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General Membership Meeting
Friday, March 29, 2013
Time: 7:30 a.m.
MBA Housing Center, 335 116th Ave. SE, Bellevue
On Friday, March 29, 2013 at 7:30 a.m., a meeting will be held at the Master Builders Assocition Housing Center to vote on the proposed bylaw changes. The identified representative of each member in good standing is invited to attend the meeting and will be allowed to vote.
At 2013 President Brian Ross' Leadership Retreat, 17 past, present and future Association leaders debated the composition of the board and its role to better govern the Association in the future. All participants read "The Race for Relevance" (Coerver and Byers, 2011), a book about how associations need to restructure themselves to prepare for changing membership demographics; different product and service demands; and increased technological opportunities. A basic tenant of the book is that an association board of directors needs to be small, competency-based and policy-focused. All who attended the Leadership Retreat agreed that our current board of 30 directors is too large and that meeting every month, except July and August, is too often. Retaining the five chair officers (president, first vice president, second vice president, past president and secretary) as an executive committee, who work directly with the CEO, was endorsed as part of a positive and productive governance model. After almost two days of debate, the group arrived at a recommended restructuring of your Association's board.
At the January and February board meetings, an overwhelming majority of directors voted to recommend bylaw governance changes to the general membership for passage. Click here to see the changes endorsed by your board. If the bylaws changes are adopted, your Association will again lead the nation in innovative thinking by adapting to the changing circumstances in association management and membership. We are lucky to have a visionary leader like President Brian Ross prepare the Association for the next two decades of demographic change, as 10,000 people a day turn 65 years old.
For answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding the bylaw changes, click here.
|Lynda Hester, Director of Administration
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A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck just before midnight Saturday along the San Andreas Fault northeast of King City.
The earthquake, which occurred at 11:55 p.m., hit 16 miles northeast of King City at a depth of nearly six miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor was felt in Santa Cruz, though there were no immediate reports of damage here.
The earthquake is the largest in the area since a 5.7-magnitude quake hit Alum Rock in East San Jose in 2007.
Editor's note: The article has been updated from an earlier version to correct the day of the week.

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Monday, June 29, 2009
Mariano Rivera-Simply the Best
Mariano Rivera notched his 500th save last night becoming only the second pitcher in history to accomplish that and made me stop and think back. I am 31 years old and have seen pretty much every save that MO has ever had, i am a diehard fan and go or watch just about every single game. Mariano Rivera started out as a skinny little kid that was a starting pitcher in the minor leagues. He came up in 1995 and if Buck Showalter knew what he had in MO things may have drastically been different for lots of people. The Yankees lost a thrilling division round playoff to the Seattle Mariners that year in 5 games. Buck Showalter didn't know what he had in MO and if he did the Yankees probably would have won and maybe gone on to win the World Series and there would of been no Joe Torre and maybe not all those championships but who knows. Mariano Rivera failed as a starting pitcher and was converted to relief and thank goodness Buck and Gene Michael and some others saved him because if it was up to George Steinbrenner they would of traded him to get a shortstop because they were so worried about a kid named Derek Jeter being the starting shortstop for the Yankees. It is really funny how all these years later they are still teammates and both headed to the Hall Of Fame. Mariano Rivera started out as a setup man in 1996 for John Wetteland and made the games 6 innings when Mo would come in for the 7th and 8th and just blow people away and hand the ball off to Wetteland for the save, the Yankees won the World Series that year and next year Wetteland was gone and MO became the closer which he has stayed ever since. Mariano is such a humble man that he didn't even think about that in the offseason until they called him up and said you are going to be our closer and he said ok I will do my best. Mariano Rivera is such a cool customer and never shows too much emotion either way, he acts the same all the time, no matter if it is playoffs, World Series, regular season, spring training. It is funny that now you have Jonathan Papelbon, K-rod even Joba Chamberlain who have some histrionics to them and you still have MO just simply walking towards the catcher and shaking hands. The game last night was a time when he truly could of let loose with emotion but he did what he always does and of course everyone of his teammates walked up to him and hugged him, Derek Jeter had a moment with him and Jorge Posada also had a nice embrace, these guys have been together for a long time and it was great to see. The thing that makes MO great other then him just saving all of these games and being the best in the postseason and never sweating even after he does blow games is how humble he is and what a great person he is. They asked him about saving 500 and what he means and he still thanked go and all of his teammates, it is truly a pleasure to have witnessed his whole career and being able to tell my kids and grandkids one day that i saw the greatest closer of all time pitch. I don't know what will happen when he finally decides to hang it up but it will be a sad sad day. I definitely would love to be there the day he is in Cooperstown inducted into the Baseball Hall of FAme. Congratulations MO you are simply the best.
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April 6, 2009
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Gary Player is calling it a career at Augusta National after his 52nd Masters appearance this week.
The 73-year-old South African announced Monday this will be his final Masters, a tournament he won three times on his way to capturing the career grand slam.
Player already holds the record for most appearances at Augusta, breaking a tie with Arnold Palmer when he played in his 51st Masters last year. He's only made the cut four times in the last 21 years.
Player said he's had a wonderful career, and that he's "had it all" and doesn't want to be greedy.
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Keeping a Close Eye on the Green
By BETSY WITTEMANN
Published: July 27, 2003
IT may seem like a simple idea: a public fountain for a public park. The new octagonal granite structure with 32 jets of water and a six-inch-deep pool that surrounds the marble War Memorial and flagpole on the New Haven green is anything but.
The fountain is the first new structure to be erected on the venerable green in years.
It's not the first structure to be proposed, mind you, but it is the first to be accepted by the Committee of the Proprietors of the Common and Undivided Lands in New Haven since 1925.
The proprietors, whose decisions about the green are final, are a self-perpetuating body of five whose power goes back to Puritan times.
In 1638, when the city's central square was set apart for the grazing of animals and common use, every shareholder of land was deemed a proprietor with a vote about the use of the common land. By 1805, at which time it had become unwieldy to convene all of the proprietors, a committee of five was officially established to represent the entire group. That arrangement was confirmed by the State Legislature in 1810 and has been that way since.
The current five members of the committee -- who are unpaid -- worry about the green. It is their duty to do so, and a chief goal is that it remain, in the words of Dr. Julia M. McNamara of Old Saybrook, one of the five and the president of Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, ''free of clutter.''
''It is a serious responsibility,'' said Dr. McNamara, who was elected to the group in 1990. ''There's a lot of work behind the scenes to ensure that the 16-acre space retains its pristine beauty.''
The proprietors are very cautious about adding permanent structures - whether statues, buildings or even fountains. Not that the green is without them. The city's famous three churches (two Congregational, one Episcopal) line up along Temple Street, which since 1784 has divided the space into the upper (western) and lower (eastern) greens.
While New Haven shared co-capital status with Hartford, there was a grand Old State House on the upper green, which was demolished in 1889. There is even another fountain, if you can call it that. The Bennett fountain at the southeastern corner of the green at Church and Chapel streets was erected in 1907 after a $1,000 gift was received for a fountain from Philo Sherman Bennett, a New Haven grocery man.
The proprietors at that time mulled the gift over for four years before giving their assent. The Greek temple-like structure is a drinking fountain from which these days water dribbles dispiritedly out of the mouths of carved lion heads on two sides.
The proprietors have said ''no'' to many proposals concerning the green. They turned down an idea to build a garage beneath the green, citing the height of the water table, and the sacredness of the site; the green was one of the city's earliest graveyards.
They declined a request to place a statue of Cinque, the African who led the 1839 Amistad revolt on a slave ship that arrived in New London and whose slaves were jailed in New Haven but ultimately freed. (The statue of Cinque was instead placed in front of City Hall, across Church Street from the Green). No statues are on the green.
The proprietors would not allow basketball courts to be built on the green when the Special Olympics had its national games in Connecticut in 1995. They turned down an idea for an ice skating rink because so much of the green would have had to be ripped up to accommodate it, said Henry H. Townsend of New Haven, chairman of the group and, at 83, the oldest member.
The challenge is, he said, ''Where do you draw the line?''
There are also many things they agree to, such as the traditional processing of Yale's undergraduates across a section of the green as part of the annual commencement or the myriad festivals that are held throughout the year and that need the proprietors' approval. What they worry most about is adding something permanent.
But when the South Central Regional Water Authority proposed a fountain for the green - to mark its own 150-year anniversary of piping water into the city -- the proprietors listened. For one thing, the very first water pipes for the city went down Whitney Avenue from Lake Whitney, the water source, to the green to provide for fire protection, said Patricia B. Sweet, vice president of the Regional Water Authority and a spokeswoman.
The concept appealed to the late C. Newton Schenck III, a lawyer and city activist who was also a proprietor. He was approached by John Crawford, the chairman of the water authority at the time, about the fountain in 1998, a year before the 1999 anniversary.
Mr. Schenck, who died last year, got behind the idea and helped sell it to the proprietors and to the city. The water authority contributed $150,000, the city $280,000, the proprietors, $125,000 and Yale, $25,000 toward the $600,000 cost.
The proprietors have an endowment fund of less than $1 million that represents money left over from the $5 million raised for the green's restoration in 1985; it is maintained at the Community Foundation of Greater New Haven. The contribution was the largest they have made to any project, Mr. Townsend said.


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Each day, we comb through pages upon pages of crime reports from the Wichita Police Department. Below is a quick glance at some bits and pieces from those sheets.
These reports are designed to give you an idea of what residents and police are dealing with around town.
You can read all of the sheets by going here: WPD Media Reports (click on the "Media Reports" tab)
Must have been quite a drive…
5:17 am
A 19/f reports finding a fire hydrant knocked off its base and laying in the street, along with damage to a phone box and trees in the 4500 block of W. Maple.
Wheelchair van stolen…
9:00 am
A 54/m says his son took his van about two weeks ago, but hasn't brought it back. He says he wants the van back, but isn't willing to press charges against his son. He says the van has to be driven with hand controls and has a wheelchair lift in it.
Trash talk…
9:11 am
A 43/m in the 200 block of S. Hydraulic says someone is illegally dumping trash in his business's dumpster. He says the dumpster was emptied the night before, but the following morning he noticed a smell and saw a garbage bag inside. He opened the bag and found an envelope with an address on it. He went to that person's ohme and asked him to stop dumping in his dumpster. He says the guy was polite, but made a comment about why he knocked on his door so hard. He says it was just a normal knock...then a few "words were exchanged" and the man told the other guy he would just have the police handle it...and filed the report.
From trash dumping to…
1:24 pm
A 54/f says her neighbor is constantly walking her dog in her yard and allowing him to do his business. She says this has been going on for about a year now…
1:39 pm
A 27/f who works for a business in the 7700 block of E. Kellogg says a customer came into the store and asked her to get a pair of shoes. When she left the room to get the shoes, the customer grabbed some property and stuffed it down her pants, then sat back down before the employee came back. The customer tried on the shoes, then left the store without buying anything. She says the incident was caught on camera.
This shoplifter shouldn't be hard to find…
2:35 pm
An employee at a store in the 3000 block of N. Rock says a customer came into the store and loaded a shopping cart with merchandise, then left the store without paying for it. She tried to put the items in her car, which had another person inside, but was unable to finish because the employee intervened. The woman took off in the car, but left behind her purse, her cell phone and the cartful of property.
Who pays for garage sale stuff with check?
2:57 pm
A 43/f in the 2000 block of S. Laura says someone gave her daughter a check to pay for some garage sale items. The check was drawn on an account that was closed.
3:00 pm
A 38/f in the 1400 block of S. Waco says the same thing happened to her. The report connects both of these cases and a third case which is not listed on today's sheets.
Employee thought he was clever…
3:32 pm
A 36/m who manages a business in the 12100 block of W. Maple reports seeing an employee taking food and drinks from the business. He says the employee was acting like he was taking the trash to the dumpster, but was really placing bags of merchandise in the trash can, then transferring them to his car. The situation was caught on video.
Math doesn't seem to add up…
6:23 pm
A 38/f says she saw a man parked in the street in the 500 block of N. Country Acres. His car was facing the wrong way and he got out and took pictures of her house from the side and front and took pictures of her mailbox. She approached him and asked what he was doing. He claims he grew up in the house fifty years ago, then left in his car. The woman thought it was suspicious because the man looked like he was in his forties.


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CHICAGO -- Due to inquiries from the community, a memorial fund was established by the family of the Charleston, Mo., woman and her child who were beaten to death last Thursday at their home.
Lazan T. Balentine, 32, and her 4-year-old son, Kyri Balentine, were found dead in their home at 802 South Grand St. in Charleston. Balentine's other son, Knighten Balentine, 3, was also beaten at the residence and was seriously injured. According to Karen Smith of Chicago, sister-in-law of Balentine, funds will be used for Knighten's medical expenses. The toddler is being treated at a hospital in St. Louis, Mo., and appears to be doing better.
"Baby Knighten is still in critical condition," Smith said. "He was taken off life support and is responding and sitting up."
Balentine had no family in Charleston, Smith noted. She said Mississippi County Coroner Terry Parker and a social worker told her members from the community were asking what they could do to help so the family set up the memorial fund.
Smith said no arrests have been made and the Charleston Department of Public Safety has not informed the family of any suspects for the murders.
Donations may be made to: The Balentine Memorial Fund, c/o Seaway National Bank of Chicago, 645 E. 87th St., Chicago, IL 60619.


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- Description
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- Year:
- 2003
- Length:
- 67'
- Engine/Fuel Type:
- Twin / diesel
- Located In:
- Palm Beach Gardens, FL
- Hull Material:
- Fiberglass
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The 67 is a proven tournament battle wagon. The flagship of the Bertram line for many years, the 67 offers four spacious cabins and heads, voluminous cockpit and a superior ride in heavy weather. Britney Jean has benefitted from Bertram factory service and many other mechanical MTU updates.
Lon McCloskey
Please contact Lon McCloskey at 561-758-2628
Additional Specs, Equipment and Information:
Boat Name
Flag of Registry: St. Vincent & the Grenadines
LOA: 67 ft 0 in
Beam: 18 ft 8 in
Minimum Draft: 6 ft 0 in
Displacement: 105840 lbs
Total Power: 4000 HP
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: MTU
Year Built: 2003
Engine Model: 16V2000
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine Hours: 2550
Engine Power: 2000 HP
Engine 2:
Engine Brand: MTU
Year Built: 2003
Engine Model: 16V2000
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Engine Hours: 2550
Engine Power: 2000 HP
Fresh Water Tanks: 1 (350 Gallons)
Fuel Tanks: 1 (2000 Gallons)
Number of cabins: 4
Number of heads: 4
Accommodates a total of eight in (4) staterooms; owners, guests and crew.
Enter the salon, featuring custom Marty Lowe interior, from a teak threshold, with teak deck, and view the high gloss cherry interior with a seating area to port. There is a sand colored fabric covered couch, facing inboard. Built in leather covered chairs at each end separated by built in end tables with storage and a custom cherry coffee table with burled cherry wood top, which is the same as the end tables.
Electric/hydraulic storage with a magazine rack forward of seating area to port. Full wet bar across to starboard with liquor and glass storage including a Scottsman icemaker. Electric distribution panel (AC & DC).
Featured items:
- Sony 25" Trinitron Trusound TV
- Sony 300 DVD/CD video disc exchanger with 300 DC capacity
- Sony V333ES digital cinema surround sound system
- Sea Tel Satellite TV system with (4) Sony DSS receivers (in the salon and (3) staterooms)
- Sony 19 micron VHS player
- KVH Trac Satellite phone, Sat phone system, built in cell phone in (4) separate staterooms, fax and internet capabilities for Sat phone system
Up one step from the salon, to starboard, is a large semi-circular leather settee with storage below. There is a cherry dinette table on two cherry wood stanchions with ample seating.
The galley is located across to port from the settee and includes a GE (stand up) refrigerator/freezer with fresh water and icemaker, GE trash compactor, (2) Sub Zero refrigerator drawers and Fisher and Paykel dishwasher. All have custom cherry wood panels. The galley also includes a Gaggenau oven, Kenyon 4-burner electric range, GE convection and microwave, abundance of storage with drawers and cabinets, and granite countertops. There are plates and flatware fitted into the storage cabinets.
Down five cherry wood steps, through the padded wall coverings in the companionway, you reach the staterooms.
Located in the companionway are the washer and dryer, central vac and carpet runners.
Master Stateroom
From the companionway, down three stairs aft you will reach the full beam master with a tapered king size berth. The suite is tastefully decorated with carpet and cherry wood with tan upholstered accents. The amenities include a Sony 18" flat screen TV, Sony DVD/Cd, video CD with 300 disc capacity, AM/FM receivers, ample storage throughout with built in safe under bed, vanity with stool, seating on both sides of the bed, full walk in closet, fax outlet, Panasonic digital four line phone system (base station).
The master head is outboard to port with double sinks, a light marble countertop, cherry floors with mirrored overhead, huge shower, mirrored medicine cabinet as well as excellent storage. Raritan toilets are in all the bathrooms.
VIP Stateroom
Furthest forward is the VIP stateroom with en suite head and shower featuring the Raritan toilet, marble countertops, mirrored overhead and medicine cabinets and excellent storage. There is a centerline raised queen berth, with storage below. For entertainment, there is a Yamaha CD/DVD 3-disc unit, Panasonic 12" TV with VHS. Both the VIP and companionway have carpet runners.
Guest Stateroom
Next aft to port is the twin guest stateroom with en suite head and shower. Featured throughout the guest stateroom are the same wood and fabric from the master. There is a tan and beige comforter and pillow, 12" Panasonic TV with built in VHS, Panasonic AM/FM Cd stereo unit. Similar to the master head, the guest bathroom features the cherry wood floors, light marble countertops, mirrored overhead and on the medicine cabinets Raritan toilets and excellent storage.
Crew Quarters
Across from the twin guest stateroom to port are the crew quarters, which include upper and lower berths as well as custom sleeping bag comforters. Just aft is the enclosed head and shower, which functions as the day head. This head also features the marble countertops, mirrored ceiling, medicine cabinets, Raritan toilet, and excellent storage.
Main Deck
Anchor locker - 200' chain, 600' 3" line, fresh water washdown system, Simpson/Lawrence anchor windlass (inoperable) with bow deployment anchor system.
From the cockpit, ascend four teak steps en route to the flybridge. To starboard, up seven teak covered curved stairs to the bridge which features a custom designed Pipewelders hardtop (aluminum with glass) with overhead lighting. Access to the flybridge is via an enclosed curved stairwell.
The flybridge has a 3-sided strata glass enclosure, full u-shaped settee seating arrangement forward of console to port, and (4) stereo speakers.
Across to starboard is Miele electric grill, Tundra refrigerator/freezer, wet bar with storage all in a fiberglass cabinet.
Storage is located in the forward section to accommodate 15 rods and reels, with 110/240 electric sub panel including a 110 volt outlet.
Steering Station:
- Electric pop up electronic console
- (2) Stidd captain/helm chairs with upgrade wood accents. Also includes covered storage and DC panel below console
- Main control station starboard of wheel- remote control station to port of console
- Danforth compass
- American bow thruster with remote stations
- Panasonic CD player with AM/FM receiver with satellite radio through SeaTel System
- (2) ACR spotlights
- Dual engine control heads - one to port and centerline. New MTU DDEC controls and software, 2011
- Windlass control, DDEC readers, alarm monitor, fuel gauges, trim tabs
- Simrad AP28 auto pilot
- Furuno NavNet MFD12 3D GPS plotter 12" color display loaded with NOAA master chart library U.S. coast line
- Furuno GP330D WAAS GPS
- Furuno DR512A 72-mile radar, 6' open array antenna
- Furuno DFF3 video sounder with GA 50/200 transducer with temperature probe
- Furuno MU150 HD monitor
- Furuno MF08 NavNet 3D
- Sony Sirius XM radio receiver and CD changer, subwoofer and booster
- (2) Standard Horizon VHF with remote command microphone
- Compass
- Pipewelders Standard 67 Bertram Tuna Tower with 9' gap brushed pipe, molded top, single rail molded in Nav Lights and underside, installed Spring 2005
- Molded standing platform with (3) molded in quartz lights and accent lights
- Sunshade with 84" antenna and SAT dome
- Tower bench seat
- Molded tower control box with curved face, controls and steering
- Custom aft bridge rail with (11) rod holders
- Starboard side aft bait watch seat on flybridge
- Teaser reels in overhead of hartop at helm
The cockpit features a glass deck and covering boards, transom fish box, cockpit combing, tan canvas runner, and 168 square feet of cockpit space. Teak covered side steps.
It includes a deck fish box with macerator and Eskimo icemaker. Custom sea chest located in the bilge below the fish box with dedicated thru hull. (2) 2000 rule, 24-volt bilge pumps which services two outlets port and starboard. It also has a salt and fresh water wash down system.
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Have I missed it or is the "View This Post" Button from 2.6 now gone in 2.7 when you edit a single post?
Have I missed it or is the "View This Post" Button from 2.6 now gone in 2.7 when you edit a single post?
its missing from the latest nightly definitely.
also, its weird that wordpress does not show you an empty post after publishing a post. it sends you to the just posted post. i noticed this behaviour in one of the earlier versions too but they fixed it eventually.
I miss the "View This Post" Button from 2.6. I found it very very handy! I hope they bring it back!
oh it would come back by the RC.
and i think they would also fix the problem that results in me landing on the saved post page instead of a new post page when i publish a post.
ahh good. I have also noticed the problem you are talking about where it returns to the just posted post. I liked it better when it returned to the blank one. Quicker to make the next post!
Returning to the just-published post is on purpose. More people "brush up" the just published post than immediately begin a new post. After viewing the post on the live site, many users go back and fix typos, clarify a sentence, add categories, etc. When we did testing, users found it frustrating that to do so they needed to click on Manage, then on the the post to get back to what they were doing. Also, new users sometimes think that the blank post form means that their post was deleted. If there are a significant number of people who feel strongly that they'd rather go to a blank new post screen, maybe someone will write a plugin? Maybe in a future version we can make this a preference setting, which type of screen to show after hitting publish, but that extra functionality isn't part of 2.7.
oh well this is bad news for me. a preference would have been the best. i hope someone makes a plugin for this...
wordpress always gave the view/edit links after publish so there was no reason to go to manage and then edit to find the just published post.
i guess other people think differently from me :(
A lot of people overlooked the text links that appeared in the yellow alert box. But either way, either people who want to keep editing would have needed to click something, or people who wanted to start another post right away would. Like I said, maybe we can make this a preference in the future, but for now we're going with the more common behavior.
Well.. I guess I think differently too then.. because I was more apt to start another post after publishing one. Instead of one or another, just outta pull a page to do either.
Not sure who it is more common too imho. I mean maybe X number of people tested it... but that small group testing isnt the same representation as non devlopers as a majority who write one post after another would be.
But thats just my 2 cents.. not trying to argue.
same here. i don't mind this new setting if this is liked by majority of the people. just hoping the devs find it important enough to make it a preference setting in the future :)
I like that 2.7 keeps the post in edit after publishing (for quick edits).
But i miss the 'View Post' link to quickly get a front-end peek. No need to get rid of that, even if people overlooked it.
I also miss the "View Post" button. As it is now, there is no way to view the edited post as the "world sees it". This is extremely unfortunate when trying to edit many posts at once in chronological order. You need to manually return to the edited post.
Same here, missing the view this post button. I used this after every post for several blogs and find it quite cumbersome having to navigate the site to see the live versions of pages and posts.
Anyone know a way to get it in the yellow notification or perhaps a button beside preview?
Click the Preview button after publishing. It takes you to the post. There was no point in having two buttons that do the same thing, since both of them just show you the post.
The yellow box that appears on top after publishing also has a link in it that goes to the post.
Well the Preview button shows you a preview of the post, which may result in the same page display, but the URL is different, and it can't be checked for validation, for example. It also can't be copied and pasted or bookmarked as a regular post.
Same problem here. Has this been fixed yet?
Otto42, Preview button and the old View Post action are not on my version (WP 2.7.1). The web address of the preview is different, appearing in the browser. Right after I hit Publish, I want a link to the regular permalink, the exact page the public sees. That's what "View Post" used to do before this unfortunate change.
Off to look for a better thread.... anyone know if this has been discussed elsewhere?
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Sen. Specter Sends Mixed Signals on Health Reform
It's not so easy to read into what Sen. Arlen Specter's switch to the Democratic party means for health reform.
When he appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, he indicated that he's not an automatic yes vote for a Democratic health-reform package. "I'm ready to put my shoulder to the wheel to get legislation adopted, but I'm going to take a look at it piece by piece," the Pennsylvania senator said, as quoted by WSJ's Washington Wire. "I'm not committed."
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The expense of holding the mail-in referendum is being covered by Doctors Memorial Hospital in Bonifay.
Tampa native Teresa Payne has been a registered nurse at Doctors Memorial Hospital in Bonifay for the last eight-years. She says the staff is dedicated but the 50-year-old facility is outdated and she would like to see a new Doctors Memorial.
This week, Holmes County Supervisor of Elections Debbie Wilcox Morris began receiving the completed ballots in the mail. Eleven-thousand Holmes County voters are being asked to extend a borrowing bond so a 15-million dollar facility can be built.
Hospital officials stress that voters are "not" deciding on a tax. It's a state bondand local taxpayers will not be affected.
By building a new facility chamber of commerce officials say it'll be a tremendous selling point in luring prospective industry to the area
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Christmas may be twenty-six days away, but WTOK's Annual Toython starts this Friday. We are once again trying to fill one of Peavey Electronics' 18-wheeler trucks with toys for children whose families need help this year.
The Wesley House, which distributes the toys, has joined forces with several Mississippi charities to ensure every application for help is processed. There have been new security measures installed to prevent fraud.
However, even with the updated system, the need this year is greater than ever.
"The need has skyrocketed and it is a different kind of need," said Wesley House executive director, Ginger Stevens.
New technology and better communication between charities has helped put a stop to fraudulent applications. However, even without reoccurring request forms, the number of applications this year has filled twelve 3-inch binders.
Last year the applications for toys filled only seven binders. While there is a hefty increase, we refuse to let that discourage us.
"Our goal is to collect as much as we can. We have an 18-wheel trailer that we try to fill every year," said WTOK general manager, Tim Walker. "Obviously, there are years where you will do better, but we found that in the toughest of years, we see the best response."
"Whatever we get we will make do with," Stevens said.
There will be one exciting new aspect to Toython this year. The Wesley House has organized several musical groups and solo singers to serenade the crowd at the Bonita Wal-Mart in Meridian.
For details about participating, call Wesley House at 601-485-4736.
The singing stage will be available not only to the scheduled musical acts, but to all Toython donors. Let's fill that truck one more time.
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An Ohio State Trooper injured when he was struck by a car on an icy interstate highway has been released from the hospital.
Miami Valley Hospital told WDTN-TV that Trooper Brent Hill was released Tuesday.
Hill was working an accident near Franklin on northbound Interstate 75 last month when a car went out of control and struck Hill's cruiser, then Hill.
Photos: Trooper hit by car
Hill suffered a broken leg and brain trauma. Authorities said he has a long road to recovery ahead of him.
The newly-graduated Hill had joined the Lebanon post less than three weeks before the crash.
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Shahid went on to say that if he were to act in the dream project, he would have more time to flirt with all the heroines, as there was no mobile phones then. He added that he would flirt with Madhuri a little more. He also said that he would ask for longer lunch breaks so that he would get more time to flirt.
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Missouri Legislation Promotes Renewable Energy
June 26, 2007
Missouri Governor Matt Blunt signed legislation on June 25 to encourage the use of renewable energy. Among other things, the law sets renewable energy use targets for utilities. The utilities are not required to meet the targets but state regulators can determine if the utilities made an adequate effort to meet the goals.
Highlights of Senate Bill (SB) 54 include:
- Requiring utilities to make "good faith efforts" to meet a 4 percent renewable energy target by 2012, 8 percent by 2015, and 11 percent by 2020
- Directing the Missouri Public Service Commission to develop standards for measuring the utilities' progress in meeting the targets
- Allowing municipal landfills to accept yard waste in order to create bioreactors that produce methane gas for use in energy production
- Allowing any facility designated as a waste-to-energy facility that generates electricity fueled from solid waste to use plasma arc technology (PAT); PAT uses electricity to create a form of artificial lightning with temperatures exceeding 7,000 degrees Centigrade
- Requiring retail electric suppliers to make net metering available to customers who have their own electric generation units that are powered by renewable energy
- Requiring the Missouri Office of Administration to ensure that at least 70 percent of the new vehicles purchased for the state fleet are flexible fuel vehicles
- Directing the Missouri Alternative Fuels Commission to recommend legislation and other actions to promote the sale, distribution, and use of alternative fuels and alternative fuel vehicles; promote development of alternative fuel vehicle technology; and educate consumers about alternative fuels.
For more information, see the governor's June 25 press release and a summary of SB 54.
To read more about renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Missouri, see:
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- Brief project descriptions from the Missouri Energy Office published in the EERE State Energy Program newsletter, Conservation Update.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Lines 159-169 Summary
Change of Heart
- That's when it happens.
- The Grinch comes to the shocking realization that he hasn't managed to stop Christmas at all. His plan totally failed (and rightfully so!).
- The Grinch, in utter shock and disbelief, wonders why all the Whos are still singing down in the town.
- It must be because it's Christmas; Christmas came despite the missing gifts and gourmet foods.
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Anar was a Dwarf that accompanied Bilbo Baggins on his journies after his birthday party.
Tolkien in the end decided not to elaborate on the Dwarves that were at Bag End during the party, and therefore scrapped his character. Although it is still possible that this was one of the Dwarves' names.
Anar, or Anarr, is a dwarf from the Dvergatal. His name most likely means "the Other" or "Starer".[1]
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Breaking Down the SBA Budget
In President Obama's fiscal 2012 budget proposal, released Monday, the Small Business Administration was allotted $985 million. Is this figure higher or lower than 2010's fiscal year budget? Well, it depends on how you look at it.
In the 2010 budget, the last that Congress passed, the SBA got $824 million. So it would appear that the budget increased by $161 million.
But in 2010, two pieces of legislation – the Recovery Act and the Small-Business Jobs Act – gave the agency so much supplemental cash that its funds increased by more than 100%. The resulting budget for the year was totaled $1.79 billion – and the proposed 2012 budget now seems utterly dwarfed.
When comparing the two years, the most important takeaway is that some programs shrank while others grew – and the best way to evaluate that is to disregard the 2010 supplemental monies. Looking at just the core budgets, here's how the proposed fiscal 2012 and the enacted fiscal 2010 budgets stack up:
- $427 million for salaries and expenses in 2012, compared with $434 million in 2010.
Reason for the cut: The budget calls for a reduction of 150 jobs in the disaster division.
- $363 million for business loan programs, compared with $236 million in 2010.
Reason for the boost: The agency asked for a $132 million loan subsidy to make new loans and to account for higher default rates. Defaults may he higher than historical estimates, the SBA says, because so many small-business owners that made loans used collateral (such as real estate) that is now worth significantly less.
- $167 million for disaster loan programs, compared with $78 million in 2010.
Reason for the boost: An additional $91 million was requested for disaster loans because the agency doesn't have a lot of carryover from previous years. Because disaster funds are transferable, the agency can roll over any amount that is left over. But in 2012, the agency had nothing left to roll.
- $27 million for miscellaneous programs such as the Inspector General's office and the SBA's Office of Advocacy, compared with $76 million in 2010.
Reason for the cut: Overall streamlining of programs and offices.
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I was born in the year 1482 to a whore. Well not exactly a whore, but close enough. See I�m the bastard son of John Clifford, Viscount of Cornwall, but no one knows that but my now dead mother and my father�and me of course. I didn�t know my father until both of his legitimate heirs died relatively on the same day. And from what I was told, his stupid wife left him with their only child, a daughter. That was when I came in. Sometimes I think that I was part of the reason the Countess left, but whatever her reasons, I�m glad of it, because my father took me in once my mother passed her expiration date. She had her use, after giving birth to me, what other use was there? I didn�t care for her, not in any of my years with her.
It seemed though that even seeing little of my father that I would grow up to have the same temperament as him. No matter where I was or whatever work I was doing, I had to be outside working with my hands, if not then I might lose my temper and wrap those very hands around someone�s neck. Until my half-brothers had died though, my father cared little about me. To him I was just another problem, another secret to hide from the delicate heart of his Countess. At first I was training to be a guard�a soldier, just because I had dreamt of having an excuse in killing someone. All that changed though when my brothers died and little Alison ran off with her mother the Countess. I cared not for women other than what they had to offer when they�re legs were spread.
My father finally noticed me after that, thought he could pass me off as his eldest son who had �miraculously� survived whatever tragedy he was meant to have befallen. It was either that or I was just a nephew he had stashed around for safe keeping, whatever the case may be, or at least whatever people thought it was none of it mattered to me. The one thing that did matter was that I was now the heir. He gave me a courtesy title as Baron Clifford and began my tutoring immediately. I learnt all that an heir would need to know, but what I loved�what I most thrived in was fighting. No matter what style or tactic or weaponry used, I mastered it to my ability. And I loved�loved to hunt. At least there I could kill something without getting into too much trouble, but I still yearned for war. My father though kept me from ever venturing onto a proper battlefield, but if I was allowed he would be right beside me every step of the way and I really didn�t get the blood that I wanted. I wanted more and I wanted to be my own man and my own title. Not something borrowed and not while I am being tested every breath I take, for my father let me know every day and night that I had to damn well earn his title. Well I damn well will�even if I have to kill the bastard myself, I will have what is owed to me. It was his fault after all for me being born to a whore.
Years past and I still was not allowed to attend court as if I was just his little secret or perhaps he was afraid of losing me too? I don�t really care; I just want to kill someone! And I had the chance, slipped out from under my father�s nose as I found my way into Scotland. I took cover there as a spy for England. It didn�t take me long to adjust with the brutes, kept me head down and kept to the shadows. I might have been one of those who let word Scotland was going to raid when the King raided France. The details didn�t matter, what was though was my chance to finally kill! I was born to be on the battlefield and even though I had lived amongst the Scots I turned on them as soon as the word was given.
I had to thank Norfolk for that, but don�t think I�m one of his men. His Grace can damn well think I�m on his side and I can have Somerset thinking the same thing, but what no one knows is that I�m on my own side. I trust no one, but you can bet I�ll use them just as they use me, because that�s how it goes doesn�t it? I was injured though, got myself some nice scars to show the ladies, yeah father like son right? I soon found out on my own the attraction to whores, because it�s easier to pry their legs apart. It was a slow recovery, but I made it and finally now that I am well again and in one piece, my father is letting me attend court. For good reason too, word has it that my young half-sister is to be married soon and I have been sent to oversee it. From what I have heard about her (I�m a spy I have my sources), she�s damn lucky to have convinced one of the King�s own friends to marry her. I expected her to end up in a convent, but here she is marrying for money right? But what do I care, at least I don�t have to deal with her. If I had to find her a husband, you can guess I would have chosen someone old, fat and ugly just so I can have a laugh.
Well I am here at court now, and even here no one really knows who I am except the heir of a Viscountcy (that�s if I can earn it) and a male relation to the soon-to-be married Alison Clifford. After making sure the wedding goes as plan, I might even find a wife for myself, that�s if there is a woman out there who can handle me, because we John Cliffords are tough to beat. But even though I may look at you sideways, I know my place and I sure as hell don't want to end up in no Tower. I don't want to lose...I want to win.
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BELL CITY -- Sarah Inace Brown, 90, died Sept. 30, 2006, at her home.
Born Nov. 19, 1915, in Angie, La., daughter of the late Will and Mary Ellen Moses Banks, she had live for over 50 years in Missouri and was a member of Bethel AME Church in Sikeston.
She married Darnell Brown who preceded her in death.
Survivors include: one brother, Louis Banks of Kenosha, Wis.; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Visitation is from 5-7 p.m. Friday at Christ Sanctuary Church of God in Christ at Bell City where services will be held at noon Saturday. The Rev. Terry McGee, pastor of Bethel AME Church, will officiate.
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Grace signs two-time All-Conference guard, Joe Dekkenga
The Grace Bible College Tigers signed 6'0" guard Joe Dekkenga Friday morning at Coopersville High School. Joe is the son of Jodi and Scott Dekkenga, and has a younger brother Nicholas (9th Grade) and a younger sister Hannah (7th Grade). Joe was a two-time 1st-Team All-OK Blue Conference player under head coach Pete VanKempan at Coopersville High. Joe also was the catalyst in a great turnaround at Coopersville, where they went from winning only one game his junior year to playing in a district championship his senior year.
Joe on why he chose Grace – "I chose GBC because of the winning program they have put together in the past years, and for the close knit campus and great academic program. Grace treated me like family coming in."
Coach Dave Oldebekking on Joe's signing – "Joe is a high character kid, who will be a great fit on campus. We are really looking forward to the next four years. Additionally, after watching Joe play quite a few times in high school we just knew that he would fit in really well with what we do as a program, he is very fast and athletic, and can guard a couple of positions on the court. He can get to the rim with the best of them, and we are looking forward to see what he can bring on the court."


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Grilled Salmon with Onion Marmalade over Greens
Todays recipe comes to us from JJ Virgin and Mark Hyman, M.D. two people dedicated to using diet and lifestyle to tackle the root causes of chronic disease.
Dr. Hyman is a practicing family physician, a six-time #1 New York Times bestselling author and widely recognized leader, speaker, educator and advocate. His easy, tasty recipe for Grilled Salmon with Onion Marmalade over Greens appears in JJs newest bestseller, The Virgin Diet Cookbook.
Prep time: 20 minutes / Cook time: 15 minutes
Serves 4
2 medium red onions, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons organic extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar or organic balsamic vinegar
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
8 cups arugula
¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
Juice of ½ lemon
1 lemon, cut into 4 wedges
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Jihadists "Brainstorm" On How To Repeat 9/11 Attacks: Hijacking Airplanes, Targeting Football Stadium And Skyscraper
On October 18, 2010, a member on the Shumukh Al-Islam jihadi web forum posted a topic titled "The Easiest Way to Execute an Attack Similar to 9/11." In the post, the user opens the topic for discussion, inviting other members to "brainstorm" about the easiest ways to execute terrorist operations similar to the 9/11 attacks. One of the ideas suggested is to crash an airplane in a crowded football stadium in the United States.
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Why Islamists suppress
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Recent forum and debate expose this Achilles heel
Any critique or expose' of Islam is usually met with name-calling (e.g., "Islamophobia") from Islamists and their enablers, rather than rational or factual responses and rebuttals.
There are at least two reasons for this.
First, sharia law does not provide for nor protect free speech. Criticism of Islam, Allah or Mohammed is a criminal offense. When Muslims attempt to suppress free speech critiques of Islam they are abiding by sharia law, and insisting that we non-Muslims bow before sharia law as well. They frequently get furious when we refuse to do so.
Second, as two examples below will attest, public discourse and debates about radical Islam reveal the truth that Islamists don't want Americans to see. Hence, they rant, rave, and name call in the hopes of demonizing those who dare to expose the truth so as to keep the truth from the American people.
Two recent events reveal why Islamists and their enablers avoid genuine debate.
* A recent event held in Des Moines, Iowa, entitled "A Forum on Being An American Muslim," produced a very illuminating exchange, where ACT! for America chapter leader Steve Kirby's question about sharia law and free speech was completely ignored by the Muslim moderator. The moderator went so far as to prevent Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, a reformist Muslim, from answering the question by taking the microphone from him! To read Steve's short summary of this incident, please click here. (You will need Adobe Acrobat to open the PDF).
* A recent debate was held in New York, debating the motion "Is Islam a religion of peace?" To view this fascinating debate, please click here.
Prior to the debate, the audience members were polled as to their position on the motion.
41% were for the motion
25% were against the motion
34% were undecided
After the debate, the audience was polled again. Check out these eye-popping results!
36% were for the motion (a decrease of 5 percentage points)
55% were against the motion (an increase of 30 percentage points)
9% were undecided
In other words, after seeing only one debate, most of the undecideds and some of those who initially agreed that "Islam is a religion of peace" changed their positions to opposing the motion.
Small wonder we see so few Muslims willing to step forward and defend sharia law and the ideology of radical Islam!! Truth and the facts are stacked so heavily against them they can only hope to "win" by suppressing speech that exposes the truth.
A Forum on Being an American Muslim
A Report by Stephen M. Kirby
ACT! for America Chapter Leader, Des Moines, IA
Thanks to the hard work and perseverance of ACT! for America member Stanley Richards, a unique forum took place on October 7, 2010 in the Sheslow Auditorium of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. The forum was titled "What it means to be an American Muslim," and the four panelists and the moderator were all Muslim Americans. They were:
Mahmoud Hamad, Moderator, Assistant Professor, Politics Department, Drake University
Luai Amro, President of the Islamic Cultural Center of Des Moines
Bill Aossey, President of Midamar Corporation
Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, MD, Founder and President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy
Dr. Saima Zafar, MD, Member of the Iowa Campaign Ethics and Disclosure Board
The panelists each made a number of comments about their experiences as Muslims in America. There was an interesting contrast between two of the panelists. Dr. Jasser talked about the idea of a reformation in Islam that would include a separation of mosque and state, an ideological battle by American Muslims against Radical Islam, and a modernization of Islamic teachings. On the other hand, Luai Amro said that Islam did not believe in the separation of mosque and state and did not need to be changed. Amro said that Islam was a timeless way of life that needed to be understood and followed by Muslims.
As the forum continued, an eye-opening moment came when the panelists were faced with an issue involving our First Amendment right to free speech.
The First Amendment "is not relevant"
I was among the first to get up to ask a question of the panel. Here is what I said:
Molly Norris used to be the editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Weekly. She came up with the idea earlier this year of Everybody Draw Muhammad Day. Because of threats of death from people who said they were Muslims and from a particular Muslim, Anwar Al Awlaki, and advice from the FBI, Molly Norris is now in hiding and has changed her name. What I would like to do is offer the panelists, being Muslims in America, the chance to show that the First Amendment has
significance. I'd like, I'd like our panelists to go on record and say that everybody in the United States has the First Amendment right to criticize Muhammad and to draw a picture of Muhammad if they'd like. And two, to also, to also condemn anybody who says they're a Muslim who threatens death or physical harm to anybody exercising that First Amendment right.
The moderator started saying "thank you" before I had ended the last sentence. I walked back to my seat expecting to hear an interesting panel discussion about the First Amendment versus Sharia Law. However, even before I had arrived at my seat the moderator had already gone on to the next person in line to ask a question. I sat down and soon realized that my comments to the panel were not even going to be addressed.
A few minutes later we found out why the moderator had ignored my comments. Dr. Jasser had been asked a question about the separation of mosque and state. At the end of his response to that question Dr. Jasser said:
Our moderator said that the question on Molly Norris is not relevant. I can't tell you how relevant I think it is. I think American Muslims should stand up ---
Jasser got no further because at this point the moderator actually took the microphone out of Jassers's hand, said something that was unintelligible to me but which made many in the audience laugh, and went on to the next person who wanted to ask a question. Sadly, there was no comment about this from any of the other panelists.
The issue involving Molly Norris comes down to the question of which takes precedence now in the United States: our Constitutional right to freedom of speech, or Sharia Law's ruling that to revile Muhammad is apostasy, which is punishable by death? Luai Amro had earlier talked about the obligation for Muslim Americans to say what they believed and to say who they really were, and this was the panelists' opportunity to do both. It was troubling to see that by the actions of the moderator and the inaction of the majority of the panelists, it appeared that for them Sharia Law took precedence over our First Amendment right to freedom of speech
Report links Mubarak to 'severe persecution'
of Christians by Muslims
WASHINGTON — The Egyptian regime of President Hosni Mubarak is said to be inciting the Muslim majority against the nation's Christians.
A leading Middle East analyst asserted that the Mubarak regime has facilitated what he termed "severe persecution" by Muslims of Egypt's Christian minority. Raymond Ibrahim, who lectures at the National Defense Intelligence College, said Egypt has transformed into the spearhead of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has intimidated the nation's estimated eight million Coptic Christians.
"Indeed, recent events indicate that the Mubarak regime is intentionally inciting Egypt's Muslims against the Copts," Ibrahim said.
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In an analysis for the Hudson Institute, Ibrahim, also associate director of the Middle East Forum, said Egypt, amid its crackdown on the pro-democracy opposition, has reverted to what he termed medieval persecution of the Copts. He cited accusations by prominent Egyptian scholars that Copts were aligned with Israel and stockpiling weapons and ammunition in monasteries.
"Israel is in the heart of the Coptic cause, preparing to wage war against Muslims," Mohammed Al Awa, a prominent cleric and former head of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, told A-Jazeera satellite television on Sept. 15.
Al Awa warned that Muslims must halt the rise of the Coptic Church in Egypt. The Muslim cleric charged that Egyptian security forces have been banned from searching for weapons in churches and monasteries.
At the same time, Muslim leaders have been accusing the Coptic Church of abducting Christians who had converted to Islam and forcing them to return to their native faith. The accusations have sparked at least 10 mass demonstrations in Egypt since September 2010, with organizers vowing to massacre Copts.
"The Copts find themselves again in a period of severe persecution," Ibrahim said. "And there appears to be no one to stop it — not even those most accountable: America's friend and ally, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his government."
Ibrahim's assertions have echoed those of Copts and their co-religionists in the United States. Coptic activists in Washington have been lobbying Congress to protest the Muslim backlash in Egypt and pressure Mubarak to protect the Christian community. Egypt receives $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid.
Instead, Egyptian state-financed clerics have joined the anti-Coptic campaign. On Sept. 26, the state-controlled Al Azhar seminary, the seat of Sunni Islam, threatened Egypt's Coptics with removal of their citizenship.
A leading Egyptian human rights activist, Magdi Khalil, has asserted that Egyptian security officers were participating in anti-Copt demonstrations. Khalil said the Copts were paying the price of the demise of the 82-year-old Mubarak and the ensuing political vacuum.
"As history teaches, whenever a majority group casts all its woes onto a minority group, great tragedy often follows," Ibrahim said.
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Prosecutors To Cite 'Adult Entertainment' Payments In Sky Capital Fraud Case
Forget the lobsters, the iPhones and secret stock tips. The latest fraud case set to go to trial in federal court in Manhattan will have something else on the menu: allegations that investor money was used for prostitutes and "adult entertainment."
Federal prosecutors are expected to present their opening arguments later Tuesday in the securities fraud trial of Ross Mandell, the founder of Sky Capital Holdings Ltd., and Adam Harrington, a former Sky Capital broker. You can read a New York Post story previewing the case here.
(For LBers who may not remember, Mandell and five others were originally charged in July 2009 in a investment fraud scheme that allegedly topped $140 million and ran between 1998 and 2006. Prosecutors have alleged that Mr. Mandell and others used high-pressure sales tactics and misrepresentations to induce investors, including purported private placements, restricted stock sales and offers of large investment returns in Sky Capital's securities. Sky Capital's shares were publicly traded on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange during part of the alleged scheme. Mandell and Harrington have denied wrongdoing.)
In a letter to the court last month, Jeffrey Hoffman, Mandell's lawyer, said prosecutors intend to introduce evidence that, during trips to meet investors in London, Mandell and brokers went to adult entertainment venues, which provided food, liquor and "the services of prostitutes." Prosecutors are expected to claim the adult entertainment was paid for with investor money, Hoffman said.
"The government's true purpose is to cast Mandell and his colleagues as immoral rogues with a propensity to commit crime," Mr. Hoffman said. "While we have no objection to testimony about food and drink and evenings out with investors, there is no proper purpose for eliciting testimony about adult entertainment. It is clearly more prejudicial than probative and should be excluded."
However, U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty, who is presiding, disagreed in a ruling last week. "Because the illicit or salacious nature of these activities is relevant to their value to the brokers, the danger of prejudice does not substantially outweigh the probative value of this evidence," the judge said.


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Fueled by their loss to the Braves last season, the Chaffee Red Devils withstood a furious Scott Central rally to win their eighth game of the year on Tuesday, 12-6.
"It was the same situation last year," Chaffee junior Alex Davie said. "We were up by a lot and hit the cruise control button and they shot us down and (we) ended up losing last year."
Bryan Freed hit a walk-off triple as the Braves clipped Chaffee 7-6 in nine innings a season ago.
"We didn't want that to happen this year," said Davie.
The Red Devils got an early start to their revenge game pushing across five runs in the first two innings and then two more in the fourth to go up 7-0.
"It was definitely a revenge game for Chaffee," Scott Central coach Matt Limbaugh said. "They said that from the very beginning of the game that those Chaffee kids have been wanting this for awhile. They came out right from the get-go and proved they did."
Behind a solid outing from Davie, who sat down the Braves hitters in consecutive order the first four innings, it looked as if Chaffee was going to breeze through the Braves at that point.
But, a five-run barrage by Scott Central in the fifth inning put some doubt in the Red Devils' plans.
Starting with a double from Scott Central's Dustin Johnson which was followed by singles from Kamryn Johnson and Tyler Masters, No. 9 hitter Blake Pobst worked a bases loaded walk to put the Braves on the board for the first time.
Moving to the top of the order, Bryan Freed knocked a two-run double to left-centerfield, Nathan Holland added another two runs on a two RBI single.
The Braves sliced Chaffee's lead to two, 7-5.
"You give the guys credit for trying to make the comeback," Limbaugh said. "You look at that as a positive but, for some reason we can't jump out to a good first few innings. We're starting the fourth, fifth, sixth innings. You can't expect to do that and be a good ball club."
Although Scott Central peppered six hits throughout the fifth, they were helped by a few mental-lapses by the Chaffee defense according to Red Devil coach Brian Horrell.
"The inning where they got all the runs, we just had a few mental lapses," he said. "I thought we could have got out of it and there were a few opportunities where we could have got out of the inning and we didn't take advantage of them.
"You give a good team like Scott County extra outs, they're going to take advantage of them and that's what they did."
Scott Central cut their two-run deficit in half during the top of the sixth when Kamryn Johnson eventually scored on a fielder's choice. Kamryn Johnson hit a single up the middle to lead off the inning and end Davie's day on the mound.
The Chaffee left-hander threw five innings and gave up all six runs on six hits all in the fifth inning.
"I thought he threw the ball exceptionally well," Horrell said about Davie. "They were hitting the ball but we were making plays behind him. The inning he had trouble he forgot to cover first base twice as a pitcher. I'm not 100 percent sure we would have got the outs but there were a couple opportunities where we could have got out of the inning."
"We had a few mental mistakes -- some from myself," Davie admitted. "It's contagious when things like that happen. But, we just had to fight through it and not let it get to you too bad. Luckily, we came out and put some more runs on the board."
But, the left-hander did spark Chaffee's biggest inning of the day when he stroked a one-hopper to the centerfield fence for a double in the bottom of the sixth. Trevor Cannon ended Scott Central starter Josh Boese's day on the mound with an RBI single that scored Davie.
Mental mistakes didn't elude the Braves either as they too missed their opportunity to pull off another Red Devil upset. Scott Central committed six errors on the day.
"We were happy to be 2-0 but we know we're not where we need to be," Limbaugh said. "A lot of mental mistakes cost us today and you can't make that many mistakes and expect to win a ball game."
Four more runs would eventually cross home plate for the Red Devils making the chances of another SCC comeback highly unlikely.
"(Scott Central) lit up the scoreboard and we had a ball game on our hands," Horrell said. "I was glad to see us finally get the offense going again and pull this one out."
Reliever Andrew Dooley shut the book on the Braves in the top of the seventh giving the Red Devils their much-wanted revenge.
"Some of our kids really wanted to get another shot at them after last year," said Horrell. "We knew they had just about everybody back like us so we was expecting a pretty tough ball game. I was just glad that we got re-focused and started swinging the bats again."
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WP -- Alex Davie. LP -- Josh Boese. 2B -- (S) Dustin Johnson, Bryan Freed; (C) Cody Payne, Davie.


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Jerry Brown spent most of his first governorship running for office -- twice for president, once for re-election and once for the U.S. Senate -- rather than running the state.
The Legislature, although controlled by his fellow Democrats, didn't take the then-young governor seriously because he didn't take governing seriously and was often openly hostile. So while Brown, for instance, once signed the Legislature's budget without changing a single item, legislators often overrode the vetoes he deigned to issue.
Brown 2.0 is a different kettle of fish. Older and presumably wiser, he's fully engaged and has not hesitated to confront the Legislature, still controlled by his fellow Democrats. He usually gets his way, as the 2013-14 budget deal that emerged Monday indicates.
This is an important budget, the first since voters voted to temporarily raise sales and income taxes and one that sets the fiscal tone for the remainder of Brown's second stint, assuming that he wins another term next year.
Brown wants to put the state's chronic budget problems behind him, at least for the rest of his time in the Capitol, and get on with other matters on which he intends to leave his mark, such as the bullet train project, completing his father's water system and changing the way schools are financed.
Brown wanted to devote nearly all of the new tax revenue to schools, some of it to repay shortages in legally mandated levels of aid from past years and some to shift more money to districts with large numbers of poor and/or English-learner students.
It is, he contends, a moral imperative to help those disadvantaged students -- Latino and black kids, mostly -- catch up in academic achievement. But school districts that didn't qualify for the extra funds objected and began leaning on their legislators to make changes.
The school plan that emerged Monday does change Brown's plan somewhat, providing $3 billion more in "base grants" and less in the "supplemental grants" and "concentration grants" to targeted districts.
However, it retains the core of what Brown wanted, avoids the fatal delay that some critics sought and thus provides the wherewithal to prove -- or disprove -- his theory that such a shift will, indeed, generate a marked improvement in achievement.
Brown also persuaded -- or compelled -- the Legislature to accept his relatively conservative estimate of revenue and turned back efforts by liberals to sharply expand health and welfare spending, both aimed at avoiding another budget crisis down the road.
So the governor gets his way, and that's a considerable political achievement.
It also means he now owns it, and if matters go awry -- such as the extra school money not producing noticeable classroom results -- he'll have that on his record as well.


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Yep, Christmas day, 2007. Obviously some sort of roasted potatoes, served with my standard Cranberry Bourbon Glazed Ham. With the little bits of stuff clinging to them, I'm guessing that they were maybe a garlic herb roasted potato.
By the way, this whole cleaning out my pictures folder (even though I've only gotten rid of a couple of pictures), is so liberating. It's kind of like when you take a load of stuff to Goodwill. It feels good to be finally doing something with it!
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I'm having far too much fun completing The Impossible Wish, my January release. A sneak peek of a conversation between two of my favorite characters, Theodora and Ethel Lynn:
Ancient Theodora Hendricks deposited her buckskin satchel on The Second Chance Grill's counter and commenced to enjoy her favorite pastime—staring down Ethel Lynn Percible until the old fool, darting between tables like a drunken firefly, dropped a platter of dishes.
The crash of china and Ethel Lynn's high-pitched squeal threw the dining room into silence. A tot at table seven shaped his mouth into an O. At table nine a group of businessmen stopped to stare mid-chew. But everyone in town was used to the decades-long feud, a state of war that broke out daily. Diners quickly returned to their meals.
Ethel Lynn scooped the broken dishes onto her tray and returned to the counter. "Theodora, you're a boil on the butt of humanity."
"Why, thank you for noticing." Theodora stuck her corncob pipe into her mouth.
"Why don't you find a child to terrorize? I'm thirty minutes from the end of my shift and in no mood for the likes of you." Ethel Lynn dumped the broken dishes into the garbage.
"Time has taken your beauty but rest assured, it's left you stupid. I'm here for dinner. I need a menu."
"What you need is a swift kick in the behind."
"And you're the one to give it?"
"Not if you're carrying your Saturday Night Special." Ethel Lynn gave the buckskin satchel the once-over. "Are you armed and dangerous?"
"None of your beeswax."
"Oh, why don't you go and shoot a squirrel? I was in perfectly fine spirits until you arrived." Ethel Lynn smoothed down the lacey collar of her vintage dress. "Would you like to hear tonight's specials? We have a nice beef stew I'm happy to season with arsenic."
"Keep it up, missy. Wear down the last thread of my patience, and I will use my gun." Theodora settled her bony elbows on the counter. "Where's my coffee?"
A steaming cup appeared beneath her nose. She'd just taken a sip and fished a match from her satchel when someone said, "Mrs. Hendricks, please don't light your pipe. Smoking makes me want to puke."
The interruption lifted what was left of Theodora's brows. Swiveling, she discovered young Snoops Keeley sliding onto a barstool. The girl's purple spectacles were dotted with raindrops from the April storm passing through Liberty. In fact the child was soaking wet, her dark hair a windblown mess and her eyes darting faster than Ethel Lynn when she was in one of her more jittery moods.
The child's distress brought Ethel Lynn forward. "Snoops, why, you look tuckered out! Did you bicycle here in the rain? What if you'd been struck by lightning?"
"I had to come." The girl turned to Theodora. "Mrs. Hendricks, I need to talk to you."


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ANAHEIM � After pushing their bullpen � and specifically right-hander Heath Hembree � to the limit in Saturday night�s 19-inning loss to the Angels, the Red Sox recalled left-hander Edwin Escobar from Triple-A Pawtucket Sunday. Hembree was the roster casualty.
Like Hembree, Escobar was acquired from the Giants in the Jake Peavy deal. Unlike Hembree, he�s been a starter throughout the season, though he�ll be on a normal four days of rest entering Sunday.
Escobar has made two starts for the PawSox since coming over from San Francisco, allowing just two earned runs in a dozen innings.
After Saturday night�s marathon, the Red Sox clearly needed length in the pen. Most of the other candidates to be recalled on the 40-man roster � pitchers like Alex Wilson, Steven Wright and Anthony Ranaudo � had all been sent down in the last 10 days and were thus ineligible to be brought back. Escobar was the choice over the struggling Drake Britton.
That Hembree�s reward for pitching the game of his life on Saturday was a demotion seems unjust. The reliever tossed a career-high 62 pitches over a career-high four innings, keeping the Angels off the scoreboard all the while.
�He was outstanding,� manager John Farrell said. �Swing-and-miss with his fastball, didn�t fear the strike zone. A very positive first outing.�
Hembree escaped trouble in the 17th, when consecutive intentional walks loaded the bases with one out. He got a shallow fly ball and a groundout to get through it, then came back on for the 18th for good measure.
�Honestly, I was getting a little tired,� he said. �I was just trying to give everything I had and just empty the tank. I was just out there pitching.�
Given the number of pitches he threw Saturday, Hembree obviously wasn�t going to be ready to pitch again for a few days for Boston. Farrell said Junichi Tazawa was the only reliever unavailable for Sunday�s game.
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