colorado Symphony.
Joining Bartels are Steve Kilburn (trumpet), Michael Thornton (horn), Paul Naslund (tenor trombone), Greg Harper (bass trombone) and Steve Dombrowski (tuba).
The program opens with selections from "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky, the traditional holiday favorite based on Alexandre Dumas's adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffman's tale, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." While Hoffman's original showed the dark side of humanity and was considered inappropriate for children, "The Nutcracker" has become a musical staple for the Christmas holiday.
Other holiday favorites include "Prelude to Hansel and Gretel," "The Twelve Days of Christmas," Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride," Percy Grainger's rendition of the traditional English "Sussex Mummers Christmas Carol" and "What Sweeter Music" by John Rutter.
"The Twelve Days of Christmas," arranged for brass sextet by Andrew Kazdin, is one of Bartels' favorites. "It's really involved," he said, indicating that the group plays it for the holidays as often as possible. The Grainger tune was arranged by Denver composer Michael Allen.
Bartels Brass will also deliver Morten Lauridsen's rendition of "O Magnum Mysterium" ("O Great Mystery"), inspired by the "O Magnum Mysterium" text, which depicts the birth of the newborn King among the animals and shepherds. The Los Angeles-based Lauridsen's rendition has become one of the world's most performed and recorded compositions since its 1994 premiere by the Los Angeles Master Chorale.
"It's melodic," Bartels said. "It doesn't have a very heavy baseline. It really works well in the brass sextet. I think the audience will enjoy that piece in particular."
Popular holiday songs including "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Angels We Have Heard on High" and a sing-along of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" round out the program.
"Since the Renaissance age, brass instruments have been associated with ceremony and celebration," said Breckenridge Music Festival spokesperson Olivia Grover. "The tradition continues today. The spectacular sounds of brass instruments blend to create a perfect festive atmosphere."
Next up in the Breckenridge Music Festival's Encore Winter Concert Series after Sunday is Elizabeth Hainen and Friends: Trios for Harp, Violin and Cello, taking place Jan. 9 at Father Dyer United Methodist Church in Breckenridge.
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Katie Besson flew sideways and somehow managed to fling one arm under the ball before she slammed into the floor.
Besson hit the ground hard, but the slam was worth it when the Warriors converted her efforts into a point.
It was the little moments, like Besson's dig in Game 3, that kept the Warriors one step ahead of Battle Mountain all afternoon. From the seniors down to the juniors, the girls played solidly to sweep quarterfinals 3-0 at home Friday. The win propels them to semifinals on Saturday and leaves Whittell one win away from a trip to state.
"We had a lot of our underclassmen step up, like Tori (Jimenez) and Serena (Libert), and I was so proud of them," Besson said. "I know I didn't play my best game today, but the whole team stepped up."
Besson's self-proclaimed poor performance was pretty impressive from any other perspective. The senior defense specialist came up with seven digs, almost all of which were converted to points. Besson's efforts edged the Warriors to a 25-18 win in Game 1.
"She's her biggest critic. Some girls you have to push, but I never have to do that with Katie," Warriors coach Nathan Byrne said. "She had three or four diving points on hard plays, and she just tore her meniscus."
On the other side of Besson's scrappy digs was setter Colette Craig, who turned impossible passes into lofty points of beauty.
"Every set was beautiful. Some of our passes were way off but she just gets there," Besson said. "Yeah she's not the loudest on the court, but her presence speaks loud enough."
Craig quietly pitched perfect kill material all afternoon. The senior has set to the same Warrior wrecking crew since sixth grade. When it looks like she is reading her teammates' minds, she well could be.
"She's the best setter I could ever imagine," Emily Harris said. "She's been setting me for as long as I've been playing volleyball so you don't even have to tell her where to go and she just puts it there."
Craig is not too shabby from the service line either. She opened the Warriors' 25-13 Game 2 win with eight unanswered points. Craig also delivered a stunning ace to close Game 3 with a 25-9 win. Craig recorded three aces and turned 28 passes into hits.
"Everyone remembers the big swing or block, but they don't remember how it got there," Byrne said. "But, I'm OK with people underestimating her."
Craig's sets do not fall on inept hands.
Seniors Emily Harris and Amanda Harris play like they could collect points in their sleep. The twins fly to impossible heights and absolutely destroy the ball.
"They're scary, especially when we run this play where you don't know which one is hitting and they're twins so it makes it 10 times worse," Besson said. "One goes up and and you see the other one right behind her."
Amanda Harris led the Warriors with 13 kills, and Emily was right behind her with 10. Equally impressive was their blocking and defensive front.
Between the Harris twins, Jiminez and Libert, it was near impossible for Battle Mountain to break through the Warriors' wall Friday.
When Battle Mountain did make it through Besson was there to keep the backcourt clean.
The girls will play either No. 1 seeded Lovelock or No. 8 seeded Silver Stage in semifinals at Whittell High School tomorrow at 11:40 a.m.
"What's really been helping us is just focusing on minimizing our errors and letting them make mistakes and beat themselves," Amanda Harris said. "Tomorrow if our defense is top-notch, we should take it."