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Hartman, Republicans don't fund sex ed because they don't see sex as something fun to do. Sex is an obligation and of marriage and taking pleasure in sex is a sin. All those republican who've gotten caught with their pants down took no pleasure in what they were doing; in fact they felt terrible afterwards, especially the ones that got caught.
"Just Say No" is very effective as long as your kids aren't immoral deviants who think sex feels good.
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So Crunchy, I'm curious. Is there any circumstance where you would permit a woman to choose. For example if the woman's own health were at risk or in the case of rape or incest?
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I understand my assessment that Republican polices tend to restrict individual liberty and freedom is open to interpretation. Still, the Republicans stance on several issues are antithetical to what many Americans perceive as fundamental rights and liberties. Consider this, when an act is made legal as in abortion or gun ownership, Republicans crusade for conspicuous obstacles in one instance and prominent ambiguities in the other. Our Constitution only provides for what our government will allow.
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Back to the differences between a fetus and a day old baby: Our Constitution does not recognize citizenship until after birth. A day old baby requires a passport to travel abroad, a fetus cannot obtain a passport; A baby can inherit property, a fetus can not. IF legal rights were extended to fetuses, could a miscarriage or complication related to pregnancy result in a prosecution of the mother? Could it put the woman's Physician at risk for prosecution?
I was not trying to infer that "personhood" is determined by a certain level of "burden". My comparison was made to point out one of the differences between a fetus and human being. A fetus resides in and dependent upon one human being whereas a human being is a separate person not dependent on any one specific individual for survival.
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Yes Crunchy, a fetus is human but doesn't become a human being until birth. Even though a fetus has the potential to become a human being that doesn't mean it should be afforded the same rights. A 6 yr old has the potential to become an 18 yr old but they are not afforded the same rights based on that principle. I'm not trying to split hairs, Crunchy - both science and law use specific distinctions to identify & categorize. A woman is a human being, as such reproductive rights can only belong to the woman, not the fetus. I would also argue that abortion was legalized to protect women. Abortions will continue, whether they are legal or not so providing a safe legal abortion is better than the alternative of a dangerous illegal abortion. That's far removed from a noble justification however all to often we have witnessed the extreme suffering and physical and monetary cost of criminalizing actions in which significant numbers of individuals participate. (cont)
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Baseless, shallow accusations are the work of a small mind. Tell me, Hartman, which choices of mine are immoral?
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Abstinence is 100% effective if you properly use it. Every other form of birth control is less than 100% effective. When abstinence doesn't work, it is because it is not in fact used. That is like leaving a ****** in your purse, and saying it's not working.
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Addendum: on the contraception thing, first of all, plenty of Republicans have little problem with contraception, per se. And second, every method of contraceptive has a failure rate. So even if widespread contraceptive use would reduce the pregnancy rate (and there is scientific research on both sides of that debate) we will still have the fundamental ethical conundrum being discussed here of whether the fetuses that result from those failures have any rights.
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Hartman, your conclusion on abortion is logically consistent w/ your initial premises. But so is mine (and any Repub saying the same). I'm just pleading, again, for a certain amount of space for ideas to be discussed without making unfair accusations.
From where I sit, fetuses have rights which our current laws are not protecting. Every time I hear a Democrat talk about the marginalized, I cringe, because here's a whole class of humans excluded from protections under Democratic policies. That being the case, it's not fair of me to accuse Dems of being all about denying rights, because *it only follows that fetus' rights are being denied if fetuses in fact have rights to begin with*, which is precisedly the premise that most on the left would not agree with me on. In the same way, I don't think it's fair to accuse Repubs about being all about denying liberties, because if they are right about *what liberty is* then they actually *protect* liberty.
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cont'd: So it seems to me, if I understand you correctly, that the criteria you are using in determining "personhood" (and the rights that flow from it) really boils down to the type of burden that an individual is or is not placing upon another. You note correctly that fetuses are incapable of exercising the right to freedom of movement, thought, etc. But that is also every bit as true of a 2mo old (which you are willing to extend rights to). The only diff btwn a fetus and a 2mo old, then, is that a fetus' burden is, by necessity, placed squarely (and physically) upon one individual, whereas the burden a 2mo old creates could be swapped out to another adult(s) if desired. But think about that for a minute - what that's really saying, at a fundamental level, is that our dignity (and rights) as humans is dependent upon whether, and to what extent, we cause an inconvenience for another person. I think that is a flawed way of assessing rights.
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Hartman - is a fetus a "potential human"? or is it *already* a "human, with great potential"? You say the former; I say the latter. A fetus already has its own unique DNA (which is unmistakeably human) and is already an individual organism, distinct from its mother. All it is receiving from its mother (through the placenta) are nutrients. Nutrients which, through the internally-controlled cellular activities of the fetus itself, it uses to further its own growth and development. Obviously the fetus's presense creates a great burden on the mother's body, which has to undergo major changes to provide the proper environment and nutrients, but that doesn't change the fact that it is the fetus' DNA that is causing its own pattern of growth. It is already self-directed, in that sense.
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westline - graphic images of aborted fetuses rarely (if ever) cause a change of heart on this issue, for the same reason that images of slaughterhouses rarely (if ever) cause someone to think they committed a wrong by eating a hamburger the previous day. Just because something is gross does not mean it's evil. And if you're rationally convinced that something is ok, staring at a bloody picture of it won't change your mind. In fact, psychologically it'll probably make you dig in deeper in your opinion.
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I'm not attempting to marginalize the opinions of those who oppose abortion. I support a woman's right to choose but also believe better options exist. The paradox is that, while as a whole Republicans oppose abortion, they also fight attempts to include sex education in school curriculum and prohibit easy access to contraceptives. Preventing pregnancy is a sensible and effective option because sex is more than simply a means to procreate. There exists 20 different methods of birth control that do not include abortion, some being more effective than others. Republicans oppose all but one form of birth control – abstinence. That's right, just say no! We know how ineffective THAT strategy has been. Rather than limiting access, Republicans should emphasize the importance of providing sexual health education and services for both men and women as a means to minimize the need for abortions. Their current strategy is unproductive, contradictory and undermines civil liberties.
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Fortunately for you westline, you'll never be in a position to make that choice. You also lack the authority to pass judgement on others who may face that decision. Too bad some of your righteous indignation can't be channeled into promoting common sense gun laws. Who knows, perhaps one day it could prevent the shooting death of a two year old baby.
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Try this Hartman. Google abortion, and select "images". Look and learn. Then just try to come back here and making another pro-abortion post within 5 minutes.
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Immoral? I may be wrong about some things. Like maybe, just maybe raising taxes on fossil fuels, and regulating the coal industry to death, and trading "carbon credits" will make the world a better place. Maybe we should take even more money from the hard-working, and give even more to those who can come up with a reason to do nothing. Maybe Obama's 20 trillion dollar debt will be a good thing someday. But There is still nothing worse than killing your won baby.
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A mother hiring someone to kill her own baby.
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Any responsible person can care for a two month old baby - is does not need the mother to survive. A two month old baby is categorized as a human being, a fetus is not. So no, westline, a two month old baby does not meet the criteria of a fetus. In a court of law or science lab our opinions are not worth doodly-squat. I have no doubt, westline, there are individuals who would judge some of your choices as immoral.
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Oh, come on, Hartman, bring a brain. You say "a fetus is dependent on a woman for survival. A fetus is not like human beings at other stages." A 2 month old baby also meets these criteria. Abortion, in my opinion, is the worst thing a person can do. Imagine a mother hiring someone to kill her own baby.
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"If a human fetus is the sort of creature that, like humans at other stages, has rights…"
What defines a human being Crunchy? A fertilized egg represents a potential but not actual, human being. Human beings by definition are separate individuals while a fetus is dependent on a woman for survival. A fetus is not like human beings at other stages. Because the fields of theology, law, medicine and biology are not in agreement as to whether a fetus is a human being, the status of a fetus is in question. Since a pregnant woman is indisputably a human being with rights, only her opinion matters. Human beings have a fundamental right to self-determination, peaceably assemble, liberty, due process of law, freedom of movement, of thought, of religion, of expression and of association. Fetuses are incapable of exercising any constitutional rights which puts them in a different category than human beings. As it stands, civil liberties can only apply to human beings.
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Interesting examples, Hartman. To respond to but one of them, how does a fetus experience "liberty" and "freedom" when on the receiving end of an abortion?
If a human fetus is the sort of creature that, like humans at other stages, has rights, isn't any policy that has, as part of its aim, to prevent some abortions actually *increasing* human liberty and freedom? (The debate over what policies are *successful* in reducing aborions is a separate issue. I'm just talking here about stated aims.)
If a human fetus does not have any rights, or if "liberty" is understood in such a way that the bodily autonomy of a woman trumps any rights that the individual inside her body might otherwise have, then you're right - decreasing access to abortion does limit liberty. But if that's a faulty definition of liberty (which is what many conservatives like myself hold) then its a false accusation.
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I would agree Crunchy, the concept of "liberty & freedom" differs among our populace. However, across the U.S., Republicans have sponsored or passed legislation that: limits the ability to vote by requiring voter ID's; bans marriages between consenting same-sex couples; promotes discrimination by allowing business owners to refuse service to gays or other groups that offend their religious beliefs; restricts access to family planning and reproductive health services by defunding Planned Parenthood; imposes unnecessary procedures designed to restrict access to abortions. By any definition, or more importantly, by the courts definition, several Republican initiatives have been struck down as unconstitutional because they violated civil liberties.
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FWIW, I'm kind of impressed that they at least considered a proposal to raise the minimum wage. Some diversity of opinion on economic policy is a good thing, in my estimation.
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Can't believe that they didn't have time to pass the resolution "Ronald Reagan, a extraordinarily handsome man". Calvin Coolidge? Really?
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Calvin Coolidge had an abortion??? WOW!! And you liberals claim to be the smart ones..
Maybe tomorrow my male dog will have kittens..
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Almost all rich countries are rich because they exploit technological progress. They have moved the bulk of their labor force out of agriculture and into cities, where knowhow can be shared more easily. Their families have fewer children and educate them more intensively, thereby facilitating further technological progress.
Poor countries need to go through a similar change in order to become rich: reduce farm employment, become more urban, have fewer children, and keep those children that they have in school longer. If they do, the doors to prosperity will open. And isn't that already happening?
Let us compare, for example, Brazil in 2010 with the United Kingdom in 1960. Brazil in 2010 was 84.3% urban; its fertility rate was 1.8 births per woman; its labor force had an average of 7.2 years of schooling; and its university graduates accounted for 5.2% of potential workers. These are better social indicators than the United Kingdom had in 1960. At that time, the UK was 78.4% urban; its fertility rate was 2.7; its labor force had six years of schooling on average, and its university graduates accounted for less than 2% of potential workers.
Brazil is not a unique case: Colombia, Tunisia, Turkey, and Indonesia in 2010 compare favorably to Japan, France, the Netherlands, and Italy, respectively, in 1960. Not only did these countries achieve better social indicators in these dimensions; they also could benefit from the technological innovations of the past half-century: computers, cellphones, the Internet, Teflon, and so on. This should allow higher productivity than was feasible in 1960.
So today's emerging-market economies should be richer than today's advanced economies were back then, right?
Wrong – and by a substantial margin. Per capita GDP at constant prices was 140% higher in Britain in 1960 than in Brazil in 2010. It was 80% higher in Japan back then than in Colombia today, 42% higher in old France than in current Tunisia, 250% higher in the old Netherlands than in current Turkey, and 470% higher in old Italy than in current Indonesia.
Why is it that today's smaller and more educated urbanized families in emerging-market economies are so much less productive than their counterparts were a half-century ago in today's rich countries? Why can't today's emerging markets replicate levels of productivity that were achieved in countries with worse social indicators and much older technologies?
The key to this puzzle is tacit knowledge. To make stuff, you need to know how to make it, and this knowledge is, to a large extent, latent – not available in books, but stored in the brains of those who need to use it.
Getting it there is really tough. Tacit knowledge is acquired mostly through learning by doing. That is how we train musicians, barbers, doctors, and scientists. Consider how long it takes an adult to learn to speak a language or a musician to master the violin.
Moreover, tacit knowledge is vast and growing, so that only a miniscule fraction of it fits in anybody's head. But most products require much more knowledge than fits in anybody's head, so that making them requires teams of people with different pieces of knowledge, not unlike a symphonic orchestra.
Getting more tacit knowledge is easier said than done, because economies can offer experience only on the basis of current jobs. How do people learn to do jobs that do not yet exist? How do they create and mobilize coherent teams of people in new economic activities if the requisite tacit knowledge is missing?
Recent research at Harvard University's Center for International Development (CID) suggests that tacit knowledge flows through amazingly slow and narrow channels. The productivity of Nuevo León, Mexico, is higher than in South Korea, but that of Guerrero, another Mexican state, resembles levels in Honduras. Moving knowledge across Mexican states has been difficult and slow.
It is easier to move brains than it is to move tacit knowledge into brains, and not only in Mexico. For example, as the CID's Frank Neffke has shown, when new industries are launched in German and Swedish cities, it is mostly because entrepreneurs and firms from other cities move in, bringing with them skilled workers with relevant industry experience. They seldom hire locals.
The recently deceased economist Steven Klepper argued that industries tend to cluster in particular cities simply because new firms are formed mainly by workers who leave other successful firms, taking the relevant tacit knowledge with them. Indeed, a large literature on knowledge spillovers points to their remarkably narrow geographic range. The exceptions often confirm the rule. The US would not have been able to build the first atomic bomb in just four years had Hitler not encouraged so many key scientists to leave Europe.
The bottom line is that urbanization, schooling, and Internet access are woefully insufficient to transmit effectively the tacit knowledge required to be productive. That is why today's emerging markets are so much less productive than rich countries were in 1960, even though the latter were less urban, had higher birth rates and less formal schooling, and used much older technologies.
The policy implications are clear. Knowhow resides in brains, and emerging and developing countries should focus on attracting them, instead of erecting barriers to skilled immigration. They should tap into their diasporas, attract foreign direct investment in new areas, and acquire foreign firms if possible. Knowledge moves when people do.
The opinions expressed here are those of the author, not necessarily those of the World Economic Forum. Published in collaboration with Project Syndicate.
Author: Ricardo Hausmann is a professor of economics at Harvard University, where he is also Director of the Center for International Development.
Image: Robert Kremer, a U.S. government microbiologist who studies Midwestern farm soil at the University of Missouri, (L) shows Luiz Zobiole, a Ph.D. Agronomy student from Brazil, DNA profiles of various soybean root samples on a computer in Columbia, Missouri April 8, 2010. REUTERS/Dave Kaup

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U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks said Friday that proposed cuts to military spending could have been worse for Huntsville's Redstone Arsenal.
The cancellation of an air-to-air missile program based here could save $1 billion here over the next five years. But Brooks said early indications are the Army would put that money into other Arsenal programs.
"Therefore it is a wash," said Brooks. "Time will tell."
On Thursday, Secretary of Defense Robert m. Gates announced plans to cut $178 billion in military spending over the next five years. That includes the elimination of the Raytheon-developed SLAMRAAM, or Surface Launched Advanced, Medium Range, Air-to-Air Missile system.
Brooks said it's early in the process, but initial written recommendations show that the money for Redstone Arsenal would be channeled into Arsenal programs involving Avenger, Stinger and Patriot missiles.
"That's the executive branch's communication to us," said Brooks, saying Congress had not yet received official proposals.
Brooks said the Army recommended the cancellation of the SLAMRAAM programs in October of 2010, saying the system was costly and "duplicative."
"All of this is in the very early stages of policy development," said Brooks, later adding: "Overall, the impact on Redstone Arsenal from this recommendation appears to be minimal in the context of the overall budget deficit and what it could have been."


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LCS Season 4 - Week 11: Recap - Day 1
Alliance vs Fnatic
The run of eight consecutive victories for Alliance has ended with a defeat against Fnatic. The match met all our expectations with an excellent level of playing from the two teams. The game started to Fnatic's advantage who manage to set the rhythme and took the initiative in the game. They then took the first drake in the 9th minute after starting a push on the botlane. The game was very balanced and Alliance managed to keep pace with a double kill from Tabzz's Lucian near the blue buff. The first real teamfight started off near the Nashor with a 3/0 dealt by Froggen's team. Wickd's TP with his Shyvana made a big difference and they followed up with the Baron. We then saw a siege from Alliance who settled things with the destruction of the midlane inhibitor. Fnatic let the storm pass and won the following teamfight, still around the Nashor. sOaz did some good work with his quite unusual pick of Lee Sin. And once again the last teamfight took place at the Baron. It was won without dispute by Fnatic with a 4/0 and a double kill from man of the match, Rekkles with his Vayne. The game ended in 50 minutes on a score of 16 to 8 in favour of Fnatic. xPeke's team take the lead alone now in the LCS.
Roccat vs Supa Hot Crew
It's been confirmed, Roccat are back on good form for this LCS and they have caught up with Alliance! At this level, a single mistake can cost a victory. Which is what SELFIE must be thinking after being caught with his Orianna by VandeR's Thresh. A small lapse of concentration which, at the 30th minute, is unforgivable. Before that, we saw a very solid performance from Roccat who were ticking off the objectives. We're not just talking the drakes here, but also the turrets which fell very quickly thanks to a better map rotation from Roccat. One of the turning points came in the 27th minute with a teamfight lost by SHC around the drake. Roccat took 3 kills and the Nashor! The rest as you know was down to the memorable grab from VandeR against SELFIE. The game lasted 32 minutes and ended on a score of 16 to 6. Roccat are now tied in third with Alliance and start of this Super Week in great form.
SK Gaming vs Fnatic
We thought Fnatic was untouchable after the first game won against Alliance. That was without counting on SK who won this match hands down! The headset of the leader of the ranking must be very itchy as it's SK who are now at the top of the ranking. Fnatic accumulated far too many mistakes to be able to win the match. The start of the game was very equal with a drake for SK compensated by a double kill from Rekkles's Lucian on the toplane. The first teamfight took place on the botlane, and went in favour of SK who took 3 kills for 1 death. sOAZ got down to work with a very successful engage from the rear of team SK. Unfortunately for Fnatic is wasn't followed up, and Jesiz's Ziggs managed to turn things around! The two teams stayed neck and neck until Fnatic started to make continuous mistakes. It started with a very bad move from xPeke with his Gragas to the SK jungle, which cost him his life, then the failed attempt to steal the Nashor from Cyanide. The last teamfight took place on the botlane with the fantastic Pillar from fredy122 with his Trundle, allowing his team to make 3 kills. It took 38 minutes for SK to establish themselves with a score of 17 to 10. CandyPanda's never cease to surprise us and are now becoming one of the favourites of this LCS!
Millenium vs Supa Hot Crew
We can smell trouble for Supa Hot Crew in this LCS, with a double defeat in the the Super Week. This time it's Millenium who overcame SHC during an intense game. Millenium focused themselves on a very late game composition with a Ryze and a Shyvana whereas SHC were clearly targeting the start / mid game. The Supa Hot Crew plan was well applied at the start of the match as they won the first teamfight with 3 kills to 2 and a drake in the 8th minute. We were expecting SHC to snowball but a big mistake with Migxa's positioning of his Thresh cost the life of three of his teammates. The drake was once again the setting for a teamfight, and this time it was SELFIE who showed themselves in a very bad light with a completely failed Shockwave! That was the signal for Millenium who took 3 kills and the dragon. It was too late for SHC to get back into the game faced with the very late game composition of the other team. Millenium took another two teamfights with an excellent performance from Kerp with his Ryze. Credit for this victory also goes to Kotenx with Kha'Zix and Creaton with Sivir. A 35 minute game which ended on a score of 35 to 16. Millenium seem to be taking SHC with them into the grave with this victory, leaving the way clear for the CW.
Copenhagen Wolves vs Gambit
The last game of the first day of this Super Week offered us plenty of surprises. Starting with the pick of Heimerdinger for YoungBuck. Who would have imagined, not so long ago, one day seeing this hero in the LCS? But here we are, a rework has changed this. We also saw the return of Diamond with his Udyr. We often say that a large part of the victory is made in the picks and bans, and it may be true for this game. Gambit simply couldn't counter the zoning of the CW, faced with Heimerdinger, Gragas and Karma. The Russians were outpicked and the game had been played before it had even begun. However that shouldn't take anything away from the CW who managed this game perfectly. The favourable confrontations logically allowed them to win the lane phases. The objectives were also ensured by some monstrous zoning with the CW composition! There was nothing Gambit could do and in the 31st minute, they were already 10K gold behind. Alex Ich attempted a split push with his Zed, but even though he gave another solid performance, nothing could prevent CW from winning. The game lasted 41 minutes and ended on a score of 14 to 6. The place of the Copenhagen Wolves in this LCS has almost been saved thanks to this pick strategy! As for Gambit, things are not looking as good and they are only a victory from losing the lead.
LCS Season 4 - Week 11: Recap - Day 2
Alliance vs Millenium
Alliance have greatly jeopardised their chance of reaching the top 2 in the rankings with a second defeat. Team Millenium, who have nothing left to play for, dearly defended their skins! Yet it's Froggen's team who brought us the first highlight in the 15th minute. Alliance also managed to take the drake as well as 3 kills thanks to a very good grab from Nyph with his Thresh. But from then on it was the turn of Millenium to lead the dance with an insane Ziggs in the hands of the very consistent Kerp. He managed a devastating ultimate in a teamfight on the botlane,which settled things with 4 kills to 2 for Millenium. We should also highlight the work of Kotenx with a pick he seems to prefer, Kha'Zix. The players from the french group then went on to take drakes and turrets, getting 10K gold ahead in the 37th. After a mini throw from Millenium who were too keen to finish the game, they ended by settling the affair in 50 minutes on a score of 27 to 16. This game looks like a turning point for Alliance, who may have put a final score through the top top 2! Millenium's turnaround is a welcome change.
Gambit vs Roccat
A non match in every way! Gambit simply crushed Roccat during a match that went entirely their way. The Polish team tried to bring out an entirely physical composition with Yasuo in midlane for Overpow. As always, it was a failure! Roccat quickly acted before the Russians were able to build up too much armour. And yet Gambit mostly dominated the early game. The first highlight came at the 10th minute with a double kill from Diamond with Kha'Zix who then took a drake. Gambit proved then to be very sneaky and quickly stacked armour. The zoning from Alex Ich's Nidalee then allowed Gambit to do the objectives. The Russian train was then unstoppable with the first inhibitor taken in the 19th minute! The match turned into a demonstration and ended in 24 minutes on a score of 10 to 4. An impeccable performance from Gambit who are back at the level of Roccat. We're left wondering why some teams persist with entirely physical compositions!
Supa Hot Crew vs SK Gaming
It's over for SHC in this LCS with a defeat that leaves them in seventh place. On the other hand, everything is going well for SK Gaming who secure their place as leader a little more. And yet the game definately seemed to be leaning in favour of SHC, but that was without counting on a very good comeback from SK. The start of the game went in the direction of Migxa's team with the first teamfight won 3/0 and a drake in the 12th minute. Mr Rallez's Twitch also made a difference with some monstrous damage. SHC took a second teamfight in the 19th minute and were ahead by 5K gold. The game seemed over but a dangerous positioning from Mimer's Renekton cost him his life. An error with some heavy consequences because SK were able to make 3 kills and follow up with the Nashor! They were perfectly tied in terms of gold in the 36th minute. But everything was shaken up by a very good Charme from Jesiz's Ahri. This game turned the teamfight in favour of SK with a 4/0, but also the rest of the game! It took 41 minutes for SK to win with a nice comeback and a score of 12 to 6. CandyPanda's team is now more than ever well placed in the lead!
Millenium vs Roccat
Roccat came back well from their defeat and overcame Millenium. They are still in the running for the top 2 and are keeping the pressure on Fnatic. The game wasn't one of the most passionate. Roccat took the upper hand thanks to the objectives, with already 3 turrets to 0 in the 15th minute. The game took a turn around the Nashor with some excellent zoning from Wukong Jungler in the hands of Kotenx. Millenium went too far to try and follow their jungler and were punished with 3 kills by Roccat. The Polish team then took two inhibitors and an advance of 10K gold. The final blow came from Roccat's lead over Millenium who were too far behind and then game was won in 29 minutes with a score of 11 to 3. Roccat are now back in the LCS and tomorrow is likely to be a decisive day!
SK Gaming vs Copenhagen Wolves
SK Gaming in the top 2, it's certain! Behind a game that was mastered from end to end, team SK easily established themselves faced with CW. Perhaps relieved to be assured a place in the Playoffs, the wolves from Copenhagen were a quiet presence. The game was marked by the crushing domination on the botlane of SK. CandyPanda with Lucian and nRated with Leona blocked their opponents and allowed SK to take an important advantage. The rest of the game was just a formality for the team of fredy122 who literally walked over the CW. The game ended in 29 minutes on an irrevocable score of 18 to 4! The risky game of CW going with Jax and Xerath didn't pay off. SK Gaming, the big surprise of the 4th season, have accomplished their mission and finish this season in the top 2 of the EU LCS!
Gambit vs Fnatic
The line up for the day was the chance for Fnatic to pretty much ensure their second place in the rankings! For Gambit, however, this Super Week is definately sealing their hopes of making the top 2. The game was totally dominated by Fnatic who had the best rotation and dominated the objectives. The teammates of xPeke then took the first 3 drakes and were 3 turrets ahead in the 22nd minute. Fnatic then made use of their better vision to quietly kill the Nashor and get 10K gold ahead in the 29th minute! The push was then started lane after lane and Fnatic went for the two inhibitors. A final stand took place on the botlane from the Russians with a teamfight difficultly won by Fnatic despite the 17K gold gap between the two teams! The surprising pick of Yorick for sOAZ and the fantastic steal of the Nashor from EDward's Leona were two of the highlighs. Fnatic are now more then ever looking at second place and should benefit from a round less in the Playoffs.
LCS Season 4 - Week 11: Recap - Day 3
Millenium vs SK Gaming
SK finish in first place in this season's LCS thanks to a victory against Millenium. As we could sense yesterday, SK Gaming finish on top and will take place in the All-Stars in Paris! The game started with a failed invade from Millenium who lost two people, against one for SK. This move cost Millenium very dearly, especially their jungler who lost his blue and some precious time! SK then brought in against Kotenx who had all of his buffs challenged. The leader of the LCS then got ahead with some colossal farming on all the lanes. The first real teamfight took place in the 20th minute and SK made kills. CandyPanda's Twitch took a triple kill and SK took the lead! A drake and a teamfight won 4/3 later on, the leader of the LCS was 10K gold ahead in the 25th. SK then went on to the Nashor and dealt a 3/0 to Millenium in their base. The game ended in 28 minutes on a score of 24 to 11. Each end of the ranking has now been confirmed with SK in first and Millenium in last place!
Copenhagen Wolves vs Supa Hot Crew
CW seem to have found the right format and win over SHC. They could still catch up with Gambit, if the Russians lose their match. The wolves of Copenhagen once again brought out their poke composition with Heimerdinger and Ziggs. The zoning was at the maximum and FORG1VEN's pick of Varus ended up leaving the CW composition unplayable! The game revolved around the objectives, unchallenged for SHC. All the drakes of the game were taken by the CW! The turrets also took the consequence of the Copenhagen Wolves composition and simply couldn't be defended by Supa Hot Crew. The game turned in favour of the CW with a Nashor and 3 kills taken in the 25th minutes. The push from the CW started on all the lanes and their opponents were never able to push back the assaults. A second Nashor and a teamfight won 4/1 by the CW sealed the result of the game. The match lasted 36 minutes and ended on a score of 26 to 15. So the last game for SHC in this LCS hasn't been a success whereas the CW are preparing themselves perfectly for the Playoffs!
Alliance vs Gambit
Finally a good victory for Alliance during the Super Week who took the lead against Gambit. Froggen's move ahead of the Russians and may even reach second place if Fnatic lose and Alliance win! The suspense is at its peak for this LCS. If Alliance get there, it's from playing a very good game against Gambit. There was very little action and only 3 kills by the 20th minutes! We had to wait for the 30th minute to see the first teamfight won by Alliance 2 to 1, thanks to a very good bubble from Nyph's Nami. This allowed them to take 2 turrets in the mid and follow up with the drake. Following on, Alliance made two more kills at Gambit's blue buff. Froggen's team were much better with their rotations and their double assassin composition with Kha'Zix and Zed working wonders. The 36th minutes marked the end of the game with an Ace for Alliance on the toplane. The score of 14/3 reflects their domination throughout and may even allow them to end up in second place!
Fnatic vs Roccat
We have our top 2! Fnatic come in just after SK Gaming by securing themselves second place against Roccat! The game wasn't the most dynamic but Fnatic showed off their skills. They flew through the objectives and took drake after drake thanks to some zoning from Ziggs and xPeke. The main action arrived in the 23rd minute with a double kill made by the excellent Vayne from Rekkles. This allowed Fnatic to follow up with the Nashor and get 10K gold ahead in the 29th. Roccat didn't manage to react and were behind in all the map rotations. A final Nashor for Fnatic allowed xPeke's team to destroy two inhibitors and wrap up the game in 36 minutes on a score of 7 to 5. Once more, it seems that Fnatic are always there at the right moment and the difference in the level compared to Roccat seemed huge!
Alliance vs Copenhagen Wolves
Alliances finish in third place in the LCS after a very good performance against Roccat! Froggen's team are on the podium following a match where the pressure was high. However the results took a while to take shape. CW first took the upper hand thanks to the objectives while Alliance stayed in the game with some kills. We had to wait 25 minutes to see a very good teamfight at the Nashor, won 4 to 2 by Alliance. Froggen did some very good work with his Zed while Wickd's Irelia made a double kill! Alliance had got started by CW stayed in the game by defending their turrets tooth and nail. The Nashor was once again the judge of this match with a teamfight won 3/1 by Alliance that allowed Froggen's team to take several turrets and pile on the pressure. The game was shaken up in the midlane at the 43rd with Roccat dropping like flies. Alliance first made 2 kills then finished by killing Roccat one by one as they tried to defend the Nexus. It was a great victory for Alliance that allowed them to finish in a very honourable third place!
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Celebrating the five precious years they spent together they play through the one album that set them apart. The debut LP 'You're a Woman, I'm a Machine' sounds as juicy in 2011 as it did fresh back in 2004.
Dressed in opposing black and white outfits, the pair the DFA infected have prime spot at the front to start the trouble. Stickman Sebastien Grainger chatting to the faithful during the brief respites.
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Iowa Central Community College, with the Iowa Department of Education, hosted a Diversity Conference at its Bioscience and Health Sciences Building Thursday.
Amid several breakout sessions with students during the day, two keynote speakers were featured: the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and motivational speaker Trent Shelton of Rehab Time.
Shelton, 29, explained that after his National Football League career he wanted to inspire others. His online videos and Facebook posts, he said, are received by millions.
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Trent Shelton, former National Football League player and president of RehabTime, speaks Thursday afternoon at the Promise of a New Day 2014 Diversity Conference at Iowa Central Community College.
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Evans Francis, of Dallas, Texas, at left, takes a picture of Trent Shelton, a former NFL player who is posing with Quinton Jackson, of Chicago, and Melvin Nile, of St. Paul, right, before Shelton's speaking engagement Thursday.
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Trent Shelton, former NFL player, signs an autograph for Joan Portz, of Fort Dodge, Thursday at Iowa Central Community College.
"There's a handful of people that need that message. I do it for them," he said.
Anyone can succeed, Shelton said, through determination.
"If he can do that ... then I can do that too," he said. "Take something and apply it to your life. Always be a student of life."
Shelton encouraged his audience to find self worth beyond their title. As a football player in college, he said, he let that become his identity.
"Football was my god, my everything. That was my title," he said. "I threw away all the values my parents instilled in me."
There is more to success, Shelton said, than money.
"When I had the most money in my life was when I was the unhappiest," he said.
Following the death of a friend and birth of his child, Shelton said he hit rock bottom, but didn't let it defeat him.
"Rock bottom changed my life," he said. "In that darkest moment I realized God still had a plan for me to shine bright."
Shelton uses "rehab" in the athletic sense, of "putting a strength back into a weakness."
"If you do it right, you usually come back stronger than before you were hurt," he said. "You can't inspire other people, for real, if you can't inspire yourself."
Determined to inspire others, Shelton said he spent three years speaking publicly for free.
"It wasn't about the paycheck. It was about the seed I could plant," he said. "As long as you can touch one life, that's enough."
He added, "Failure is only final when you decide to stop trying."
Speaking for NAMI were Terri Shipman and Phoenix Shipman of Des Moines. Both spoke about their difficulties coping with multiple diagnoses.
"A mental health issue is not always fun, but it is something that can be managed," Terri Shipman said.
Both spoke about accepting their own mental illness, as necessary a step in recovery as seeking therapy.
"Getting on the right psychotropic medications helped, because it calmed down my symptoms, it calmed down the voices, the hallucinations. It helped me function, and I hadn't realized that the majority of my life I hadn't functioned," Phoenix Shipman said. "It helped me see there was hope. It helped me see, even though I had this mental illness, I could be in recovery, and function and lead a productive life."
Terri Shipman, a trainer with Iowa Peer Support Training Academy, and Phoenix Shipman, a trainer for Life Connections, both work to eliminate false preconceptions about mental illness.
"It's letting each other know, just because we have this stigma, this label, that we're not really damaged goods," Terri Shipman said. "We're all here to do some good, and we're all here to do the best we can with what we've got."


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Pro Football, in a sense, is not reality.
I mean, it IS reality in the sense that it actually happens, it just sometimes presents a false reality.
Think about it, in reality, your autograph is only worth the amount stated on the receipt.
In reality, people are usually asked to speak to children ONLY when it fulfills the judges' court order (lol).
In reality, especially in our economy, people are concerned about which bill to pay, not which Emeril's place to eat (i prefer Delmonico's).
We play a game for our profession, and although we work extremely hard for this dream, we sometimes get introduced to reality in the most humbling of ways. As a professional athlete, if you are not careful, it becomes easy to get wrapped up in the lifestyle the dream entails; the praise from fans, the vip treatment at a certain nightspot, even recognition at your family Blockbuster down the street (Let me see if I can erase those late charges for you Mr.Greer, by the way, GREAT GAME!)
This is the dream. But every morning (no fail) at 5:30 a.m., my beautiful dream is interrupted:
Fast forwad 20 years later, I imagine he would come home one day with a cure for a disease and be eager show me:
Son: Yeah.
Jabari: Yeah, well, I'm finally getting to watch those highlights.
(New Orleans Saints defensive back Jabari Greer writes a weekly blog that runs on Tuesdays. He'll talk football, life, or just whatever is on his mind. Oh, and be ready to laugh. Jabari doesn't always take these subjects seriously. Check out his Facebook page and The Greer Foundation site.)


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Last wrestlers standing
There were 19 wrestlers from Lebanon County in last week's District 3 Meet, but only Northern Lebanon's Ryan Daub and Annville-Cleona's T.J. Renninger made it deep enough into their respective brackets to advance.
Daub finished in fourth place in the AA 170-pound competition to make it to the Southeast Regionals. The senior won in the quarterfinals with a tech fall over Jay Bennett of Susquenita, 20-5 in 4:33. After a loss to Bermudian Springs' Tristan Sponseller in the semifinals, Daub defeated Joseph Waach of Schuylkill Valley 5-3 to clinch a spot in the regional and move his record to 35-8 this season.
In the regional, which begins on Friday at Wilson, Daub will open with a match against Michael Balliet of Lehighton. If he wins, Daub will have a rematch with Sponseller in the quarterfinals.
Renninger, meanwhile, ultimately needed to win his 132 fifth-place match against Wyomissing's Caleb Naylor to make it to regionals. But he took the drama out of that in a hurry with a 16-1 tech fall victory.
Earlier in districts, Renninger won a quarterfinal by pin in 3:05 against Toby Barnhart of Eastern York. Two straight losses set up the must-win fifth-place match.
Renninger, at 34-8 this season, will face Paul Sloand of Saucon Valley in the first round of regionals. A win would move Renninger into a quarterfinal match with Pottstown's Trenton Clifford.
In AAA, a third-place finish was needed to advance straight into the state meet, since the District 3 Meet serves as a regional for AAA. So neither Ben Martin's fourth place finish in 220 for Palmyra nor Dylan Hickernell's fifth place finish in 182 for Elco were enough to extend their seasons.
Tough way out
The Palmyra boys' basketball team had a tough ending to their season, dropping back-to-back overtime decisions in the District 3-AAA tournament to fall just short of the state playoffs. After falling to York Suburban 68-65 in overtime in Friday's quarterfinals, the Cougars (14-12) lost 65-58 to Northeastern in overtime in Monday's consolation round.
Reserves kept the Cougars in the Northeastern game. Brandon Petrouskie had 16 points and 15 rebounds off the bench, both team highs. Chris Lynn also came in and scored 11 points in the first half.
Although they came up short of states, head coach Pete Conrad put it all in perspective after the consolation loss.
"Two years ago, we're excited to beat Susquenita and we're stopping at Wendy's," Conrad said. "Now we're playing in overtime on Giant Center's floor."
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MORRISTOWN — A Morris Arts curator called Suprina's found-object sculptures "whimsical and intriguing" and invited the Harlem artist to show her work in the show that opened last week at the Atrium Art Gallery.
But Morris County Sheriff Edward Rochford calls them dangerous, and said they must be removed from the county administration building in Morristown where they were supposed be on view through Jan. 7.
UPDATE: 'Dangerous' sculptures will get month-long show in Newark
The sheriff's demand is a first for the partnership between the nonprofit arts agency and the county, which have worked together to display art in the courthouse complex since 1989. There have been controversies, at least one lawsuit, and some negative reviews from the community over the years, but never have county officials insisted that work be taken down.
"This was a totally unexpected turn of events," Morris Arts gallery director Lynn Siebert said. "Honestly, who thinks of art as being a danger? 'I'm going to kill you with my painting?'"
But Rochford said the sculptures feature objects that could be broken off and used as weapons.
"There are ice picks and sharp metal objects. All of them had something in there that could hurt somebody," Rochford said. "According to the model court security plan, those are prohibited in court house complexes."
He approached the county administrator with his concerns and said they were very responsive.
"All of us were taken by surprise," Mary Jo Buchanan, assistant county administrator, said. "But the sheriff is the one who is responsible for the safety in the buildings, and obviously that's something that we have to take very seriously."
Siebert, who curated the show that includes three other artists, said the arts group understood the county's position.
"Security is a paramount concern," she said. "There are courtrooms and judges, and armed guards (in the building). They have a heightened requirement for security."
But Suprina said her work is well-constructed and pieces can't be just broken off. She said the sheriff's demand is a result of paranoid times.
"We are becoming a real fear-based society. And now the arts are being controlled by our lowest common denominator, the people who end up killing kids in schools and trying to run over the president with their car," she said. "We are not helping the people on the fringe, to help alleviate the situation. But we are being more and more controlled by these few people."
Suprina also questioned the all-or-nothing reaction by Rochford.
"I offered to take away any of the sculptures that were deemed 'dangerous,'" she said, adding that would be three or four of the 33 on display. She said Rochford insisted they all be removed.
This is not the first controversy for the partnership. In 2007, several works by Newark artist Gladys Barker Grauer were removed days before the show's opening reception because county officials took offense to depictions of cop killers hanging in a court house. The artist sued, and the works were re-hung shortly afterward, although they were moved to a remote area of the building.
Siebert said the arts organization is aware of the special pressures of presenting art in a public building. "We don't have full frontal nudity," she said. "We have to ensure that what we do meets the requirements of the county."
Buchanan said several options were explored, including the removal of some of pieces and a change of location within the building. The county offered to move the show to the cultural center on Mendham Road, but Suprina turned that down.
In the end, they decided on a "virtual" presence. The artist videotaped the show last night and the result will be screened during the opening reception Oct. 25. Photographs of the works will be shown on large monitors, Buchanan said.
"In no way shape or form does (this) have to do with a comment on the art," Buchanan said. "It is a response to the security concern."


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ECHL highly interested in St. John's, but won't come until 2012
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Kory Falite of the Alaska Aces redirects a pass at Victoria's Salmon Kings' goaltender David Shantz during a recent ECHL game in Anchorage, Alaska. The ECHL likes the idea of expanding its current 19-team operation into St. John's.
The ECHL's board of governors is "very interested" with the prospects of expanding to Canada's East Coast, but if St. John's is to be home to the pro hockey league that's two notches below the NHL, it won't be until the 2012-13 season.
"They think there's a great opportunity in St. John's," said Dan Crummell of the capital city, who attended the ECHL's All-Star Classic and board of governors meetings in Bakersfield, Calif., this week.
"Talking to the league commissioner (Brian McKenna) and the board of governors, they all want to come to Newfoundland."
Crummell and Gord Pittman of Clarenville, who also maintains a residence in Ottawa, represented the potential St. John's ownership group in Bakersfield. There are others involved in the group, but Crummell did no want to reveal those names until all are briefed on the meetings this weekend or early next week.
Crummell and Pittman left California Thursday morning.
Mile One Centre has been without an anchor tenant since 2008 when the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Fog Devils left St. John's after three seasons.
Prior to that, the American Hockey League's Maple Leafs called St. John's home for 14 years.
Crummell and his group have been working on the ECHL project — a league which dubs itself as North America's premier AA minor hockey circuit — for a month or two. The league currently has 19 teams, in Eastern and Western Conferences. Only one team, the Victoria, B.C., Salmon Kings, are based in Canada.
The St. John's group had hoped to have things in place for a September, 2011 debut, but Crummell said those plans were nixed by the league's board.
The reason, he said, simply came down to the fact the board did not want to rush into things.
"Their past experience has showed that teams that were rushed into the league did not meet with great success," he said. "They want to ensure every detail is worked out before a team hits the ice."
McKenna, a P.E.I. native who was vice-president and general manager of the Carolina Monarchs when that club was part of the AHL, is expected to visit St. John's and tour Mile One Centre within the next week or two. The St. John's group will meet with the board again in Las Vegas in June, at which time a formal vote on St. John's will be conducted.
But before that happens, the St. John's group must first have a lease in place for Mile One Centre and deposits in place on at least 1,500 season tickets.
In Vegas, the group will have to play $100,000 on the $475,000 U.S. franchise fee — or membership, as the league calls it — and a $10,000 non-refundable application fee.
Crummell maintains the money is in place.
The ECHL isn't the only hockey league looking to call Mile One Centre home. A local group is hot after the QMJHL again — specifically buying and transferring the Acadie-Bathurst Titan to St. John's — and there is still some kicking of the tires for another AHL franchise for St. John's.
And Mile One isn't said to be playing favourites. Rather, the first in through the doors with a team looking for a home gets first dibs.
"The only thing we believe is standing in our way is the AHL or the Q," Crummell said, "and we understand that.
"If the Q shows up tomorrow or next week or next month looking to go next season, we're dead in the water. We fully accept that."
For now, the ECHL group will wait a few weeks to see what shakes out on the other two hockey fronts. The group has a self-imposed deadline of April to have things in place before meeting with the ECHL's board in Vegas.
"All indications are very positive," Crummell said.
Teams in the ECHL only play within their conference. The Cincinnati Cyclones of the East, for example, could only meet the Western Conference's Alaska Aces if they played in the final.
"We actually met with the Alaska people," Crummell said. "In terms of travel and everything else, they are almost identical to our business model."
One of the questions the board did have of the St. John's group was about how familiar Newfoundland — and eastern Canada, for that matter — was of the ECHL.
When it was known as the East Coast Hockey League, the league was a rough and tumble operation. But with the dissolving of the International Hockey League and other low-level minor pro leagues, the ECHL has seen its skill level increased substantially. The NHL featured 79 graduates of the ECHL on its 2010-11 opening-day rosters.
Among the more popular players to play in the ECHL are Boston's Michael Ryder and Alexandre Burrows of the Vancouver Canucks.
The league, however, is best known for grooming goalies. Among the NHL puckstops this year who have appeared in the ECHL are Tim Thomas (Boston), Jonathan Quick (Los Angeles), Jaroslav Halak (St. Louis), Alex Auld (Montreal), Johan Hedberg (New Jersey), Martin Biron (New York Rangers), Jason LaBarbera (Phoenix) and Mike Smith (Tampa Bay).
"This is a very well-run operation," Crummell said of the ECHL. "We're not talking about a Mickey Mouse outfit.
"This league is for real. These guys are 21- and 22-year-old kids right out of university or junior who still want to pursue a pro career. It definitely not amateur senior hockey ... not even close."
The ECHL All-Stars beat the Bakersfield Condors 9-3 in the 19th all-star game Wednesday. Mark Arcobello, an All-American and All-Ivy League player at Yale, scored three goals for the All-Stars. Chris Langkow, who enjoyed a five-year junior hockey career in Spokane and Saskatoon, had two goals along with Ryan Ginand, who was a Hockey East conference all-star while attending Northeastern University.


text: Jennifer Rae Hankins graduated from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, on Sept. 15 with a master's degree in physician assistant studies. She earned a bachelor of science degree in health science from the same college in 2007 and earned a bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 2002 from Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy, Mass. She is a 1998 graduate of Warren Area High School and is the daughter of Dr. G.A. and Carla Hankins of Warren. Hankins has accepted a position in ambulatory care medicine with East Tremont Health Center, New York, N.Y.


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St. Ann's gets JV B win
Joe Besignano scored 15 points, Anthony DeMatteo added 10 and Brian Oliva chipped in with eight as St. Ann's downed Our Lady Star of the Sea 34-31 last night in a Catholic Youth Organization boys' JV B contest.
In another JV B game, Jared Gynp, Christian Pederson and Kevin Fremgan combined for 22 points as Blessed Sacrament defeated the JCC 34-27.
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Blessed Sacrament 34, JCC 27
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Renegades roll
Rob Regina and Joe Robles combined for four hits and four RBI and Christian Sullivan excelled defensively at shortstop as the Staten Island Renegades defeated the Predators 5-3 in a Cal Ripken Fall Ball Major A-B contest.
MARLBORO, N.J. — Vincent Vittaco, Chris Cachio and Michael Flynn teamed to pitch the Staten Island Knights to a 10-3 win over the Marlboro Mustangs in the Central Jersey Baseball League 10s championship game.
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SI Renegades 5, Predators 3
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PRINCETON TOWNSHIP — A New Brunswick man charged with beating his roommate to death at Princeton House Behavioral Health in 2010 has been found not guilty by reason of insanity and will be committed to a mental health facility.
In a rare bench trial, Superior Court Judge Thomas Sumners acquitted Michael Leal, 21, of murder charges because he did not know what he was doing when he killed 69-year-old James Dunlavey, attorneys in the case said yesterday.
"He had a mental break," Leal's attorney Guillermo Arango said. "He had an auditory hallucination at the time of the incident that would render him incapable of understanding his conduct."
Sumners' ruling came after several court-ordered mental health evaluations showed that Leal did not understand what he was doing at the time of the incident and that he was not competent to stand trial, Arango said.
Sumners ordered Leal turned over to the custody of Mercer County's department of human services, which will place him in a mental health facility where he will undergo treatment for his illness, Assistant Prosecutor Brian McCauley said.
"The judge found he is a deviant person still who should be civilly committed," Arango said. "He still is considered a threat to himself and/or society."
Leal has been diagnosed as a schizophrenic. He will be required to stay in the mental facility for up to 30 years or until the court, under recommendation from psychiatrists and medical personnel, determines that he has been rehabilitated. Dunlavy, of Highland Park, died from blunt force trauma to the head after he was beaten by Leal,
investigators said. Leal admitted to police that he began to punch and hit Dunlavy because he felt guilty about having sex with the man earlier that night, prosecutors said.
After the beating Leal put a pillow over Dunlavy's face so he would not have to look at him and left the room to watch television in a common area, prosecutors said.
Dunlavy's body was discovered by staff members just before 11 p.m., after they noticed Leal's clothing was bloody, prosecutors said.
The Mercer County Prosecutor's office has been in contact with Dunlavy's family and has notified them of the outcome of the case, McCauley said. He noted that both Dunlavy and Leal had been known to have mental health issues.
"It's not a big surprise since they were both voluntarily committed," McCauley said. "I think the family knew and understands the situation."
Leal's mother was also prepared for this conclusion to the case, Arango said.
"She was happy that the court system acknowledged her son's ailments," Arango said. "She doesn't expect him to be released any time soon."
Leal and the administrator of Dunlavy's estate have filed separate civil lawsuits against Princeton House alleging that personnel at the facility failed to protect both men.
The latter case, a medical malpractice suit filed on behalf of Virginia Feith, the administrator of Dunlavy's estate, claims employees of the facility were negligent and failed to respond to the assault. Feith is seeking compensation for damages suffered by Dunlavy's survivors.
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The Los Angeles Police Department are investigating the claims made by Lynne Spears that her daughter Britney Spears was being drugged during her recent bout of looniness, E! Online reports.
In a request for a restraining order against Britney pal Sam Lutfi, Mama Spears claimed that Lutfi was drugging her, and Lutfi has admitted giving Spears "miracle pills" before her second recent hospitalization, but the LAPD will only say it is determining whether any laws have been violated: "Particular suspects have not yet been fully identified nor has a formal investigation into open charges officially commenced."


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Be safe and smart this Fourth of July | Opinion
The Fourth of July is a time for parades, barbecues—and loud bangs.
Fireworks are a time-honored American tradition on the Fourth, but one accompanying tradition that I tire of is when people don't follow the rules, and wind up bothering their neighbors, making a big mess, and hurting themselves or others.
There were 45 fireworks related fires and 54 injuries reported in King County in 2013—down from 70 fires and 51 injuries in 2012.
So, with local firefighters gearing up to deal with the fallout from all the fun, let's remember the rules.
The cities of Snoqualmie and North Bend will be actively enforcing fireworks laws this July 4 to ensure a safer holiday for everybody.
• In Snoqualmie and North Bend, fireworks may be discharged from 9 a.m. to midnight. The fee for breaking the rule is $124.
• No fireworks may be possessed or discharged in any public park. Again, violation means a $124 fine.
• By state law, fireworks sales are limited to people age 16 and older. Only adults should light fireworks or handle sparklers
• Keep a bucket of water and a fire extinguisher nearby to put out stray sparks.
• Teach children to "stop, drop, and roll." Fireworks can cause fires and burn people.
• Consider pet safety and security. Explosions really ruin your pet's day, frightening animals and sometimes causing them to run away.
• Use of illegal explosive devices can bring a fine of $5,000 and/or one year in prison.
• Streets and alleys cannot be blocked off to traffic without a special event permit from the the city.
If you purchase fireworks for the holiday, be sure you are getting legal fireworks by purchasing them from state-licensed stands. Fire crackers, bottle rockets, missiles, and rockets are legal for sale on tribal lands, but become illegal when taken off the tribal reservation. Find out what's illegal at www.cityofsnoqualmie.org.
Public Fireworks Displays
The safest way to enjoy fireworks is to attend a public fireworks display. The closest displays to Snoqualmie are the Great Carnation 4th of July Celebration at Tolt-McDonald Park and the Bellevue Family 4th at Bellevue Downtown Park. A full list of fireworks displays in King County is available on the Office of the State Fire Marshal website, www.wsp.wa.gov/fire/firemars.htm.
There are safety tips posted there that parents should review with their children and teenagers.
Statewide data continued to show a steady decline in the total number of fireworks-related incidents occurring in the state, according to State Fire Marshal Charles Duffys' annual Fireworks Report. The state report also shows a trend over the past five years, with considerable progress being made toward becoming a safer Washington.
I find it interesting that the King County Fire Chief's Association is calling for the end to the sale and discharge of fireworks in King County.
Personally, I think that's a step too far. Most people are wise enough to handle fireworks with care. But it's easy to forget the rules. So please be safe and smart with fireworks this season, obey the law. Respect your neighbors, keep safe and have a blast. We can do all at once, can't we?
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CALUMET?- He's a cultural icon with songs dating back decades and is the son of other icon Woody Guthrie and on Monday Arlo Guthrie will be performing live at The Calumet Theatre.
Jay Maki, Calumet Theatre technical director, said that with the successful times Guthrie had played at The Calumet Theatre in the past, it was something they were looking to do again.
"We know he's got a lot of fans in the area and people enjoy his shows," Maki said.
There was also another reason for bringing Guthrie, which was to tie his appearance in with the 100 year anniversary of the miners' strike and the Italian Hall tragedy, as well as the 100th birthday of his father, Woody, who wrote a song about the strike and tragedy.
"With that in mind, it seemed like a really good tie-in to have this year,"?Maki said. "We weren't able to work him out on a schedule last year."
Maki estimates that the last time Guthrie played up here was around 2007 and so far ticket sales for the show have been going well.
"I?think most of the main floor is sold out and we still have seats in the balcony,"?Maki said. "People can still get seats."
Maki said Guthrie will perform his popular stuff and the songs that people expect of him.
"He's going to sing songs that he learned from his dad, he's going to sing some of his own material and his son Abe will be playing with him," Maki said. "Thus (the name of the tour) 'Here Come the Kid(s)' because it's him and his son."
Arlo Guthrie will be performing at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Tickets are on sale now and will cost $40, $34 or $28 dollars.


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My daughter Jaden and I visited Our Country Wagon Octoberfest in mid October. An Alpaca fam was visiting with a few of their Alpacas for the children to pet. They are the softeset and most gentle. We have visited a few Alpaca farms in the area. My daughter loves them!!
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Practically Speaking
Kyle and her husband moved to Brookfield in 1986. She became active in local politics and started blogging in 2004. Her focus is primarily on local issues but often includes state and national topics, too. Kyle looks at things from the taxpayers' perspective in a creative, yet down to earth way, addressing them from a practical point of view.
He sounds like a preacher, but he sure isn't preaching from the good book
sermon on not stealing and working so you can give to the poor
What his church is really like
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Press Release: Training Course on "Integrated Flood Analysis System" in Jakarta, Indonesia
A need to assess the state of the art in countermeasures against flood disasters in Asia and the Pacific region is of paramount importance. This is also supported by the increase in flooding events in recent years attributed to climatic change and global warming. Countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, China, Korea, and Vietnam suffer continuously from unpredicted flooding events. Therefore it is timely to look at the effectiveness of the present flood forecasting, early warning, control and management systems put in place in these countries in terms of non-structural measures. The impacts of floods on social and economic are severe enough and require countries affected to continuously seek for more effective countermeasures against flood disasters in order to minimize losses incurred.
In order to address such issues, UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme, in particular its Regional Steering Committee for Southeast Asia and Pacific (IHP RSC SEAP), as the platform for IHP activities in the region, in its 16th session in 2008 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, agreed to carry out the Assessment on Flood Forecasting and Warning System Project in order to understand the different mechanisms and systems used to provide effective forecasting, warning and countermeasures to the general public affected by floods, in the different countries of the region.
With support from the Japanese MEXT (Japanese Funds-in-Trust), assessments were successfully conducted in ten countries (Australia, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao P.D.R, Malaysia, Philippines, Rep. of Korea, Thailand and Vietnam) in collaboration with UNESCO Category II Water Centers i.e. Humid Tropics Center in Malaysia and the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) in Japan from 2009 to 2011.
As a continuation of such comprehensive study on Flood Forecasting and Warning System (FFWS), the project together with ICHARM, will focus on the organisation of "in country training courses" on the Integrated Flood Analysis System (IFAS) and FFWS data interpretation.
IFAS is a concise flood-runoff analysis system developed by ICHARM as a toolkit for more effective and efficient flood forecasting in developing countries. This system is called "Integrated Flood Analysis System (IFAS)" and provides interfaces to input not only satellite-based but ground-based rainfall data, as well as GIS functions to create river channel network and to estimate parameters of a default runoff analysis engine and interfaces to display output results. ICHARM aims at conducting training seminars for users to utilize IFAS and to do a co-operative study with local governments, organizations, etc. ICHARM and UNESCO hope that IFAS will be widely used as a basic tool for preparing flood forecasting and warning systems in insufficiently gauged basins.
The first training course, sponsored by the Japanese Funds in Trust and UNESCO was organized in Vietnam. The second training course was organized from 15 to 17 January 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia in collaboration with the Indonesian IHP National Committee and Asia Pacific Center for Ecohydrology (APCE) – LIPI. The training course gathered approximately 25 participants from government institutions, research organizations and universities involved in flood forecasting in Indonesia.
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Common Syllabus
Dr. Baumer - Fine Arts
How individuals and societies treat differing notions of the sacred has been a fundamental problem in human existence, one that animates many of today's conflicts. Addressing this problem may well begin with understanding different religious traditions, and music is a significant window into this realm. In virtually all societies, religious music intensifies the experience of the sacred, grounding metaphysical concepts in physical and emotional sensation. Unfamiliar musical expressions of the sacred are often difficult to accept; the non-believer can hardly be expected to feel as the believer does. In light of this, we will examine how music facilitates contact with the sacred in Mozart's Requiem, African American Sanctified worship, the Sufi tradition of Islam, and Tibetan Buddhist chant. We will also consider recent arguments that sacred experience is a "natural" and ingrained part of human life.
Just as the notion of the sacred extends beyond religion to such concepts as patriotism, honor, family, love, or even fandom, music's associations with the sacred spill over into its "secular" forms as well. From opera to rap, musical works derive meaning from sacred concepts, reflect the views of an artist or society, and propose influential new views of the sacred, leading to controversy. Beginning with Richard Strauss's opera based on Oscar Wilde's Salome, we will move on to several popular songs of the 1960s-1990s and some musical reactions to 9/11. The primary texts will be recordings and videos; close attention to these examples is required, but specific musical knowledge (i.e. score reading) is not. A selection of journal articles will provide further context.
Dr. Marsden - Literature
For general course requirements and goals, please consult your HNCR 201 General Syllabus.
In this unit, we will examine some of the ways in which literature has addressed the question of "sacredness" in the last two hundred years; we'll explore the concept of the sacred both from a religious and a secular perspective. We live in what is, in constitutionally—in terms of politics—and in many other respects, a secular society; at the same time, our lives are profoundly influenced by conceptions of what is sacred that are based on religious faith. Our discussions in this course will be shaped by these twin recognitions.
A number of key assumptions underpin this section of Unit G (and they will themselves be subject, obviously, to our scrutiny): first, that conceptions of the sacred are not limited to religious faith; second, that conceptions of the sacred may be understood by understanding conceptions of the profane; and third, that which is "sacred" is distinct from, and in many ways very different from, consensual social and cultural values that we identify as "important."
In addition to the Core reading requirements, we will consult a number of literary resources largely drawn from the 19th and 20th centuries. During the course of our discussions, we will satisfy the larger goals of Honors Core as established in the general syllabus: developing writing, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Dr. Ricketts - History
white people, who are trying to make us over into their image, they want us to
be what they call "assimilated," bringing the Indians into the
mainstream and destroying our own way of life and our own cultural patterns.
They believe we should be contented like those whose concept of happiness is
materialistic and greedy, which is very different from our way.
We want freedom from the white man rather than to be integrated. We don't
want any part of the establishment, we want to be free to raise our children in
our religion, in our ways, to be able to hunt and fish and live in peace. We
don't want power, we don't want to be congressmen, or bankers....we want to be
ourselves. We want to have our heritage, because we are the owners of this land
and because we belong here.
The white man says, there is freedom and justice for all. We have had
"freedom and justice," and that is why we have been almost
exterminated. We shall not forget this."
You have noticed that
everything an Indian does in a circle,
and that is because the Power of the World always works in circles,
and everything tries to be round.
In the old days all our power came to us from the sacred hoop
of the nation and so long as the hoop was unbroken the people
flourished. The flowering tree was the living center of the hoop,
and the circle of the four quarters nourished it. The east gave peace
and light, the south gave warmth, the west gave rain and the north
with its cold and mighty wind gave strength and endurance. This
knowledge came to us from the outer world with our religion.
Everything the power of the world does is done in a circle.
The sky is round and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball
and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls.
Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.
The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The moon
does the same and both are round. Even the seasons form a great
circle in their changing and always come back again to where they were.
The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is
in everything where power moves. Our teepees were round like the
nests of birds, and these were always set in a circle, the nation's hoop,
a nest of many nests, where the Great Spirit meant for us to hatch our
Black Elk, Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux 1863-1950
Over a hundred years ago Black Elk had a vision of
the time when Indian people would heal from the devastating effects of European
migration. In his vision the Sacred Hoop which had been broken, would be mended
in seven generations. Those struggling now are the seventh generation.
term "sacred" is a somewhat slippery concept, having been used in varied and
shifting contexts across time and place, and raising numerous questions about
its nature and even its worth. As historians work with the past, the sacred—religious,
cultural, and civil—provides essential elements for historical interpretation,
since, whatever else you may say about it, the sacred frequently evokes strong
reactions from people. As we strive to create a workable global community, it
behooves us to consider the nature of how the religious, civil, and individual
sacred have shaped the past and present, and will influence the future. In this
unit we are going to look closer to home—to the sacred as it relates to the
initial contact, developing and on-going relationships between Native American
nations and European and Euro-Americans.
study history in order to understand the present and plan for the future. In
this case, we will use history to understand the contemporary struggle that
Native Americans are waging to retain or regain what is sacred to them—land,
artifacts, food, naming, and genetics, to name a few of their current
struggles. Ultimately, we must each
answer the question, "What, therefore, should we do?"
Dr. Williamson - Literature
Course Description:
In this unit we will explore the ideas that language is itself "sacred" and that literature, especially mystical literature, is an important vehicle for representing, apprehending, and conveying experiences with sacred meanings. We will begin by studying Rabbi Nachman of Bratlsav's Tales, a collection of stories published in Europe at the same time as the Grimm Brothers published their famous Household Tales. Unlike the Grimm Brothers' tales of starvation, mutilation, and enchantments tinged with fear, Rabbi Nachman's Tales represent a world that is full to bursting with sacred meaning. The sources of sacred meaning are, however, unusual. They include laughter, jokes, riddles, and poems. The reader is invited to participate in rituals of reading that are not religious rituals, but which carry with them a form of engagement with the sacred. We will then read Chaim Bialk's collection of essays on the relationship between language and the sacred. These essays were written during the Hebrew revival at the turn of the twentieth century and consider the issues involved in resurrecting a sacred language for use in ordinary social, political, and economic contexts. Next, we will consider how James Joyce approaches similar concerns about language, the sacred, and nationalism during the period leading up to and after Irish independence. Finally, we will conclude with a collection of poems by the Soviet Jewish poet Peretz Markish, the "bad boy" of Yiddish poetry. These poems were composed during the Holocaust, and they consider how sacred meanings might be represented in times of unprecedented disaster.
Required Readings: You must purchase your own copy of each book, and you must have your own copy of each book BEFORE we begin our course readings.
Bialik, Chaim Nachman Revealment and Concealment in Language, and Other EssaysJoyce, James Dubliners
Peretz Markish Yerushe (Inheritance)Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav Tales
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Oklahoma City police officer Sgt. Ryan Stark leans over the casket of his canine partner, K-9 Kye, following funeral services for the dog in Oklahoma City on Thursday. K-9 Kye, a three year old Belgian German Shepard, died Aug. 25 after being stabbed by a burglary suspect on Aug. 24. Sgt. Stark tried to separate the dog and the suspect before fatally shooting the suspect.
Simon Winson of Manchester, England, fires a fully automatic machine gun at Machine Guns Vegas in Las Vegas. Most visitors to Machine Guns Vegas have already pulled the trigger on an Uzi or an M5 from the behind the controls of their XBox. But with strict gun laws keeping the real thing out of reach for most people, especially outside the U.S., indoor shooting ranges with high-powered weapons have become a hot tourist attraction.
Jorge Alberto Parra lies partially buried in the ground with his lips sewn shut on the sidewalk area outside the U.S. embassy in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday. Parra and three other men said they are protesting the General Motors Company for being unfairly laid-off three years ago. Parra partially buried himself today.
All of this is shown in Today in Pictures.
Today in Pictures is a daily collection of handpicked photos selected by AL.com photographers from the hundreds of Associated Press images of the day.


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Condition: 9/10
Color: Gloss Red/ Gloss Black
Upgrades: Supercharged
Known Problems: None, works like a champ.
Asking Price: Until Easter, Price will drop to $580, trades a bit more
Trades of Interest: Long bit, look below.
Locations of Item: Saint Paul, MN
What is Included: Marker, .689 Cp back and stiffi tip, pressure tester, 2 panel grip sets, bag of parts and o-rings. (I do have a gat wrap I can include for the right deal, but is not included unless stated)
Asking Price will come with Gat Wrap
Got this in a trade a bit ago, but I have decided I would like some fun-money and take it easy this summer. Works great, Bob Long's are my favorite, so I am having a hard time letting this go.
Trades of interest:
Looking for Macdev. Primarily a Clone VX, ill add. Maybe a Drone DX, you add.
Don't really want anything else, so don't offer.
Also, I need a hopper too, so cash can be substituted for the value of a v2 Proph, V3 Rotor, or Z2.
Feel free to ask questions.
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De Niro Documentary Premieres
Posted on Thursday, June 19, 2014
This month, the short documentary "Remembering the Artist, Robert De Niro Sr." premiered on HBO, paying tribute to the life of the abstract expressionist painter and father of the Academy Award-winning actor, Robert De Niro.
De Niro Sr.'s oil painting, "Still Life with Yellow Chair" (1979) is part of the Collections of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
Kathryn Vaughn, visual arts curator, notes that De Niro Sr. was an interesting part of the New York School of post-war American artists.
"Rather than working in pure abstract as did artists such as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, De Niro blended an abstract expressionist style with traditional subject matter. 'Still Life with Yellow Chair' shows a relationship to the work of Henri Matisse in its use of color and shape. De Niro trained with Josef Albers who spent his life studying color relationships and it is easy to see his influence on the color in this painting. We are honored to have one of De Niro's paintings in our collection and we treasure it," Vaughn says.
The documentary coincides with a showing at the DC Moore Gallery in New York, exhibited now through July 11 and features work from throughout De Niro's career.
The photo above features Robert De Niro Sr.'s painting "Still Life with Yellow Chair" from the Collections of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.


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|10 Reviews
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|Minimum Stay
|2 - 5 nights
Centraly located in the neighbourhood of Chiado, the most trendy area of Lisbon, the apartment is less than 2 minutes from the metro and the famous 28 tram, in the top floor of a building classified as Lisbon's heritage for its famous 19th century tiles covering the facade! 3rd floor without lift
Ideal for big groups: 5 bedrooms, 5 WCs and a spacious living with view, with an elegant and modern decoration!
The apartment is a fantastic starting point for discovering Lisbon!
In the 3rd and top floor (no lift) of a famous building in Lisbon due to the 19th century tiles that cover the facade, the apartment in fact is the result of the connection of the two apartments on that floor (left and right):
The apartments have a door that connects both living rooms and when rented together, it is opened transforming it into one big and spacious apartment with 5 bedrooms, 4 complete bathrooms, 1 toilet, kitchen (2) fully equipped and 2 spacious living / dining rooms.
All bedrooms have a double bed that can be also prepared as two single beds, and one or two extra beds.
When rented separately , they become 2 totally independent apartments with the following layout: CHIADO TRINDADE I - 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a toilet, a kitchen fully equipped and a spacious and comfortable living and dining room - Max. occupancy: 10/11 people CHIADO TRINDADE II - 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a kitchen fully equipped and a cozy living and dining room - Máx occupancy: 7 people
Strategic location! The apartment is situated in a location that allows to walk to some of the most famous points of city: Castle de São Jorge, Cathedral, Rossio, Chiado and Bairro Alto and Alfama.
Near all types of transport: -Baixa / Chiado metro station (less than 2 min) - Bus stop (5 min) with lines to the airport, Belem, Cais do Sodre the vicinity of the Expo, the modern center of Lisbon - Train station Cais do Sodre to Cascais and the beach (10 min walk) - Santa Apolonia also metro and train station to Coimbra, Porto (13 min by Metro) - And of course the famous 28 tram stop is less than 2 minutes walking!
We are Fátima, Eduardo and Paula. Some years ago we have decided to create a different type of accommodation mainly conceived for independent travelers.
Some highlights:
We believe that to get to know a city you have to dive into the heart and soul of the city, where you will meet the local people and feel like one;
We love to receive our travellers the same way we receive a friend in our home. This is how we are so we put our hands and heart into our business;
We want you to feel at home, even if your home is completely different from this one;
We have prepared some small gestures, part of the brand amenities for you to feel the real spirit of Heart & Soul and our movement towards the local traveling.
About Heart and Soul
We believe that to know a city you have to know its people and mingle with them, in the places where you can smell the local food, engage with local people and be able to understand the local culture. We want you to live like a local during your vacation, whether it's a shorter or longer stay.
'Heart and Soul' is the choice for Individual Customers, Groups, Leisure, Families and Business travelers, with many locations that are close to attractions, shopping and restaurants, but mainly in the city's main vibrant places, what we call the heart of the city.
Different apartments rentals for different travelers, individuals, couples, families or groups;
All our apartment rentals are fully equipped and furnished;
All our 'Heart and Soul' Rentals are located in the center of Lisbon;
We can accommodate from 2 to 20 guests traveling together (a single apartment to an entire building);
Our Heart & Soul rentals are all located in the heart of the city, where you can mingle with local people;
Located in the most exclusive of the historic area, just a walking distance from main points of interests.
It is one of the only apartments that can accommodate big groups with a real group structure: 5 bathrooms, two livings (60m2).
location, comfort, space...
We spent 6 days with a party of 13 at the Trindade apartments and enjoyed every minute. The location could hardly be better and still it is quiet since the sleeping rooms are all off the street. This has been the first in a long series of vacation rental apartments worldwide where there was nothing at all missing. From the small stuff such as salt and pepper or coffee machine filters to dishwasher and dryer, everything was stocked. All the administrative business was handled professionally and very well too. Many thanks to the whole team from Switzerland!
This apartment is fantastic. It has everything you could want both inside and also on your doorstep outside.
All the rooms were impeccably clean and the main living area is very useful for groups to congregate. Also a great view onto the river. We had 15 people spread over 5 rooms and it never felt too congested.
In summary, I would happily recommend this property to anyone considering a group trip to Lisbon, and I thank Fatima, Eduardo and Paula for our great stay.
We were welcomed to a clean and well resourced apartment, with great recommendations for nearby food and sight seeing. It was an absolute dream! Thanks!
The best holiday apartment I've ever stayed in. Rooms sizes were great, Nice big rooms. Kitchen was fully loaded, even including things like dishwater tablets to laundry powder.
Views from the balcony are amazing, and i believe the building its self is a tourist attraction ( as we saw many tour groups outside who were taking pictures and pointing).
Location is great, right in the centre and every taxi driver knew exactly where we were. The only downside is the apartment is on the 3rd floor so those with mobility issues will struggle (however lisbon is very hilly so they would struggle anyway).
We rented both apartments for a family reunion vacation with 9 people. It was perfect for a group of this size -- lots of space to spread out, lots of privacy, but also a large living and dining area for gathering. The location is great -- you can walk to the Metro, Tram 28, the train to Sintra and the shopping areas and beautiful squares and fountains. The management company gave us a great into to the area so we knew where the grocery and bakeries were -- all within a couple of blocks. The building itself is beautiful on the outside. We actually found a postcard with a photo of the building! But the building is an old grande dame whose glory has faded. We enjoyed that old world aspect, but be aware that it's not all freshly renovated, especially in the entry and stairway. There appeared to be some renovatin in process, but it looked like they were taking their time getting it done. Overall it was fantastic. Everyone in our party loved it-- even though it's a walk-up which was one last exertion after a day of walking around town sightseeing. We would definitely stay there again. I recommended this for those over 55 because I'm a big believer in getting exercise. Def don't stay here if stairs are difficult for you.
Beautiful picturesque building centrally located in Chiado area of Lisbon city centre
Ideal for a group of 10 ladies with plenty of space & amenities provided in the apartment
Fantastic view from living room balcony and located close to a variety of restaurants, shops and metro station.
Lisbon is a beautiful and friendly city and the staff at Heart & Soul Lisbon catered to our every need!
We will be back again very soon!!!
A beautiful apartment in LIsbon! The location was perfect and all five bedrooms were of a high similar standard so no couple felt as if they had drawn the short straw. The location was perfect, we loved the view! Most evenings we had coffee and ice creams at the bar below! It was very quiet at night so we all got a good nights sleep, you could not believe that you were in the heart of the city
The managers provided a good service, we got a bit confused by the key as we were not aware that it extended, so on the first night took a bit of time to get into the flat!
Some of the kitchen doors creaked and the bathroom door was difficult to open but this only added to the charm!
It was quiet amusing to be photographed by groups of tourists as the apartment was on the top floor of a beautiful building!
Can't wait to go back!
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The apartment is located in a premium neighbourhood: Chiado / Baixo, right next to the metro station and at walking distance of most part of the atractions of the historical centre.
Strategic location!
The apartment is at walking distances from some of the hottest points in the city.
Walking distance (indicated by Google):
- São Jorge Castle (15 min), Se Cathedral (10 min), Rossio - downtown (6 min), Bairro Alto (2 min), Alfama (17 min).
Near all kind of transport:
-Baixa / Chiado-Subway station (less than 1 min.)
- near the stop of the famous 28 Electric Tram (less than 1 min walking)
- bus stop in Pra??a do Comércio (10 minutes) with lines to the airport, Belem, Cais do Sodre, the neighbourhood of Expo, the modern centre of Lisbon
- Cais do Sodre train station to Cascais and beaches (10 min walking)
- Santa Apolonia - Subway and also Railway station for Coimbra, Porto (13 minutes by subway)


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By Frank Gerace 8:47am, January 5, 2013State Police are investigating a crash that killed a pedestrian Friday night.
Police say Charles Moon of Claymont was crossing Governor Printz Boulevard near Golden Acres Drive around 6:10 when he was hit by a minivan.
Moon was taken to Christiana Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The driver of the minivan wasn't hurt.
Governor Printz Boulevard was closed for about 2 and a half hours after the accident.
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