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SAN PABLO -- A 24-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his ex's new boyfriend as the couple drove down the street last month is being sought by police.
Donte Marquee Smith is wanted in the Dec. 21 slaying of 30-year-old Dejuan McDonald, of Pinole, whom he reportedly ambushed as he rode in the car with 24-year-old Schylon Stewart, Sgt. Scott Cook said.
According to Stewart, Smith stuck a gun out the window as they passed him while driving in the 1700 block of Rumrill Boulevard.
"I yelled, 'Duck!'" said Stewart, who was sitting in the passenger seat. "I thought, 'Why isn't he ducking? Maybe this isn't real?'"
McDonald was struck by a barrage of bullets that flew through the window, in front of Stewart, who was uninjured by the gunfire. He was taken to a hospital, where he died of his injuries.
Stewart, Smith's ex-girlfriend and the mother of his 3-year-old daughter, said he had been making threats against her, which included phone calls threatening Stewart's life, cutting her brake lines multiple times, following her in his car and verbally threatening her outside their daughter's school, Stewart said.
On Dec. 20, Stewart attended a court hearing in regards to her restraining order, which expired that day. Stewart reported to police that afternoon that Smith had made gunshot noises at her as she left the Martinez courthouse, and outside of the building found the brake lines cut on her car.
Stewart said a judge denied her request to renew her restraining order that day, citing her failure to attend required mediation. San Pablo police declined to comment on the status of Stewart's restraining order.
The next day, McDonald was riddled with bullets inside his vehicle as Stewart looked on.
Investigators have exhausted all leads on Smith's whereabouts and are asking for the public's help finding him, Cook said. Smith is a black male, 5 feet 11 inches tall, about 180 pounds, with brown eyes and black dreadlocks. He was last seen driving a black 1996 Nissan Sentra with tinted rear windows. His California license plate is 6EKW879.
Anyone with information about Smith's whereabouts may call the San Pablo Police Investigations Division at 510-215-3150.
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SAN JOSE -- The U.S. Olympic Committee sees San Jose as a potential contender for hosting the 2024 Summer Games.
But Mayor Chuck Reed said Wednesday that the race is just too rich for a city still struggling to keep its libraries open and cops on the beat.
"It takes billions of dollars to put on the Olympics," Reed told reporters Wednesday. "San Jose doesn't have billions to put into Olympic games."
Reed was among 35 mayors in large and interested American cities that the U.S. Olympic Committee sent letters to on Tuesday -- including San Francisco and Sacramento -- to gauge interest in bidding for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games.
Scott A. Blackmun, chief executive officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee, based in Colorado Springs, didn't sugarcoat the financial and logistical commitment that hosting the Olympic Games would require.
"The staging of the Games is an extraordinary undertaking for any city, with operating budgets in excess of $3 billion, not including costs associated with venue construction and other infrastructure," Blackmun wrote the mayors.
Just to put that in perspective, San Jose's entire capital and operating budget totals $2.8 billion.
Requirements for hosting the games include the ability to provide 45,000 hotel rooms, an Olympic Village that sleeps 16,500 with a dining hall that seats 5,000, operations space for over 15,000 news media and broadcasters and a work force of up to 200,000.
And just bidding to host the games costs a bundle. Blackmun noted that both New York and Chicago spent more than $10 million before they were designated by the U.S. Olympic Committee as applicant cities to host games in 2012 and 2016 that eventually went to London and Rio de Janeiro.
"San Jose," Reed said, "cannot afford to put in a bid."
And he's not the only Bay Area mayor with sticker shock. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee earlier this month told the San Francisco Chronicle he wanted to set up a nonprofit group to help his city land major sporting events from the Super Bowl to the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. But Lee's office on Wednesday said coolly that the Olympic Committee letter was merely "under review."
"We appreciate the invitation to bid," spokeswoman Christine Falvey said. "But this would be a considerable undertaking and right now, we are focused on hosting spectacular America's Cup Races this summer and our efforts are also focused on bringing a Super Bowl to the Bay Area."
Contact John Woolfolk at 408-975-9346. Follow him on Twitter at Twitter.com/johnwoolfolk1.


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Ronda Oswalt will be officially sentenced next week.
Her sentencing was supposed to happen Monday in Monroe County, but it has been pushed back in lieu of the plea bargain she agreed to after pleading guilty last week.
Oswalt, who was the director of the Blue Ryno Foundation in Hannibal, admitted to stealing more than $52,000 from the organization established by former Major League Baseball star and Hannibal Cavemen ownership group member Ryan Klesko.
Oswalt gets a suspended sentence of five years (which is suggested to be served consecutively) in prison for all three counts of stealing in exchange for restitution and probation. Judge Rachel Bringer Shepherd told Oswalt she is to pay $1,000 for the first count, $2,000 for the second count and $51,000 for the third count.
Formal sentencing will take place at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17 at the Marion County Courthouse in Hannibal. Oswalt has to present $10,000 towards the restitution as well as provide personal financial records which will in turn show how she plans to develop a payment plan for the rest of the money owed.
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Americans Cut Spending Last Month
Growth expected to slow severely in fourth quarter
Published: Friday, November 30, 2012 at 10:56 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 30, 2012 at 10:56 a.m.
WASHINGTON | Americans cut back on spending last month while their income remained flat. The weakness in part reflected disruptions from Superstorm Sandy that could slow economic growth for the rest of the year.
The Commerce Department said Friday that consumer spending dropped 0.2 percent in October. It was the weakest figure since May, and it compared with a 0.8 percent spending increase in September.
Income had risen 0.4 percent in September.
Work interruptions caused by the storm reduced wages and salaries in October by about $18 billion at an annual rate, the government said. The storm affected 24 states, with the most severe damage in New York and New Jersey.
Consumers may also be scaling back on spending because of fears about the "fiscal cliff." That's the name for automatic tax increases and spending cuts that will take effect in January if Congress and the Obama administration fail to strike a budget deal by then.
"The upshot is that although both incomes and spending will probably bounce back in November, the underlying trend is weak," said Paul Dales, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics.
The depressed spending figures suggest that the economy is growing more slowly in the October-December quarter than it did in the July-September quarter. Consumer spending drives nearly 70 percent of economic activity.
Dales predicts U.S. economic growth will tumble from the 2.7 percent annual rate in the July-September quarter to a weak 1 percent in the October-December period. That's too low to lower the unemployment rate, now at 7.9 percent.
Even discounting the effects of Sandy, income and spending gains would have been meager. Income would have risen a still-weak 0.1 percent. Spending would have been essentially flat, Dales estimated.
After-tax income adjusted for inflation fell 0.1 percent in October. And spending, when adjusted for inflation, dropped 0.3 percent — the biggest such decline in three years.
The saving rate edged up slightly to 3.4 percent of after-tax income in October, compared with 3.3 percent in September.
Many economists say growth will rebound in the New Year once the rebuilding phase begins in the Northeast.
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St. Charles County's premiere jazz event of 2000 will be at Lindenwood University when Grammy Award-winner Randy Brecker performs with the Lindenwood Jazz Band and Combo in a special concert at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 26 in the Hyland Performance Arena.
Tickets for the concert cost $10 for general admission and $5 for students and senior citizens. Special VIP tickets, which include a reception that evening, are available for $25. In addition to Brecker and the Lindenwood band, the evening will include performances by two of the area's best high school jazz bands: Principia High School and Parkway South High School.
Brecker, a trumpet player, is renowned as a jazz educator and is regarded as one of the finest jazz trumpet players among today's performers. Brecker has eight solo albums to his credit, dating back to his debut "Score" in 1969. His latest, "Into the Sun," was released in 1995. Additionally, he has appeared as a studio player on dozens of other records.
Brecker has three Grammy Awards to his credit, two in 1994 and one in 1998. He is also respected for his versatility, having performed with the likes of David Sanborn; Blood, Sweat and Tears; James Taylor; Frank Zappa, and the legendary Clark Terry, who performed with the Lindenwood Jazz Band in last year's concert.
Along with the concert, Brecker's visit includes a rare opportunity for high school musicians. For an additional fee, students who have bought tickets for the concert can take part in a 3 p.m. clinic with Brecker at Lindenwood. As much as he is known for his playing, he is also highly regarded as an innovative jazz educator.
For additional information about the concert or the clinic, call Bob Carter, Lindenwood's director of bands, at (636) 916-1912 or Marsha Parker, dean of fine and performing arts, at (636) 949-4906.
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Authorities say an 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of another young man in southern Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says 24year-old Sergei Hyde was shot multiple times inside a Kenefic home on Friday night.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says Hyde went to the home on Friday and stayed a short while before he was shot and killed.
Another man, 18-year-old Shelby Hicks, has been arrested on a first-degree murder charge in Hyde's death.
Authorities say Hicks was also a guest at the home and that both men are from the area.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says Hicks was booked into the Johnston County Jail. It's not clear when he's due in court or whether he has a lawyer.
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Maybe next time I'll find a good sale on the leaner ground beef too.
And if you like meatloaf, chances are you like a good meatloaf sandwich too.
It's kinda like an old-fashioned tuna melt but with a meatloaf filling.
If your beef has too much fat, it will drip into the bun and may cause it to be soggy.
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Preheat oven to 450F degrees.
Split rolls in half (lengthwise).
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SANTA CLARA -- A record-setting crowd watched Santa Clara push No. 10 Gonzaga on Saturday night.
But the Broncos couldn't solve 7-footer Kelly Olynyk, who scored a career-high 33 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to pace Gonzaga's 81-74 victory in front of a Leavey Center-record crowd of 4,907.
"Olynyk had a great game. He put on a lot of pressure on us," Santa Clara coach Kerry Keating said. "We just didn't do a good enough job defending him straight up."
Olynyk, a junior, used a redshirt season last year to improve his game after seeing regular playing time his first two seasons. He has come back to lead Gonzaga (15-1, 2-0 West Coast Conference) in scoring and rebounding.
"He changed his body, he made himself better mentally," Bulldogs coach Mark Few said of Olynyk.
Olynyk's effort overshadowed the performance of Santa Clara's Kevin Foster, who became the first player in school history to reach 2,000 points. He finished with 29 for the game and has 2,006 for his career.
Foster's effort wasn't enough and reflected some of the struggles for the Broncos (12-4, 1-1), who made just 7 of 23 shots from 3-point range. Foster shot 2 of 12 from beyond the arc.
"We like to make 10 of those and not seven," Keating said. "If we can get to nine or 10, it's a little bit different."
Olynyk announced his presence early when he grabbed the opening tipoff and raced to the bucket for an uncontested dunk. He had 17 first-half points on 7-of-8 shooting.
Foster also had 17 points in the first half for the Broncos, and his three-point play with 5:36 left in the half capped an 8-0 run to give Santa Clara a 30-29 lead.
Gonzaga followed with an 8-0 spurt, which helped build a 41-34 halftime lead.
Santa Clara never led in the second half but got within a point on a Brandon Clark's 3-pointer with 13:24 to play. But Gonzaga followed that with a 10-0 run to lead 62-51.
As the Bulldogs surged to take control, the Broncos struggled to score inside against Gonzaga's formidable frontcourt. Santa Clara shot 41 percent for the game against Gonzaga's 55 percent.
The Broncos still kept it close and were within four on several occasions. But each time Santa Clara closed the gap, Olynyk was there to answer. He scored eight straight points for Gonzaga down the stretch.
"It's really important to make plays down the stretch," Olynyk said. "I knew in this game I was feeling good, my confidence was real high, and I knew I was going to make plays if my team needed me to."
Santa Clara's Marc Trasolini had 19 points and nine rebounds, but the rest of the Broncos' frontcourt struggled. Robert Garrett fouled out with zero points. Yannick Atanga came off the bench to grab nine rebounds, but he also fouled out, mostly as a result of trying to defend Olynyk.
The Broncos' record home crowd came while the school is on winter break. Last week, Keating offered to pay up to $100 in hotel costs for students who came back early for the game. The dorms do not open until Sunday.
"The crowd was great," Keating said. "I wish it was like that all the time. I've been trying to tell people for six years that we're always playing in here, so I don't understand why we can't have that type of support."
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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Judgment: Electronic Edition, by Charles GrayTable of Contents
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Irving's response
5.65Irving denied that in his account of the events of Kristallnacht he had misrepresented the attitude Hitler adopted towards the violence directed at the Jews and their property. He maintained that the violence was initiated and promoted by Goebbels, who was acting without the authority of Hitler. He argued that, once Hitler became aware of the scale of the anti-Jewish rioting, he did his best to limit the violence.
5.66Irving justified his translation of the account given by Goebbels in his diary of the remarks made by Hitler when he was told about the demonstrations as an attempt on his part to convey to his readers in the vernacular the flavour of Goebbels's style of writing in his diary. He denied that his version contains any mistranslation of the entry. As to the significance of what Hitler ordered at that early stage of the evening's events, Irving at one stage in his evidence suggested that what Goebbels had reported to Hitler was the death of van Rath rather than that demonstrations against Jews had broken out. But he later conceded that Hitler would have been told about the demonstrations against Jews. He emphasised that, at the point when Hitler gave his order for the police to be pulled back, the scale of the anti-Jewish demonstrations was modest. So it could not be said, claimed Irving, that Hitler was sanctioning excessive violence. It was not until later that night, towards midnight, that the demonstrations got out of hand and turned into a full-scale pogrom against the Jews.
5.67Irving accepted that his account of Hitler's reaction on hearing in the early hours of the morning of 10 November about the outrages which were taking place is heavily reliant on the testimony of Hitler's adjutants provided many years after the event. Irving said that he was scrupulously careful not to put words into the mouths of those whom he interviewed. Irving testified that he spoke to von Below on no less than ten occasions. He claimed that what von Below then said is more worthy of belief than what he wrote in his memoirs. Irving pointed out there is no evidence which directly contradicts the accounts of the adjutants on which he has placed reliance. Their accounts converge and so may be said to corroborate one another. Irving did not accept that, in accepting the evidence of the adjutants about Kristallnacht but rejecting for example the evidence of survivors about events at Auschwitz, he has been guilty of applying double standards.
5.68As to Muller's telegram, Irving agreed that he was aware of it but made no mention of it in Goebbels. He testified that he did not regard it as adding much. Moreover Irving did not accept that the evidence shows that Hitler authorised or even knew of Muller's order. Muller was in Berlin whereas Hitler was in Munich. Nor, said Irving, does Bohmcker's message add anything to what is already known from other sources. He pointed out that he did refer to Bohmcker in a footnote.
5.69Irving denied having misrepresented Heydrich's telex of 1.26am. The reference given in the footnote in Goebbels for this message is ND:3052-PS. In cross-examination the message with reference number ND:3051-PS, which the Defendants claim is Heydrich's 1.20am message, was put to Irving. He said that he was quoting from a different message sent by Heydrich, namely ND:3052-PS, which is the reference given in Goebbels. He disagreed with the suggestion that it was unlikely that Heydrich would have sent another telex at about the same time. His answer to the Defendants' accusation of misrepresentation was therefore that he was summarising the content of a different message sent by Heydrich at about the same time (which he was unfortunately unable to produce). However, when confronted with the text of message ND:3052-PS which the Defendants had obtained overnight, Irving accepted that it cannot have been the source for what he wrote. When reminded that on his own website he had admitted muddling 3051 and 3052, Irving conceded that there had been no other source for what he wrote about Heydrich's telex. In the end, as I understood him, Irving answered the criticism made by the Defendants of his account in Goebbels of Heydrich's telex by saying that, if he misinterpreted it, it was an innocent error or glitch which occurred in the redrafting process. He maintained that the error is in the context of the book as a whole a trivial one. In any event Irving reiterated that at this stage in the evening (1.20am), the full-scale pogrom had still not developed.
5.70As regards Eberstein's telephone message at 2.10am, Irving gave various reasons why he attached no importance to it. He claimed that the original message would have gone out earlier. It is, he argued, a mere repetition of the instruction to the police not to interfere. Irving put to Evans various suggestions about the message: that Eberstein might not have been present when it was sent; that Eberstein might have been with Hitler when it went out; that it was an "igniting" document. In any event, said Irving, the message was overtaken by events. For these reasons Irving said that he saw no need to refer to it in Hitler's War. Evans accepted none of these suggestions. Whether or not it is likely that Eberstein would have sent that message after seeing Hitler's reaction to the news of the night's events, Irving stated that two eye-witnesses, namely adjutants von Below and Futkammer, had confirmed Hitler's angry reaction to the news. In regard to Hederich, Irving justified his reliance upon his evidence. He contended that there was no reason for doubting what Hederich was quoted as having said. Despite having written in Goebbels that what Goebbels said "conflicted with the tenor of Hitler's speech", Irving denied that Hederich had meant that Hitler made a speech at the Old Town Hall: he was referring to what he understood Hitler to have been saying about the violence. Irving did not accept the criticisms advanced by Evans of his reliance on these witnesses (summarised above).
5.71Irving disagreed totally with the interpretation placed by the Defendants upon Rudolf Hess's message sent at 2.56am. He pointed out that it was he who had discovered the message and first brought it to the notice of historians. Whilst he accepted that there might have been reasons for singling out Jewish businesses for protection, such as the danger of damage being done to adjacent non-Jewish property or the likelihood that the Jewish property was insured with non-Jewish insurance companies, he was adamant that the order was intended to confer blanket protection on all Jewish property. He read the words und dergleichen as qualifying acts of arson, so that his interpretation of the message is that it covers acts of arson and all other forms of violence. He did not accept that the order of words in the message indicates that und dergleichen qualifies shops, so extending the order to shops and the like. It was Irving's case that the order sent at 2.56am emanated from Hitler and it was a direction that all actions against the Jews must stop forthwith. Accordingly his description of the message as conveying an order from Hitler "to halt the madness" was appropriate and justified. Furthermore, in his response to the Defendants' closing submission, Irving also drew attention to a telegram sent out at 3.45am by Gestapo Section II signed "p.p. Bartz" which required the immediate execution of Heydrich's order that all kinds of arson were to be hindered.
5.72Given the passage of time since he had tried to decipher the handwriting of Wiedemann, Irving felt unable to respond the criticism that he had misrepresented his account. He did agree that he may have made a mistake. Irving agreed that at the time when he was writing Goebbels he was aware of the diary entry of Hassell recording the comments made about Kristallnacht by Rudolf Hess. Irving argued that, when Hess said he had reported his views in an energetic manner to Hitler and begged him to drop "the matter", Hess was obviously referring to the action subsequently taken by the Nazi party to fine the Jews. Hess was not begging Hitler to drop the anti-Jewish actions when they were in progress that night. Evans dismissed that as a blatant misconstruction of the diary entry which was plainly referring to the violence. Irving commented that he did not in any event consider that the entry adds much to what is already known.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's basketball staff has added Yaphett King as an assistant coach, Head Coach Willis Wilson announced today. King comes to the Island University after spending the last four seasons as the head coach at Redlands Community College.
"Yaphett is a young, energetic coach who is tremendously well respected throughout Texas and Oklahoma," Wilson said. "I've gotten to know him well over the last year from recruiting his program, and he has gotten the most out of his teams. He understands what we're trying to build here and I know he'll be a big part in helping us achieve our goals."
King led Redlands to 72 wins in his tenure as the team's head coach. He led the team to 21 wins and a spot in the National Junior College Athletic Association Tournament in the 2010-11 season. He coached current Islander Joy Williamson for two years, helping the El Reno, Okla., native earn First Team All-Region recognition as a sophomore.
On the court, King began his playing career at Redlands in 2002, where he helped the team to the NJCAA Division II National Championship in posting a 31-2 record. He averaged 15.6 points and 7.6 rebounds in his debut season and was named an All-American following the season. He went on to play at Cal State Fullerton, helping the Titans to the Round of 16 in the National Invitation Tournament in 2005. He then went on to play professionally in Austria for two seasons.
He returned to Redlands as an assistant coach in 2007, helping the team to a 31-2 record as regional runners-up, and saw seven of his players move on to NCAA Division I programs. He then spent a year as an assistant with Cowley College, helping that team to an identical 31-2 record and a spot in the regional championship game.
King is a native of St. Petersburg, Fla. He and his wife, Charlena, have a daughter, Caydance.


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8.2-30 Sale or Delivery of Body Armor -- § 53-341b
Revised to December 1, 2007
The defendant is charged [in count __] with the sale or delivery of body armor. The statute defining this offense reads in pertinent part as follows:
no person, firm or corporation shall sell or deliver body armor to another person unless the transferee meets in person with the transferor to accomplish the sale or delivery.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this charge, the state must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Element 1 - Sold or delivered
body armor
The first element is that the defendant sold or delivered body armor to another person. The words "sold" and "delivered" have their ordinary meaning. "Body armor" means any material designed to be worn on the body and to provide bullet penetration resistance.
Element 2 - Transfer not made
in person
The second element is that the transfer of the body armor was not made in person.
In summary, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant 1) sold or delivered body armor to another person, and 2) the transfer of the body armor was not made in person.
If you unanimously find that the state has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the elements of the sale or delivery of body armor, then you shall find the defendant guilty. On the other hand, if you unanimously find that the state has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any of the elements, you shall then find the defendant not guilty.
The legislative history of this
statute indicates that this section was intended to prohibit mail order and
Internet sales, which would make it easier for convicted felons to obtain bullet
proof vests. The same act criminalized the possession of body armor by any
person convicted of certain crimes. See
Criminal Possession of Body Armor, Instruction 8.2-29.


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Was are the rules for coach conduct?
Is screaming from the sidelines over and over standard procedure.
Is yanking, and I do mean literally yanking a child off the field mid game acceptable behavior.
When opposing coaches and umpires request that a coach tone it down, is it time for this coach to call it a day.
Is having two or more 12 year olds brought to tears each game normal.
Unfortunately we see this kind of crap way too often. Almost worse than the coach pulling these kinds of antics are the fact that the parents sit back quietly and say nothing. And if the umpire is saying something to the coach, then in my experience he crossed the line a LONG, LONG time ago. We just agreed to "dismiss" two of our coaches this week for being too harsh and negative towards the girls. The sad part was that they have a TON of softball knowledge but they lack the ability to teach and relate to the girls. Knowledge and good intentions are not enough and are certainly no justification. Either lose the coach or find a new team! A coach that destructive can and will destroy kids that young!!
Every youth league has some kind of governing body, usually a Board of Directors. The FIRST time a coach gets out of line like that he/she needs to be given a heads-up about expected conduct. Let them know you are keeping an eye on them and further actions will have consequences. Then follow up SWIFTLY with penalties if it continues. We had a coach like that in our Little League and he was suspended for a season. He came back this year and has actually mellowed out. He's a good coach, but needs to know how to instill sportsmanship as well as fundamentals. Heck, what's the difference between the two?
"Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile." - Christie Mathewson
my son has played Travel Ball for 4 yrs. It is easy to stop poor coach conduct, but it takes TEAMWORK. MOMS & DADS & ALL PLAYERS need to walk out. Nothing is more important than the physical and emotional well being of your kid. I WAS dumb. When my son was 10 he pitched for a coach my husband knew for years. This jerk left my son on the mound walking 11 straight batters and I was too dumb to STOP it. My son was in tears on the mound. I thought it was just "tuffing it out" as my husband proclaimed. It was child abuse. MOMS..if it doesn't feel right to you..IT PROBABLY ISN'T RIGHT. Get your kid out of there. I have since done a lot of reading on the subject of youth sports and NOT ONE expert thinks a kid needs to be humiliated to make him a better athlete. My son has made three teams since then. Now I "interview" coaches before I let my son play. Part of that process is to let them know what I see as acceptable forms of motivation or discipline and what is not. It has made my son LOVE baseball again. And I did what all parents should do..I took care of my kid.
To cafemom, I hope you are not serious about the fact that you should have done something to stop this from happening. First, you would embarass your child to no end. Second, you have to be completely out of touch with reality to consider this type of behavior child abuse. Now, I was not there, but if you had a problem with this situation you could always talk to the coach AFTER the game. If you did not get the response that you desired, then I guess you could always find somewhere else for your child to play, if any other coach would agree to take YOU into their system.
After coaching for 15 plus years and being called every thing from a teddy bear to a wuss. I have found that the hardest thing for a coach to do is stay balanced. You must be tough enough to help the team with there faults and yet praise them for hteir good works. I imagine it is just as hard to not blow up at a player or parent as it is to not correct them when they are wrong. And last of all each player and parent react differently to your comments and deeds. So you as a coach must learn to read people well and make adjustments while keeping it as fair as posible. I ry to involve the parents in the coaching tasks so they know what we as coaches go through.
We had a horrible experience with my 13 yr old and her coach. Screaming derogatory comments, humiliating them in front of others, and also showing poor sportsmanship at games. Never owning anything. It was someone else's fault. I did speak up, and it slapped us hard in the face. In the end it was noted, but, still my kid was left feeling it was her fault. I don't know why parents feel compelled to let it go and ignore it, instead of stepping up. I guess playing was more important
There is sort of 2 different things going on about this post.
First is a coach too tough on his team, or is he down right stupid in the way he handles himself as a coach.
(A) Being tough on kids in the Right way only helps them better ball players and ready for the older years when they will be playing. Coaches have to be able to look at each player and see what they can take. All are different. Some need toughness for motivation, some can't handle it as well. Either way you have to be fair, compassionate, get on their tails sometimes, don't do the cussing thing and always teach sportsmanship, win or lose. I am tough as nails on our girls, which we started at 10u and I am fun with them. All of them respect that and my parents like it.
But you also have to remember coaching isn't easy, you have mom and dad and all the family sitting over the fence hollering at Susie to do this and do that and they all want to win, win, win. I don't allow this but it still happens and I have to call them down.That gets a coach started in a baad mood. I want to win and sometimes the game gets down right passionate and things get heated in the game, players make mistakes that you know they shouldn't and sometimes we hold our feelings and sometimes we forget and get on them too much.
(B) The fine line, practicing hard, making the work and get in shape and being strict is OK, getting on them abusively is another.
I have seen girls sneezed at and the would start to cry. If I saw one of my coaches or even if I jerks a girls or kid around, it would be the hiway and maybe more!
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A scene of gallantry in a palace
This painting fits comfortably into the tradition of 17th century Dutch architectural painting representing the fantastical interiors of fine palaces, a genre which Van Delen made his own.
However, the apparent simplicity of this scene is purely superficial. The size of the two large pillars which taper towards the top is implausible. The way in which the different spaces fit together with the suggestion that other unknown spaces exist conveyed by details such as the open door on the extreme left and emphasized by the interplay of light and shade is extremely complex.
The cracks in the upper part of the central column are perhaps simply designed to demonstrate the artist's virtuosity, but are more probably intended to give the scene the appearance of a vanitas. The rather unsculptural pose of the triton and siren holding the cartouche are also of note.


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Here we are, two days after that moment when Cupertino becomes the center of the universe: International Apple Day. The day when Apple announces its new devices. The day when everyone yawned.
Last year, when Apple announced the iPhone 5, I commented that:
Don�t get me wrong: the iPhone 5 is a beautiful piece of technology. I�ll probably upgrade to one eventually (unless I decide to stick it out and see what the iPhone 6 looks like ). But it�s a lot closer to the iPhone 4s than the iPhone 3g was to the original iPhone. Apple may be growing the box, but it sure isn�t outside it, and they have lots of company in there.So here�s the thing: Apple�s competitors are looking to find a way out of the box that Steve Jobs created. Is Apple?Well, as it happened, I didn't upgrade. I probably will get a 5S though. It's not the best phone out there, but it's good enough to make it not worth the effort to switch to another platform. I suppose I might feel differently if I were still doing engineering instead of management consulting. Hacking the phone just isn't that interesting to me any more.More to the point, though, is that Apple seems to be stuck in its box, or perhaps Apple Crate would be a better term. Either way, the world is moving past them. Yes, the iPhone 5S is a beautiful piece of technology. Apple put something together that very neatly builds on the previous generations of phones, with nothing out of place. It's beautiful, it's powerful, you know exactly what you'll get. It's safe.Two years ago, when the iPhone 4S was announced instead of the i5, I commented that:Even a bigger question than the i5 was whether or not Tim Cook could fill Steve Jobs� turtleneck. I, for one, still don�t know.As a good friend of� mine observed, Apple is turning inward, much as it did the last time Steve Jobs left the company. This time, though, the only way he's coming back is if they have the services of a really good medium or they manage to build an iSteve gadget, sort of the equivalent of IBM's Watson but with the personality of Steve Jobs.Somehow, I suspect that neither of those options are terribly likely to occur. That means it's up to Tim Cook. He's got the turtleneck now. When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in the late 1990s, things looked pretty bleak for the company. Jobs took some real risks, and enjoyed some phenomenal successes as a result. So, Mr. Cook, perhaps it's time to stop playing it safe. Toss the turtleneck, literally and metaphorically, and take a chance. Maybe next time you'll surprise us.


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No one discuss AI's leaving? It's over for the Answer.
Allen Iverson announced his retiirement statement on StephenA.com @ http://stephena.com/?p=319
"I would like to announce my plans to retire from the National Basketball Association. I always thought that when I left the game, it would be because I couldn't help my team the way that I was accustomed to. However, that is not the case." AI said so.
What a loss for all of us couldn't say such a genius play in NBA. But I heard a lot of voices saying he'll be back, you believe it?
Anyway, should be a happier ending.
The Bobcats just need to sign him because the only coach he would probably listen to is larry brown and right now the bobcats could really use ticket sales and a explosive scorer.
SIXERSSSSS...Reunion Tour
AI will be lacing them up for the sixers on Monday night against his old team the nuggets. The sixers have the second lowest attendence average in the league have already sold out for the monday night game. AI puts a spark back into the city and the team. I am glad he is back. Watch out, here comes a .500 record for the sixers.
AI ain"t no explosive scorer..
He is an upgrade from the other AI in Philly
Iverson comeback starts tonight. South Philly will be crazy tonight. Im predicting 36 points, 10 assists and 4 steals as Iverson leads the sixers to a 103-96 win.
Legend Status
A good start but a terrible ending for AI's first game after back to 76ers. 11 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.
But before this game, AI has gained 19,583 points and 4,283 assists in his 693 games played in Philadelphia.
Anyway, The answer is back, cheers!
Well, now AI is and he is better than ever. Because he and the sixers are Reunited and it and feels so good , reunited...
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BARBOURVILLE, Ky. - Union had its sights set on another upset, but it was not meant to be as visiting and top-ranked Tennessee Wesleyan battled back to claim the 9-7, 11-inning Appalachian Athletic Conference victory on Saturday.
The loss drops Union to 19-12 overall and 6-6 in conference play, while Tennessee Wesleyan is 25-9 overall and 10-2 in the AAC. Tennessee Wesleyan also won the weekend series two games to one.
Tied 6-6 after eight innings, both teams had their chances in the ninth and 10th to take the lead and/or the win, but all attempts went for naught. Tennessee Wesleyan had one on with one out in the ninth, but the threat ended when Gabby Juarbe (San Juan, P.R.) threw out Aaron Stubblefield trying to steal second for the third out in the frame. In the bottom of the ninth, Nelson Price (Burkesville, Ky.) and Tyler Young (Manchester, Ky.) lined back-to-back, singles with two outs. However, Noah Piard got the next batter to fly out to center to send the game to extra innings.
Both teams rapped out a single apiece in the 10th, but no runners got past second base.
In the top of the 11th, Tennessee Wesleyan managed to load the bases with two outs when Travis Burnside roped a 3-2 pitch down the right-field line for a double, driving in all three runs for a 9-6 advantage.
Union was not about to go down with a fight, and Juarbe led off the bottom of the 11th with a solo home run to left. Tyler Brake (Burlington, Ky.) nearly made a 9-8 game with a solo shot of his own but Trey Griffin snagged it at the wall. Piard got Union's next to batters to ground out, sealing the 9-7 Tennessee Wesleyan win.
Piard improved to 2-0 with the win, allowing one run on two hits in 2 1/3 innings of work. Jared Tomany (Bryant, Wis.) suffered the loss to go to 0-1, surrendering four earned runs on four hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings pitched.
Union received production throughout its lineup with LaVance Anderson (Bowling Green, Ky.), Juarbe, Price and Ben Hartley (Lexington, Ky.) each collected two hits. Juarbe and Price each had two RBIs as well. Jackson Arnett (Tompkinsville, Ky.) went 1-for-4 with two runs scored and a home run.
The 1-2-3 hitters in Tennessee Wesleyan's lineup as well as the No. 9 hitter did the most damage for the visitors, going a combined 15-for-25 with five runs scored and six RBIs. The rest of Tennessee Wesleyan's lineup with 4-of-24 with two RBIs.
Burnside, Tennessee Wesleyan's leadoff hitter, finished the game 6-for-7 with three doubles and three RBIs. Jake Stone went 4-of-7 with a RBI, while Branden Walker was 3-for-5 with three runs scored.
Union received a solid pitching performance out of starter Drew Hillard (Lexington, Ky.). Lasting five inning, he allowed one earned run on eight hits and three walks and fanned a season-high seven batters.
Tennessee Wesleyan drew first blood with a run in the top of the third, but Union countered with a four-run rally all starting with two outs. With two gone, Hartley got things started with a single, and Anderson followed with a bunt single to put runners on first and second. Juarbe followed with a single up the middle to score Hartley to make it 1-1. After a walk to load the bases, Price singled through the left side of the infield to drive in two more runs. Zach Dillman (Cincinnati, Ohio) followed with a RBI single of his own, making it a 4-1 contest.
Arnett led off the fourth with a solo home run to put Union up 5-1, and Hartley added a RBI single in the fifth to make it 6-1.
In the sixth, Tennessee Wesleyan put three runs on the board thanks to a Brad Carpenter two-run double and a Stone RBI single. After tallying another run in the seventh, Tennessee Wesleyan tied the game up at 6-all in the eighth on a Griffin solo home run.
Following a pair of scoreless frames, Tennessee Wesleyan pulled out the win with a three-run rally in the 11th.
By the Numbers
* The teams combined to leave 25 runners on base - 15 for Tennessee Wesleyan and 10 for Union
* Juarbe now leads the team in home runs with four. Arnett's four-bagger was the first of his career and the first extra-base hit he has had this season.
* When it comes to home runs, Union has outslug its opponent this season 11-6.
* The 12 strikeouts by the Union pitching staff is a season high.
Up Next
Union is now scheduled to play its next eight games on the road, beginning Tuesday at No. 12 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.). First pitch is slated for 4 p.m.


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I have done, several times, and no one yet has told me it was a mistake.On this occasion some of the children came up at the end and said, 'thanks for the awesome story', 'cool story!' But one of the teachers caught me and said, "Thankyou, these children don't often hear stories like that."
Friday, 17 September 2010
Fairytale Reflections (1)
17 comments:
- Katherine Langrish said...
And just as I finished writing this post, my daughter happend by and told me she visited an artwork at Tate Modern in London only yesterday, centered on The Juniper Tree. You can visit it via this link http://culture.bitchbuzz.com/joan-jonass-the-juniper-tree-exhibition.html
- 17 September 2010 at 05:57
- Katherine Roberts said...
I'm really looking forward to these posts, Kath (though with a bit of trepidation as well, because I'm one of the writers taking part and I don't want to let the side down!)
Fascinated to hear of your storytelling experience... I've had that kind of reaction as well from 10 year olds when reading from my books... horror read aloud always seems stronger than horror on the page, somehow.
- 17 September 2010 at 08:28
- Amy said...
This sounds like a really fascinating story! And I think it is definitely acceptable for children. Children know that there is pain and horror in the world, and I think the story is done in a way that it isn't the focus, and the guilt is shown and there is also happiness.
- 17 September 2010 at 12:17
- Ellen Renner said...
Thanks for a great post, Kath. What a great idea: I look forward to reading your guests' selections. The Juniper Tree has haunted me since I first came across it in a very beautiful edition of Grimms that I bought as a treat for myself while at university. I don't remember the ressurection of the boy, though, my version had a darker and more ambivalent ending. And yes, it fascinated and horrified me at twenty; it is strong meat. I've always found the term 'fairy tale' for these stories inadequate.
- 17 September 2010 at 12:48
- Katherine Langrish said...
Katherine, I'm looking forward to your post very much - no worries there... and yes, I think telling aloud can certainly increase the effect of any story, just as a live performance of a play is so much more than a bare reading. We do need to be careful.
Amy, I think fairytales often deal with terror and horror in ways which are psychically healing. However, there's always a bit of danger. I remember at least one (read by myself as a child) which scared me to death. But then these stories must once ALWAYS have been told aloud, in an intimate setting, by someone trusted and known. That would make a difference.
Ellen, one of the problems with 'fairytale' as a noun is that it's too often associated with the rather bland canon of the usual anthologies. Disneyfied, if you like, in the popular imagination. But really, those collections of Grimm and Andersen we used to read that belonged to our mothers and grandmothers - there's nothing sanistised about them.
- 17 September 2010 at 13:42
- Ellen Renner said...
I agree, Kath. I love The Grimm's tales and know them well; but my point is they were taken from folk tales. Told round fire for and by adults & not specially meant for children. As folktales they will have had a socializing function; many are about women's role in society - and the female is often protrayed as dangerous or evil, as here.
- 17 September 2010 at 14:35
- Katherine Langrish said...
Well, yes... but one woman. The mother, and the little girl are also female. So I think there's a balance: if it wasn't for Marlinchen's loving action, the boy wouldn't rise again as the bird. I don't personally read this story as anti-feminist. There are many strong heroines in fairytales and folklore. (and many weak men.)
- 17 September 2010 at 14:44
- Katherine Langrish said...
...I suppose what I'm thinking, is that the woman is evil not because she's female, but because of her vividly portrayed jealousy, fear, and selfishness. I don't think the tale is saying all women are like this.
- 17 September 2010 at 14:48
- Annie said...
Although I didn't know the Grimm's fairytale before and love your rendition, did you also know of the book of the same name by Barbara Comyns, whose wonderful, naive style suits her own retelling of this macabre tale. It too is haunting and I feel compelled to make sure her excellent work is linked here. Thank you.
- 17 September 2010 at 15:04
- Ellen Renner said...
Yes, agree. The beauty of the dead mother's love for her child at the beginning of Juniper Tree is heart-wrenching.
- 17 September 2010 at 15:05
- catdownunder said...
I think we need fairy tales in our lives - because they are both real and unreal. They allow us to confront our worst fears and greatest unhappiness and still hope. I will be very interested to see if anyone picks up on something that bothers me about the way fairy tales have sometimes been converted.
- 17 September 2010 at 15:07
- Katherine Langrish said...
Annie, no, I'm not familiar with the book. I'll see if I can locate a copy. Thankyou! Catdownunder, we'll have to see, but if not, perhaps you'll discuss it with us later in the series - it would be a very interesting subject.
- 18 September 2010 at 01:50
- Cathrin said...
I've always looked forward to Fridays, but "Fairy Tale Fridays" will make them even sweeter. Thank you.
- 18 September 2010 at 20:04
- Mr Pond said...
What an absolutely stupendous blog! How did I not discover this till now? Fairy tales and children's literature are both my research and my passion, so I'm near-speechless with delight at finding another blog that handles them so adroitly. Well done, Katharine, and expect to see me blundering about here now and again. I'm subscribing.
- 20 September 2010 at 02:04
- Katherine Langrish said...
Mr Pond/John - always pleased to meet another fairytale fan! Thankyou for visiting, and expect to find me dropping in at Paradoxes from tine to time, too!
- 20 September 2010 at 12:12
- Lynn said...
Thank you, Katherine, for your words of encouragement on my fledgling blog. I've been following yours for quite some time, and am always thrilled to read a new post. (My desk is covered with little bits of paper on which I've written the names of books you recommend!) I've so enjoyed this latest post. As a mother of two young boys, I too have been faced with the question of when is a story too much for children. But, as you wrote, they must go through the horror and come out on the other side. Children have imaginations that let them instinctively know about horror and betrayal, as well as joy and love. (I sometimes wish I could crawl into their sleeping dreams at night and listen to their stories.) Giving them these topics in a story/fairy tale form allows them a safe structure in which to explore and experience them. I'm looking forward to more "Fairytale Reflections".
- 22 September 2010 at 01:46
- Jo Treggiari said...
I love The Juniper Tree and it's one of those stories which has remained with me.
I think that children have the innate capacity to take in, sieve through and come to their own personal understanding of the darkest events, as long as there is some kind of resolution.
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Maize (corn) production in the United States is valued at $65 billion annually. Infection of corn by some strains of Aspergillus (A.) flavus, and subsequent contamination with the mycotoxin aflatoxin, results in costs of $923 million (UN Food and Agriculture Organization) and illnesses, including cancer or death in livestock and humans. Fungicides, altered agronomic practices and breeding efforts, including the use of transgenic Bt-corn have all been insufficient in mitigating aflatoxin contamination. Presently, the most effective approach to reduce aflatoxin contamination in corn is biological control, using non-aflatoxin-producing strains of A. flavus, as developed by USDA-ARS researchers. This technology is now commercially available as Afla-Guard®. Substantial progress has been made in the implementation of this product, but important research questions remain, which are addressed in this proposal: First, the post-release environmental fate of non-toxigenic strains of A. flavus must be evaluated. This is an essential environmental stewardship issue and may yield insight into A. flavus ecology and the plant disease cycle. Another objective includes experiments to evaluate mechanisms of biological control, including a model to explain why biocontrol strains are more effective at reducing aflatoxin contamination than predicted by simple competition. Finally, improvements in formulation and application methods of A. flavus biocontrol strains are needed for better, more consistent aflatoxin control. The commercialization of Afla-Guard® was important in the effort to exclude aflatoxin from food and feed. The basic and applied research in this proposal is essential to complete the implementation of the biocontrol strategy for reducing aflatoxin contamination of corn.


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SAN JOSE -- Looking by turns confident in her message and comfortable in her own rhinoceros-thick skin, Hillary Clinton sounded ready for her next big campaign during an appearance before a packed house at the San Jose State University Events Center on Thursday night. She could have been referring to her own presidential ambitions in 2016 when she declared early on, "All that most women need is a fighting chance to prove themselves."
Appearing as part of Unique Lives & Experiences, a lecture series that caters to women, Clinton confined most of her remarks to their "struggle," a word she invoked half a dozen times. She also talked about her mother's plight as an abandoned child, and several times quoted Eleanor Roosevelt, one of the great avatars of the women's movement, including Roosevelt's remark that women in public life need to have hides as thick as a rhinoceros. "Too many women face ceilings that block them," she concluded.
Clinton ran through a litany of the disparities in pay and power that favor men over women, noting at one point that women make up only 11 percent of the boards of tech companies. "We're making progress," she said, "but it's not fast enough. This is the unfinished business of the 21st century."
She reckoned that for members of her sex, the glass was still just "half full," although the same could not be said for the glass ceiling to the presidency, which remains completely intact. She is the obvious, and judging by the mood and frequent ovations of the San Jose crowd, wildly popular choice to end that inequality -- or at least start the process of moving in that direction.
Clinton never directly addressed her prospects as a potential presidential candidate in 2016, even after Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone, who moderated a 30-minute Q&A session following her speech, told her to feel free "if there's a major announcement you'd like to make."
Clinton did, however, hint at a possible run, following a story about a women's college basketball player who encouraged her to run for the U.S. Senate seat in New York in the late 1990s. Paraphrasing a sign in the school's gym, the player leaned into the former first lady's ear and whispered, "Dare to compete, Mrs. Clinton. Dare to compete." And she did, winning a Senate seat twice. Despite her loss to Barack Obama following a bruising presidential primary fight in 2008, Clinton sounded ready to compete again.
"Don't let women's concerns and fears undermine what could be the greatest moment in history for women," she said. "This is the moment. We all can seize it."
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Western Carolina University to celebrate 125 years
Published: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at 11:00 a.m.
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CULLOWHEE, N.C.— Western Carolina University is opening the academic year with a party to celebrate its 125th anniversary.
The school is holding a Big Birthday Bash on Tuesday on the A.K. Hinds University Center lawn and nearby central plaza
The afternoon includes a picnic with barbecue, hamburgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, watermelon, funnel cakes, deep-fried goodies, lemonade, tea and birthday cake.
Also planned are a variety of old-fashioned games and photo opportunities with props representative of Western Carolina history. The tentative schedule includes musical entertainment provided by the Dirty Guv'nahs, and party-goers will be eligible to win a variety of door prizes.
Student hosts will be giving guided tours of a walking trail featuring university landmarks and points of historical interest as part of a project by a WCU history class.
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I am new to using forums. I was diagnosed with bilateral femoral stress fracture 2 weeks ago. Luckily, my left one is pretty much healed up but my right one was pretty bad. I have an amazing doctor who recommended I stay on crutches for a week. Her prescription for me is:
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I have been using the Pete Pfitzger pool running recovery guide.
But, to make everything worse, I also tested midline positive for osteopenia. I will be starting to use a bone growth stimulator next week.
I was wondering if anyone else has dealt with this injury or has any recommendations. I'm sure you all could imagine I'm pretty bummed, especially because I won't be able to compete at Collegiate Nationals.
I feel your pain... literally, I've been there 3 years in a row. However, I did a LOT of research, and went to a number of doctors. What was happening to me was I'd be on a training schedule, about 3/4 into the longer runs (14 mile) the first year it happened, I fractured the ball of my foot. I was on crutches and a boot for 9 weeks. The following year I fractured my tibia running. The third year, my foot again (same place). they thought it was caused by lack of blood flowing to the bone which causes the bone to die and become frail, did surgery and ruled against that. I did also have a bone density test (multiple) done and also tested midline positive for osteopenia. The forth year, I started doing a LOT of research on aerobic versus non aerobic training. What I found was that during my training I was always way above my aerobic heart rate levels. When you are in an an-aerobic level, your body creates a lot of lactic acid which at high levels can affect the strength of your bones. Whereas training at an aerobic level, your body has a chance to strengthen your bones. Since then, I have worked at training at an aerobic level for very long times during training on impactful sports (running) and raise the aerobic levels during swimming and biking. I have been fracture free for 3 years running now and I think that has a log to do with it. Hope this helps.
Oh wow! That is really interesting. I will definitely have to look in to that. its hard because i am lactose intolerant so its hard to get those 3 servings of dairy in a day. i've been taking a supplement though. so do you focus must of your anaerobic training cycling and swimming?
I do focus most of anaerobic on biking and swimming, but I do still throw in short spurts of running anaerobic, but ONLY after a couple months of aerobic running to work on speed but just enough to do a speed workout, but short enough not to have too much lactic acid built up continuosly while running without having a solid base of aerobic, bone strenghtening work down. I have also found weight training helped me out tremendously as well to reduce fractures. I take calcium supplements and iron (I've had so many chemical blood work ups to get the right balance). They also found that I was vitamin D deficient, so I was put on hydrochlorothiazide (1/2 pill) costs about $5 a month and now my calcium, iron and vitamin D numbers are perfect. Make sure they run blood work on those as well as urine to check if you are excreting any iron or vitamin D.
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Imagine being asked a question about your sexual orientation in a job interview, even if it happens to violate every labor hiring law on the books. And you knew damn well the answer your prospective employer, one of just 32 companies in the world paying top dollar for your specific skills, wanted to hear.
If you didn't - gulp - "like girls," would you lie for the gig?
"You'd have to lie," Dave Kopay says. "Otherwise, there is a good chance you'd never have an NFL career."
Kopay is the first major-team-sport athlete to tell the world he is gay. He came out in 1975 after he played for Vince Lombardi with the Washington Redskins as well as for four other teams in nine NFL seasons. Thirty-eight years later, he sighs over the telephone from his home in Pasadena, Calif., "It's sad we're even here now talking about this, isn't it?"
It's beyond sad. It's stupid and criminal that after Kopay's pioneering moment four decades ago, a former University of Colorado tight end named Nick Kasa had to endure an inquiry at last week's NFL combine that began, "Do you like girls?"
Or that - according to the NFL Network's Albert Breer - some team executives are obsessed with knowing whether or not Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o is gay in the wake of a Internet girlfriend hoax perpetrated on Te'o that he later lied about.
"Do you like girls?"
"I suppose you want to try and throw someone off and see how they respond, but it's not their business to ask that question," says Kopay, now 70.
"Look, I get it: It probably gives [NFL teams] major pause, because having the first openly gay player in the locker room is going to cause a little initial uneasiness. But there is uneasiness about a lot of things, and we need to get over it. It's time."
After Kopay's bombshell, fewer than a half-dozen former major team-sport athletes have come out, including baseball's Billy Bean and the NBA's John Amaechi. No one has deigned to risk his livelihood while currently playing. But Kopay's right: It's time.
Charles Barkley told me a year ago that it's ridiculous to poll players about what it would be like to have a gay teammate, primarily because they already know the answer.
"First of all, every player has played with gay guys," Barkley said, adding that he knows he played with gay teammates on at least two NBA teams. "It bothers me when I hear these reporters and jocks get on TV and say: 'Oh, no guy can come out in a team sport. These guys would go crazy.' I'd rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can't play."
When I originally relayed that quote to Kopay, he laughed uproariously.
Kopay came out in 1975 not because he wanted to make history; he was angry. He had read a Washington Star story about the hardships of being gay in sports. He knew the NFL player anonymously quoted was Jerry Smith, his former Redskins teammate with whom Kopay once had a sexual encounter. (Yes, Burgundy and Gold faithful, two of Lombardi's grittiest, durable players in his one season in Washington had a dalliance. Get over it.)
When fans and readers wrote vitriolic hate mail to the paper, saying it wasn't possible that any rough-and-tumble NFL player could be gay, Kopay got a hold of Lynn Rosellini, the writer, and confided in her: He was a closeted homosexual, lonely and in emotional pain for most of his career. Oh, Kopay also was a rugged running back who picked up blitz packages and drilled oncoming rushers harder than almost any other back during his era - a pro's pro who happened to be gay.
The story led to his 1977 book, "The David Kopay Story: An Extraordinary Self-Revelation." Kopay lent me one of his last hard-copy originals about a year ago when I met him. The moment in the book when he tells his father he is gay is absolutely soul-crushing.
In 2011, the magazine Outsports ranked Kopay's coming-out No. 1 among its 100 most important moments in gay sports history. Billie Jean King didn't come out until years later, but she told Kopay how much his book had helped her with her journey.
You know where he was in wee hours of June 28, 1969, the night of the Stonewall riots? At an underground gay bar in Baltimore, with Jerry Smith. "I remember us talking about it on the way home, thinking even then what a moment that was," Kopay says.
He actually met Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person elected to office in California. "You know what he told me?" Kopay says. "He puts his arm around me and says, 'Come on, Dave, you know you don't have what it takes to be a professional fairy.' I couldn't stop laughing."
HBO's "Real Sports" profiled Orlando Cruz, an openly gay boxer, last year in a piece that became more about modern-day acceptance than possible career risk or ruin. In fact, during the usual postmortem, host Bryant Gumbel asked the reporter, Jon Frankel, a salient question: Do we now live in such progressive times that major corporate sponsors would endorse the first player in one of the four big-revenue North American sports - he NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball - to come out during his career? Yes, Frankel said.
Think about that, the idea that societal acceptance could have less to do with a current athlete coming out than better economic opportunities - that being an all-star and gay actually might make a player more marketable. Unfathomable, right?
"I do buy that," Kopay says. "Now, some people will think that's crazy with an environment where gay slurs are still okay in some places and you have NFL team officials asking idiotic crap like they asked that kid last week. And you still have terribly unaware people like the kid from San Francisco [Chris Culliver] that had to learn. But I could see it happening. . . .
"Still, the pressure is so enormous. You can't be Superman and do everything - it's hard enough just to keep your job on a team. And the media crush after it happens is going to be a distraction for that player and that team at the start. But they'll all get through it.
"I think the public is ready. I think most athletes are ready. Mostly, they deserve to be there. It would take someone who could handle anything, who has extraordinary composure."
It would take the kind of person who could tell a potential employer that his interest in girls doesn't have anything to do with his ability to play the game.


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- May 10:
- Purdy: Michael Sam: A watershed sports moment and embrace-and why it matters
- San Francisco 49ers hoping for help from their Drafted Dozen
- Thompson: Michael Sam saga is bigger than football -- it's all about struggle and overcoming
- St. Louis Rams draft Michael Sam, first openly gay player in NFL
- NFL Draft: Raiders complete the deal
- NFL draft: Michael Sam goes to Rams
- NFL draft: 49ers finish the deal
- NFL draft: Raiders take DE in seventh round
- NFL draft: Raiders make homecoming pick
- NFL draft: 49ers keep drafting defensive backs
- NFL draft: San Jose State's David Fales selected in sixth round by Chicago Bears
- NFL draft: 49ers add third DB to draft class
- NFL draft: 49ers take pass-rusher in fifth round
- NFL draft: Stanford chases history
- San Jose State's Bené Benwikere drafted in the fifth round by Carolina Panthers
- NFL draft: 49ers take another defensive back
- NFL draft: Cal's Khairi Fortt goes to Saints
- NFL draft: Raiders take DB Keith McGill
- NFL draft: A look at the 49ers' draft class
- NFL draft: Raiders take defensive tackle Justin Ellis
- NFL draft: 49ers draft WR Bruce Ellington
- May 9:
- NFL draft: A look at 49ers' Brandon Thomas
- Green Bay Packers draft Cal's Richard Rodgers
- NFL draft: 49ers pick offensive lineman Brandon Thomas
- NFL draft: A look at 49ers' Chris Borland
- NFL draft: Raiders take guard Jackson in third round
- NFL draft: 49ers take linebacker Borland
- NFL draft: A look at 49ers' Marcus Martin
- NFL draft: 49ers take center Martin with 70th pick
- NFL draft: Raiders' McKenzie trades for additional pick
- NFL draft: 49ers add Stevie Johnson, Carlos Hyde to offense
- Thompson: For Raiders, Carr was a no-brainer
- NFL draft: Palo Alto's Adams, Stanford's Murphy lead Bay Area products taken on Day 2
- NFL draft: Raiders pick QB Derek Carr
- 49ers trade for receiver Stevie Johnson
- 49ers' top pick Jimmie Ward tells media 'I talk with my pads'
- 49ers' rookie Jimmie Ward will have toughest stretch beginning in mid-October
- Will Oakland Raiders draft quarterback Derek Carr in second round?
Khalil Mack
Round: First, fifth overall
Position: Outside linebacker
School: Buffalo
Height, weight: 6-3, 251
Resume: Dominated suspect competition as the most productive defensive player in school history with 28.5 sacks, 75 tackles for loss and 16 forced fumbles for his career. Mack is versatile enough to play in either a 3-4 or 4-3 defense and should find an immediate role as a nickel pass rusher.
Quote: "My versatility helps me in a lot of ways. If you have a guy who can rush the passer, as well as drop in coverage, that covers two of the big issues on the defense," Mack said at the NFL scouting combine.
Round: Second
Position: Quarterback
School: Fresno State
Height, weight: 6-2, 215
Resume: Owner of 25 school records and 21 Mountain West Conference records, Carr started his final 39 games after playing in his first five as a reserve. Completed 66.7 percent of his passes for 12,843 yards and 113 touchdowns. Good mobility but thrives as a passer. The brother of David Carr, the first overall pick of the Houston Texans in 2002.
Quote: "I've been getting ready for this since I was three. I've been trained by my dad and my brother. I've been watching NFL film since I was 12. I'm not 6-6 and won't run a 4.3 (40-yard dash), but I'll out-prepare anybody,'' Carr said at the NFL scouting combine.
Round: Third
Position: Guard
School: Mississippi State
Height, weight: 6-3, 336
Resume: Jackson was a 52-game starter at Mississippi State, credited by the school with 294 knockdowns and 47 touchddown-resulting blocks. A first-team All-American with the Bulldogs, Jackson is considered a powerful straight-ahead interior blocker. Jackson was a second-team All-American in 2012.
Quote: "He works at his game and consistently improving every aspect of his game. He has a serious approach, loves it, and on top of that he's a powerful, talented young man,'' Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen said of Jackson.
Round: Fourth, No. 107 overall
Position: Defensive tackle
College: Louisiana Tech
Height, weight: 6-foot-2, 334 pounds
Resume: Started 25 of the 37 games he played during his four-year collegiate career; played both defensive tackle and nose guard; weight a consistent concern for a player who once reached 390 pounds; adept at clogging the middle against the run and occupying blockers so that others can make plays unimpeded; born Dec. 27, 1990, in Monroe, Louisiana.
Quote: "Vince Wilfork, he has grown on me a lot. I like the way he plays the game and I kind of model my game after him," Ellis said, referring to the New England Patriots' massive defensive tackle
Round: Fourth, No. 116 overall
Position: Cornerback
College: Utah
Height, weight: 6-foot-3, 211 pounds
Resume: Started all 12 games his senior season; missed all of 2012 season, while rehabilitating a surgically repaired shoulder; at 25, quite old for a rookie; uncommon size for a cornerback; questionable work ethic at times; intriguing prospect who has the look of an NFL player, either as a cornerback or free safety; said off-field issues that surfaced during college career are a thing of the past.
Quote: "I pretty much locked down everyone I faced, and tried to explain that to a lot of people. I don't think they understood that. It is a process and the Pac-12 prepares you for the NFL," McGill said after being drafted.
Round: Seven, No. 219 overall
Position: Cornerback
College: Ohio
Height, weight: 6-foot, 206 pounds
Resume: Prepped at De La High School; started 12 of 13 games he played his senior season at Ohio; returned two interceptions for touchdowns last season in one game; missed all of 2012 season with a fractured right shoulder that required surgery and all of 2009 with a torn labrum in his left hip that required surgery; played in 26 games in 2010 and '11 combined; admirable size and strength for a cornerback; has a decent shot to make the roster as backup and special teams players; ran 4.49 in 40-yard dash; born July 28, 1990.
Round: Seventh, No. 235 overall
Position: Defensive end
College: Illinois State
Height, weight: 6-foot-2, 288 pounds
Resume: Dismissed from the team before his senior season for conduct detrimental to the team; he transferred to Illinois State from Wisconsin and was suspended for behavioral issues at some point before his dismissal; earned first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference his junior season, when he recorded seven sacks and one interception; posted 14 sacks in 33 games overall.
Round: Seventh round, No. 247 overall
Position: Defensive back
College: Western Kentucky
Height, weight: 6-foot-3, 190 pounds
Resume: Began collegiate career at Florida, but he got kicked off the team in 2010 by coach Urban Meyer; transferred to Western Kentucky; intercepted six passes in 2012 and posted NCAA-leading six forced fumbles last season; has talent to be solid NFL player as long as he matures and works harder than he did in college.½


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Veterans can show service on driver's license
Published: Monday, April 29, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, April 29, 2013 at 12:03 a.m.
MONTGOMERY | Alabama veterans now will have the option to display proof of their military service on their driver's license.
A law sponsored by Democratic Rep. Marcel Black of Tuscumbia provided for the veterans drivers license, which the state Department of Public Safety said will be available beginning May 1. Black said veterans can show their status to obtain benefits, rebates and accommodations.
To get a license, a veteran must visit a Department of Public Safety license examining office and present a DD-214 form from the Department of Defense that shows a status of honorable or general under honorable conditions.
There is no additional charge for someone getting a new license or renewing a license. But a veteran seeking the license before the renewal date must pay $18.50 for a duplicate license.
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-Only one in three parents have taught their teen how to balance a checkbook, and even fewer have explained how credit card interest and fees work (Jump$tart Coalition).
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