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Not only is my mom pretty, but she is pretty awesome at gardening! She has been a gardener hard at work every spring and summer since I can remember! Her flowers are gorgeous no matter what she plants and she gets compliments from family members as well as neighbors. She will spend hours in the garden on her foam knee pad weeding out and watering every little flower and fern. For this last Christmas, I bought her a garden folding seat that can hold all of her tools, the winner of the "best gift"! Mom has the best green thumb in the family after my grandmother who taught her. I hope to be as wonderful as she when I have my garden!
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Adm. Mike Mullen Can't Believe Marine Chief Is Publicly Bashing DADT Repeal Effort
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway never made a secret of his pro-Don't Ask Don't Tell views. Neither has his replacement of two weeks, Gen. James Amos, who spent Saturday telling reporters now is not the time to repeal the law. It came as a surprise to Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen (pictured), who thought military leaders were going to STFU about the policy and voice their concerns privately to Defense Sec. Robert Gates.
"I was surprised by what he said and surprised he said it publicly," Mullen told reporters in Australia, since everyone agreed to "look at the data and then make our recommendations privately." Which isn't what Amos did when he argued, "There is nothing more intimate than young men and young women – and when you talk of infantry, we're talking our young men – laying out, sleeping alongside of one another and sharing death, fear and loss of brothers. I don't know what the effect of that will be on cohesion. I mean, that's what we're looking at. It's unit cohesion, it's combat effectiveness."
Not that Amos is about to disciplined for speaking out of turn; Mullen, who is Amos' boss, hasn't bothered speaking to the Marine chief about the remarks. And Mullen, unlike Gates, remains committed to DADT until the Pentagon completes its study.
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a. It's not a repeal, and
b. It's not happening.
Adjust your expectations, folks. You'll get nothing from this administration, and you'll thank them for it, because even now Sarah Palin is building the ovens for the coming gay holocaust or something.Nov 8, 2010 at 12:09 pm · @Reply ·
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Legacy gifts have long been crucial to the University's growth and prosperity. But, today, forward-thinking donors can include an estate provision as a meaningful part of their overall Light the World campaign pledge.
Benefactors who will be at least 60 years of age by Dec. 31, 2016, will have their legacy gifts counted toward the campaign's $1.5-billion fundraising goal. But regardless of one's age, every legacy gift helps to ensure that BC remains strong for future generations and paves the way for the University's continued rise.
"The BC community has responded with great enthusiasm to our ongoing campaign push to increase the number of legacy gifts," says Kathleen M. McGillycuddy NC'71, Board of Trustees chair and Light the World campaign co-chair.
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I've seen the first four episodes of this season, and while they're definitely an improvement over season three, they weren't enough to shake me of my belief that this isn't a show that should be having a fourth season. The longer "Dexter" is on, the more diluted the concept feels, and the cuddlier he becomes. Dexter as reluctant husband and father leads to some funny moments in the premiere, and in the other episodes I've seen. But it also keeps sanding off the character's edge, in the same way the writers did by making Miguel Prado(*) a monster whose crimes pre-dated his involvement with Dexter, and who had become so loathsome that even his estranged wife wasn't upset he was dead. A Dexter who kills a once-decent guy whose soul he destroyed is morally gray; a Dexter who puts down this mad dog is a hero. Similarly, Dexter wanting to maintain his secret identity to avoid hurting his new family and "killing for two now" makes him seem a bit more noble, and the audience more complicit in wanting him to stay free.
(*) And I couldn't help noticing how far we got into the "Previously, on Dexter..." sequence before Miguel was mentioned, and how quickly the montage dispensed with his story.
Michael C. Hall is still great, and the season's story arcs are unfolding more clearly and confidently than last year's muddled plots. But there came a point in an upcoming episode where I jotted down the following note: "I care so much more about Lundy and Trinity than I do about Dexter."
Hall is good enough, and the show well-made enough, that I'm going to keep watching, but I don't feel particularly invested in it. And since I've learned it's no fun for me or for my readers for me to keep writing at length about a show where I've reached that point, these weekly reviews will be much briefer - or, in some weeks, simply opportunities for you to offer up your own thoughts on the latest episode.
And if you've made it this far without having watched the episode yet, now's the time to turn away, as I'm going to get more specific with a few bullet points about "Living the Dream," in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...
• As that Lundy note suggested, I'm really glad to see Keith Carradine back, and to see how Lundy's presence so disturbs both the unflappable Dexter and the very flappable Deb. Carradine has this great relaxed charm, and it's easy to understand why half the shows on television (like "Damages," where he'll appear in the next season) are trying to engage his services.
• Angel and LaGuerta are together? Sigh... I like the supporting actors on "Dexter," David Zayas as Angel in particular, but their non-Dexter-related subplots are never very compelling, and just there to lighten Hall's workload. The one plus of this is that it means instead of having to slog through a boring romance story for Angel and one for LaGuerta, we only have to see one for the two of them.
• Because John Lithgow's most notable role of the last 15 years is Dick Solomon on "3rd Rock from the Sun," it's easy to forget that he spent much of his early career playing a series of creeps and killers. Go rent Brian DePalma's "Blow Out" for a fine example of how well he could do it then, and he still can get uber-creepy when he wants, as he did with the bathtub killing.
• I still love love love the show's opening credits, and was therefore amused by the parody of them featuring a Dexter too sleep-deprived to do his morning routine properly.
Anyway, that's me. You may be feeling more enthusiastic about the show being back, and this new story direction. What did everybody else think?


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DECATUR, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) – Fire investigators say multiple electrical issues contributed to a fire in Decatur last week that killed an older couple in their home.
Decatur's fire chief tells Indiana's NewsCenter that the older home caught fire because multiple extension cords were plugged into an outlet.
The chief also confirms that there were no working smoke detectors in the home.
74-year-old Claude and 71-year-old Donna West died from smoke inhalation.
Decatur fire crews were called to 720 Elm St. close 2 a.m. Thursday after a neighbor called 911. They arrived to find the home totally engulfed in flames. It took crews about 20 minutes to contain the fire. The outside structure appeared intact, but crews investigating the fire say the majority of the damage could be found inside the home. During their initial investigation, crews were able to determine that the Wests had no working smoke alarm.
Mary Kayser, a witness and neighbor, says she heard the commotion of fire and rescue teams around 4 a.m. Thursday.
"The fire engines and the cops were coming through here, and I just thought holy mackerel, what's going on here? I got out of bed at 4 o'clock, and it was really bad. Smoke was coming all over."
Chris Fullenkamp lives just a few houses down from the West's home. He said his family opened their windows the night of the fire to enjoy the cooler evening air. What they smelled around 2 a.m. was that of a burning house.
"My son said it was the neighbors so we ran out thinking it was right next door, and I saw smoke billowing up a couple of houses down. Flames were shooting up probably 14 feet in the air, and it was a mess."
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An old Latin theological distinction draws attention to two kinds of Christian faith: fides quae and fides qua.
The first expression, fides quae creditur ("faith that is believed") marks beliefs that the community of faith and individual believers hold. These beliefs are the doctrinal and intellectual content of religious faith.
Yet, if faith were only beliefs or doctrinal deposits and traditions, religion would be an intellectual exercise, something for the mind only.
In contrast, fides qua creditor ("faith by which one believes") complements the content of belief by dynamic and practised affirmation of one's religious experience in one's relationships to God and humankind, a crucial dimension that is often called "the life of faith."
These two kinds of faith can be observed throughout the history of Christianity and of religion in general.
One-sided emphasis on the doctrinal and intellectual element of religion always provokes a powerful reaffirmation of the experiential and practical dimension.
Rigid orthodoxy
So it was also in 17th- and 18th-century European Protestantism, when a stale and rigid orthodoxy made religion stifling and deadening, putting many alienated church members to sleep in their pews.
William Hogarth's engraving "The Sleeping Congregation" shows a whole church slumbering through a boring sermon, an apt commentary on a dead Christianity.
What roused the snorers from their pews and woke up the sleeping congregation was Pietism, a European — and, later, worldwide — renewal movement that eventually spawned what historians of Christianity have called "The First Great Awakening."
That movement swept not only the European mainland and the British Isles, but also North America and Newfoundland.
The two individuals who are often credited with having started and given early leadership to the movement were two Lutheran pastors and theologians, Philipp Jakob Spener (1635-1705), and August Hermann Francke (1633-1727).
Devout desires
Spener, a Lutheran pastor in Frankfurt, on the River Main, set out to wake up the church of his day in a popular book eventually translated into many languages.
In "Pia desideria" (Latin for "Devout Desires") Spener proposed that the church should once again take seriously Martin Luther's understanding of "the priesthood of all believers" by calling and empowering lay people to do meaningful work in the church.
Bible study groups, in which people from all walks of life could explore the relevance of scripture for their lives and help each other grow spiritually, became one important means of lay involvement.
Spener understood nurturing and understanding faith as a total experience would engage the whole human being in something more than an intellectual assent to beliefs.
Leaving aside acrimonious theological disputations, Spener recommended discussion of religious matters in a spirit of charity rather than controversy.
In educating theological students for ministry, he called for greater attention to pastoral and spiritual dimensions of their work than had been the case at the time.
Pulpit, not a lectern
To wake up their sleeping congregations, Spener called preachers to refrain from abusing the pulpit as a lectern for theological discussion.
Instead, he demanded, they should use it to instruct, challenge and inspire the listeners in the pews.
Justo L. Gonzalez, in his "History of Christian Thought," finds that Spener's book exhibits the distinguishing marks of Pietism: "an emphasis on personal piety; the practice of forming small groups to promote that piety, while at the same time implying that the church at large was incapable of performing that duty; the stress on personal reading of Scripture; the feeling that the core of Christian doctrine must be simple, and that it is theologians who complicate it; and the emphasis on the ministry of the laity."
Personal experience
For Gonzalez, such emphases are framed by the conviction of Spener that the personal experience of the believer had greatest significance for a lived faith.
This conviction of personal experience was particularly felt and expressed by the other pillar of Pietism, August Hermann Francke, about whom I shall write in my next column.
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On Thursday, Oct. 17, the local community participated in a Texas Hold'em Tournament hosted by the Shimon and Sara Birnbaum Jewish Community Center (JCC) on Talamini Road in Bridgewater.
The event benefitted The JCC Scholarship Fund, which provides financial support for families to send children to JCC Camp Ruach and the Blaustein Early Childhood Center.
The JCC Scholarship Fund also supports senior services and awards financial assistance to individuals with disabilities and special needs to have a membership at the JCC.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Facing a potentially stiff sentence for an attempted-rape conviction, Alexis Rodriguez made a last-ditch plea Wednesday to the judge.
"I never committed this crime. My mother, my father did not bring me up that way," Rodriguez told state Supreme Court Justice Robert J. Collini through a Spanish interpreter.
The judge wasn't swayed.
"A jury found you guilty. Your DNA was found on the victim's clothing," Collini countered.
The judge then lowered the boom, sentencing Rodriquez, 29, a repeat felon, to the maximum 15 years, plus 20 years' post-release supervision.
In January, a jury convicted Rodriguez of trying to rape a 22-year-old domestic worker at knifepoint in Dongan Hills on Jan. 12, 2010, said a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.
Rodriguez was arrested in August 2012 after his DNA sample, obtained after a June 2011 burglary conviction in an unrelated case, linked him to the attack, prosecutors said.
The unnerving incident, which went unsolved for more than two years, had set the residents of several communities in the borough on edge.
The attack happened about 7:30 a.m. near Four Corners and North Entry roads as the victim walked to work, said authorities.
Police said Rodriguez grabbed the woman from behind, covered her mouth so she couldn't scream, brandished a knife and told her in Spanish to be quiet.
He then tried to pull her into a secluded wooded area, but she managed to break free, cops said.
She flagged down a passing car, whose driver gave her a ride to a safe place, where she contacted police. She refused medical attention, and police said the suspect took none of her property.
Authorities said the suspect left his DNA behind on the victim's clothing and police linked it to Rodriguez, who is still serving a two-and-a-half to five-year prison term resulting from the June 2011 burglary conviction. That conviction stemmed from
Rodriguez's arrest a month earlier that had elements of sexual abuse, NYPD sources said.
After the burglary conviction, a sample of Rodriguez's DNA was entered into a police database, sources said.
On the strength of that evidence, he was connected to the Dongan Hills attack.
Rodriguez was convicted of attempted first-degree rape, attempted second-degree kidnapping and third-degree criminal weapon possession.
Collini sentenced him to terms of 15 years each for the attempted rape and attempted kidnapping convictions and three-and-a-half to seven years for the weapon conviction. All the sentences will run concurrently.
Before the judge imposed sentence, defense lawyer Manuel Ortega said his client "had compassion for" the victim, but maintains his innocence.
"In his heart, he always said he feels bad for this lady, but it was not him" who committed the crime, said Ortega.
Rodriguez was garbed in a white T-shirt, gray sweatpants and white sneakers. He initially said he didn't know what to say when Collini asked if he wanted to address the court before sentenced was imposed.
He then proclaimed his innocence – to no avail.
Assistant District Attorneys Ann Thompson and Wanda DeOliveira prosecuted the case.
The verdict represented Rodriguez's third felony conviction in less than eight years.
In 2006, he was sentenced to three and a half years for attempted-robbery and criminal weapon-possession convictions, show online records of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.


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Join Angie Taylor for an in-depth discussion in this video Keyframe interpolation, part of CINEMA 4D Lite for After Effects: Getting Started.
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Now as I said earlier, there are two different modes for the timeline in CINEMA 4D, and we're going to have a look at those here. If you want to follow along, you can open chapter_04_03.c4d. And down in the timeline, you'll see I have some rotation here on the head of my robot. Now, if I go here to my project settings, which I can get to by clicking on this little black arrow, then I can get to key interpolation settings. And you'll see that the default value is to have interpolation explain interpolation.
So it's using Splines to animate between the points. I prefer to work with linear interpolation, and I showed you how to set that up in the preferences. But, I just want to show you how you can change that, if you've already started a project and you've used spline interpolation. Spline interpolation is lovely, because, when we play this back, and I'm just going to hit the Play button, you can see we get a nice smooth transition from one rotation value to the other. And if we view the curves that are used, the F curves, by clicking on this button here to switch to F curve mode and select the rotation value, you'll see what it does, it creates these nice curves for our animation.
So we get a nice smooth transition between one rotation value and another. And that's the default animation type same as After Effect. It defaults to what After Effects calls bezier interpolation, and what's called spline interpolation here in CINEMA 4D. So, if we go back to our project settings again, hitting the up high root till we get to them. You can default to use linear. And because we're animating a robot, I really think that we're better using linear interpolation.
so we get a more jagged animation rather than a kind of very smooth animation. We may leave the head of the robot as that, but let's switch to linear and let's animate something else. So, let's go to linear animation and then let's select the chest. We want to animate the chest. We may want to figure out what we want to animate, so let's just do a little scrub there. And I think that value is what we want to animate the pitch value. So we're going to animate the pitch value.
So with the time marker moved back to the beginning, let's hold down the Ctrl key and click on the rotation pitch value to create a keyframe there. Now, you'll notice that we have the chest appearing down in the timeline now. And underneath that, we have the Rotation value. And if I select that, you can't actually see the keyframe. Now, this is a bit confusing, and it often catches our After Effects users. But if we switch back to Key mode, you should see now a keyframe.
The reason you don't see anything in F curve mode is because we haven't got curve in there yet. Until we have two keyframes, we can't see a curve. Now, as you can see, it's handy to be able to jump between keyframe mode and F curve mode. So Spacebar allows you to do that. So, just quickly jumping between the modes. So let's move ahead and well move maybe to the 30 frame mark. And what we're going to do is create our second keyframe. Okay. So to set our second key frame, we come up here, but you'll notice the track rotation P properties are now showing.
So, because it's a context sensitive manager that we're using up here, the Attributes Manager, you'll see it's updated to show us the properties for that keyframe. So, it's telling us velocity settings and curve settings for the keyframe. So if we want to get back to the object itself, we can click the up arrow until we get back to the cylinder object chest value. And all we need to do is just choose the second value. So let's go back first, and then we'll set keyframe by holding down Ctrl and clicking.
We'll move forwards to 60, and then we're going to bring that forwards as if he's tilting forwards. And set keyframe by holding down Ctrl and clicking. So we now have him moving backwards and forwards as he turns his head. So, now let's go back to F-curve mode. And now you can see, we have a curve. But because I set my settings to linear, you'll see, we can now see a linear interpolation displayed.
Rather than this one, which was a curved interpolation. Now, you'll notice my graph is being cut off there. If I want to see it all, I can go to Frame > Frame All, and that will show me the entire animation. There are also buttons up here, you can see Frame Selected, Frame All buttons are here, so you can use those buttons to do exactly the same thing. So that's a little bit about key frame interpolation in CINEMA 4D Lite.
- What is CINEMA 4D Lite?
- Understanding the CINEMA 4D Lite and After Effects CC workflow
- Editing primitive objects
- Spline modeling with NURBS
- Animating with keyframes
- Using Xpresso to link properties
- Importing music and soundtracks
- Creating and animating cameras
- Working with text
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- Creating and applying materials and textures
- 3D camera tracking
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^DJI ) , yo-yoing for much of the day, rallied back from lunchtime lows to close in the black. The index finished more than 26 points higher, at 13,103, for a 0.2% gain.
Procter and Gamble (NYSE: PG ) led all Dow components from the start of today's trading, and outperformed all others in the index, to close up nearly 3%. Its quarterly earnings came in higher than expected, and the company offered strong indications that it would continue cost control efforts that have been largely successful.
In the heart of earnings season, the market increasingly looks to company results to gauge the status of the broader economy. However, much of the macroeconomic data that has been released recently do not signal a robust recovery or an impending recession, but a very slowly recovering economic landscape.
For example, in September, business equipment sales fell, which could be a sign of reduced investment by the private sector in months to come. But three other measures of the economy -- new unemployment claims, durable-goods orders, and pending home sales -- also came out this morning, and they didn't look bad. In a time like this, with a variety of mixed macro indicators, earnings become even more important.
Still, earnings aren't the whole story. Even though Boeing (NYSE: BA ) pleased investors with its quarterly numbers yesterday, the stock was the biggest laggard on the Dow Thursday, falling more than 1.6%. Investors were more afraid about decreasing passenger travel on airplanes, a trend that would hurt Boeing if airlines decided to cut back on orders.
Two tech behemoths, Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN ) and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL ) , reported quarterly results after the markets closed today. At the time of this writing, Amazon shares were in the red in aftermarket trading after the company reported a $274 million loss, and revenues that failed to meet analyst expectations.
Apple was also trading lower in the post-market, as the company failed to meet earnings expectations, despite making 24% more than the same period last year.


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MOBILE, Alabama -- It looks as if Mobile County schools Superintendent Martha Peek will recommend today that the state's largest school district keep a 180-day calendar, even though that means shorter breaks throughout the year.
The school board will hold a public hearing at 3:30 p.m. this afternoon on revisions to the school calendar, which are required under a new state law that prohibits schools from starting prior to two weeks before Labor Day or ending after Memorial Day. Then the board will vote on the calendar at a 4 p.m. meeting.
The hearing and meeting will be in the board room in the central office complex on Howells Ferry and Schillinger roads in west Mobile.
An agenda now available on the school system's website lists "option 3," as Peek's recommendation. That calls for 180 days of school from Aug. 20 - May 24.
Under the new law, designed to support summer tourism, school no longer has to be in session for 180 days, as it is in most states. Instead, students must be in class for at least 1,080 hours. Mobile County officials have considered other options of 170 days and 173 days, and adding 25 minutes or 18 minutes to each day, respectively.
Regardless, teachers must work 187 days, officials have said.
On the 180-day calendar, Mobile County students will be out for just six days for winter break, from Christmas Eve through New Years Day (instead of the usual two weeks). Students would be out three days for Mardi Gras and two for Thanksgiving. And they would have Labor Day, Veterans Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day off.
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Cassini Imaging can best see down to the surface of Titan in a narrow bandpass filter at 938 nm, but the haze optical depth (~ 2) makes mapping at high resolution a challenge. We acquire multiple (3-5) images of each footprint with long exposure times to achieve a high signal-to-noise ratio, use techniques to enhance the surface contrast, and mosaic sets of images. Only albedo variations can be seen, not topographic shading, and the smallest features resolved have dimensions of ~ 1 km. We expect to acquire near-global coverage and to search for changes in repeat coverage. The flyby geometries to date have enabled coverage of 3 regions at scales of 2 km or better: the south-polar region, the anti-Saturn equatorial region, and the sub-Saturn equatorial region. No obvious surface changes have been detected. We have mapped 6 circular patterns that could mark impact structures; two of these have been imaged by Cassini RADAR, confirming that they are craters, and showing that crater diameter estimates based on albedo may be off by ~ 50%. Titan's uppermost crust must be geologically young, less than ~ 500 Myr. The south-polar region is of special interest due to relatively abundant convective clouds and possible methane rain; we speculate that linear markings could be fluvial channels or valleys and that an especially dark region with smooth boundaries (~ 230 x 70 km) could be a hydrocarbon lake or lakebed. Most of the south-polar clouds move with the zonal flow, but a few remain stationary, suggesting methane sources such as pools of liquid or subsurface venting.
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I was shocked to see that the temperature was only 20 degrees in Guilford this morning April 23, 2010. I was not expecting it to be so cold after last nights weather report.
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Multiphase Pumping: Fundamentals to Field Applications
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Today, I was handing candy to a little boy who was trick or treating by himself. He was small enough to grab the candy and run past me into my house. I've been searching my house for two hours and still can't find him. I'm afraid to go to sleep. FML
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Today, whilst in an argument with my girlfriend, I told her she was the craziest bitch I'd ever met. She responded with "Challenge accepted." I'm now terrified. FML
by Andrew / 10/30/2012 at 2:08am / United States (Washington) / Love
Today, maintenance came to fix the constantly beeping alarm system near my apartment. They changed it from beeping on-and-off to one never-ending beep, similar to the sound of my sanity flat-lining. FML
by tcm123 / 10/29/2012 at 12:31am / United States (Illinois) / Miscellaneous
Today, I walked in on my brother sticking his erect penis through a donut. I doubt I'll ever be able to unsee this. FML
by Anonymous / 10/12/2012 at 7:39pm / United States (Oregon) / Intimacy
Today, my new roommate showed me to my room, which I got a good deal on. I noticed a big black spot on the floor in the walk-in closet. When I asked, he said his last roommate committed suicide and he didn't want to pay to have the carpets professionally cleaned, hence the "good deal." FML
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Today, I got a text message from my boss that read, "You've been very bad. Severe punishment is in order." I'm not sure whether I should be turned on or terrified. FML
by whatadaydanny / 10/10/2012 at 9:58am / Dominica / Work
Today, I got a text message from my boss that read, "You've been very bad. Severe punishment is in order." I'm not sure whether I should be turned on or terrified. FML
by whatadaydanny / 10/10/2012 at 9:58am / Dominica / Work
Today, a man with a clipboard came up to me in the street to ask me if I was happy with my life insurance. I couldn't bring myself to admit to him that I'm so clueless about my own life that I wasn't sure I was even happy with the Twix I was eating at the time. FML
by Anonymous / 09/30/2012 at 8:49pm / Australia (Victoria) / Miscellaneous
Today, I saw a shady looking person on the street. As I walked past him, he said, "Hey, come here." Thinking he needed something, I went over. He handed me several pictures of my wife, in public and at home. I've never seen this man before in my life. FML
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Today, a creepy girl from my class wouldn't stop texting me and trying to call me. In order to get her to stop, I texted back saying that I was at my mom's house for a family dinner. She replied, "No you're not. I can see you right now." FML
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MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The Montgomery Fire/Rescue Department has cancelled its scheduled training event and practice burn, which was set for 9 a.m. this morning.
The burn was to take place at 1202 Rosa Parks Avenue. It will be rescheduled at a later date.
This marks the second burn in a row that has been cancelled. The MFD previously scheduled a training exercise last week, but severe weather postponed it and changed the venue for today.


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The thrust of the rotation will be to introduce the fourth year student to major disorders of red cells, white cells and platelets as well as disorders of the coagulation system. Experience with frequently encountered hematologic malignancies will also be provided. The student will be expected to evaluate both inpatients and outpatients followed in the Division of Hematology under close supervision of the Hematology attending. Students will also be expected to participate in providing hematologic consultation to other hospital services. Special instruction in cytopheresis, plasmapheresis, and transfusion medicine can be arranged on an individual basis. Instruction will also be provided in the interpretation of bone marrow aspirates and biopsies. Students will also have an opportunity to learn the technique of percutaneous bone marrow aspiration and biopsy. Students may also avail themselves of a number of conferences both of a didactic and patient management nature including the weekly Hematology/Oncology Grand Rounds, as well as the weekly Solid Tumor and Leukemia/Lymphoma conferences held in conjunction with the University of Maryland Cancer Center. Topics of interest to students of hematology are also presented frequently at UMCC Grand Rounds. Students may also attend weekly research conferences in various disciplines if they so desire, and may elect to carry on clinical research projects within the Division under the direction of the Hematology faculty.
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Avoid Sepulveda Boulevard From Wilshire To Constitution This Weekend
Reduced To One Lane Each Direction 24 Hours A Day Until Monday 6 a.m.
Posted Oct. 28, 2011, 10:45 am
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will be self performing the relocation of utility lines on Sepulveda Boulevard, north of Wilshire to Constitution, starting tonight, Oct. 28.
It will take place through Monday morning, Oct. 31.
Work will occur all weekend, 24 hours a day.
Sepulveda Boulevard from Wilshire to Constitution will be reduced to one lane in each direction starting at 9 p.m. tonight lasting until 6 a.m. Monday.
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Gary said...
I work on Sepulveda and it took 30 min. to get 5 blocks this evening because of idiots causing gridlock at every intersection. If you're not gonna make the light, have some sense and wait. We'll all get around faster if you all get off your damn phone and have some consideration. Also, where are the f****ing police? They should be out at the intersections directing traffic.
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Kent you have lived in a city that has some of the worst maintained roads I have ever seen in any city anywhere. 30+ years of poor maintenance and failure to adjust to population and traffic demands. At least they are finally fixing some things, imho


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Wilson High School's principal said he had been working with school resource Officer John Romero on Wednesday morning to figure out how to alert the community about a suspicious green van that was seen following students the day before.
Two high school students - a brother and sister walking home from Wilson on Tuesday - had been approached by a driver in a green van and told Romero about it, Principal Brian Chatard said.
"They got a really good description of the person, the van and a partial license plate,'' Chatard said. "We were talking about how to communicate the description of the vehicle and person to the community.''Chatard remained in contact with Romero by phone and text messages Wednesday, he said. At first, Chatard said, he planned to put out a notice from the school district. He was working from his laptop at Eugene's Matthew Knight arena, where he had traveled to watch the Wilson High girls basketball team compete in a playoff basketball game.
At 3 p.m. Wednesday, the Police Bureau issued a news release: "Youth report suspicious vehicle in Hillsdale neighborhood,'' saying there had been two instances where students reported a man driving in an ''unspecified colored van'' acting in a suspicious manner.
As the game was wrapping up in Eugene, Chatard said one of the basketball team's coaches alerted him that Police Chief Mike Reese, who helps coach the girls' team, had to leave because there had been a shooting across from the high school in Portland.
As Chatard was leaving the arena, he said Portland Officer Ken Duilio, who also serves as Wilson High's football coach, called Chatard and told him that it was Wilson's school resource officer who was wounded and that it had occurred while Romero was investigating a suspicious van.
A 911 caller alerted police to a suspicious van near the Hillsdale library just before 4 p.m. Wednesday. Romero was among the officers who responded, and tried to stop a man who had walked away from the van. The man would not take his hands out of his pants pockets, and at one point turned toward Romero and looked like he was pulling out a gun, witnesses said. Romero fatally shot the man on Southwest Cheltenham Street. The man, pronounced dead at the scene, turned out to be a federal fugitive Kelly Vern Mark Swoboda.
"As evidenced by what happened, he took these reports and took them very seriously,'' Chatard said of Romero in an interview Thursday afternoon. "He shows real commitment and follow-through.''
He said the incident shows the value of having officers assigned to schools.
"I just really wanted to reiterate how important it is, and how great it is to have officers in our building that we know personally and can respond to things like this to keep kids safe,'' Chatard said.
Chatard said he's thankful Romero, who was shot in the hand, is alive and that no students were injured.
"I want people to know how much we appreciate Officer Romero, and how what he did probably prevented something really terrible from happening to a student or any person in the area,'' Chatard said.
Chatard described Romero as well-liked by students. Though Romero serves not only Wilson High School, but the middle school and elementary feeder schools, he's "in and out'' of Wilson High pretty much every day, the principal said.
"He's a very easygoing guy, and has great rapport with our students. So when something like this occurs, students have somebody they know and trust who they can come to and talk about things.''
Chatard said he decided to put out a notice Thursday afternoon after a Wilson High student walking to school about 8 a.m. Thursday called Portland police when she was approached by a man in a white, cream-colored van. She gave a statement to police and police alerted the school. Chatard said he didn't know the exact location, and police did not release it.
Though Portland police said the 49-year-old man who Romero fatally shot Wednesday afternoon was the suspect who had been tracking students in a green van in recent days, Chatard said he doesn't want students or parents to drop their guard, considering Thursday's reported encounter.
"I thought it would definitely be prudent to let people know that something else happened today,'' the principal said. "I have no idea whether these are connected in any way, or what to make of it. It's a very odd set of circumstances.''
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"Some people say PC is dying. Some people say PC is the future," said Eric Barker, studio manager of video game developer Volition. "PC is the most variable, because it depends on what you've got under the hood. For us, the key thing was making sure the PC version was done in-house." Barker is talking about the PC versions of Volition's "Saints Row: The Third" and "Red Faction: Armageddon," which are both due to be released in 2011. Barker has no doubt that the PC versions of both games will be worth the time and money needed to develop them."
of course there's still value...all games start to introduce multiplayer where you need the real game to play..i personally love buying collector editions for PC, has the price of a normal console game
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A Fajerstad BK team jersey (left) and American Hockey League jersey hang next to each other on the wall at the Foran-Greene Room at St. John's City Hall Tuesday during a news conference to announce St. John's as the site for the AHL's 2014 All-Star Classic. The all-star game will feature Färjestad BK, a team in the Swedish Elite League, taking on a squad of AHL all-stars Feb. 12 at Mile One Centre.
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American Hockey League president Dave Andrews (right) and provincial Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation Terry French check out the logo for the 2014 AHL All-Star Classic after it was unveiled Tuesday during a news conference at St. John's City Hall. The All-Star Classic will be held Feb. 11-12 at Mile One Centre.
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St. John's will host an All-Star Classic like no other
You won't get American Hockey League president Dave Andrews to say AHL all-star games are boring.
The league's modern mid-season showcase is, after all, very much his baby — or at least a baby that's now all grown up into a soon-to-be 20-year-old.
But Andrews, who revived the AHL All-Star Classic shortly after he took over the league presidency in 1994, is like a lot of parents who can get a bit ticked off with their teenage offspring from time to time. He admits there have been occasions in recent years when he's wondered what was to become of the all-star game, about whether it might be caught in a rut.
"But any time I began to feel that way, when I thought that maybe I was getting a little jaded (about the all-star event), it was the fans who gave me the answer," said Andrews, who was in St. John's Tuesday to formally announce the IceCaps would be hosting the 2014 AHL All-Star Classic.
"Every year, no matter what city was hosting the all-star game, I'd find myself walking around the rink and seeing that the fans were really into it.
"That was important, because as much as the all-star game is about our league, our teams and our players, it's mostly about on fans."
But while Andrews' overall satisfaction rating for the AHL all-star game remained high, there was an innovation he had been considering the past two years, an innovation that will be played out on the Mile One Centre Ice in mid-February.
When Andrews promises fans who will take in the all-star game Feb. 12 at Mile One and the skills competition the day before will be seeing an event like no other, he isn't kidding.
That's because for the first time ever, a team of AHL All-Stars will be taking on a club team from Europe, in this case Färjestad BK, which has won four Swedish Elite League championships in the past dozen years.
It won't be a permanent format change, said Andrews, but he notes that 2014 being an Olympic year provides a "terrific window" for this sort of matchup.
'It's the first week of Olympic games. There is no NHL hockey being played during that week and there will be no Olympic hockey in terms of national television," he said during a news conference at St. John's City Hall.
Andrews noted the IceCaps had committed to hosting the all-star game even if there was a traditional game featuring two teams of all-stars drawn from the 30 NHL clubs.
However, Glenn Stanford, the IceCaps' chief executive officer, admitted his club "had pushed hard to have a European team involved.
"It's something special. Something different," said Stanford. "If it was to be a first, we wanted it to be a first that happened here,"
Andrews noted the IceCaps' fan support, which has seen the team sell out every game — regular-season and playoffs — for its first two years, was a contributing factor to making the plan come together
"Love the concept. Love the place. Love the people," he said. "It's a special city for our league.
"A special game for a special city."
IceCaps president Danny Williams added there was much logic behind the decision, noting St. John's is "geographically closer to Europe than other AHL cities."
Former NHL star Hakan Loob, the director of hockey operations for Färjestad, and Jörgen Lindgren, head of the Swedish Elite League, took part in the news conference via an internet hookup.
Loob agreed with Andrews' assessment that the format should produce "a meaningful game for both sides."
"It's a challenge," said Loob, a former Färjestad star who once scored more than a 100 points in a season with the Calgary Flames. "We will take it very, very seriously. It's great opportunity to market our team and great opportunity to show the power of the Swedish game."
It didn't quite amount to trash-talking, but Williams has a return message for Loob and his team, which will have to adapt to not playing on the larger international ice surface, at least for one game.
"If you can get through get George Street and play us in that small rink and get over your jet lag, you might have a shot at us, but it is going to be a tough game. I can tell you that much right now," said Williams.
Stanford jokingly promised a warmer welcome of a different kind.
"Just so that you know," he told Lindgren and Loob. "The temperature here is about 75 degrees (Fahrenheit) today.
"It will be similar in February when you come over."
• IceCaps' season-ticket holders will get first shot at tickets, which will be good for both the AHL All-Star Game and the skills competition. The cost of those tickets will be $100. Williams says any remaining tickets wil probably go on sale in November, but allowing for the expected demand from season-ticket holders, and commitment to corporate sponsors, he isn't sure how many, if any, will be available.
• Andrews said it's unlikely, that with this format, that all 30 AHL teams will be represented in the all-star game. He suggested the league's all-star roster will likely be determined mostly by the coaches.
New St. John's assistant coach Jason King and IceCaps' captain Jason Jaffray attended the news conference, although Jaffray had to duck out early to catch a flight to Winnipeg, where he will attend the NHL training camp of the parent Jets, beginning today .
• This will not be St. John's first AHL All-Star Classic. The city successfully hosted the 2002 event at Mile One.
•The green and gold of the Färjestad jersey had more than one wag suggesting that some fans might think the AHL All-Stars will be taking on St. Pat's or Mike's Shamrocks.


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P-Nuts, Burgers & Beer! That's the best way to sum up this fun restaurant and bar located in downtown Milwaukee and downtown Madison. It's Rube Goldberg meets Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory. Except Rube is into P-nuts and Willy Wonka is into crazy Cheeseburgers. And both are very happy about it.
It's just as fun to hang here with your friends or bring the kids for a fun family meal. By the way, our Milwaukee Burger was declared Winner of the Travel Channel's FOOD WARS and our Mad 'Sconnie voted "Madison's Best Burger" via Madison Magazine.
No need for reservations here, just walk-in and have some fun. If there's a wait for a table grab a beverage and some p-nuts and scope out your favorite table. The p-nut delivery system is just the start of the fun, so get in here and grub!


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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 13, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Remo Software has announced the launch of Remo Repair AVI, a newly designed tool for repairing unplayable avi, xvid and divx file formats. This launch comes as another major breakthrough for the company, which has established its credentials as a trusted and reliable software company.
AVI files become unplayable because of corruption. While severe file corruption can render the file completely unplayable, minor corruption can lead to teething problems, like sound but no picture or vice versa; picture freeze while sound play continues, pixilated images, audio video sync problems and lots more. These problems might be due to codec issue, corrupted frames or bad AVI index. Identifying and addressing these issues is where the challenge lies. Not all tools can diagnose the malady accurately. Remo has come out with an infallible application to set such files right and repair avi files.
"Disoriented movie files leave one frustrated and helpless," said Omer Faiyaz, the CEO of Remo Software. "We have developed an application which can effectively fix corrupt movie files and make them reusable. Playing downloaded video files smoothly has always been a problem, but now, with this new application, we have removed all hassles associated with such viewing."
Remo Repair AVI has been designed to carry out a fast analysis of the corrupted file. It first identifies the basic error, and then leads the detection up to other underlying errors in the audio/video stream. This is followed by fixing the audio/video error alongside, and seamlessly integrating the two to restore smooth viewing. The USP of this application lies in its demo version which fixes the file and shows the user the complete repaired file. So, a user can feel assured before shelling out money on the product. This new application is available for Windows and Mac users. Remo Repair AVI is available at official Remo Software Website. For more information, please visit http://www.remosoftware.com/ .
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Starting to plan a new Emergency Services Training Center — informally called the Fire School — is one of the items the Freeholders expect to take action on at their meeting tonight.
The open session follows a closed "executive" session at 4 p.m. to discuss unspecified legal and personnel issues. One is likely to be the personnel in the Finance Department and hiring an accounting firm to conduct a forensic audit of that department.
The public meeting starts at 5:30 at the Administration Building, 71 Main St. in Flemington.
Among the 20 resolutions set to be adopted is one authorizing a committee be established "to program, design, and lay out a new, future Emergency Services Training Center."
The existing school, in Clinton Township, was started in 1979 and added to several times.
Freeholder Director Rob Walton, a volunteer firefighter in Hampton, has been pushing for a new facility for more than a year. He calls it a necessary expenditure.
"If we continue to neglect emergency services and pretend that the falling-down fire school, that our first responders depend on, is going to last forever, we're not doing our taxpayers any service," he said during a Freeholders' budget discussion in April.
The Freeholders are expected to adopt a revised Ethics Policy, approve the Controlled Hunting Program in which people are allowed to hunt on certain county-owned land, and approve plans for resurfacing and safety improvements of Route 513 in Lebanon Township and Califon.
Also, the board is to honor Freeholder Matt Holt, who was presented with the National Association of Regional Councils' Tom Bradley Leadership Award earlier this month. This took place during the conference of the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, which he serves as chairman.
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Sparkles in the Park returns for the 2015 season on Saturday December 12th, 2015 and runs nightly until Thursday, December 31st, 2015. Join us for this celebration in lights every evening from 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
The New Year will be celebrated in traditional Sparkles fashion with fire works on New Years Eve at 8:00 PM.
Stay warm in your car as you drive through Guelph's Riverside Park enjoying the festive light displays. There is also ample free parking if you would rather take a stroll through the park and take in the displays close up.
Join us at 7:30 pm Thursday December 31, 2015 to kick-off the New Years Eve Celebration and countdown to the fantastic fireworks display at 8:00 pm.
We look forward to celebrating the arrival of 2016 with you and your family. Hope to see you there!


text: A new menu tasting was held on Tuesday, June 12, at George & Martha's at 6771 Morris St., Morristown. There was a variety of dishes developed for the new Lunch and Dinner menu Featuring Modern American Cuisine. Cocktail Hour highlighted seasonal drinks.George & Martha's was established in 2006, and is a Modern American Restaurant and Bar. Owned by Villa Enterprises Management, G&M's serves American Cuisine for lunch and dinner, along with a full bar which offers up everything from bottled beer to martinis and more. Many different types of entertainment are offered during the week, such as Karaoke, live bands & and the resident DJ. For more information on George & Martha's, visit georgeandmarthas.com.


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The Cape Breton Stage Company finishes its terrifically enjoyable summer season this evening at 7 p.m. with the finale performances of two, one-act plays, "Food, Family and Friendship," an ensemble piece, and "Robot Vs. Ninja" by James F. W. Thompson.
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After beginning their summer shows in the Studio Space at The Highland Arts Theatre in the former St. Andrew's Hall, they moved location to the New Dawn Centre for Social Innovation and the old cafeteria room of the former Holy Angels High School.
"Food, Family, and Friendship" (which gave the series its title and theme) is written and performed by the CapeStage young company: Alison Crosby, Dylan Grant, Jonathan Lewis, and Rachel Murphy, all of whom proved themselves as great improv comedians at the preview performance that opened the CapeStage summer season.
"Robot Vs. Ninja" is an excellent example of Thompson's comedic writing as three university friends try to cram overnight for a do-or-die exam but keep getting sidetracked by the world-shattering debate suggested by the title and one of the characters' hapless infatuation for his female classmate.
Last weekend, Crosby and Grant did astounding work in Linda Frangione's "Espresso," taking on multiple characters and accents — mothers, daughter, fathers, boyfriends, loud neighbours, Jesus Christ, among many others — dealing with a family tragedy in a multi-generation Italian-Canadian family. Directed at a furious pace by Anna Spencer, the play was hilarious, challenging (for actors and audience alike), and emotionally engaging. CapeStage has presented one of its strongest summer seasons this year.
And that's an accomplishment because they've had many strong summer seasons, such as the success of Wesley Colford's vaudeville musical, "The Wakowski Brothers," proves.
I directed the original production four years ago at St. Patrick's Church with Kyle Capstick, Catherine Gale, and Alicia Penney as my hard-working cast.
After that "workshop" production, Colford took his script to Ontario, where, with a different cast, it was an audience favourite at the Toronto Fringe Festival. It has also had other productions around that province.
Kevin Colford, Wesley's dad and owner of The Highland Arts Theatre, chose it to open the new facility in early summer with performances aimed at the cruise ship audience (as well as local theatre goers).
"The Wakowski Brothers," directed by the playwright, now returns for five more performances starting tonight and running to Wednesday. All shows are at 7 p.m., except for the Sunday show, which is at 2 pm.
This high-energy, hugely entertaining production features George MacKenzie, Ron Newcombe, and Lisa Penny as well as a live pit band of award-winning musicians Ian Aker, Ron Leadbeater, "Red" Mike MacDonald, and Breagh MacKinnon.
The Highland Arts Theatre is also gearing up for two fall productions,"The Lieutenant of Inishmore" by Martin McDonagh (scheduled for late October) and "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens (opens late November), and are looking for performers.
McDonagh's plays are famous for their Tarantino-like, dialogue-driven black comedy (he wrote and directed the cult film, "In Bruges"). Kristin Gregor will direct. Colford will direct the Dickens classic.
Auditions are scheduled for Thursday and Friday of next week and more information can be found at http://www.highlandartstheatre.com/auditions/
And while CapeStage wraps up its season in part of the New Dawn Center, Enter Left Productions is in another part of the center, the old convent chapel, with a performance of their angelically sung theatre piece, "Portals," also tonight, at 7 pm. "Portals" then heads to the Knox Church in Baddeck on Sunday for a 3 p.m. performance.
After two years around Sydney and Halifax, the final three performances of "Steel and Coal: Work and Protest" are scheduled for the Louisbourg Playhouse to run September 2-4, at 8 p.m.
This show, conceived and directed by Megan MacDonald, with a cast including George MacKenzie, Ron Newcombe, Lauren Turner, and myself, features oral history stories and original skits with classic Cape Breton tunes and new songs specially written for this show, looking at the two founding industries of what used to be called Industrial Cape Breton.
Ken Chisholm lives in Sydney and has written plays, songs, reviews, magazine articles. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Da'Sean Butler just made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to account for the halftime score, though officials are looking at it on the monitor to determine whether it's a 2 or a 3. -- OK, it's a 3. The shot was decently contested -- it's not like anyone was surprised the best player on the West Virginia team took that shot.
Flynn has 11 point to pace SU. The Mountaineers have tried Darryl Bryant, Alex Ruoff and Will Thomas on him -- none of them can contain him. Flynn took Thomas to the basket to score SU's 37th point of the half.
SU is outrebounding the Mountaineers by 10, which has helped offset the Orange men's 10 turnovers. I'm not sure how many rebounds Rick Jackson has, but he has affected the defensive boards at times by tipping the ball to a teammate to keep it away from a West Virginia player.
Kristof Ongenaet has given the Orange some nice first half minutes. The biggest minus for SU in the first half was Paul Harris's third foul, collected when he swiped at the ball with 1:36 left in the half. He has played well to this point.


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Family members are mourning the loss of a 17-year-old boy who died in a violent car crash.
Myles Mack would have been a junior at Twin Valley High School. His life was cut tragically short on Friday when the car he was riding in slammed into a telephone pole.
Mack's brother and cousin said he had left the school and was working his way to get back to graduate with his class. He was supposed to start Tuesday, but he died Friday night.
A picture of Myles Mack and his 5-month-old niece, Emma, is now the background of his big brother's phone.
"Christmas Eve, he held her most of Christmas Eve, and he enjoyed it and he loved it," said Chad Dechert. "Short time, but I will make sure she knows her uncle and knows how he was."
Dechter misses his little brother and hunting partner, who died in the crash on East Reeceville Road in East Brandywine Twp., Chester Co.
"He was actually supposed to be in the woods with me that morning," said Dechert. "I couldn't get a hold of him on his phone."
His cousin, Michael Albaladejo, said when he heard Mack died, he couldn't believe it and used his phone.
"I called his phone a few times, but he's never going to answer it again," said Albaladejo, who found it hard to describe the accident scene. "It looks like something out of movie, but it was real life."
And it was hard for him to understand.
"God takes the best of us first, and I honestly believe Myles was better than all of us. That kid had everything going for him. He was doing everything he was supposed to be doing," said Albaladejo.
They said Myles loved to hunt, fish, work on cars, draw tattoos and go to school.
"I found out he was getting into Twin Valley. That was his goal this year," said Dechert.
But the accident Friday changed all of that. They can't reach him on their phones, just look at photos.
"He cared more about other people than he cared about himself," said Albaladejo. "He loved his friends. He loved his family. He loved his little brother. He loved his mom."
There are grief counselors at Twin Valley High School.
Services for Mack are Friday. Donations to pay for the services can be directed to the James Terry Funeral Home.
The driver of the car remains hospitalized in serious condition.


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Back in December, when the draw for the first knock-out round of the Champions League was made, Liverpool could be forgiven for feeling pretty pleased with the prospect of renewing their acquaintance with Real Madrid. How different things look now.
Reuters Soccer Blog
Is it possible for Barcelona to lose the Primera Liga?
Barcelona look unstoppable this season but did Sporting Gijon coach Manolo Preciado tempt fate when he said it was crazy to think La Liga was not already in the bag?
Which shock late transfers would you like to see?
The end of the transfer window is fast approaching and so far it has been fairly quiet (if we exclude the Manchester City-Kaka saga as it didn't go through).
Man City's Roll Call of the Quite Good
There's a knack to spending large amounts of money, and Manchester City just haven't got it, have they?
Guardiola has come a long way in 18 years
Eighteen years ago today, on Dec. 16 1990, a 19-year-old midfielder made his debut for Johan Cruyff's Barcelona dream team in a Primera Liga match against Cadiz.
Real show signs of improvement, but can Barca be caught?
Has new Real Madrid coach Juande Ramos picked up where he left off at struggling Tottenham Hotspur?
You can't beat Barca v Real or Juve against Milan
There was a lot of fuss about Bayern Munich v Hoffenheim and Chelsea v Arsenal in the last few weeks but for me this weekend offers the best two games in domestic football.
Will predictable Champions League have new winner?
The 16 teams that reached the Champions League first knockout round were again the usual suspects expected to go through. The group stage of Europe's premier club competition unfolded rather predictably after a few early shocks.
Real fans glad to see back of Schuster, welcome Ramos
Chatting with Real Madrid fans outside the Bernabeu ahead of their Champions League match against Zenit St Petersburg on Wednesday, the overwhelming attitude expressed was one of relief that the club was rid of Bernd Schuster.
Time for Ronaldo to retire?
When you manage just 22 minutes in a charity friendly, it is usually a bad sign.
Brazilian Ronaldo was huffing and puffing after his short cameo in Morocco on Monday against a Zinedine Zidane XI and now he is seriously considering retirement.


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GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- Good morning and welcome to your daily look at what's happening in Flint and Genesee County.
Happiness turned to heartbreak for same-sex couples who were prepared to make history Monday morning. A day after a federal judge in Detroit overturned Michigan's ban on gay marriage, an appeals court granted state Attorney General Bill Schuette's request for a stay on the ruling.
With the city anxiously awaiting word on its request for a $7.9 million grant to avoid laying off 19 firefighters and closing two fire stations, Flint's application for that money offers few insights on how the city plans to maintain its fire staffing in the years ahead.
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Blake Thorne is a reporter for MLive-The Flint Journal. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or 810-347-8194. Follow him on Twitter or Facebook.


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"In blistering remarks from the Senate floor, McCain, R-Ariz., said Air Force Secretary James Roche intentionally told Congress one thing about the tanker deal while offering conflicting views in private e-mails to other government officials."
"But McCain suggested that the misdeeds may go far deeper than that, and he reserved his harshest words for the Air Force."
"I don't buy it. I simply cannot believe that one person, acting alone, can rip off taxpayers out of possibly billions of dollars. This appears to be a case of either a systemic failure in procurement oversight, willful blindness or rank corruption. Either way, full accountability among Air Force leadership is in order," he said."


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Swisher Trade
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Nick Swisher
We acquired outfielder Nick Swisher today in a trade with the Oakland A's, sending them Gio Gonzalez, Fautino De Los Santos and Ryan Sweeney in return.
A switch-hitter, Swisher has pop (22 home runs, 36 2B in 2007) and gets on base, which has been one of our needs. He can play all three outfield positions, as well as first base, and played center field in 2007.
Start playing around with our potential lineup for 2008, and you have to like it's depth. It's a lineup that can score some runs.
For a team that suposedly has a shallow farm system, we sure have a lot of interest in our minor leaguers … and a lot of angst about losing Class A pitchers.
Can't speak for everyone, but I definitely take a Keynesian approach to the future …"In the long run, we are all dead." (I am sure I butchered the quote, but you get the idea).
For a very long time, we worred about our farm system with a long list of pitchers we would never trade (I won't name them all, but Scott Ruffcorn is on that list). Not much to show for that approach. At least with KW, he is going to be aggressive and try to win. I always challenge critics to name a player we regret trading. I think it's too early yet to make a determination on Chris Young, but even if you grant the outfielder, I'll trade one regret for a World Series title. I definitely do not fall in the "worry about the future" crowd. Let's win in 2008 and worry about 2009 then …
With Swisher, Carlos Quentin, Jerry Owens, Danny Richar and Josh Fields, you can start to see a core group of mid to late 20-year-old position players coming together.
Certainly, we have a veteran group in Dye, Konerko, AJ and Thome in place, but a young core is also starting to form.
My thoughts and sympathies go out to the friends and family of great Sox fan Terry Armour, who passed away much too soon last week. A great, great Sox fan, Terry will be missed by us all.
He was always the life of every party and every game.
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This will definitely be interesting. kenwo makes a good point about the quality of our typical prospects. And Swisher seems to me to be more reasonably priced than Hunter and Rowand. I guess it all depends on how those three young fellas progress.
As far as the long run, while I appreciate the attempts to win now, a balanced approach is valuable in that you don't leave yourself worse off come next year. In short, want to win now so badly you'll shortchange yourself for next season? Be careful what you wish for.
Wow. I definitely wasn't expecting that! But. I am never too surprised with a trade the KW will put together.
Not sure if you read the comments, but if you do, I would love your thoughts on the price of Nick Swisher. Gonzalez and Sweeney have great talent. Would we have been able to go after Carl Crawford with that group plus another?
Interesting deal. Certainly didn't see that one coming. I like the addition of course this also means that Danks and Gavin "Deer In The Headlights" Floyd better produce at the back end of the rotation…or else.
Mark Liptak
Me likey.
The price was steep – but Sweeney's been regressing the last 2 years in AAA.
Losing Gio (and to a lesser extent De Los Santos) does hurt but you got to give a bit to get a good player. This deal could work out for both teams.
Acquiring a player like Swisher is certainly better than standing pat.
Hi Scott!
I haven't posted a comment in a while, but I just wanted to say
1.) Welcome to Nick Swisher. I was surprised when I heard this on the news, but it seems like a pretty good deal.
2.) My friend said she drove by the park this evening and the lights were on. Is this because every one is back at work?
I do like Swisher…would have rather seen Aaron in the outfield. Also I like Ryan so we will see how he performs in Oakland
I really like swisher but he is not a true center fielder which is somewhat of a problem. On the other hand he is versitile. So to me not a bad trade.
I have mixed emotions about this deal. Does this deal make the 2008 team a contender? I'm not sure. The Indians and Tigers appear to be very strong. Do the Sox measure up to these teams? They might but it's no slam dunk (is there ever?). I'm a little more optimistic about the teams chances after this deal but I fear that to much of the future make have been mortgaged for a present that is better but maybe not good enough.
What to do with Joe Crede/Josh Fields? Perhaps KW is not done yet.
More Angels/Konerko trade rumors? If KW does a deal, one can't question his desire to tear down walls for another championship.
If they do trade konerko to the angels god hope us ervin santana is one of the players we get in return. that guy has good stuff. i have no idea what happened to him last year but that would help fill out the bottom of the rotation with danks and floyd OUCH! one of those guys is bad enough-both would make me not go to the park on the days they were pitching.
Kendrick and Figgins are both also good ballplayers. i would like to see this deal. then swisher could move to first-or my plan before this whole offseason debacle was trade konerko or thome and move fields to the vacated spot and keep crede. we'll see.
by the way did anyone see the list of soxfest players? it hasnt changed since early december. hopefully there are some more people coming. i will be there the whole weekend and always look forward to it. though it was more fun at the hyatt but thats another story for another day.
For once I totally agree with keno's analysis on this deal, get it done.
This is a very old trade rumor that has shown its head again, but Williams has denied it.
1985: Hoyt Wilhelm, who had some of his best seasons with the White Sox, was voted into the Hall of Fame on his eighth try. The news wasn't as good for White Sox legend Nellie Fox, who just missed induction by receiving 74.68 percent of the vote. Fox needed to get to 75 percent for induction. The Hall did not round up –claiming Fox did not receive a true 75 percent of the vote — leaving Fox short of his deserved Hall of Fame induction. Nellie's long overdue induction into the Hall would finally comein 1997. Wilhelm, who pitched for the Sox from 1963 to 1968, topped the balloting with 331 votes. He was named on 83 percent of the ballots cast by the Baseball Writers Association of America, easily surpassing the 75 percent needed for induction. Former Cub Lou Brock alsoreceived enough votes for induction. Wilhelm used his knuckleball to go 41-33 for the Sox between 1963 and 1968 and his ERA was under 2.00 in each of his last five seasons on the Southside. On July 24, 1968, Wilhelm made his big league record 907th appearance in the second game of a doubleheader against Oakland before 13,089 at Comiskey Park. Wilhelm tied Cy Young's record in the Sox 1-0 loss in the first game of the doubleheader and then broke it in the 2-1 setback in the nightcap. The ageless knuckleballer finished his career in 1972 at age 49 with 1,070 appearances. Others with Sox ties receiving votes but falling short of induction were Ron Santo, Don Larsen, **** Allen, Wilbur Wood, Don Kessinger, Denny McLain and Clay Carroll.
2004: The White Sox signed reliever Cliff Politte to a one-year contract with a club option. Politte was adequate in 2004 – a season which was shortened by an appendectomy before turning a spectacular 2005. A key member of the bullpen, Politte was 7-1 with one save and 2.00 ERA for the 2005 World Series champion White Sox. 2006 didn't go as well. Politte had a ******** 8.70 ERA in 30 appearances before he was released on July 20, 2006.
(For more see http://www.whitesoxalmanac.com … I update it daily. During the season, this material is displayed on the scoreboard at US Cellular Field as the "White Sox Almanac."


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TIGARD -- One of this community's earliest and most energetic residents, Martha Elizabeth Bishop, died in her home Thursday morning from breast cancer. She was 87.
A community organizer and advocate, Bishop was remembered for her civic and family involvement.
She was born in Colma, Calif., in 1922 and married Wilbur Bishop in 1944. He went on to become mayor of Tigard from 1974-79 and 1981-83.
They had seven children, and she doted on her family. The hallways, bedrooms and kitchen of the one-story house she and Wilbur bought in 1957 are wallpapered in family photos, mementos and newspaper clippings.
"She was always a ball of energy, and she just loved it," said daughter Betty Pardo of Port Ludlow, Wash. "Anything that she did was always done beyond your greatest expectations."
Bishop knew the value of small-city government and community boards. She was a civic recruiter, encouraging young and old people to run for office or serve on councils.
"She was a motivator and a stimulator, and she was in the backroom of all the political activities," said oldest son JB Bishop of Vancouver. "Her biggest joy was getting other people involved."
And, oh, was she persistent.
During one of her pet projects -- Tigard Town and Country Days-- she envisioned a marching band leading the town parade. When she was told the high school didn't have a marching band, she found a flatbed truck and had the school's jazz band perform from it.
"Rejection didn't bother Mom; she would just move on to the next step," Pardo said.
Another of Bishop's passions was Music in the Park. After promoting it for years, she lobbied with Tigard Councilman Ken Scheckla to give the event a permanent shelter. They succeeded, and in 1999 the Bishop-Scheckla concert gazebo was dedicated in Cook Park.
She didn't tire later in life. She went on three trips with Global Volunteers, to Tonga, Guatemala and Indonesia, and two dream trips: to Italy and Ireland.
She still kept up with local politics, watching council meetings on public access TV or catching up via telephone or typewriter, which her kids dub her "weapons of mass production."
Brian Bishop, her youngest son, said he had to keep her from overworking herself. At 85, she would still take a chainsaw to the hedges. And just months ago, her children caught her sneaking out of the house with a saw to take care of some fallen branches.
"I knew you would follow me out there," her kids remember her saying.
Her final days were quiet. On Sept. 6, the only words she could manage were a happy birthday song to her son, JB She died surrounded by her family.
"She needed seven children and 18 grandchildren and a multitude of great-grandchildren in order to leave a legacy equal to what she was," said Brian Bishop, her youngest son.
"You need that many people to accomplish a thimble-full of what she has done," Pardo added.
The family has planned a recitation of the rosary at Young's Funeral Home at 12:30 p.m. Monday, followed by a memorial service at 1 p.m. and a celebration of life at Cook Park from 2 to 5 p.m. She will be buried near family in California later next week.
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ELIZABETH — On Tuesday night dry weather conditions contributed to a fast-moving fire
on Monroe and Fairmount avenues destroying several structures and displacing 10 families from their homes.
The fire started in a two-family house at 8:33 p.m. and burned for hours as the close proximity of the structures enabled it to spread quickly to its adjacent neighbors. The five-alarm blaze was fought by the Elizabeth Fire Department and more than a dozen nearby towns including Newark, Union, Clark and Roselle Park.
Several people were treated for smoke inhalation and one firefighter suffered a shoulder injury — all were treated and released from Trinitas Medical Center.
Mayor J. Christian Bollwage and the city's Relocation Officer Joseph Adair spoke to the effected families making sure their immediate needs were addressed and that they were provided with temporary shelter at a motel by the Red Cross. "We were fortunate that our first responders were able to move residents to safety and prevent the fire
from spreading any further down the block," said Mayor Bollwage who was on the scene until well after the fire was brought under control. "This was a tragedy averted by their professionalism," Bollwage added.
Minutes after the call went out, Elizabeth Police Department officers joined neighbors and passerby in evacuating the residents in close proximity of the burning house at 597 Monroe Ave. Nearby residences on Monroe, Adams and Fairmount avenues were also eventually evacuated as dense smoke made visibility difficult downwind of the
inferno. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Toiletries and clothing donations for the families (including children and seniors) can be delivered daily from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. to the Second Macedonia Church at 1251
Fairmount Ave.
Financial donations can be made to: "January Elizabeth Fire Fund," c/o Charlene Mason-Reese, Director Health & Human Services, Elizabeth City Hall, 50 Winfield Scott Plaza, Elizabeth, NJ 07201


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TOOELE, UTAH, MAY 27 – Road Race Factory's Hayden Gillim (Yam) sped from the pole position to a dominant first victory of the year in the Supersport West race at Miller Motorsports Park.
It took the rider from Owensboro, Kentucky three laps to get into the lead, but once there he was untouchable. His first lap out front ended with a cushion of 1.309 secs. which he extended to over four seconds. Over the final two laps his lead evaporated, but he was still able to win comfortably by 1.062 secs. Riders Discount/Vesrah Suzuki's Jake Lewis won a spirited battle for second over Latus Motors Racing's Dustin Dominguez (Tri), who finished third.
Series points leader James Rispoli (Celtic Racing/Orient Express Racing Suzuki) started strongly, leading the first lap, but faded badly to finish a distant eighth. Still, he ended the day in control of the Supersport West championship with 145 points to 124 for Gillim.
The win was the second of Hayden's Supersport career; he won his first Supersport race in the East division at Mid-Ohio last year.
The battle for second was fiercely but cleanly fought among Lewis, Dominguez, and Tomas Puerta, who would fade to a distant fourth on the American Supercamp/Road Race Factory Yamaha. Dominguez began the final lap in second, with Lewis passing him into the first turn, then pulling away mid-lap, especially through the fast right hand Witchcraft. Lewis could see Gillim just ahead, but with the finish line so close to the final corner-one of the track's main flaws-there was no chance for a draft-pass.
Stefano Mesa (Kneedraggers.com Yamaha) was alone in fifth well in front of Tyler Linders (Nexx Yamaha). Then came Myers, with Rispoli close behind in eighth.
Supersport West Results:
1. Hayden Gillim (Yamaha)
2. Jake Lewis (Suzuki)
3. Dustin Dominguez (Triumph)
4. Tomas Puerta (Yamaha)
5. Stefano Mesa (Yamaha)
6. Tyler Linders (Yamaha)
7. Elena Myers (Suzuki)
8. James Rispoli (Suzuki)
9. Ryan Matter (Yamaha)
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Dead Ends and Dark Alleys: Lessons from a Bank Robber, a Playwright, and a Conglomerate Boss
"Find life experiences and swallow them whole. Travel. Meet many people. Go down some dead ends and explore dark alleys. Try everything. Exhaust yourself in the glorious pursuit of life." -Lawrence K. Fish
I loved India, developing country symptoms and all, and living there for two months really let me see so much more than what a tourist there for a few days would see. It was so exciting to be live in a place that was going somewhere really exciting. Which reminded me of this quote (and let's ignore how gangster movies usually end):
"That's 'cause they're all about where people come from. The only thing that's important is where someone's going." -John Dillinger, Public Enemies
And this one:
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him. The unreasonable man adapts surrounding conditions to himself. All progress, therefore, depends on the unreasonable man." -George Bernard Shaw
Because if there is one thing that defines me, it's this: I'm comfortable being uncomfortable.
So where am I going to be one year from now? I'm gunning for a semester in China and a semester in another emerging market. It'll be an uncomfortable, unreasonable journey. But I'll love every second of it.
(Yeah…I just really wanted to share these three quotes. They're like shots of expresso for your soul!)


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If you're going to break game laws, the last thing you want to have to do is call the people who enforce those laws to rescue you.
According to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, that's what an Elizabeth, La., couple had to do Sunday.
After duck hunting in the morning, Mark and Michelle Tarver paddled their canoe into Bayou Nezpique before losing control due to fast-moving water, according to an LDWF release. After being ejected from the canoe, the couple swam to the bank but were unable to climb the steep bluff. Half of their bodies remained in the frigid water, LDWF reported.
The local 911 center received a call about the stranded couple at 11 a.m., and LDWF agents were dispatched, arriving on the scene around 2 p.m., according to the release.
The Tarvers were rescued and transferred to an awaiting ambulance. They were treated for severe hypothermia and transported to the Savoy Medical Center in Mamou for further treatment. They are expected to make a full recovery, according to the report.
Agents said the Tarvers admitted to having been duck hunting, and had harvested two ducks. Bayou Nezpique, which is on the Evangeline and Allen parish line, is in the state's Coastal Zone, which is currently closed to duck hunting.
Hunting ducks during a closed season brings a $400 to $950 fine and up to 120 days in jail.


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Willie Nelson postpones tour dates after bus crash, Josh Brolin enters rehab and Bruce Springsteen preps a new album. We have these stories and more in today's entertainment news from around the web.
Willie Nelson's crew recovers after Texas bus crash, tour postponed
Three members of the Willie Nelson and Family band are recovering after an icy bus crash outside of Sulphur Springs, Texas. Billie English, Paul English and Thomas Hawkins were all injured and the band's remaining November tour dates have been postponed. Nelson was not on the bus at the time of the crash.
E! ONLINE: Willie Nelson's Band Members Recover After Tour Bus Crashes in Texas
Miley Cyrus gets burglary for her 21st birthday
Miley Cyrus' Los Angeles home was reportedly burglarized Friday, ahead of her birthday. LAPD officers responded to the Studio City home Friday afternoon, but reported no signs of forced entry. Personal items were stolen from the home.
MTV.COM: Burglars Try To Spoil Miley's 21st Birthday
Josh Brolin enters rehab
Actor Josh Brolin checked into a rehab facility for alcohol abuse. The actor was recently involved in two alcohol-fueled fights. He decided to seek help because he "realized he needed help and is committed to his sobriety."
THE HUFFINGTON POST: Josh Brolin Reportedly Going To Rehab For 'Substance Abuse'
Watch Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul read "Breaking Bad's" finale for the first time
A clip of "Breaking Bad" stars Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston reading the last scene of the show's series finale has surfaced ahead of Tuesday's complete series release. Want to know what they thought of the end of the show? Watch below:
BUSINESS INSIDER: Aaron Paul And Bryan Cranston Read The 'Breaking Bad' Finale Script And Agree It's Perfect
Bruce Springsteen announces new album
Bruce Springsteen will release a new album on January 14. "High Hopes" will be a collection of outtakes, covers and revamped versions of old songs. "This is music I always felt needed to be released," he said in a statement.
ROLLING STONE: New Bruce Springsteen Album Due January 14th


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I've seen the Republicans try to pull some whoppers in my day but this has to be the biggest yet. I got a Republican flier in the mail this morning.
In big letters it said "When someone commits a crime, they should be punished."
Well, well, how come there are no bankers in jail? Didn't the biggest heist in history on the American taxpayer occur under the design of Hank Paulson and Bush?
I don't hear any Republicans striving to right that situation.
You see the idea was if the government provides loans to the banks at very low interest, they can make more money available to American industry at low rates and help get the economy moving.
I'll use some numbers here strictly for illustration. the government loans money to the banks at very low rates, let's say 1/2 percent with the thought the banks would loan it out at 2 1/2 percent or so, then more money would be available for industry to grow and jobs would result. What did the bankers do? They bought treasury notes at let's say 3 percent cause it's near risk free and that money didn't get out into the markets or industry.
The Republicans are scared to death that their taxes might be raised back to the amount they had agreed to in 2012. In other words the 25 percent rate was temporary and would revert back to 35 percent.
Well, they went back on their word. When it came time to extend unemployment benefits for the needy families the Republicans refused to pass that unless the tax rate increase was repealed.
They didn't care that millions of families might starve or go into poverty. Look back at history folks. The rich did very well when the rates were over 80 percent on the rich. They did very well when they were 60 percent, and 45 percent. They didn't starve. In order to salve their conscience they say "there are jobs, people just don't want to work" or "people are lazy."
Everyone of my Republican friends parrots those phrases. Doesn't occur to them that some people are not able to do certain types of work or that the pay won't get them to a point where they can claim they are "gainfully" employed.
People must be able to save enough for future needs and minimum wages doesn't even cover current needs and auto expenses, and baby sitters. The rich don't work for free.
I was dumbfounded when I found what the starting salary was at major banks for college grads from blue blood colleges in their first year.
You know, the colleges where only rich daddy's can afford to send their kids.
Let's see a presidential candidate call for reinstatement of the Glass-Steagal act. Would go a long ways towards getting America back on course.
Maybe they will find that they can pay for the wars they started instead of trying to take $290 million from the VA, or money like $2 billion from clean water programs, or $250 million from Great Lakes Restoration efforts, or $350 million from border security efforts like they did with HR#1.
Then the Republicans are questioning Obama's administration in its strategy in the Libya affair. I've got a whole list of questions about Cheny's role in 9/11.
James Oliver Rye
Crystal Falls