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TUPELO – City leaders approved a contract to take temporary possession of the historic Spain House on Tuesday in a 6-1 vote.
The agreement saves the structure from demolition for at least 18 months while the Historic Preservation Commission seeks a permanent solution.
Mike Bryan of Ward 6 was the sole objector, saying the city shouldn't get involved with the property. Instead, he said, it should immediately green-light its demolition.
"I'd like to save all the historic sites in the city," Bryan said. But "this has gone on long enough."
According to the deal, Calvary Baptist Church, which owns the house, will transfer title to the city at no cost. The city has until April 1, 2012, to relocate the structure either on its own or by giving it to someone else. If it doesn't, Calvary will proceed with plans to demolish it at its own cost.
The contract caps more than a year of negotiations between the church, which doesn't want the house, and the preservation commission, which wants to save it.
"It's a win-win," said Ward 4 Councilwoman Nettie Davis. "I'm very concerned about us protecting our historic landmarks."
Other council members said they support the contract as long as it doesn't burden the taxpayers.
"The city should not spend one dime," said Ward 3 Councilman Jim Newell.
Although the municipality will take ownership of the house for free, it will assume liability for the century-old structure, which is vacant and potentially unsafe.
Council members said the city must secure the property to prevent trespassing, something the church has had to do since purchasing it in 2006.
The Spain House sits on the southeast corner of Main and Madison streets and is one of the few remaining structures to have survived the city's devastating 1936 tornado.
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The deadline for the state budget is now less than three weeks away and school districts are working on the same deadline.
Hempfield School District in Lancaster County passed a $110 million budget for next school year.
The district made up a $6 million deficit by cutting some programs and raising taxes about $60 a year.
The district cut the Fall play at the high school, and is adjusting bus schedules to save $200,000.
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Ryan Boser brings you his 10 players that are overvalued in the fantasy ranks. All ADP data is courtesy of MyFantasyLeague.com, from drafts occurring since July 15th.
Zac Stacy, RB, St. Louis Rams
Standard ADP: Pick 3.06, RB14
PPR ADP: Pick 3.08, RB14
Zac Stacy entered the league as an unheralded, lunch pail bruiser. He eventually ascended a talent-poor depth chart to amass strong numbers despite his one-dimensional, between-the-tackles limitations. Sound familiar? It should. Because Alfred Morris was the exact same guy the year before. Unfortunately, in Morris' sophomore season, he plummeted from RB5 to RB14 through no fault of his own—his YPC only dipped from 4.8 to 4.6. So what changed? The setting. Morris, like Stacy, is a volume-dependent compiler, and backs of this ilk are also inherently touchdown- and game script-dependent. Not a good thing when your team falls from 10-6 to 3-13.
Also not a good thing when your team uses a top-75 pick on a dynamic complementary back (Tre Mason). Stacy emerged in Week 7, and averaged 24 touches (which equated to a ridiculous 83% of the team's RB touches) the rest of the way. That's perfectly fine if you're the Chiefs or the Vikings, but Stacy's a rather ordinary talent. Offensive line upgrades should help him improve on his subpar 3.9 YPC clip, but the investment in Mason is a crystal clear indicator that the Rams understand who Stacy really is—a thunder to somebody else's lightning.
Sammy Watkins, WR, Buffalo Bills
Standard ADP: Pick 5.08, WR24
PPR ADP: Pick 5.06, WR25
Over the last 10 years, 17 WRs have been taken in the top half of the first round. Not a single one of them finished as a WR1 in Year 1. In fact, only three (17.6%) finished as a WR2, and only four (23.5%) finished as a WR3. That means 58.9% of them didn't even finish as fantasy starters. If recent history is any indication, Watkins' Year 1 ceiling is already baked into his ADP, giving him virtually no chance of turning your investment into profit.
Of course, any slim chances of Watkins bucking the trend are also further diminished by a run-heavy, EJ Manuel-led offense. Greater talents such as Calvin Johnson (2007 WR38) and Larry Fitzgerald (2004 WR31) were unable to live up to Watkins' ADP in very similar situations.
Nick Foles, QB, Philadelphia Eagles
Standard ADP: Pick 5.07, QB6
PPR ADP: Pick 5.11, QB7
Frankly, I could make this entire list about QBs. They're all going too soon in non-industry leagues. The cat's out of the bag—it's the most replaceable (read: devalued) position in fantasy due to oversupply and the fact that you only need to start one.
For the sake of this article, I'll single out Nick Foles as somebody who's going too high in relation to his QB peers. I like Foles just fine, and I love Chip Kelly, but after the "Big 3," I see a tier of about 8-10 guys who could all make a legitimate run at the 4-spot. Picking a guy near the end of that tier (Cutler/Wilson/Romo are going about three rounds later than Foles) should get you comparable production for a fraction of the price, and you won't feel nearly as compelled to lock him into your lineup regardless of matchup.
While my issue here is more with the value than the player himself, in digging through Foles' final nine game logs, an unavoidable question arises: Were his numbers artificially inflated by an incredibly soft schedule?
Foles' 7-TD breakout came against a 27th-ranked Raiders FF pass defense that also gave up 5 TDs to Alex Smith. His monster game (469 total yards and 3 TDs) against Minnesota's 32nd-ranked pass defense came one week after the Vikings had given up 3 TDs to Joe Flacco, and one week before they would give up 366-4 to Andy Dalton. Foles had two other 3-TD games, with both coming against bottom-12 FF defenses (Green Bay and Arizona). He averaged a "meh" 281-1 in divisional matchups with the bottom-10 FF defenses of Dallas and Washington, and an equally "meh" 205-1.5 in neutral matchups with Chicago and Detroit. In fact, the first top-12 defense he faced came in the playoffs, and the 3rd-ranked Saints just happened to hold him to 195-2.
I'm not saying Foles needs to apologize for the cake schedule, but I do think he comes with a lot more uncertainty than a guy like Matt Ryan, who's going a full round later. Can Maclin/Matthews/Sproles offset the losses of DJax/Avant, and will all the moving pieces align smoothly? Will Maclin's knee hold up? How will Foles adjust to inevitable defensive adjustments now that teams have had a chance to dissect his (and more importantly, Kelly's) tape? Finally, is Foles capable of overcoming the tough matchups to be your every-week starter? If you pay his current price, you're banking on "Yes." We'll find out this season against the NFC West, particularly in his Week 14 fantasy playoff matchup with Seattle.
Vernon Davis, TE, San Francisco 49ers
Standard ADP: Pick 5.04, TE5
PPR ADP: Pick 6.02, TE5
Vernon Davis and Colin Kaepernick have started 22 regular season NFL games together. Twelve of those games included Michael Crabtree, and 10 did not. Davis' per game averages without Crabtree are 3.8 catches for 62.3 yards and .9 TDs. His per game averages with Crabtree are 2.2 catches for 30.9 yards and .4 TDs. Additionally, Stevie Johnson joins a (relatively) healthy Crabtree and Anquan Boldin to give Kaepernick the best WR group he's ever had, in an offensive system that ranked 3rd in 2013 rushing attempts and 32nd in passing attempts.
Another problem with Davis' ADP is that, like QB, TE is a severely devalued position because supply greatly outweighs demand (only 12 starters). If you're not landing one of the top-tier guys (Manning/Rodgers/Brees or Graham/Gronk/Thomas), you're better off sloughing/streaming the position and loading up on the premium-valued RB/WR spots. Using a 5th/6th rounder on Davis means you're locked into a starting commitment when there's dirt-cheap production readily available late in your draft or on the waiver wire.
Pierre Garcon, WR, Washington Redskins
Standard ADP: Pick 4.02, WR14
PPR ADP: Pick 3.07, WR12
Coming into last season, Pierre Garcon had gone three straight years with remarkably consistent WR3 (per game) fantasy production. And then he dropped a league-leading 182-target outlier on us. Not only was that 48 more than his previous career high, but his NFL-best 113 catches were also 43 more than his previous peak. Still, despite the gluttonous force-feeding, he scored just 5 TDs, which, disgustingly, was only one shy of his career high.
The impending regression is painfully obvious. Gifted TE Jordan Reed, who missed nearly half the season, is ready to roll. Andre Roberts was brought in to upgrade the WR2 spot, and then quickly usurped by DeSean Jackson. As Mr. Rotoworld Evan Silva recently noted, Jackson will occupy the "Z" position, which has historically been the moneymaker in the Jay Gruden offense.
Garcon was merely a fringe WR1 last season despite the insane volume. The fact that he's being drafted as one now is ludicrous.
Arian Foster, RB, Houston Texans
Standard ADP: Pick 2.12, RB12
PPR ADP: Pick 3.02, RB11
Arian Foster entered last season with major red flags (overuse/injury/YPC decline), and he rewarded faithful drafters with two touchdowns in eight games. As another famous Texan once said: "Fool me once… shame on you. Fool me… you can't get fooled again."
It was a debilitating back injury that cut Foster's 2013 campaign in half, and he recently admitted that he contemplated retirement. Doesn't exactly give you the warm fuzzies, does it? Moreover, his list of soft tissue injuries is snowballing, as he's currently sidelined with yet another hamstring ailment.
Foster's being drafted as a back end RB1 near the end of R2, which feels downright reckless. Predicting injury usually isn't wise, but in Foster's case it certainly appears that the writing is on the wall.
Eric Ebron, TE, Detroit Lions
Standard ADP: Pick 9.05, TE11
PPR ADP: Pick 10.02, TE13
Recently, boss man Paul Charchian dug up this deflating nugget: since 2000, rookie RD1 TEs have averaged 321 yards and 2 TDs. Furthermore, reports out of Detroit have indicated that Ebron's adjustment has been even rockier than your typical rookie TE, which has ultimately resulted in a dropfest.
Ebron's outstanding speed and athleticism got him drafted No. 10 overall, but he remains an unpolished 21-YO who's battled inconsistency (hands and focus). At a middling 6'4", Ebron only scored 8 TDs in 34 games at UNC. Conversely, 6'7" Joseph Fauria scored 7 TDs in 30 targets as a rookie last season. Ebron's certainly not cut from the same cloth as monsters like Gronk or Graham, but he has been compared to a poor man's Vernon Davis. The real Vernon Davis posted a 20-265-3 line in Year 1.
Alpha dog Calvin Johnson has averaged a league-leading 12.0 targets/game the last two years, and free agent Golden Tate offers a big upgrade opposite him. The trio of Bush-Bell-Riddick will most likely lead all NFL RB groups in receptions under new OC Joe Lombardi (formerly of New Orleans). That leaves Ebron battling red zone specialist Fauria and blocking specialist Brandon Pettigrew for table scraps. For Ebron, not only will volume be an issue, but also the quality of volume, as Detroit has much better options in the red zone. Add in the fact that back end TE1 production is as replaceable as back end QB1 production, and I'm not sure I'd even draft Ebron in typical 16-rounders.
Jeremy Maclin, WR, Philadelphia Eagles
Standard ADP: Pick 6.10, WR27
PPR ADP: Pick 6.04, WR29
Two thirds of the Eagles' core WR group is new to the Chip Kelly offense. Sophomore TE Zach Ertz is pegged for a bigger role. LeSean McCoy has always been very active in the passing game, and Darren Sproles is the prototypical X-Factor. In short, the Eagles have a glut of versatile pieces with no clear hierarchy. At this point, trying to predict target distribution is an exercise in futility, which is exactly how Kelly wants it.
Among the WRs, the Eagles are most heavily invested in holdover Riley Cooper after re-upping him for 5-$25M this offseason. Training Camp Hall of Famer Jordan Matthews is, believe it or not, still an unproven rookie. Jeremy Maclin rounds out the group, coming off his second right ACL tear. He sits atop the depth chart, but I view all three of these WRs as relatively interchangeable parts, none of which profile as a true No. 1 NFL WR. In these muddy instances, you're always better off throwing a dart at the cheapest commodity, and Maclin is going a staggering four rounds earlier than both Matthews and Cooper. To make matters worse, he's probably the riskiest of the three, and he's already missing practice time with knee soreness. Everything about this situation screams unpredictable weekly volatility.
Andrew Luck, QB, Indianapolis Colts
Standard ADP: Pick 3.07, QB4
PPR ADP: Pick 3.11, QB4
In my Foles blurb, I briefly touched on why all QBs are overvalued. I also explained why you're better off taking the 10th-12th QB than the 4th-6th, as I'm anticipating a very minimal drop-off. Naturally, that puts the QB4, Andrew Luck, squarely in my crosshairs. I love Luck, but for my money, he's the single most overvalued player in fantasy.
Over the last three seasons, the QB4 spot has yielded an average of 400.2 FF points (using basic QB scoring). Luck has thrown exactly 23 TDs in each of his first two seasons, while posting FF totals of 366.2 (2012) and 345.2 (2013). His rushing production has been his saving grace, and very consistent, so we should be relatively safe in penciling him in for 300-4.5 on the ground. That's 57 points. He threw for a disappointing 3,830 yards in his first season under Pep Hamilton, resulting in 191.5 points. That leaves 151.7 points needed to reach the QB4 plateau (400.2), meaning that if Luck's rushing production and passing yards remain constant, his passing TDs would need to jump from 23 to 38 to justify his rank among QBs. A more even progression in passing production would look like 4,200-33, which is still a very steep incline.
Adding Rob Chudzinski should certainly help Pep see the light, but realistically, we're still just talking about a "Special Assistant." And while Luck's WR depth chart appears to be deeper than ever, it's an illusion. By all accounts, Hakeem Nicks looks like a shell of his former self. Reggie Wayne is a 35YO coming off an ACL tear, and T.Y. Hilton is a No. 2 masquerading as a No. 1. I'm optimistic about youngsters Da'Rick Rodgers and Donte Moncrief, but they're both still projects. TE Dwayne Allen's return should help Luck inch closer to delivering upon his ADP, but leaps and bounds are needed.
Luck has outscored 2012 draft classmate Russell Wilson by 1.4 PPG over their first two seasons (22.2 to 20.8). If you think that slim margin justifies a 4-round gap in ADP, I'd like to extend a personal invite to my high-stakes home league.
Giovani Bernard, RB, Cincinnati Bengals
Standard ADP: Pick 2.07, RB10
PPR ADP: Pick 2.04, RB7
Giovani Bernard had a very fine rookie campaign, but the fact that he's being drafted like a feature back feels irrational. This, of course, is because Cincinnati chose to upgrade the BenJarvus Green-Ellis role by making 233-lb. Jeremy Hill the second RB off the board in May's draft (R2, pick 55 overall). Hue Jackson wants to pound the rock, so both youngsters will get fed, but there's no denying that Hill's better built for goal line use. I'm expecting a much more even fantasy point distribution than their 8-round ADP gap suggests.
I view Andre Ellington as an extremely similar player to Bernard, and not only is he going 1.5 rounds later, but he's actually being groomed for a featured role with no competition in sight.


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Records: Tulane 3-1; Nebraska 3-0
Coaches: Tulane - Ed Conroy (121-167, 10th year overall; 31-34, third year at Tulane); Nebraska - Tim Miles (286-220, 18th year overall; 3-0, first season at Nebraska).
Projected Starting Lineups:
Pos. Player Ht. Cl. PPG
G Ricky Tarrant 6-2 So. 17.5
G Jordan Callahan 6-0 Sr. 11.3
F Kendall Timmons 6-5 Sr. 6.8
F Josh Davis 6-8 Jr. 19.0
C Tomas Bruha 7-0 Jr. 1.5
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F Brandon Ubel 6-10 Sr. 16.3
C Andre Almeida 6-11 Sr. 8.3
G Benny Parker 5-9 Fr. 7.7
G Ray Gallegos 6-2 Jr. 13.7
G Dylan Talley 6-5 Sr. 13.3
The lowdown:
Tulane wraps up the Joe Cipriano Classic at Nebraska the day before Thanksgiving having won three straight games by an average of 20.7 points. Tulane opened the season with a loss to Georgia Tech, its only opponent with more than one win entering play Tuesday.
The Green Wave left Chicago State in the dust Sunday at Devlin Fieldhouse, dismantling the Cougars by 28 points. Nebraska remains undefeated after shutting down in-state foe Nebraska-Omaha, 75-62, on Sunday. Tulane beat those same Mavericks, 76-52, in game 2 of the Cipriano Classic. Nebraska's margin of victory through its three games is only 8.7 points per game.
"It is going to be a heck of challenge here in Lincoln, but I do feel good about how we are progressing," Tulane coach Ed Conroy said in a news release.
"That is what this time of year is for. Each game we've improved in a certain area ... We are going to have to be efficient from start to finish and really do a good job on the boards to be successful."
The series:
Nebraska leads the series 2-0, although the teams haven't faced each other since 1996, when the Cornhuskers defeated Tulane in the NIT Semifinals in New York, 90-78. Their other matchup also came in the NIT back in 1983.
Worth noting:
Both Tulane and Nebraska out-rebound opponents by an average of five per game, and turnovers are also nearly identical (Tulane 11.0 and Nebraska 11.8 per game). The Green Wave are much better at 3-point shooting (36.4 percent vs. Nebraska's 25 percent).
Although the Chicago State win was Tulane's biggest win score-wise, there were 10 lead changes and four ties, considerably more than the previous three games.
Tulane's Jordan Callahan needs 58 points to become the 33rd Tulane player to reach 1,000 points. He has also made 146 three-pointers in his career, including three against Chicago State, and needs 19 more to move into third place in school history.
Forward Josh Davis has amassed two straight double-doubles; he has 14 in his career. He and preseason first-team All-Conference USA guard Ricky Tarrant have scored in double figures in all four games this season.


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Dear Abby: About a year ago, my husband, "Scott," started attending church. He had never gone in the few years we dated.
We discussed our feelings about religion before we became engaged. He comes from a family that attended church every Sunday and believes in God. I was raised the exact opposite; I'm an atheist. I told Scott that if we had children, I would be OK with him taking them to church, but I would not join them. It bothered him a little, but we talked it over and moved on.
After a difficult year that led to some mild depression (for which Scott sought help), he started going to church. I was happy for him because it seemed to help him.
After a few weeks he asked me to go with him. I went several times but felt uncomfortable. I feel like a fraud sitting in the pew. Scott says he "wants my support" and that means attending with him. I suspect he's embarrassed to be there without his wife.
I do not enjoy it. I have been offended by some of the messages that were imparted, and I would prefer having time to myself on Sundays.
Abby, what should I do? Is there any middle ground here?
– Feeling Coerced in San Diego
Dear Feeling Coerced: Tell Scott that you are happy he has found comfort in going to church, but that you are not comfortable with what is being preached and find some of it offensive. Remind him that church attendance was not part of your agreement when you married him and that you value your solitary time at home the same way he appreciates the service.
While you might relent and go with him on major holidays – some nonbelieving spouses do that – there really isn't a middle ground, and because you feel so strongly about it, you should stand yours.
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While making polite conversation with a customer in my retail shop, I noticed she had an accent and asked where she was from. She became evasive and seemed offended that I had asked and refused to answer my question.
I tried to recover from the awkward situation, but I can't help but feel I insulted her somehow. Was I wrong to ask?
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Friends every day. Good friends like Frog and Toad enjoy spending their days together. They fly kites, celebrate Toad's birthday, and share the shivers when one of them tells a scary story. Here are five funny stories that celebrate friendship all day, every day.
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pig flying through marshmallow clouds to a marzipan moon? A camel pirouetting through the desert? A wolf who looks suspiciously like an apple tree-or is it the other way around? A bear in a frying-pan hat and paper-bag boots? Where can a reader-child or adult -find such marvelous things but in a fable? Arnold Lobel, creator of Frog and Toad, has given us his own funny and true fables. Each with a fresh and unexpected moral. Each accompanied by an illustration of glowing color and rich detail. Indeed, the reader of Arnold Lobel's fables will be rewarded - just like the mouse who goes off to see the world - by many moments of happiness. Winner of the 1981 Caldecott Medal This file should make an excellent embossed braille copy.
Frog and Toad All Yearby Arnold Lobel
Go sledding with Frog and Toad and see what happens when Frog tumbles off and Toad has to steer by himself. See how frog cheers Toad up on a rainy day when it feels as if spring will never come. See why Frog and Toad go to bed happy after raking yards all day even though the wind scatters the leaves all around until it looks as if the leaves were never raked up at all. Toad the ice-cream monster may be the funniest Toad you've seen yet. On Christmas Eve find out how worries can grow and grow even when there's nothing to worry about. Two of the four Frog and Toad books by Lobel have won major awards. In Frog and Toad All Year, the third book in this hilarious series of easy to read chapter books about best friends, children will laugh and cheer at the five stories: one for each season and one about Christmas Eve. The pictures are carefully and humorously described.
Frog and Toad Are Friendsby Arnold Lobel
From writing letters to going swimming, telling stories to finding lost buttons, Frog and Toad are always there for each other--just as best friends should be. Images and image descriptions available.
Frog and Toad Togetherby Arnold Lobel
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Presents a linked collection of ten short stories in rhyme featuring frogs, toads, and polliwogs.
Little Runner of the Longhouseby Arnold Lobel Betty Baker
The time of the New Year was an exciting one. The longhouses of the Iroquois were filled with busy people as everyone helped prepare for the celebration. Little Runner envied the big boys who put on masks and threatened to steal prized possessions until they were dissuaded with large servings of maple sugar. It was an Iroquois ceremony, but it was the candy, not the custom, that appealed to Little Runner. Little Runner did his best to convince his mother that he was one of the big boys, but she could not be fooled. How he finally achieved his goal makes a warmly happy story. The stunning pictures and skillfully chosen words realistically re-create the Iroquois way of life, and children will find this book that they can actually read by themselves both absorbing and delightful.
Ming Lo Moves the Mountainby Arnold Lobel
Ming Lo and his wife love their house, but not the mountain that overshadows it, so Ming Lo undertakes to move the mountain.
Mouse Soupby Arnold Lobel
An inventive mouse escapes from a weasel's soup pot by telling four marvelousstories. "An artistic triumph, with enough suspense, humor and wisdom to holdany reader". --New York Times. Three-color illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
On Market Streetby Arnold Lobel
"In a delightful and unusual book, a boy trots down Market Street buying presents for a friend, each one starting with a letter of the alphabet. Every letter is illustrated by a figure ingeniously composed of, for instance, apples or wigs or quilts. The notion is original, and the sum total enjoyable and unique."--Horn Book. Other books by this author are available in this library.
Owl at Homeby Arnold Lobel
Whether Owl is inviting Winter in on a snowy night or welcoming a new friend he meets while on a stroll, Owl always has room for visitors! [This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts for K-1 at http://www.corestandards.org.]
Small Pigby Arnold Lobel
A small pig runs away from his home after his pig pen is cleaned up by the farmer's wife.
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KHL Eastern Conference Finals
(4)Ufa 3 vs. (2)Magnitogorsk 2
Magnitogorsk Leads the Series 2-1
Vasily Koshechkin, Magnitogorsk, Loss, 21/24, 3.04 GAA, .875 sv%
Playoff totals: 10 GP, 8-2-0, 2 SO, 1.49 GAA, .951 sv%
Regular season totals: 50 GP, 22-15-9, 4 SO, 2.12 GAA, .925 sv%
Vasily Koshechkin lost for just the second time in the KHL playoffs as Ufa nipped Magnitka 3-2 in Game Three of the Eastern Conference Finals. Ex-NHLer Sami Lepisto had the GWG for Ufa and had 2 goals, overall, in the match. Ex-Blue Jackets pick Maxim Mayorov also chipped in 2 assists for Ufa in the win.
Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
Acadie-Bathurst Titan 2 @ Saint John Sea Dogs 4
QMJHL First Round
Saint John leads best-of-7 series, 2-0
W Bokondji Imama, SJ: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 1 SOG, 2 Hits
Playoff totals: 2 GP, 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM
Season totals: 47 GP, 7-12-19, -3, 84 PIM
W Mathieu Joseph, SJ: 1-1-2, +1, 4 PIM, 4 SOG, 2 Hits
Playoff totals: 2 GP, 2-1-3, +2, 4 PIM
Season totals: 58 GP, 33-40-73, +35, 57 PIM
Saint John held serve at home, winning Game 2, 4-2. Joseph had two more points for the Sea Dogs, both coming late in the third period. Game 3 is Tuesday in the Titan's barn.
Sherbrooke Phoenix 2 @ Shawinigan Cataractes 3
QMJHL First Round
Best-of-7 series tied, 1-1
W Dennis Yan, SHAW: 1-0-1, +1, 2 PIM, 3 SOG, 2 Hits
Playoff totals: 2 GP, 1-0-1, +1, 4 PIM
Season totals: 62 GP, 32-37-69, +8, 86 PIM
Shawinigan averted disaster by evening the series in Game 2 with a 3-2 win after falling behind 2-0 early. Yan started on the second line and scored the Catarctes' first goal. Game 3 is Tuesday in Sherbrooke.
Ontario Hockey League
Oshawa Generals 3 @ Kingston Frontenacs 7
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Kingston leads best-of-7 series, 2-0
C Anthony Cirelli, OSH: 0-1-1, -1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG, 16/29 FO
Playoff totals: 2 GP, 0-1-1, -2, 0 PIM
Season totals: 61 GP, 21-36-57, -16, 27 PIM
The Gens couldn't come close to Kingston for the second straight game, losing 7-3 in Game 2. Oshawa has been outscored 13-3 in the series thus far. Carolina third rounder Warren Foegele had four goals for the Fronts. Game 3 is Tuesday in Oshawa.
Windsor Spitfires 4 @ Kitchener Rangers 6
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Kitchener leads best-of-7 series, 2-0
W Cristiano DiGiacinto, WSR: 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM, 1 SOG
Playoff totals: 2 GP, 0-0-0, +1, 2 PIM
Season totals: 63 GP, 16-26-42, +15, 105 PIM
2014-15 totals: 63 GP, 21-24-45, -16, 100 PIM
Windsor blew an early 3-0 lead in Game 1 and relinquished a 3-1 lead in Game 2 and now find themselves down 2-0 in the series. Game 3 is Monday in Windsor.
Western Hockey League
Moose Jaw Warriors 4 @ Prince Albert Raiders 2
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Moose Jaw leads best-of-7 series, 2-0
C Brayden Point, MJ: 1-0-1, E, 0 PIM
Playoff totals: 2 GP, 2-2-4, +1, 0 PIM, *First Star*
Season totals: 48 GP, 35-53-88, +24, 36 PIM
Moose Jaw took a commanding 2-0 series lead on the road with a 4-2 win Saturday in Prince Albert. Point scored in the middle of the third period to move Moose Jaw from a 3-2 to 4-2 lead. Game 3 is Monday in Moose Jaw.
United States Hockey League
Omaha Lancers 0 @ Fargo Force 3
G Kris Oldham, OMA: Did not play
Season totals: 30 GP, 12-14-4, 2.81 GAA, .906 sv%, 1 SO
2014-15 totals: 33 GP, 21-6-4, 2.49 GAA, .908 sv%, 1 SO
(University of Nebraska-Omaha signee)
Oldham sat for the fourth straight game.
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 3 @ Dubuque Fighting Saints 1
D Ryan Zuhlsdorf, DBQ: 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 41 GP, 0-25-25, -7, 55 PIM
With Dubuque: 11 GP, 0-2-2, E, 4 PIM
With Sioux City: 30 GP, 0-23-23, -7, 51 PIM
2014-15 totals: 56 GP, 3-19-22, +25, 58 PIM
(University of Minnesota signee)
The Saints failed to gain ground on the conference-leading RoughRiders, losing 3-1. Dubuque was once with Cedar Rapids, but have fallen to third, eight points behind.
No. 12 Boston University Terriers 2 vs. No. 7 Denver Pioneers 7
NCAA West Regional Semifinal (St. Paul, MN)
D John MacLeod, BU: 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM
Season totals: 26 GP, 1-1-2, -4, 24 PIM
2014-2015 totals: 37 GP, 2-7-9, +19, 58 PIM
Denver got up 6-0 on BU before the Terriers got on the board, but by then it was way too late. MacLeod got in the lineup, which was a plus, but played sparingly. His sophomore season concludes in the national tournament. MacLeod's latter part of the season was marred with healthy scratches and limited play. Hopefully his junior year has the former Lightning second rounder in a more prominent role.
By Jeremy Houghtaling
Rob Zettler wanted to make sure Syracuse didn't let up.
The Crunch head coach reminded his team of the Americans' recent games with big third periods. After taking a two-goal lead in the first period, Syracuse buckled down on defense to top Rochester, 3-1, at the Onondaga County War Memorial Saturday.
The Crunch has won five straight — a season high — and remain in fourth place in the North Division, two points behind Utica.
"It was very important for our energy and our vibe," Zettler said of taking the early lead. "I thought we played really well in the first couple periods, but my message to the team was 'This is how Rochester has been rolling. They don't come out strong and give up an early lead, but then they come roaring back.'"
Crunch score gigantic win as playoff push continues.
Kristers Gudlevskis allowed 1 goal on 40 shots for the victory. He was a difference maker tonight, and he's now run off 5 straight wins and he's got a .936 save percentage this month. Peaking in crunch time.
First Period
SYR Drouin, (9) (Peca, Martindale), 8:11 (PP)
SYR Gourde, (13) (Ikonen, Martindale), 14:50
Second Period
SYR Martindale, (4) (Gourde, Ikonen), 11:55
RCH Baptiste, (11) (Mormina), 17:50
Third Period
Ryan Martindale, Gudlevskis, and Yanni Gourde were the game's three stars.
Tonight was a crucially important 4-point divisional encounter, and by virtue of the win the 4th place Crunch extended their margin over the 5th place Americans to 6 points with Rochester holding 2 points in hand. Just as importantly, Syracuse stays within 2 points of 3rd place Utica, which beat the tar out of Binghamton tonight. With the divisional crossover rule, the Crunch likely need to catch Utica, which has 2 games in hand on Syracuse and a big ROW advantage. It may take Syracuse darned near running the table to make the postseason, and they're making a good go at just that. Oh, by the way, there's a home-and-home against Utica in 2 weeks. 4/15 and 4/16. Circle it on your calendars and double star it, too.
Box score from TheAHL.com.
Shorthanded Lightning can't overcome the odds.
Andrei Vasilevskiy allowed 4 goals on 26 shots for the loss. I'm not mad about the Jagr and Huberdeau goals and the Hudler goal was just crummy puck luck, but he was horribly off his angle on the Trocheck goal. He can't allow that goal in that spot given the pretext in this game. The Lightning had to get out of the First Period with a lead feeling good about themselves, and that softie was soul-destroying.
First Period
5:52 TB Johnson(14), (Nesterov, Palat)(PP)
13:36 FLA Trocheck(25), (Jokinen)
18:02 FLA Jagr(25), (Barkov, Huberdeau)(PP)
Second Period
15:53 FLA Hudler(15), (Petrovic, Bjugstad)
Third Period
4:02 FLA Huberdeau(15), (Barkov, Jagr)
16:48 TB Stamkos(36), (Boyle, Nesterov)(PP)
19:35 FLA Jokinen(17), (unassisted)(SH)(EN)
It was just a tough spot for the Lightning to come into. Not only did they lose Stralman to the broken leg last night, but Kucherov also sat out today after getting nicked blocking a shot last night. There's one of your two best defensemen and one of your two most dynamic offensive players out going into a high stakes game against a rested game where the Lightning were on the back-to-back. Then, you throw on top of that the Lightning playing their youthful backup who, unfortunately, gives up a pretty soft goal after a fantastic start by the team. No chance. It was all down hill from there, and when the Panthers got the puck luck with the double deflection on the Hudler goal, it was pretty clear it was not to be Tampa Bay's night. Throw on top of that some... creative... officiating, and you have about three hours every Lightning fans wishes they could get back in their lives.
Slater Koekkoek was -1 in 5:57. I don't get the sparing way he's been used in his last two recalls. There's pretty much no point to having him with the big club if he's only going to get 10 shifts in a game like he did tonight. It doesn't benefit the player or the team.
Jonathan Marchessault was -2 with 2 shots in 16:01. I thought he had another strong game tonight, but his line struggled to get the payoff against Luongo. The game marks Marchessault's graduation from prospect status on the website, meaning he'll join Nesterov in the 2015-2016 Lightning class.
Box score and extended statistics from NHL.com.
KHL Western Conference Finals
(6)St. Petersburg 0 vs. (1)CSKA 1 (OT)
CSKA Leads the Series 3-0
Nikita Gusev, St. Petersburg, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Playoff totals: 14 GP, 5-9-14, -1, 0 PIM
Regular season totals: 56 GP, 20-29-49, +15, 14 PIM
Ex-Syracuse Crunch Geoff Platt scored 11:12 into Triple OT to deliver CSKA a tremendous 1-0 Game Three win that puts them on the brink of advancing to the Gagarin Cup Final. Islanders third rounder Ilya Sorokin stopped all 52 shots he faced for the shutout victory while ex-Isles second rounder Mikko Koskinen allowed 1 goal on 52 shots for the hard luck loss. Nikita Gusev was scoreless in a sizable 35:18 in the match, which was third among SKA forwards in ice time.
Acadie-Bathurst Titan 1 @ Saint John Sea Dogs 4
QMJHL First Round
Saint John leads best-of-7 series, 1-0
W Bokondji Imama, SJ: 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM, 1 SOG, 3 Hits
Playoff totals: 1 GP, 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM
Season totals: 47 GP, 7-12-19, -3, 84 PIM
W Mathieu Joseph, SJ: 1-0-1, +1, 0 PIM, 1 SOG, 2 Hits
Playoff totals: 1 GP, 1-0-1, +1, 0 PIM
Season totals: 58 GP, 33-40-73, +35, 57 PIM
Joseph returned after missing a handful of games and scored a goal, and Boko Imama returned after a 1-game suspension, helping the Sea Dogs to a Game 1 win over the Titan. Game 2 is Saturday.
Sherbrooke Phoenix 3 @ Shawinigan Cataractes 2
QMJHL First Round
Sherbrooke leads best-of-7 series, 1-0
W Dennis Yan, SHAW: 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM, 2 SOG, 2 Hits
Playoff totals: 1 GP, 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM
Season totals: 62 GP, 32-37-69, +8, 86 PIM
Sherbrooke stole home ice advantage away from the second-seeded Cataractes with a 3-2 win in Game 1. Shawinigan outshot the Phoenix, 32-31. Game 2 is Saturday.
Oshawa Generals 0 @ Kingston Frontenacs 6
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Kingston leads best-of-7 series, 1-0
C Anthony Cirelli, OSH: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 1 SOG
Playoff totals: 1 GP, 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM
Season totals: 61 GP, 21-36-57, -16, 27 PIM
The young Generals were outmatched by the top-seeded Fronts, losing 6-0. Canes prospect Roland McKeown had two goals for Kingston. Game 2 is Saturday.
Peterborough Petes 1 @ North Bay Battalion 2
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
North Bay leads best-of-7 series, 1-0
D Dominik Masin, PBO: 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM, 0 SOG
Playoff totals: 1 GP, 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM
Season totals: 57 GP, 8-32-40, +24, 50 PIM
D Matt Spencer, PBO: 0-0-0, -1, 2 PIM, 0 SOG
Playoff totals: 1 GP, 0-0-0, -1, 2 PIM
Season totals: 60 GP, 5-19-24, +1, 46 PIM
The teams traded first period goals with the Petes opening the series scoring. North Bay was outshot in the third period, 8-6, but scored the only goal. Masin was playing his first OHL playoff game after missing last year's postseason. Spencer played the 17th postseason game of his career. Game 2 of the series is Sunday.
Saginaw Spirit 1 @ Erie Otters 5
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Erie leads best-of-7 series, 1-0
W Mitchell Stephens, SAG: 0-0-0, -2, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Playoff totals: 1 GP, 0-0-0, -2, 0 PIM
Season totals: 39 GP, 20-19-39, -3, 14 PIM
Erie had a 5-0 lead before the midway point of the game and coasted to a convincing Game 1 win. Stephens was held without a shot. Erie outshot the Spirit 36-16 despite only registering three shots in the third period. They outshot Saginaw 19-3 in the opening period. Game 2 is Sunday.
Moose Jaw Warriors 3 @ Prince Albert Raiders 2
Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
Moose Jaw leads best-of-7 series, 1-0
C Brayden Point, MJ: 1-2-3, +1, 0 PIM, *First Star*
Playoff totals: 1 GP, 1-2-3, +1, 0 PIM, *First Star*
Season totals: 48 GP, 35-53-88, +24, 36 PIM
Moose Jaw won in its first playoff appearance since 2012, and Brayden Point was first star with a goal and two assists Friday against Prince Albert in Game 1. Noah Gregor (2016) had two goals for the Warriors. Game 2 is Saturday. (Moose Jaw Warriors photo)
Omaha Lancers 4 @ Fargo Force 2
Omaha won its second game in a 3-game set with Fargo. Goaltender Zackarias Skog (undrafted) started all three games for the Lancers.
Bloomington Thunder 5 @ Dubuque Fighting Saints 3
D Ryan Zuhlsdorf, DBQ: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Season totals: 40 GP, 0-25-25, -7, 53 PIM
With Dubuque: 10 GP, 0-2-2, E, 2 PIM
With Sioux City: 30 GP, 0-23-23, -7, 51 PIM
2014-15 totals: 56 GP, 3-19-22, +25, 58 PIM
(University of Minnesota signee)
Bloomington tied the Saints for second in the conference with a road win Friday.


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Mary Frances McCurley Tomlin, 56, of Amarillo died Monday, April 8, 2002.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Llano Cemetery East with Pastor Sherman Eastland officiating. Arrangements are by N.S. Griggs and Sons Funeral Directors, 2615 Paramount Blvd.
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Tag: PEN World Voices
Bravery and Gender in "Confessional Writing"April 2013
An evening with Guernica at the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature.
Black Sheep & Exploding Turbans: A Guernica/PEN EventMay 2010 Europe is struggling to come to terms with its Muslim minority. What are the consequences of the intolerance and the violence for the continent and for literature? Join Paul Berman, Jamal Mahjoub, Sadanand Dhume and the rest of this brilliant panel...
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Why were there only 8 women on the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the Twentieth Century? Why is only 3% of the literature Americans read in translation?
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Meakin Armstrong: On MatingApril 2010
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As I read the reports of the rape trial in Steubenville, Ohio, last month, my stomach churned. In case you missed the reports, in August 2012 a 16-year-old girl was violated by two male students, Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, and Trent Mays, 17 years old, while classmates recorded, photographed and encouraged the assault.
While the girl was passed out from drinking too much, her clothes were removed. Two boys sexually abused the girl in multiple ways and then laughed about the "dead girl." Afterward, another student witnessed the videos and photos and laughed, "She is so raped."
The following days 350,000 text messages circulated.
Crude, revolting details, admissions and "LOL"s flowed. Mays tried to cover his tracks by telling the victim, "Nothing happened." He was gutsy enough to text the victim's father, calling the whole thing a "misunderstanding" and saying he "made sure she was safe."
Even though a judge found Mays and Richmond guilty, I'd bet the convicted don't see themselves as rapists. A text from Mays read, "I should've raped her. Everyone thinks I did."
As I followed the trial, all I could do was wonder how this happened. How did so many students watch this happen and never intervene?
The answer became apparent during witness testimony. "It wasn't violent," one student said on the stand. "I always pictured [rape] as forcing yourself on someone."
There you have it. As long as people think rape is a stranger jumping out from a dark corner to forcefully attack someone screaming "No!" people will continue to think what happened to that 16-year-old girl was not a crime.
As long as people continue to believe that, "Because she was drunk," is an excuse to violate a woman - rape will go underreported and continue.
We must educate ourselves and our children to this reality. It has to start today.
"Rape culture" refers to beliefs and social attitudes that justify, make excuses for or support rape. It's the idea that sometimes rape is socially tolerable. It's victim blaming, rape jokes, objectifying and degrading women. It's the belief that rape is not a serious crime. It's the thought that many reported rapes are false - when in fact, as little as two percent of reported rapes are false.
Rape is never the victim's fault. It doesn't matter if they were being flirtatious, how many sexual partners they have had in the past, what they were wearing or where they were. It doesn't matter if the victim started to "fool around" with the attacker - if the victim says "no" at any point, what happens after that is assault and a crime. If he or she were incapable of saying "yes" - what happened was a crime.
Until these truths reach into schools, colleges, places of employment, clubs, bars and into the home - rape culture will continue.
Events like what happened in Steubenville will occur and nobody will stop it. Witnesses will blame the victim.
Education is key and there are great resources to help you advance this mission. The YWCA is one of those resources and we will gladly provide any help you need along the way.


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it was The Best Song in the World.
- Tenacious D, Tribute
It was back in 1994 when Jack Black and Kyle Gass first met as members of the Actor's Gang, an ensemble theater troupe founded by Tim Robbins. Up until that point, Black had appeared in small-ish parts in Airborne and Demolition Man, while Gass was barely noticeable in films like Jacob's Ladder and Brain Dead. Not long after that first meeting, the two discovered one very important thing they had in common: A love for rock and roll. Realizing they were far from a couple of gorgeous long-haired rockers, the two foregrounded their weaknesses while combining their love for comedy and music in a two-man band called Tenacious D. And, as they say -- the rest is history.
Shortly after performing their one and only song, Tribute, at Al's Bar in downtown Los Angeles, the duo garnered attention from comedian David Cross who subsequently helped Black and Gass land an appearance on Mr. Show. That led to three half-hour shorts on HBO, an album that quickly went platinum and a legion of fans who simply refer to their idols as "The D." Now, Black and Gass have somehow formed a story around the wacky, foul-mouthed lyrics to all their songs and used their pull in Hollywood to make a feature-length film called Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. But is it really destiny ... or just a waste of time?p>
Make no mistake, The Pick of Destiny is a film that was made for fans of "The D." This is apparent right from the start, as the movie opens inside Lil' JB's (as played by Troy Gentile, who lookes so much like a young Jack Black, it's scary) house. When JB is asked by his ultra-conservative, religious father (Meat Loaf) to join the family for dinner, our little 10 year-old wannabee rock star serenades (in Jack Black's voice, of course) the room with a raunchy version of Kickapoo, a song written solely for the movie. The scene, which involves daddy Meat ripping posters off JB's wall as Ronnie James Dio (JB's idol) belts out some rocking advice -- get out of the house and follow your dreams all the way to Hollywood -- is by far the best one in the film. With an opening this explosive, the rest of the movies seems so promising. However, the flick slowly melts into a series of never-ending skits and songs that lose their appeal shortly after Black drops the first F-Bomb (which, mind you, is usually the second or third word out of his mouth).
After arriving in California, a grown-up JB (Jack Black) immediately becomes enthralled by KG (Kyle Gass), an overweight, long-haired guitarist who hangs around Venice Beach strumming tunes for pocket change. It's not long before JB begs KG to mentor him -- to teach him the way -- and, though reluctant at first, KG finally agrees to help the kid out after he finds him being beaten up by a bunch of hooligans dressed as characters from A Clockwork Orange. Oh, it gets weirder. Desperate for a chance to be a part of The Kyle Gass Project (KG's solo album), JB becomes a model student, dedicating every waking moment to learning the way of the Rock. That is, until JB learns KG is a fraud: The Kyle Gass Project is a scam, KG is actually bald, and those supposed "royalty checks" pouring into the apartment are really from his loving mother, meant to help pay rent. But, with the checks cut off and the threat of eviction looming, the boys must come together to follow their one common dream -- to form the greatest band on earth. Except they have no songs, little talent and only one fan -- a pizza delivery guy named Lee (JR Reed).
From there, the plot transforms itself into a drug-induced, moronic version of what Mission Impossible would be -- if it tried to be a comedy and starred a fat guy instead of Tom Cruise who threw his hands around in spastic fits to distract from the lack of witty dialogue. The boys learn of a mysterious guitar pick that was spawned from a demon's tooth and passed down through history between the greatest musicians who ever lived. It now resides in the Rock and Roll History Museum -- an impenetrable fortress, chock-full of security dudes, laser beams and stairs that light up. But they must go there. And along the way, they meet cameos from Ben Stiller, Amy Poehler, Colin Hanks, Tim Robbins and the demon himself, Dave Grohl. There's also a few other people in there, but you'll have to figure out who is who yourself.
There's certainly effort here, and by strategically placing familiar faces along the way, as well as handing off directing duties to long-time Tencacious D collaborator Liam Lynch, Black keeps the film moving at a fast pace; it offers up more than one chuckle and bombards us with plenty of rock comedy. It's just geared toward a certain audience, one that doesn't care about plot, acting or logic. In a word, it's stupid. But Tenacious D fans won't see it that way -- they will view this as the greatest film that ever existed. While you might disregard Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Liam Lynch and their fans as nothing more than a group of rejects, in a way, that is what's so appealing about them. Because it's not about the quality of a product, it's about the passion behind it -- in their eyes, anyway. It's about living the dream and convincing yourself you're much greater than you really are. Perhaps everyone needs to carry a little piece of "The D," if only to help them get through times when they're down on life and upset with the path they've taken. Though one might view their "we're the greatest band in the world" shtick as egotistical stupidity, it's unique and, oddly, an important message to send to our youth. Keep trying. Keep giving it your all. No matter what the obstacle -- be it a giant demon or a horrific boss -- keep forging ahead and never look back. Sure, we'd like to receive that message with a lot less profanity and not as many fart jokes, but hey -- this is Tenacious D. And that's the way they rock it.


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Petronas Towers, Sydney, Mamanucas, Yasawas, Beqa
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My planned mission to get my ass over to the Petronas Towers to grab some snaps went as smoothly as I'd hoped. As soon as I landed, I jumped on an express train to KL Sentral (after some great help from the Malaysia Airlines staff), then jumped on a Metro to KLCC (the station under the towers). There they were, as soon as I emerged, these huge hulking steel towers, reaching up into the sky. They are just immense.
I wasn't going to bother going up to the SkyBridge as 1, I thought I was too late for a ticket and 2, that I was too short on time. Anyway, as has been my motto for this entire trip I thought that whilst I'm here I may as well make the most of it and see and do what I can in the time I have. After taking a heap of photos I headed in and tried to get a ticket. They are all timed tickets and they only had one left and it was for 6.30pm. I worked the good old Harrison charm and asked if they could make an exception as it was just me. The girl behind the counter smiled and waved me through.. result! The next girl also let me skip watching the dull 10 minute video too so I was just ushered straight to the lifts.
The bridge is relatively cool but you can't really appreciate the scale of the place from it as it's only on the 41st floor and the building itself is 84 storeys. I hung around for a bit and used a new filter I bought for shooting through glass, to reasonable effect, and then headed back down to get my train back to the airport.
As I headed back through Sentral I spotted a McDonalds and craved a Big Mac so relented and got stuck in. This meant that the last meal I had in Malaysia was a McDonalds. Terrible.
I then made my way back to Bangkok and on to meet Steve at the Buddy Lodge. I rocked up around 7pm after a ridiculously rapid taxi journey from the airport and got checked in. We then did what I haven't done in the 3 times I'd been to Bangkok and that was to check out a "ping pong" show. Jesus! What crazy theatre that was! Nails, razor blades, darts, cigarettes, ping pong balls, you name it, they produced them... It was made even more seedy just from the establishment that put the show on. Well, when in Rome and all that. Never again, that's for sure.
Next day we headed for the MBK to try and seek out a couple of items we'd both been after for a while. For me it was a new monitor cover for the back of my Nikon (I broke it when I was trying to jam my camera under the seat of a moped back in Thailand) and for Steve it was some new HD tapes for his cam. This shopping centre is huge so we were both seriously pissed to come out empty handed. I even offered one place 1000THB for the one from their display model, saying they could re-order a new one and replace it but they were having none of it. Language barrier didn't really help me. Hopefully I'll be able to replace it in NZ.... I did however buy a cheap walled that I've made into a "fake" one to be handed to any would be muggers in SA. I got this idea from Koen, a guy I met in Laos.
We then headed for the airport for our mammoth journey to Fiji, via Sydney....
Operation Circular Quay
We touched down in Sydney around 7am and headed for immigration where we filled out cards and were then denied entry into Australia. I was gutted and determined to see at least a taste of Sydney if I was going to be in the City for 7 hours....
We both tried to blag entry to either the Quantas 1st class lounge or at least the business class lounge just to make the 7hrs a little more bearable, but again we were denied. Steve gave up and headed over to a row of seats and went to sleep. I on the other hand wasn't giving up and decided to try a different tack. I went to a different lounge and asked the girl if I could very quickly use the internet to check something as I remember being issued with a visa when I was meant to be visiting Australia with Caroline in Dec. Amazingly the girl led me down to the lounge so I helped myself to some food and water (it had been ages since I'd eaten) and logged onto my email. I found the electronic visa, printed it, headed for immigration (a different inspector this time) and tried my luck again. Amazingly the visa was still valid and they let me through!
I got some directions for the train etc and got a ticket and headed to Circular Quay (home to the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge). As I'd wasted so much time messing about I was very short on time so I got the usual quick snaps and asked a random to get a quick shot of me in front of the OH. From what I saw and from my very brief experience of Ausies on their own soil I know I'll go back and do it all properly one day.
Anyway, I then hot-footed it back to the airport and got on the next flight to Nadi and Fiji. Having not slept in over 30 hours I was simply knackered so we checked into a place I'd found on the net, had a beer and slept. I think I was out for something like 12 hours. We were lucky in that cyclones had wreaked a bit of havoc on Fiji just days before we landed.
In the morning we had probably the best cooked breakfast of the trip so far before we headed off back to the airport to book up things to do during our brief stay.
We decided on visiting 3 islands and then heading back to Viti Levu and doing some diving, surfing and relaxing. As we were quite late getting out we could only visit an island in the Mamanuca group and opted for Bounty, a great looking island but sadly the home of Celebrity Love Island.
This is a robbery!!
I checked into a Bure (bungalow on the beach) and jumped straight in the sea and did some snorkeling. I then went for a wander and took some snaps before heading off to dinner. Just after dinner I went back to the Bure and put my camera away as it was bugging me a bit and we had a few drinks with a Welsh guy we'd met.
About 20 mins into the beer a young guy comes running into the restaurant saying that we should go and check our Bure (number 8) as there had been several robberies and all sorts of things had been stolen. Oddly we'd tried to check into Bure 8 but the lock was too stiff so they put us in 9 at the last minute. As it turns out, everyone that was in a Bure was robbed (the hostel wasn't touched). I checked number 8 and was stunned to see that it too had been broken into, even though it was empty....
I absolutely swear this was an inside job as the young guy from the resort made a point of saying number 8 to us. I think that someone tipped people off as to which rooms were occupied and which weren't and whoever moved us forget to update the books. People were robbed both sides of us. It just didn't add up.
As you can imagine I was legging it back to the room cursing myself for putting my camera back, for leaving it in the room at all and for leaving all my SD cards with it too. I was absolutely elated when I shone my torch in and saw everything there. People had everything taken: ipods, phones, cameras, laptops, money, one guy even had 3000 Fijian dollars (1000GBP), a bottle of whiskey from his fridge and 9 cartons of cigarettes taken! Some poor girl that had been so happy a few hours earlier was in floods of tears. She'd had antique jewellery taken as well as photos going back to the start of her trip. We were serioulsy lucky and it was a good reminder not to become complacent.
The next morning I was extremely happy to be getting off the island and heading somewhere new.
Next stop was MantaRay Bay resort on Nanuya Baluva in the Yasawa group of islands. This place was amazing in comparison. Everyone was super friendly, calling me by my name, helping out with anything they could etc. The great thing about this island was the abundant reef that lies just off the shore. I jumped in a Kayak with my snorkel gear and paddled out before jumping in and taking a look. Amazing visibility and loads of life down there including titan triggerfish, pipe fish, a huge porcupine puffer, Lagoon triggerfish, etc etc. It was great and made scuba redundant.
I could have stayed on the island for longer but we decided to stick to plans and move on to the next. A place called Sunrise resort on the Island on Nanuya Lailai.
This place was just funny. For starters it was run by a guy called Queen who said that Queen Latifah was his sister. He was as camp as they come but very photogenic as you can see from my pics on Flikr. The room we had was one of the worst we've stayed in but the island had a lot on offer including access to the Blue Lagoon from the film of the same name.
I took a hike over and had a dip and snorkel and checked the place out. Another pretty good reef but this one was also home to banded sea snakes so my session was pretty brief. I saw one behind me and decided to swim for shore! We'd encountered these in the Similans and the DM there reckoned that they were killers....
I went back with a Polish guy and a German girl I'd met and we went for Banana Cake at this famous place on the beach. A real character of a woman owns the place and told us a few stories. There was also a guy in the corner of the room that I wanted to photograph. When I asked he said he'd love a photo but he had to put his best shirt on first. He produced a nice loud Hawaiian number and then let me commence. He was a great man with some cool tales. We then headed for dinner and a few rounds of Uno with the rest of the guests. (Bry, these Aussie girls had a waterproof version! Great idea!)
Next day I just lay on the beach reading and this little girl came running out onto the beach in this brilliant-red rain poncho. She looked amazing so I had to photograph her. Again, pics on Flickr. One of my favourites, along with a little girl with a guitar from the night before. The resort itself was a little shabby but the people were all brilliant. Even the tuck shop owner wanted me to take her photo so she posed with a pot plant...
Next stop was back to Nadi and then down to Pacific Harbour for some Shark diving in the Beqa Lagoon.
We checked into a place called "The Uprising", a fantastic place with amazing facilities for 10GBP per night (in a very nice dorm). The Bures here are 50GBP so it's great to make a saving for a change....
After checking in, relaxing and enjoying the pool we booked ourselves on the dive and heard all about it....
Sharks at The Bistro!
Basically people from one particular village near to Beqa (pronounced Bangor) have an ancestral covenant with the Shark God that all people from Beqa will be protected from Shark attacks. A company here feeds the sharks chum on a daily basis and, as divers, we pay a fee (and sign a disclaimer!) to watch this from a metre or so behind. The dive site itself was called "The Bistro"....
It was an absolutely amazing experience and Steve got a ringside seat due to my misfortune (during my descent my reg decided that I needed water and not air to breathe so I had to surface and switch) and as a result the DM took Steve under his wing and sat him down behind him. I still got an amazing view of Giant Trevally, huge Remoray, Triggers, 2 Bull sharks, an amazing menacing looking Lemon shark, a beautiful silver-tip shark, nurse sharks as well as the usual grey reef sharks and a black-tip reef shark. The only species missing (due to it being in Oz eating turtles at this time of year) was the Tiger shark. I'd love to have seen one of those guys up close.
It's odd as the guys put you at such ease that even when the sharks decide to swarm around you, you still don't realise the possible danger that's present. These sharks are totally wild, we weren't in a cage and if they'd wanted to attack us they could easily have done so.
The dive company keeps the reefs busy, the busy reef produces loads of good, fit and healthy fish and this in turn feeds the villagers. It's all good!
Also seen some great movies since I've been away. A few must sees: Rescue Dawn, John Rambo, Into the Wild, The Darjeeling limited... I forget the rest as I've basically watched about 20 (thanks to the great selection on Quantas) since I've been away. I'm really looking forward to sitting in a cinema again in NZ.
That brings me to now. The shark dive is over, it's 11.41pm here (11.41am in the UK) and I have to get a bus tomorrow as we have a surf lesson booked.
I hope everyone's well and all is fine and dandy in Blighty. I'm absolutely shattered (as you may be able to tell from the grammar in this blog text) so I'm hitting the sack. Next stop is Christchurch in NZ where my next blog will be from.
Photo link: Flickr
Where I stayed
Sunrise Beach Resort Fiji


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|January 14, 2008, 09:40 AM
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Among the antis are some severely strong emotions. There was a National Geographic special on elephants. Overall, quite good, except at the finale, a beauteous blonde elephant worshiper gal allowed as how that even though the license fees were very beneficial to herd viability, she'd prefer that the elephant go extinct rather than be hunted.
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|January 14, 2008, 12:09 PM
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No I wasn't referring to you.
Bell who?? He did what with a .275 Rigby?;)
The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth. - H.L. Mencken
|April 25, 2008, 04:26 AM
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This is very interesting. Hunting animals should be against the law for ever. Not only some animals, all the animals should be protected by the law. One day we will end up with no animals, no pets, no little souls by our side to pet or take care of.
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|April 25, 2008, 09:00 AM
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Sorry, andreea, but that's 180 degrees off from reality. Those species for which there is a monetary value have some amount of surplus in their populations. Those without, don't.
To repeat what you obviously haven't read: Hunters are the ones who have instituted the game laws which protect game animals from extinction. Hunters cannot hunt unless there is some amount of surplus, over and above the carrying capacity of the habitat.
And the over-population of domestic animals such as pets puts a rather large tax burden on the budgets of many cities. Why else "animal shelters", if not over-populations?
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|May 14, 2008, 07:55 PM
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When game laws are enacted and inforced, people - & especially hunters - have a newly found respect for the game that they are hunting. The animals flourish, the locals make money and the hunters are happy that they have game again.
Why that doesn't sink in to animal rights groups, I'll never know.
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|May 14, 2008, 08:54 PM
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Lions will eat your baby if given the chance
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|August 1, 2008, 10:59 AM
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that in that lacquered purse of yours
nestled against powder case and mirror
sleeps a black stone; seven deaths."
|August 1, 2008, 12:11 PM
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I just feel like PETA activists put animals above people.
This is contrary to the way we were created. Not to abuse nature, but not to be subservient to it either - to master it.
"And your fear and your dread shall be upon all the beasts of the earth and upon all the fowl of the heaven; upon everything that creeps upon the ground and upon all the fish of the sea, [for] they have been given into your hand[s]." Gen. 9:3
I am an environmental consultant and my job is to prevent or fix harm to the land, water, air, and wildlife. I am not a whining environmentalist whining about how bad man is and giving animals and plants the rights of mankind. What we have in PETA is a twisted view of the world born of some kind of sick guilt trip over their affluence.
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|August 1, 2008, 07:00 PM
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Gen 9:3 reads...Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
Funny how we have been told in the Bible that we can eat everything that lives and moves. I guess the disembodied higher authority has a sense of humor given the numbers of living and moving things that are lethal if consumed along with many green plants.
|August 1, 2008, 07:27 PM
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No question, it's a religious viewpoint that not all share. And I don't expect everyone to. Until recent years, it influenced the way America wrote its laws. The veer to the left and abandonment of these values have gone hand in hand IMO.
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|August 8, 2008, 12:21 AM
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PETA think animals should not be eaten. It doesn't matter if it dies in a slaughterhouse, shot by a hunter, or is used in medical research. And, are not above using terrorism. I don't know if they are doing the terrorism, or just people with similar believes.
|August 8, 2008, 12:30 AM
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I believe tube ee said it better than I would ever be able to.
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|August 10, 2008, 11:35 PM
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It's not elephant overpopulation, it's HUMAN overpopulation. Primitive agrarian peoples need land to survive. We humans are expanding into traditional animal lands, and there are more of us each year.
The Chinese have a population control program for humans. But the Africans are too primitive for that. Their population control program is the elephant.
|August 11, 2008, 11:37 AM
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I"m as pro-gun as it gets, but human folley, technology, selfishness and greed will lead to the extinction of important species on this plant including Great Apes, Elephants, Wolves, Sharks, Bears, and Big Cats.
Spend 10 mintues reading news articles and it's abundantly clear that these species are very important to the ecosystem yet hunters and poachers recklessly kill them for tiny profits and poor excuses. For instance, elephant population is less than 1/2 what it was 30 years ago! Imagine if human population were cut in half.
The key to their survival is probably to make them MORE profitable to exist than to be killed into extinction: and there are few ways to do that. I think that hunting licenses and kill limits are probably one way to the key to the survival of elephants, for instance.
The *problem* with prosperity is growth and consumption of resources and land. Extinction of animals should be a global concern, and the mere suggestion of lifting the ban on ivory, for instance, is unbelievably irresponsible because the effect would likely be the immediate slaughter of the remaining elephants by poachers.
I have nothing against hunting for necessity, but hunting for sport or profit is something I am ethically quite strongly against.
If you think that hunting for sport or profit is the ethical highground, then in my opinion you are living in the un-enlightened distant past where people didn't know or care about ecologies, delicate balances of ecosystems, or have the benefit of hindsight when destroying and eliminating species.
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|August 11, 2008, 10:50 PM
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For any G&A readers out there there was an interesting question in the shooters SAT of the september issue
"Wildlife conservationists generally agree that the most damaging thing to happen to effective game management in the 20th century was : A. Bambi B.Peta C. Condor Release Programs D. Ducks unlimited"
answer: A. Bambi
|August 12, 2008, 12:42 AM
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|August 12, 2008, 10:10 AM
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Most of the money--as cash or credits--either winds up in a Swiss/Cayman bank account, or in the hands of arms manufacturers. There's a real-world reason that African countries are called thugocracies. About the only outside help for poor villagers is actual medical help--or the money from hunters and eco-tourists. Probably more from us than the photobugs. Eco-tourism companies are mostly foreign-owned and operated, employing locals mostly in menial jobs. (But tourism anywhere pays little to the staff.)
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|August 12, 2008, 03:06 PM
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"This is contrary to the way we were created. Not to abuse nature, but not to be subservient to it either - to master it."
Haha good one. We evolved along with the other inhabitants of the planet. Besides that, lets put you in a cage with a pissed off lion and no gun (just like you were "created) and see who "masters" who!
I am not a whining environmentalist whining about how bad man is and giving animals and plants the rights of mankind.
No you are an environmental consultant whos job it probably is to make sure whoever hires you gets around laws and regs, and hopefully doesn't destroy the environmetn while walkign off with cart loads of cash.
It is very easy to make the ohter side of your argument look bad when you throw out untrue/strawman arguments. Very few people actually want to give full human rights to animals, really the only right they would need is right to not be exposed to unnecessary suffering. I would also like to meet these "plants rights" advocates you seem to know.
PETA is the big name animal rights organization, so they are easy to pick on. They are also highly hypocritical, which makes them easier to pick on. That does not make the basic premise of their work, that animals deserve to not be used for our gain, incorrect.
Hunting was a necessity hundreds of years ago, and still is in many parts of the world. In the US there is no need, except that you're not manly unless you kill stuff, and you get in a lot less trouble then if you beat your wife.
Most of the hunters on this board have dogs, why? What is the real difference between a dog and some animal you hunt except the arbitrary distinction between pet and not.
And no animal advocate is going to argue that slaughterhouse meat is more humane than hunted meat. Slaughterhouses are f'ing disgusting places, and animals are tortured to provide you food. If the hunted animal has any luck the hunter is a good shot and they die fast. Unfortunately all to many animals are shot and accidentally or very often purposely left to die.
But It is not a matter of more or less humane, the question should be, "is it humane at all"? The answer in both cases is obviously, NO!
And of course hunters have a big part/say in conservation, no one would argue that. The problem is that their interest is not in the animals, it is purely selfish. It comes down to, if they don't save/manage these animals, then how are they supposed to be able to kill them for fun?
|August 12, 2008, 06:37 PM
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telomere, I'll give you credit for a nice, disjointed and mostly meaningless, opinionated rant, but it's rather Shakespearean: "...full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."
Once you start interfering with any sort of system, odds are that you can't quit without making things worse. So, as we increased in populations, and used technology to encroach on previously "wild" lands, we begn interfering with the original order of things.
If we don't do legal hunting of deer and other game animals here in the U.S., we'll see more property damage to cars. To crops. And we'll see die-offs from disease and/or starvation from time to time. There will be a dry-up of money for habitat protection: Why join such as Ducks Unlimited if you can't hunt ducks?
As far as hunters' motivations, we know that they vary. However, a commonality among the majority is to maintain some spiritual contact with previous generations. Another part is to get away from the artificialities of city life, to renew a sense of oneness with nature.
Homo Sapiens is a predator. Biology herownself has set us up to eat both meat and veggies. So, we do. Hunters are do-it-yourselfers. Others merely hire somebody else to do the scut work for them.
Another generalization about all the interrelationships between humans and animals is that hunters as a group don't approve of maltreatment of any animals, whether wild or domestic.
I've been reading posts about ethics and morals at The Firing Line and The High Road for some ten years, now. that's a fair number of hundreds of opinions, views and attitudes. The summary of all I have read is that you, telomere, are dead wrong.
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|August 15, 2008, 08:28 AM
Join Date: June 26, 2003
Location: SE Australia
Posts: 159
You have been lied to, and are attacking your fellow gun-owners without accepting the responsibility of informing yourself appropriately.
If you had bothered to read as little as the information posted on this thread, you would know that the elephant is in no danger whatsoever of becoming extinct, in those areas in which sport hunting has given them a very large economic value.
In the vernacular, someone has been having a lend of you.
Now please consider before posting again.
|August 15, 2008, 09:17 AM
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Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville,GA
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leadcounsel, I strongly suggest you go back and read ALL the posts.
Consider one thing: If there were no surplus of game animals, hunters could not hunt. Period. End of story.
Think of it this way: Hunters spend the interest on the principal, and strive to increase the amount of the principal. The most public example in the U.S. is Ducks Unlimited, although they are but one of many.
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|August 17, 2008, 12:17 PM
Join Date: January 28, 2003
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And it is twice what it was 15 years ago due to aggressive conservation programs which are almost exclusively funded by hunters.
If you'd spend more than 10 minutes reading the "pop culture news" and actually spend some time studying the conservation and recovery efforts of the African Elephant you'd be aware of the vast and incredible recovery of elephants in each and every country that allow sport hunting of the elephant.
I'd explain it again but it's already been explained in this and other posts if you'd take the time to read them you'd be a much better informed individual.
Your post above reads like a bumper sticker for PETA.
Bell who?? He did what with a .275 Rigby?;)
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|August 21, 2008, 11:23 AM
Join Date: August 3, 2008
Location: Columbia SC
Posts: 246
This might get me flamed but how about Christian children's fund teaming up with hunters to solve food scarcity. I personally think that if elephant is edible... well anyway there are too many starving people to have an animal overpopulation issue. If we do then it's time to eat.
|August 21, 2008, 03:03 PM
Join Date: January 28, 2003
Posts: 8,349
Bell who?? He did what with a .275 Rigby?;)
The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth. - H.L. Mencken
|August 25, 2008, 01:06 AM
Join Date: February 10, 2008
Posts: 153
Ahhh, hell. Shoot it, catch it or buy it.....you should eat it, or raelease it. I dont have enough energy to go on about impoverished countries, and thier hypocrisy and what not. Lets focus on who will be the 'big' president soon.
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