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By GREGORY LOUGHLIN
Special to the Press-Register
"Tell them to get a job, right after they take a bath."
This statement came from the mouth of a man who desires to be president of all the people: Newt Gingrich. He said this about citizens who support the Occupy Wall Street movement and all the other Occupy affiliates across the country.
He said this right after he flagrantly misrepresented the agenda and goals of the Occupiers — as Occupy Wall Street supporters are known.
For the record, as the current vice president of a health insurance company and a past executive of both a local chamber of commerce in Baldwin County and an international technology firm based in Mobile, I can attest that I have a job and I bathe regularly.
But back to Newt. He is allowed to lie, as he is a person and the First Amendment protects liars.
Occupy Wall Street is a leaderless movement and no one person speaks for the entire movement, but there exist a few core and accepted issues and goals that most all Occupiers agree with. They include:
- Pass a law to remove "corporate personhood." Corporations are not people.
When Fox News fired two reporters for refusing an order to distort a story, those reporters sued for wrongful termination. In 2003, after a jury ruled against Fox News, an appeals court overturned that decision. The court agreed with Fox that the First Amendment gives corporations, as legal persons, the right to lie or deliberately distort news.
Fox attorneys did not dispute that they pressured their reporters to broadcast a false story; they simply maintained that it was their right to do so.
This is why some media have become not truth-tellers but propagandists — to the detriment of our nation.
Also, and just as important, corporations don't commit crimes; people do. Criminally prosecuting a corporation rather than a person is absurd.
- Remove money from politics.
Because corporations are persons under the law, and therefore are protected by the First Amendment, they are free to infuse their large sums of money into politics and distort public policy to further their objectives.
This results in unfair tax breaks to large corporations, an unlevel playing field with small businesses, and bailouts when their business decisions go awry. I'm a capitalist — and that's not capitalism, that's cronyism.
- Reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act (also known as The Banking Act of 1933), which prevented banks from becoming overly speculative and taking risks that could undermine their solvency.
Glass-Steagall was repealed in 1999. This allowed banks to become so large and complex and interconnected that both the banks themselves and federal regulators failed to see the unreasonable risks being assumed by the banks.
The banks not only took on huge risks. They also became huge as a result — "too big to fail." As a result, the banks got bailed out and we got sold out. We learned only just this past week that the actual bank bailout totaled $7.7 trillion.
All Occupiers do not agree on all issues, just as not all the people in any movement agree on all issues. But what Occupiers do have in common is a deep and abiding concern about the state and the direction of our country, the kind of country our children will inherit, and whether we can return to a country of "all the people rather than one led by and for the most fortunate 1 percent.
Here at home, Mobile Mayor Sam Jones could lead in this effort by providing an effective means for his citizens to exercise fully their First Amendment rights rather than promoting needless arrests and confrontation.
Gregory Loughlin maintains a home in Daphne and is vice president of strategic growth for a health insurance company. His email address is email@example.com.


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Jessie J: I'm Really Bi, Though "Boring Untrue Story" Says I'm Full-On Lesbian
Pop star Jessie J has taken to Twitter to shoot down rumors that she's a lesbian who was told by her record company to pose as bisexual to be more commercial.
Jessie J: Who's Laughing Now, a new unauthorized biography by Chloe Govan, makes that "bisexual coverup" claim.
Tweeted the "Domino" singer:
"Its funny how many people I've dated/slept with that I've never even met according to the tabloids. BUT what's that?! *whispers because its a secret* I'm really a lesbian?! Ha! Thanks for writing yet another boring untrue story. I thought I was still dating Tinie, NO Ellie G, NO Mark Wright….bla bla bla! #cantkeepup #noneofitstrue."
For those not up on British personalities, Tinie is rapper Tinie Tempah, Ellie G is singer Ellie Goulding and Mark Wright is the UK version of The Situation from the reality series The Only Way is Essex.
inb4 she proves her bisexuality is real by making out with a couple girls at her concerts, while exclusively dating men in real life.
If anything, she claims she's bi but is really straight or is a barsexual/casual bi woman. It's none of my business though whether she's lesbian, bi, or straight.
Oh, awesome, a comment thread full of vile biphobia. How super.
I saw that headline earlier today and didn't doubt Jessie J for a second. Rock on, JJ.
Some people are Bi. Get over it guys.
If Jessie J isn't really bi then she's deffinitely gay. It's well known in London that she was dating the same girl for several years and that they split up when she started getting mega successful.
But anyway, Chloe Govan is an awful writer.
I'm aware some people are bi but with celebrities it seems to be a "trendy" thing
Female singers are often told to say they are bi in order to build some "connection" with the GLBT community. When they do this, however, they end up looking fake and instructed – ie someone else is telling them to say it.
These "bisexual" women also end up offending a large section of the GLBT community because their "bisexuality" is essentially designed to appeal to sleazy straight guys who, let's face it, aren't exactly into the GLBT rights notion.
With male singers, it's different. Men are instructed to cover up their bisexuality. Record labels won't tolerate male bisexuality in marketing. There is an extreme degree of male-directed homophobia in the music industry overall, and this manifests as very negative attitudes to homosexuality whether within an exclusively gay male identity or a bisexual male identity.
The other interesting observation is that there is definitely a marketing strategy in the major record labels to promote the notion of females as being bisexual – from Lady Gaga to Rihanna, from Britney to Christina Aguilera…it's all too common.
These same record labels, however, cannot cope with male bisexuality as a marketing paradigm. They are offended by it. They don't want anything to do with it. They actively discourage it and won't sign male acts that might want to use it in their marketing.
Is it any wonder, then, that many of us have grown weary of the women who promote this double standard? No wonder we've become cynical of them.
I think Jessie J is a fake female bisexual. These females tend to use the concept of female bisexuality as a marketing strategy to "turn on" straight guys of the type who hate gay guys.
I don't like these women one bit. They're appealing to a phony acceptance based on titillation, and not a genuine acceptance.
@nugoyxi: Since when was being Bi not seen as "trendy"? Certainly not in my life time.
Once again Jason is right. I'm sick and tired of these fake female bisexuals when there are REAL male bisexuals who can't even come out because it would ruin their career but with women its seen as hot or trendy or no big thing. I will not fall for this bambozelment anymore when gay and bi men are being hated and attacked all over the world. DOWN WITH DOUBLE STANDARDS
More trash views being expressed on Queerty. Nothing new, since this is after all a gay and lesbian publication. (And I mean that in the most divisive way that I possibly can.) When people come out as gay or lesbian, you believe them. But if a guy comes out as bisexual, everyone is just wondering when he'll come out as gay. When a woman comes out as bisexual, it's just for the attention and she's probably straight. In the case of celebrities, they are just "marketing."
@jason: Coming out as bisexual and making a music video for her song "Girlfriend" at the 2008 Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend didn't seem to do an awful lot for Fannius III's music career. Epic Records dropped her.
Perhaps they were afraid that she is actually a lesbian. But you Jason, you'll probably look at that video and see nothing but straight girls pretending to like girls to titillate hoards of sleazy gay-man-hating straight dudes. Watch out for those dodgy looking guys cleaning up at the end of the vid.
Ok so when you all came out did you have to defend your sexuality to dozens of naysayers? If a female singer were to claim to be bi (though I see no reason to doubt Jessie J) are we all in some way victimized?
Fake female bisexuals? You do know that women can be bisexual right though?
I'm bored by her already.. next..
Who is she? I'm all for her being out as bisexual.
I think the writer is confusing her with Samantha Fox who was a pop singer in the 80s and who was marketed as being straight and pretended to be bisexual but she is really lesbian but was in denial and closeted about her sexuality for awhile.
Oh yeah… Jessie J sounds exactly like Katy Perry… her songs bore me.
Please… Does it really matter ?
Lesbian, bi, straight, trans or anything else : time is come to stop talk about a person with her sexuality or her gender.
It's really boring to read everywhere "OMG she's a lesbian !", "The rumor says he's gay", "Maybe he's a she", blah blah blah.
If people talk less about that detail, maybe we would have fewer problems.
Talk about her music, is for what she's famous.
It does matter because there is a group of cynical "bisexual" females who are attempting to exploit the GLBT movement by pretending to have some sort of connection to it. It's the Trojan horse scenario. These women are hiding their true intention, which is to use the concept of female bisexuality as a marketing ploy to titillate sleazy straight guys.
I'm always extremely wary when the media uses the female experience to illustrate the gay rights movement. Fact is, women have never had to fight like we men have had to. Keep in mind that, when laws were written against homosexuality, they were often specific to male-male activity, not female-female activity.
I'm not saying that women can never be illustrative of the gay rights movement. However, I'd rather they be the butch, crew-cut type because then you know that they have rejected the fetishes of femininity preferred by sleazy straight guys – eg long flowing hair etc.
I just LOVE how somebody points out that she has dated men exclusively and then will publicly kiss a girl at her concert, and they are ATTACKED for being Bi-Phobic.
I get that some of you cannot seem to have a rational discussion. But just so you know, pointing out a fact isn't being "Phobic" just because you don't like the truth.
The only phobics I see in here are the people trying to stifle conversation.
@G: I can't believe I'm going to defend Jessie J who I don't even like, but she's a step ahead Katy Perry by a long shot, she actually has really good vocal ability.
What the hell has she done in her life so far that requires a biography?
Is there anything more boring than gay man telling you that they're bored?
@adam: You write just like a Jason clone Adam. Same style. Got it right down to a T.
@cam: "I just LOVE how somebody points out that she has dated men exclusively and then will publicly kiss a girl at her concert, and they are ATTACKED for being Bi-Phobic."
I don't know who you are talking about. Katy Perry maybe? Or some other singer who has never said she's bisexual. Certainly not Jessie J.
This is Jessie J
Jessie J Talks About Sexuality Rumours @ G-A-Y/Heaven Nightclub 26/02/11. Sings 'Love'
Here she says she's "not bisexual, not gay, not straight. If she likes a girl, she likes a girl. If she likes a guy, she likes a guy." Then she's sings a song she wrote about her girlfriend "A girl whom I'm in love with." L.O.V.E.
NB: The lyric was changed a bit for the single/album recording which makes it a bit less obvious that it's a girl she's singing about – but it still contains the line: "Love doesn't choose a boy or a girl."
Jessie J interview on Alan Carr Chatty Man 5th August 2011
She seems more comfortable about being identified as bisexual here and mentions her song L.O.V.E. again and that it's about a girlfriend of hers.
@amo: Well for what it's worth I think she is bi. But like a lot of bi people she isn't really comfortable with identifying as bisexual because of all the stigma & baggage that comes with that word.
The real point is that gender doesn't matter to her and she is very much inclined to be faithful and monogamous – with a girl or a guy. She doesn't want both at the same time, and like most girls she'd like to find one special person to be with for the rest of her life. She's a romantic. I wish society would grow up an recognise that a lot of people, especially women, are like this. Their sexuality is fluid and adaptable to the relationship they are in.
Also Jessie has to be very careful about her health – she can't drink or smoke because she has a heart problem. I really hope she can stay sane & not go off the rails. The pressures of the music business are quite enough without the extra annoyance of people constantly questioning her sexual identity and therefore her honesty. Don't want to see her end up like Amy Winehouse.
@Mike: I'm not sure Samantha Fox is an actual lesbian either. I think she's probably just a woman who fell in love with another woman and didn't fight it, even though she was clearly very worried at first about how her fans would react. There was a man she was with previously who she also called the "love of her life".
* Assuming that everyone you meet is either heterosexual or homosexual.
* Supporting and understanding a bisexual identity for young people because you identified "that way" before you came to your "real" lesbian/gay/heterosexual identity.
* Expecting a bisexual to identify as heterosexual when coupled with the so called different gender/sex.
* Believing bisexual men spread AIDS/HIV to heterosexuals.
* Thinking bisexual people haven't made up their minds.
* Assuming a bisexual person would want to fulfill your sexual fantasies or curiosities.
* Assuming bisexuals would be willing to "pass" as anything other than bisexual.
* Feeling that bisexual people are too outspoken and pushy about their visibility and rights.
* Automatically assuming romantic couplings of two women are lesbian, or two men are gay, or a man and a woman are heterosexual.
* Expecting bisexual people to get services, information, and education from heterosexual service agencies for their "heterosexual side" (sic) and then go to gay and/or lesbian service agencies for their "homosexual side" (sic).
* Feeling bisexuals just want to have their cake and eat it too.
* Believing that bisexual women spread AIDS/HIV to lesbians.
* Using the terms "phase" or "stage" or "confused" or "fence-sitter" or "bisexual" or "AC/DC" or "switch-hitter" as slurs or in an accusatory way.
* Thinking bisexuals only have committed relationships with so called different sex/gender partners.
* Looking at a bisexual person and automatically thinking of their sexuality rather than seeing them as a whole, complete person.
* Assuming that bisexuals, if given the choice, would prefer to be in an different gender/sex coupling to reap the social benefits of a so-called "heterosexual" pairing [sic].
* Not confronting a biphobic remark or joke for fear of being identified as bisexual.
* Assuming bisexual means "available."
* Thinking that bisexual people will have their rights when lesbian and gay people win theirs.
* Being gay or lesbian and asking your bisexual friend about their lover or whom they are dating only when that person is the "same" sex/gender.
* Believing bisexuals are confused about their sexuality.
* Feeling that you can't trust a bisexual because they aren't really gay or lesbian, or aren't really heterosexual, and that someone coming out as bisexual means someone's closeted or can't be trusted and isn't telling the truth about their sexuality.
* Expecting a bisexual to identify as gay or lesbian when coupled with the "same" sex/gender.
* Saying that you'd never date or enter into a relationship with a bisexual person because they are bisexual.
* Claiming that the rights of bisexuals don't matter and that political and equality for gays and lesbians is more important and pressing.
* Expecting bisexual activists and organizers to minimize bisexual issues (i.e. HIV/AIDS, violence, basic civil rights, fighting the Right, military, same-sex marriage, child custody, adoption, etc.) and to prioritize the visibility of so called "lesbian and/or gay" issues.
* Avoid mentioning to friends that you are involved with a bisexual or working with a bisexual group because you are afraid they will think you are a bisexual.
@Fight biphobia it's just as bad if not worse than homophobia: There's a few more things which could be added to that list.
* Expecting someone who identifies as bisexual to "prove it" – either by regularly switching back and forth between same-sex and opposite/different-sex relationships, or by being constantly polyamorous with multiple male and female partners.
* Saying someone is only a "real bisexual" if they appear to favour same-sex relationships.
* Saying someone is a "fake bisexual" if they appear to favour opposite/different sex relationships.
* Saying someone is a "fake bisexual" when they say they are sexually attracted to men and women but are mostly, or only, romantically attracted to one or the other.
* Saying bisexual people are only attracted to cisgender males and females and can't be attracted to transgender people. (this is also transphobic)
* Saying sexuality is fixed for life for all and cannot change for anyone just because that's how you feel about your own sexuality.
Isn't amazing how many gays and lesbians know who is a "real" bisexual?
I know its none of my business but i just cant help commenting… Personally i think she's just open with her sexuality in general so she's sort of bicurious i guess… she likes certain things and is willing to try them on any gender… I really dont think its a marketing strategy because she herself is someone that doesnt care about the media etc I think she's just experimenting as many young people do and will probably grow out of it coz she does not seem gay at all … Anyhow we all love her no matter her sexuality and her talent is unquestionable :DD
She's now telling Grazia magazine (whatever that toilet paper is) that she changed her look because she didn't want to 'look like a transvestite'. Tbh…I'd much rather watch Eddie Izzard on a Saturday night than some talentless plastic transphobic heterosexist bigot who only got where she was because she conformed to the patriarchal gender norms.
@Charlottey: Accusing a woman who says she doesn't want to look like a transvestite of transphobia is very invidious and ill- advised. Especially if you're a transwoman.
As for accusing an out pop star of being a "heterosexist bigot" – seriously, words fail me.
Phff who cares if she is bi or straight why put a label on it?
I mean think bout better things Lighten up :D
@Lk: The debate was actually about whether Jessie is bi or gay rather than if she's bi or straight. But props to you anyway Lk for trying to show us how broadminded & cool you are.
I think that even though she is bi people shouldn't say she is straight or lesbian in a paper or anything she is proud to be bi she doesn't care if she falls in love with a girl or boy and it isn't outrageous she is happy with a boy or girl like when im old I don't care if I fall in love with a boy or girl people shouldn't judge others because of there sexuality and I don't know why they said she is a lesbian when she is open about being bisexual I am bisexual and I don't care what people think about me for anything I mean if people judge you so what you choose who you are and people shouldn't make you change


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Caring Place event a success
To the editor:
A Caring Place, Child Advocacy Center, thanks those who made this year's fundraiser, A Minute-to-Win-It, held March 9, a huge success. Such generous contributions demonstrate the belief that children need to be shown compassion and respect, keeping in mind their future quality of life, and that there is "No Excuse for Child Abuse!" We are humbled and grateful.
I would like to thank Director MaryAnn Donnelly and the board members: Jean-Philippe Rigaud, vice president; Cynthia Morris, treasurer; Ann Dulany, secretary; Shirley DiCarlantonio, board member; Janelle Clifton, board member, and all of their family and friends.
Special thanks to all who are part of the multi-disciplinary team, who make our center possible: Dr. Stephen Mascio; Family Services Association; Jefferson County offices including behavioral health, department of job and family services, children services division, prosecutors office, sheriff's department and victims assistance; Sexual Assault Help Center; Steubenville and Wintersville police departments; and A Caring Place.
Thanks to our event volunteers: Maria Rigaud; Arlene Waywell; Kenny and Carlene Horner; Simone Dreher; Robert Donnelly; Nate Roberts and the team captains, Jeanie Blackburn, Anita Petrella, Alan Schreck and J.P. Rigaud; to Rob's Special T's for the team shirts; A Touch of Elegance Bakery for our dessert cake; to Piergallini Catering and St. Florian Hall for the great meal and service; and to Jukebox Gary and Karaoke Dave.
Thanks to businesses that helped us advertise with no cost: EM-Media and Hollywood City Center for posting our event on their electronic signs; Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce; WCDK-FM; WOGH-FM; Holy Family Parish, Wintersville parishes, and the many businesses for their help.
Thanks to Dr. David Brown, who provided the winning team prize. Brown and Wal-Mart Steubenville also enabled us to purchase a 50-inch smart LED TV for our drawing, which will be held at 6 p.m. April 25 at The Ville. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at The Ville or from any board member or volunteer.
Thanks to our sponsors:
Platinum: Brown; A Caring Citizen (designated name to replace anonymous donors).
Gold: Hollywood City Center, Judge Samuel Kerr, Team Automotive Group, the Ville employees and Trinity Health System.
Silver: A Caring Citizen, A Touch of Elegance Bakery and Cafe; Dr. Lattee Chinakarn; Convenient Foods, Darin Ferguson; East Garfield Elementary, Finishing Touches by Jenn Cesta; FOP Lodge No. 97; Dr. Donald Kissinger; Steubenville City Schools Board of Education; Voto Manufacturers and Wal-Mart.
Bronze: A Caring Citizen, Dee Jay's BBQ Ribs, Featheringham Reality, Jefferson County Cable, Knox Township trustees, Lew and Kathleen Musso, Sandy and Claryne Berman, Srpski Kolo Sestara Sveta and Valley Converting.
Patrons: Stephen B. Lamatrice; Catherine Savage-Dylewski; Dave and Ellen Hunt; Heidi Clark; The Times Leader; Jerry Gast, Allstate; Kent's Tax Service; Manfred's; McDonnell Chiropractic; Steubenville Firefighters Local 228; Stan Gron, Sysco; Strobel Contracting and Valley One Credit Union.
Purchased tables of 10: Debbie Venci, Barium and Chemicals; Brown; ASI/Jefferson Security and Bonita Hilson.
We thank everyone who purchased tickets and all 200 who attended.
To be continued in another letter.
Vicky DeLeonardis
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Friday, October 02, 2015
The Grand Hall at the Priory is hosting the second annual Team Tassy Blackjack Spectacular, featuring 12 blackjack tables, a roulette table, live music, authentic Haitian food and cocktails, and a chance to win some great prizes. Team Tassy is a 501(c)(3) organization devoted to stabilizing families in Port Au Prince Haiti, and in assisting Haitian family members in finding family sustaining jobs.
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Update: Landlord of Kalamazoo man shot by police knew of his criminal past
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Police have confirmed that the suspect in an abduction and sexual assault case from earlier this week was shot and killed by a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer on Friday.
Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Chief Jeff Hadley said Friday night that the person shot in the incident, which took place at a residence in the 100 block of West Dutton Street, had been a person of interest in the case.
None of the officers involved were injured.
"During the contact, that individual displayed a handgun and pointed it towards the officers," the release said. "The officers, in response to the immediate threat being presented to them, fired their service weapons, striking the individual. The individual fell, and medical attention was immediately administered to the individual."The suspect was later pronounced dead at the scene.
Separate investigations have been launched by the KDPS Professional Standards Bureau and the Criminal Investigations Division, per standard protocol, according to the release.
A press conference is planned for Monday morning, at a time to be determined.


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Massive crowds and strenuous parking situations can make summer festivals quite a challenge for the Bay City Police Department.
That challenge would be more difficult if not for the help of the Bay City Police Department's reserves - a group of about 20 unpaid volunteers that work alongside certified officers during Bay City's biggest events, including next week's Fireworks Festival.
"They are very important," said Officer Eric Sporman, who helps train the volunteers. "You know how many people come into town for the fireworks and all the special events. The Police Department needs the reserves; the city needs the reserves."
Earlier this week, Sporman led the team through rigorous training drills to get prepared for upcoming events. The training included an 18-mile bike ride through the city.
During stops in Wenonah and Veterans Memorial Park, the reserve officers practiced riding their bikes down steps.
"The reason behind that exercise," Sporman explained, "is to givethem some training in some bike drills."
The team's specific purpose, according to Sporman, is "to assist the regular officers during special events throughout the city."
"They're paired with a certified officer. They'll work right alongside them and assist them in any way they can," he said.
Reserve officers are unarmed, but they do carry pepper spray and a baton. They usually meet once a month for training sessions.


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Police have identified a motorcyclist killed in a crash on Interstate 495 in Milford on Monday as Lane Prescott, 51, of Weare, N.H.
The crash happened about 4 p.m. just before the Route 109 exit. The crash happened on a section of roadway currently under construction.
Police said Prescott, who was riding a 2010 Harley Davidson, lost control of the bike and crashed. Police are investigating why he lost control.
Prescott was taken to Milford Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The crash is under investigation.
Southbound traffic was backed up beyond the Mass Pike, State Police said.


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Cynthia Rodriguez may have given birth last night, but that's far from the most exciting news involving baseball and women.
Before a Chicago Cubs game last week, super duper model Marisa Miller threw out the first pitch.
She might not have the same velocity as star pitchers such as Johan Santana, but we'd take Miller on the mound any day. We'd also take her on the night stand, in the shower, over the kitchen counter...
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State Sen. Sandra B. Cunningham announced yesterday she is seeking re-election this year to her Senate seat.
The Jersey City Democrat represents the 31st Legislative District, which encompasses Jersey City and Bayonne. Her announcement will likely end talk of her jumping into May's Jersey City mayoral race.
"There's still a lot of work to be done in creating jobs, addressing crime issues, and improving education," Cunningham, 62, said in a statement. "That's why I want to continue the progress we have made in improving the quality of life in our communities."
Cunningham, the Senate's majority whip and chair of its Higher Education Committee, was first elected to the body in 2007. She easily won re-election in 2011.
Rumors have swirled that Cunningham, widow of former ÂÂmayor Glenn D. Cunningham, would enter this year's mayoral race in Jersey City. Asked whether Cunningham's announcement yesterday meant she is officially staying out of the city race, Cunningham aide Omar Barbour was coy.
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I missed the pomp and circumstance of the historic presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. But I was there to participate in another historic milestone, the week that our national parks bucked a long-term trend of neglect and apathy by the U.S. Congress.
Little known to most people, including our senators and representatives, is that our national parks are at risk. Due to an annual budget deficit of $800 million and an aging infrastructure, it's widely accepted that there's a $9 billion backlog of maintenance and unfunded projects in our national park system.
As our Northwest lobbying team, assembled by the National Parks Conservation Association, ambled from office to office rubbing shoulders with other worthy groups making a pitch for stimulus money, I couldn't help but notice large framed pictures of national parks in their offices: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon Caves National Monument, Mount Rainier National Park, Olympic National Park, and the list goes on. National parks adorn our country like photos adorn the walls of our homes; pictures that celebrate life, renew our purpose and remind us of our responsibilities.
What you can't see in the dazzling pictures of the country's greatest natural assets is the crumbling infrastructure -- just like in our cities and towns. It's a disappointment that the Senate cut more than half of the $2.1 billion that was in the House stimulus bill for shovel-ready projects in our parks. The investment would have created 50,000 new jobs and made a long-overdue down payment on the $9 billion backlog.
Like the majority of taxpayers, I believe the final stimulus bill should reflect both spending and tax cuts that create jobs. That $2 billion for national parks would have worked out to be about one-quarter of 1 cent of each stimulus dollar spent and would have created more than one-half of 1 percent of the jobs projected.
I'm optimistic about the future of the national park system and am jumping up and down that the final stimulus bill will invest nearly a billion dollars in these vital assets.
It's time to start treating our parks the same way we do the people that adorn the photos on our walls at home -- as priceless and worth our time, talent and treasure.
Mark Buser is president and founder of the Lower Columbia Floods Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute. He also serves as vice president of the Ice Age Floods Institute. The proposed Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail is part of the omnibus lands bill (SB 22) that includes the Mt. Hood Wilderness bill that is currently moving through Congress.


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Favorite 5 Country Farms Spring Tour: Six small farms in the Tualatin, Sherwood and Wilsonville areas offer an experience of farm animals, art and garden shopping, instruction in watering, horsemanship and raising alpacas, and more. See website for details. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fri-Sun, through April 22. Donation of canned food requested;
Hillsboro Gem Faire: More than 80 exhibitors from all over the world exhibit jewelry, gems, beads, crystals, silver, rocks, minerals and more in the Hillsboro Gem Faire. Jewelry repair also available. Noon-6 p.m. Fri, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun, April 13-15. Washington County Fair Complex, 873 N.E. 34th Ave., Hillsboro; $7 weekend pass; or 503-252-8300
"Chicago": Theatre in the Grove brings to life the Bob Fosse-inspired musical. JoAnn Boatwright previews the show for the Hillsboro Argus. 8 p.m. Fri-Sat, 2:30 p.m. Sun, April 13-29. Theatre in the Grove, 2028 Pacific Ave., Forest Grove; $14-$12; or 503-359-5349
Running events: RunOregon previews a host of running events, including Run for Risa and the ClubSport 5K/10K, both on Saturday in Tigard, and the ORRC Vernonia Marathon and Half Marathon on Sunday.
Spring Into Scholls: Weekend of Spring Into Scholls events includes the Scholls Women's Club plant sale fundraiser; Scholls Grange "Burgers and Books" fundraiser; Smith Berry Barn garden seminars and free seed packets; and more. All locations will participate in a community-wide scavenger hunt. Sat-Sun, April 14-15. Call for locations and schedule; fees vary; 503-628-2054
Living Greener Summit: The city of Beaverton offers the Living Greener Summit featuring more than 50 exhibitors, presentations on sustainable solutions for home and lifestyle, and family-friendly arts and crafts activities. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sat, April 14. Beaverton City Library, 12375 S.W. Fifth St., Beaverton; free; or 503-526-2380
Curtis Tigard's 103rd Birthday: Early settlers of the Tigard area are honored at this event with photos, maps and refreshments. 1-3 p.m. Sat, April 14. John Tigard House, 103rd Avenue and Canterbury Lane, Tigard; donation; 503-539-1816
Pacific University's 52nd Annual Luau: Features traditional Polynesian dance, music and entertainment (6:30 p.m.) following a luau meal (4:30-6 p.m.) with kalua pig, chicken long rice, teriyaki chicken, poi and more. 4:30 p.m. Sat, April 14. 52nd Annual Luau, Pacific University, 2043 College Way, Forest Grove; $15-$35; or 503-352-6151
Storytelling Concert: The final event in the Hearing Voices Storytelling Festival features Leslie Slape, Habiba Addo, Kirk Waller and Tim Tingle. Stories performed for all ages. 6:30 p.m. Sat, April 14. Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, 12930 Old Pumpkin Ridge Road, North Plains; free; or 503-647-4747
Beaverton Community Band Concert: Assortment of concert band pieces, marches and musical tunes with guest conductor Tevya Robbins leading the Beaverton Community Band. 3 p.m. Sun, April 15. Cedar Hills United Church of Christ, 11695 S.W. Park Way; cash donations accepted for the Oregon Food Bank; or 503-292-3262
Brian Oberlin, Kathy Boyd & Phoenix Rising: Mandolinist Brian Oberlin and Tualatin roots-bluegrass group Kathy Boyd & Phoenix Rising perform. 7 p.m. Sat, April 14. Tualatin Heritage Center, 8700 S.W. Sweek Drive, Tualatin; suggested $10 donation at the door; 503-691-1177


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GREENSBORO, N.C. - The eyes of North Carolina - and the White House - will be on LSU Saturday.
It isn''t enough that the Tigers face the No. 1 seed North Carolina Tar Heels in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, practically in their back yard. But they have the added burden of trying to ruin President Barack Obama's March Madness bracket.
President Obama has picked North Carolina to win the whole shooting match, and the Tar Heels will have to go through No. 8 seed LSU to do it. The teams play Saturday at 4:45 p.m. Duke and Texas play at 7:15 p.m.
LSU has already spoiled part of Obama's bracket by beating Butler in the first round. His worksheet for the first day was an 11-5 mark.
"It is what it is," LSU guard Garrett Temple said, shaking his head and smiling. "I voted for Obama, so I'm not mad. He's going with the percentages.
"We're an eight seed they're a one seed; most people going to pick them. He's just one of the ones we're going to (shock when we) shock the world."
"Frankly, he's got more important things to worry about than the NCAA Tournament bracket," said North Carolina Coach Roy Williams, who suddenly has another little speck of pressure to win. "But I still love the fact that he's willing to be involved."
LSU will be facing a UNC team with one of the top players in the nation in Tyler Hansbrough. He became the ACC's all-time leading scorer in the Heels' 101-58 victory against Radford, passing Duke's J.J. Redick.
What isn't known is whether point guard Ty Lawson will play. He sat out the Radford game with an injured toe, and Williams said his status would be determined after Friday's practice.
"Our plan is to have him practice a little or a lot, just depending on how well it goes," WIlliams said. "That will be the first test and then at 11:30 tonight we'll have the second test because by that time we'll know if there will be any swelling or not. So it will be a game time decision."
Williams did say if Lawson was ready to go he would start because he doesn't want the player getting stiff on the bench after warming up.
Even if Lawson doesn't play, LSU has a lot more problems than bugging the president. The Tar Heels average 90.5 points. All five starters average in double figures, led by Hansbrough with 21.4 per game. They have a plus-7.5 rebound margin, average 18.4 assists and 8.4 steals.
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After a month on the job, the interim superintendent for Coupeville Public Schools has confirmed a few things that she had suspected when she accepted the temporary position.
She has fallen in love with Coupeville and holds the district's employees in high regard.
Karen Koschak started her new job on July 1.
Moving from one meeting to the next, Koschak has been involved in training staff on the new state teacher evaluation process, working towards reaching collective bargaining agreements with the district's employees, and becoming acquainted with the community.
Koschak had said farewell to administrative work in 2011 after serving as superintendent of the Granite Falls School District for three years. Enrollment in Granite Falls is about 2,300 students.
She was enticed out of retirement for a one-year stint as Coupeville's chief to bridge the gap left when former Superintendent Patty Page accepted a job with the North Kitsap School District. Rather than rushing to choose from a limited pool of candidates, the Coupeville School Board opted to hire a temporary superintendent who will serve while the hiring process for a permanent replacement gets under way.
Koschak plans to rent a place in Coupeville while she carries out the duties of guiding the district and keeping its budget on track.
Before her time in Granite Falls, Koschak served as superintendent of the 4,000-student Aberdeen School District for eight years.
While Koschak's experience has been in districts with larger enrollment than Coupeville's, which hovers around 1,000 pupils, she describes Coupeville's small size as "perfect."
"I grew up in a small town," Koschak said. "I like the small-town environment."
A smaller school district makes it a lot easier for her to learn the names of the all of the teachers and most of the students, she said.
Koschak said she's looking forward to working in a community that she has visited many times as a tourist. One favorite event is the annual Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival, she said.
"It has felt like coming home for me," Koschak said.
Some of the district's employees already are familiar with Koschak's leadership and teaching style.
When the state changed the way it evaluates principals and teachers, Koschak led training sessions that some of Coupeville's teachers and administrators attended last year.
Koschak also has 16 years of teaching experience in Marysville. While she no longer grades homework assignments or calls on raised hands, she said she always will be an educator at heart.
"The appeal of teaching is that moment when students make the connection, the 'aha' moment, when you see the look in their eyes and expression on their face," Koschak said.
She said she welcomes the opportunity to return to the classroom to teach and has done so on occasion in her previous administrative jobs.
A huge fan of science, Koschak's face lights up as she explains her favorite teaching activities that incorporate hands-on learning that engages kids and gets them thinking.
Stepping back into the classroom is a reminder of the challenges – and rewards – of teaching, Koschak said.
"I love the profession," Koschak said. "The impact you make is not just for today, but also for the future."
The school district has a contract with search firm MacPherson and Jacobson, a national executive recruitment and development firm, to find a replacement superintendent for the 2013-2014 school year. The firm will begin the search process again this December. After the school board reviews the qualifications of the candidate pool, two or three final candidates will be invited for daylong interviews in the school district.
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Restaurants in Chinatown offer specials, and the Lan Su Chinese Garden hosts special events, including lion and dragon dance teams, but don't expect elaborate fireworks displays to usher in the Year of the Snake when it officially begins Sunday.
Recipes included with this story: Pot Stickers With Cabbage and Shiitake Mushrooms, Ginger and Pork Pot Stickers, Basic Dipping Sauce.
Instead, treat Chinese New Year as an excuse to make some delicious Chinese dishes at home, firing up the wok to make pan-fried noodles or stir-fries. Even better, use it as an opportunity to learn how to make crowd-pleasing pot stickers.
Pot stickers are dumplings that are typically pan-fried on one side and then steamed, creating a neat textural contrast between tender and crunchy.
Because making dumplings by hand can sound intimidating, most fans wait and order them at a restaurant. If they do make them at home, a lot of people opt for pre-made frozen dumplings that can be found at any Asian grocery and many supermarkets.
Making homemade pot stickers isn't particularly fast work, but it's really easy once you get the hang of it. Almost every grocery store carries the ingredients you'll need, including premade dumpling wrappers (also called gyoza skins). And because you assemble them yourself, you control what goes into them -- unlike those frozen pot stickers with meat filling made out of who-knows-what.
Once you've got a filling pulled together, assembling the dumplings can become a fun group activity, with three or four people filling the wrappers and carefully pinching the dough into crescent-shaped pillows. In no time, you'll have enough to feed a crowd, ready to go into the skillet.


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Here's the rest of the forecast:
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. West northwest wind around 7 mph becoming southwest after midnight.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 80. West wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
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How to learn art is a pretty big question. If you want to learn by "teaching yourself" then I suggest getting books on the basics.
And when you feel a bit more comfortable with your drawing skills maybe you could check out the gnomon workshop.
They have very good dvds, pretty expensive but very good. Tho you should probably not jump right into them if you lack the basics.
But most importantly: practice, practice and more practice like with most skills in life.
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For the first time in nearly two years, Dunkirk (2-1) was able to ring the victory bell at Karl Hoeppner Field, as the Marauders dropped the East Aurora Blue Devils (0-3), 16-14, Friday night during Class B South football action.
"Right after the game, it didn't hit me until the kids started running (toward the bell)," Dunkirk head football coach Rob Genco said. "I definitely started tearing up and I was just proud that they were able to do that. I didn't know it was going to be that cool. It was awesome. That's an awesome tradition that I hope we can keep going."
All game long, Edwin Gomez had made it known that he felt he was able to get to the Blue Devils' punter, pleading with Genco to give him the chance to get in there and block the punt.
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Dunkirk's Marquel Ruiz (5) breaks away from a trio of East Aurora defenders during Friday's Class B South high school football game. The Marauders defeated the Blue Devils, 16-14, for their first home win in over a year.
With East Aurora backed up to its own 8-yard line and less than two minutes to go in a 14-all game, the pressure Gomez created allowed Jared Miernik to make the biggest play of Dunkirk's season, as he blocked the punt forcing the decisive safety and giving the Marauders their first win on the year-old turf field.
"I told (Gomez), if you hit that kicker and you don't touch that ball, that's an automatic first down," Genco noted. "And he kind of looked at me and I didn't say another word and the kid went out and made a heck of a play."
The Marauders did not make things easy on themselves, allowing a 44-yard touchdown run to Joe Gugino that helped tie the game, and then gave up an interception at the Blue Devils' 27-yard line on the first play of the ensuing drive with just 2:04 left in the game.
"That was supposed to be a corner route to Jared (Miernik) that we had hit earlier and he ran a post," Genco said of the interception. "Kevin (Burns), I saw his eyes, and he was trying to make a big play and he can do that. He has the ability and the green light to do that. He's such a good runner that I would have preferred he take the ball and go."
The Marauders' defense came through however, forcing the Blue Devils into a three-and-out after a failed run attempt and an offensive pass interference call put them in an 4th-and-29 situation.
East Aurora scored the game's first touchdown after an extended game-opening drive by Dunkirk resulted in a Zach Torrain fumble in the end zone, which gave the Blue Devils a drive start at their own 20-yard line. On its very first play, East Aurora quarterback Alec Hibit found a streaking Dan Reischuck down the right sideline for 80 yards. The extra point gave the Blue Devils a 7-0 lead with 1:27 left in the opening quarter.
"The turnovers, we need to work on them," Genco said. "We can't keep living by them, because we're not going to be able to squeak every game out as we move through the schedule."
Prior to the fumble, Torrain had helped the Marauders chew up 62 yards on 18 plays, taking 10:33 off the clock.
"They chewed up a lot of time," East Aurora head coach Tim Wade said of Dunkirk's offense. "That whole first half, we didn't get many offensive opportunities. They just ground it out and they found the passes when they had to hit them. And they got some opportune runs when they needed to."
Dunkirk continued to chew up yards and time, but were unable to get the East Aurora defense to break until midway through the second quarter.
After taking over on its own 44-yard line, Dunkirk used eight plays and 3:36 of clock to score its first touchdown of the night - a 1-yard plunge by Burns. The extra point kick by Marquel Ruiz hit off the left upright, leaving the score, 7-6, with 2:54 left in the first half.
"We have a formula," Genco said of his offense. "Marquel (Ruiz) is that guy that we can use as kind of like a little DeSean Jackson of the (Philadelphia) Eagles. He's that playmaker type. He's not going to run inside the tackles, but when it comes to a big catch or a big play (he's going to make it)."
The game remained 7-6 into the fourth quarter, before the Marauders were able to take their first lead of the game.
Taking over with 9:18 left in regulation at their own 14-yard line, the Marauders embarked on an eight play, 86-yard drive that was capped off by a 5-yard sweep around the left side by Ruiz.
"He scored a nice touchdown and he's that guy (who can make a big play)," Genco said of Ruiz. "And Torrain is that guy up the middle and we have Kevin with his arm who can throw with the best of them. I like what we have and I like the way we use our guys and we're going to keep working to minimize the mistakes."
Torrain ran the ball up the middle on the two-point conversion, putting the Marauders up by seven with 5:38 left.
Facing a 4th-and-15 at their own 31-yard line, the Blue Devils got a bit of luck on a tipped pass to keep their hopes alive, then got the big run from Gugino that led to the game-tying score.
"We can't just win it easy," Genco said. "We don't like easy I guess. And we don't win easy. We have to take it down to the last second. But that builds character and we have to learn from that. That ball is in the air and we have to bat it down.
"We stopped (playing)," Genco continued. "That ball was tipped and our kids started celebrating and their guys kept playing."
NOTES: Torrain finished with 86 yards on 18 carries ... Burns was 9-of-16 for 136 yards and two interceptions ... Ruiz finished with 57 yards on seven receptions ... Gomez had 11 tackles, a fumble recovery and 23 yards on two receptions ... Miernik had four tackles, a sack and the blocked punt ... Juliam Fred added five tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery.


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"The faithful implore peace and unity for the Church and the whole family of men and express mutual charity with each other, before they share one loaf". MR 1969 IGMR para 56 b.
I doubt whether it would be easy to find much patristic support for the thought that Christians ought to be concerned for the unity of the human family qua unredeemed - for humanity before and without Christ; you don't have to be a Calvinist believer in the massa damnationis to have read your New Testament and to know that 'brethren' are brethren because it is Baptism that makes one a co-sharer in Christ's Sonship so that one can cry "Abba".
But my real query is about the logical link asserted between the Kiss and the eucharistic sharing in One Loaf. I do not understand why those who are admitted to the Kiss can be excluded from the Loaf ... or why those to be excluded from the Loaf are admitted to the Kiss.
On the Solemnity of SS Peter and Paul, the Orthodox representative was the first to receive the Kiss from the Pontiff. And because, down there in the congregation, the the Kiss is unpoliced, there can be no doubt that it very commonly occurs that non-Catholic and even unbaptised visitors at Mass are given a warm greeting at Pax time (even though the paragraph quoted above technically suggests that the Pax is confined to the fideles).
Old-fashioned worshippers are sometimes opposed to the Peace because its faux-friendly hypocrisy interrupts their private piety. I have some (limited) sympathy with this, but I think there are graver and theological objections to the customs which have grown up. Or at least, questions which need answering about them.
[I quite often seem to be misunderstood. I am not arguing for indiscriminate communion but against indiscriminate Pax.]
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- BillyD said...
"On the Solemnity of SS Peter and Paul, the Orthodox representative was the first to receive the Kiss from the Pontiff."
I suppose that you meant this as an example of someone "excluded from the Loaf [but]... admitted to the Kiss."
Is it not the case, though, that the Orthodox are barred from receiving Holy Communion not by the Roman Catholic Church, but by their own rules and canons? The Code of Canon Law states "Can. 844 §3. Catholic ministers administer the sacraments of penance, Eucharist, and anointing of the sick licitly to members of Eastern Churches which do not have full communion with the Catholic Church if they seek such on their own accord and are properly disposed." If the Orthodox representative had presented himself for Holy Communion, it would have been given to him, wouldn't it?
- 06 July, 2009
- motuproprio said...
It does not seem unreasonable to me that communion requires a state of grace that the kiss does not demand.
- 06 July, 2009
- Athelstan Riley said...
Advice please.
Where the Pax is passed between the sacred ministers using the traditional gesture, by what gesture might it appropriately be extended to others in the sanctuary party in a church where all present are invited to exchange a sign of peace?
- 07 July, 2009


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A political group that believes civilization is on the verge of collapse became the source of turmoil in Freeland last week.
Two people associated with the LaRouche Political Action Committee set up a table on the sidewalk in front of the post office Friday with inflammatory signs of President Barack Obama and seeking donations from the public.
One sign read, "A vote for Obama is a vote for nuclear war" while another had in bold, "Impeach, Obama Complicit Libya 9/11." It contained a large a picture of the president with a superimposed Adolf Hitler mustache.
The unidentified man and woman team quickly became the subject of public ire. Some people called them names while others accused the pair of lacking an education, said Jenny Grisewood, a Freeland resident.
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Grisewood declined to repeat her comments, saying only that she "wasn't very nice" and would apologize if given the opportunity.
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But even with an All-American pedigree along with Big Ten Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors to his credit, expectations of Johnson heading into his rookie season have to be tempered.
It's simple, really.
When you look at where Johnson was drafted, rarely does a player 6-10 or taller taken late in the first round, contribute in a meaningful way to a championship-caliber team immediately.
"Obviously we got some work to do," Johnson told Comcast SportsNet's Kyle Draper shortly after being drafted. "And I'm ready to put in the work."
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Mannix said that although he needs development, Celtics first-round draft pick JaJuan Johnson "in a few years could become a legitimate starter in this league."
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Mannix also said that Johnson should develop well under the veteran leadership the Celtics have.
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This is basically the same stuff I've been trying to say… said by people who can say it better than me. Ok, I haven't said that I think JaJuan could end up being a starter in the NBA someday. That much I can't really say yet.
But Chris Mannix is right when he says learning under the veterans, and getting with the strength coaches, will benefit this kid tremendously. The bottom line is that in time, this kid could turn out to be something. I'd love for him to be a quick study and earn some legit minutes this season. We'll have to wait and see on that, though.
Maybe Doc sums it up best (from the CSNNE.com link)
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Shia, Shia, Shia, what are we to do with you, eh? Mock you, probably.
That's what a whole host of celebrities have been doing since his shocking arrest on Thursday night , when the Hollywood star was handcuffed and led away in tears after disrupting Broadway show, Cabaret, before allegedly telling police: "I'll f*** you up."
He was charged with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct after the incident in New York.
And now celebrities have been piling in to give the out of control star a ribbing on Twitter.
Girls' star Lena Dunham was among the first to throw a joke his way, writing:
I feel you Shia: In 1993 I was carried out of Les Mis screaming because I couldn't handle the intimations of death.— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) June 27, 2014
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"You know you're a fuckin' G when you're arrested during Cabaret." --Gillian Jacobs— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) June 27, 2014
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Seriously feel awful for the performers and am sorry to contribute to celebrity takedown culture but this is the best current event we have!— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) June 27, 2014
The 28-year-old comedian was joined by Scrubs' star Zach Braff, 39, who is currently starring in show Bullets Over Broadway. He referenced star of Cabaret Alan Cummings:
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Our @Cabaret_Musical Stage Manager last night at intermission :
This is your places call and Shia Leboeuf has left the building in handcuffs— Alan Cumming (@Alancumming) June 27, 2014
In fact, the only person who seemed to have any sympathy for the troubled actor was US mogul (and butt of plenty of Twitter jokes himself), Donald Trump, who wrote:
I know Shia LaBeouf @thecampaignbook and when sober, a really nice guy. Must get act together fast before too late.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2014
Shia appeared to have been drinking when he was arrested at the Studio 54 theatre in New York and later had to be muzzled with a face mask because he wouldn't stop spitting.
When police initially approached the 28-year-old Transformers star on Thursday night he tried to quickly walk away, but fell.
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He has since appeared in court where it emerged that it took six police officers to take him into custody after he had verbally abused a theatre security guard.
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His arrest is just the latest in a series of bizarre incidents.
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Echo approves. Elves. On the moon. Floating on a carnivorous lotus. Hell yeah.
How do they catch prey? Like bladderwort do?
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Job's a good 'un.
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I see what you mean by victim of a bad edit. It's certainly more than a little chunky. I'll take a look at it at fix the spelling errors here sooner than later.
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The first paragraph has a number of errors in it and doesn't flow as well as the rest of the piece. The second sentence for example seems to be the victim of a bad edit.
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Blazers point guard Damian Lillard and Houston point guard Patrick Beverley had a spirited matchup throughout the game that reached an apex in the second half when the two exchanged words, during which Beverley removed his protective mask in a pugnacious manner. Teammates and referees easily defused the situation by creating space between the two.
The two had spent much of the game going at each other, with Beverely being especially active with his hands, but Lillard said Beverley crossed the line during a dead ball.
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Houston won the season series 3-1, and Lillard said for him, at least, there won't be any lasting implications if the two meet again.
"I don't get caught up in that, man,'' Lillard said. "You have somebody out there who wants to try and be bumping and doing little slick stuff. And I'm not going to buy into it. But I'm also not going to just let it fly. I'm going to say something. That's what he does. I don't really care for that. But I'm not going to just let somebody be all up in my chest and doing all this extra stuff. That's not basketball.''
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They are Dennis Quaid and Rob Brown, stars of "The Express," the motion picture biography of SU football great Ernie Davis, who became the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. Brown, who plays Davis, and Quaid, who plays Head Coach Ben Schwartzwalder, are tossing a football back and forth on the Dome's field for the benefit of national and local television cameras out to cover the premiere hoopla.
The day is Sept. 12, and the Hollywood lights have come to Syracuse for the movie's world premiere, which is a mere four hours from when Quaid and Brown pal around in the Dome. Timeout is called in the mock game, so the pair can sit in the stands for interviews with two members of the press -- myself and an entertainment writer from Norfolk, Va., where the movie's director, Gary Fleder, was raised.
Quaid is a first-time visitor to Syracuse and was not present during any of the filming that took place in 2007 in Syracuse. Most of the filming was done in Chicago for financial reasons and at California's UCLA, where the old Archbold Stadium of the story was re-created.
Brown admits a lack of knowledge about Davis, as well as of Syracuse.
"I didn't know anything about it, but I Googled the city and the university on my laptop," he said. Brown also said he read a book by former football star Maury Youmans that helped him learn about the Heisman winner.
As the peppery coach who signed Davis, Quaid rejects the notion that Schwartzwalder was a racist, fostered by the sequence in the film in which Schwartzwalder refuses to let Davis make a crucial touchdown. Instead, the coach feared the team's Southern opponents and fans might seriously injury Davis.
"I wound up loving Ben," the actor says of his character, who died at age 83 in 1993. "He was one of the boys who stormed the beaches of Normandy. He was complicated and obsessed (with the game) who was lucky to get paid for what he liked to do most in life. He was a man of his time."
Quaid, a product of the football-crazed state of Texas, never played the sport.
"I grew up with people passionate for it," he said. "I was a late bloomer, so it was never a rite of passage for me."
The actor claims no personal recollection of Schwartzwalder and the SU glory era.
"I was 5 when the team played in the Cotton Bowl, and we didn't have a TV set in those days, so I don't have the memory. I don't really have the memory of him. So I studied videotapes to learn about the'60s and the way he talked."
Brown said he played both high school and college ball but, to interpret Davis, he relied heavily on his director, Fleder.
Also, he said, "I had to lose about 30 pounds for the part. I was kind of chubby to play his real weight."
The interview was called to a halt. But there was time for a quick question to Quaid about his twins, Thomas and Zoe, born to Quaid and his wife, Kimberly, in November. The infants came close to dying because of a hospital overdose, 1,000 times more than prescribed, of a blood thinner. Both survived. To prevent further mistakes, the couple have set up a foundation to ensure correct labeling of the drug.
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Veterans are treated to breakfast at Mechanicsburg Area Middle School, lunch at American Legion Post 8 in Washington DC, and a "welcome home" dinner at Dillsburg American Legion Post 26.
Since the Honor Bus program began in 2008 from a project organized by Mechanicsburg Area Middle School students, 660 veterans have made the trip to see the World War II and Korean War memorials and Arlington National Cemetery. The last trip in September 2013 took 60 veterans.
Rebecca Lacey, former Mechanicsburg teacher who helped organize Honor Bus and continues to lead it, said she is working to develop plans to honor Vietnam War veterans in the future. She is forming a steering committee to work on logistics, and anyone interested in assisting may contact her at 717-462-0594.
"The priority now has to be our oldest veterans," Lacey said, as their numbers are declining annually. But Vietnam veterans will be honored in the future. "They have not been forgotten and will not be forgotten," Lacey said.
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