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Student bullying in New Jersey is concentrated in the middle-school grades, overwhelmingly verbal in nature, and not nearly as widespread on the Internet as some might think.
That's the portrait that emerges from the state Department of Education's first in-depth examination of what is classified as "Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying," or HIB, in schools.
But some education professionals question whether the statistics - contained in the department's annual report on school violence and vandalism, and reflecting a change in definition under the 2010 Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act - present a complete picture.
Data were self-reported: Some districts reported no infractions in the 2011-12 school year, and some smaller districts reported more incidents than larger districts.


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U.S. Supreme Court justices peppered attorneys with questions this morning in the custody battle over 3-year-old Veronica as the lawyers argued that the court's decision could have negative impacts on future cases.
Central to the case, Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl, is the way two sides define a parent under state and federal laws.
The Indian Child Welfare Act, or ICWA, was designed to stem a tide of children leaving American Indian families through adoption and foster care. It helps place such children with other Indian families or strives to keep them with their biological parents.
But attorneys for Matt and Melanie Capobianco, who took Veronica home to James Island shortly after her birth, argued that her biological father shouldn't have those rights as a parent to block adoption proceedings because he hadn't expressed interest in the child or supported the mother during the pregnancy.
Dusten Brown, a member of the Cherokee Nation, learned of the adoption four months later and promptly challenged it through ICWA. His attorneys argued that the law gives him the opportunity to halt the adoption because of his biological link to Veronica.
A family court in Charleston eventually ruled in his favor, and Veronica went to live with Brown in late 2011.
During the one-hour hearing this morning, attorney Lisa Blatt of Washington, who argued for the Capobiancos, told the justices that Brown would have lost his rights as a father under state law and that ICWA doesn't create a new class of parents that otherwise have no rights.
But Justice Sonia Sotomayor promptly took exception to Blatt's argument.
"I'm not asking about state law," she said. "I'm asking about federal law."
Justice Antonin Scalia also fired questions at Blatt and Paul Clement, a Washington attorney representing Veronica's court-appointed guardian who supports her return to the Capobiancos.
Blatt and Clement have argued that the adoption of Veronica would not break up any pre-existing Indian family because Veronica had not been a part of one. Her mother is Hispanic; her father wasn't in her life.
But Scalia countered with questions not just about what was, but about what might have been.
"They're taking the child away from him even though he wants it," said Scalia, who sided with an American Indian tribe in 1989, the only other time the Supreme Court has heard an ICWA case. "That is not the breakup of an Indian family? ... He's the father, the other woman's the mother. That's the Indian family: the father, the mother and the kid."
Scalia and Blatt butted heads frequently during the proceeding. He said that the federal policy was clear. But Blatt said Veronica's case wasn't one for which ICWA was intended.
The justices asked questions beyond the facts of the case, instead examining hypothetical situations that could present issues depending on how they rule.
Chief Justice John Roberts, himself an adoptive father, remarked at how "a drop of blood can trigger all these extraordinary rights." Veronica's ethnic makeup is about 3/256th American Indian.
Both Roberts and Justice Stephen Breyer asked about situations in which a father who has little contact with his child or with the mother during pregnancy invokes ICWA in order to gain custody over a mother's wishes and the best interests of a child.
A rape victim, for example, could be at risk of losing her child if a father with American Indian blood argues for custody under ICWA.
"The child would be taken and given to the father who has never seen it and probably just got out of prison," Breyer said. "That's obviously something I find disturbing, as a person and also as a judge."
Brown's attorney, Charles Rothfeld of Washington, scoffed at the theoretical situation, saying that a court would easily rule that placing a child with such a father "could lead to serious physical or emotional damage."
Deputy U.S. Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler added argument for Brown and the Cherokee Nation.
In rebuttal, Blatt got the final word.
She warned the justices that their opinion, which is expected before the end of June, would have a domino effort on later custody battles involving American Indians.
A decision to uphold the lower courts' rulings would make mothers "second-class citizens," she said, and would give most parental rights to "a tribal member (who) impregnates someone who's African-American or Jewish or Asian Indian" in a New York City apartment.
"You are relegating adopted parents to go to the back of the bus and wait in line if they can adopt," she said. "And you're basically relegating the child, the child to a piece of property with a sign that says, 'Indian, keep off. Do not disturb.'"
During the hearing, Brown often smiled and chuckled with his new wife, Robin, whom he married in June. The Capobiancos were more stoic as they chatted before the hearing began.
After, neither of the families spoke to the gaggle of journalists gathered on the front steps of the courthouse
Asked what he thought of the proceeding, Matt Capobianco said, "I don't know what to think."
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All proceeds from this popular spring event benefit the Diamond Peak Ski Team's youth racing and freeride programs. A number of race categories will be included: Individuals (age/sex groups), Family, Husband/Wife, Father/Son, Father/Daughter, Mother/Son, Mother/Daughter.
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Book Review 261: Britain's Moment in the Middle East 1914-1956
December 30, 2012 - Harry Eagar
BRITAIN'S MOMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST 1914-1956, by Elizabeth Monroe. 254 pages. Johns Hopkins
It was a short moment, just 42 years, less then 1% of the Middle East's history. Journalist Elizabeth Monroe's 1963 book also is brief, but concentrated in the way that some English writers have.
It holds up well, too, after half a century, which is more than most books written about the Middle East in the '60s do.
When Britain came in as a colonial power, the Moslems were weak, hungry, sick, ignorant, illiterate, politically incompetent and resentful. This was more true of the Arabs, somewhat less so of the Persians, with the Turks somewhere in the middle.
When Britain left, the Koran Belt was marginally better fed, healthier and literate. It remained resentful, ignorant and politically incompetent. The British were, and still are, blamed for this. This hardly seems fair to the Turks, who were colonial masters for hundreds of years.
The historian A.J.P. Taylor used to distinguish between governing and merely administering. The late Ottomans could barely even administer, and the British has no interest in governing, either.
By the mid-19th century, England had more empire than it cared to look after and was loath to acquire more. Thus, its first acquisition in the Middle East, Aden, was a port that controlled the Red Sea. The British neither knew nor cared what happened in the medieval Yemen that lay outside the walls of Aden.
Their thinking was entirely strategic, and so is Monroe's analysis.
No one cared what the locals did or thought as long as they were quiet.
At first, Britain's strategic intent was to block the move of Russia on India. Russia was then gobbling up the khanates of the Caspian Area, people even more backward than most of the Arabs.
Britain preferred a barrier of independent but non-hostile states – Turkey, Persia and Afghanistan. It wanted the French corralled in the western Mediterranean but had no interest in places like Egypt, Palestine or Syria for themselves.
Thus it opposed opening a canal at Suez. However, once the canal was opened, Britain, in the name of protecting India, had to start taking over the Middle East. Monroe explains clearly how that messy situation evolved and then goes on to marvel that Britain managed to ride out the vagaries of Moslem politics during the interwar years in a chapter called, without irony, "The Years of Good Management."
While generally excellent, Monroe gives insufficient attention to the overriding concern of the British colonialists, which was not Russia but the prospect of what used to be blandly called communal disturbances.
The Moslems were not then, as they are not today, nationalist in spirit, except for a tiny film of western-influenced (and sporadically important) elites. They were Moslems.
Often Britain had a policy it would have liked to impose in India but did not for fear it would set off riots in Egypt, and vice versa. This vitiated whatever feeble intentions toward modernization British rulers may have felt.
As a result, the Middle East came out in the mid-1950s as backward politically as it had been in 1750.
Oil later became a complicating factor, and Monroe provides a brief overview.
After the war, Britain faced what she calls a "loss of nerve." This is the imperialist viewpoint. More realistically, an impoverished England could not afford an empire any more, besides which the socialists running the government didn't want one on any terms.
It is by no means clear that even if the modern powers had wanted to assist the Moslems to modernize, they could have done so. They have made a complete hash of it on their own for the last half century.
Thus Monroe's imperialist assessment of the Balfour Declaration as "one of the greatest mistakes" makes sense only if you also believe that the Arabs are capable of self-government in a modern state.
That they are incapable of democracy is obvious. "Democratic systems were later to be discarded in country after country with a readiness that was tacit acknowledgment of their unsuitability for the less developed countries," writes Monroe.
As we observed in 2012, the peoples of the Koran Belt are not even capable of operating modern despotisms.
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One of the tricky things about being "recently married" is that the missus was in name limbo. "Technically," she's my wife with my last name (that's right!). "Legally," she still retains her maiden name until she goes to the Social Security Administration to change her SS card name and the DMV or MVA to change her license name. So what happens when we get a check written out to her new name? Trickiness! Headaches! But not to fret, I'll try to capture everything we've done so that it can be as painless as possible for all you newlyweds out there.
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A Greeley man is facing a felony charge after a woman told police he sexually assaulted her in front of a child.
Police arrested Miguel Cano, 29, early Friday morning. The woman said Cano punched her twice in the leg and forced her to have sex with him, according to an arrest affidavit. She told police a young child was laying nearby during the assault.
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Doris Shelvay found a special and historic way to celebrate Presidents Day by solving a half-century family mystery and finally getting to visit her late grandfather's grave.
For at least 50 years, relatives believe, no family member had visited the grave of Daniel J. McManus, who was wounded in the Civil War about 150 years ago and died in 1898.
That all changed Monday afternoon when Shelvay, a Town of Hamburg woman in her early 80s, finally got to visit his tombstone in Holy Cross Cemetery in Lackawanna.
"I wanted to know where he was before I passed away," Shelvay said. "I have peace of mind now. I found him."
Many people know their grandfathers, remember them, or at least visit their graves.
Shelvay, though, is just starting to learn about a man she never knew, who died about 32 years before she was born.
"That's the amazing part, that my grandfather fought in the Civil War, and I'm alive to tell about it," she said.
Shelvay's father – who was Daniel McManus' youngest son, Joseph F. McManus – was only 4 or 5 when his father died. Joseph McManus died in 1950, and Shelvay didn't learn much of anything about her grandfather until her mother gave her Cpl. McManus' framed Civil War discharge papers before she died in 1963.
That's 50 years ago, long before the Internet. Details about Daniel McManus' life, his military service and his grave site all were buried with Shelvay's ancestors.
But it was a mystery that always ate at her. There were occasional calls to local cemeteries and others who might be able to unlock the mystery, but nothing definitive until a couple of weeks ago, when a friend found a computer reference to Cpl. McManus being buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, a mere five miles from his granddaughter's home.
A phone call to the cemetery set up the visit Monday.
"I wanted to do it on Presidents Day," Shelvay said. "It's the celebration of Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays. I thought it would be nice, because there's a link between my grandfather and Abraham Lincoln."
Since Shelvay learned about her grandfather's grave site, others have found out more about his Civil War service. His badly yellowed – almost browned – discharge papers show that he was a member of the 48th New York Infantry Regiment Company F. He was discharged at Fort Monroe, Va., in September 1864 "by reason of expiration of term of service," after three years as a soldier.
While some of the Internet references provide slightly conflicting dates, it seems that McManus, a recent immigrant from Ireland, may have enlisted at age 16, in August 1861.
He later was promoted to corporal and then wounded in action on May 19, 1864, at Bermuda Hundred Va., during a series of battles fought outside Richmond.
"I just wonder if he lost a limb," Shelvay said. "Those were lead bullets back then, and once those bullets hit your bone, you had to have your limb amputated. And they did it right on the battlefield."
McManus was discharged four months after he was wounded, so it's not clear how badly he was hurt and whether he returned to the battle lines.
Following the war, McManus worked for years at M.H. Birge and Sons Wallpaper Co. on Niagara Street. He apparently met his future wife, Hannah, at one of the two boardinghouses her family operated, on Tupper Street and Trinity Place in Buffalo.
Besides filling in some of the branches in her own family tree, Shelvay is thrilled that people are thinking and talking about a man who has been in his grave for 115 years – a once-wounded soldier who helped keep this nation's Union intact. "He's finally being recognized," she said. "Someone should have recognized him a long time ago. He shouldn't have been dead for that long without anybody finding him."
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With the Olympics in full swing, I'm virtually overdosing on inspiration. Each night I find myself absolutely glued to the TV, wide-eyed, and even sometimes teary-eyed, as I watch the amazing triumphs, near-misses, true grit and immeasurable passion unfold on the screen. When I finally go to bed — way too late — I dream I myself am immersed in the Olympic glory. I wake up to realize it was only a dream, and then head out to go chase that dream, more inspired than ever.
But amidst all of the incredible feats being achieved by so many at these Games, I've realized there are certain athletes who, for me, truly emerge as different from the rest. They stand out as extraordinary, and it's not because of their medal count. So, what is it that makes these special few stand out? What makes them so inspiring? For me, the best athletes — and the ones whom I consider true idols — are also the best people.
Watching these Olympic athletes and their different characteristics and composure has me thinking hard about what an "idol" is to me, and why it's so important to have one. In my mind, an athletic idol is someone you can look up to as both an athlete and a person; someone you aspire to be like on every level. It's someone who makes you proud not just because of their accomplishments as an athlete, but because of the integrity of their character, and all they have done — and who they've been — along the way.
While there are many extraordinary athletes out there, I have found my idol right here in Truckee. At the moment, though, she's in London, preparing for her fourth Olympic debut. She is Katerina Nash, a longtime Truckee resident who will compete in the Olympic mountain bike event on Aug. 11. Katerina has competed in three Olympics before, once in mountain biking and twice in cross country skiing, representing her home country of the Czech Republic. This season, she heads into London's mountain bike event having just clinched third overall in the World Cup standings.
Needless to say, Katerina is an incredible athlete. But you would never know this if you sat down to chat with her, because it's just not the type of thing Katerina would bring up. Instead, she'd ask about how you are doing, and how your family is doing. She'd chat about her dogs, or a recent outing she took in Truckee, the community she loves so much. The last thing she'd talk about is her own achievements. Because that's just who Katerina is: humble to the core.
Katerina is everything I believe an idol should be. Not just a world-class athlete, but truly a world-class human being. She represents her sport, and our community of Truckee, in the best way possible by being a positive, passionate ambassador of what athletics are really all about. Despite the longevity of her success, Katerina continues to compete and train purely because it's what she loves to do. She races for herself, and not for anyone else. She races because it is her passion. And in that effort, she invests her whole heart. Day in and day out, she pushes her limits in order to excel, and she does it with a rare balance of grit and grace, always with a smile on her face and a sense of gratitude.
Katerina is a fierce and exceptional competitor. But ultimately it's who she is off the bike that makes her so special. She's a remarkably down-to-earth, genuine person with a heart of gold. Anyone who has spent just a few minutes with her could attest to that. She radiates positive energy, and is the type of person you just can't help but want to be around. And whether it's by riding with fellow locals, donating her time as a guest coach for a local junior program, or even just hanging out at Music in the Park with friends, Katerina invests herself in her community; in our community. We are so lucky to have her, and I am so proud to call her an idol and friend. She is the type of athlete and person that I strive to be someday.
Thank you, Katerina, for reminding us what sport is really about. For knowing how to keep it in perspective and remember what's truly important. For making us all so proud of the extraordinary person you are. Thank you for being a role model in a time when they seem so hard to come by. And when you take to your bike on Aug. 11, we as a community will be here rooting for you, standing behind you. Because there's no doubt you'd be doing the same for any of us.
— Kara LaPoint is an elite amateur triathlete competing for LUNA bar, and working up to the pro ranks. She has earned numerous overall amateur podium finishes and age-group wins across distances from Olympic to Ironman, and finished the 2011 season ranked as an All-American nationally among her age group (25-29). Read more about her racing and training at www.karalapoint.wordpress.com. She may be reached at email@example.com.


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The Canisius women's basketball team plays its first game in Califormia since 2005 when it faces host Long Beach State in the third annual Beach Classic in California tonight.
The game will be the first between the Griffins (2-6) and the 49ers (4-5).
Albany and Sam Houston play in the other game with the championship and consolation games scheduled for Friday.
Canisius has lost three in a row and Long Beach State three of its last four. The 49ers have victories over Washington and Arizona but have lost to Iona of the MAAC
Griff senior forward Ashley Wilkes is coming off a 16-point performance in a loss at Bona.
ECC hockey ranked
The Erie Community College hockey team remained in fifth in the NJCAA poll released Wednesday. The Kats (7-5) are off until Jan. 13 when they play at Mohawk Valley CC.


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Testimony by New York City Council Speaker Gifford Miller New York State Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees Joint Hearing on the 2005-2006 State Executive Budget
Good morning, Chairman Johnson, Chairman Farrell, and members of the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committee.
I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to testify today. Most of all, I want to thank you and your fellow members of the State Senate and Assembly for being such loyal friends to New York City and the eight million men, women and children who live there.
When we faced a serious fiscal crisis after the attacks of September 11th and when Governor Pataki could spare us nothing more than a few kind words, it was the membership of both houses of the State Legislature, Republican and Democrat alike, who came together and rescued our schools, our hospitals, our neighborhoods, and our quality of life.
I will never forget what you did for our city and I want you to know that I will do whatever I can to help you restore this Legislature's legitimate budgetary powers. Last month's ruling by the State Court of Appeals is more than just wrong on the merits. It is potentially a disaster for the people of this state. If so-called budget reform means making an irresponsible governor a more powerful governor, then maybe we need to think twice about the true meaning of budget reform.
If the power to delay is the only power that this Legislature can exercise in negotiating this year's budget, then I urge you to use that power with maximum vigor, because I would rather you pass a late budget than a budget that looks like the one proposed by the Governor.
This is the fourth time I've appeared before you to talk about the Governor's budget. And, frankly, I'm tired of appearing before this committee every year and asking you to do the job that New York City's mayor ought to be doing.
I'm tired of hearing the Mayor talk about the Governor's good intentions and how the Governor is trying to do the right thing when it's obvious that the Governor isn't trying to do the right thing for New York City.
A week ago we celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who said: "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter."
Well, nothing matters more than the future we give our children – and the Governor's budget is a threat to our children's futures. If the Mayor won't stand up to this threat, then I must ask you to do it for him.
I also ask you to do it for each of the 1.1 million children who attend public schools in our city and whom the Governor has shamelessly and repeatedly cheated out of their fair share of State education aid. After arguing for years in a court of law that those children were entitled to nothing more than an 8th grade education, the Governor is continuing to stand against the Campaign for Fiscal Equity by funding only a fraction of the amount needed to fix our schools and give our children the excellent education they need and deserve.
As we sit here today, there are hundreds of thousands of children attending school in buildings that are falling apart and bursting at the seams with overcrowding. Increased capital support is essential for helping us address the overcrowding crisis, yet the Governor's budget includes no capital funding and the Mayor has yet to say how we are going to finance the capital improvements our schools so desperately need.
The Governor's shortchanging of our schools is irresponsible, immoral, and unacceptable. I ask you to fight to restore the funding in state aid to public education to an adequate level that will allow us to meet the challenges facing our schools. I also ask you to stand up against the Governor's proposal to finance education on the backs of the working poor by establishing video casinos in the five boroughs.
It is simply wrong to heap further hardship on working and middle class New Yorkers and that is why I am also asking you to oppose the Governor's plan to extend the sales tax on clothing purchases under $110. This represents a new tax that will hurt every part of New York City, but especially in Staten Island where businesses must compete with lower sales taxes in nearby New Jersey.
The Governor's budget proposal would squeeze working New Yorkers at the cash register but it also hurts them when they ride the subway or bus to work in the morning. The Governor and his MTA appointees have subjected these New Yorkers to the highest bus and subway fare hikes in history, with even more in store for the near future. I ask that you consider a new proposal to help them, because the burden of ensuring solvency for the MTA should not fall exclusively on the backs of those least equipped to carry it. A mass transit problem deserves a regional solution, and the institution of a regional revenue sharing program does just that. New York City's transit riders already pay more than their fair share and, with ridership at its highest levels in half a century, we should do everything possible to discourage further fare hikes.
Finally, I want to turn to the topic of Medicaid reform. While I support the idea of cost caps so that localities won't be burdened with the rising costs of Medicaid, I do not believe that we should enact these changes on the backs of our most vulnerable citizens. The Governor's billion dollars in cuts could also do serious damage to our health care industry, which provides more jobs than any other industry in New York City.
The Governor's claim that his Medicaid plan will offer the City $400 million in savings is simply false, since the burden of new costs on the Health and Hospitals Corporation would eat away half of that amount. Both private and public hospitals would suffer under this plan, with $86 million in new costs coming from the elimination of 2% annual increases paid to hospitals. Seniors would also suffer from $19 million in cuts to nursing homes.
All of the issues that I have discussed can be traced to two drawbacks in our relationship with Albany which are really two sides of the same coin: First, as many of you have heard me say, the City does not receive its fair share from the State, sending $7 billion more each year to Albany than it gets back in return; and second, the City is given insufficient latitude in determining its own fiscal and revenue policies.
As you have helped us so many times in the past, I hope that you will help us now in trying to claim more of our fair share and a greater measure of autonomy that will allow us to meet long-term challenges without having to rely too much on the State.
In closing, let me thank you again for the outstanding service you have rendered to New York City. In our moment of crisis, you were there for the City and I want you to know my colleagues and I in the City Council will continue to be there for you.


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- Santo Domingo- A scandal has erupted in Slovenia over the authorities' alleged complacency with the trafficking of hundreds of women from Dominican Republic who get work visas as dancers when they in fact work as prostitutes, Efe reports. According to TV channel POP TV and newspaper Delo a former deputy of the ruling Conservative Party and other senior officials are suspected of having helped arrange work permits for the young Dominicans. The main accused, Pavle Rupar, rejects the allegations as lies and announced legal action against Andrej Ster, the head of the consular section at the Slovenian Foreign Ministry, who has launched the charges. Most of the Dominicans who've arrived to Slovenia since 2008 as dancers are actually prostitutes, the Slovenian press says. Its prostitution, with elements which makes it human trafficking. According to Slovenia authorities 354 Dominican women have received work visas in the country in the last four years. The girls aren't dangerous, but the organizers of this illegal network are, said Ster by phone, quoted by Efe, noting that the contracts dancers sign are fairy tales written in the Slovenian language which the women don't understand. With that in mind the official proposed to limit at once issuing visas for Dominican women to a minimum, paperwork typically done in the Slovenian Embassy's consular section in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the center o f another scandal with Dominican prostitutes three years ago. Last year a Dominican prostitute was also cited as part of the sex scandal involving Italy ex primer minister Silvio Berlusconi. Read original at
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WASHINGTON (NNPA)— The Rev. Walter Fauntroy remembers well the successes of the Civil Rights Movement. And he wants to see them replicated in the final push for a robust government-sponsored option to be included in the health insurance reform legislation that is now being wrangled over in Congress.
"When we peaceably assembled in Selma, there were people who didn't respect the First Amendment and threatened us with billy clubs and prison and we said, 'Do it, do it in front of the cameras.' That raised public awareness and pricked the conscience of enough people to say to their political leaders, 'Don't let your name show up on my ballot if you haven't voted for the Civil Rights Act or the Voting Rights Act," recalled Fauntroy, a key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington and 1965 marches in Selma, Ala., a compatriot of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"There is a direct parallel between what we did in the Civil Rights Movement and what we're doing now to protect access to health care," Fauntroy said, adding that such activism would be necessary "as long as we are subjected to the tyranny of the insurance companies, who terrorize hospitals and terrorize doctors and terrorize individual citizens for the benefit of their stockholders."
The civil rights heavyweight was a chief organizer, along with U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), and Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.), of an informal, near five-hour long hearing held on Capitol Hill on Oct. 27 to discuss the costs of a broken health system and the benefits of a government-sponsored plan.
Money has, so far, dominated discussions about health care reform, said Jackson Lee, who added that most detractors of the public plan already had insurance.
"This hearing aims to allow the voice of the American people who want a strong public option to be heard in the halls of Congress —voices that have been drowned out by insurance company propaganda, and disruptive tea baggers at health reform town hall meetings," Lee said.
Those voices — physicians, activists, church leaders patients and loved ones of those who died due to lack of health coverage — all agreed that the public option is a necessity if ethnic and racial health disparities are to be addressed, if health costs are to be managed and if lives are to be saved.
"Like a good mother I brought pictures," said Philadelphia resident Joan Kosloff, showing off photos of her son, Eric, a "street lawyer" who died of pneumonia after several visits to the ER.
"I am haunted by the loss of my son, who would have been alive this day if he only had health insurance and regular physician to care for him," she said tearfully.
Several doctors testified about sick patients they were forced to treat for free, turn away and who died because of a lack of health insurance or the unwillingness of an insurer to cover a medical procedure or medicine.
According to a September article in the New England Journal of Medicine, 63 percent of doctors support a public option.


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What's your favorite anime t-shirt that you like wearing all the time? I seen anime shirts at hot topic and at suncoast movie store. ^__^
I have too many to have a favorite. I have shirts from Trigun(3), Fullmetal Alchemist (5), Wolfs Rain, The Boondocks, Burst Angel, Kite, Devil May Cry, Tenjho Tenge, and Bleach (4). I also have shirts from Hellraiser, Iron Maiden (4), Mushroomhead (6)and various smartass sayings which I thouroughly enjoy. People fear the strange and unusual. I AM the strange and unusual.
one of my favorite anime shirts is my deathnote L shirt, and my strictly for my ninjas shirt.
I have a T-shirt collection from Naruto to Bleach, Witch Hunter Robin, and Kite.
Dewa Mata,Niji-Hana OTAKU NINJA"If you listen to the world, you'll hear all kinds of false claims about morality. But the gospel offers an unchanging standard of truth."
death note /the one with light"I will be the GOD of this New World"
The one I wear all the time is a Hitsugaya one... I also have many "dog tag" necklaces: Many from BLEACH1 Sasuske fron Naruto --hope I spelled his name right--1 Shishamaru from InuYasha Dewa Mata,Niji-Hana OTAKU NINJA"If you listen to the world, you'll hear all kinds of false claims about morality. But the gospel offers an unchanging standard of truth."
I have an L shrit that has the old gothic english L that he has as his screensaver thing lol. thats about it for sctrictly anime i think, its been forever since ive been shopping O_o oh well, im gonna need to here soon cuase im gonna eventually say "Screw it!!! its too cold for shorts" and im gonna go buy pants (I hate them, i liek shorts) so ill probably go to hot topic and get soem anime shirts. OH! i also have a Domo Kun beanie that i love lol. "Don't doubt the darkness, it can be your enemy as well as your friend."
Its a Death Note T-Shirt with L's symbol on the front of it.
"Keyblade Wielders Will You Collect More Hearts For Me?"
I actually dont have too many anime ones... so hard to find in stores... and my parents hate clothes shopping online...
favorite t-shirt? gotta be my inuyasha t-shirt!
my favorite would have to be the Naruto or Bleach shirts at hot topic
OMG! How could I possibly miss those?! I only hae one Bleach t-shirt and it is of Hitsugaiya (spelled right? ). I got it from E-bay...Guess I'll have to save up some money to get a few different ones. I'l like to find a Vampire Knight one, a D. Gray Man one, and a couple other Bleach ones ( Renji, Ichigo, Uryu...). Dewa Mata,Niji-Hana OTAKU ELITE"Innoscence Activate!"
Yup! Hot Topic has all of them famous Animez... >.> Naruto, Death Note, even Bleach! =D
I'm going to get some for Christmas presents for myself ... LOL!and maybe a couple for my daughter.Dewa Mata,Niji-Hana OTAKU ELITE"Innoscence Activate!"
"Me?... Evil?...Never"~ Hell UserOtaku God
It is a Shonen Jump Hitsugaiya one from Bleach... pretty kewl...I want to get a few more though as I can't just have one... LOL! Dewa Mata,Niji-Hana"Innoscence Activate" http://view.playlist.com/13500951819
I don't know if can be classified as an "anime" t-shirt... but I have a black shirt that has Japanese Kanji on it and it says"Dream" It is really cool and one of my favorite ones to wear. ~Baby Girl
Christopher Garland(AKA)garland5000I have a halo 3 master chief t-shirt but i wish i had a naruto t-shirt
all my anime t-shirtsaredragonball Zfushigi yugidigimon ...all of them are from my big brotherwho are too big for the t-shirts so hegave them all to me lol "blood isnt enough..."
i like naruto and deathnote and any other anime wear really
"some things are better left unknown"
hi every body im new! ^_^
is my naruto
i have 2 bleach shirts and a dbz one that has alot of the characters on it. i got one at comic con and the other two at disney world epcot's world showcase. "When the heavens do not bring forth justice, man must bring it upon himself to do so. That is the meaning of Jinchuu." -Enishi Yukishiro.
my favorite one is my DBZ one with vigitas fist and it says in big letters his power level is over 9000 and an arrow pointing up"Lord please forgive us for the truspasses that we are about to commit!!" - Dead Leaves, #777
but i cant remeber it ( i know it had corp in it but thats all cause i lost it while cleaning =)
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3 Naruto t-shirts
1 Hellsing
and 1 Inuyasha
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were do yall get t shirts of anime characters at? i wana know...
'' It hard for me to reach god form.. but i must keeep fighting to survive HUZZAH!''
I only have a couple but my soul eater shirt is awesome it's my favorite. a shirt with death the kid and his two guns pointed at you, I almost wore it to work one day and then remembered that the guns pointed at you isprobably not appropriet in a retail store.


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I am pushing 40.
That means I have been around long enough to watch several trends repeat themselves. Admittedly, most of the retreads are improvements on the original. Who can argue that Mad Max is superior to The Hunger Games when it comes to dystopian societies? And aren't we all thankful that jeans manufacturers now blend spandex with denim, eliminating the lay-on-the-bed-to-button-your-pants calisthenics?
Yet, I'm not totally convinced that all the new developments are for the better.
In a lot of ways, my kids behave like I did in elementary school. They read Beverly Cleary books, play freeze tag at recess, tell knock-knock jokes to their friends and believe that they are the first generation to have ever done so.
But then something happens and I realize how much their world is touched by technology. It catches me by surprise.
My oldest came home last week and announced that she and her friends have been playing M.A.S.H. For you men out there, I am not referring to the TV series about a mobile Army hospital during the Korean War. On the contrary, this M.A.S.H. is a high stakes game that predicts your future regarding such things as your occupation, where you will live, whom you will marry, how many kids you will have, what kind of car you'll drive and whether or not you will live in a Mansion, Apartment, Shack or House.
I had flashbacks. I played this pen and paper game with my friends in elementary school and probably even into junior high. We pretended it was all for fun, but it was serious business when you had to write down names for your potential husband. You couldn't take the chance that you would end up married to some weirdo, but you also had to decide whether to give up the name of your crush. What if he saw the paper?! It was all very dramatic.
In any case, my daughter then proceeded to tell me that they were playing it on her friends' mom's phone BECAUSE IT IS AN APP.
Is nothing sacred?
Naturally, I had to check things out for myself so I searched the app store with my iPod touch (I am one of those cheapskates who has not made the leap to a smart phone). To my amazement, there were more than 50 M.A.S.H games. There were themed ones for Valentine's Day, Halloween and a Royal Wedding. Some cost money, and some didn't.
In the name of blog research (and because it will gain me some serious cool mom points with the 10-year-old), I downloaded one of the free ones to see if it measured up to my standards. It plays pretty much like the old-school paper version except there is a database to help you select items for each category, but you can type in your own information if you'd like. You even get to watch as they do the counting and crossing out portion for you.
It's fine, but I still think there is something special about writing things on paper. I mean, I remember holding on to good M.A.S.H. games (the ones where I got to marry the right guy and live in the mansion and be a veterinarian) for weeks.
What happens now? You save it on the device to show your friends?
This whole incident made me feel ancient. What other of my childhood pastimes are now apps?
Honestly, I don't want to know.
Jaymi Anderson is married with two daughters. Read her Fridays on Greeley Moms.
But then something happens and I realize how much their world is touched by technology.


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ROGERS - Village Council's plans to go with a speed-monitoring system have been temporarily put on hold until officials determine whether the contract must be put out for bid.
Council was prepared at this week's meeting to proceed with hiring Optotraffic LLC to install and operate mobile speed-monitoring surveillance units in the village until Solicitor Michelle Simonelli urged restraint.
After initially having no problems with the contract, Simonelli checked with the state auditor's office and was told such a contract may be subject to the formal bidding process rather than just awarding it outright to Optotraffic.
Under the proposed agreement, Optotraffic would operate the automated-speed enforcement machines that catch speeding motorists using laser radar and cameras. The company would maintain the $80,000 units and issue the speeding citations in return for 40 percent of the fine money.
State law requires formal bids be sought for any contracts in excess of $50,000, unless it is for professional services or an emergency. Simonelli is concerned the village could run afoul of the law if the amount being paid Optotraffic exceeds $50,000 per year, which is likely. One of the company's customers, a village of 2,000 in southern Ohio, received $800,000 in fine money during the first six months the system was in operation.
She recommended they hold off taking action until the village is told by the state auditor's office the contract can be awarded without seeking formal bids. "You have a track record with the auditor's office that Rogers doesn't always do everything the right way," Simonelli told council.
Optotraffic representative Dorian Grubaugh was at the meeting and he said they have never been required to go through the bidding process with any of the other communities that have done business with except when the community purchased the equipment directly from Optotraffic to operate instead of the company.
Grubaugh said even if they were required to go through the formal bidding process, Optotraffic is the only company using this particular advanced laser-radar technology.
Council decided to delay further action until Simonelli hears back from the state auditor's office. A special meeting was scheduled for 7 p.m. April 16, by which time Simonelli expects to have a definitive answer.


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ARCADIA - Old Fort stormed off in the second quarter and Dalton Perry topped 1,000 career points Saturday in an 83-40 romp over Arcadia.
The Stockaders led just 14-13 at the first stop, but roared away from the Redskins 25-6 in the second to take control.
Perry sank a foul shot that period to reach the milestone scoring mark en route to a game-high 23-point night. He now has 1,016 points.
Perry also grabbed 10 rebounds and five steals for the Stockaders (9-0).
Hunter Perry added 17 points, nine boards and seven assists and Matt Hill tossed in 14 points. Cole Davidson netted nine points and Brad Bannister dished six assists.
Casey Mock's 15 points led Arcadia (0-8), and Shae Watkins scored 12.
Rams ride Reile
UPPER SANDUSKY - Joe Reile popped in 31 points and Upper Sandusky shot just north of 50 percent from the field Saturday in a 64-48 win over Fostoria.
Reile's point total was aided by five 3-pointers as the senior guard went 11 for 18 from the field for the Rams (3-4), who finished 20 for 39 overall.
Trent Howard added 16 points and four assists, Cody Collins scored 12 points and Carson Mittermaier hauled in five rebounds.
Dominique Fuller netted 21 points for the Redmen (1-6), Drew Stennet snared six rebounds and David Cook had five rebounds, four assists and three steals.
Lommerse sparks Chieftains win
GIBSONBURG - Ryan Lommerse connected from long range and Hopewell-Loudon shot well from the foul line Saturday as the Chieftains turned back Gibsonburg, 65-61.
Lommerse nailed five 3-pointers on his way to a game-high 20 points for the Chieftains (6-3), and added three assists.
Alec Gregg added 15 points and four assists, Tyler Imes netted nine points and grabbed six rebounds and Garret Sendelbach also hauled in six boards.
Hopewell-Loudon finished 20 for 24 from the line, compared to an 11-for-20 effort there by the Golden Bears (2-6).
Andrew Cantrell scored 14 points for Gibsonburg, Jordan Kreglow had 11 points and four assists and Isaih Arriaga tossed in 10 points. Tyler Ernsthausen chipped in eight points and five rebounds, while Andy Burmeister had seven points and nine boards.
Emmanuel Christian's 1-2 punch KO's Raiders
SPRINGFIELD - Ryan Crech helped Emmanuel Christian take control in the first half and Trent Groenhout made sure the Lions kept it in the fourth quarter in a 58-42 win over Lakota in the Emmanuel Christian Warrior Classic.
Crech scored 10 of his game-high 16 points in the first half to help the Lions enter halftime up 24-18.
Thirteen of Groenhout's 15 points came in the fourth quarter, aiding the Lions in a 21-13 scoring run.
Jason Aegnier added 12 points for Emmanuel Christian (6-3).
Colin Timmons and Kody Brewer both netted 12 points for the Raiders (2-7).


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Over the years, numerous studies have shown that Americans of strong religious faith generally aren't very well-versed on Holy Scripture.
Some of them claim to believe in biblical stories and principles that aren't actually in the Bible.
Nicholas Kristof has more on this matter HERE:
Secular Americans are largely ignorant about religion, but, in surveys, religious Americans turn out to be scarcely more knowledgeable.
�Americans are both deeply religious and profoundly ignorant about religion,� Stephen Prothero noted in his book, �Religious Literacy.� �Atheists may be as rare in America as Jesus-loving politicians are in Europe, but here faith is almost entirely devoid of content. One of the most religious countries on earth is also a nation of religious illiterates.�
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they believe that the Bible holds the answer to all or most of life�s basic questions. Yet only one-third know that Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount, and 10 percent think that Joan of Arc was Noah�s wife.


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quote: Have you ever look at how hard it is to get a visa if you were a Mexican?
quote: You aren't arguing for immigration reform. You're flat out talking about a wide open border.
quote: Many of these people will not fall within the "productive integration" category, but some will.


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Was she surprised when she found out who it was? Did she think he was the kind of person to do something like that?
She didn't know the guy well, but it was a shock to her system to find that a guy she commonly rode the elevator with turned out to be a murderous psychopath.
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Photos: Splash! Runners get drenched in paint while running 5K
Photo: Alexandra Olivia/Special Contributor
Participants try their best to avoid getting splashed with washable, non-toxic, paint at The 5K Paint Run which raised funds for Community for Permanent Supported Housing at Bachman Lake on October 13, 2012. (Alexandra Olivia/ Special Contributor)
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This just in from Sweden! HB team driver Roland Ström was very happy with his win at last weekend's 2013 Swedish Championships for 200mm Nitro Touring Cars. Teammate Andreas Böök took 6th place with his R10 and just missing the final by 2 sec was fellow HB driver Björn Lantz.
Many thanks to our Scandanavian distributor North TQ for the photo and info!


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MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State Sports Link, the nation's first fully immersive sports media and production program, will continue producing its weekly football show in partnership with WIPB-TV, Comcast Indiana and Fox College Sports in 2013.
This hour-long special previews Ball State's Jan. 5 GoDaddy Bowl contest against Arkansas State. The special includes SL exclusives on Keith Wenning, Willie Snead, Zane Fakes, Jonathan Newsome and more.
3rd Down Chirp, delivered by Papa John's, will provide viewers inside access to the Cardinals on and off the football field. The weekly show will air every week online at ballstatesports.com, plus additional episodes will be televised nationally on Fox College Sports.
Additional distribution for 3rd Down Chirp includes WIPB-TV in Muncie and statewide availability on Comcast Indiana 81 and the SL channel through Comcast on Demand.
"Sports Link does a great job and our communications school is fantastic," Ball State head football coach Pete Lembo said. "It's one of the shining stars of this University. We are excited to connect fans to both programs with 3rd Down Chirp."
Created by 2012 SL graduate Ben Wagner, the 2013 version of 3rd Down Chirp will be produced by junior Drew Adamson. Sophomore Alex Seitz will serve as assistant producer.
Junior Luke Martin, sophomore Tyler Bradfield and senior Zach Hughes are the 2013 hosts and coordinating producers.
In addition, over 30 students as part of Sports Link and the new Digital Sports Production track will assist with the weekly show.
In cooperation with Ball State Athletics corporate sales, 3rd Down Chirp marks the third straight year with national sponsorship as Papa John's will be the show's exclusive sponsor.
3rd Down Chirp, delivered by Papa John's, will begin Aug. 28 online, followed by additional shows on FCS, WIPB-TV and Comcast Indiana beginning in September and until the end of football season.
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About Ball State Sports Link and Digital Sports Production:
In 2013, Ball State University is the first school in the nation to offer a degree in Digital Sports Production through the Department of Telecommunications. Digital Sports Production is an interactive learning experience combined with an immersive learning project, Ball State Sports Link.
Ball State Sports Link and DSP specializes in multiple areas: live sports TV productions, studio shows, television programs, student-athlete features and webcasts. Other areas of the center include radio, social media and imedia. You can follow SL on Twitter @bsusportslink and see all the student work on Facebook, just search Ball State Sports Link.


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on March 25, 2013 - 8:49 PM
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LEWISTON – U.S. Border Patrol agents got an unusual phone call Monday morning: a report of a man paddling across the Lower Niagara River toward Canada in an inflatable raft with a bicycle on board.
U.S. Border Patrol Buffalo Sector Agent Matthew Bitterman said the caller grew concerned after seeing a man pull up in a car to the boat launch behind the Silo restaurant at about 10 a.m.
Bitterman described what the witness saw the man do next: "Pulled a raft out of his car. Got a foot pump. Pumped it up. Put a bike on it. Threw it into the river and started to paddle. [The person who called] thought that was weird – which is weird," Bitterman said.
In addition, Bitterman said, the man in the raft "was dressed all in black, even though it was during the day."
Agents were able pull video of the man on their cameras and watched as he approached Canada.
In the meantime, Canadian border officers were alerted and they arrested the man as he arrived in Canada.
Officials described the man as a Chinese citizen in his 30s and said his car was believed to have been a rental.
Canadian authorities did not release the man's name.
Bitterman said it's not clear why the man was trying to get to Canada on a raft.
Anyone who witnesses suspicious behavior at the border is encouraged to call the tip line at (800) 331-0353.
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