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PINCONNING, MI -- When I traveled the state recently to re-visit some of our Michigan's Best Doughnut bakeries, I was lured by the "power of cheese," or at least that's what CheeseTown Festival organizer Marty Schultz would like to think.
I met Schultz at the Cheese House, right off I-75, and talked to him about the annual CheeseTown Races, as well as the Ultimate Mac & Cheese Cook Off.
This year's festival runs June 12-14, and features plenty of community activities, races (2 and 5-mile runs), entertainment, and cheese, of course.
"Are you ready to 'Get Your Cheese On!," he said.
I met Schultz because he reached out to me to act as one of judges of this year's cook off, which is a a major fundraiser for the Boy's & Girl's Club in Pinconning.
Never one to pass up an opportunity to learn more about a fantastic Michigan festival, I accepted his his invitation with a hearty, "I'm ready!" I even get an official T-shirt.
So, I'll be in Piconning from 5-7 p.m. June 13 for the Ultimate Mac & Cheese Cook Off at the Boys & Girls Clubs, 201 North St.. Admission is $5 for adults; $3 for ages 6-12; and $1 for those 5 and younger.
Other judges include nationally-touring comedian Rob Little; Courtney Jerome of WCMU; Carrie Sharp, Doug Moates and Sarah Jaeger of WNEM-TV (Channel 5); and Pati LaLonde of The Bay City Times.
RELATED: Pinconning CheeseTown Festival includes races, battle of the bands and mac and cheese cook-off
MORE ON RACES: CheeseTown Festival official website
Come out, and we'll all learn more about the power of cheese.
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Congratulations to Troy Brosnan and Team Monster Energy-Specialized for kicking off 2012 with a win at the 2012 Australian National Series! Thanks to Sean Heimdal for the pictures and the report! Check out the pics and the press release below!
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Wildomar, CA: Summer is well and truly arrived South of the equator, and the Australian National series has begun. Monster Energy-Specialized athletes Troy Brosnan and Sam Hill were keen to do some racing in the World Cup off-season and made their way to Thredbo, N.S.W for the first round of the 2011 series. With the weather report looking sub-par, the boys were keen to make use of the Friday practice session as it has been a couple of years since both Troy or Sam had ridden on this track.
The only substantial rain fell Sunday morning but was enough to make things challenging without limiting the speed of the track. Both riders felt good after seeding, where Brosnan placed second behind Jared Graves, while Hill sat in fourth. Both Monster Energy Specialized riders were confident and knew they had time left in them for their race runs.
Hill raced to a 5:33.87 in the finals, knocking last year's National Series Champ, Rhys Atkinson out of the hot seat. Most Aussie racers know what a brutal track Thredbo can be, but Brosnan had looked unbelievably fast all weekend. All eyes were on the Junior World Champion as he dropped in and stopped the clock with a 5.31.54, taking the lead from Sam by over 2 seconds. Graves was just under a second Behind Hill, putting Monster Energy Specialized 1-2 for the weekend.
Both riders were stoked with the beginning of the race season. Sam was really impressed with Troy's run, and keen to be on the other side of him for the next round in Buller.
" I really feel my fitness is where it has to be in this part of the year on a long track like this. I just don't feel like I got stuck into it from the start for a race run but I guess that's going to come from doing more races. Aside from that I felt pretty happy with my run, I was smooth everywhere and hit everything like I wanted to. Troy was just on top of his game this weekend."
Troy was ecstatic with his win. With it being his first year stepping up into the senior ranks he made a statement on a big track with the big boys.
" There had been a bit of rain early in the morning and before racing, so was a little unsure how the track would hold up. For my race run the track was pretty dry, and a lot faster than I thought. I just threw down a really good run and no mistakes really, pedalled out of each corner as hard as I could, and it just seemed to all work out. On to the next round in Mount Buller."
Team manager Sean Heimdal was happy to have both riders healthy and back on the podium locally.
"Its great to see both Sam and Troy getting amongst the Australian Nationals…it shows they're both focused on 2012 and looking to sharpen their skills for the upcoming World Cup Season. I'm sure these guys will all keep pushing themselves harder than ever to keep pace with each other."
Specialized Bicycles are more than happy with the start of both Troy and Sam's season down under and couldn't be more proud.
Both Sam and Troy look forward to tackling the next Australian round in Buller.
We'd like to thank the following companies for their continued support: Monster Energy, Specialized Bicycles, Mad Catz, SRAM, Truvativ, Rock Shox, Avid, DT Swiss, SDG, Renthal, Troy Lee Designs, Maxima, Spy Optic, Cane Creek, e-thirteen, Contour, Five Ten, Alligator, Obtainium, Freestyle, Kicker, KMC.
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OTTAWA COUNTY -- A Roosevelt Park man was charged in Ottawa County Monday in connection with the theft of liquor from a Grand Haven grocery store and a high speed chase into Muskegon County Friday.
The Ottawa County Prosecutor's office said Gerald Dwayne Clark, 47, 3279 Rockland, stole liquor from D&W Fresh Market, 1116 Robbins, and then led police on a 10-mile car chase, with speeds reaching 100 mph. The incident was reported at 7:22 p.m. Friday, police said.
Clark is charged with retail fraud, resisting arrest, and fleeing and eluding police -- all felonies.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled Oct. 2. Clark is lodged in the Ottawa County Jail. Bond has been set at $15,000 cash surety.
A second suspect, described by authorities as a 24-year-old Muskegon Heights man, is being sought for his alleged involvement. Police say the second man was an accomplice and was a passenger in the car during the high-speed chase.
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Grand Haven police said a witness called police with a description of the getaway car shortly after the theft of an estimated $300 in liquor from the D&W store on the city's southeast side.
A Grand Haven police sergeant, while patrolling the city's north side, spotted the car approaching the U.S. 31 drawbridge. The sergeant stopped the vehicle on the north side of the bridge.
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Richard W. Budd wrote:[color=blue]
> The most interesting part of the article is: "IBM has told its customers
> they'll continue to receive support, provided they pay for it - unlike
> Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000, we might add. That's because IBM tries
> to stick by Thomas Watson's 1956 edict that the company will honor a
> promise to its customers "no matter what the cost" - and one global
> credit card company continues to rely on OS/2."[/color]
This is in reference to the software maintenance contract
purchased through Passport Advantage. If you have one
then the December 31, 2005, announcement does not
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> This raises the interesting question of: Will we still be able to buy
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If you act fast. Current PA customers with OS/2 Warp software
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service contract.
> I haven't yet read anything from IBM explicitly saying yes or no. I'm
> already paying for it (driver and component updates) so what's the diff?
> This of course raises another interesting question. When I bought my PAO
> subscription for Warp along to get access to the download sites they
> also sent me a nice pack of CD's via 2nd day DHL with full blown copies
> of 4.51, 4.52 and the whole standard kit `n kaboodal of extras -
> including a set of install floppies for those who might need `em. This
> makes my 6th registered set of OS/2 - guess I'll have to cobble together
> another computer ;-) Will my renewal next year - if IBM does it -
> result in further full copies of OS/2? If it does, isn't that like, um,
> still selling OS/2?[/color]
The nice pack sent to you were because you previously retain
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N. The result of a Mt Dew dependent little kid winding up and socking a male adult in the family jewels.
The stunned man stood the rest of the day in the soccer penalty shot position out of fear that the little spider monkey kid would lay another junk punch on him.
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v. The act of punching a person, usually male, in the genital area. Also can be abbreviated to JP.
Stop being an ass or else I'll junk punch you.
by Massimo2112 September 04, 2007
To punch someone in the nuts. This is in contrast to roshambo-ing which refers to kicking someone in the nuts.
If you keep it up, you're going to get a junkpunch!
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to punch someone in the vagina or penis.
they must deserve it.
they must deserve it.
I got so mad at that hoe i wanted to give her a junkpunch.
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: My computer has 512MB of RAM. Or at least, that's what it's always
: had, and it's what the BIOS still thinks it has. OS/2, on the other
: hand (system resources app and PMView Help -> System Info) tells me
: that it has 65MB and grinds the swap file accordingly.
: Could this be do to with the new os2ldr I installed while trying to
: get my digital camera to work? If so, where would I get an old os2ldr?
Sorry to followup to self, but have discovered "uinstldr" and now have
old os2ldr and 512MB memory again.
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"It's Roger from the desk," he called, sleepily, invoking the name of the morning assignment editor at the Chicago Sun-Times where I was a reporter at the time.
I padded down the hallway in my pajamas to the living room and picked up the phone.
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If you don't mind me picking your brain a bit though...
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yeah you are
lolBaby if you time travel back far enough you can avoid that work because the dust won't be there. You're too pretty to be working that hard.
This thread needs to come back.
You lousy kids! Get off my savannah!
Okay, topic starter;
I'm attempting to develop a social life. I haven't had one...uh...ever. I was perpetually the fat guy from like 9 onwards so now, as the not fat guy (lost a 100 pounds in 8 months, now I'm 165) I need to develop all those social skills that I never had a chance too because I was busy stuffing my face in front of the TV with pizza and playing Madden with my buddies.
I am woefully, woefully, socially inept. I've taken to the internet to get some suggestions, look for some guides on how to be more social (especially with the ladies) and frankly I'm floored.
It seems like every guide/tip/advice out there is aimed at manipulating the ladies into thinking you're into the stuff they are but you're really not. Men, is this the state of our society where we now have to lie to the ladies to get them to give us a second look?
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Don't look for that stuff on the internet. Take up a sport and join a team or club and meet some guy friends you can hang out with. Women should be the least of your concerns before you get comfortable in your own skin and social situations. You need to learn how to hang out with other guys before you're ready to handle a woman.
You lousy kids! Get off my savannah!
you asked men, but from a lady: no. I married a somewhat socially inept geek before geeks were cool, and i picked him because i liked him. My advice to you: brush up on social etiquette but don't take it too seriously. you don't have to be well-mannered, but you should know when you're "breaking the rules" as a matter of self-awareness.
second thing: think about traits that you consider attractive. not attractive in the "perfect feminine beauty" way, but according to the definition of the word. What personality traits do you like in people? What kinds of things would you like to do with your special lady friend? if you think it would be awesome to date women who are into rock climbing, then you need to get good at that. if you find you don't like rock climbing, well then maybe you don't want to pick that as a "shared interest," ya know? at the same time, if your intent is to find a dating partner, develop hobbies that are socially-oriented because this will get you out in groups of other people in a less-threatening way. Instead of trying to start up a conversation with a girl cold, you can focus on a topic that you already know she's interested in. then the focus is on the topic itself rather than yourself. oh, and when conversing with people, ask interesting questions about them and what they do.
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City police got some help from patrons when an intoxicated man allegedly began threatening people with a loaded handgun late Friday night at an East Third Street bar.
According to a police affidavit, the incident moved from inside the bar and into the parking lot, where patrons banded together to tackle the man, identified as James R. Rothermel II, as officers arrived at the scene.
Rothermel, 45, of 633 Mulberry St., faces charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment, terroristic threats and disorderly conduct.
Police were called to the New K Bar, 523 E. Third St., for a report of a "biker man" wielding a gun and threatening patrons.
According to reports, the man had pulled a black gun from his pants, and when they arrived outside the bar there were about 30 people in the parking lot with one female face-down with two people assisting her.
Several more people pointed out the alleged assailant and yelled, "He's got a gun," according to court records.
Police said they saw two men jump on Rothermel and tackle him to the ground.
They held the man down as police ran over, and recovered a black Glock found in a holster on Rothermel's back. According to reports, the gun had 14 9mm rounds in the magazine, with one round in the chamber.
Statements by several witnesses helped police piece together what happened.
According to reports, Rothermel was fighting in the bar with his intoxicated girlfriend, Jerri Rook. As their fight moved outside, Rook collapsed.
Two women, Amanda Ybarra and another who was not named in court records, came to Rook's aid.
Rothermel, described as "intoxicated and agitated," then allegedly grabbed Ybarra by her hair and threw her to the ground.
He then allegedly pulled out his loaded weapon and pointed it at the woman, saying "I'll (expletive) blow your head off," according to reports.
Jordon Kefalas stepped in and confronted Rothermel, who then trained his loaded gun on Kefalas. Again, Rothermel allegedly stated, "I'll blow your (expletive) head off."
Kefalas, in self defense, pulled out his own weapon. Rothermel then allegedly backed down and put his handgun back in its holster.
Rothermel was arraigned before District Judge Gary A. Whiteman at about 3 a.m. Saturday and remains incarcerated in lieu of $25,000 bail.


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So people are without gas and cold in this freezing weather, but we have to cater to environmentalists for no drilling and a president who refuses to approve a pipeline? As our country has been......
"The State Department reported no major environmental objections to the proposed $7 billion pipeline, which has become a symbol of the political debate over climate change. Republicans and some oil- and gas-producing states in the U.S. - as well as Canada's minister of natural resources - cheered the report........"
Now that the Keystone pipeline has been cleared of the environmental obstacle, one has to wonder what Dumbama's NEXT excuse will be.
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Hey Linda, not sure where you got your information but there is no gas shortage and there is no reason why anyone does not have heat, especially with all of the government subsidies. Don't fall into the drilling propaganda because once the infrustructure is ready, all of the gas they are drilling is headed to the open market to the highest bidder. Why do you think gas lines are not getting run into communities and we are being told that it is too expensive to run it to outlying communities. The price is going to go up and it will be as expensive as oil. If the gas industries can have the gas available at their drilling sites on top of the mountains to run their drilling equipment, then gas lines can be run to the communities that they are drilling in. Not only are the gas industries mking billions off of the gas, they are saving money by using what they pump out and not paying anyone for it.
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Surely, you aren't suggesting that we live in a socialistic society? Slow down, take a deep breath, its coming.
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The price has a bit more to do than with mere production. There are other ways to drive prices up and down on commodities. Is gas currently the best priced, yes without a doubt.
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"That is the right wing for, they want more while giving less" - chuck
A liberals idea of supply and demand is if liberals demand it, the government must supply it.
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"Don't let the fact more drilling has taken place during Obama than ever occurred under Bush get in the way of your asinine rant." --46+2
Most of the drilling occurs on non-federal property. It is driven by high oil price and improvements in technology. US production doesn't matter so much who the president is.
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"The gas companies need only to open the valve and increase supply to meet demand;" --krazyk
You need to be more specific when you say "gas companies". The gas producing companies that drill and frack sell their natural gas from the well. Then the natural gas purchasers either move it to final customers or they store it in underground storage so they can move it to customers when they need it to heat their home. Many larger end users (industrial users and utility companies) will enter into longterm contracts so the gas price doesn't fluctuate. Underground storage acts as a buffer to handle consumer needs.
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Government is not "daddy" who will take care of you, give you a raise, heal your boo-boos, etc.
But liberals think government can do all these things.
In the process, liberals complain about income inequality...as if income equality is desired......hint: it is not desired.
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Nice try Premier....Politifact says you are wrong. Even cherry picking federal lands you still lose. See politifact article on Crossroads GPS' distorted "facts" from it's commercial, which focused on federal land drilling.
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Actually, the primary reason for the increase in wealth among the wealthy is the Federal Reserve pumping almost $90 billion per month into the stock market, which we can all see is soaring while sales and corporate profits are not doing so well.
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Thanks to all those who work in the fossil fuel industry, especially those who work outside in this weather.
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I don't know of any place in the US that has run out of natural gas this winter. When demand increases, prices follow. The gas companies need only to open the valve and increase supply to meet demand; but yell shortage at the same time. Cold weather=perceived shortage=increased profits=screw the little guy.
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"Sham- Why do you dislike profit?" - JohnZook
I've got ZERO problems with profit.
My problem is with folks (like capital-gainers)...who figure they have some "divine right" to tax-rates, LOWER-than folks who (actually) work-for-a-living.
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"Yes, Sham....President Obama has made the rich richer and the poor poorer." - eriklatranyi
I'm guessing Wall Street & offshore-banking has had a "little"-more, to do, with that, than Obama...but, everything's temporary!!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!
Swiss Banks Seek Tax Amnesty As Third Accept U.S. Offer
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Hey Shaman see
See: More Democrats than Republicans Sit on 10 Richest Members of Congress List
See: FOR THE FIRST TIME, HALF OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE MILLIONAIRES…DEMOCRATS WORTH MORE THAN REPUBLICANS
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Sham- Why do you dislike profit? -John
I would be willing to bet he relied on the companies that employed him to make a profit in order to pay his salary. And I'm also sure his raises were also dependent on increased profits.
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Sham- Why do you dislike profit?
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Yes, Sham....President Obama has made the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Starting his 6th year in office and President Obama has done more for income inequality than any of his predecessors!
Elect more liberals!
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"Obama's long desire has been to bring America down and it is working. Make everyone equally poor while he and his cronies enjoy all the power and riches. Just read the book by Saul Alinsky Rules for Radicals." - Darlin
Maybe you should spend a "little"-more-time on current-events...
Wealth Of 85 Richest People Same As Half Of The World
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"Texas is correct.
The liberals here whine about crony capitalism and the power of large corporations while those same liberals turn a blind eye to the blatant, illegal crony capitalism taking place under the direction of President Obama himself." - eriklatranyi
I'd say BU$HCO has trumped ANYTHING the Obama Admin might accomplish.
Truth about Halliburton and Dick Cheney - YouTube
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"The issue is about using government and politics instead of free markets to make money.
Obama, Gore and other want to push wind turbine so their stock price in GE and the turbine manufacturers rises." - ToTEXASfromPA
...As-opposed-to VP Cheney...who'd "only" sacrificed 4,000+ American-servicemens' lives...to enhance his Halliburton-holding$.
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"Facts? Okay. From Fact Check.
During the last three fiscal years totally under Bush, there were 9,661 "new leases" granted for federal lands. For the three most recent fiscal years (which includes a few months of Bush's administration), there were 5,568 such new leases. This works out to a 42.4% decrease.
Take the same comparable periods for drilling permits on federal lands. There were 20,479 for the last three years under Bush, then 12,821 for the most recent three including much of Obama's first term. This is a 37.4% decrease." - Premier
So...what you're saying, is...even oil-business ROOKIES (like Obama) are STILL more-successful than Lil' Dumbya!
Oil Glut Threatens US Shale Revolution
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"So people are without gas and cold in this freezing weather, but we have to cater to environmentalists for no drilling and a president who refuses to approve a pipeline?" - Linda Shypulefski
So...what...enhancing the profit-margin (for those Texas-refineries, who'll process Keystone-sludge...before shipping the refined-product to Asia)...will what..."warm" every American-citizen's heart???
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The nation is enjoying global warming this winter coupled with another liberal idea of closing power plants and blocking pipelines for energy distribution.
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Get rid of corn produced ethanol but use everything else responsibly from nuke to bio.
46 and Tex together show there is plenty of drilling going on. We are and can produce a lot of gas. So much so that Montgomery will have a gas power plant and the predictions are the US will be energy independent soon increasing our national security.
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With its first attempt stalled in the Senate, the House has voted for the second time this year to repeal New Hampshire's death penalty.
The key vote Wednesday was 218-117 to require anyone convicted of capital murder to be sentenced to life in prison. The vote sends the bill back to the Senate. Supporters hope senators will reconsider last month's 12-12 vote on the first repeal bill passed by the House.
The Senate tabled the first bill -- leaving open the possibility it could be resurrected -- but time is running out before the session ends June 5.
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The Gastineau Channel Historical Society will co-sponsor a free, 90-minute presentation about world traveler and longtime Juneau resident Amos Burg from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at the KTOO studio, 360 Egan Drive.
The afternoon will begin with Nancy Long's 30-minute documentary, "The Journey of Amos Burg," produced by KTOO in 1992. It includes historical film clips, photography and video excerpts of a 1984 interview with Burg.
"We thought it would be nice to show it again," said Marie Darlin of the historical society. "This is something that has been on our list of programs for some time. "Many of us knew all about Amos and his travels, but there's a lot of new people who don't."
Burg grew up in Portland, Ore., and left home at age 15 to work as a ship hand on commercial steamships traveling to Australia and Japan. After studying at the University of Oregon, he began traveling on U.S. and Canadian rivers in canoes and wrote about a 1928 trip down the Yukon River for National Geographic Magazine.
That magazine and the Encyclopaedia Britannica paid for his pictures and trips through Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, China, South America, Africa, the West Indies, Spain, Scandinavia and the United States. During World War II, he spent time in the Pacific Ocean and survived 21 bombings by Japanese planes. He was also arrested as a spy in Kobe, Japan.
In the mid-1950s, Burg came to Juneau and, in 1958, married Carolyn Warren.
She worked with the federal government for the veterans administration. He traveled throughout Alaska as a writer and photographer for the state Department of Fish and Game.
"He always said, and I always quote him, 'I planned my life backwards,'" said Nancy Ferrell, Warren's daughter. "He retired when he was 15 and went to sea and got his first job when he was in his 50s as far as doing something for somebody else. I think a lot of men and women would like to do that."
Burg retired from the state in 1974 and died in 1986.
"He was a really good guy," Ferrell said. "He loved my mother very much and they made a very good couple. She was kind of a backdrop for him, and she enjoyed it, entertaining and doing things like that."
After Saturday's film, Juneau resident Fritz Funk will lead a 15-minute presentation on The Endeavour, Burg's boat from 1939 to 1983. Named after Capt. Cook's ship, it was a 36-foot double-ended rescue vessel built in 1909. For years it was used as a U.S. lifesaving craft on the Columbia River bar, rolling through heavy surf to attend to shipwrecks.
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service hired him to recruit stream guards for creeks and inlets throughout Southeast Alaska. Burg visited the guards on his boat, stopping in villages to show his films.
Funk knew Burg from the Department of Fish and Game and bought The Endeavour in 1983, taking it on as a restoration project. He donated the boat this summer to the Michigan Lighthouse Conservatory.
"He was a very colorful and entertaining character," Funk said. "I really miss Amos a lot."
After Funk's presentation, a handful of Juneau residents will share memories of Burg. Anyone who has a story to tell is encouraged to attend.
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Fix Version/s: 7.0.1.Final
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Maybe we could have a service per persistence provider that is based on a configuration settings.
1. Where do the persistent provider jars go in the system? Should we deploy them somehow?
2. Each persistence.xml specifies the javax.persistence.spi.PersistenceProvider class name (via provider element) that it will use (defaults to whatever the AS7 default persistence provider). The persistence.xml also allows vendor properties to be specified.
3. How could we best dynamically build a ModuleDependency on a persistence provider jar that
could be injected into a deployment (perhaps from JPADependencyProcessor)?
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AS7-388 Detect, filter, and act upon system APIs found in deployments
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AS7-413 Rename "jboss-structure.xml" to "jboss-deployment-structure.xml"
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AS7-560 restructure use of JPA persistence provider specific details
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This isn't a high priority for this release. The effort will continue on the https://github.com/scottmarlow/jboss-as/tree/multipleproviders_2 branch until its ready.
Committed some changes here https://github.com/scottmarlow/jboss-as/commit/18633d5c1f7dcb8e6e7f135b171eddacbbe659a2 and https://github.com/scottmarlow/jboss-as/commit/6b9aef5eac3c1c97db6d8cff66b735cf6d2f0821
Am currently working on the Hibernate3 module for AS7. If everything goes as planned, JPA applications that include a copy of Hibernate 3 jars, will need to add a dependency on the "org.jboss.as.jpa.hibernate3" module (as described in https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/AS7/Class+Loading+in+AS7). This could be done by adding a MANIFEST.MF entry:
Dependencies: org.jboss.as.jpa.hibernate3
Or something like the above, depending on how this effort goes.
Comment deleted. I'll instead describe the changes in https://docs.jboss.org/author/display/AS7/JPA+Reference+Guide (after the code change is merged to as7).
Integration support for Hibernate 4, will continue to be built in (Hibernate 4 jars are included with AS7). For Hibernate 3, the integration code will be in AS7 but the Hibernate 3 jars either need to be copied in or packaged with the application deployment.
Documentation explaining how to package Hibernate3 jars for JPA use, will be added to above mentioned doc link.
http://community.jboss.org/thread/167590 describes how you can download a build with these changes.
Although, I would rather see you download the AS7 source and build it yourself. Test, fix problems that you run into (the AS7 code is easy/fun to play with). More about this process is described in http://community.jboss.org/wiki/HackingOnAS7
If you want to try the code changes for this jira, before the doc is written, just add hibernate3 jars to your deployment and set the following property in your persistence unit (persistence.xml file):
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CALHOUN COUNTY, MI — The right lane of westbound I-94 at Wheatfield Road Exit 104 is blocked following a traffic crash, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation.
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Details of the crash were not immediately available.
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Oklahoma City police arrested two people on suspicion of human trafficking after they said an underage girl approached an officer at a Travelodge.
Police said they arrested a 17-year-old at a Travelodge near the 1600 block of Northwest Expressway after she agreed to engage in prostitution with the officer in exchange for $250.
During an investigation, police said they arrested Quwan Harrison on suspicion of assisting the 17-year-old.
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The last day of February has news about Republican presidential prospects who have some Iowa caucus activists doubting whether they will run in 2012.
First, The Des Moines Register's Iowa Poll shows former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's favorability slipping among Iowa Republicans, the very voters she would need to impress first on a 2012 presidential bid. Here's that story.
And former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, the 2008 caucus winner, has three Iowa stops on a national book tour today. However, he is doing little on the two-day trip to suggest he is investigating a second bid for president, based on observations on his return to Davenport Sunday. See that Register story here.
Huckabee's Iowa stops today: Cedar Rapids: 12-1 p.m., Barnes & Noble, 333 Collins Rd.; Iowa City: 4-5 p.m., University of Iowa Book Store, Old Capitol Town Center, 201 S. Clinton St.; and West Des Moines: 7:30-8:30 p.m., Border's, 4100 Unversity Ave.
Stay tuned to DesMoinesRegister.com's Caucus Insider in March, when the 2012 Iowa campaign promises to heat up even more.
Tags: Iowa caucuses, Iowa Poll, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin


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TLS Publishes Briggs' Letter
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Posted December 8, 2013
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Austin Briggs, the Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English emeritus, published a letter to the editor, "Joyce and drink," in the Sept. 13 issue of TLS, The Times Literary Supplement (London).
Briggs wrote in response to Paul Quinn's review of The Trip to Echo Springs: Why Writers Drink, a book by Olivia Laing. Quinn praised Laing's assertion about the "warping impact" of alcoholism on memory. Briggs contended that the "impact is not inevitable" and referenced "Joyce's Drinking," a paper he published in 2011 in the James Joyce Quarterly.


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Many governments are advancing
in the planning and resourcing of EFA, although some have
difficulty in meeting the December deadline for finalizing
national EFA plans of action, said UNESCO Director-General
Koïchiro Matsuura today, when opening the third meeting
of the Working Group on Education for All, in Paris.
Mr Matsuura welcomed the
progress made by the international community in putting
mechanisms and resources into place and introduced the
"International Strategy to put the Dakar Framework
for Action on EFA into operation". The strategy,
he said, provides a consensual framework for EFA partnerships,
focusing in particular on how international agencies can
best support country action.
Mr Matsuura applauded the World Bank's fast-track initiative
as well as the Monterrey and G-8 Summit pledges to financially
support EFA.
"The idea of a development
compact is highly attractive and the broad emphasis on
issues of good governance is welcome," Mr Matsuura
said. He warned, however, that education may be held back
through no direct fault on its own if the financial support
is made dependent on the reform of an entire system of
governance. "Perhaps it would be preferable for educational
assistance to be linked only to the reform of the education
system," he said.
Mr Matsuura finally announced
the new team that is working on the EFA Monitoring Report.
It will be based in UNESCO, but will "enjoy the independence
it needs to produce a rounded and objective report",
he said.
He also stressed the changing
nature of the High-Level Group which, when it meets next
time in November in Abuja, Nigeria, will be smaller, more
outcome-oriented, more business-like and have a more focused
This Working Group is composed of some forty persons representing
the main stakeholders associated with the Dakar process:
developing countries and countries in transition; bilateral,
multilateral and regional agencies; civil society networks,
NGOs and private foundations as well as the OECD. Chaired
by the UNESCOAssistant Director-General for Education,
John Daniel, its mandate is to provide guidance to the
EFA movement, create new partnerships and ensure proper
linkages among flagship programmes.
full text of Mr Matsuura's speech
To assess the experiences
in planning and implementing EFA, two country presentations
-- Burkina Faso and India -- focussed on
key determining factors and challenges seen from the point
of view of government, civil society and academia.
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso's Ten-Year Education Plan, developed as part
of a broader development initiative, focusses mainly on
primary education, omitting some essential Dakar goals
such as the expansion of early childhood education, peace
and preventive HIV/AIDS education. Initially, civil society
involvement in this plan was practically non-existent.
In May 2002, an inter-ministerial EFA Committee was set
up to incorporate the Dakar goals into the Plan. Civil
society organizations (NGOs, trade unions and parent-teachers)
are now involved. The plan has three phases :
2001 to 2005 - expansion of basic education, focus on
quality, community participation, elaboration of strategies
and literacy campaigns.
- further expansion of the formal system and the development
of the non-formal sector;
2008-2010 - the consolidation of the expansion, quality
improvement and relevance, to reach 70 per cent enrolment
and 40 per cent illiteracy rate by 2010.
India's major policy initiative
for EFA is the Constitutional Amendment passed by the
Parliament last year proclaiming basic education as a
fundamental human right. India's EFA national action plan
will be ready by end 2002. NGOs are active at all levels.
Major challenges facing the country today are: tackling
early childhood education, illiteracy, quality, the financing
of education and inter-state disparity: 75 per cent of
out-of-school children can be found in 5 Indian states.
A strong statement was made on the link between EFA and
child labour.
Response to country
In his response to the
country presentations, John F. Morris, Principal Adviser
on Education at the Canadian development agency, CIDA,
pointed out the differences between Burkina Faso and India
in almost all areas: GNP per capita, population, enrolment
rates, etc. Both countries' approach to EFA is also contrasted,
illustrating how the same goal can be tackled differently.
Burkina Faso introduces the Dakar goals into the existing
national education plan, while India develops a full fledged
national EFA plan.
In the realm of similarities,
both countries have set up national EFA forums, have included
primary education as a major component of their plans
and addressed both gender goals: elimination of disparities
by 2005 and gender equality by 2015. Both countries have
also included the reduction of illiteracy.
Early childhood education
- the first Dakar - goal receives rather scant mention
in both plans. More planning needs to be done in this
area, said Mr Morris. He felt that confusion exists concerning
the meaning of "care", "education"
and "development" in relation to early childhood
Civil society involvement
in the development of the plans was a reality for both
countries. However, confusion persists, said Mr Morris,
between the notion of consultation and participation.
"There is consultation in some cases, but not necessarily
full participation," he said.
Both countries showed their
concern for educational outcomes and have done some work
in this area. Mr Morris referred to the case of India,
where disparities are great when data are disaggregated
- by gender, urban/rural, regions and ethnic groups. Both
countries have made efforts to use schools more effectively
and have introduced alternative modes to increase supply.
While efforts have been
made in both countries to improve teacher training, little
mention is made of the involvement of universities in
this drive. Another major missing item in both cases was
how they intend to tackle HIV/AIDS in the context of EFA.
In the debate that ensued,
Cream Wright of UNICEF, wondered how the successful NGO-government
consultations of India and Burkina Faso could be introduced
in other countries, where consultations are simply not
taking place.
The Asian/South Pacific
Bureau of Adult Education (ASPAE) informed the meeting
of its tracking operation in several Asian countries to
evaluate the degree of civil-society involvement in national
action plans. "A legimitate space for NGOs is far
from secure", said Maria Lourdes Almazan-Khan, the
ASPAE representative. Other participants referred to the
need for NGOs to be proactive and not wait for government
to move.
On the issue of including
working children, Geir Olav Myrstad of the International
Labour Office, pointed out that working children are indeed
the hardest group to integrate into the system. He was
grateful, he said, that the G8 recognized that child labour
had to be tackled in the context of EFA. He also stressed
the need to address girls' education and work, pointing
out that, unlike boys, girls' work is often hidden.
In conclusion, focussing
on universal primary education was, he said, "great
but too narrow; we need to take secondary education and
vocational skills into account."
The recently-launched Education
for All Fast Track initiative to achieve quality universal
primary education (UPE) by 2015 is only the first step
in a process.
"This is only part of the EFA picture and not a separate
initiative," said Robert Prouty of the World Bank,
when presenting it to the meeting. "Other levels
must certainly be included and we hope for increased international
support," he said.
On the question of whether
the goal of universal primary education by 2015 is achievable,
Mr Prouty told participants that 89 countries would not
get there if current efforts continued. The good news
is, however, that more countries are giving priority to
education and that there is an international willingness
to help.
Mr Prouty listed a set
of criteria that are essential for achieving UPE. These
include education spending of 20 percent of the total
recurrent budget, primary education representing 50 per
cent of the education budget and a pupil:teacher ratio
of less than 40. He also listed the criteria for producing
a credible plan including "a fair commitment of domestic
resources" and action undertaken to "improve
service delivery" - one example, that teachers' salaries
are paid on time.
The need for increased
donor support was also mentioned. An estimated $2,5 billion
a year is needed, he said. Sub-Saharan Africa represents
the biggest challenge as international funding for primary
education will have to increase by 700 per cent.
So far, eighteen countries
have been eligible for the Fast Track Initiative and another
five will receive support to make them eligible for the
In the ensuing debate Gregory
Loos of USAID said that it has been an exceptional year
for education, but insisted that success should not be
for "donor darlings" only but also for countries
getting ready to apply the readiness criteria.
Louise Hilditch of the
Global Campaign for Education welcomed the initiative
as a first step in mobilizing more resources. "But
we are still far short of what is needed," she said.
She also expressed caution about the criteria and conditionalities
of the initiative and the need for focusing on all the
six EFA goals.
about the Fast Track initiative
During the afternoon session,
UNESCO presented the newly published International
Strategy to put the Dakar Framework for Action on Education
for All into Operation This Strategy lists the five
major actions needed to achieve the EFA goals (planning;
advocacy and communication; financing; monitoring and
evaluation; and international and regional coordination
mechanisms) and outlines how the international community
can support the implementation of national EFA plans.
Although the focus
seems to be on the six main Dakar goals, the twelve strategies
of the Dakar Framework for Action are equally if not more
important, Abhimanyu Singh, Lead Manager of UNESCO's
Dakar Follow-up Unit said. He also highlighted the inclusion
of flagship programmes such as for HIV/AIDS, and said
that these programmes should pool international knowledge
and expertise in countries where they are most needed.
There is an urge to contribute to the implementation
of EFA goals collectively and not individually,
he added.
Clinton Robinson of UNESCO
outlined the content of the Strategy and why it should
not be seen as a repetition of the Dakar Framework for
Action but rather as a complement to it. It maps EFA processes
and mechanisms, focuses on support to the national level,
the specific roles and responsibilities of the various
development partners. "It's a living document that
should be updated at least once a year so that it reflects
and fosters collective ownership," Mr Robinson said.
He hoped that the Strategy would be perceived as a reference
document, always readily available to EFA actors.
Several participants welcomed
the strategy and expressed the need for stronger partnerships.
Amina J. Ibrahim, national EFA Coordinator in Nigeria
asked how the strategy would be monitored to assess its
Lavinia Gasperini from
the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced
a new flagship programme on the education of rural people,
which will be launched at the World Summit on Sustainable
Development in Johannesburg in August. "We must not
forget that 70 per cent of the poor are found in rural
areas," she said.
presentations at today's meeting are available on the
EFA website


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Is it our unique proximity to both Detroit and the great outdoors of Northern Michigan?
Is it the amazing network of educational institutions?
Is it our history?
Is it the winter wonderland and the nearly perfect summers?
Those all are things I certainly love about this place.
But I was reminded recently why I really love living here and I want to share that story with you.
About three weeks ago, my wife was driving down Midland Road with three of our boys on board. Near the corner of Midland and Three Mile roads in Bay County, she passed the Monitor Township Fire Department, where Lt. Brian Bladecki was outside performing some routine maintenance on one of the fire trucks.
My boys oohed and ahhed as they passed.
Realizing this was an opportunity, my wife turned the car around and pulled into the department's parking lot. They all piled out of the car.
In the middle of the work day, here came the Clark boys. And they were excited.
Now, if you know my kids, then you know that when I say they are full of spit and vinegar it may be the understatement of the year. They have endless energy, ask a lot of questions and want to get their hands on everything.
Bladecki easily could have said hello, told them he was busy and sent them on their way.
But he didn't.
Instead, he welcomed my family as guests of honor and gave my children an experience they're still talking about today.
They all came home with plastic fire hats and stories about climbing on the fire trucks, touring the station and seeing the jaws of life. They also had a new hero.
I know firefighters have earned a reputation as heroes for the work they do day in and day out. My grandfather was a lifetime firefighter, so I understand why people feel that way. But, to me, this was extra special.
So much so, that I went back to the station recently to find Bladecki and thank him. Upon my arrival, I found the lieutenant and fellow firefighter Brent Budzinski on duty. I wasn't surprised when they invited me to sit down and chat.
Bladecki said people often stop by the Monitor Township Fire Department for unscheduled tours and it's important to him that visitors feel welcomed.
"We depend on the public image and people paying their taxes," he said. "It's like that way at every fire department."
I agree that public officials have high standards they must live up to. In the case of firefighters, taxpayers demand quick response times, skillful firefighting and reliable first response to a variety of emergency situations. That alone is more pressure than I can imagine.
Being exceptionally kind to kids isn't part of the official job description. But for guys like Bladecki and Budzinski, it might as well be.
Bladecki, 52, who has been with the Monitor Township Fire Department since 1985, said it's important that firefighters are viewed by children as role models. It's one of the reasons why the department sponsors school visits every October.
He said the Monitor department has four full-time and about 30 on-call firefighters who last year went on about 900 runs.
They certainly are busy. Which makes what Bladecki did for my children even more meaningful.
When I told Bladecki and Budzinski I was going to write about them, they were humble. When I asked them if I could take their picture, they noted it would result in merciless teasing from their fellow firefighters. That's probably true; I understand how camaraderie works.
I hope it also serves as a reminder to everyone about what makes the Great Lakes Bay Region so great.
For me, the answer is simple:
It's the people.


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Friday, January 24, 2014
Roy Allen Steward, 54, of Creekside Mobile Home Park on Bacons Bridge Road, Summerville, was reported missing Jan. 14, to Summerville Police by his brother, from Texas. Police went to Stewards home and interviewed his roommate, Nancy Sue Bentley, 53, at that time.
Bentley was charged Saturday, Jan. 18, with careless driving by the Dorchester County Sheriffs Office, and taken into custody. Her vehicle was turned over to Creeks Rat Towing for safe keeping, according to the DCSO incident report.
On Tuesday, Jan. 21, Summerville Police located Bentleys vehicle, obtained a search warrant and searched her vehicle. They found three trash bags in the trunk containing dismembered body parts.
Dorchester County Coroner Chris Nesbit determined the dismembered body belonged to Steward.
In a press release the coroner wrote:
SPD attained a search warrant and the trunk of the vehicle was opened and inside were three large black trash bags. Once I inspected them closer, on the scene, it was obvious the contents of the bags were human remains.
At that point one of my Deputies and I removed the bags and transported them to the county morgue to prepare for Autopsy. At Autopsy is was revealed that the remains in the bags appear to be the missing man, that was reported missing by his brother that lives in Texas on (Jan. 14).
Mr. Steward had been indeed dismembered, but the Autopsy results are pending as of now, until I get toxicology back from SLED and fingerprint identification is confirmed, and my investigation is complete.
But, as of now, I feel safe to say that the remains belong to Roy Allen Steward, DOB 05/28/1959, from Creekside Mobile home park on Bacons Bridge Road. I can say this, due to tattoos and other obvious things about the decedent that was revealed to us by his brother.
Bentley was located Wednesday and arrested by Summerville Police, according to Cpt. Jon Rogers, PIO, SPD, for providing false statements to investigators involving the circumstances and warrants were issued for obstruction of justice.
According to Rogers the investigation, including the manner of death, is still ongoing.
On Thursday, Jan. 23, additional charges were brought against Bently. A warrant for Desecration of Human Remains was issued stating that Bently used a camping style folding saw to remove the legs from the deceased remains...also attempted to remove the arms and head...placed [the body] into multiple trash bags and loaded into the trunk of the victims vehicle.
At her bond hearing she was denied bail and remains incarcerated.
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Way off base
May 19, 2013
If this Melissa Brown thinks most people are needed reminding about the First Amendment, she and people like minded are way off bas....
Oh boy, here we go again. We can only hope Melissa skips this issue of the SG.
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This is just one of those subjects that people are never going to agree on. Some value life, some don't. Some take responsibility for thier behavior and some don't. Some don't feel they should have to pay for other's irresponsibility,some expect it. I don't see any of this changing anytime soon.
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Writers like this make it easy for Melissa to recant their story. Tax money isn't used for abortion. Tax money does, however, free up other money that can then be used for abortion. Yes, most of us know that it's only on paper in creative accounting practices that show tax money being used for other things. But the reality is that if it were't for the tax money paying for those other things, organizations like Planned Parenthood wouldn't be able to fund abortions.
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"However, I, and the rest of the working tax payers shouldn't have to pay for your abortion."
Yes! And people that don't agree with war, or the death penalty shouldn't have to pay for those either, because everyone knows that's how taxes work. They only take taxes for things you agree with.
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Tell someone to "keep their legs closed" is a sure sign of a small mind. What the author and others conveniently ignore is the presence of a male in this scenario. There cannot be a pregnancy without a male, so why is the woman so derided and the male allowed to escape culpability? That is the societal question I have.
It is incredible what the SG allows to be printed.
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Nobud, i agree. Prople used to wait until they actually had feelings for someone before they did the deed. These days it's just a "booty call" no feelings necessary.It does take two, but it's easy for men to just walk away. (not all do, by any means)Women on the other hand, are left with the results if they don't take the steps necessary to prevent it. That puts the ultimate responsibility on women, as unfair as it is. Society has downgraded the act as being something "special" that two share to something everyone does just for the heck of it. No commitment necessary anymore, just a casual thing.
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nobud74-"so why is the woman so derided and the male allowed to escape culpability?"
Perhaps because the man, once his 'donor' activity has been completed, no longer has a say in what happens. I agree, the man is just as responsible for the pregnancy as the woman and should be held equally accountable. But since he doesn't have a say, one way or another, what happens with this pregnancy, it then falls on the woman who holds all the power in the decision as to having the baby or an abortion.
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NoBud, I could agree with you completly if the man had a say in the women having an abortion.
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Tgrammiex4-"Society has downgraded the act as being something "special" that two share to something everyone does just for the heck of it. No commitment necessary anymore, just a casual thing."
Excellent comment TGrammie. What was once held as a expression of love between a husband and wife is now nothing more than a recreational activity, many times between two total strangers who just happened to hook up for the night.
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nobud74-"Tell someone to "keep their legs closed" is a sure sign of a small mind."
I disagree, nobud. If you don't want to get pregnant and have no other means of birth control to use, 'keep your legs closed' sounds like some solid advice to me. And it can be directed at the men too.
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And no one ever had illegitimate children or abortions in the past. Someone will surely jump up and attack minority birth rates next. Plessy vs. Ferguson - 1896. Seems the Christians and voters were not concerned then but expect only "love" and marriage today. Interesting.
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Mike, this subject hits close to home for me. Last Thurs. my 1st great grandson was born. My grandson & his girlfriend will both be 16 on June 9th.(he's 3 hrs. older than her,LOL)Her mother tried to force abortion, the kids decided no. Was timing optimum for these kids? NO. BUT, these kids are in love and commited to each other and have been. My grandson has mowed lawns, shoveled snow, washed windows, to provide for this baby. Together, with support and love from both families, they will do just fine. They want to marry as soon as possible and i have no doubt they will. BC was used by both of them, they were that lucky .9% it didn't work for. He's the cutest little .9% you'll ever see though! ( proud Grammie Sr.)
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"And people that don't agree with war, or the death penalty shouldn't have to pay for those either," Both the taxation for capital punishment and war are included in the Constitution. 5th Amnd "nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;" for war, Artical ! 1 "[Congress shall have Power...] To declare War,"
But no where can I find anything for abortion unless you us the 5th amnd, but then it would require a court hearing for the "due process of law".
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Tgrammiex4 - Congratulations on the newest member to your family. May you have many years to enjoy.
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Thank you Mr. Hiller, he is cherished by all of us.
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mikekerstetter - 6:59 AM
What was once held as a expression of love between a husband and wife is now nothing more than a recreational activity, many times between two total strangers who just happened to hook up for the night.
Excellent comment mike. "One night stands" are not unusual in movies and even on TV. I watch little TV and haven't been to a movie since 2001.
Kids have picked up that it is ok to have sex 5 minutes after you meet!!!! And many schools are re-inforcing it with their free con doms, birth control, and info handed out on abortion and now the morning after pill.
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Promiscuity, incest and unwanted pregnancies have taken place throughout history.
What separates humans from animals is our ability to master our environment and our destiny.
We all love to eat. But we must also learn to control our intake or we may develop medical problems, including death.
We all love sex. But we do not teach moderation here.
Instead, we teach about sex as if you were learning different ballet moves. By "teach" I mean society as a whole, including teachers, commercials, movies, music, etc.
So, where mankind has made an effort to control our difficult-to-control desire for foods, we are making no effort to control our difficult-to-control desire for sex.
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Erik - I assume you are referring to unmarried folks? I agree in part. Unfortunately, even though we try to educate folks re: food, etc. we are not seeing much success. Suggestions on how to limit both beyond informational reading material? You won't see television or movies about moderation. Moderation simply does not sell. U.S.A. - curious, what do you do for recreation? You haven't seen a movie in 12 years? What movie just ended it for you? There still are some good movies.
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MelissaBrown-"You pro-lifers btch about abortion and now you btch about easy access to birth control. I am sick of your stomach-turning BS. Really. If women had more access to birth control, don't you think the abortion rate would be lower?"
Who complained about birth control? USA mentioned it only as a reference to the schools and government promoting promiscuity.
MelissaBrown-"As for tax money freeing up "other" money to be used for abortion, GET OVER IT! Your precious tax dollars aren't used to pay for anyone's abortion. So what if "other" money is used; it isn't yours so STFU."
Keep telling yourself that. The rest of us know the truth.
MelissaBrown-"...it isn't yours so STFU. Might I suggest that Mr. Lockett mend his insulting ways and keep his mouth closed."
"STFU" and you have the gall to say Mr. Locket ought to mend his 'insulting ways'? Pot, meet kettle.
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"I, for one, detest abortions and the murderers who have them"
Why detest the people? Even when Jesus was going to be crucified by the Roman solders, Jewish leaders and people, he asked the Father to forgive the people. Jesus' death on the cross didn't give license to hate other people nor think that you (we) are any better than them.
We still need to have a system of justice to deal with the Dr. Gosnell's, get laws changed to protect the rights of the unborn, forgive those that ask for forgiveness, ask God to heal the guilt and pain for those that repent and seek Him.
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You might be an interesting person to have a cup of coffee with sometime to know what makes you tick, what life experiences have formed you, why you think like you think, likes/dislikes, what motivates you, etc. Such passionate opinions would make Margaret Sanger proud.
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Tgrammie, I wish your grandson and his girlfriend well. I pray that they beat the statistics that say they won't stay 'together' through high school. I commend him for doing his part for caring for his child. He's already proving he's the exception.
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Why am I not surprised that conservatives don't understand? Democracy cannot live side by side with the control of government by private monopoly. We must choose, on the one hand, between representative government, with its guarantee of peace, liberty, and economic freedom and prosperity for all of the people, and on the other, war, tyranny, and the impoverishment of the many for the enrichment of the favored few. ( Folette)
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Maybe people like George should just keep it in their pants.
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What does your support of OWS have to do with this LTE?
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Hello Friends,
Has anybody herad abdout Touch cube?
Link available: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7156414.stm
~ Bhakti
Firstly most of the videos (for example: http://youtube.com/watch?v=V4A_wfaScy4)
involve him playing around a rubi(x/kcs) cube, which might not be very
usable as a lot of moves require a tactile feel of the cube, but for
novelty reasons might be cute.
The many surfaces each resopnsive might be allowed to hold more
information that is required seperately. for example, a game
controller with one set of controls on one face and one set of
controls on another.
Toys/games/puzzles based around this concept.
but overall I don't see the point yet of having more than one screen
for an interface as people might tend to look for the right screen for
some information (and frantically at times). People get lost looking
for something on one surface, let alone six.