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I'm just a guy who knows stuff. Who's been there and done that. If I were older, you might call me wise, but since I'm young, I'm just a smartass or a know-it-all. That's OK though. It's gotten me this far, and it will continue to advance me through to old age. I try to give back to the community what I get out of it. I have gotten great direction in the past from many sources. I am always available for training, supplementation, and overall support-you just need to reach out.
I really couldn't have done it without many resources on the internet. Maybe this place can become one of those places where people come for training advice?
When I registered for a new website (after having a disagreement of sorts with the owner of the domain I used to house my articles at), I felt a little bit of that old excitement I used to feel when I was putting together materials for my old website.
So as I was importing all of my old articles, I started thinking-What do I want this blog to be about? What will I talk about? From what perspective will I write?
Weightlifting-more specifically powerlifting-has always been one of those things I wanted to do, but never followed through on. I finally found what I needed as inspiration in order to follow through with my aspirations. I have found my way, and gotten lots of good experience through trial and error. I hope to be able to reach out to those of you who are just starting out, so that maybe you can learn from my trials, tribulations, and experience.
In the course of my writing, I may come off as a tough guy. The truth, of course, is much more complicated than that. What I really am, is someone with infallible honesty and integrity so high that I cannot possibly put you on. So if you're getting feedback from me, you can guarantee that I'm giving you the straight dope. I don't bullshit-not with my training, and not in my real life.
So when you're thinking about what a hardass I am because I'm telling you to ditch the workout gloves, and the straps and the cream and sugar in your coffee, it's not because I'm a tough guy, or a badass, or a hardass. I'm just unwaveringly honest, often to a fault.


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Red dots are ubiquitous. Spend a day noticing them and you will see what we mean. Each one is imbued with it's own cultural, situational or graphic meaning. One red dot, appearing but not repeated everywhere. Sometimes simple is beautiful.
It is time to move beyond sustainability. It is time to create design practices that allow abundance, an abundance of clean water through onsite percolation systems, an abundance of light through daylighting practices, an abundance of air through natural ventilation.
Buildings grow. They absorb the vestiges of life and become places. The more thoughtful, the more spontaneous, the more revered, the more irreverent, the more precise, the more imperfect, the more sublime the place.

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The York County District Attorney has cleared two Springettsbury Township police officers of any wrongdoing in a shooting outside of Kmart in December.
Todd Shultz, 40, of north York was shot by the officers outside the business on Haines Road.
Before the shooting, store employees saw Shultz allegedly attempting to open a jewelry kiosk. When officers responded, they say he resisted arrest and pulled out a knife on the officers.
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The quintessential Chicago soul group,
the Impressions
' place in R&B history would be secure if they'd done nothing but launch the careers of soul legends
Jerry Butler
Curtis Mayfield
. But far more than that,
the Impressions
recorded some of the most distinctive vocal-group R&B of the '60s under
's guidance. Their style was marked by airy, feather-light harmonies and
's influentially sparse guitar work, plus, at times, understated Latin rhythms. If their sound was sweet and lilting, it remained richly soulful thanks to the group's firm grounding in gospel tradition; they popularized the three-part vocal trade-offs common in gospel but rare in R&B at the time, and recorded their fair share of songs with spiritual themes, both subtle and overt. Furthermore,
's interest in the civil rights movement led to some of the first socially conscious R&B songs ever recorded, and his messages grew more explicit as the '60s wore on, culminating in the streak of brilliance that was his early-'70s solo work.
The Impressions
carried on without
, but only matched their earlier achievements in isolated instances, and finally disbanded in the early '80s.
The Impressions
were formed in Chicago in 1957 as a doo wop group called
the Roosters
, a group of Chattanooga, TN, transplants that included vocalists
Sam Gooden
and brothers
Arthur Brooks
. Lead singer
Jerry Butler
joined up and soon brought in his friend
Curtis Mayfield
as guitarist; the two had previously sung together in a church choir and a couple of local gospel groups as youths. Renamed
the Impressions
by their manager, the group scored a major hit in 1958 with the classic ballad "For Your Precious Love," which hit the pop Top 20 and the R&B Top Five.
's gospel-inflected lead vocal was a departure from the norm, and the fact that the single billed him in front of the rest of the group foreshadowed his quick exit for a solo career, after just one more single ("Come Back My Love"). With new vocalist
Fred Cash
in tow,
took over the lead tenor role, eventually becoming the group's chief composer as well. First, though, he hit the road as guitarist and musical director for
's backing band, and also co-wrote some of
's earliest singles, including the R&B number one "He Will Break Your Heart" in late 1960.
's success as a songwriter encouraged him to form his own publishing company. With the money he earned by working with
, he reconvened
the Impressions
and brought them to New York to record for ABC-Paramount in 1961. Their first single, the Latin-inflected "Gypsy Woman," was a number two R&B smash, also reaching the pop Top 20. Several follow-ups failed to duplicate its chart success, and the Brooks brothers left the group in 1962; now down to a trio,
the Impressions
returned to Chicago and began recording with arranger
Johnny Pate
, whose horn and string embellishments added a bit more heft to their sound. They struck gold in 1963 with "It's All Right," whose gospel-style lead-swapping helped make it not only their first R&B number one, but their biggest pop hit as well, with a peak of number four. The same year, they issued their eponymous first LP, which many critics still consider one of their finest. 1964 brought the hit single "Keep on Pushing," the first of
's numerous black pride anthems (though at this stage, his sentiments were much less explicit than they would later become). The album of the same name also featured a marching-beat cover of the gospel standard "Amen," inspired by the song's inclusion in the Sidney Poitier film Lilies of the Field. Gospel also informed what became perhaps the best-known
hit, 1965's "People Get Ready"; if its lyrics weren't overtly political,
's intent was clear, as the song became an anthem of transcendence for the civil rights movement and an oft-covered soul standard.
The mid-'60s saw
trying to keep pace with the Motown hit factory by incorporating elements of its style into his own writing. The group recorded prolifically in 1965, but their commercial fortunes dropped off over the next couple of years. When
the Impressions
returned to the upper reaches of the R&B charts, it was with 1968's "We're a Winner," the most straightforward celebration of black pride
had yet composed. That summer, the group left ABC to record for
's newly formed Curtom imprint, which allowed them greater freedom in terms of the lyrical content
wanted to pursue. More aggressive message tracks like "This Is My Country," "Choice of Colors," and "Check Out Your Mind" followed over the next couple of years, as did some of the group's most consistent albums, particularly
The Young Mods' Forgotten Story
(1969). 1970's
Check Out Your Mind
's final album with
the Impressions
, but the group remained on Curtom after his departure, and he continued to write and produce some of their material.
was replaced on lead vocals by
Leroy Hutson
, who debuted on LP with 1972's
Times Have Changed
. At this point,
the Impressions
were still overshadowed by their ex-leader, who was riding high with brilliant works like
. But
's solo momentum cooled down a bit, and after
departed in 1973, new singers
Ralph Johnson
Reggie Torian
for the R&B chart-topper "Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)," cut with ex-Motown producer
Ed Townsend
in 1974.
continued to work with the group for the next couple of years with some success, but in 1976
left to join the unsuccessful
. Around that point,
the Impressions
parted ways with Curtom;
Nate Evans
, and the group recorded for Cotillion and 20th Century/Chi-Sound with little chart success.
eventually departed, leaving the group a trio again. They recorded their final album,
Fan the Fire
, in 1981;
occasionally reunited with
and sometimes
for touring commitments.
was paralyzed in a heartbreaking stage accident in 1990, when a lighting scaffold toppled over on him; he passed away in 1999.
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First it was 5-foot-6 Tajuan Porter from Detroit Renaissance to Oregon. He's a senior now, but the Pac-10 won't lack for short guards from Michigan, as Saginaw Arthur Hill's Maurice Jones has verballed to Southern Cal. He's not the ball-handling whizz nor does he have the shooting range of Porter, but Jones is certainly a better all-around basketball player. He's much stronger than oponents expect, and you have to be tough to go in the lane like he does at that size. Jones chose USC over A-10 schools Duquesne and St. Bonaventure.
WeAreSC.com, Sept. 27:
Several point guards were already on the Trojan radar when, according to Jones, O'Neill made a call to a friend back in the Midwest.
"Coach O'Neill and my high school coach are good friends," Jones said. "He called my coach saying that he was looking for a point guard and then he came to check me out."
During O'Neill's visit, Jones had a chance to speak with his future coach and came away impressed with everything he heard. A scholarship offer was extended and an official visit was planned, and Jones said that he bought into O'Neill's declaration that USC would be a good place for him next season.
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APD Solves Old CaseUPDATED 10:40 PM MST Dec 23, 2013
A cold case murder, solved after 27 years. Albuquerque police say they've finally caught the suspect who shot and killed a man in 1986.Video Transcript
POLICE SAY THEY'VE FINALLY CAUGHT THE SUSPECT WHO SHOT AND KILLED A MAN IN 1986. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANNA VELASQUEZ SHOWS US HOW DETECTIVES TRACKED HIM DOWN. RAMON ASTORGA RAMIREZ IS NOW IN CUSTODY IN MIDLAND TEXAS, WAITING TO BE EXTRADICTED TO ALBUQUERQUE FOR THE 1986 MURDER OF PAUL DUBOSE. INVESTIGATORS SAY HERE, 27 YEARS AGO, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX ON DALLAS STREET OFF OF CENTRAL, RAMIREZ GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH DUBOSE. WITNESSES LATER TOLD POLICE, RAMIREZ RAN INTO AN APARTMENT, AND CAME BACK WITH A HANDGUN. DUBOSE WAS FOUND IN THE PARKING LOT, SHOT IN THE CHEST. police soon identified Ramirez as the suspect but he ran away and stayed out of their reach for 27 years, until now. ACCORDING TO THE ARREST WARRANT, DUBOSE'S BROTHER REACHED OUT TO THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S COLD CASE UNIT IN JANUARY, WANTING AN UPDATE. BUT TRACKING RAMIREZ DOWN WASN'T EASY. DETECTIVES LEARNED RAMIREZ HAD SEVERAL ALISES... INCLUDING SAMUEL CORRAL, ALEX VELASQUEZ, AND ALEJANDRO VELASQUEZ. BUT THANKS TO PHOTOGRAPHS, DRIVER'S LICENSES, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS FROM THE VARIOUS ALIASES... AND FINGERPRINTS, DETECTIVES WERE ABLE TO TRACK HIM TO TEXAS. AND SUNDAY MORNING, WITH HELP FROM LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES THERE, THEY TOOK RAMIREZ INTO CUSTODY. HE FACES A 1ST DEGREE MURDER CHARGE HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. ANNA VELASQUEZ KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. RAMIREZ IS EXPECTED TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO ALBUQUERQUE SOMETIME IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
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February 3, 2012 at 8pm to March 4, 2012 at 2pm – Venice Theatre Tuesday-Saturday 8:00 pm and Sunday matinees 2:00 pm Book by Kevin Del Aguila Music and Lyrics by Gary Adler, Michael Patrick Walker Conceived By Marc Kessler, Ken Davenport It's the final night o… Organized by Venice Theatre | Type: musical, theatre, comedy
January 19, 2012 to March 2, 2012 – Isermann Gallery The fourth annual New College Juried Student Art Exhibition features sculpture, painting, drawing and printmaking work by 16 New College of Florida students now through March 2, 2012, in Isermann Gal… Organized by Kim Anderson | Type: art, exhibition
January 20, 2012 to March 10, 2012 – Art Center Sarasota Now that they Opening Reception has passed (a HUGE turnout), please stop by at your leisure to see ACS' 4 gallery exhibits: Gallery 1, Artists Who Made Sarasota Famous; Gallery Two, The Story of the… Organized by Art Center Sarasota | Type: art, exhibit
January 20, 2012 to February 29, 2012 – España http://artebohemiogus.blogspot.com/España. Organized by gustavo vazquez king | Type: exposición, óleo, /, espátula, lienzo
January 23, 2012 to February 27, 2012 – Online Art Competition Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces a call for entries with the theme "Landscapes" for a juried art contest for the month of February 2012. The gallery urges all 2D artists to submit… Organized by John R Math | Type: juried, art, competition
February 1, 2012 at 9:30am to March 28, 2012 at 12pm – Art Studio: I 75 & Proctor area CLASSES FEBRUARY and MARCH 2012 Take an individual class or a whole series.* WATERCOLOR and MORE MAGGIE NEVENS 941-343-0430 firstname.lastname@example.com www.maggienevens.com Let loose. Have fun. Paint like… Organized by Maggie Nevens | Type: art, class:, watercolor and more
February 1, 2012 at 10am to February 29, 2012 at 5pm – Island Gallery West in Holmes Beach, FL This February Island Gallery West will feature MARIAROSA and ROGER ROCKEFELLER'S art in an exhibit entitled "Life on the Gulf Coast" highlighting the Rockefeller's watercolors, pencil drawings and ph… Organized by Marlane Wurzbach | Type: art, exhibit, &, public, reception
February 3, 2012 to February 29, 2012 – Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is pleased to announce that its February 2012 art exhibition is now posted on their website and is ready to view online. The basis for this month's art exhib… Organized by John R Math | Type: online, art, exhibition
February 14, 2012 at 8pm to March 11, 2012 at 2pm – Venice Theatre February 14 – March 11, 2012 Tuesday-Saturday 8pm & Sunday matinees 2pm $24 adults, $12 students T-Th, $27/$15 F-Sun Book, Music & Lyrics by Meredith Willson Based on a story by Meredith W… Organized by Venice Theatre | Type: musical, theatre, comedy
February 16, 2012 at 7:30pm to March 4, 2012 at 2pm – The Players Theatre This musical is set on a bare stage and provides a glimpse into the lives of Broadway dancers. One highlight is the musical theatre anthem: What I did for Love. Organized by Michelle Bianchi Pingel | Type: musical
February 20, 2012 at 10am to March 10, 2012 at 4pm – Art Center Sarasota The work of three artists re-examines Iconography. Robert Lovejoy, Gwendolyn Fryer and Vadim Rolshakov exhibit work created to reinterpret and deconstruct the iconic image. Robert Lovejoy's bold wo… Organized by Art Center Sarasota | Type: gallery, exhibit
February 22, 2012 at 2pm to February 25, 2012 at 11pm – Glenridge Performing Arts Center Funny Money, Ray Cooney's comedy about a briefcase full of cash, police who ask one too many questions, and a mild-mannered accountant who's struck it rich, opens on February 22-25, 2012 for a run of… Organized by Glenridge Performing Arts Center | Type: performance, theater, acting
February 24, 2012 at 5pm to March 28, 2012 at 4pm – Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design February 24 – March 28, 2012 Genius Unfolding - Annotated Proofs by J.M.W. Turner Selby Galleries I & II: An historical look at several outstanding series of prints by J.M.W. Turner featuring… Organized by Selby Gallery | Type: exhibition, opening
February 25, 2012 at 11am to March 30, 2012 at 9pm – Art Uptown Gallery Art Uptown, Sarasota's oldest artist-owned fine art gallery, presents "Florida Soliloquy", a one-person show of paintings by Sarasota artist and art educator Cecile Moran. The exhibition is schedule… Organized by Richard Stewart | Type: art, exhibit, opening
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EEA Reports on Participatory Scenarios of Security Risks from Climate Change
28 November 2012: The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published a report presenting participatory-based scenarios of security risks from climate change, titled "Using Scenarios to Improve Understanding of Environment and Security Issues."
The publication offers an overview of a joint project of the EEA and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), called "Security implications of climate change in the OSCE regions," which aims to improve understanding of the links between trends and environment on the global level (including mega-trends) and the security of food, fuel and water in different regions. The project also aims to enhance cooperation and networking among the main institutions addressing climate security issues.
Phase 1 of the project was based on a scoping study and global expert workshop, the report notes. Phase 2 conducted regional scenario workshops, including on climate change and food security in Eastern Europe, climate change and water availability in the Western Balkans, and impacts on the water-energy-agriculture nexus in Central Asia.
Workshop findings include the potential for climate change to spur competition across sectors and national borders to secure threatened resources, as well as direct security risks from extreme weather events and changing distributions of precipitation. [Publication: Using Scenarios to Improve Understanding of Environment and Security Issues]


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Big Charisma
Rutgers' freshman center filling a tall order
Story by MATTHEW FUTTERMAN / Photos BY ED MURRAY
Don't call Hamady N'diaye a "seven-footer."
Just tell him he's really tall.
Tell the biggest man on the Rutgers campus he looks at least 6-11. But leave it at that or else the electric, ear-to-ear smile this kid displays everywhere but on the basketball court will disappear faster than a LeBron James pump fake.
"The seven-foot guy is the slow, tall dude who can't run up the court, can't shoot and just stands under the basket rebounding and blocking shots," Hamady says in his baritone, African-French lilt. "I work hard and I'm getting better, so say I'm 6-11."
Then he rocks back in his chair and lets loose with a deep laugh. "But I don't know, man. I may be seven feet."
Rutgers has bigger sports stars. Brian Leonard is every mother's favorite son. Ray Rice could win the Heisman Trophy next year. Mike Teel is the quarterback who stayed at home to lead the Scarlet Knights to football glory.
But none has as big a presence -- literally -- as this 19-year-old freshman from Senegal, who weighs a mere 235 pounds, or about 100 pounds and a half-dozen Big Macs less than Miami Heat center Shaquille O'Neal, who is also 7-feet tall.
"All the parties we go to, everyone is yelling 'HAMADYYYY' as soon as we walk in the door," says JR Inman, a sophomore forward who is one of Hamady's best friends on the team. "That guy has got friends all over this campus."
Just three years removed from West Africa, Hamady has yet to learn that star athletes are supposed to be aloof, or that living 5,000 miles from home, with English as your second language, should be a struggle.
He has no money. Most of the clothes he wears are Rutgers basketball sweats and university-issued T-shirts. Byron Joynes, a senior center, gave Hamady his size 17 Timberlands. He eats all his meals in the dining hall or with the team. He has seen his parents once in 2 1/2 years.
And yet, Hamady can't help but wrap himself around this adventure with endless arms that stretch nearly to the top of his knees.
"It's my third year in the U.S., my third year playing basketball and it's going to be my best one," he says of 2007. "Three years ago I didn't want to play on any sports teams or do nothing. Now I'm here at Rutgers playing basketball and it's just amazing when I think about it.
"All I want to do is make it better."
Walking with headphones
Exactly how a shy, oversized and bespectacled young boy growing up in Dakar ends up dunking basketballs and becoming the life of the party in Piscataway is a tale that represents some of what's good - and awful - about sports in the 21st century.
It starts when Hamady was a young boy, because he is the embodiment of an old cliche that basketball coaches often throw around - he has, indeed, been big since he was little.
"I don't know about being any other way," he says. "I don't even think of myself as big."
He has no idea when he cleared six feet because it happened so long ago he can't remember. Yet, putting that size to use on the basketball court never occurred to him. His size, he says, was anything but an advantage. Instead, it was a barrier that intimidated people and kept them away.
So, he says, he withdrew into himself.
"I see myself four years ago and it's big boy with thick glasses, a backpack on his back, and big headphones on his ears," he says. "I walked all over my city like that. I wasn't mean or unfriendly, but I never opened up to people."
Sometimes, he'd join a pickup soccer game. Even then, as the tallest kid on the team, he'd retreat to play goalie and hang out alone behind the defense.
Hamady doubted he'd ever leave Senegal, a predominantly Muslim country of 11 million people. While more modern and less corrupt than many other African nations, it still struggles with vast poverty.
But when he was 16, Hamady tired of the boys making fun of him for being the tallest kid around who never played basketball.
"I don't like it when people tell me I can't do something," he says over a plate piled high with macaroni and cheese after practice one evening.
The journey begins
The world of basketball today is a desperate and gossipy place, with eyeballs everywhere searching for the next giant with enough coordination to fill the lane. So, word spread quickly in Dakar that there was another kid approaching seven feet tall who was hanging around the gym.
Within weeks of picking up a basketball, a coach named Babacar Sy entered the picture.
Sy, who was out of the country and could not be reached for comment, is a creation of the modern basketball industry. He is essentially a basketball fixer, the type of guy who will do anything to provide teams at every level with the best players he can find.
He has served in the U.S. as an NBA scout and a coach in college and high school. Sy also runs basketball academies in Dakar and France, and a nonprofit organization, International Hoops, which helps bring promising teenage players from around the world to play basketball and attend school in the U.S.
When he met Hamady, Sy was also working as an assistant coach at the College of Southern Idaho. To scouts and basketball runners like Sy, Hamady was an uncut jewel, a giant who could run, the kind of discovery that enhances a reputation.
Hamady, meanwhile, was quickly realizing basketball was helping him in ways he never imagined it could when he was living inside his headphones.
"While I played I started to get more open to people," he says. "On the court you have to talk and mix. It made me start talking and realize that there are people all around me, that I have teammates."
The constant scowl disappeared. He made friends. He began to smile and laugh.
Hamady's father works with the World Bank. His mother is a secretary. Academic achievement was the most important thing in his house growing up, not sports.
Even so, when Sy told them about the opportunity and the riches basketball could give him in the U.S., he and his parents jumped at it.
Ups and downs in the U.S.
In September 2004, Hamady began his tour of private basketball factories that have become notorious lately for producing the country's top teams but offering little in the way of education. Last year the NCAA began investigating dozens of these schools and later announced that it would no longer declare graduates of 23 of these institutions eligible for college competition.
Hamady's first stop was in Florence in Burlington County, where he attended the Life Center Academy, a school run by the Assembly of God church. Sy had a relationship with the school and had brought many players there over the past five years.
Bob Newman, the school's principal, said no one expected a teenager from Africa to charm everyone the way Hamady did.
"He was outgoing, friendly, eager to learn, he got along great with his host family," Newman said. "The other students loved him. We all gained for having him here."
Jim Carr, an assistant coach at Rutgers, took a ride the following spring from Piscataway to the Life Center to meet the big kid everyone was talking about.
"Hamady was like the mayor or the governor of that place," Carr says. "The principal gave him his office to meet with us, and for 2 1/2 hours he told us all about his life and where he wanted to go with it.
"Most of the time, you meet with these kids and you talk for 45 minutes. Maybe you get a few nods before the next coach comes in. This kid was totally different."
It was around that time that Sy, who is Hamady's legal guardian in the U.S., agreed to become the basketball coach at a school named Florida Prep in Port Charlotte, Fla., a town of 46,000 people in the southwestern part of the state. Hamady transferred with him.
The move didn't turn out well. Florida Prep, which was in bankruptcy, never formally hired Sy, who then had to return to Senegal when his visa ran out. That left Hamady and eight other international players - four of them from Africa - living in a house in Port Charlotte with an assistant coach. But the house didn't have enough beds, and the school failed to provide enough money for food. So in the middle of an early October night in 2005 the assistant coach and the nine international players left.
Sy, meanwhile, landed a job at Stoneridge Prep in Simi Valley, a private, southern California high school that aspired to be a basketball powerhouse.
Days after the players left Florida Prep, Sy and a Stoneridge benefactor arranged for tuition room and board for six of the nine international players. Hamady now calls Sy "my family, my best friend, and my guardian." Sy provides Hamady with his cell phone, pays the bills and speaks with him regularly.
At Stoneridge, Hamady kept hearing from Carr and Rutgers' current head coach Fred Hill, who was an assistant to Gary Waters last year. Sy and Hill have known each other for 15 years, so Hamady scheduled a visit with Rutgers for the weekend of Feb. 11, 2006.
The Northeast welcomed back the kid from West Africa with a 23-inch snowstorm that left Waters stranded in Ohio. Hamady, who had just visited Pepperdine in Malibu, watched Rutgers beat Marquette in front of the smallest crowd of the season.
Yet, Hamady fell in love with the hearty band of 2,000 fans who braved a state of emergency to attend the game. A month later he announced he was coming back to New Jersey.
"I believe Coach Hill can get me to the next level," Hamady says with a gap-toothed grin. "I was here my first year. I decided to come back home."
The practice
Watching Hamady on the basketball court is not yet a pretty sight.
He bends so far over when he runs that his knees look like they are going to hit his chin. His elbows make circles behind him instead of going straight back. He'll somehow miss a layup, and then let out a primal scream before grabbing the ball again and rising up for a dunk, by far his favorite and most effective shot.
He gets winded easily. He slaps the ball in frustration. He's the first one on the team to lean on his knees in search of his breath, the first one to grab a water bottle.
"Come on boy, come on boy," he yells at his teammates from the sideline.
In many ways, he is like the Rutgers basketball program under Hill, who had never been a head coach at any level. He's young, raw, inexperienced and not yet ready to bang with the biggest boys of NCAA Division 1-A basketball.
Hamady rarely smiles on the court. He says he knows he has too much work to do to play around. His coaches won't argue with him about that.
During a three-on-three drill, Adrian Hill hits Hamady with an elbow to the gut, and he buckles, straining for air.
Two minutes later, Hill, who is four inches shorter but weighs the same as Hamady, backs him under the basket with two quick bumps of his rear end and lays in an easy basket.
On the next play, Hamady goes for a fake, rises off the ground to block a shot that never comes and lands on Hill's back for an ugly foul.
"It's got to bother you to get scored on," assistant coach Darren Savino yells from the top of the key. "Come on Hamady, get a stop."
Off the court
Fred Hill knows this is what you get from a kid who has been playing the game for only three years. He has to live with the mistakes.
In the Scarlet Knights' season opener against Kansas State, Hill watched a nervous Hamady go 0-for-5 from the free-throw line.
Against Iona, Hamady committed four fouls in 10 minutes, leaving his feet on nearly every fake and failing to get into position to play defense the right way.
But Hill also sees Hamady rise above a crowd for a rebound, or get the ball under the basket and attack the rim with a kind of aggressiveness that can't be taught.
"The fans love that great explosiveness and he has had several monster dunks," Hill said. "What is important is I see him get better every single day. He has a chance to be a great one because he listens and he works at it."
Randi Larson, the team's academic adviser, says Hamady puts in the time off the court as well.
He spends as much as 10 hours a week with tutors on reading and writing English, in addition to the work he does on his own. He even signed up for a public speaking class to work on his language skills.
"He has a nontraditional background but that makes him special," Larson says. "He adjusts so easily, and he's so sociable he can hang in any environment."
Instead of using his language barrier as a crutch, Hamady says he treats it like another obstacle to overcome.
"I don't want it to be an excuse that I'm not fluent," he says. "I want to do better than the American kids. It's a challenge."
He is considering majoring in communications, a degree he plans to put to use after a career in the National Basketball Association - which is the main reason he left his home and his family to come halfway across the world in the first place.
Sometimes, he says, when he isn't busy with school or basketball, the homesickness comes over him like a twinge of pain.
"It pinches me," he says. "I knew it was going to happen, but I've just got to do what I've got to do."
And anyway, according to Anthony Farmer, Rutgers' sophomore point guard, Hamady has no shortage of people to lean on if he starts missing home too much.
"He's got way more friends than I got," Farmer says. "I pretty much only spend time with the basketball team, but then I say, 'Hey, where you going?' And he's always saying, 'Oh, I got some friends I'm meeting.'"
Hometown: Dakar, Senegal
Now lives: Busch Campus, Piscataway
Favorite basketball player: Ben Wallace Why: "Because he is a beast and that is what I am trying to be."
On Hamady's music player: Lil' Wayne, 50 Cent
How to make him really mad: Call him "soft." "I don't like it when people tell me I can't do something," Hamady says.
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There is a title - president of the United States.
It is clearly evident that these two cannot co-exist in 2013. As president of the greatest country of the created universe, things are not going in the manner of our proud past.
Why is this? The heads of our government seem to be playing "follow the leader," a game we all played as children. Leadership is not a game to be played; it is put in place to guide, help and protect the people.
I fear that today's president is like an engineer of a very fast-moving train about to jump the tracks and send it into a terrible unending disaster. How long until the people of America awake and see what is happening?
Will it be too late?
Goodness and honesty have gone by the wayside in our government. Will it continue into the future?
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Editor's note: This is the third part of a three-day series that looks at the relocation of the Alaska Marine Highway System headquarters from Juneau to Ketchikan. The other stories include:
Thursday: What the move means for ferry system workers and a closer look at expected savings from the move
Friday: How the move could affect Juneau and what relocation means for Ketchikan
Today: Is this capital creep and a look at the building that will house the agency
The state's decision to move 44 marine highway jobs out of Juneau raises the specter of shipping out another 284 jobs to Ketchikan.
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough sent a lease proposal on March 1 giving the option to move 284 additional Department of Transportation employees to the old Ketchikan Pulp Co. administration building. The same building will house the headquarters of the Alaska Marine Highway System, now based in Juneau, but slated to move this summer.
The governor's spokesman, John Manly, said he is unaware of any plans to move more state jobs out of the capital.
But the relocation of the ferry system headquarters, as well as Ketchikan's lease proposal, has some Juneau residents wondering if this is the re-emergence of capital creep.
Sen. Kim Elton, D-Juneau, called the move of ferry system employees "job creep." He defined the term as jobs moving out of the capital for bad policy reasons.
During his run for governor in 2002, then-U.S. Sen. Frank Murkowski decried the state's decision to allow commissioners to live and work outside the capital city. Calling the movement of state jobs out of Juneau "capital creep," Murkowski promised to bring the commissioners back and put an end to state jobs leaving the capital.
Murkowski's spokesman, Manly, now says the movement of the marine highway jobs out of Juneau is not capital creep.
"I think the classic definition of capital creep is moving jobs from Juneau away to the Anchorage area," Manly said. "The fear here in Juneau was that they were going to get them one job at a time.
"Ketchikan is not trying to steal the capital."
Manly said the move is based on better management of the marine highway fleet.
"(The governor) is not moving jobs out of Juneau just to move jobs out of Juneau," Manly said.
When asked if he would move any other agencies at a recent Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Murkowski said: "Well, if you have any suggestions I'll consider them."
Sen. Elton said this isn't the first time "job creep" has threatened Juneau.
In July 1997, a few months after the Ketchikan Pulp Co. closed its doors and laid off more than 500 employees, Alaska's congressional delegation announced plans to move some 200 U.S. Forest Service jobs from Juneau to Ketchikan, a move estimated to cost taxpayers up to $20 million.
Shortly after the move proposal became public, U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens said it was intended to help Ketchikan cope with the economics of the declining timber industry.
Murkowski's office, though, said the Forest Service move would achieve administrative improvements, just as he now says the ferry system move would.
The proposal, along with talk of moving the 17th Coast Guard district from Juneau to Sitka, ultimately died.
"If you look at the history, you can predict that this is history repeating itself at Juneau's expense," Elton said.
More legislative hearings to discuss the proposed move are scheduled, said Win Gruening, chairman of the Alaska Committee, a local group committed to fighting capital move attempts and keeping state jobs in Juneau.
"I see no reason for us to take a position on that specific move, if we need to, unless all the evidence is in, and it doesn't sound like it is yet," Gruening said.
He said it is not clear whether the move constitutes capital creep.
The move seems to be an attempt to save money and make the ferry system more efficient, he said.
"That's not what we would consider capital creep, if that's what it is," he said. "I guess capital creep to us, at least in past years, has been the movement of jobs and positions to other cities just for, I guess for lack of a better term, convenience sake."
Gruening said the Alaska Committee has focused on keeping commissioners' jobs in Juneau in the past.
He said that in past years there were a number of commissioners living outside of the capital.
Both gubernatorial candidates Gov. Frank Murkowski and Fran Ulmer in the 2002 election promised to require commissioners to live in Juneau.
"As far as I know the governor has lived up to that promise," Gruening said.
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For every man there is some spot on earth, I think, which he has pledged himself to return to, some day, because he was so happy there once. Even to long for it is holiday of a sort. These visits of revery may be all that he can pay it, for years, perhaps until his shade is free to haunt where it pleases. But some are lucky; some get back, and find it, to every trembling leaf and stanch old tree trunk, untouched by any alteration but the seasons'.
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> I haven't tried it. But it's worth giving it a shot so you don't have
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Topshop's New Window Display
Topshop is one of Britain's largest clothing retailers, and for a long time now, they've been busy doing for animal-free fashion what the Body Shop has done for cruelty-free cosmetics. Not only do they refuse to sell fur or exotic skins, but they advertise their ethical choices with pride. In 2006, they filled the window of their flagship store in London with this beautiful anti-fur display, and this week, they've outdone themselves. Check out their latest display, which draws attention to the cruelty inherent in the exotic-skins trade. It's a piece of art.
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I was really impressed with Topshop until scott pointed out that they sell leather. I hope the display makes a difference for exotic animals but as the saying goes charity begins at homeread local domestic animals.
I love it! im gonna go find their site right now and buy something!
Beautiful and what a wonderful message it sends out!
ashes topshop does sell leather and merino wool products they just choose not to sell fur where the animal dies just for fashion.
scott You make a good point and I agree with you. Leather is just as bad it comes from the skins of other creatures such as cows sheep lambs goats pigs for example. Leather is also the skin of animals and should be avoided as much as possible. Being vegan I do and am fortunate there are so many options to choose from and can avoid buying the skins of brutally murdered animals.
it's cool that they did that it really sends a message to people.
Yes it is! It's beautiful! YAAAAAY!!!!!
This is AMAZING! 'Topshop love PETA PETA love Topshop a match made in heaven!'
what a great way to help animals i wish the mall i go to did that!!!!
TS I applaud you! Kylie et al sporting those horrid python bags take note. Snakes and crocs and the like feel pain too and their deaths are truly agonizing and distgusting.
They really are the Topshop in compassion and their clothes are fabulous as well!
I walked by this today.
Brilliant. Top Shop is not only an amazing clothing store but a great practicer of what they preach. Great display.
I would be interested to learn about the relative profit margins of this chain of stores compared to those than do sell shoes handbags coats etc. that use leather other skins wool or fur. It seems like with shoes and handbags in particular there is a huge market for leather snakeskin etc. as there are not many high quality brands or designers not using leather at all.
2006? Perhaps I misread the blog post but that display is on Oxford Street now
Cool! Fur is SSSOOO going out of style!
I'm gonna start shopping there D
This is very nice! very good for this people we need more hearts like this in this torturer world
I love it it's so cute! I love snakes and reptiles in general. I was talking once with a friend about one of my pet snakes and they said the only thing snakes were good for was belts shoes or handbags. You can bet I haven't talked to them since!
That is great. But Topshop uses leather. And has many leather bags and shoes on their website. Isn't that just as bad?


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Q: My German Shepherd was just diagnosed with blastomycosis, The vet is concerned and says he's not optimistic. Of course, we're very concerned. Any advice?
- S.H., Louisville, KY
A: Blastomycosis is a fungal infection caused by the organism blastomyces dermatitidis, which is commonly found in decaying wood and soil. When ground is stirred up by construction, dogs are more likely to be exposed to the spores which cause this illness. People can get this disease, too, but our noses aren't typically to the ground, so we aren't as prone. Studies show the most commonly affected dogs are larger, and live or play near fresh water.
For whatever reason, generally younger dogs get blastomycosis, though it can infect dogs of any age.
The disease can cause damage to the lungs, eyes, skin and bones. Without treatment, Dr. Al Legendre says, a dog will die.
"The secret is to diagnose and treat early before serious disease, particularly lung involvement, results," says Legendre, a professor in the department of small animal clinical sciences at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville. "We can lose 10 to 12 percent in the first week. Over half the dogs will be cured after the first course of treatment; most others after a second course."
The problem for many owners isn't the eventual effectiveness of Itraconazole (Sporanox), but the cost of the drug. Legendre says the cost for a German Shepherd-sized dog could exceed $25 a day, and treatment might last from 60 to 90 days or more.


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With few Mississippi politicians speaking out against a proposed "personhood" amendment on the state's ballot next week, Personhood USA is hoping that the Magnolia State will be the first to adopt its radical anti-choice legislation, which has been resoundingly defeated multiple times in Colorado. Personhood USA's Keith Mason said on Friday that Mississippi's Initiative 26, "looks like it'll be the first one to pass in this country."
Mississippi already has some of the most restrictive anti-choice laws in the United States. But opponents of the personhood initiative have started succeeding in educating voters over the far-reaching consequences of the proposed law, which would not only criminalize abortions without exceptions for rape, incest or health of the mother, but also potentially ban certain forms of birth control, the treatment of ectopic and problem pregnancies and in-vitro fertilization. One opponent of Initiative 26 said that polling shows that the more voters learn about the full impact of Initiative 26, the less likely they are to support it: "It's the largest movement on numbers I've seen, in terms of the undecideds. It reverses the position…They've given us all the ammunition we need to defeat it."
On Friday, Rachel Maddow discussed the grassroots campaign to defeat the personhood amendment and investigated the amendment's radical roots – specifically, the role of Personhood Mississippi's leader, Les Riley. As Maddow noted, Right Wing Watch first uncovered that Riley previously blogged for a secessionist group that wanted to create an independent theocratic state in South Carolina. In addition, Riley heads Mississippi's far-right Constitution Party and is a past member of the neo-Confederate League of the South.
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4. They blaspheme in matters, which they don't understand (2:12): A Bible teacher should be sincere. While the people consider them as teachers, who know everything under the sky, they have to realize that there are human limitations. So they should keep silence on some occasions; it is better than to blaspheme and make God a laughing stock for many.
5. They are immoral and they seduce the unstable (2:14): The today's English Version translates this as: "their appetite for sin is never satisfied". It is a fact that the teachers of the Bible get attracted from the common public and the women faster than from the intellectuals. And due to their confidence in them as "brotherly" or "fatherly" figures women may take more freedom in their relationships too. What happens in the case of "false teachers" is they misunderstand this and some of them become immoral. This is a great and unpardonable sin.
6. They are greedy (2:14): The Bible teachers and pastors have access to the wealthy and powerful of a place. They may also get money and other gifts. This can tempt some of them to become rich and rich. What they have to remember is the fact that when they decided to become a leader of the Church their intention was not to make money. They would have got qualifications for a decent job, which would bring them more money. But their decision was to serve the Lord at first. Therefore greedy teachers blaspheme God and His Church.
7. They don't really believe in the promises of our Lord about His second coming (3:4): This is the biggest blunder of a Bible teacher. It is quite normal that people may be skeptic towards some of the teachings of the Bible. But the teachers of the Bible are called and appointed by God and therefore they have to clear the doubts of the audience. At first they have to be convinced and only they will be able to teach. Instead of this some of them may ask like scoffers: "Where is the promise of his coming? …all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation".
In a nutshell Peter warns his people against some of the teachers of the Bible. They will be good in speaking and they can make good impressions through their crafty speeches. Good stories and illustrations will be their attraction. But they are like "springs without water" or "clouds driven by storm" (2:17). Even angels are afraid of them, and therefore these would not blame them (2:11), but a donkey may speak against them as in the case of Balaam, the insanity of a prophet is exposed (2:16). Peter has no doubt that the false teachers will be punished, because God did not spare even the angels, who sinned (2:4). One who creates wrong theologies will definitely be punished in the Day of the Judgment; the flood during Noah's time (2:5) or the story of Sodom and Gomorrah (2:6) are warnings for them.
Make God's Call a Permanent Experience
As a remedy for the evils in which a Bible Teacher can involve himself Peter suggests to "make the divine call and choice a permanent experience" (1:10). One has to refresh his divine experience on a daily basis. Bible reading, devotions and meditations can help him. The Biblical instances where prophets and teachers were called by God should certainly inspire a theologian. He should realize the value of the Divine Call and tell himself that God has appointed him as a teacher of the Bible. Once this is ensured, everything else would follow. The voice of a speaker, his qualifications, his language background, his communicative skills and his physical appearance would not make him a preacher or theologian, who speaks on behalf of God. He gets that authority only through his continuous relationship with God. Every prophecy or Scripture is inspired by God (1:20) and similarly, the interpretation of the Bible is possible only with the assistance of the Holy Spirit (1:21).
Similarly, a teacher of the Scripture was asked to lead a "holy" and "dedicated" life. Peter asks him to seven virtues to their Christian faith. These are: Goodness, knowledge, self-control, endurance, godliness, charity and Love (1:5-7). Only when a theologian or pastor or teacher of the Church has got these basic virtues in life he can interpret the Bible as per God's wish. More than jokes, illustrations and dramatic anecdotes what the believers need is a real "witness" of God; this will make them Partakers of the Glory and goodness of God.
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Fight against gun violence focusing on silly targets
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Anti-gun craziness in public schools seems to be increasing. It ought to be upsetting to any reasonable person, not just to those worried about Americans' Second Amendment rights....
As long as we have idiots like koolaid around, life will never return to normal, responsible standards. What a retard.
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I don't know why or when it changed. It changed, but I don't know why or when.
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All those posts were for ALL YOU self righteous "MORONS" who need to step into the "REAL WORLD" and get out of your "FANTASY WORLD". Again the Journal's Editor is correct.
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"An ambulance happened upon a West Side shootout early Saturday morning that left two men in critical condition. The ambulance was eastbound about 12:15 a.m. in the 3500 block of West Lake Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, not responding to a call, when the paramedics saw men ducking behind cars and firing guns Other responding firefighters and ambulances were told to hang back until the shooting stopped."
At least they got the kid with the unloaded cap gun in Calvert County MD.
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"In the South Shore neighborhood, a 15-year-old boy was taken to Jackson Park Hospital with his condition stabilized after he was found wounded in the 1300 block of East 76th Street."
And the beat goes on...
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"A 16-year-old boy was stabilized and taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital following a shooting near Lavergne Avenue and Henderson Street. The boy was standing on the street in the 5000 block of West Henderson about 3:30 p.m. when a group of boys or men in a white SUV drove up. The SUV stopped, and at least one person got out and shot at the boy, hitting him in the leg."
Get my drift???
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"A man was shot multiple times in the Sheridan Park neighborhood tonight and left in critical condition. Paramedics were called to the 1200 block of West Sunnyside Avenue at 7:56 p.m. for a person shot. They took a 25-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds in critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center."
The Journal's Editor is a wise man.
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"Four men were shot and taken to hospitals tonight in the West Englewood neighborhood. The shooting occurred in the 5900 block of South Wood StreetDepartment. One man shot in the torso or abdomen was taken in serious-to-critical condition to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, while another man was taken in fair-to-serious condition to Holy Cross Hospital."
It's like a shooting gallery in RahmTown.
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"A 32-year-old woman was shot near a South Side elementary school this afternoon while with her two children, including a baby she was carrying, but there were no reports of students or staff being injured. Paramedics were sent to the 1600 block of East 93rd Street around 3:30 p.m., on the same block as the Amelia Earhart Elementary School. The victim is a woman who was shot in the chest and sent to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in serious condition. The woman was carrying a baby when she was shot, but the child was not harmed. The victim suffered a gunshot wound to the chest, with the bullet travelling through her body."
Yea, let worry about that "toaster pastry gun"....
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"Police discovered the dead man around 10:30 p.m. in the 6300 block of South Francisco Avenue, a few doors north of 64th Street. The man was dead on the scene. Relatives said he was 30 years old. The man was standing on the street when someone came up to him and shot him in the head"
Rahm sure keeps them safe...
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"A 22-year-old man was shot in the 1200 block of West 73rd Place in Englewood. He was listed in good condition at Saint Bernard Hospital"
Thank God for those strict Chicago gun laws...
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"A man was shot in a robbery moments later in the 1600 block of East 70th Street in the South Shore neighborhood. The man, age 34, was on the street when three men or boys came up to him, robbed him of his wallet and other property, and shot at him when he tried to run away"
More Proof !!!!
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"Around 12:05 a.m., a 28-year-old man was shot several times in the 6500 block of South Eberhart Avenue in the West Woodlawn neighborhood. The man was sitting on the front porch of a home in that area when a man or boy with a handgun came up and shot him several times, then fled on foot. The man suffered gunshots to the face and each arm, but his condition was stabilized at John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County"
More proof!!!
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"A man was found with a gunshot wound at 71st Street and Ashland Avenue in Englewood about 2:15 a.m. Police found the 26-year-old in that area, and he claimed to have been shot near 6600 South State St.. But the man, who was drunk, refused to cooperate with police, including refusing to say how he got to Ashland Avenue"
Proof the Editor is spot on!!!!!!
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"Taking the argument to the sillyness of the extreme may be the only way to convince morons that time does not stand still."
Speaking of "Morons", just sayin.....
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"If you need proof just look at the libtard comments below."
DTOM, hilarious they are, or retarded.
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"What's missing? Common sense"
Common sense isn't so common anymore.
If you need proof just look at the libtard comments below.
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Thanks deadhead. I look sober in comparison. Please continue.
And that piece of "sanity" got 4 agrees. HA!
Please tell me it was sarcasm.
However, I am concerned about second-hand radiation. Please keep your nuclear reactions at least 20 feet from building entrances.
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We are really fortunate to have an Editor of this caliber heading up the Journal.
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As usual this Editor is spot on. Another well thought out editorial. Common sense is just too much for some to comprehend or handle.
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The editor is crazy? That's it? That's the best you can do? Talk about having nothing. Jeez.
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Excuse me, I should have said the craziness. This editor is CRAZY!!
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Oh the silliness of so many kids (even toddlers) killing other kids. Oh the silliness of a kid killing his father. Oh the silliness of 20 children being killed by a gun at Sandy Hook. Oh the silliness of going to the movies and being gunned down like a trapped rat. Oh the silliness.........
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JJ'sBackSide. The NRA has no power or authority to do any such thing. However, some school districts in the country have opted to do just that, some allowing teachers to carry weaqpons and some allowing administrators to do so. You see, it works like this. Schools are targets BECAUSE the would-be murderers know that they will not face resistance. That is changing, thanks to the Connecticut rampage and SOME children and teachers are safer now.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Nittany Lions will kick off the 2009 season against Akron at Beaver Stadium, a source close to the program told the Mirror on Saturday.
The game, to be played Sept. 5, has yet to be announced by the university but has been agreed upon by both schools. It's a one-game contract and will be one of eight home games for the Lions next year.
Penn State has played Akron three times since 1999. The Lions beat the Zips in week two in 1999, 70-24, and opened up with them in 2004 and '06, winning 48-10 and 34-16, respectively.
Penn State will be at home for the first four games next year. The full schedule: Akron (Sept. 5), Syracuse (Sept. 12), Temple (Sept. 19), Iowa (Sept. 26), at Illinois (Oct. 3), Eastern Illinois (Oct. 10), Minnesota (Oct. 17), at Michigan (Oct. 24), at Northwestern (Oct. 31), Ohio State (Nov. 7), Indiana (Nov. 14) and at Michigan State (Nov. 21).
Tight ends Quarless, Shuler injured
Penn State has concerns at tight end after Andrew Quarless and Mickey Shuler suffered ankle injuries Saturday. Both are questionable for next week's game at Wisconsin.
Quarless started for the second straight week and suffered his injury late in the game. Shuler began the season as the starter but has been battling an ankle injury, and he aggravated it Saturday.
The Lions' third-string tight end is redshirt freshman Andrew Szczerba.
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Linebacker Josh Hull, coming off a week of media and fan criticism, silenced his critics with a big game.
Hull finished with a career-high 11 tackles - all unassisted - and two tackles for losses. He had nine stops and both of his tackles for losses in the first half, that after recording only 21 tackles in the first five games.
Hull said he knew the criticism ''was out there'' but noted, ''I didn't pay any attention to it at all.''
''Even if I did,'' he added, ''it wouldn't have motivated me. I take it upon myself to motivate myself and upon my teammates.''
Asked about the biggest difference for him Saturday, Hull said: ''I was just reacting to everything. I wasn't thinking, I was just seeing what was going on in front of me and reacting.''
Defensive coordinator Tom Bradley, agreeing with coach Joe Paterno, said the criticism of Hull was unwarranted.
''I just don't think it's fair,'' Bradley said. ''He's getting his feet wet, every game's a new learning experience, every offense we've played has been a little different and he's starting to get the hang of it.
''We ask so much of that guy to do,'' Bradley later added. ''I don't think people realize how many different things we ask our linebacker to do.''
Clark gaining national attention
Daryll Clark may be a longshot for the Heisman Trophy, but he's starting to get some mentions as a candidate with Penn State's perfect start.
SportsIllustrated.com ranked Clark No. 8 in its Heisman watch this past week. If the Lions continue to win and Clark plays well, he'll likely at least be in the mix.
''I didn't even know that until this past week,'' Clark said of the Heisman attention.
The first-year starting quarterback was 18-of-26 for 220 yards and scored a rushing touchdown Saturday. For the season, he's 80-of-124 (64.5 percent) for 1,116 yards with nine TDs and one interception. He's also scored four times on the ground.
''I really don't pay any attention to that,'' Clark said of the Heisman hype. ''The only stat that I care about is the 'W' right now.''
All in the family for Gaines
Defensive end Josh Gaines hails from two hours away in Fort Wayne, Ind., and had a contingent of 94 family and friends on hand for the game.
''To get that kind of support, that's huge,'' Gaines said.
Each player receives four free tickets, and a number of PSU players offered up their allotment so that no one in Gaines' group had to pay.
''None of my family had to buy anything, so it was nice to put them all in one area,'' Gaines said.
Cadogan on academic watch list
Left tackle Gerald Cadogan has been selected to the watch list for the Draddy Trophy, given to the nation's top academic football player. He's one of 164 players around the nation up for the honor.
The Draddy is presented annually to ''an individual as the absolute best in the country for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary community leadership,'' according to a press release from the National Football Foundation.
Cadogan, a senior, carries a 3.68 GPA in a double major of rehabilitation services and psychology. Penn State linebacker Paul Posluszny won the Draddy in 2006.
Personnel report
Receiver Jordan Norwood missed his second straight game with a hamstring injury. The coaching staff is hopeful he'll be back next week against Wisconsin. ... Brett Brackett started at receiver in Norwood's absence. ... A.J. Wallace started in place of Lydell Sargeant at cornerback, and Sargeant didn't enter the game until the fourth quarter. Paterno didn't give a reason why Sargeant was held out so long. ... Abe Koroma started at defensive tackle, replacing Ollie Ogbu, who had been battling a hamstring injury. Ogbu did play. ... True freshman on the trip included: defensive tackles Jack Crawford, DeOn'tae Pannell and Brandon Ware, running back Brandon Beachum, linebacker Michael Mauti and defensive back D'Anton Lynn. Ware is the only one yet to burn his redshirt.


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American Christian missionary Kenneth Bae must finish his sentence of 15 years hard labor in North Korea, according to an interview with a Pyongyang diplomat.
Bae has been detained for more than a year. North Korean officials jailed Bae for "anti-government acts" in November 2012, when he was leading a tour group there.
Hyun Hak Bong, North Korea's ambassador to the United Kingdom, suggested to Sky News Thursday that Bae would not be pardoned.
"Sometimes there's occasions for a pardon, but I don't know and I cannot predict that Kenneth Bae will be pardoned or not. He should finish his term - that is all - according to crimes against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea," he said.
"I cannot interfere into the legal system," Hyun added. "When the judgment is done, then it is done."
Bae was moved to a hospital last summer after his health deteriorated. He has appealed to the U.S. government to do more for his release.
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The first chair trumpet player with Jimmie Lunceford, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Gerald Wilson, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, the Tonight Show Orchestra and currently the Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, began playing at age five, having been born into a musical family. By seven he was winning amateur contests playing and singing Louis Armstrong hits of the day including "When You're Smiling" and "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You". He even had a chance meeting with his idol. "My mother and I were walking down 5th Street in Dayton, Ohio and Louis Armstrong was in town," he recalled. "I think he may have been staying at the Y, because we're right in front of the YMCA. My mom saw him and stopped him and said, 'Louis Armstrong, this is my son, Snooky. He wants to play trumpet like you and he admires you very much.' I can still remember, Louis hugged me and said many really nice things to me. Later, when I was with the Jimmie Lunceford band, I met Louis and I told him about meeting him in Dayton, but he didn't really remember."
Eventually, he evolved his own style. "I wanted to be a Louis, but I got older and realized you can't be another musician, you have to find your own way. And that's what I did, but at first I wanted to play like Louis and Roy Eldridge. Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis was my inspiration. Dizzy Gillespie and I were real good friends. In fact, I knew Dizzy Gillespie before he got to be Dizzy Gillespie in a sense. He didn't get popular until after he left Cab Calloway's band. He had a falling out with Cab and started recording with Charlie Parker.
"I was trying to find a style of my own. All the other trumpet players had things going their own way. I wanted to find a style of my own. I started to use the cup mute and the plunger. There were other people who did that, but that's where I wanted to go and that's the way I went. I used the plunger, but then I started using the cup mute just like a plunger with the same effect, but it had a little different sound."
Even having played with so many giants, he has his favorites. "Thad Jones and Mel Lewis was as great a band as Jimmie Lunceford or Count Basie. Thad Jones and Mel Lewis was equally as good if not better and I'm serious about that. I wouldn't say that if it wasn't true. I couldn't talk against Count Basie, Gerald Wilson, Jimmie Lunceford, Lionel Hampton or any of those bands because I played first trumpet for those people. But I also played first trumpet for Thad Jones and Mel Lewis and they were all New York musicians. There were a lot of soloists in that band."
Fate smiled and he landed one of the cherriest gigs of his time, first chair trumpet in the then-new Tonight Show Orchestra. "Clark Terry was the one that got me on the Tonight Show. Clark and I were very good friends. I first met Clark before Clark got to be Clark. He was in St. Louis. It was up at a jam session. I said, whew, my goodness, he was something else.
"Once I got on the TV, I loved it. A lot of people think it's a drag to play on a show like that, but it wasn't because you played for everybody in the business. See, that makes a difference when you played for everybody and everybody of any recognition came on the Tonight Show. It was just great to play for all these stars I'm talking about and people going to be stars. When the Tonight Show left New York and went to California, I went with them. Some people said, you going to leave New York? I said count the days that I'm gone and I never did go back. It was a great band in New York, but I think when it came to California it got even better."
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Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra, 1939-1940 (Columbia-Classics, 1939-40)
Count Basie, Atomic Basie (Roulette, 1957)
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Consummation (Blue Note, 1970)
Snooky Young, Horn of Plenty (Concord, 1979)
Count Basie Kansas City SeptetMostly Blues... And Some Others (Pablo, 1983)
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I know I don't pop in to BS much these days, but I want to start by saying I miss and love you all.
I was talking this afternoon with a dear friend from Vancouver I met on this site in the early...
whats all this about prints on cans? are you not wearing gloves when you paint? if a cop stops me after a night of painting, im worried way more about the 30 different colors adorning my knuckles...
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Sunday, October 13, 2013
Charleston's original zombie run is back. The second annual rUNdead Charleston 5K returns on Saturday, Oct. 26 at a new location – North Charleston Wannamaker County Park.
Presented by the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission and On Purpose Adventures, this 5K race will now take place on the winding, beautiful trails of Wannamaker just before sunset. This course will take runners through woods and clearings, over bridges, across creeks, along ponds, and of course, through a maze of blood-thirsty zombies.
Not only will runners be racing against the clock on rugged terrain, they will be dodging the undead at this challenging and exciting 5K. Participants will be given a belt with three detachable flags. As runners make their way through the course, zombies will attempt to grab the flags. Runners who bring two canned goods for donation to the Lowcountry Food Bank will receive an extra health flag before the race, increasing their chance of "survival" to the end of the course.
Runners are also encouraged to dress in costume. Following the race will be the Aftermath post-race party, featuring live music, a costume contest, a youth area, vendors, food, beverages and an awards ceremony. New this year to the post-race party will be the showing of a zombie film on an outdoor movie screen. For details on the movie selection, please visit www.rundead5k.com. Due to its rating, the movie shown will not be recommended for children under 17.
Gates open at 2 p.m., and the race begins at 5 p.m. Fees to run are $48, or $40 for residents of Charleston County. Runners ages 12-15 may compete in the race, but must be accompanied by an adult chaperone. Race registration fees include a T-shirt, beer token (with a valid ID), flag belt and entrance to the Aftermath party.
Alternatively, a limited number of participants can sign up to serve as zombies. Zombie registration fees are $28, or $23 for residents of Charleston County.
Online registration is available at www.rundead5k.com and is open until Friday, Oct. 25. Space is limited so runners and zombies are encouraged to register in advance. Packet pickup and on-site registration will be offered from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at James Island County Park, Thursday, Oct. 24 at Palmetto Islands County Park and Friday, Oct. 25 at Wannamaker County Park.
Spectators are invited to cheer on runners and zombies for $5, or free with a donation of two canned food items. Kids 12 and under are free as spectators. This race supports the Lowcountry Food Bank, and all attendees are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to benefit those in need.
The rUNdead Charleston 5K is presented by the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission and On Purpose Adventures. Visit www.rundead5k.com for registration, official race rules, and to view video and photos from last year's race.
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