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GOING, AUSTRIA -- As folks in West Michigan were making lunch decisions Monday, Hudsonville's Jordan Shimmell was six timezones away, trying to stay away from the hardest power punches he's ever faced.
Shimmell (9-0, 8 KOs) started his first day of sparring with unified heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (59-3, 50 KOs) at the resort Biohotel Stanglwirt in Going, Austria, and found out just how hard he'd need to work to stay out of range of the 245-pound, 6-foot-7 man's power.
"I realized quickly that a guy his size, anything he throws is a big power shot," Shimmell said of Monday's two rounds. "I found out first hand, it is very difficult to get in on him to land a punch and not get hit yourself."
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Shimmell flew to Austria on Friday to be one of Klitschko's sparring partners while he prepares for a title defense against Italian Francesco Pianeta in Mannheim, Germany, on May 4.
Pianeta (28-0-1, 15 KOs) is a southpaw so Klitschko's camp asked Shimmell to spar the champ left-handed, something he's mostly comfortable with as he switches back and forth during most of his fights.
"That's partly why I was getting tired quicker," Shimmell said. "Fighting southpaw against a fighter of his caliber, when I don't stay southpaw against less challenging fighters for more than a few seconds at a time, is exhausting. And I'm using different muscles and punches that I'm not used to throwing or using."
Shimmell said the sparring went well but he did get caught with two heavy right hands, which resulted in a bloody nose.
"I thought over all I did good," Shimmell said. "Obviously there are things I need to work on and improve on, but it's a great learning experience.
An unexpected perk of being in Klitschko's training camp came Sunday as Shimmell was asked to play a role in a Mercedes Benz commercial.
"He has been doing a lot of photo and commercial shoots the past few days," Shimmell said. "I just happened to be in the right place at the right time."
Shimmell said Klitschko is a spokesman for Mercedes Benz and they filmed Jordan working out and hitting the bag as if he was Wladimir.
"I guess you could call it being a stunt double for Wladimir," Shimmell said. "I had a hoodie sweatshirt on with the hood up, the lights were out except for lighting enough to show there was a shadowy figure hitting the bag, and smoke from the fog machine. So I doubt you will ever be able to notice it is actually me and not Wladimir, the whole point of the shot, but still cool."
Shimmell said he expects more sparring partners to arrive as the days proceed but he'll be flying back home to Michigan in about two weeks to prepare for his next fight on April 27 in Minnesota.
"I have a lot of respect for him as a fighter and in general as a person," Shimmell said. "He talked to me for awhile and told me about how he trains and gets ready for fights. He is a very humble guy and great at what he does, I found that out first hand."
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Life is tough for a city street tree; in fact, to survive in small tree pits, they need help. By completing the 12-hour Citizen Pruner Course, you can become certified by Trees New York and the city Department of Parks and Recreation to care for young trees in front of your house and in your neighborhood. By becoming certified, you become an official member of a volunteer effort to keep street trees healthy.
In addition to pruning, participants learn about tree biology, why a tree is like the subway system, and how to keep dogs from urinating on a tree.
The course costs $100, which includes certification and a comprehensive manual and other materials. (If you cut a city street tree without a license, you incur a hefty fine of as much as $1,000.)
The 12-hour course begins May 1 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the High Rock Visitor Center, 200 Nevada Ave., Egbertville. It continues at the same time on the following Saturdays – May 8 and 15; an outing is held from 8 a.m. to noon on May 22 and a fifth class is to be determined. For more information, call Trees New York at 212-227-1887 or visit treesny.org.
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic is the nation's largest audio textbook and literature library. It provides access to the printed word for over a quarter-million students and veterans with visual impairments or learning disabilities like dyslexia.
The full collection is recorded by volunteers and each year thousands of new titles are added in every subject and grade level. Readers with expertise in school subjects such as accounting, mathematics, medicine, and Spanish are most needed right now.
The New York chapter is at 545 Fifth Ave., Manhattan. Those interested in volunteering should call John Fernandes at 212-557-5720.
Staten Island will play host to thousands of sailors during the annual Fleet Week, May 26 to June 2 and volunteers are needed to make them feel welcome at the former Navy home port in Stapleton.
"It's a chance to give back and thank our military who are serving our country, and visiting our community for Fleet Week 2010," said Donna Cutugno, president of Fleet Week.
Tasks for which volunteers are needed include assisting visiting military, light kitchen duty serving meals, providing tourist information and assisting with activity set-up.
Headquarters for Fleet Week is the Staten Island Fleet Week Office Recreation Center, 355 Front St., Stapleton. For more information, call 718-273-9626 after 2 p.m.
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A classic Mel Brooks movie comes alive when the musical comedy, "Young Frankenstein" makes its debut at Titusville, NJ's Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre. Set for a three-week run, "Young Frankenstein" will begin on Friday, July 19 and continue through Sunday, Aug. 4. Performances are Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
A monstrously good time is in store with this spectacular stage production, winner of the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award and the Broadway.com Audience Award for best musical. This production includes all of your favorite moments from the classic film, plus brand-new, show-stopping numbers for the stage, including "Transylvania Mania," "He Vas My Boyfriend" and "Puttin' on the Ritz."
This wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend follows bright young Dr. Frankenstein (that's Fronkensteen) as he attempts to create a monster -- but not without scary and hilarious complications. The brain behind the laughter belongs to Mel Brooks, the mad genius and three-time Tony winner who wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the book-along with his record-breaking team from "The Producers;" five-time Tony-winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman and three-time Tony-winning writer Thomas Meehan. The musical contains some mild language and risqué humor.
The cast of Young Frankenstein includes several actors who have become favorites of Open Air Theatre audiences. Lambertville's husband and wife acting team, David and Jenny Whiteman, who opened the 2013 season as the leads in "The Drowsy Chaperone" will headline this cast. David plays the monster while Jenny will portray Frau Blucher, the role made famous in the movie by Cloris Leachman. Igor, the doctor's hunchbacked assistant, will be played by Jordan Brennan while the role of Dr. Frankenstein will be taken on by Louis Palena who recently completed the Open Air Theatre run of "Crazy for You" where he played Bobby Child.
The Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre production of "Young Frankenstein" will be performed on Friday, July 19, Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children (ages 12 and under). Tickets can always be purchased at the Open Air Theatre Box Office prior to the performance. Group discounts are available.
In addition to "Young Frankenstein," Open Air Theater will also be performing "The Little Mermaid" this summer.
"The Little Mermaid" continues as the third show in the popular children's theatre series at the Open Air Theatre. "The Little Mermaid" will be performed on Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20 at 11 a.m. and Sunday, July 21 at 4 p.m.
With music and lyrics by Open Air Theatre Artistic Director, Louis Palena, the musical is based on the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen and follows a young mermaid with dreams of becoming human and living a new life above the ocean. Tickets are $5 for children or adults and can always be purchased at the Open Air Theatre Box Office prior to the performance.
For complete information about the 2013 Summer Season of mainstage shows, children's theatre productions, directions and more, visit downtownpac.com. The Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre is located inside Washington Crossing State Park at 355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road in Titusville. Box Office phone number is 267-885-9857.


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Christine Campbell was confident the boat she helped build out of cardboard and duct tape would outlast the other boats in the floating contest.
"I think it's going to float better than the other ones. We covered the bottom and sides with duct tape, and in between the sides, there's more duct tape and we laid the cardboard going in different directions," said Campbell, 17, giving away her team's secrets.
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Campbell, of Wayne, is one of 28 girls from across the state participating in the Douglass Science Institute (DSI) at Rutgers University, which is in its 15th year. The girls are selected as freshmen in high school and attend a week-long session each summer for four years. They are encouraged to explore careers in science.
"We want the girls to continue with their interest in science. Women are still underrepresented in all of the stem fields," said Beth Bors, program coordinator for the Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in Math, Science and Engineering.
Each week, a different grade attends the camp. The program started Sunday with the seniors. While they visited a coroner at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and had a physics lesson at Six Flags Great Adventure, their main project was the boat contest.
The girls were divided into teams to build three small prototypes out of Styrofoam. They floated the boats in special water that showed the treads or currents when the boat turned. Each team selected its best prototype and built a boat that could hold at least one team member, run a circuit and float.
In the contest, held Wednesday night, each team had to paddle around a route shaped like a backward C.
"It's hard because boats can either go straight or turn, they can't do both well. It's going to be a compromise," said Jeff Robbins, an instructor.
They had to paddle 10 laps around the course to get their average time, then float.
"If the hull is sealed well, it will float for one- to one-and-a-half hours," Robbins said.
While the girls threw themselves into the boat contest, they didn't forget the bigger picture: embracing science.
"I wanted to meet like-minded girls who like science. I wanted to see what I could do with a science career," said Alison Enchelmaier, 17, of West Caldwell, who wants to study marine science.
The program is competitive. About 300 applications were received for this year's freshman class. The students were chosen based on their grades, interest in science and application essays.
Over the next three weeks, students will participate in DNA extractions, bacterial transformations, dissections and the study of the heart using a sheep's heart.


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Cabernet Sauvignon •Finlay's Vineyard
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One delicious powerhouse of a wine, today's fantastic 2009 Christopher Creek Cabernet Sauvignon handily won over our entire tasting panel. With its bold and delicious flavors, elegant mouthfeel and brilliant nose, we give this wine our heartiest recommendation. Especially given today's extraordinary Black Friday price.
Rich, full and bold on the palate, this wine also shows a softer and more elegant side. Especially after some hearty swirling or decanting, in order to let it breathe. The wine springs to life after just a few minutes, and our entire panel marveled at how continuously it improved as it stretched out.
Pair this lovely wine with something hearty, like a spice-rubbed pork tenderloin or a black pepper crusted New York steak. This is a very flexible wine and we paired ours with a lovely three cheese wood-fired pizza. The dark fruits of the wine juxtapose beautifully against the high acidity of the tomato sauce.
Drinking just beautifully, now, this is one wine that you'll want to stock up on as we predict that it will continue to evolve for the next decade or more.
Please note: This Black Friday offer is expected to sell out. Please decide, quickly, before this very special offer - on this very special wine - ends.
Tasting Profile
Dark and inky burgundy with a slightly opaque heart. Spin the wine and watch as skinny pinkish legs moved slowly down the glass. After the wine has had a chance to breathe for a while, these legs become far more skinny and more tightly spaced. At the edge of the glass, a fine pink bring encircles the wine.
Very fruit-driven indeed, with cherry, dark raspberry and a bit of 'forest after the rain' leading the vibrant, aromatic quality of the wine. As it opens, it reveals sweet tobacco, sweet baking spice, blackberry compote, grilled plum and rich forest hummus.
Very concentrated and very dark on the palate, with bold blackberry, black cherry, cassis and braised plum out in the lead. Then, as the wine opens up, it reveals great complexity by delivering the additional flavors of sweet tobacco leaf, soft spice, dried fall leaves, dark violets, loamy earth and darkly toasted oak.
A very long and very plush. A persistent finish, with bold black fruits gradually yielding to more earthy elements of dried leaves, woods and minerals.
What the Winery Says
Our 2008 Finlay's Vineyard Cabernet is produced from grapes grown in red soils (terrior*) on the Eastern slopes of Bradford Mountain overlooking Dry Creek Valley and shows the characteristics of a "serious Cab". Finlay is the Ridgeback who guarded the vineyard. The vines are over 30 years old and the grapes produce wine with intense garnet color, aromas and tastes of dark chocolate, black cherry, cassis and bing cherry with toasty oak and cedar overtones. A blend of 90% Cabernet and 10% Merlot, the wine was aged for 18 months in French Oak Barrels. The concentration and ample tannic structure should allow for 8 to 10 years of bottle aging. Red meat dishes are the pairing of choice for the 2008 Cabernet. Try it with steak, prime rib or a barbecued tri-tip.
Wine Specs
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Appellation: Dry Creek Valley
pH: 3.51 at bottling
Aging Aged 18 months in French oak barrels
Cases produced: 462
Silver Medal—Tasters Guild
About the Winery
Christopher Creek Winery is a small, family owned winery with a long history of producing award winning, estate bottled, and hand crafted wines. Located in Healdsburg, California on 11 rolling acres in the famous Russian River Valley AVA, with another 27 acres planted high on Bradford Mountain in Dry Creek Valley AVA. Our first grape vines were planted in 1972.
Christopher Creek has earned hundreds of awards for its wines since 1974 with the legendary success of our Petite Sirah, Syrah, and Cabernet Franc leading the way. Growing quality grapes is the primary focus in developing great wines, so each of our wines are hand harvested and hand crafted by our artisan winemaker, Mike Brunson, to ensure quality. With the growing interest in the Rhone style wines, Christopher Creek offers the opportunity to taste wines produced from old vines.
Winemaker Mike Brunson
A third generation Sonoma County resident, Brunson brings over 20 years vineyard and winery experience to the position. Prior to joining Christopher Creek, Brunson was the Winemaker and Vineyard Manager at Michel-Schlumberger for 16 years producing award winning wines from Pinot Blanc to Cabernet Sauvignon. A graduate of UC Santa Cruz and the school of hard knocks, Brunson brings passion, experience and a workingman's knowledge to the position.


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SECAUCUS — The sum of all those complaints about a controversial Children's Place girls T-shirt insinuating girls aren't good at math: It's been pulled from stores.
With this tweet, the Secaucus-based company announced its intentions and apologized to customers:
We take feedback from our customers seriously. We pulled the tshirt from our stores and express apologies to anyone we may have offended.— The Children's Place (@childrensplace) August 6, 2013
The shirts say "My best subjects" on top and has checks in boxes next to shopping, music and dancing. A box next to math, at the bottom of the list, is blank and underneath it says, "Well, nobody's perfect."
The controversy began when a Facebook user, whose profile identifies the person as Rebecca Kenton from Philadelphia, posted a photo on The Children's Place Facebook page with this message: "NOT cute, Children's Place. This is not 1953. Stop making it fashionable for girls to be dumb. Parents are sick of this garbage."
The outcry started with the photo of the recently pulled shirt, spilled over into comments on the entire Children's Place Facebook page, generated thousands of angry messages on Twitter and became the topic of scores of outrage blog posts, some of them written by women with mathematics or engineering careers.
"I'm glad that The Children's Place removed it from their shelves," said one, "but it's still going to have lasting effects in my house."
After the Children's Place Twitter apology, Twitchy pointed to a New York Times story about Mattel finding itself in a similar situation 20 years ago.
"A talking Barbie doll criticized by a national women's group for saying "math class is tough" will no longer utter the offending lament, Mattel Inc. has decided," the 1992 NYT story says. "The Teen Talk Barbie, which costs about $25, will remain in stores. But the computer chip that randomly selects four phrases for each doll will now pick from 269 selections, not 270."
After the company announced it would pull the shirt last just before 9 p.m. last EST night, the Children's Place stock — which trades as PLCE — took a slight dip this morning before mostly recovering and ending the day at $53.66 per share.


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Former New Orleans police officer Michael Hunter this morning gave perhaps the most detailed account to date of a police cover-up of the Danziger Bridge shootings that Hunter said began almost as soon as the gunfire stopped.
After the shootings, which left two civilians dead and four seriously wounded, the officers involved returned to the Crystal Palace, the reception hall they were using as a temporary headquarters. All the officers who had fired weapons were called to a round table, he said.
The seven involved officers sat at the table with Lt. Michael Lohman, the senior supervisor who responded to the bridge incident that day, and Sgt. Arthur Kaufman, the detective assigned to investigate it.
The officers began reciting how many times they fired their weapons, and in what direction. Lohman at one point said, "We can't have this looking like a massacre."
Lohman, like Hunter, has pleaded guilty in the case. Both former NOPD officers pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice and misprision of a felony. Hunter has already been sentenced to eight years in federal prison, the maximum for those crimes. Lohman has not yet been sentenced.Hunter admitted today that he lied about how many times he fired his Glock handgun, soft-pedaling the total as three or four times. It was really more, he said.
"It was pretty obvious they were initiating a cover-up situation," he said. "They didn't separate us and ask us questions individually. Nothing was collected from the scene."
Hunter described himself as being on the periphery of the cover-up that played out over the ensuing months. At times, he said, he saw other officers huddled with Kaufman, who is charged with orchestrating the cover-up.
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- Times-Picayune reporters Laura Maggi and Brendan McCarthy set the scene
- 6 New Orleans police officers indicted a year ago in Danziger Bridge shootings
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- What happened on the Danziger Bridge that day: a graphic
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- Law and Disorder: Police shootings in the week after Hurricane Katrina
On the day of the shooting, Hunter said, one of the involved supervisors underscored the severity of what they had done. Sgt. Robert Gisevius -- one of the five officers on trial in the case -- was with Hunter as they drove somewhere that day.
On the radio, they heard a WWL-AM report about what happened, which incorrectly said contractors had been shot, Hunter rememebered. That prompted Gisevius to say something like, "I don't want to go to jail," he said.
Although the official 54-page report about the shooting includes a verbal statement allegedly taken from Hunter by Kaufman, the witness said he never spoke to the investigator for the report.
Eventually, he did give a statement. All of the involved officers met at the 7th District's flooded district station. There, they gave members of the NOPD academy the weapons used in the incident. Then, they headed inside the ruined station. Somebody said they all needed to tell their versions of what happened, essentially to get their stories "straight."
After each officer recited what happened, the officers were separated and taken to meet with homicide detectives who took full, audiotaped statements.
Hunter said he lied in these statements. Federal prosecutor Barbara "Bobbi" Bernstein asked him why.
"I didn't have the courage to tell the truth," he said.
Years later, after the FBI began investigating the case, Hunter said he heard that Lohman was going to plead guilty. He described becoming scared at hearing that news.
He agreed to a meeting with the FBI and federal prosecutors, where they offered him a deal and laid out the case against him. He decided to take it.
Bernstein asked Hunter why he decided to plead guilty. "The truth needs to be told," he said, adding he is "at peace" with his decision.
"The truth is finally coming out and I feel like my Lord is going to take care of me from now on," he said.


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Photographers' Rights
Taking photographs and video of things that are plainly visible in public spaces is a constitutional right—and that includes transportation facilities, the outside of federal buildings, and police and other government officials carrying out their duties.
Unfortunately, law enforcement officers have been known to ask people to stop taking photographs of public places. Those who fail to comply have sometimes been harassed, detained, and arrested. Other people have ended up in FBI databases for taking innocuous photographs of public places.
The right of citizens to record the police is a critical check and balance. It creates an independent record of what took place in a particular incident, one that is free from accusations of bias, lying, or faulty memory. It is no accident that some of the most high-profile cases of police misconduct have involved video and audio records.
Relatedly, artistic expression should never be chilled out of fear of unwarranted police scrutiny. No one should ever find an FBI agent on their doorstep just because they photographed public art.
Through litigation, public education, and other forms of advocacy, the ACLU has defended the rights of photographers and all camera-wielding individuals to document freely.
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EAST LANSING -- Tom Izzo says in order to understand how Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis comes up with ideas, picture him in a laboratory with a hat on that's hooked to electricity.
"Then once he starts shaking, everything starts rocking and rolling," Izzo said.
Hollis' latest idea, revealed recently after weeks of clues, is what's being called a barnstorming event. It will feature four teams playing three games each in three different cities over an eight-day period in 2018. North Carolina, Florida and Texas all eagerly said yes when presented with the idea, according to Hollis, joining MSU.
The teams will play the first game at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Dec.15, then travel to Chicago for a Dec.18 game at the United Center before wrapping up the event at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Dec.22.
The event was purposefully scheduled to coincide with all four schools' winter break so as not to interfere with classes.
Hollis said that will allow the players to take part in "cultural events" and other unique experiences, including a dinner for all four teams in Los Angeles at Magic Johnson's house.
"The most important thing is that this is outside of the academic year, after finals are over," Hollis said Monday night on the Tom Izzo radio show. "It's a chance for student-athletes to be part of some of the special things that are in three of the biggest cities in the country.
"Not only will they be playing basketball, but they'll be doing some cultural, educational things. And sharing a few meals together, one hosted by Magic Johnson."
Hollis said that among the other events planned is a visit to the National September 11 Memorial in New York City, a trip to Chicago's Second City and exclusive access to a live set at Warner Bros. studios in Los Angeles.
In response to some Spartans fans dismay that these games will not be played in East Lansing, Hollis added that is still a priority for him.
"We're really pushing for how to get those big games into Breslin (Center) and I think that's very important, " Hollis said. "When you look at events like the barnstorming event, those games can't be played in Breslin, those multi-team events with the big names.
"We're going to continue to looks for home-and-homes, we're going to continue to look for ways to bring the big programs in here."
If Hollis can't schedule those, Izzo has an idea for him.
"I would have given thought to going up to the U.P., playing Lake Superior State and Northern Michigan and Michigan Tech," Izzo said. "Competition would have been a little better, it would have been cultural for our guys and we could have had a pasty and beer cookout. Would have been a hell of a deal.
"We could have shared a van and I could teach them how to snow blow."
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NILES – Rocco S. Butto, 90, of Niles, died 7:15 p.m. Thursday, June 13, 2013, at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Home in Niles.
He was born Aug. 7, 1922, in Niles, the son of Phillip and Marianna Caizza Butto Sr.
Rocco worked for 20 years as a laborer at Ohio Galvanizing and for 30 years at Ohio Corrugating before retiring in 1987.
He was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Niles, church usher and festival volunteer. He also helped build Our Lady of Mount Carmel Rhodes Avenue School and was a member of Eastland Athletic Club and San Fellipe Neri Lodge.
He enjoyed playing old Italian card games with his son, bocce, checkers and baseball, and was an avid New York Yankees and Niles McKinley Red Dragon fan.
His wife, Esther Newton Butto, whom he married Feb. 26, 1952, died Feb. 9, 2005.
He will be deeply missed by two sons, Joseph (Pam) Butto of Niles and Anthony Butto, with whom he made his home; two grandchildren, Andrea (Cory) Davis and Joshua Butto; one great-grandchild, Madalyn Pasek; and several nieces and nephews and great-nieces and -nephews.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, his twin, Tinaro Butto, and Philip T. Butto Jr.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Joseph Rossi and Sons Funeral Home in Niles, where the Mount Carmel Bereavement Ministry will conduct prayers at 7:30 p.m.
Services of Christian Burial will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the Rev. James Korda officiating.
Burial will be in Niles City Cemetery.
Friends may view this obituary, sign the guestbook and send email condolences at www.josephrossifuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are being handled by the Joseph Rossi and Sons Funeral Home in Niles.
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New Orleans Police are looking for a masked man who robbed a woman at gunpoint in the French Quarter on Monday night.
Police said the woman was walking in the 800 block of Dumaine Street about 9:20 p.m. when a man approached her near the corner of Royal Street. The woman told officers the man brandished a black semi-automatic handgun and demanded she hand over her purse.
The woman complied, and the gunman ran off and jumped into a white sedan that was idling nearby. Police obtained surveillance footage, which shows the entire incident. At the end of the video the car is seen fleeing westbound on Dauphine Street.
The woman described her assailant as a man wearing a white tank top and dark-colored shorts.
NOPD detective Steve Nolan is in charge of the investigation.
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ATLANTA-Garrett Badgero put his versatility on full display Friday night.
Atlanta's senior quarterback threw for touchdowns, ran for touchdowns, punted and came up with two interceptions as the Huskies picked up their first win of the season and first win of coach Troy Cheedie's head coaching tenure, beating Central Lake 36-22 at Atlanta High School.
Badgero was 15-for-23 through the air with three touchdowns, all to Jake Chambers, and added two more touchdowns on the ground to go along with 83 yards on 11 carries.
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Atlanta quarterback Garrett Badgero (11) tries to evade Central Lake's Tyler Moran during a run in the first half of a football game at Atlanta High School on Friday.
"He can do everything. We call on him a lot and he does a good job for us," Cheedie said of his quarterback.
Central Lake took an early lead in the first quarter on a 69-yard run by William Brockman, but Atlanta (1-1) responded on the next drive when Badgero found Chambers in the left corner of the end zone for a 21-yard touchdown which came on a fourth-down play. Badgero added a two-point conversion run to knot the game at eight.
Chambers finished with 108 yards on three catches and provided a big target for Badgero all night, scoring three times in the first half.
"We've been playing together since 5th grade, so we know how each other works and it just happened to work out right," Badgero said of Chambers.
Brockman scored with two minutes left in the first quarter on a five-yard run to give Central Lake a 14-8 lead, but from there the game belonged to the Huskies.
On Atlanta's opening drive of the second quarter, Badgero scampered 31 yards to the end zone and added a two-point conversion run to put Atlanta ahead for good, 16-14, with 9:54 left in the half.
After the Trojans botched a punt attempt on their next drive, Atlanta found the end zone again in just three plays after Badgero found Chambers for a 25-yard touchdown pass to increase the Huskies' lead to 22-14 with seven minutes remaining.
Although the Huskies' offense was hard at work on Friday, their defense came up big on several occasions during the game. On Central Lake's last two drives of the first half, Atlanta came up with big stops on fourth down, both of which were led by Nick Garcia. On the first drive Garcia stopped Trojans' receiver T.J. Potter short of the end zone on fourth down and the second stop came just before halftime when Garcia stuffed Brockman on a run.
Badgero came up with two second-half interceptions to add to Atlanta's big night on defense.
"We stress defense every single day in practice. (If) we can't stop them we can't win," Badgero said. "The team played great together and that's what we have to do to win."
Badgero hooked up with Chambers one more time before halftime, finding his receiver for a 32-yard touchdown pass that put Atlanta ahead 28-14.
The Trojans came storming out of the gate in the second half, marching down the field in seven plays from their own 49-yard line before Nate Veldbloom found Potter for a 10-yard touchdown with eight minutes left in the third quarter. A follow-up conversion pass made the score 28-22.
While the Huskies stalled on several of their second-half drives, Badgero helped his team by coming up with interceptions on consecutive Trojans' drives. After the second snag, Badgero marched the Huskies 47 yards to paydirt and capped the drive with a nine-yard touchdown run and a conversion pass with 56 seconds remaining in the game.
Brockman led the Trojans with 147 rushing yards on 13 carries and two scores; Taylor Sutherland added 77 yards on 16 touches and Zach Carley had 54 yards on nine carries.
With a win at home, the Huskies will have momentum on their side as they enter North Star League play at Mio next week.
"I'm feeling good about the first win, they played like they needed to play to win," Cheedie said.


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DeWitt, NY-- Jamesville-DeWitt residents overwhelmingly approved an $11.5-million capital project Tuesday which calls for installing several roofs on its schools and bus garage, replacing the high school bleachers and making other improvements.
The vote was 467 yes to 74 no. J-D Superintendent Alice Kendrick has said the project won't raise residents' taxes, as the district is using $500,000 from its capital reserve fund for the work, and is borrowing the rest.
Voters also approved replenishing the district's capital reserve fund over time wiith money from the state aid reimbursement. That vote was 465 to 71.
About $9.4 million of the project will go to replacing roofs at the high school, middle school, three elementary schools and bus garage. A portion of the high school student parking lot and bus loop will be reconstructed, and the sky light in the high school media room replaced. Safety fencing also will be installed at the Lyndon fields.
At the middle school, the tennis courts will be resurfaced and part of the entrance driveway will be repaved.
Tennis courts also will be resealed at Moses-DeWitt Elementary and the sidewalk repaired, along with repaving part of the parking lot. At Jamesville Elementary, part of the bus loop will be reconstructed.


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Also, you're not measuring small (under 20) units there, no?
"Pedestrians struck by cars are most often hit while in the crosswalk, with the signal on their side."
What a dumb mistake. All they had to do was add two words to that one sentence: "early voting."
Read your stuff before you send it out!
Brown dropping out is a tragedy. Absolutely. This means no more splitting of the W7 and W8 vote, and short of a progressive candidate or two dropping out, we are likely stuck with Bonds. Terrible terrible development.
Otherwise, I'll just point to this when people ask why all the cyclists they see have no respect for the law and ask back why should they when the law isn't really going to help them?
You can't have knifes in DC? How do Washingtonians cut their fruits, bread and meat?
Also, you can't carry a gun in DC? I thought the Supreme Court threw that out?
"What do you have to do to lose the right to drive in this town?"
While I agree with the sentiment of that question, I actually think that the plea he entered is a worse punishment. If he had lost his driver's license, he'd still just have driven around without his license, with zero chance of being caught. Now he actually has to check off a number of boxes and spend considerable time on his assault.
New condo inventory in the region is down 20% since January.
Let's build some more. And without infinite delay through neighborhood protests please.
Marion Barry was hospitalized for low blood sugar (he's diabetic).
But apparently not taking proper care of it. Good thing he has employer/government supplied health insurance, unlike most of his constituents.
You can thank medicaid/SSDI for that.
The mindset around the "right to drive" needs to change as driving is not a "right" like the rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights, it is a privilege that comes with responsibilities.
Zillow lists 452 condos for sale in DC, and 619 single family houses.
FC is struggling with trying to keep tax rates down as the citizens there argue over allowing more commercial development or keeping the small town feel. Falls Church will likely have a property tax rate of about 1.35 or so, while Arlington across the border will have about 0.98 next year.
by Michael Perkins on Apr 3, 2013 10:08 am • link • report
Of course, in this case, that is exactly what the guy did. Although his response to the cops is ridiculous: "I thought she had a knife so I showed my gun". So basically: "we're both obviously stupid enough for this to end up in a face-to-face fight, so I needed to inform her that I would in fact be bringing my gun to this inevitable knife fight." It never crossed his testosterone-addled mind that maybe he ought to just slow down and let this crazy woman go.
Idiots, both of them.
@ Birdie, cminus: Thanks for the clarification. Does the ban on switchblades cover pocket/utility knifes?
And, on second thought, my comment about Barry not taking care of himself was unnecessary. I don't know what his health problems are. Bad me.
Sadly, you are mistaken on Arlington's RE tax rate next year is likely going to 1.021. See http://www.arlnow.com/2013/02/25/county-board-advertises-1-021-tax-rate/
That is over 5% increase from last year and only the 3rd time since 1980 the rate has been over $1.00. Yet, the county still keeps spending more money
When they pull a knife, you pull a gun! That's the
Chicago Virginia way!
I'm afraid you're mistaken. DC code makes it a crime for civilians to carry guns outside of their homes or businesses for any reason except for transport.
I must say, the race will be very interesting now that Brown is officially out. I mean really, what if the "urbanists" much it up and split the vote once again. Surely won't be able to blame anyone else for that.
Did the Supreme Court rule in favor of allowing DC residents to carry guns...or just use them in homes?
Welcome to all the new GGW'rs. Center for American Progress and working for Hillary? *sigh* Welcome
But then the dude could just argue that he was transporting his gun from home to work. And back. Every day.
But then the dude could just argue that he was transporting his gun from home to work. And back. Every day.
And how exactly would that work? Since one lived in MAryland and the other VA. Seems strange to argue that a VA resident was transporting firearms illegally into DC for work reasons.
by William Rich on Apr 3, 2013 10:55 am • link • report
"Resentment has been building in Washington since 2010, when the mayor at the time, Adrian M. Fenty, raised traffic fines as part of his efforts to balance the budget. The fine for driving 11 to 15 miles per hour over the speed limit went up to $125 from $50, for instance.
He was very clever and assiduous about squeezing out items that werent technically taxes that he could use for revenue, said Mary M. Cheh, a district councilwoman."
So, it would seem the government does want drivers' money after all.
Didn't know about the cyclist/driver incident until now. But the incident alone doesn't seem enough reason to jail someone or revoke a license.
Uhh, the driver intentionally veered into the person bicycling, not sure what you can call that other than assault. It is the same when someone intentionally rams another car trying to cause a crash.
He used his car as a weapon to try and kill someone. If he did the same thing with a gun or knife and there was video evidence he'd definitely be facing jail time.
Wow. That's pretty tight.
Thanks for the info, charlie and William Rich.
by Juanita de Talmas on Apr 3, 2013 11:03 am • link • report
The article is clear on that so I understand it. I'm just not sure if someone who intentionally rear ends another car would be jailed or have their license revoked. I could be wrong though.
I'm just not sure if someone who intentionally rear ends another car would be jailed or have their license revoked. I could be wrong though.
Respectfully, I think you should reconsider your position. Three news articles from the past few months about people intentionally ramming another car and facing charges of assault, reckless endangerment, etc.
Do you think someone should get away with a few hours of community service if they hit you in the head with a brick, or pistol-whipped you while you were walking down the street, or beat you with a bat just for the hell of it? Because I don't see the difference between any of those and intentionally hitting someone with your car.
(b) The term switchblade knife means any knife having a blade which opens automatically
(1) by hand pressure applied to a button or other device in the handle of the knife, or
(2) by operation of inertia, gravity, or both.
From http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1241
You're right..it is. I don't know what laws are in place to deal w/stuff like this. For instance, if a cyclist rams down a pedestrian (who is injured but not hospitalized), is she arrested or charged w/reckless endangerment. "Should" she be arrested because she's operating what "could" be a deadly weapon? I don't really know the answer to that.
Do you think someone should get away with a few hours of community service if they hit you in the head with a brick, or pistol-whipped you while you were walking down the street, or beat you with a bat just for the hell of it?
Because I don't see the difference between any of those and intentionally hitting someone with your car.
Oh ok.
is the ramming intentional in this hypothetical?
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The driver has two lanes available to him on either side of the cyclist. The smart move is using the completely empty lane to the cyclists' left to safely pass. The day is clear and sunny, there are no visibility issues. The cyclist has taken central position in the middle lane (the right lane has parked vehicles). The driver drives up to the cyclist, in his lane and says "You better move your genius ass to the fucking right". The cyclist says "excuse me". The driver replies "You heard me..." then immediately swerves into the cyclist.
To quote Billy Madison, "That's assault brotha!" To quote @Kyle-W "That was assault... Full stop."
[Deleted for violating the comment policy.] Quite a number of drivers don't understand even the most basic motoring laws.
Take your pick or just consider both.
If someone on a bike intentionally rams a pedestrian thats assault, and definitely warrants arrest, IMO.
If it was intentional or reckless then yes they should be charged.
I don't really think it matters what mode of vehicle you're operating, if you intentionally hit someone or attempt to run them off the road that's reckless endangerment at a minimum and likely assault.
Is it worse that he hit him with a car then a bike? I would say certainly yes.
Intentionally hitting someone with a car vs a bike is the same to me as hitting someone with a tire iron, or with your fist.
If you hit someone with a tire iron in the head, you are going to prison for a felony, if you hit someone with your fist, it is going to be some sort of simple assault, and likely a misdemeanor. Same should apply here.
Of course, if you want to kill someone, use a car.
Tom M, in your scenario that means you think that GGW should endorse either Mara or Bonds. Do you really think one of those two represents the goals of this blog?
Besides, how confident are you that your list is accurate? There's no polling out.
I hope he's in trouble. As far as I am concerned guns would be banned period. But, there being a second amendment and stuff, I am trying to understand what the laws are.
As for guns having to be unloaded, I find that a useless exercise. When someone points a gun at someone, that person generally is not in a position to determine whether the gun is loaded or not, and will assume it is.
@ Thad: Thanks for the update. I am learning a lot here today.
GGW endorsed Mara the last time he ran for at large, so I suppose they do think he could support the goals of this blog. I've been vacillating between Silverman and Mara myself, but am leaning towards Mara. I think there is value to diversity of thought on the council and Mr. Mara strikes me as a reasonable voice. He's an avowed biker and mass transit user and hasn't owned a car years, so I think he shares the same transit philosphy as those on this site.
Specifically: Will there be an allocution when the plea is entered? Maybe we need to provide the prosecutor with a few questions to ask for the allocution. And certainly anything less than a full allocution is unacceptable.
If the driver provides a full and honest allocution, I'd say justice will probably be done. If not, then the community service is irrelevant and the case should proceed to trial.
I don't recall expressing any confidence. In fact, I thought I was clearly expressing doubt. But, I'll bet your predicted finish (1.Mara 2.Bonds 3.Frumin 4.Brown or Silverman) is wrong. How much do you want to bet?
After reviewing the video, I would have to agree. Sheesh!
You're the one who put up the predicted finish list. You're the one that's "been a close observer and combatant in DC politics for thiry years". You're the one who wanted to bet. Stand behind your initial claim that you know what's going to happen or don't, but right now it looks like you're losing your backbone.
Then you counteroffered with an up-or-down bet on his list. But he misconstrued that as you taking him up on his original list.
You could use the same point system with an up-or-down bet. In effect, he would be the bettor and you would be the track, with Tom M needing 11 points to win which he would get, for example by correctly picking the candidate who wins, and one of the candidates who shows.
1. He made a list of predicted outcomes - a list on which his entire criticism of GGW's endorsement lies (which ignores the possible purposes of endorsements and varying philosophies on the subject but I'm getting off track)
2. I asked how he was sure his list was right.
3. He said that he has 30 years experience and HE challenged me to bet.
4. I took this to mean he was betting that his list was right - since that was the only list we had. Not that it was better than a list that I might create but as of yet had not. [How you or he got that I would compete, I'm unclear.] I agreed to bet against his list.
5. He then wanted to change it into a competition. Hence, he backpedaled.
I read that as meaning that he was offering a head to head contest between his bracket and yours. But I came to this late--too late to discuss allocution I guess, and if he made an offer to bet before that then maybe he made two separate offers. But it seems like an innocent misunderstanding to me which is moot.
Anyway, let's put a large pizza on the line. If you're top three (note that originally you had picked the top four, but whatever) are right in order, I'll have one delivered to you. If wrong you have one delivered to me.
JimT "TomM said "But I'll stack MY track record against GGW's anytime. Care to make a wager if you are so confident?""
If he's talking about his track record, that's the past, not the future. So that doesn't really match up with your reading.
But the (barely) more serious question remains: Have they legalized internet gambling in DC? You would not want to make GGW an instrumentality of illegal gambling.
If legality is unknown, the time-honored solution is that the loser pays $100 to the charity specified by the winner.
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Well, not Sarah Palin, friend and ally of the soda industry who posed with her huge container of soda at a recent conservative political gathering. She thinks democracy is imperiled by having less Pepsi, less Coke. She wowed the crowd at the Conservative Politial Action Conference recently by taking a big sip from her 32 ounce container as she mugged for the cameras. The reception there was no surprise; this crowd has savaged New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a political independent, for his proposed ban on sugary beverages of more than 16 ounces.
Great, ridicule the folks who advocate for better health, for foods that provide nutrition, who try to improve the health of those who are more likely than not to become obese and/or diabetic. It's so much more fun to entertain the crowd and do your part to keep the grim statistics out of the public eye and keep the focus on consuming unhealthy products. Appeal to those most likely to be harmed by the products; sell your souls for the income to run your organizations. Way to go!
Yes, a decision by a New York State judge struck down the Bloomberg administration's ban on large, sugary drinks and its opponents celebrated. What a great victory for the soda companies. It's a pyrrhic victory, though. And, it's a sellout of the interests of those most likely to be victimized by the diseases caused by excessive consumption of sugar. Yes, it may well be the case that a prohibition such as Mayor Bloomberg proposed has an unfair discriminatory impact. But, look at the real story and understand the statistics. People's lives are at stake.
The very organizations that ought to be in the forefront of the campaign for better health practices--the NAACP, the Hispanic Federation, and other organizations that serve African-American and Latino communities--instead align with the soda manufacturers that provide them with funds to run their organizations. Thus do self-serving industry campaigns gain legitimacy. And the public's health suffers as a consequence. What a travesty!


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Editor's note: This is one in a series visiting preseason drills for area high school football teams. The series will run through Saturday, Aug. 23. The MLive Muskegon Chronicle's preview section is scheduled to appear in print Sunday, Aug. 24.
MUSKEGON, MI – There will be plenty of new faces on the Reeths-Puffer football team.
Head coach Kyle Jewett wishes an old one is available soon to help soften the blow.
Reeths-Puffer opened preseason practice Monday, Aug. 11 with top offensive threat Dereko Riley on the sideline nursing a hamstring injury.
It isn't known if Riley, a senior running back, will be ready or not for the start of the regular season. The Rockets kick things off at home against Holland on Thursday, Aug. 28.
Riley is the lone returnee off the "Earth, Wind and Fire" backfield of a year ago that, along with a strong offensive line, led the Rockets to a Division 2 playoff berth and a 7-3 record.
"He's really been out the whole summer," Jewett said. "He got it in track and then injured it again at a Michigan camp. We expect him to be back, sooner rather than later. It all starts with him. He's our playmaker."
Despite the key injury and a youthful lineup, Jewett is upbeat and working hard to see if the Rockets can build on last year's success. Two of the three losses came in back-to-back weeks against Muskegon to close the season.
"The kids are ready. In some ways it's been a long summer and other ways short," Jewett said. "We've got a lot of new faces and we've done a lot of teaching over the summer, but a credit to the kids, they really dove in. They're ready to make their own mark."
Jewett said team speed and athletic ability will be strengths for the varsity, which includes five sophomores vying for playing time.
He said the ceiling level is a high one, but time will tell.
"My expectation for the team is with it being so young, I want to find our identity as soon as possible," Jewett said. "We're going to stay true to who we are, no question about that. At the same time, when you come off a positive year like last year, the first one in a long time, now it's the challenge of the current seniors, juniors and sophomores, to keep that bar where it is."
Mark Opfermann covers sports for MLive Muskegon Chronicle. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com and follow him on Twitter and Facebook.


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I remember when I first transferred to that school. I was the new kid. The boy with no friends. I was sitting at the lunch table, alone, and I saw her. She wasn't the prettiest girl in the room, but she was far from ugly. And she was alone, too. I watched her, wanting to go sit with her, talk to her. But I was afraid. She'd reject me, she'd laugh at me, she'd think me some sort of weirdo...
So I sat. I sat and quietly watched her. For days. And each day she ate her lunch by herself, and each day I thought about how I should go over and sit with her. But I couldn't, I just...
One day, she didn't show up. I looked, an she was no where to be found. It wasn't until later I discovered what had happened in the girls locker room. It made me so angry, not only that it happened, but that nasty woman, Chris, had made sure the entire school knew about it. How dare she do such a horrid thing to my dear, sweet Carrie?
I felt a rush of relief once I saw her at lunch again. I wanted to hold her, to tell her everything would be okay. To feel her lips against mine...ah, but that would be far too forward of me, wouldn't it? I was sure to get slapped like what happens to all the men in those movies.
I thought about asking her to the prom, lingered near her bench and nervously fitted with my the collar of my shirt. But I lost my nerve. I simply walked away. She didn't even notice.
Dizzy...so dizzy...so hard to breath...
Then I found out she'd been asked by someone else. Someone named Tommy. I was disappointed, frustrated at myself for not asking before he did, but I accepted it. So long as she was happy, so was I.
Today, the night just before the prom, I saw some guy pick Chris up right after school. I didn't think anything of it, until I walked by the car, and caught a half sentence. "-will teach her a lesson." Then they started the engine and whatever else being said was drowned out. I had a sneaking though that they'd been talking about Carrie, so I followed them. To a pig farm.
I left my own car and trailed behind them quietly, and watched in horror as they slaughtered one of the poor creatures. They drained it of it's blood, all the while chatting about their cruel plan. I had to warn her, to prevent this horrable thing from happening. Then they spotted me. I guess I wasn't so sneaky as I'd thought I was.
The man she'd been with approached me with the knife in his hand, and I bravely took a stand. "I won't let you do this." I growled, trying to sound intimidating to a man much bigger than I.
And now here I am, blood draining from me, pouring from a stab wound in my side. I'm sure he pierced a lung, as the sticky wetness is dripping from my mouth. Funny thing, blood, how it keeps creatures alive, but jumps at the chance to leave one to their death. As if any living body is nothing more than a prison to that crimson liquid. I can't even scream, as it takes all my effort simply to breath. I left my phone in the car, so no help there. Unless someone comes, I'm sure to die.
Carrie, I'm so sorry. I can only hope that someone stops them. I only wish I could have gotten the courage to talk to you, to simply say hello.
Goodbye, my almost friend.


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Rory McIlroy won his second straight PGA Tour major Sunday, and joined some select company in doing so.
McIlroy shot a 3-under-par 68 in a rain-delayed final round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky., holding off a hard-charging Phil Mickelson by one stroke. The Northern Irelander now has four career major victories, joining Bobby Jones, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods as the only golfers in the last century with four by age 25.
"I didn't think in my wildest dreams I'd have a summer like this," McIlroy told the Associated Press. "I played the best golf of my life. I really gutted it out today."
McIlroy also won the British Open last month, the U.S. Open in 2011 and the PGA in 2012. He goes for the career Grand Slam next April at the Masters.
McIlroy led Bernd Wiesberger by one shot heading into what proved to be a wild finish Sunday. A two-hour rain delay forced the final holes of the day to be played in impending darkness, so much so that tournament official bent the rules and allowed McIlroy, Mickelson, Wiesberger and Rickie Fowler to play as a foursome on the final hole.
McIlroy led by two strokes heading into the final hole after a birdie on 17, but Mickelson came within inches of an eagle to tie for the lead on 18. Mickelson --- who shot 5-under 66 on Sunday --- settled for birdie, forcing McIlroy to at least save par for the win.
McIlroy's second shot on 18 went into the bunker, but he was able to chip onto the green and then 2-putt for the victory. He is also the first player to win two straight majors since Padraig Harrington also won the British and PGA in 2008.
Fowler shot 68 to tie for third with Henrik Stenson. The 25-year-old Californian enjoyed an outstanding year in his own right, finishing in the top five in all four majors --- tying for fifth at the Masters and tying for second at both the U.S. Open and British Open before Sunday.


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Whenever I hear that Shiites are massacring Suunis in the Mideast, Arabs are shelling Israelis and vice versa or Hutus rising up against their Tutsis neighbors somewhere in Africa, I get to thinking only one thing.
I'm glad I'm a dog.
Aside from the fact that the Supreme Dog has withheld from us the knowledge of weapons of mass destruction, dogs are not suited for warfare. Oh, you might find one that bears his teeth a bit too quickly, or growls inappropriately at strangers, but that's a far cry from war crimes. Even when we find ourselves neutered you'll still see us trying to make love, not war.
And while you may hear humans say that it's a dog-eat-dog world, let me assure you; that never happens.
Just go to any dog park and you'll see how we treat our fellow canines. Personally, I think being a golden retriever is about the top of the dog chain, but that doesn't stop me from playing with a Siberians, Labradors, Irish setters or Great Danes (event though I have no idea where any of the places are) because at the end of the day, we're all dogs.
We never talk about religion and even though we have been known to mark our territory you'll never see us building any fences. When the going gets too rough, I simply walk away, or show them my neck and then we pretty much start over. No violence needed.
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For the life of me, I can't figure why humans seem to have so much trouble getting along. It might be their so-called intelligence, which much of the time is overrated. Sure, it can bring a cure for cancer, or the Magna Carter, but more often it seems to result in gunpowder, nuclear missiles and Mein Kampf.
I suspect it's their memory which seems much more suited to remembering grudges than good times. How else to explain neighbors who can live side by side perfectly well for decades and then suddenly turn on each other with machetes? For so many reasons, you can be sure that would never happen to the cocker spaniel next door.
What to do? Well, I guess it would help if everyone just got a dog and watched what we do. Our material needs are few (no clothes and a simple diet are good starters) and although we have been known to fight over a bone it soon becomes pretty clear that it really doesn't matter who wins. We approach strangers with caution (I've been known to crouch down while I assess intentions – no one ever taught me, it seems to be in my genes) but assume the best of all creatures. I'd even play with a squirrel if I ever caught up to one, although they seem genetically wired to think otherwise, but I don't really speak for other animals, another trait that tends to keep us out of trouble.
In general, just about everyone would be better served if we all followed the two Golden (retriever) rules. 1) Do unto others as your dog would do unto you; and 2) growl softly and play with a big stick.
Not that I expect things to change around here so long as humans remain in charge (which is the foreseeable future, unless they wind up blowing up the planet) so I guess we're the ones who are going to have to adjust. We'll just have to go on being dogs and hope that humans can learn by our example, although they seem to be doing a pretty dim job of it so far.
And when we hear that once again humans have taken up to killing their fellow humans we'll have to settle for nuzzling our masters to take us for a long walk in the peaceful woods, gaze at them lovingly and wonder just how things could be so much different if they were leashed to us rather than the other way around.
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By Julia Russler
Have you considered not having the traditional, white wedding cake at your reception? If you or your fiancé would prefer a dessert other than cake, have special needs regarding the ingredients or if you just want something that looks unique, there are plenty of options available to you.
Not every bride and groom desire a traditional white wedding cake. For destination or themed weddings, an alternative cake design is the perfect touch for your reception. Typically, it is the groom who has the non-traditional cake and the bride has the white multi-tier wedding cake. Many brides are going against tradition and having unique wedding cakes design to complement the wedding theme.
Today, cakes are evolving in exceptional ways to show more of the individual personalities of the couple. For example, a groom who played baseball in high school and college can have the design of a baseball field and a figurine of his wife on home plate. "I try to steer the groom into a different direction than the same old song and dance," said Melissa Samuels from Melissa's Fine Pastries. Because these are common cake designs, Melissa challenges herself to make each cake or dessert unique and different. Melissa is an expert at these alternative options, as well as designing traditional wedding cakes.
For those wanting a substitute for the traditional idea of a wedding cake, other options include: cheesecake, fruit tarts, crème brulee, ice cream cake, a cupcake-tree or tower, chocolate covered strawberries, crème puffs, French-style macaroons, Irish crème truffles, éclairs, pecan tarts, tiramisu and so on. "I try to work with my clients and get creative," Melissa said. For instance, one of her grooms did not like cake, but he loved brownies and playing Scrabble. Melissa wanted to create the image of a Scrabble board made out of brownies with chocolate filling in between. "The groom was crazy about the cake, and so was everyone at the wedding," Melissa said. None of the guests even knew it was made of brownies until they took a bite. These distinctive surprises within the cake can really make a memorable wedding for the guests and newly-weds.
Melissa has also worked with cheesecake as a substitute for wedding cake. The idea was to have it tall and looking like a traditional cake, so she floated multiple pieces on top of one another and placed fruit in between the layers to add color and texture. She said it was a huge success. "The more whimsical, the more colorful, the better the reaction," Melissa said.
If one or both of you are vegan, diabetic or only eat gluten free foods, there are still ways to have the classic image of a traditional wedding cake. Forthose with special needs, Melissa offers a variety of alternative options. Melissa said the vegan option is tricky because it cannot contain dairy or eggs. A suggestion Melissa offers to a vegan couple instead of trying to have a traditional looking cake is to have a carrot or gingerbread cake.
Melissa said the gluten free and vegan cakes are fabulous in taste, whereas the sugar free is much more difficult to get a pleasing taste for the guests as well as those who are diabetic."There aren't a lot of people looking for cakes like that; but for those that are, it's very important," Melissa said.
Shirelle Royal at The Royal Cakery also makes alternative wedding cakes. She typically finds that clients need a different kind of cake to include someone in the family who has a specific food need.
Shirelle said the most common food ailment for wedding cake alternatives her clients ask for is sugar-free for diabetic guests.
Instead of making the entire cake sugar free, Shirelle said she would make some other dessert items and label them so that all the guests know exactly what they are eating. There are plenty of ways to accommodate someone in need of an alternative to the traditional wedding cake, whether it is an allergy, they just do not like cake or just want something unique.
Ask your baker about the options available to you and don't be afraid to get creative with the desserts served at your wedding reception. Your guests will love the thoughtful, tasty treats you surprise them with.


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A forensic pathologist testified Wednesday that 11-month-old Kaleb Miles died of a blunt impact to his head caused by a large amount of force.
The prosecution rested its case Wednesday in the trial of 25-year-old Kevin Darnes. Darnes, accused of capital murder in the Aug. 2, 2000, death of a child he was baby-sitting, faces life imprisonment or lethal injection if convicted.
Dr. Robert Lyon, a Texas Tech University pathologist, testified that the boy suffered skull fractures and a brain hemorrhage caused by one or more blows with a large, firm object.
Autopsy results also showed that the boy's heart was torn - an injury that would have been fatal - and his liver was lacerated, Lyon testified.
Under questioning by 47th District Attorney Rebecca King, Lyon said the boy's head injuries could not have been caused by a fall from a couch.
Darnes earlier told a homicide investigator the boy fell from a couch and might have hit his head the day he died.
On Wednesday, the prosecution showed jurors numerous photos and a diagram of the infant detailing bruises on his head, arms, legs and torso.
Defense attorney D'Layne Peeples quizzed Lyon about his autopsy and asked whether the child's heart or liver injuries could have been caused by extensive CPR.
Lyon responded that it was possible the injuries could have been caused by aggressive resuscitation efforts.
Earlier Wednesday, Tina Boren, a registered nurse, told jurors the child was pronounced dead shortly after he arrived at Northwest Texas Hospital and that hospital personnel noticed multiple bruises on the boy's body.
"This child had extensive bruises in places that a child of this age should not have bruises," she testified.
The trial will continue today in 108th District Judge Abe Lopez's court.
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JACKSON – A crowd of about 70 people gathered Wednesday evening at East Jackson High School in an attempt to salvage the canceled varsity football season.
"I think it's a positive step for us, rallying everybody together," senior quarterback Kyle Wymer said. "The community support means a lot, how much football means to all these people and what we've been through."
On Monday, East Jackson made the decision to forfeit the season due to low numbers and safety concerns about using freshmen at the varsity level. Of the 30 or so players in the program the first week of practice, more than half were freshmen.
Although players on Wednesday evening presented East Jackson superintendent Patrick Little with a list of upperclassmen who are apparently willing to join the team, nothing is certain. So, Little set a deadline of the start of practice Friday to have the required physical form turned in and said an ultimate decision on the varsity season will be made Monday. Regardless of what happens, he said the varsity season-opener against Whitmore Lake won't be played.
"On Friday, we'll have the facts of at least who is willing to do the paperwork to be a part of the team," Little told the crowd at the rally. "On Monday morning, I will meet with our administrative team, Coach (Tra) Coolbaugh and we'll make a decision about what's going to happen to the varsity season.
"In no way are we saying that if there is X number of players we will have a varsity season. In no way are we saying that we won't," he added. "We're just trying to make sure that we have the facts before we make a decision. No promises on a season, but I'm glad everyone is here and excited about East Jackson athletics."
East Jackson will still field a JV team, but seniors are ineligible to play at that level.
"Our senior boys deserve to have this," East Jackson senior Allison Boudreau said. "It's our senior year, too. We don't want to go without football on Friday nights and our homecoming."
Boudreau, who said she organized the rally through social media with the help of her friends, tore a knee ligament during her junior softball season.
"I couldn't play the rest of the season," she said. "I can't imagine how that would be being a senior."
East Jackson had about a half-dozen seniors on the roster during the first week of practice, including some who were part of the rally.
"We're seeing a lot of support because of everything that's happened to us seniors," senior Kasey Mishaw. "The day they told us the news, it all got taken away. "
East Jackson senior Blaine Stowe said he's one of the upperclassmen who wants to join the football team and already has a physical on file because he runs cross country and plans on being a dual-sport athlete this fall.
"First of all, dropping a sport is a tremendous deal, that's a big thing," he said. "Two, it's seeing such bad talk about the school that really isn't needed."
Stowe said he hasn't played football since his freshman year but thinks he would be able to compete at the varsity level.
"I believe that it's a risk that we're willing to take to do that," he said. "With hard work for the amount of time that we have, I believe we can come back and compete as well as we did last year, which we all know wasn't the greatest (East Jackson finished 1-8). But that's not the point, our point isn't to come out and dominate … but we would like to compete."
So would the seniors who have been at practice since the first day.
"It's going to be a lot of work, but if we get out on the field, it's going to be worth it," Wymer said. "We just want to play."
The rally, which lasted about 45 minutes, went on just a few hundred yards from where current members of the East Jackson team were practicing.
"I give them 100 percent credit for trying," Coolbaugh said of the rally. "Hopefully the numbers do work out and they can be successful with it, but there's a time frame in there that people need understand – physicals and conditioning and all of that. We'll see if it works out."


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