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text: Noted Islamophobe Allen West must not own a television or a computer. Yesterday, West was stirring up one of 2010's dumbest controversies at an anti-Ground Zero Mosque meet-and-greet in DC, where he remarked, "We must never let events like Pearl Harbor or 9/11 go away. We must never forget the things that happened on those two days..." Call me crazy, but I don't think that's gonna happen anytime soon.

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188.8.131.52On May 16, 1942, Dr. August Becker submitted a secret report to Walter Rauff concerning his inspection tour of the gas vans being used by the Einsatzgruppen. The large model Saurer trucks with Einsatzgruppen C and D, he reported, could travel cross country only in dry weather but were unusable after a rain. Moreover, the rough terrain had loosened seals and rivets, so that many trucks were no longer airtight. The trucks of Einsatzgruppe D had become so well known to the civilian population that they openly referred to them as "death trucks." (Todeswagen) He had had them disguised by painting windows on the side, but he did not think this subterfuge would preserve secrecy for long.
However, the greatest problems with the gas vans, according to Becker's report, were not technical. The men suffered "enormous emotional and health injuries" (ungeheure seelische und gesundheitliche Schäden) and complained of headaches after each unloading. "The gassing is without exception not undertaken properly. In order to finish the job as quickly as possible, the drivers without exception open full throttle. For this reason those to be executed suffer death from suffocation and are not, as intended, put to sleep peacefully." The result was gashlty--horribly distorted faces and bodies covered with excrement and vomit (verzerrte Gesichter und Ausscheidungen).103
Despite such problems, the gas vans were still in demand. The chief of security police in Riga reported in mid-June 1942, one month after Becker's report, that in German-occupied Belarus "a Jewish transport arrived weekly that had to be subjected to a special treatment. The 3 special trucks on hand there did not suffice for this purpose!" He thus requested an additional large Saurer model to add to the other Saurer and the two small Diamond model trucks.104
103. Nürnberg Document 501-PS, Becker to Rauff, 16.5.42, printed in: IMT, vol. 26, pp.103-5. (Die Vergasung wird durchweg nicht richtig vorgenommen. Um die Aktion möglich schnell zu beenden, geben die Fahrer durchweg Vollgas. Durch diese Massnahme erleiden die zu Exekutierenden den Erstickungstod und nicht wie vorgesehen, den Einschläferungstod.)
104. 501-PS, BdS Ostland to RSHA, II D 3 a, 15.6.42, printed in: IMT, vol. 26, pp.106-7. (trifft woechentlich ein Judentransport ein, der einer Sonderbehandlung zu unterziehen ist. Die 3 dort vorhandenen S-Wagen reichen fuer diesen Zweck nicht aus!)
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Tuscaloosa News websites earn top 10 APSE honor
Published: Friday, December 28, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, December 27, 2012 at 11:55 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA | The Tuscaloosa News has earned top 10 status for its websites for the fourth straight year by the Associated Press Sports Editors.
The Tuscaloosa News is one of just six news organizations to win top-10 recognition in all four years of the APSE web contest's existence, joining the New York Times, New York Daily News, USA Today, the Oklahoman and the Washington Post.
The Tuscaloosa News' entry included its Tidesports.com website, devoted to University of Alabama athletics coverage, as well as Tuscaloosanews.com and Tuscpreps.com, which is devoted to coverage of high school sports.
The Tuscaloosa News was honored in the under 500,000 unique visitors per month division. Joining The Tuscaloosa News in the top 10 in that category were the Opelika-Auburn News, the DeKalb (Ill.) Daily Chronicle, the Gainesville (Fla.) Sun, the Glens Falls (N.Y.) Post Star, the Lawrence (Kan.) Journal World, the Marin (Calif.) Independent Journal, the Medford (Ore.) Mail Tribune, the Northwest (Ill.) Herald and the Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic.
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- Good Winding ToolThis winding tool and the quick wind feature in magazines is very nice. Using the key can take 20 seconds to fully wind your magazine compared to 2 minutes. It's made of some type of high quality plastic (probably ABS, I'm not sure they don't say), so it shouldn't break easily. And if it does for whatever reason, it's only 50 cents. Overall, this key makes winding your high cap magazines much easier and faster.
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Gun raffle called off; ticket holders can ask for money back
Published: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.
Blacksburg High School athletics supporters who purchased tickets for a gun raffle fundraiser are being offered their money back.
The raffle, organized by the Blacksburg High School Athletic Booster Club, was called off following a meeting between school officials and the booster club Tuesday evening. School and district leaders said they were unaware of the raffle, and in a statement distributed Wednesday, Superintendent Quincie Moore called the raffle "inconsistent with the district's mission and goals."
Booster Club President Kevin Tessner said the club simply aimed to support the school's athletics programs, not stir controversy. He said the winner would have received a certificate redeemable for a Sig Sauer P938 at a local gun shop, only after passing a proper background check.
The parent and volunteer-run club, which formed in August, operates independently from Blacksburg High School.
Moore said the issue provided an opportunity for the district to examine its relationship with support organizations through Cherokee County.
"… I believe it is important that we ensure that all such organizations are acting in accordance with the mission of the district," Moore said in the statement. "In that regard, I very much appreciate the full cooperation and understanding of the Blacksburg Athletic Booster Club in suspending its raffle."
Following Tuesday's meeting, the booster club agreed to offer any funds already collected back to ticket-holders. Tessner said the club is planning alternate fundraisers, like a pancake breakfast in May.
"We've just got work as a group to decide what we're going to do and go from there," Tessner said. "We're just trying to do what we can do to support the kids."
Any person who purchased tickets and would like a refund should contact the booster club member they bought them from, or contact Tessner at 864-839-5616. Money not returned will be donated to Blacksburg High athletic programs.
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VAIL - If there is a Vail original, it's Earl Eaton.
Decades before Vail was Vail, Eaton knew the mountain west of Vail Pass would make a good ski area.
He grew up near Squaw Creek in Edwards and found his way to the top of that mountain because he could, and because it might be fun. Some stories have him prospecting for uranium. That's not true. He was hunting as a kid with his dad and brothers, Eaton said years later, but he didn't correct it because it's a great story.
What he found was white gold.
There are lots of versions of how Earl found the place and how he told Seibert about it. We like this version.
Eaton and Seibert met in 1947 in Aspen, where they were working and skiing at the time. The Aspen ski area opened in 1946.
When they weren't earning a living, they were searching for the perfect ski mountain.
During the next decade, they checked out a dozen or so mountains in almost as many Western states, but none had what they were looking for.
In the winter of 1957, they were both working at Loveland ski area, or "Hemp Hill" as the rope tow-served hill was known - Seibert as the ski area manager and Eaton in maintenance and ski patrol.
One night around the potbelly stove in Buckley's Store in Silver Plume, Eaton whispered to Seibert that he may have found their mountain.
What Eaton actually said was that it was the "damndest ski mountain" he'd ever seen.
"I knew it would be a success when I told Pete about it," Eaton said. "He was a dreamer just like me."
Before dawn on Tuesday, March 19, 1957, they parked their jeep on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 6 in the Gore Creek Valley. The climb was long, the snow was deep and Seibert began to wonder whether it would be worth it.
What Seibert said was, "I hope we're not wasting our time."
What Eaton answered was, "Hunting for a good ski mountain is never a waste of time."
Eaton didn't talk much about early Vail's cast of characters. What he remembered best is building the first gondola and the lifts.
"It didn't rain much that summer before we opened," Eaton said. "Good thing because it would have slowed us down."
Eaton was at his best when he was building and repairing things, making equipment work just a little longer when it should have died long before.
He invented the world's first grooming machine out of a piece of culvert and some scrap lumber.
He developed and built a snow riding gadget he called the Ee-Z Ski. You ride it like a short bicycle with skis on it. The old prospector in him rescued a pair of shaped skis and a bike frame from a recycle bin.
He was riding his Ee-Z Ski on the last day of a ski season about 10 years ago, his best day on snow, he said. It was one of those crud snow days that send the faint of heart running for the bar.
"I went down the lift line in China Bowl," he grinned. "Everyone on the lift was cheering and I was cheering back at them. I was having the most fun I've ever had on snow."
After that he went over and skied the bowl named after him - Earl's Bowl.
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LOS ANGELES -- Giants general manager Brian Sabean leaned against the railing of the visiting dugout at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday evening and spoke bluntly about a team that would take the field an hour later with a .500 record.
"We've earned that record," Sabean said. "A lot has happened with injuries, poor play and not performing up to expectations."
By the end of the night, the Giants, banged up, playing poorly and underperforming, were officially a team with a losing record. A 6-5 loss to the Dodgers was the eighth in 11 games and dropped the Giants to 38-39.
The Giants trailed by three heading into the ninth before putting a rally together. Three singles and a double cut the deficit to one and put the tying run on second base with no outs. After Juan Perez flied out and Gregor Blanco struck out, Marco Scutaro hit a deep fly ball to center field. Matt Kemp was playing shallow but raced back and made a spectacular over-the-shoulder grab to end the game. Kemp, who had come off the disabled list earlier in the day, emphatically slammed his hand against the wall in celebration.
In the Giants dugout, there was only disbelief.
"We've had a couple of these recently," manager Bruce Bochy said. "Marco smoked it. I thought it was over (Kemp's) head, and you've got the lead at that point. He made a great catch."
The play was the kind the Giants haven't made while dropping into fourth place, just 31/2 games ahead of the last-place Dodgers. On Tuesday, though, Bochy didn't need the spectacular.
"The little things got us tonight," he said.
That included an inability to get Brandon Belt home from third with one out in the fifth. The Giants gave up another run when rookie reliever Jake Dunning made an errant throw to first on a pickoff play with two outs in the sixth. That mistake came with the opposing pitcher standing at the plate.
"We lost by one run, and you look at a lot of things in games like that," Bochy said. "The only thing you do is keep going hard. You have no choice."
Rookie Mike Kickham led that charge early on Tuesday, giving up just a two-run homer in the first five innings of his second big league start and striking out phenom Yasiel Puig to begin the sixth. Then the wheels came off.
Adrian Gonzalez hit a double, and Hanley Ramirez followed with a laser that nicked the outside of the left-field foul pole and put the Dodgers up 4-2. Singles by Kemp and Andre Ethier kept the rally going and ended Kickham's night. The Dodgers scored four runs in the inning, and Kickham was charged with five earned runs in 51/3 innings. Still, it was a marked improvement from his first start.
"I feel better about this one," he said. "But obviously, I'm not where I want to be yet."
The Giants scored just two runs when Kickham was in the game but got a third on Belt's solo homer in the seventh. Belt's double in the ninth was in the heart of the late rally against beleaguered right-hander Brandon League, but the Giants couldn't finish the job.
"We just have to forget what happened today," Andres Torres said.
The Giants had better do so in a hurry. Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw takes the ball in Wednesday's series finale. The left-hander has a 1.28 ERA in 19 career appearances against the Giants and shut them out on opening day.
The Giants have drawn up lists of trade targets, and Sabean said he has made and received plenty of phone calls. But he doesn't expect the Giants to make a move anytime soon.
"You have to respect that the opponent knows you as well as you know yourself," Sabean said. "When we pick up the phone or receive calls, we're in a negative-leverage situation. If somebody is going to trade somebody this early, they're going to have to win the deal, and you're going to have to let them.
"We're not going to make a deal just to make a deal."
Right-hander Chad Gaudin said his elbow contusion is healing nicely and that he expects to be ready to come off the disabled list at the start of the next homestand.
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Robert G. "Bob" Jones Jr., 75, died Nov. 29, 2012, at Hospice House, Hutchinson. He was born July 5, 1937, in Junction City, the son of Robert G. and Mabel B. Richardson Jones Sr. A lifelong Kansan, Bob was a resident of McPherson for more than 30 years. A loyal member of the V.F.W. Fred E. Ellis Post No. 2715, he spent 20 years with the Army National Guard, and he retired from Vanguard Manufacturing in 2002. He is survived by his companion of 20 years, Maree "Katie" Hollingshead, of the home; two sons; three daughtes; two step-sons; one step-daughter; two brothers; two sisters; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, friends, associates; and his beloved dog, his dachshund, Rusty. He was preceded in death by a son; his parents; and a sister. Cremation has taken place. A memorial service will be at a later date. In lieu of flowers, friends may send a memorial to the V.F.W. Fred E. Ellis Post No. 2715, in care of Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Hutchinson. Please visit www.penwellgabelhutchinson.com to leave personal condolences for the family.
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LOS ANGELES -- As usual when the Sharks and Los Angeles Kings face each other at key times, much is being made of the long-standing friendship between Sharks forward Logan Couture and Kings defenseman Drew Doughty.
Tuesday, Couture was asked if he was happy for his friend or bothered when the Kings won the Stanley Cup a year ago.
"When they first won, I was excited that Drew won the Stanley Cup," Couture said. "I mean, growing up with him, you always want to see him win. I was watching with a bunch of our buddies and we were happy for him."
The emotions soon shifted, though.
"Then 10 minutes pass and you're jealous," Couture continued. "You wanted it to be you. That's a natural reaction when you're a player in this league. It makes you work that much harder and we want to do it this year."
The connection dates back to their days as 10-year-old teammates in London, Ontario. And Couture did spend time with the Stanley Cup when Doughty brought it home last summer.
"I actually went to his Stanley Cup party," Couture said. "All our friends, family were there. I stayed away from him, but it was cool to see it and be around all our friends."
And, no, Couture said in response to another question, winning the cup didn't change Doughty.
"He's the same guy, laid back," Couture said. "He's been the same way since we were 13."
"I just have to go out and play solid and finish my checks and go to the net -- just try to play the hockey you're supposed to play in playoffs," Kearns, 31, said before his first NHL playoff game. "Hopefully just get a bunch of bumps and just play hard."
The Kings are a big, physical team and the 6-foot, 195-pound Kearns has the size edge over the 5-foot-10, 175-pound Tim Kennedy, though Kennedy does have the edge in NHL playoff experience with six games with the Buffalo Sabres and one with the Sharks against Vancouver.
Kearns ended up with 6:05 ice time and was credited with one shot.
In seven playoff games this spring, he has stopped 202 of 212 shots for a .957 save percentage -- better than his .946 a year ago when he won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the post-season.
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/PollakOnSharks.


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remind wrote: This is kinda inspired by the drunk guy/shark thread. The first thing that came to mind for me is:
Seeing Michael Jordan play live.
Let's hear it. Remember, you've done it just once and you have to know that you'll never do it again. (Let's keep it to unique things... no "graduating high school" answers. You jokers.)
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Hulett Chevrolet has joined forces with the national Chevrolet Youth Baseball program to provide new equipment, a monetary contribution, invitations to free instructional clinics, and an opportunity for community members to enter the Free Chevrolet vehicle sweepstakes.
"Youth baseball provides positive and productive life lessons for young people across America, and the Chevrolet Youth Baseball program is an extension of Chevrolet's commitment to baseball, community and families. Hulett Chevrolet is bringing that same dedication to youth baseball," said Jason Hulett for Hulett Chevrolet.
2013 marks Chevrolet's Youth Baseball program's eighth year, and since its introduction has helped aid local teams, affecting more than 3 million young people in communities where Chevrolet's customers live, work and play. In 2012, about 1,600 Chevrolet dealers participated across the country.
Hulett Chevrolet will present the Camdenton Youth Baseball League with equipment kits with items including things like equipment bags, baseball buckets, practice hitting nets, umpire ball bags, batting tees and Chevrolet Youth Baseball T-shirts. The sponsorship also includes youth clinics featuring current and former MLB/MiLB players and coaches and instructors from Ripken Baseball.
In addition, Hulett Chevrolet will present a check representing a one-time monetary contribution to Camdenton Youth Baseball League. Sponsored leagues across the country will each receive 2,000 Free Sweepstakes Entry forms to distribute within the community. At the end of the entry period, five winners — one from each region — will win their choice between a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu or Chevrolet Traverse.
Each participating market will award a secondary prize.
In addition to its commitment to youth baseball, Chevrolet also is the Official Vehicle of Major League Baseball™.
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James Madison's most publicized friendship is undoubtedly with his colleague from neighboring Albemarle County, Thomas Jefferson. Madison also found a companion and mentor in another founding father—George Washington. Following their initial meeting in 1781, the two politicos collaborated during the next decade to shape the new nation and its government.1
In 1791, James Madison became friends with an unlikely companion, Italian sculptor Guiseppe Ceracchi (1751-1801) who moved to the new American capitol to carve a commemorative monument of the American Revolution. Madison, then a congressman from Virginia's fifth district, lodged with Ceracchi at Mary House's boardinghouse on the corner of Fifth and Market Streets.
The archaeology department recently finished its field season in the South Yard and just began an analysis of all the artifacts recovered during the nine-month excavation season. The analysis of the household items recovered from the South Yard will be very important for our overall archaeological study of Montpelier's enslaved community.
Christmas day has come and gone at Montpelier and like Christmas, New Year's Day gave the Madisons and their contemporaries an opportunity to send holiday greetings to family and friends along with wishes for a prosperous and healthy year to come.
During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Christmas was primarily celebrated through fellowship, festive entertainment, visits to neighbors and family, and holiday tidings sent to friends and loved ones. While there is no evidence to suggest that holiday decorations were placed in the interior or the exterior of Montpelier during the Madisons' time, James and Dolley had other Christmas traditions.
The Joe and Marge Grills Gallery is now showcasing a series a of historical images, objects, and artwork depicting the Montpelier estate. The exhibit is comprised of works from the early nineteenth to late twentieth centuries, and includes Anna Maria Brodeau Thornton's 1802 watercolor, View of Montpelier.
The Madisons' preference for stylish furnishings, as seen throughout the interior spaces of Montpelier, is further exhibited in a new installation in the Dining Room. On Friday, November 18, 2011, with assistance from historic textile consultant Natalie Larson, reproduction window treatments, including salmon colored silk drapery with green lining, sheer dimity under-curtains, and cornices decorated in the neoclassical style of John and Hugh Finlay's Baltimore painted furniture, were installed in the Montpelier Dining Room.
Visitors to Montpelier during James Madison's retirement vividly described the Drawing Room as museum-like and full of curiosities. Among these curious items was an "electrical machine," likely intended as a party novelty to convey scientific principles and encourage socializing. Considered cutting-edge technology in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, electrical machines, also referred to as a "philosophical instruments," were used to demonstrate emerging theories of electricity.
The first of several carpet installations at Montpelier was laid on Friday, October 28. The Dining Room floorboards are once more covered with the installation of a Brussels weave carpet. In the nineteenth century, elegant carpets conveyed status, provided warmth during cool weather, protected floorboards, and enhanced the overall appearance of a room by thematically linking furnishings.
If you saw Richard Brookhiser's recent appearance on "The Daily Show," you might have been surprised to hear him say that James Madison was 5′6″. The height of America's fourth president is a recurring topic of interest to visitors and readers. So, how tall was Mr. Madison?
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Last February, Marietta resident Deb Shockey was looking forward to a spring family vacation to Disney World.
There was only one problem.
"I've had two knee replacements and I decided I'm not going around in one of those scooters like some old lady," said Shockey, 51.
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Marietta resident Margaret Northrup, right, jokes with YMCA personal trainer Dave Vogel, before Wednesday's "Biggest Winner" program. Northrup is participating in the program to help motivate her to make permanent lifestyle changes.
Shockey has struggled with being overweight her entire life and the Disney World trip, as well as other factors, helped her take the step to join the Marietta Family YMCA.
Now, nearly a year later, Shockey has enjoyed Disney World with no scooter, dropped three dress sizes, and is currently keeping motivated by participating in the YMCA's "Biggest Winner" program.
The Y has offered the program since 2005 and it typically starts soon after the new year, said Dave Vogel, the program's facilitator and a personal trainer at the YMCA.
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About the 'Biggest Winner'
An eight-week educational program offered by the Marietta Family YMCA designed to help participants develop a healthy lifestyle through exercise, nutrition and accountability.
Started Jan. 7 and runs through March 1.
The "Biggest Winner," chosen based on a combination of inches and percentage of weight lost, will win $100 in Marietta Bucks.
Participants are still welcome to register at a cost of $50 for a Y member and $75 for a non-member.
Participants will also receive 30 percent off the cost of personal training sessions for the duration of the program.
The eight-week program, which started two weeks ago, is loosely modeled on the popular television show "The Biggest Loser," he said.
Just like in the show, participants have their weight and measurements taken weekly. At the end of the session, the "Biggest Winner" will be decided based on a combination of most inches lost and highest percentage of weight lost, said Vogel.
However, unlike the tough love mentality of trainers on the television show, Vogel tries to keep a positive atmosphere.
The participants are split into two teams of five that meet once a week and discuss readings from the book "A Year of Being Well," which follows several families and their struggles and triumphs while trying to make lifestyle changes, said Vogel.
The groups are also a motivational support system, he said.
That is one of the biggest benefits for Marietta resident Margaret Northrup, 65.
"I like groups. I do well with groups. That is why I joined," she said.
Northrup has tried exercise regimens in the past, but fallen off the wagon. This year's "Biggest Winner" program is designed to address not just exercise, but nutrition and overall health choices that Northrup believes will help her make her lifestyle change permanent.
"Most of us are in our 50s and 60s. One gentleman is in his late 30s. We really want to get this right," said Vogel, 60.
One of the hardest changes for Northrup has been cutting back on one of her favorite activities -baking.
"My husband told me, 'If you want to bake a pie, just find somebody to give it away to first,'" she laughed.
Recently retired Marietta High School psychologist Karen Binkley, 63, of Marietta, is a veteran of the "Biggest Winner" program.
"I'm not sure if this is my fourth or my third year. They kind of blur together because I really love doing them so much," she said.
Binkley said she has always loved exercising, but the program helps expand her focus to other habits she needs to focus on, such as sleeping more, drinking more water and eating less.
Still, even Binkley has days where she would love to just sit on the couch and "veg," she said.
"But I force myself to get up and do something, and I can't believe how much more energy I have and how much happier I am," she said.
In fact, joked Binkley, she would like to take that elated feeling and spin it into a therapy session.
"I always said I wanted to be a personal therapist, and I'd just get two treadmills facing each other and we'd walk and talk. Then even if I'm a terrible therapist, they will feel better because they would have walked for an hour," she explained.
Though the "Biggest Winner" is entering its third week, there is still time for people to join and participate until the program ends March 1, said Vogel.
The cost is $50 for YMCA members and $75 for non-members, he said. That includes the classes and a 30 percent discount on personal training sessions throughout the duration of the program.
That is a big positive for Shockey, who likes the added "oomph" of having a personal trainer once or twice a month.
"Keeping motivated and the discount on personal training is what really made me want to do the program," added Shockey.
As far as the "Biggest Winner" is concerned, he or she will receive with $100 in Marietta Bucks, which can be spent like cash at many Marietta businesses, said Vogel.
However, he added, his goal is that all participants walk away feeling like the biggest winner.
The "Biggest Winner" has been so successful that YMCA Executive Director Suzy Zumwalde hopes to start another session in the middle of the year.
"This is something people need to be thinking about year round, not just at the beginning of the year," she said.
To learn more about "Biggest Winner" contact the Y at 373-2250.


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The icy bad guys from the Mammoth and Saber-tooth tribes are getting away with the CHI in Maula's Ice Mammoth Stomper. With a weapon in its trunk plus 2 ice blaster cannons and hidden flick missiles, this is one fearsome armored vehicle. Give chase with Worriz on his fire slider and Razar, avoiding the mighty Stomper's powerful legs and giant feet. Move fast to grab back the CHI before Mottrot launches the Mammoth's detachable flyer and they escape.
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Henriette and Clitandre are madly in love. While Henriette's father is all for the marriage, her mother, Philaminte, has fixated on a more eligible match: Trissotin, a dilettante and less than mediocre poet that preys on women of means.
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Oprah lent Nate Berkus out to Richard Branson, of Virgin Records/Mobile/Airways et al. fame and fortune, for a jaunt on his personal island—and a ride on his custom mini-submarine.
Besides the fact that he owns an entire island, as if you were surpised, the crazy part was footage of his Necker Nymph mini-submarine, which fits three people, runs on a battery and can travel underwater without disturbing the fishies.


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DEL RIO (December 6, 2012)—Maverick County Commissioner Eliaz Maldonado of Eagle Pass has charged with fraud and bribery in a widening public corruption and bid-rigging investigation in the border county.
Maldonado of Eagle Pass surrendered Thursday and was released on $50,000 bond after he was indicted Wednesday on four counts of wire fraud and two counts of receiving bribes, federal prosecutors in Del Rio said.
Maldonado is accused of manipulating the bidding process to guarantee that contractors he selected would be awarded county construction contracts, in exchange for kickbacks.
A message left for Maldonado was not immediately returned Thursday.
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Vanderbilt senior guard Kyle Fuller was named to the 2014 SEC Community Service Team for his work off of the Memorial Gym floor and in the Nashville community in an announcement made by the SEC Office in Birmingham.
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Girl Scouts of the USA Centennial Silver Dollar Launched on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON -Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios today joined Girl Scouts of the USA Chief Executive Officer Anna Maria Chávez and members of the Honorary Congressional Girl Scout Troop -Troop Capitol Hill - to launch the 2013 Girl Scouts of the USA Centennial Silver Dollar. The coin, which honors the 100th anniversary of the organization established by Juliette Gordon Low in Savannah, Georgia, on March 12, 1912, was presented during the Girl Scout Women and Girls Leadership Breakfast in the Caucus Room of the Cannon House Office Building. Congressman Jack Kingston, co-sponsor of the legislation authorizing the United States Mint to mint and issue the commemorative coin, was also on hand for the event.
"Today, the United States Mint launches the 2013 Girl Scouts of the USA Centennial Silver Dollar Coin honoring 100 years of courage, confidence, and character," Treasurer Rios said in her presentation. "And we will issue up to 350,000 of these silver dollars, with sale surcharges authorized to further Girl Scout programs such as financial literacy and empowerment, business, and self-reliance."
The 2013 Girl Scouts of the USA Centennial Silver Dollar is authorized by Public Law 111-86 - the Girl Scouts USA Centennial Commemorative Coin Act. The coin's obverse (heads side) depicts three girls who represent the different ages and the diversity of Girls Scouts of the USA. Inscriptions include COURAGE, CONFIDENCE, and CHARACTER, key elements of the Girl Scouts mission statement. Additional inscriptions are 2013, LIBERTY, and IN GOD WE TRUST. The 100th anniversary Trefoil symbol signifies its centennial anniversary. The coin's reverse (tails side) depicts the iconic Profiles of Girl Scouts of the USA with the inscriptions UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM, $1, and GIRL SCOUTS.
The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for the 2013 Girl Scouts of the USA Centennial Silver dollar at noon Eastern Time (ET) today at its online catalog, http://www.usmint.gov/catalog, and at 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Both proof and uncirculated versions of the coin will be available. A $10 surcharge collected from the sale of each coin is authorized to be paid to Girl Scouts of the USA, which will make funds available for program development and delivery. Reduced introductory pricing is available through March 29, 2013, at 5 p.m. ET.
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It's Ice - this version is one of the most improvisational versions out there, in terms of the jam portion. No Page solo, this has the whole band rocking out with some very experimental if brief jamming. Great transition to:
Julius - a very early version (they only started playing it in April '94), but it is again, well played, Trey is blistering. The energy level after 3 songs is very high.
Mound - great song selection imo. Not really a breather, but after the first 3 songs, the energy at least needed to level off. Well played but nothing jumps out - just a good song in the right slot.
Stash - this is a great, great "type 1" version, shrill with lots of dissonance. Just when you think the jam is peaking and the release is coming, it turns into this growling monster with even more dissonance and tension. After a roaring version like this, a cool down is needed, and we get:
If I Could - here again, I give high marks for song selection and placement. Whereas in later years, a "Velvet Sea" or "Joy" like song would have let too much air out of the bubble, If I Could works well in this slot. The jam/piano solo towards the end is almost "Hood" like with an uplifting feel to it.
My Friend, My Friend - back to the tension and high energy show. Well played, does the job of keeping the intensity up.
Slave To The Traffic Light - I think this version is one of the best out there, seriously. It's got the right balance of power and grace - not too delicate, but enough to offset the incredible peaking crescendo.
Suzy Greenberg - no real surprises here - good set closer with the always dependable Page doing a great job.
All in all, an excellent, high energy, well played first set with great song selection.
Set II
Chalk Dust Torture - what you would expect - serious guitar work from Trey, restocks the energy load to get things going.
Bouncing Around The Room - Not my favorite tune, but it's fine here early, on the heals of CDT.
Split Open And Melt - I really, really like the placement here early in Set II - wish they would do this more often in 3.0. Like Stash, it's doesn't get out into "type 2" territory, but it's dissonant, electrifying, filled with tension. A great conventional version.
McGrupp - I admit to being biased here, because I love McGrupp, but I think this is the perfect slot for a song like this. I don't really call it a breather or let down tune. It's just different and interesting and something like this is needed after that smoking SOAM.
Peaches en Regalia - fire it back up! Enough said, except one more nod to careful setlist construction and song placement.
Scent of a Mule - no wild antics in the Mule Duel, but it's fun and no downer of a song for sure.
YEM - Similar to Stash and SOAM - well played, decent jam, good bass and drums, (I thought) funny vocal jam. Nothing to write home about, but nothing to be disappointed about either.
Purple Rain - Henrietta is always great, and his vocals here are hysterical.
Good Times Bad Times - as expected, well played, great set closer - again I wish they'd play this more often as a set closer instead of an encore - I'd take this over "Character Zero" most any day.
Free Bird - humorous ending to a great show.
All in all - well worth listening to this, especially because the sound quality is much better than I expected. It's not a ground breaking show like Murat '93 or Bangor '94 by any stretch - just high energy, high quality playing by the band at a period when they spent the time to really focus on song selection and setlist flow. My two cents...


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Human population control
Population control of apex predators ex. human. Most apex predators control their populations by fighting other troupes or prides, or by a male killing any offspring that are not his own or by only allowing the alpha female of a troupe to breed. In the past humans have had similar checks but at the moment the only viable checks to overpopulation are starvation or disease. This is an anomaly in global ecology. All other species (OK perhaps not rats, but this is because they live so close to man, and have a constant food source) have a working mechanism in place. We used to have (even in Victorian times servants were discouraged from reproducing) working mechanisms in the past, very similar to those of other apex predators, but they have disappeared. Can anyone think of a check more humane than starvation or disease that might be acceptable for use today?
WE don't know why they do it. The current explanation is that they want more of their own genes rather than someone else's to carry on to the next generation. Perhaps we give them that motivation because it is our own motivation for war. (the genes of the tribe rather than the individual) But there is no reason why animals cannot see 'the bigger picture' even more easily than we can. They live closer to reality than we do.
Ooh Jack! What precisely suggests that animals don't plan for their futures? I think most of the evidence suggests that they do. There is in fact far more evidence of 'animal planning' than of any long term human planning! Do you need examples?
Re: Human population control
haven't they had a plan in China since the 70s?
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the rise. Largely attributable to the collapse of the housing market in 2007,
the effects of which continue to ripple through our economy, nearly every state
has seen a dramatic increase in the number of homeless animals. During this
short time frame, tens of thousands of companion animals have been surrendered
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locked in foreclosed homes; a box of kittens dumped in a community park; and
families facing homelessness themselves surrendering to a shelter all of their
pets in a moment of heartbreak. The problem is so severe that some shelters have
exhausted their resources and are forced to refuse new intakes.
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On the outskirts of Westby, a sparsely populated, rural town in Western
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Saturday's letters: No censorship
Published: Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.
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To the editor: I was so pleased, as an appreciative supporter of FRP, to read that there seems to be a substantive movement toward a financial solution.
But at the price of censorship? My advice to Henderson County Commissioner Larry Young is to grow up, man up, and execute your responsibility without personal prejudice or claim that you express a majority opinion. I do believe those of us who purchase tickets can decide content.
Dr. Dorothy Rechel
A fourth option
To the editor: Regarding the speeding problem on Fifth Avenue and the city engineers solutions: WHAT!?
Granted, there is a definite problem in the Blythe to Justice section, just as there is a problem at the Blythe and Fifth intersection; you know, the one where practically every third driver ignores the four-way stop.
The three options offered were obviously not those of the seasonal Three Wise Men. Two are obviously more dangerous than the speeding problem, and the third, to do nothing well, what can I say?
How about a fourth option? How about having the police enforcing the speed laws as they already exist, increasing the fines and making a few more bucks for the Playhouse or another soccer field?
Mark Haines
No more for me
To the editor: My dad was a photojournalist for 40 years. I have great respect for those in the news business. So Ive tried to rationalize why a newspaper that should have some standards of decorum for public debate would publish such a hate-filled column like that of Mr. John Fogle on Dec. 7.
Could it be that this is how they move us past the partisan divide? Or this is how to help us move past the bitterness of the election and get on with fixing things?
But no this is how to sell papers! Not to this dirty Democrat. Asheville, here I come!
Liz Agnello
Four-legged friends
To the editor: OK, it appears as though a sufficient amount of toys has been collected. Now how about our four-legged friends and the people who cant afford to feed theirs properly?
The Council on Aging helps deliver to some of those people, or gives to our various animal organizations. Animals give so much in their special love please help care for them.
Helen McNamara
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Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr., cultural critic and Harvard scholar, premiers Sunday, March 25 at 7:00 p.m. (CDT) on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). The 10-part series delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family, and identity in today's America. Professor Gates shakes loose captivating stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford Marsalis, John Legend, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and Rick Warren, among many others. — from pbs.org news release
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Lisbon Police Chief David Brooks said the department had received many possible leads through social media.
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Tony DiBenedetto
San Jose
A Why is that?
Q The first one is that the registered owner will be responsible for the fine even in cases where it's not the registered owner driving the car and he or she declines to identify the driver. The DMV will automatically withhold registration renewal if the ticket is not paid.
Tony DiBenedetto
A And ...
Q Another feature is that disputes are settled by an administrative hearing, not in a traffic court. The owner has to pay the fine first before a hearing is held. This bill stinks. Let's get more dialogue on this bill going.
Tony DiBenedetto
A Let the debate begin. It comes at a time when nearly three dozen cities in California have scrapped their camera programs. Redwood City is the latest, doing so last month. Proponents say there is one thing to like -- insisting the proposed legislation could lower the hefty $500 fine.
Q I saw your report that Redwood City has ended its red-light camera program, but I just got a ticket in the mail for one on March 28. How are they still sending out tickets if the program has ended? I'm a single mom who will be out $500 she can't afford due to a dead program. Please help!
Wendy Golden
San Mateo
A I have bad news. The program's last day was March 28 -- the day you were caught on camera. You therefore have the distinction of being one of the last drivers to get a red-light camera ticket in Redwood City. My only advice is to take it to court and hope a judge is sympathetic.
Q You seem rather sympathetic to the idea of eliminating red-light cameras. Why is it desirable that red-light runners get away with it, just because there is no police around to witness the violation? Almost every day, I see one or two cars go through intersections just after the light turned red.
Atri Indiresan
A Sympathetic to red-light runners I am not!
Q There is a red-light camera at Hickey Boulevard and El Camino Real in South San Francisco. People drive through the parking lot a short distance to avoid this camera. I am a disabled veteran who uses a scooter to get around and have had to avoid cars driving through the lot after leaving the Jack in the Box there. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Rich Young
San Bruno
A I will alert police, but it's not illegal to cut into the parking lot -- if done safely.
Q Here is something for your cellphone files that I hope gets read by the two women who were in a Foster City parking lot standing behind my car, each on her cellphone:
"I'm sorry you were so annoyed when I asked you to move so I could pull out of my parking space. However, you really SHOULD have made sure your toddler was with you. Thank goodness she called out 'Mommy' as I put my car into reverse.
"And thank goodness I had the radio off, windows open and heard her. She was totally invisible, sitting on the ground within inches of my rear bumper when I jammed the car into park and jumped out. You didn't even seem grateful when I carried her up to you as you walked away, several car-lengths from my car. Of course you were still on your phones."
I'm still having nightmares about what COULD have happened -- and it's been several months.
Barbara Anderson
San Mateo
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Saturday yard sale will benefit food program
Published: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 15, 2013 at 11:48 p.m.
TUSCALOOSA | A yard sale to benefit a food program for needy children will be held from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday at Alabama Credit Union's branch at 220 Paul W. Bryant Drive.
Items can be donated or sellers can purchase space, $30 for one parking space or $50 for two, to sell their wares.
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All proceeds from the yard sale will help fund Secret Meals For Hungry Children, a program sponsored by the credit union. The program provides food packs each Friday that school is in session to children identified as in danger of going hungry over the weekend.
Last year, more than 1,700 children received a Secret Meals food pack each Friday.
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Bridgeport on national curling stage
|In this March 2, 2013 photo, Derek Surka, of New Haven, Conn., watches his wife Charrissa Lin, not pictured, deliver a curling stone stone during practice at the Nutmeg Curling Club in Bridgeport, Conn. The couple will represent the Grand National Curling Club at the mixed nationals competition in Minnesota March 16-24. (AP Photo/Connecticut Post, Autumn Driscoll) MANDATORY CREDIT
But head over to the Nutmeg Curling Club on Glenwood Avenue and you'll find plenty of people who will be focused on that city of 19,000 in western Minnesota. Two Bridgeport club members, Charissa Lin and her husband, Derek Surka, of New Haven, will represent Nutmeg at the 2013 Mixed Nationals competition set for March 16 to 24 in Willmar.
"I picked up curling in high school," Surka said, adding that he gave it up for a time in college. He met Lin while they both were in graduate school at MIT in Boston.
They began playing in earnest while they were living in Washington, D.C., at the Potomac Curling Club and they joined Nutmeg after moving to Connecticut.
In February, they won the Grand National Curling Club championships in the mixed (two men and two women) division with two other players, Nate Clark of Nashua, N.H., and Rebecca Andrew of Rochester, N.Y. This means they will be traveling to Willmar in two weeks for the national championships.
"You can get into (it) at any age, and you don't have to be in great physical shape to have fun at it," Surka said. "It'll never be another soccer, but I could see the 15,000 curlers in the U.S. that we have now growing to 25,000 in a few years."
Lin said that in spite of their success this year, they should have been spending more time on the ice.
"This year, we've only been coming out once or twice a week," Lin said. "But, we'll be here a lot more in the next two weeks to get ready for the championships."
She said that skills involved are much like those for billiards.
"You're always thinking, 'Where do I put this stone to have it make the most points."'
Competition aside, most members play for the fun of it, curlers say.
"Most of us are out there having a good time," said Sharon Giese, club president.
In addition to three playing courts in a huge refrigerated space, there's a comfortable, heated club room where members can see the games while enjoying snacks and drinks. On the far wall is an out-sized flat-screen TV on which the Curling Channel is on constantly.
"It's from Canada," Giese said, stating the obvious.
Like golf or baseball, curling has its own vocabulary. Some words are obvious. Those brooms they use are called brooms and the round, plastic-handled granite stones are called stones.
The rink-like playing court is called a sheet, and the Nutmeg club has three sheets. Some clubs in the upper Midwest have as many as six or even eight. There are four players on a team, and the team captain is called a "skip."
The game bears a passing similarity to bocce, shuffleboard or even horseshoes. The object of the game is to slide or "throw" as many of your team's 42-pound rocks closer to the "button," or target, than the nearest of your opponent's stones.
The three concentric rings are called the "house."
Game strategy requires that the first to throw their stones to block those of the opposition.
The broom, or brush, is used to slightly melt the ice ahead of the stone; this makes it travel a little farther. It's the skip who can be heard shouting at the team to sweep vigorously or less so. A good broom or brush — they come with graphite and carbon fiber shafts now — costs about $200 or more.
The thrower usually gives the stone a slight twisting motion; this makes the stone "hook" or "curl" as it slows to a halt, giving the sport its name.
The last stone thrown is called the "hammer." Unlike bowling balls, the stones stay with the club. At 42 pounds, they're too heavy to take home with you.
Players wear special footwear. On the right foot is the rubber-soled "gripper" and on left is the "slider," with its hard plastic sole.
Although many matches are played on what curlers disdainfully call "hockey ice," serious play takes place in dedicated facilities like Nutmeg's, where conditions can be precisely controlled. The ice, for example, is "pebbled" by a spray of water to give it the proper texture. And the place is kept at a constant 39 degrees Fahrenheit.
Canada has been the traditional powerhouse in international curling. The men won Olympic gold in 2006 and 2010, although Canadian women haven't tasted gold since 1998 — something of an embarrassment for the Maple Leafs, Surka said. Other top curling nations are Sweden, Great Britain, Switzerland and Norway.
The Olympics has given the sport, and the Nutmeg club, many more participants.
"We got a lot of interest after the 2010 Olympics," said Sharon Giese, club president. "Membership in curling clubs increased 25 percent nationwide after the 2010. People saw it on TV and said, `This is interesting. I don't know what they're doing, but it's interesting.'"
Now the club has 140 members, she said, and another surge is expected after the Sochi games next year.
It's a genteel game, with opposing teams frequently complementing one another. A lower-level match is even called a "friendly." And the winning team buys the losing team the first round at the bar, always a fixture in any respectable curling club.
"I've been curling for about 20 years, and I started when the club was at the Country Club of Darien," said Jennifer Stannard of Stamford. "A friend of mine — he was Canadian — invited me to an open house, and I was hooked. It's a sport that's very easy to do at a beginner level, and it's lots of fun "
As with most recreational sports, she notes that it's much more difficult to master, but she's spent that last two decades doing just that. Two weeks ago, she was on a foursome that went on to fourth place at the Bay State Women's Bonspiel in Falmouth, Mass.
She's the past president of the U.S. Women's Curling Association and she now serves on the board of the U.S. Curling Association.
She's also past president of Nutmeg, which has had its home ice at the city's Glenwood Park since October 2006 in a building adjacent to the Wonderland of Ice.
Nutmeg was founded in 1960 at the old Crystal Rink in Norwalk. The club operated at the Country Club of Darien from 1963 to 1998. Between 1998 and 2006, members had to play at other clubs until the Wonderland facility was readied.
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(Note: This is for the standard edition of 'Xscape," as listed on the album's Wikipedia page.)
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2. "Chicago"
3. "Loving You"
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5. "Slave to the Rhythm"
6. "Do You Know Where Your Children Are"
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