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2013: Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since 1415. Benedict made the decision to step down "because of advanced age." He became known as "pontiff emeritus," with Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio eventually being selected as the new pope on March 13, 2013, and becoming Pope Francis.
2011: Actress Jane Russell, one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s, dies of respiratory failure at the age of 89 in Santa Maria, California. She made her debut in "The Outlaw" (pictured), a 1943 movie about Billy the Kid that went to great lengths to showcase her voluptuous figure, before going on to star in movies such as "The Paleface" opposite Bob Hope, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opposite Marilyn Monroe, and "His Kind of Woman" and "Macao" opposite Robert Mitchum.
2009: Radio broadcaster Paul Harvey, whose "Paul Harvey News and Comment" was a fixture on the ABC Network for 58 years, and who was also known for his famous "The Rest of the Story" segments, dies at the age of 90 in Phoenix, Arizona. Harvey is seen here in 2005 receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush.
2007: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. dies of a heart attack at the age of 89 in Manhattan, New York. Schlesinger served as special assistant and "court historian" to President John F. Kennedy from 1961 to 1963 and later wrote a detailed account of the Kennedy Administration titled "A Thousand Days." He also actively supported the presidential campaign of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, which ended with Kennedy's assassination in Los Angeles. Schlesinger wrote the biography "Robert Kennedy and His Times" several years later. He won Pulitzers for "A Thousand Days" and his 1946 book "The Age of Jackson."
2002: John Madden is announced as Dennis Miller's replacement on "Monday Night Football." Madden signed a four-year, $20 million deal with ABC Sports.
1997: An earthquake centered near the city of Ardabil in northern Iran kills at least 1,100 and injures another 2,600.
1993: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas, with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four BATF agents and five Davidians died in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff. Seventy-six people, including 25 children, would die when fire consumed the complex on April 19, 1993, after weeks of fruitless talks between the FBI and Koresh.
1991: Just 100 hours after the U.S.-led Coalition force's ground assault in Kuwait began, the first Gulf War ends with a ceasefire at midnight.
1986: The coming-of-age comedy "Pretty in Pink," starring Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy and Jon Cryer, and directed by John Hughes, premieres in theaters. The film would prove a critical and commercial success, earning $6 million during its opening weekend and $40 million during its theatrical run.
1986: Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme and his wife Lisbet Palme are attacked by an unidentified assassin while walking home from a movie theater in Stockholm. Palme was shot in the back at close range and died just past midnight while his wife suffered a minor injury when a bullet grazed her back. Two years later, small-time criminal and drug addict Christer Pettersson was arrested, tried and convicted for Palme's murder. Pettersson's conviction was later overturned on appeal. Although more than 130 people have confessed to the murder, the case remains unsolved, and a number of theories as to who carried out the murder have been proposed. Seen here is a huge pile formed by thousands of flowers left by passers-by at the site of the murder.
1984: Michael Jackson wins a record-setting eight Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for "Thriller" and Record of the Year for "Beat It." While Jackson still stands alone with the record for most Grammys in one night by a solo artist, the band Santana would match his eight Grammys in 2000.
1983: The album "War" by U2 is released. The third album by the Irish rock group, it would debut at No. 1 in the UK, and its first single, "New Year's Day," was the band's first hit outside Ireland or the UK. The album, which also featured the song "Sunday Bloody Sunday," would reach No. 12 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and became their first Gold-certified album in America.
1983: "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen," the finale of the TV series "M*A*S*H," becomes the most watched television program in history to that time, with 125 million people tuning in. The episode surpassed the single-episode ratings record that had been set by the "Dallas" episode that resolved the "Who Shot J.R.?" cliffhanger and would reign until 2010, when it was passed in total viewership by Super Bowl XLIV.
1976: Actress and model Ali Larter, best known for the TV series "Heroes," as well as movie roles in "Varsity Blues," "The House on Haunted Hill" and "Final Destination," is born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
1969: Actor Robert Sean Leonard, best known for his roles in the movie "Dead Poets Society" and the TV show "House, M.D.," is born in Westwood, New Jersey.
1961: Actress Rae Dawn Chong, best known for movies such as "Quest for Fire," "The Color Purple," "Commando" and "Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers," is born in Edmonton, Canada. She is the daughter of Tommy Chong, half of the comedic duo Cheech & Chong.
1957: Actor John Turturro, best known for his roles in movies such as "Do the Right Thing," "Miller's Crossing," "Barton Fink," "Quiz Show," "The Big Lebowski," "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and the "Transformers" film series, is born in Brooklyn, New York.
1955: Comedian Gilbert Gottfried, best known for his trademark comedic persona of speaking in a loud, grating tone of voice and squinting, is born in Brooklyn, New York. He has made numerous TV and movie appearances, including "Beverly Hills Cop" and the "Problem Child" movies, but is most known for his voice work, including voicing the parrot Iago in Disney's "Aladdin" and the Aflac Duck until 2011.
1954: The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public. The Westinghouse H840CK15 retailed for $1,295, or more than $11,000 in 2014 dollars, and was available only in the New York area. In April the price was cut to $1,110 after only 30 sets had been sold. Only 500 were ever built, and most were never sold, because there was very little programming in color at the time.
1948: Actress Mercedes Ruehl, best known for her Oscar-winning role in "The Fisher King," as well as roles in other movies such as "Married to the Mob," "Lost in Yonkers" and "Last Action Hero," is born in Queens, New York.
1948: Actress and singer Bernadette Peters, one of the most critically acclaimed Broadway performers, who has also starred in movies such as "The Jerk," "Silent Movie," "Pennies from Heaven" and "Annie," is born in Queens, New York. Peters has received nominations for seven Tony Awards, winning two, and nine Drama Desk Awards, winning three. She also won a Golden Globe in 1982 for her role in "Pennies from Heaven."
1942: Rolling Stones founding member Brian Jones is born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. He was the group's leader early on, but drowned in a swimming pool in 1969 at the age of 27.
1942: The heavy cruiser USS Houston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait during World War II with 693 crew members killed, along with HMAS Perth which lost 375 men.
1940: Race car driver Mario Andretti, whose name has become synonymous with speed and racing in the United States, is born in Motovun, Kingdom of Italy. Andretti, whose family emigrated to the United States when he was 15, had a long career in racing, winning the 1978 Formula One World Championship, four IndyCar titles and IROC VI. He remains the only driver to ever win the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500 and the Formula One World Championship. Andretti, seen here in 1991, had 109 career wins on major circuits and became the only person to be named United States Driver of the Year in three decades (1967, 1978 and 1984).
1940: The game of basketball is televised for the first time, with NBC broadcasting a game between Fordham University and the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden. Pitt won the game 57–37.
1939: Dancer, singer, actor and theatrical director Tommy Tune, who has won nine Tony Awards and the National Medal of Arts, is born in Wichita Falls, Texas.
1935: DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
1931: College basketball coach Dean Smith, who won two NCAA Championships and made 11 Final Fours during his 36-year tenure at the University of North Carolina, is born in Emporia, Kansas. A member of both the Basketball Hall of Fame and the College Basketball Hall of Fame, he also coached Team USA to a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1997, he retired as the winningest coach in NCAA Division I men's basketball. His record of 879 wins would eventually be eclipsed by Bob Knight in 2007, Mike Krzyzewski in 2011 and Jim Boeheim in 2012. Smith, who in his latter years he suffered from advanced dementia, died at age 83 on Feb. 7, 2015.
1931: Actor Gavin MacLeod, best known for his television roles on "McHale's Navy," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "The Love Boat," is born in Mount Kisco, New York.
1929: Architect Frank Gehry, whose buildings have become tourist attractions, is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Some of his most famous works includes the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles; the Experience Music Project in Seattle; the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago's Millennium Park; and 8 Spruce Street in New York City.
1925: The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America. The quake, which was centered in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, Canada, along the Saint Lawrence River, was felt as far south as Virginia and as far west as the Mississippi River.
1923: Actor Charles Durning, best known for his roles in movies such as "The Sting," "Dog Day Afternoon," "Tootsie," "To Be or Not to Be" and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," is born in Highland Falls, New York. Durning earned Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in "To Be or Not to Be" and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas." He died of natural causes at age 89 on Dec. 24, 2012.
1916: Writer Henry James, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism and the author of novels such as "The Portrait of a Lady," "The Turn of the Screw," "The Wings of the Dove" and "The Ambassadors," dies at the age of 72 in London, England.
1915: Actor Zero Mostel, best known for his portrayal of comic characters such as Tevye on stage in "Fiddler on the Roof," Pseudolus on stage and on screen in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," and Max Bialystock in the original film version of "The Producers," is born Samuel Joel Mostel in Brooklyn, New York. He died of an aortic aneurysm at age 62 on Sept. 8, 1977.
1906: Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, a mobster with the Genovese crime family and a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip, is born in Brooklyn, New York.
1893: The USS Indiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
1784: John Wesley charters the first Methodist church, Methodist Episcopal Church, in Leesburg, Virginia.
1525: The Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés' forces for allegedly conspiring to kill Cortés and the other Spaniards.
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Gun buyer checks argued at Minn. Senate hearing
The debate over gun control measures at Minnesota's Capitol is increasingly pivoting around a proposal for universal background checks on gun purchases.
Senators reviewed that and other gun bills at a Thursday hearing of the Judiciary Committee. Police and sheriff groups and some prominent political leaders want all gun sales subject to background checks, not just those made through federally licensed dealers. But the National Rifle Association and its allies say that could lead to federal gun registration.
The committee's Democratic chairman reaffirmed that proposals to ban any types of gun or ammunition are off the table, a major concession to pro-gun activists. And a proposal to toughen various penalties for convicted felons who commit further gun crimes won the backing of Minnesota's Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance.
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The Phillies ends Interleague Play with a series win, as they defeat the Blue Jays, 5-4.
The Phillies end Interleague Play on a high note as they leave Toronto with a series win and a two-game winning streak, as they defeat the Blue Jays, 5-4. The win, the 252nd in Jamie Moyer's long career, pushes him into 43rd place on the all-time wins list, going past Hall of Famer Bob Gibson. But it was not easy.
The Blue Jays took a quick lead in the first as, with one man out, Aaron Hill hits a solo home run, his eighteenth home run of the season, making it 1-0 Blue Jays. Toronto increased their lead in the second, as, with one man on, and two men out, Jose Bautista hits a two-run home run, his second home run of the year, knocking in Lyle Overbay, who had just walked, to give the Blue Jays a 3-0 lead. In the third, the Phils made it 3-1 Blue Jays, as, with runners on second and third, and with one man out, Ryan Howard hits an RBI ground out, 3-unassisted, scoring Shane Victorino, who had earlier singled, moved over to second on Jayson Werth's walk, and then went to third when Chase Utley struck out, but the ball got passed Blue Jays's catcher Raul Chavez for a passed ball, while sending Werth, who had earlier walked, and had moved up to second on the pass ball, would go on to third base. It then became a 4-1 Blue Jays' lead as Hill hits a lead-off home run, his ninteenth home run of the year, and his second of the game. Later in the inning, the Blue Jays threathen to add more runs to their lead, as they had two men on base, Scott Rolen via a double, and Adam Lind via a walk, with only one out. But Phils' starter Jamie Moyer would get out of the jam by striking out first Alex Rios, and then Overbay, with both man swinging. The Phils would then take over the lead in the fourth. The Phils would load the bases on a Pedro Feliz single, a Chris Coste walk, which would move Feliz up to second base, and then a bunt single by Eric Bruntlett, which moved both Feliz and Coste up a base, with nobody out. Carlos Ruiz then hits a grounder to Blue Jays' third baseman, Rolen, which could have been a doubleplay ball, if the play wasn't broken up by Bruntlett's slide, knocking down Blue Jays' second baseman, Hill. The play instead becomes a force out, 5-4, allowing Feliz to score from third, making the score 4-2 Blue Jays, while Coste would move to third, and Ruiz would be safe first, with only one out. Victorino then followed with a sacrifice fly for the inning's second out, scoring Coste from third, making it a 4-3 Blue Jays' lead. Two batters later, with two men on, and still two men out, Utley hits a two-run triple, knocking in Ruiz, who had gone to second on Werth's single, and Werth, who had just singled, to give the Phils' a 5-4 lead. That would be the score until the ninth, as Moyer would handle the Blue Jays for the fourth-fifth innings, Chan Ho Park would shut them down for two innings, and Ryan Madson would keep the Blue Jays in check in the eighth inning. In the ninth, the Phils would hand the ball over to Brad Lidge, back from the 15-games disabled list, to record the save. At first, he ran into trouble, as he allowed two men on base, a single to Chavez and a walk to Marco Scutaro, moving John McDonald, who was pinch running for Chavez, to second base with the tying run. After getting Hill to pop out to Utley, with the Infield Fly Rule in effect, for the first out, Lidge would pick McDonald off of second base. After missing McDonald, he threw the ball to Feliz, who would eventually tag McDonald out, 1-5-6-5, for the inning's second out, killing the threat as the batter, Vernon Wells, then proceeded to ground out 6-3, for the final out.
Jamie Moyer won the game, pitching five innings, giving up four runs on five hits and two walks, while striking four. His record for the year is now 6-6, the Phils' first six game winner, with an ERA of 6.05. Chan Ho Park recorded his fourth hold as he pitched two scoreless innings, striking out a batter. Ryan Madson recorded his fourteenth hold of the season, as he gave up only a hit and a walk. Brad Lidge recorded his fourteenth save of the year, as he gave up only a hit and a walk. Brian Tallet got the lost, as he pitched six inning, giving up five runs, only four of which were earned, on eight hits and six walks, while striking out six. His record is now 5-5 with a 4.47 ERA. Brandon League, Jeremy Accardo and Jason Frasor combined for three shut out innings, giving up only two hits (League (1), Frasor (1)) and three walks (Accardo (2) Frasor (1)) between them, while they stuck out only three batters (League (2), Accardo (1)).
The Phillies collected ten hits in the game, with Chase Utley leading the team with two hits, a double and a triple, knocking in two runs, as he raised his average to .302. Shane Victornio, Jayson Werth, Ryan Howard, Pedro Feliz, Chris Coste, Eric Bruntlett, Carlos Ruiz and Matt Stairs got the other eight Phils' hits, all singles, with Stairs' being a pinch hit single. Besides Utley's two RBIs, Howard, Victorino and Ruiz each knocked in a run, with Victorino's being a sacrifice fly. With Interleague Play now behind them, as well as a series win, the Phils will resume playing fellow National League teams, as they hope to increase their lead in the NL East.
The Phillies (39-34, 1st) have the day off today. They will resume play tomorrow night with their first visit to Atlanta as they face the Braves, hoping to continue their road winning ways as they at the moment stand at .500 for the present road trip. They are presently leading the Mets by two and a half games, as they were swept this weekend by the Yankees.
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Hey thanks for the support and dropping by my blog, glad you like it. You down for trading links?
And by the way how weird is it that Jamie Moyer is leading our team in wins for the 2nd straight year? He's the man,
And your Peta comment made me laugh, they're pricks. I don't know if you saw it during the playoffs last year but they actually went after Shane Victorino for eating spam. What a bunch of douchebags.
Thanks though, let me know if its cool if we trade links or whatever.
And by the way you gotta check out Yohan Flande, minor league pitcher for the Phils who was just promoted to AA Reading. There was an article about him in the Daily News this morning and he looks like he could be the real deal. I just posted a quick entry on him with a link to the article if you wanna check it out.
To Julia: You're glad it's over!!! I was doing cartwheels the very minute the game was over Sunday!!!! Finally, no more seeing AL teams until maybe the World Series. The All-Star game does not count in this aspect.
To Payoff Pitch: You're welcome on the support and yes, I do like the blog. Sure, we can swap links. I'l put down yours as soon as I'm finished with my response.
Yes, it is weird that Jamie is the guy with the most wins for the team. That either tell us something about Jamie, or about the young studs, (I'm looking at you, Coel), who have not pitched too well at the start of the season (I don't mean you, Brett. You have an excuse. You got hurt.).
As for PETA, just talking truth, bro. PETA is nothing more than a bunch of attention ******. Nothing more, nothing less. Didn't know about them getting on Shane. Maybe because Shane didn't say anything, as he was too busy dodging baseballs thrown at his head. But seriously, theres is only two ways to deal with that bunch: Ignore them, or sarcase the holy heck out of them. And these people need the later done to them real bad.
Now, on Yohan Flande's promotion, this guy is so much under the radar screen that I didn't even know he existed. I just hope he does not get messed up between Reading and here.
Thanks for swapping links, I appreciate it. And as for the game tonight, it made me sick. Rollins really needs to get his act together, its gotten pathetic. Just posted something on it with some pics: http://payoffpitch.mlblogs.com/
You're welcome on the link swaps. And last night's game was the absolute pits!!! I can not believe it. Madson spent a little too much time worrying about the guy on first, when he needed to get just one more out to end the inning. As for Jimmy, I think it's either a case of the pitchers having his number this year, or hs forgetting what he is suppose to be doing from the lead-off spot, i.e. get his butt on first base to set things up later.


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7 comments:
- Hillary said...
I love this!! I will soon win over the airport too haha. Great post :)
- May 18, 2011 at 10:49 AM
- MonsteRawr said...
It's going to be really awkward when they call for Zone 1 and EVERYONE stands up.
Personally, I just do the plane-side bag check. It's always been super convenient, and then I don't have to worry about trying to fit my bag in the overhead bin.
- May 18, 2011 at 11:20 AM
- Adria said...
Haha wish I would have known about this sooner. I traveled last week and would have tried it out :)
- May 18, 2011 at 2:30 PM
- Mrs. Pancakes said...
your newest follower!
- May 21, 2011 at 9:32 AM
- professiongal.com said...
Hhhhmmm...am I daring enough to try this and cunning enough to get away with it? Ummm...DUH! ;) Thanks for the tip! We'll see if it works for me on my next trip. :)
- May 23, 2011 at 4:02 PM
- joy said...
I recently flew in the States and was shocked to see this boarding by zone thing! We don't have that here in Canada. Will definitely try this next time!
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Man accused in plot to kill 2 appears in court
Man with mental health issues legally purchased assault rifle
A Madison man with mental health issues who police say purchased an assault rifle and threatened to kill his neighbors and one of his friends made his first appearance in court Wednesday.
Andrew J. Meis, 20, is accused in a plot to kill two Madison residents: a 54-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man.
"The defendant apparently obtained an assault rifle clone recently, specifically for the purpose of killing people," said Dane County Assistant District Attorney Matt Mosier at Meis's bail hearing Wednesday. "He has had some recent outpatient commitments as well as some inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, and there are continuing mental health issues."
Meis is charged with two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide.
Meis informed his psychiatrist he was going to kill his neighbors and one of his friends, according to a criminal complaint.
The complaint details a confrontation last December, when police said Meis knocked on a neighbor's door while carrying a gun.
Police said an AK-47 rifle and ammunition were recovered from Meis' home in the 4700 block of Hayes Road. Police said Meis was apprehended before any gun violence took place.
The man who helped sell Meis the firearm spoke with WISC-TV with the condition that his identity be hidden. He said Meis was shopping online for an AK-47 and reached out to the reputable firearms dealer to start the filing of paperwork, background checks and the eventual firearm transfer. The process moved forward legally without any denial or delays.
"So it's a pretty quick process," said the dealer. "It's very tough to make a judgment of someone's character or mental well-being in that short of time."
WISC-TV found that under state law, Meis's mental health history would not have been a red flag on a background check. Only those who have been involuntarily committed and prohibited by court order from possessing firearms would be denied a weapon under state law.
In this case, Meis voluntarily checked himself in for treatment.
"I don't want to be part of a transaction that ends up with something happening," said the firearms dealer. "I'm glad that this got stopped when it did and, from my understanding, he asked for help before acting."
Meis' attorney said her client continues to seek treatment.
"He absolutely is," said defense attorney Amanda Hall. "And I think past records of reaching out for help and reaching out for help in this case absolutely indicates that this is someone who wants to get better, who wants to be a functioning, productive member of society, just like anyone else."
Meis is scheduled to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine his competency before his next scheduled court date on Feb. 8. He is currently jailed on a $200,000 cash bond.
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Crosslands Construction Company is handling the restaurant's construction, and Project Superintendent Steve Meyer expects all major framing work to be done this week.
"All the walls should be up, and we'll start putting trestles in this week," Meyer said. "They're hoping to open by roughly the first week of October. It could possibly be Sept. 29, but that depends on the weather."
The Applebee's will be at 1821 U.S. Highway 181 in Portland. It will have two entrances; one across from the neighboring IHOP, and one in the back of the facility, Meyer said.
Crosslands is based in Denver, and specializes in building Applebee's restaurants.
"We've been building Applebee's for 15 years," Meyer said. "We just finished one in Weslaco. They're looking to build a half dozen stores in South Texas in the next year."
Meyer said company officials are looking to expand near McAllen and Victoria.


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At the meeting you may explain your perspective on the incident. The Dean for Student Services will issue a decision whether the alleged conduct occurred; whether the conduct violated the Code of Conduct or other college policies or procedures; and impose a sanction(s) if appropriate. You will receive a written notice of the decision and be advised of your right to appeal.
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- Faculty determination of immediate suspension from class if a student is unresponsive to a faculty member 's intervention and continues to be disruptive.
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- College expulsion with consequent loss of tuition and fees for more than two academic terms.
- Revocation of admission prior to matriculation for fraud, misrepresentation or other serious behavioral violation.
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If you disagree with the outcome of your hearing you may file a written appeal with the Dean for Student Services within seven days of receiving your disciplinary decision letter. Your appeal letter should answer the following questions:
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Man accused of assault, restraintApril 17,2013
Man accused of assault, restraint
WATERFORD Vermont State Police say a Waterford man sexually assaulted a woman at his residence and then refused to let her leave while he was holding a gun Monday afternoon.
Steven C. Cross, 25, assaulted the 20-year-old woman, whose name has not been released, when she came over to pick up clothes, according to state police.
State police say the woman did eventually leave and called state police who arrived and found Cross holding a .50-caliber muzzle loader with the primer in place and safety off.
State police say Cross was eventually arrested and cited for aggravated sexual assault and first-degree unlawful restraint.
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By Karl Terry: Freedom Columnist
I probably won't watch the Academy Awards tonight but I do have a favorite for Best Picture. "Avatar" has my vote.
To establish my immense credibility as a movie reviewer here, I've only seen two of the nominated movies but I feel pretty safe in making this call. If you haven't seen it yet you should while it's on the big screen in 3D.
Since it's pretty obvious that I don't get to the movies too often, why lay down $10 for this one? Mainly because I wanted to see what has been described as a huge technological advance in movie production.
From a tribe of giant blue people on a distant moon to the flora and fauna of that made-up world, the special effects created by the makers of the movie certainly didn't disappoint. The 3D only added to the experience and made the world created on screen really come alive. But to me the special effects and plentiful action scenes were only part of what made the movie so good.
James Cameron and the makers of "Avatar" were successful with the movie because they successfully teleported the classic American Western into the realm of science fiction.
I've read a few blogs and reviews of the movie that have panned the plot for being too simple and too predictable but so were Westerns. To me the story of good versus evil and the character conflicts that can be found in the ground in between is a movie outline that never disappoints. The meat of the message then comes down to development of the characters and how well acquainted the moviegoer becomes with the demons they struggle with.
I've read a limited amount of science fiction books over the years but the ones I've enjoyed most were those that used the Western novel approach. Seems strange then that I haven't read that many Western novels, doesn't it?
The thing about the movie that struck me the most was the correlation it seems to make between the Na'vi (giant blue people) and their conflicts with people from Earth in the movie and Native Americans and their conflict with European settlers and soldiers in America.
The Na'vi are a race living in tune with the natural world around them and technology doesn't have a place and even seems silly to them. After the main character, Sully, inserts himself into the Na'vi culture for reasons of espionage he becomes aware of the inevitable clash of cultures that is ahead.
When Sully tries to communicate this fate to Na'vi leaders and explain their predicament he fails. This scene made me think of Chief Ouray of the Ute Indians of the Southwest. Ouray had been to Washington and had seen how strong and vast the White Man's armies and government was and he urged his people to negotiate instead of fight. Ouray too was largely unsuccessful and miners, farmers and ranchers eventually displaced his people.
Like good science fiction and good Westerns "Avatar" has a twist that gives us hope. Hope that harmony, understanding and a hero framed against an alien sunset might just exist somewhere in our future.


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SAN ANTONIO — Head softball coach Amanda Lehotak, her coaching staff and players invite you to join them from 6-8 p.m. on Friday at Fuddruckers on IH-10 & Wurzbach Road (click here for map) for a Meet & Greet to kick off the 2013 season.
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Tax relief for the military?July 17,2013
I was interested to read Tom Watkins opinion about eliminating taxes on military pensions.
Its important to understand that all military people do not receive pensions; military personnel must serve 20 years in the service to receive a pension, but veterans who have fought the hard battles of Iraq and Afghanistan for fewer than 20 years do not receive a pension. Before I comment on his opinion piece, I would like to make it clear that nothing I say here is meant to discredit veterans. I believe the great majority of veterans join the military to serve their country, and I have great respect for them. It has been often construed that any criticism of war or military actions is a dishonor to them. My criticism of the military is about a small but powerful group in the United States who increasingly have turned this country into a military society.
In Mr. Watkins description of the economics in Vermont, his criticism of teachers and unions takes credit away from a group of people who have nurtured our young people not only in their subjects, but also in their everyday social concerns and problems.
No system is perfect, but Mr. Watkins facts are misleading. He may be too young to remember, but before teacher unions, most teachers were poorly paid, had no pensions for their old age, and had to depend on the generosity of family and friends to get by.
Mr. Watkins suggests that the retired military deserve more tax relief than other people who serve our society. What about teachers, police, nurses, doctors, firefighters, maintenance people, musicians and the myriad of other workers who make our state a good place to live?
Instead of tax relief for anyone, there are many needs for our tax dollars: One critical need is to help injured, maimed and homeless veterans who suffer physically, mentally, emotionally and economically from the undeclared wars that our country fights.
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As much as everybody loves David Lee (including me). The reason Randolph is and will start are easy.
#1 The money. Guys who make that type of money start. Is it fair? No but thats how the world works.
# 2 Say what you want. But flat out Randolph is a better player. Everybody talks about how Curry and Randolph won't mix together and how potentially bad it could be. But what happens if it does work. Two potentially dominate 6'10 guys makes for one hell of a tough team to start. Sidenote just because he went to the line 9 times in a preaseason game that nobody television station covered doesn't mean he's become a driving machine.
# 3 David Lee is the protypical 6th man. He hustles, he defends, he does the little things. He's a good 6th man people. Plus with foul trouble, injuries, players having off nights hes going to play a good 25-30 mins anyway.
If you want an energy in your starting lineup i'd be more into the idea of starting Balkman at the 3 when he gets back healthy. Then you can move Q to the Shooting guard and have JC off the bench where he shined at times last season.


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Lemon Meringue Pie
- Prep Time: 60 min
- Cook Time: 30 min
- Ready Time: 120 min
- Yield: 8 servings
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- 1/8 teaspoon salt (optional)
- 1 1/2 cups cold water
- 1 large egg yolk, lightly beaten
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 3 large egg whites
- 1/8 teaspoon salt (optional)
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oven to 425ºF. Prepare single pie crust according to recipe directions, using a 9-inch pie plate. Cool.
- REDUCE oven temperature to 350°F.
- COMBINE sugar, cornstarch and salt in medium saucepan. Gradually stir in water until mixture is well blended. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Cook and stir 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
- STIR small amount of hot mixture into egg yolk in small bowl. Return mixture to saucepan. Cook and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir in lemon juice and lemon peel.
- BEAT egg whites and salt in small bowl until frothy. Gradually add sugar, beating well after each addition. Beat until stiff, but not dry. Beat in vanilla.
- SPOON filling into baked pie shell. Spread meringue over filling, sealing meringue to edge of pie shell.
- BAKE at 350ºF for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely on rack. Cut with sharp knife dipped into hot water.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 slice, 1/8 of pie), Calories 340 (Calories from Fat 120), Total Fat 13g (Saturated Fat 3g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 25mg, Sodium 170mg, Total Carbohydrate 53g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 32g), Protein 4g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 8%, Calcium 0%, Iron 6%.
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Child Abuse Prevention Month
April 24, 2013 —
REGION — "The symbol of child abuse prevention is the pinwheel, and so there are 1,514 pinwheels outside to represent the number of calls that we received for potential child abuse and neglect in Sullivan County last year."
That was Dr. David Sager, deputy commissioner of the county Department of Family Services, addressing the county legislature on April 19, and informing them that April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther was also on hand, and said that she and others in the assembly have been working for seven years to pass legislation that would allow for expanded prosecution of child abuse. She said that at a hearing she heard a Catholic woman testify that her 30-year-old son told her recently that he was abused five times by priests when he was young. Gunther said she wanted to "open the window" of prosecution so that cases that occurred long ago could be dealt with.
Sager read a proclamation from Senator John Bonacic, which said that three million children each year are the victims of neglect or abuse in the U.S. and 1,545 children lose their lives annually because of abuse or neglect; most are younger than four years of age.
In Wayne County, PA, commissioners also passed a resolution declaring April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. They reported that in 2012, 18 children were found to be abused and the majority of the investigations were sexual.
Natalie Burns, the director of Wayne County Children and Youth, said that the agency receives a lot of reports of child abuse, mostly from mandated reporters, such as school personnel, or those involved in custody cases. She said that reports of physical abuse are easier to investigate because of the detectable marks, abrasions, or wounds. Incidents that don't result in visible injuries such as sexual abuse, emotional abuse, or neglect are more difficult to handle. Investigators often have to screen children to discover any abuse. They receive help in this area from the Children's Advocacy Center in Scranton, PA, which conducts interviews and gathers corroborating evidence that may help to determine if a child has suffered abuse.


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History of the Peace Corps in Senegal
|History of the Peace Corps
|Since 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries, more than 182,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 138 countries all over the globe.
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The Peace Corps program in Senegal began in 1963 with the assignment of 15 English teachers to secondary schools around the country. In the ensuing years, the program has grown considerably. On average, about 120 Volunteers work in a wide range of projects throughout Senegal.
History and Future of Peace Corps Programming in Senegal
In the past, the predominant Peace Corps project was TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language), with the rural development project playing a secondary role. Current programming efforts integrate the goals of the government of Senegal to benefit the rural population with the goals of the Peace Corps, placing special emphasis on projects that meet basic human needs. Currently, Peace Corps/Senegal has projects in small business development, natural resources management, agriculture, and rural health.
Peace Corps/Senegal will continue to assign Volunteers primarily to small-scale projects aimed at training rural individuals or communities to tackle their own development problems and priorities. This policy reflects Peace Corps/Senegal's continued adherence to a philosophy of grass-roots sustainable development and coincides with a growing recognition by the government of Senegal that a centralized, top-down development approach is neither effective nor affordable.


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Guide to Geologic Hazards in Alaska - Glossary
- Earthquake
- A sudden motion or trembling in the Earth caused by the abrupt release of slowly accumulated strain. Syn: shock, quake, seism, macroseism, temblor (Neuendorf, K.K.E. and others, 2005)
- DGGS online catalog of government agency publications relating to: Earthquake
- American Red Cross: Recovering after a disaster or emergency - Earthquake
- University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska Earthquake Center (AEC): Homepage
- Alaska Seismic Hazards Safety Commission (ASHSC): Homepage
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Faith Communities
Faith communities have been a central and driving force behind Witness for Peace since its founding in 1983. During the 1980s Witness for Peace established an ongoing presence in war zones, sending U.S. citizens to document the "human face" of the Reagan Administration's military policy. Having heard God's call to put their faith into action for their neighbors, people of faith and conscience from across the U.S. traveled to Nicaragua to bear witness for the impacts of U.S. policy. Currently, our international witness is based in Nicaragua, Mexico and Colombia, with satellite programs in Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia and Honduras. We document the human costs of unethical trade and military policy, educate and inspire U.S. citizens who travel with us to our sites and mobilize a grassroots network of nonviolent, faith-based activists who hold policymakers accountable and work for changed U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America.
Click here to read more about Witness for Peace.
Click here to read the Witness for Peace Covenant.
Witnessing in Latin America
Witness for Peace regularly organizes delegations geared towards the particular interests of faith communities. These delegations focus on the local faith community's understanding of God's call, allow time for internal spiritual reflection and shared worship with our hopes.
If you would like more information on our delegations program or would like to discuss a potential trip, please contact Ken Crowley, National Delegations Organizer.
Resources for Involving your Congregation and Community
Please click here for our Congregational Partnership Program, your faith community's guide to supporting peace, justice and sustainable economies in the Americas.
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He's been a car salesman, a furniture salesman, a radio DJ, a husband, father and grandfather.
But he's also traveled all over Texas with his Tejano Country Party Machine, playing parties, quinceañeras, wedding anniversaries and, yes, even a pet wedding.
"I played for, would you believe, a pet show," Montez laughs, remembering the event.
"And there were two dogs getting married. And they had them dressed up as the groom and bride. And I played for that."
And with a lifetime of memories and laughs and good times, it's with a heavy heart that he chose to call it quits.
"It's because I'm getting tired of it, and my wife is definitely getting tired of it.
"My wife doesn't want to stay by herself every Saturday night while I'm out there working. It was fun, but it's hard, hard work."
Montez started out in radio, spinning 33 and 45 records back in 1979 at KIBL, which is now Kicker 106 here in Beeville.
Montez remembered fondly, "I had a passion for radio since I was 15 or 16 years old.
"When I was growing up, there was this radio station in Corpus called KWW, and it was border to border. You could listen to it in Mexico and in Canada.
"And this guy named Genero Tamez, he could do Shakespeare in Spanish; he was so awesome, and when I think of him it brings tears to my eyes, because I admire him so much.
He eventually made it to the radio station and got himself a part-time job.
"So, March of 1979 is when I first hit the radio, and I stayed there until 1993.
"The first thing he [Jose Andrada] taught me was how to say "meteorologist" in Spanish, and it was hard for me to do that.
"But I learned, and I learned how to do the weather."
And in 1993, he hung up his mic and ran for public office, and about a year later, missing the music he played night after night, he decided to form Tejano Country Party Machine.
"With Tejano Country Party Machine, we went to a lot of places.
"We played in Houston, San Antonio and Corpus many times."
But, Montez has been slowing down. Though he enjoys the business immensely, traveling every Saturday and coming home late can be a bit burdensome.
Along with other, slightly high-spirited problems.
"Having to deal with people, especially when you go to a place where you're up against people under the influence can get interesting," he laughed.
"I'm going to be 73 on the 25th of this month.
"A 73-year-old man DJing for a quinceañera.
"You don't see that very often."
But Montez has honed his craft well and has done and learned a lot during his tenure as master chief of the local DJ scene.
"Not taking anything away from the DJs out there nowadays, and I wish them well, but nobody can say that they played at the country club on Saturday afternoon and then at night played at a beer joint in Skidmore.
"Nobody can say that.
"If it's a quinceañera, definitely you're going to entertain the younger crowd, but what about the parents that are there?
"You have to entertain them. And what about the grandparents that went there? You have to remember them.
"And that's what I do. And people think I do a good job at that."
And having to deal with kids during all the graduation parties and quinceañeras still hasn't fazed Montez one bit.
Surely, he's seen his share of crazy, wild teens getting down on the dance floor or requesting strange new songs, but Montez always take it all with a large grin.
"I just did a quinceañera where I had more fun than they did.
"I played at a wedding where the bride wanted hip-hop.
"And we were doing the dollar dance, and there were older folks there that wanted to dance with the bride.
"How do older folks like me dance to that?"
And his humor and good nature may be why he can practically call the entire town of Beeville his friend.
"I take a lot of pride in my friends. I have a lot of friends. Everywhere I go."
And that extends beyond the Texas border as well.
"We were going to visit my sister in Alabama one day, and we were going through Louisiana, and we stopped at this place in Hammond, La., for the night.
"I walked into the hotel and filled out the form and wrote my name and gave it to the clerk.
"And the lady said, 'I knew that was you! I used to serve you breakfast at L&M Cafe downtown in Beeville.'
"It was her hometown and, sure enough, there was someone there that knew me."
And what are his plans for his newly found free time?
"Well, it so happens that my daughter is making me a grandfather again," he said.
"We have three granddaughters, and she's expecting another in July.
Montez joked, "So I figure we're going to be going to Houston on weekends and spoil the heck out of that baby."
But the sadness from walking away from the business comes with it's perks.
"My wife's very happy. Just seeing her happy is good enough for me. And that is wonderful.
"I'm going to spend a lot of time at home and visit my friends and have a good time."
And watching Montez talk about leaving a profession he has loved for so long is like watching two lifelong friends part ways.
"I am going to miss all the crowds, all the Saturday nights.
"All the music. The Tejano music is in my blood."
And with tears in his eyes and a choked throat, he sat, looking down remembering all the memories he's made as well as friend's company he's enjoyed and said what he will miss the most.
"The people."
Ruben Montez's final gig will be Saturday, Feb. 19, at 9 p.m. in Skidmore at Al's Friendly Drive In, 517 County Road 619.
Paul Gonzales is the entertainment writer at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 116, or at email@example.com.


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Residents of Causey may have felt a little safer with the increased presence of law enforcement in their community, but simultaneously less safe due to the reason law enforcement is there — the shooting death of Jimmy "Bo" Chunn.
Chunn, 71, was discovered July 8 shot in his home in the town located about 32 miles southeast of Portales in Roosevelt County.
Portales Police Capt. Lonnie Berry said investigators have identified what he called two persons of interest based on interviews and evidence. Berry declined to elaborate further on the persons of interest. But he said no charges have been filed in connection with the shooting.
The death shocked the town that remembered Chunn for how he would tuck his pants into his boots and attract attention with his noisy pickup.
"Everybody knew the sound of Bo's pickup," said Marcel Merrick, who estimated she knew Chunn for about 45 years. "There's no way of describing (its sound)."
Merrick has lived in Causey all of her life. She couldn't recall anything similar happening to the "close-knit community" she's been part of for 65 years.
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Valentine's Day always brings a crowd on the train trying to get home early to loved ones. When it landed on Friday this year, the train was especially packed with travelers, flowers in hand, myself included. I grabbed the train north from Hoboken Terminal, and it being the first station, I got a two-for-one, not only a seat on what would be a crowed train, but also a chance encounter.
Placing my flowers in the overhead rack, I settled into a two-seater to watch the crowd pile in at the next stop, Secaucus. Usually I would be boarding here, but not today. Florists in Penn Station and Hoboken live for this holiday; the bouquets are so large that most faces can hide behind them. As the cascading trail of flower-carrying passengers boarded, there was a break in the action… and there she stood. Looking like a cool glass of water on a hot summer day, her smile mirrored the sparkle in her eyes. Sitting diagonally across from me, she asked if the seat was taken, I was immediately smitten, like a school boy. The New York Post would be the prop that I would use today to hide behind to steal a glimpse of her from time to time.
Once in a while a new face grabs a person's attention, sometimes for the wrong or right reason, depending on a person's point of view. The general rule on the train, for married people at least, is looking is OK but no staring, talking, or anything past a quick "hi." Any interaction that goes further can be viewed as a violation of the rules and open to interpretation and gossip. Yet there are occasions to break the rules and a pretty face is one of them.
Waiting in the cold on the platform had put a blush to her lips and cheeks, her blond hair fell perfectly into place as she removed her hat and scarf. I, too, was blushing as she glanced over her shoulder at me, thinking for sure she had seen me staring, but she turned away with nary a notice. Remembering the "rules" I tried to put my thoughts to the crossword puzzle. Being Valentine's Day, the subject matter of the crossword questions did nothing to keep my mind from wandering. First one: Italian word for beautiful—answer "bella." (Oh boy, this was going to be a long trip.)
So a wandering my mind did go, the questions filling my head like the crossword puzzle. Why was she in the city? Did she enjoy her day? How would she react if I struck up a conversation? On either side of my shoulders, my conscience of good and evil were whispering into my ears, each making perfect sense to me. At long last I thought to myself carpe diem, and off I went, flowers in hand. Using the bouquet to shield my face I presented them first, speaking with a sheepish, "I thought you might like these." She looked up from her book, smiled and reached out for them with a sweet, "thank you." We rode the rest of the trip speaking of our day and of the weekend that lie ahead, like two very familiar friends. Since it is rare that I see my wife Evelyn on the train coming from the city, it was a chance encounter indeed and the start of a lovely weekend.


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jsw14 wrote:HiddenHollow wrote:jsw14 wrote:I hope the points system works this week
You, me and everyone else on here, j Or, if I only get 2 points, then I hope it breaks again. Oh, BTW... my picks for Kansas:
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I originally had Brad instead of Kasey, but they struggled with the #2 in practice & he didn't qualify that well. We'll see how changing my mind works out.
I hear ya H, my thinkin was> why didn't it break-down when I was in 1st place
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Coming into the bout both teams sported identical records of (22-2). The formidable Bulldogs' team featured a few high caliber players including a catcher that is getting drafted, a pitcher who signed with Texas A&M, and two more returning All-State players. Last year's Sweeny team ended their season at the state tournament one game short of a title.
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After a leadoff strike out, the Bulldog pitcher struggled with the Bobcats. Draigon Silvas got on base with a single up the middle and was followed by consecutive walks of Brett Wernli and Castellano.
With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 7th inning, the stage was set for a Bobcat comeback. As the pitcher began his windup, Silvas broke for home in what appeared to be a steal of home plate. As the ball reached the plate, Cameron Sternadel quickly stuck out his bat and laid down a perfect squeeze bunt towards first base.
The tying run crossed the plated safely as the pitcher fielded the ball and threw to first. The ball sailed high and into right field allowing the winning run to cross the plate in walk off fashion. The Bobcats had stole a come-from-behind victory by the final score of 3-2. The Bulldogs surrendered only their 3rd loss of the season.
With the win the Bobcats are now (23-2) for the season and still ranked #5 in 2A. They host George West and travel to Robstown this week for playoff tune up games. Next week the Bobcats will begin their playoff run against the winner of the Banquete/Santa Rosa series. "Thank you to all who support the Refugio Athletic Program," said Coach Huerta.