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Danielle Perez (102 pounds) and Rogelio Salazar (113 pounds) placed in the top six in state to earn the coveted honors. Salazar won his weight class to be crowned 4A state champion.
The 4A designation in wrestling this year is new. Last year the 4A squads were lumped together with all the 5A schools competing in wrestling.
Danielle Perez (102) received a first round forfeit over Cordova (EP Hanks) and a second round pin over Loren Braun (Richmond George Ranch) to advance to the state semifinals. Perez faced top-ranked Ashlea Vong (Amarillo Caprock), losing 9 to 3. Perez then went to the consolation semifinals and wrestled Elise Coleman (Leander Rouse) and lost a 7 to 0 match.
Wrestling for 5th place, Perez was paired up with Bernadette Duhan (Azle) and lost 11 to 0 and ended up in sixth place.
"Danielle wrestled good the first day to earn All-State honors but hit some buzz saws the later rounds. All-State honors are great, but we expect to do better at next year's tournament," said A.C. Jones wrestling coach Terry Foster.
"We definitely have some work this offseason to work on, but I am so proud of her accomplishments this year."
Rogelio Salazar opened the tournament against Tell Ward (College Station) and easily disposed of him by a score of 16 to 3. Next on the path to the finals was Tanner Kuketz (Argyle) who was the Region II Champion. Salazar wrestled a close match, up to the final period, where he turned on the afterburners and cruised to a 9 to 2 decision. Salazar then faced Taygen Smith (Amarillo) who was the Region I champion in the state semifinals. The match ended in a 4 to 4 tie going into overtime. In the overtime period, Salazar used a outside single leg to secure a takedown and won the semifinal in overtime.
The finals were a rematch of the Region IV finals from two weeks prior when Adrian Barraza (Austin Vandegrift) had defeated Salazar 4 to 2.
In the state finals, Salazar came out and took a 2-point lead with a nice strong double leg takedown and rode Barraza out the rest of the first period. In the second period, Salazar reversed his opponent to take a 4 to 0 lead and continued to ride his opponent until the end of the second period. The final period was all Salazar, and he controlled the tempo and secured his spot as the first Beeville wrestling state champion and Texas' first 4A wrestling champion in the 113-pound weight class.
"This was a wonderful experience, and the whole Beeville wrestling community enjoyed this victory tonight. I always say, 'Good things always happen to good people,' and it did tonight for Rogelio and Danielle," said Foster.
The Trojans also had a couple of other wrestlers make the trip to compete in Austin. Cordell Aguirre (145 pounds) faced top-ranked Chris Thompson (Canyon Randall) in the opening round. Aguirre wrestled fearlessly and hard, but was eventually pinned by Thompson in the second period.
Aguirre then faced Zane Crow (Humble Kingwood Park). The first period ended in a 2-point tie, but the second period was all Crow where he eventually pinned Aguirre toward the end of the period.
Trojan Brent Puga (195 pounds) faced Jimmy Dawson (Frisco Wakeland), eventual state runner-up, in the opening round and lost 9 to 0. Puga then went to the consolation bracket where he faced Efren Bolanes (El Paso Chaplin) and lost the match by a pin.
"Cordell and Brent wrestled their tails off this weekend but came up short against some very good and more experienced wrestlers. They both will be greatly missed next year, and we will miss their leadership and experience next year," Foster said.
Beeville finished in 27th place out of 77 teams in the boys' division, and the Beeville girls finished 31st out of 59 teams.


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A high quality timber framed house that was located close to the market square. It has been empty since closure.
(information from book "Needham Market Pubs" by Desmond and Shelagh Herring)
The Bull was built late 15th or early 16th century as a Guildhall.
Known as the White Horse from 1607-1770, and Compasses from 1770-83. Called the Bull after 1784 when an inn of same name located opposite (now called the Limes) was closed and the sign was transferred.
A report in the Ipswich Journal** in Nov 1815 states :
To be sold by auction, part of the neat and useful household furniture, stock in trade, wheelwright's stock in trade, and other effects, of Mr William Gibbon, at the Bull Inn, in Needham Market, who is removing to the Cock Inn, Bramford.
Owned by John Cobbold (Cliff brewery) from 1834 when Robert Mudd was appointed innkeeper.
In 1874 listed at Bridge st.
Fred Warren was a poor sweep, receiving charity and living in a cottage in yard of pub until 1885 when he was appointed landlord; he and wife Amelia had 9 children but tragically in 1902 he hanged himself.
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• Continuing triple-digit temperatures and a lack of rain, the situation could easily tip much of rural America into official, severe drought.
• "In the Deep South, at least as far as corn and soybeans, we expect below trend-line yields." — Elwynn Taylor, veteran Iowa State University Extension climatologist and agronomist.
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"It's been nice to see Texas have high temperatures that are less elevated than in the Corn Belt.
"In the Deep South, at least as far as corn and soybeans, we expect below trend-line yields. I haven't yet looked into rice and cotton, although I will soon.
"The weather pattern – no longer a La Niña — gives us pretty good hope. In much of the southern United States, the first crop of the summer is already either made or, at least, the die is cast for whether it will be poor or good. It is unlikely to come out on the yield high side in most places."
On La Niña/El Niño…
"Will the La Niña stay gone? There's a 60 percent chance of that.
"Right now, there's a 60 percent chance of moving into an El Niño by the time we move into August."
A move into El Niño "would be very favorable for forages. We'd have a recovery from the summer doldrums when there's a lull in the growth of forage plants. We could see those favorable conditions all the way from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. Right now, the Canadian border has ample moisture and reasonable temperatures.
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"However, this time, we've seen a La Niña that was well over two years in length. This is extraordinary since they usually last around 10 months."
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Then I will hope the Neilson viewers feel like I do towards Corday..angry as hell. :redface:
But either way as a viewer its the only power I have .. to watch .. or not to watch.
Im not watching it.. To this day I have never watched when they killed John last time , and I wont watch it this time.
I know some feel they will return, I dont..
I believe this was a very final straw, and a line was crossed..
They dont need us or Day's, and our need, or love for them wont bring them back to this shithole.
I will only hope they find another venture where I can still be a fan.
|Jan 10 2009, 03:06 PM Post #202
"Relax nobody's having sex.... at least not yet"
|I think Days will have a big rise due to this, but will crash as soon as they're gone.
|Jan 11 2009, 09:24 AM Post #203
This whole storyline has been so rushed it's unbelievable
When a major actor leaves a soap in the UK ,they usually have a long built up storyline ,this just seems that Charlotte turns up tries to kill John and Marlena,John is paralyzed,John gets his memory back,John and Marlena are back to together,then GOODBYE on within a few episodes :soapbox:
The writing is all over the place. Why is Charlotte involved in J&M storyline in the first place :headbang:
I'm glad in the UK we are in the 2002 eps,John and Marlena are going to be on our screens a few more years
Deidre and Drake should not be leaving in the first place.So sad :frownie:
|Jan 12 2009, 04:57 AM Post #204
Because Gary Tomlin wanted to hire someone he worked with in the past. Not sure why they couldn't have just used Stefano in the story :shrug:
Edited by Jiggs, Jan 12 2009, 04:57 AM.
|Jan 12 2009, 08:12 AM Post #205
I've been thinking - considering the need for this show to force Melanie and Nicole down everyone's throats each day, at best 15 minutes will be given to the departure SL of J&M on its final day, 23 Jan. Within that I predict J&M will get 5 minutes alone time together on the last show.
John wakes up and remembers, 1 minute before the doctors are called in because he can't move. Doctor discussions over his prognosis, Belgium discussed - John insists they marry - all with others in the room, most likely kayla and lexie.
Necessary alone time with John and Brady and likely alone time with marlena and roman to say goodbye. 2 minute marriage and a 'let's go'...ok so maybe I overestimated the 5 minutes.
Really, in the history of soaps - has there ever been a worse way to send off beloved characters?? Killing them would have been less cruel than this - paralysing one and leaving the other to 'take care' of them. What a romantic reunion after more than a year of separation.
Edited by niki, Jan 12 2009, 08:58 AM.
|Jan 12 2009, 09:46 AM Post #206
They only want to use Stefano as a prop for EJ once in a while.
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City of Madison officials said plans for the Madison Public Market are moving forward.
Starting May 22, the city will hold a series of community discussions to get community input on where to build the public market.
The city recently finished phase one of the Public Market business plan, and Madison Mayor Paul Soglin said the conversation will go both ways between government and the people.
The results of the phase one analysis showed that dozens of farmers and entrepreneurs are interested in using the facility and the Madison community has a strong desire for a public market, according to a release.
"This is a decision that is not a one-way conversation involving government officials. This is a conversation involving the people who are going to shop, the people who are going to vend, the people who are going to participate in this very vital activity," Soglin said.
The city now enters into phase two of the project to evaluate what locations in Madison would best support a public market.
"The secret of any kind of really successful retail experience is one that's designed for local, real people," Soglin said.
The first meeting on May 22 will be at the MG&E Innovation Center. Additional meetings will be held on May 27 in Evjue Commons at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens, May 28 in the Atrium Community Room at Villager on the Park and May 29 in the Fellowship Hall at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. All meetings are scheduled from 6-8 p.m.


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Monthly Archives: February 2010
ubuntu install PEAR
once again, ubuntu never fails to impress me. i needed to install PEAR and MDB2 for a client. google search + SSH + apt-get and i'm done in less than 10 minutes
primax@blue:~$ sudo apt-get install php-pear
primax@blue:~$ sudo pear install MDB2
primax@blue:~$ sudo apt-get install php-pear
[sudo] password for primax:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Suggested packages:
php5-dev php4-dev
The following NEW packages will be installed:
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.
Need to get 355kB of archives.
After this operation, 2695kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main php-pear 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.10 [355kB]
Fetched 355kB in 1s (321kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package php-pear.
(Reading database … 302251 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking php-pear (from …/php-pear_5.2.4-2ubuntu5.10_all.deb) …
Setting up php-pear (5.2.4-2ubuntu5.10) …
primax@blue:~$ sudo pear install MDB2
downloading MDB2-2.4.1.tgz …
Starting to download MDB2-2.4.1.tgz (119,790 bytes)
……………………..done: 119,790 bytes
install ok: channel://pear.php.net/MDB2-2.4.1
MDB2: Optional feature fbsql available (Frontbase SQL driver for MDB2)
MDB2: Optional feature ibase available (Interbase/Firebird driver for MDB2)
MDB2: Optional feature mysql available (MySQL driver for MDB2)
MDB2: Optional feature mysqli available (MySQLi driver for MDB2)
MDB2: Optional feature mssql available (MS SQL Server driver for MDB2)
MDB2: Optional feature oci8 available (Oracle driver for MDB2)
MDB2: Optional feature pgsql available (PostgreSQL driver for MDB2)
MDB2: Optional feature querysim available (Querysim driver for MDB2)
MDB2: Optional feature sqlite available (SQLite2 driver for MDB2)
MDB2: To install optional features use "pear install pear/MDB2#featurename"
get PEAR info:
primax@blue:~$ pear list
Installed packages, channel pear.php.net:
Package Version State
Archive_Tar 1.3.2 stable
Console_Getopt 1.2.3 stable
MDB2 2.4.1 stable
PEAR 1.6.1 stable
Structures_Graph 1.0.2 stable
pear config-show
need to edit php.ini so that it can reference the PEAR install "Getting Started with Pear"
force qmail to send queue – ubuntu + plesk + qmail
SMTP routes for qmail
added our ISP's outgoing mail server in hopes of getting stuff delivered. hopefully avoiding blacklists and stuff();
root@blue:/var/qmail/control# nano smtproutes
added ISP
root@blue:/var/qmail/control# /etc/init.d/qmail restart
$Starting qmail: done
restarted qmail
root@blue:/var/qmail/control# /var/qmail/bin/qmail-qstat
messages in queue: 74
messages in queue but not yet preprocessed: 0
root@blue:/var/qmail/control# kill -ALRM `ps ax | grep qmail-send | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'`
root@blue:/var/qmail/control# /var/qmail/bin/qmail-qstat
messages in queue: 37
messages in queue but not yet preprocessed: 1
after a few flushes, nothing in the queue!!!
force qmail to send all in queue
kill -ALRM `ps ax | grep qmail-send | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}'`
open relay check: http://www.checkor.com/
fireman ian
barefeet and whatsamatter with shoes?
About 20% of adults have flat feet. A small subset of the population suffers from hereditary flat foot, but most of it is developed. Very few of us are actually born with flat foot. In this post I'll explore what you can do to avoid flat feet in the first place, and if you already have them whether it is possible to reverse the damage.
Foot A is that of a child who has worn shoes for a mere three months, while Foot B is that of an adult who's gone barefoot his whole life. Three months was all it took to drastically shape the child's feet. Already his big toe is turning inward.
In the end, Hoffman concluded that of the "one hundred and eighty-six pairs of primitive feet examined, [he] did not find a single foot associated with the symptoms of weakness so common in adult shoe-wearing feet, which are weakened by the restraint the shoe exerts over function." He also noticed that foot development was remarkably similar, in all populations, up until the introduction of foot wear. Shoes, it seems, have an undeniable ability to alter one's natural foot structure.
doing it – gotta get the vibram 5 fingers
google email group not receiving email
running barefoot blisters
tonight was ian's first night at gymnastics. i was watching mackenzie whiel dara went jogging on the treadmill. after a while we went to see dara and she was finished. i decided to give the treadmill a try… i think it has too much traction. anyhow, i blazed through a mile thinking i'd do some HIIT (high intensity interval training). but alas, my feet started getting tender with about .1 mile left. by .05 mile they were sore and i should've stopped. LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. but that's not what *we* do when we're trying to push ourselves. i increased the treadmill to a 7 min/mile pace and charged through. only to have some really sore feet by the end… OWWWWWW!
healthcare bill passes!!!
when i was stationed in germany i cut my leg skateboarding and went to the hospital and they immediately stitched me up. *after* they took care of me they asked about my insurance. this has always struck a chord with me. another incident… when my brother was @7 he dislocated his hip. we drove 45 minutes to the closest hospital (we lived really far out) for them to tell us they wouldn't accept our insurance. we had to drive at least another hour + to the next hospital that would accept my parents insurance… my oldest son emmett racked up over $75k in out of pocket expenses his first year of life. fortunately, we had a couple of benefits to help us with our fees. he qualified for medicaid (a gov't run *insurance*) being severely disabled a couple years ago and my wife danced in the doctor's office the first time she didn't have to make a co-payment. medicaid is awesome! i love it. i know so many friends that simply don't have insurance right now. i really hope they can get some. this is bogus. we're one of the last modern countries to not have insurance as a right not a privilege. as pointed out by @bev, you opened a can of worms… then again, people weren't excited about medicaid/medicare when it was passed. me, i'm excited. my take on it, screw the insurance industry! they're crooks!
ian coming down from the bathroom, "i had a huge poop the shape of greenland!"
yesterday as we were sitting at the kitchen table i was watching him draw / trace with his finger the shapes in the window. well, at least that's what i thought he was doing. i asked him what he was doing. he said, "i'm playing chess." this is awesome. i remember learning how to play chess in 4th grade not 3/4 years old and the entire world was a chess board. i would move people in my head as if i was playing chess.
well, i was cooking dinner tonight and he said, "check mate". i turned around to see what was going on and he was playing chess with the tiles on the ceiling.
life's awesome if you take the time to look.
swam 30 laps
swam 30 laps last night. probably could've done a few more but i had to get home. this is a breakthrough and a far cry from barely being able to swim 1 lap 3 months ago.
- take it easy
- relax
- breath deep. this includes EXHALE. when i need air i roll to side and look at the ceiling.
thank you total immersion swimming. i need to revisit your techniques
tuesday night skate
well, it's been a long time since i've been out skateboarding. probably 6 months. but i'm not sure. been focused on running, cycling and swimming and don't really want to get hurt. rode the 4′ mini and it was crap; coping sticky, birch slippery until you start running on it then it's sticky. the bowl was skated. but sucked in all sorts of ways that that bowl sucks. 6′ ramp did some fun, ollie transfer to front lipside on the 1/4. their was a vert session going down and i wanted in so bad…………. i refrained for as long as i could. i dropped in twice. fs air, bs ollie into oververt extension and had enough. the thing is soooo slippery.
maybe i'm back into retirement…
courier imap restart
courier imap
/etc/init.d/courier-authdaemon restart
/etc/init.d/courier restart
proftpd ubuntu plesk runaway process
/usr/sbin/in.proftpd > proftpd
can't restart!?
/etc/init.d/proftpd restart doesn't work…
i had to setup cron to killall executable every 5 minutes or this thing would eat up our cpu's. i hope plesk fixes the issue.
mysql ubuntu help
find all instances of mysql:
ps -aux | grep mysql
stop MySQL
/etc/init.d/mysql stop
skip grant tables:
mysqld_safe ?skip-grant-tables &
remove mysql:
apt-get –purge remove mysql-client mysql-server
mysql -u -p
example: mysql -u root -p
change password: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2006/06/06/change-and-reset-mysql-root-password/
update mysql.user set password=password('XXXXX') where user='admin';
update mysql.user set password=password('setup') where user='admin';
update mysql.user set password=password(") where user='root';
flush privs:
qmail restart / messages pre IP
QMAIL restart
/etc/init.d/qmail restart
QMAIL – messages per IP
/etc/xinetd.d/smtp_psa and /etc/xinetd.d/smtps_psa
added this:
instances = 10
per_source = 1
server = /var/qmail/bin/tcp-env
emmett benefit 2010 run / walk
we're broke (i'll blog this later). our problem is we need a new wheelchair accessible van. it's getting really difficult lugging emmett's chair around. taking him out of the chair, putting the chair in the back of the van, etc… the chair is pretty heavy for me; i can't imagine how it feels for dara. she's tough!
the problem. medicaid will give us $10k for a conversion. a van conversion will cost around $20k installed in our 2002 honda oddyssey with 120k miles on it. not a smart move to put it in this van.
we can buy a new van for about 15-20k and have the lift put in another 10k…
we can buy a decent used van WITH a lift already installed from 10-20k. unfortunately, medicaid won't give us any of that $10k towards a lift install to purchase a used van with a lift already installed?! wtf…
anyhow, we're going to shoot to have an emmett benefit this year in the form of a run to help pay for a van with wheelchair access.
event date (mid may?)
race timing
after party: events, music, food, location
route scheduling
police assistance
registration website
emmett sick.
got to spend the day at home again taking care of the kids. i LOVE it! man, how blessed am i to have wonderful kids.
emmett came home from school with a cough and sniffles. DAMN. man, the poor guy can't get a break and neither can we.
he was struggling to get to bed. i had to put him down twice, but he'd scream for 10+ minutes straight. he wasn't going to bed, something was wrong…
the poor kid….
wait… weight… running weight.
well, it's official. i think i have to get down to 160 or less to run with ease. high school track i hovered between 140 and 145. college track was 150. i'm fluctuating between 172 and 175 these days. pretty good. my peak weight was about 167 last summer; riding and racing a ton. not much running and jogging and swimming wasn't in the equation.
so, do i have 20-25 pounds of fat on me to lose? or, will i lose some muscle mass dropping to 155? i think a realistic goal for this summer will be a weight of 160. alright here we go.
rad swing music
south rampart street parade
the big noise from winnetka


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Republicans grousing about the extent to which the White House very obviously kept the uglier aspects of both the Benghazi attack and the Petraeus affair under wraps until after Election Day need to get a grip. These things are frustrating, but anyone who thinks a Republican White House wouldn't (and hasn't) done precisely the same thing needs a reality check. As a friend put it recently, this is all part and parcel of the 'home court advantage' that comes with incumbency.
The real problem is that an election-and-politics-weary populace is naturally inclined to take a break from hardcore news and, to the extent that they tune in at all, to dismiss GOP criticism of the Administration as "sour grapes" or inability to "let go" and "accept the fact that they lost." Coupling criticism of the administration's handling of these intertwined scandals with griping about a pre-election 'cover up' plays right into that, and gives much of the Obama-friendly media an excuse to go on ignoring or minimizing events that, in a vacuum, ought to be deeply disturbing across the political spectrum.
A US Consulate was attacked, an Ambassador and members of his staff brutally murdered (underscore brutally - contra popular conception, the Ambassador wasn't blown up by a rocket; he was seized, beaten, and murdered), and for reasons not yet explained military assets that could have been deployed to defend the consulate and possibly save the victims were held back. That is a big deal, entirely independent of the election.
The head of the Central Intelligence Agency, the man with perhaps more highly sensitive intelligence information in his head than any individual on earth, displayed a stunning lack of discretion and judgment by involving himself in what appears to be a tangled sex/jealousy/recrimination drama right out of the worst WB teen programming. That is a big deal, entirely independent of the election.
The left is correct: the GOP needs to let go of the election and move on. We also need to double down on these very real issues and the myriad questions swirling around them, and resist all efforts to suggest that November 6 rendered some kind of verdict on their importance. Hopefully some sober-minded folks on the left will join in.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
David Bernstein Hates the GOP (Sexism Edition)
David Bernstein over at the Boston Phoenix has me all fired up today. He has written a blog post entitled "The GOP Is Institutionally Sexist" arguing that there is a "regular, long-term, systemic lack of opportunities for women to advance within the institution." As a Republican woman, I can't let this one go without responding.
Let me begin by saying I have certainly come across sexist Republicans. I have also come across sexist Democrats. And I have a whole bunch of thoughts about women in politics and voting for women just because they're women which will have to wait for another time. Right now I'd just like to address the problems I see with Bernstein's argument.
Bernstein's argument rests entirely on the numbers of Republican women who currently hold and/or are running for office at both the state and federal levels. There are too few Republican women running and in office, he says, and fewer than on the Democratic side, and the only explanation can be institutional sexism. Bernstein fails to mention that a larger percentage of the Democratic Party is female than of the Republican Party, so Republicans are drawing from a smaller pool from the start.
Next, his analogy between the Republican Party and a private company is erroneous. A company has complete control over who it hires. A political party does not have complete control over which candidates are elected. One could argue that the parties do have some control over which candidates run for office because they can recruit candidates and either encourage or discourage candidates from running. Bernstein offers no evidence that Republican women are approaching the Republican Party structure (either national, state or local) with an interest in running for office and are being discouraged from doing so. If X number of women approached the Republican Party about running for office and only 0.2X actually went on to become candidates, then a case could be made for institutional sexism. But Bernstein doesn't provide those numbers (if they're even available).
Bernstein also doesn't address the possibility that maybe Republican women seek to run for office disproportionately less. Maybe there are just fewer women coming forward to run on the Republican side than men, or than there are women coming forward on the Democratic side. Now, a perception of the Party's sexism by Republican women could contribute to this, but there could be other reasons as well. Perhaps the real or perceived barriers to running as a Republican woman (or just as a woman) - whether coming from the media, the public, or the party - lead women to take a pass on running before they even approach the Party.
Or maybe Republican women just don't have as much of an interest in holding elected office. Maybe they prefer to be politically active in other ways (like blogging!) and the Party couldn't get them to run even if it begged.
Bernstein does assert that "there is no evidence" that voters just don't vote for Republican women when they are on the ballot. Ok. I won't ask him to prove a negative, but how extensive was his search for evidence? Are there studies which show female Republican candidates are treated the same as male Republican candidates (or female Democratic candidates)? How about how Republican women are treated by the media? Anecdotally, the way Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and others have been treated suggests some level of bias that is not originating with the Republican apparatus.
I have no idea if any of what I've suggested is the case, but Bernstein doesn't acknowledge or disprove any of these fairly reasonable possibilities, simply dismissing other explanations with a sweeping, "there are plenty of possible contributing factors to the enormously gender-tilted GOP outcomes, but none that offer anything close to clear prevailing justification." We'll just have to take his word that this is so because he doesn't offer any data to bolster his claim.
I'm offering a lot of generalities and assumptions here, but my point is that Bernstein does not provide any actual evidence to prove his thesis that the GOP is institutionally sexist. He seems set on the idea that Republicans are women-haters, which certainly suggests some sort of bias could be at play on his end.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Thoughts on Romney-Ryan
I like the pick. Some quick, random thoughts on Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his VP candidate:
- Ryan is a substantive guy. He is well-versed in the issues, particularly the economic and budget issues which are a focus of Romney's case against President Obama. He reinforces the campaign's message, which is what a VP pick should do.
- The Obama campaign is eager to attack Ryan (and Romney by extension) for his budget and entitlement reform plans. I'm sure the Obama superPAC is already lining up the "Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan want to murder senior citizens" attack ads. But if this turns the campaign to a discussion of budget priorities and who has a substantive economic plan, rather than tax returns and Bain, I'm ok with that.
- Ryan does not back down, even when a President is criticizing him to his face.
- Ryan is someone who appeals to the Republican base, but cannot be dismissed by the Left and the media as an extremist or 'not ready for primetime.' With all due respect to Sarah Palin, this will not be like 2008.
- The only thing I don't like about the pick is that, should Romney-Ryan lose, the Republican Party will also have lost Ryan's voice and leadership from Congress (at least for now).
- Ryan is a Catholic, meaning the two major-party tickets consist of a Christian (of unclear denomination), a Mormon and two Catholics. I don't know what that means (if anything), but I find it interesting. (Please correct me if I'm wrong about Obama's Christian denomination being unknown).
- On a shallow note, what a handsome ticket they make!
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
You misspoke? Inconceivable!
The phrase "I misspoke" didn't make Dan's political glossary, but it could be there right alongside "to spend more time with my family." Everyone knows that when politicians say they misspoke, what they really mean is "I would like to take back what I said and I would like the public and the media to pretend I didn't say it." There are plenty of examples of this from both Democrats and Republicans.
Every now and then, a politician tries to use "I misspoke" to cover a statement that is so far from what misspeaking actually means that it becomes even more laughable. That's what happened today when Elizabeth Warren's campaign had to trot out "she misspoke" after Warren called on Scott Brown to release more of his tax returns, when he has already released more years than Warren herself has. So hours after Warren said "I think Scott Brown should release his tax returns for all the years he's been in public service," her campaign backtracked to "both Elizabeth and Senator Brown have released multiple years of tax returns that she believes give voters an understanding of each candidate's financial circumstances." From insufficient to sufficient in less than a day – nothing to see here, she simply misspoke!
This incident also reveals how meaningless the word "transparency" has become in politics (as demands to see tax returns are always about transparency, never about scoring political points!). The word is wielded by partisans (on both sides) as a political weapon and defined however is most advantageous for the one using it. Thus, we get arguments that Mitt Romney should have to release many years of tax returns, but Harry Reid shouldn't have to release any. Four years is sufficient for Elizabeth Warren, but Scott Brown owes the public twenty years of returns. Ted Kennedy never released any tax returns but that's not relevant, stop trying to change the subject.
I will say, the Left seems more often guilty of changing the ground rules as they go, but maybe it's just that the media lets them get away with it more than they do the Right.
This gaffe of Warren's will surely be quickly forgotten, but stay tuned – another politician is sure to misspeak any day now!
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Taking the baton
Like many of you, I'm sure, I am saddened that the blogosphere will be losing Dan's sharp wit and incisive commentary (although there might be 'much rejoicing' up on Beacon Hill). It just won't be the same without him.
Many thanks to Dan for entrusting me with his blog. I hope I can continue to entertain and inform, and I hope you all will continue to read and comment.
Good luck, Dan! You will be missed.
Many thanks to Dan for entrusting me with his blog. I hope I can continue to entertain and inform, and I hope you all will continue to read and comment.
Good luck, Dan! You will be missed.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Handing off
I started writing this little blog about Massachusetts politics just about four years ago, when my long-suffering bride suggested that perhaps the blogosphere would be a more appropriate outlet for my ranting than the breakfast table (direct quote: "I can't take it any more - why don't you write a BLOG or something?!?"). What started as a bit of therapeutic release evolved over 900 posts into... a bit of therapeutic release that quite a few people actually bothered to read on a fairly regular basis. That has been pretty darned cool, I have to say. If you are one of those people, thank you. Truly.
Now various circumstances in my life (all positive) have conspired to make continuing dedication to this blog impractical. That bums me out. Truth be told it probably bums my wife out too. Though she hasn't yet explicitly warned me against resumption of the breakfast table rants, I have to believe the thought has occurred to her. So anyhoo... this is my last post (sniff).
I am thrilled to report, however, that occasional CriticalMASS contributor Daisy has agreed to carry on. Those who have enjoyed her posts in the past (they are consistently some of our most popular) know that Daisy is considerably smarter than I, with a greater facility with facts and figures (and therefore a lesser need to lean on, oh I don't know, snarky little illustrations and fifth grade humor). Daisy will do a great job with our small corner of the web. I encourage you to continue to check in. I know I will.
Take it away Daisy!
Many thanks,
Now various circumstances in my life (all positive) have conspired to make continuing dedication to this blog impractical. That bums me out. Truth be told it probably bums my wife out too. Though she hasn't yet explicitly warned me against resumption of the breakfast table rants, I have to believe the thought has occurred to her. So anyhoo... this is my last post (sniff).
|Your new editor
Take it away Daisy!
Many thanks,
Friday, July 27, 2012
Top 10 Reads of the Week - July 27, 2012
Four Little Words: Kim Strassel [Wall Street Journal]
What's the difference between a calm and cool Barack Obama, and a rattled and worried Barack Obama? Four words, it turns out.
"You didn't build that" is swelling to such heights that it has the president somewhere unprecedented: on defense. Mr. Obama has felt compelled—for the first time in this campaign—to cut an ad in which he directly responds to the criticisms of his now-infamous speech, complaining his opponents took his words "out of context."... Read the Rest
|Many more at didntbuildthat.com
Paul Ryan has come to Kenosha to deliver bad news. It's May 3, 2012, and the United States faces an imminent debt crisis. The federal government is spending too much. Entitlements are out of control. Social Security is going insolvent. Medicare is sucking up an ever-increasing chunk of our tax dollars. There are too many retirees and too few workers to support them. And both political parties are responsible for the unholy mess.
Ryan, the seven-term representative from Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District, speaks quickly, as if the coming collapse might happen in the middle of his remarks if he takes too much time. It's a bracing message. He is saying, in effect, that the American experiment, our 236 extraordinary years of self-government, is on the verge of failure... Read the RestWho Did Build That Business, Then, Mr. President? - Vincent Carroll [Denver Post]
...Obama's background is bereft of any significant first-hand experience that might foster respect or sympathy for business owners. To the contrary, he hails from occupational niches — community activism, academia and politics — in which disdain for commerce is quite widespread.
Of course, you can be a law professor or a politician who bucks the ideological tide. Far more telling is that Obama for years has been making similar statements that suggest a decidedly low regard for commerce and the motives of those who flourish within the private sector.
One of these revealing moments occurred four years ago during his commencement address at Wesleyan University, when he exhorted graduates to take up community service. That's a worthy theme, of course, but consider how he did it... Read the RestWhat Still Shocks Me About Obamacare - Nat Hentoff [CATO/Real Clear Politics]
Amid the huge response — both triumphant and agonized — to the Supreme Court's preservation of Obamacare, I was surprised at how little attention was being paid to that law's core purpose: to strongly control health care costs where government funding is involved, as it increasingly will be.
What still shocks me about this law is the government's interference with the doctor-patient relationship. Many government bureaucracies will not pay for doctor-prescribed treatments costing more than a predetermined figure. And none of these bureaucracies' members will have actually seen the individual patient... Read the RestLife of Henry - Matthew Continetti [Weekly Standard]
In May, the Obama campaign unveiled its "Life of Julia," a website detailing "how President Obama's policies help one woman over her lifetime—and how Mitt Romney would change her story." Julia is a composite character, the invention of one of the several hundred minions toiling away at Obama headquarters in Chicago. She is intended to illustrate, in a literal and rather vulgar way, the benefits of the entitlement state, from Head Start to student loans to Obamacare.
But Julia and people like her are not the sole residents of the United States. Nor is America divided simply between superrich plutocrats who make up 1 percent of the country and desperate beneficiaries of government largesse who make up the other 99. One can slice and dice our huge population in innumerable ways, isolating and identifying countless groups, many of which are in positions vastly different from Julia's. Consider Henry. For Henry, President Obama has been no help at all... Read the Rest
Small Firms Seek Workers But Cannot Find Any - Emily Maltby and Sarah Needleman [Wall Street Journal]
It isn't the just big manufacturers, oil companies and railroad operators that are struggling to hire skilled workers.
The "Help Wanted" sign is also a regular fixture at small firms such as Group One Safety & Security in Stuart, Fla., despite the high national unemployment rate, which was 8.2% in June.
About 31% of 811 small-business owners and chief executives said they had unfilled job openings in July because they couldn't identify applicants with the right skills or experience, according to a survey by The Wall Street Journal and Vistage International, a peer advisory organization for senior-level executives based in San Diego, Calif... Read the Rest
President Obama is in New Orleans today. One wonders if, during his visit to the Crescent City, he will repeat the now infamous claim that "If you have a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." Given the firestorm that erupted after that claim, it's doubtful he will do so.
But we should not forget his words. President Obama's comments were not a one-off gaffe. Instead, they define his administration.
This election is defined by a single choice — will we put our trust in the government or in the American people? President Obama's comments only make explicit what we've always known about his philosophy. From the first days of his administration, he has turned to the power of the federal government to address the struggles we face... Read the RestThe Chicken Inquisition - Editors [National Review Online]
Rahm Emanuel has been many things in life — ballet dancer, investment banker, congressman, White House chief of staff, now mayor of Chicago — and he apparently wishes to add another title to his curriculum vitae: Grand Inquisitor. He has denounced the fast-food chain Chick-fil-A and endorsed a Chicago alderman's plan to block construction of a new outlet because the company's executives do not share his politics. This is a gross abuse of power: Imagine if the mayor of Provo, Utah, had tried to punish a business for supporting same-sex marriage — the Left would demand his resignation, etc. The powers of government are not to be used for parochial political ends. Even in Chicago.
It is worth taking a look at precisely what has given the mayor of the nation's most corrupt city such cause for concern. "We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives," said Chick-fil-A chief executive officer Dan Cathy in an interview that launched a million angry tweets. "We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles." Mr. Cathy, a purveyor of sweet tea and chicken sandwiches, has a better understanding of the American constitutional order than do the city fathers in Chicago and Boston, among other places, who also have threatened to use their municipal powers to punish Mr. Cathy and his company for this alleged anti-gay bigotry... Read the RestSorry Obama, Government Didn't Build That - Editors [Investors Business Daily]
President Obama whines that he didn't mean what Mitt Romney says he did when he uttered, "You didn't build that." But even if you take Obama at his word, he's hopelessly and terribly wrong.
After endlessly complaining that Romney has taken his words out of context and deliberately altered their meaning, Obama can't seem to shake off the damage done by his remark two weeks ago that "if you've got a business — you didn't build that."
Obama says he wasn't referring to the businesses themselves, but to the roads and bridges, and to the whole "unbelievable American system" that "allowed you to thrive."... Read the RestA Time For Choosing - Ronald Reagan [American Rhetoric]
Not too long ago, two friends of mine were talking to a Cuban refugee, a businessman who had escaped from Castro, and in the midst of his story one of my friends turned to the other and said, "We don't know how lucky we are." And the Cuban stopped and said, "How lucky you are? I had someplace to escape to." And in that sentence he told us the entire story. If we lose freedom here, there's no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
And this idea that government is beholden to the people, that it has no other source of power except the sovereign people, is still the newest and the most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man.
This is the issue of this election: whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves... Read the RestThe Funniest Thing I Saw This Week
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GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney gives a foreign policy speech Monday. Campaigning in Florida Sunday, he posed the question, "Where's American leadership?" And President Obama in L.A. poked fun at his own debate performance, and talked about falling unemployment numbers.


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How can federal programs support low-income and low-skilled individuals find and keep employment? Searching for a job is a universal experience for nearly all Americans, but for some low-income and low-skilled individuals, job search may be especially difficult. To support these individuals as they look for employment, many federal programs offer short-term and relatively low-intensity services, known as job search assistance. This brief describes an overarching framework for thinking about job search assistance programs, including an overview of service delivery methods, key program components, and the steps that make up the job search process. Abt Associates wrote this brief.


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For A Viable Modern Orthodoxy, Center Must Hold
Latest update: December 4th, 2012
Long ago, W. B. Yeats had an apocalyptic vision – a vision that captures the current climate of Modern Orthodoxy in America:
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Our challenge, to paraphrase the historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., is to make sure the vital center holds and grows, as the best hope for our future lies in the widening and deepening of the center of Modern Orthodoxy. We cannot afford to continue letting loose the blood-dimmed tide. Our best, not just our most extreme, must display a sense of conviction with passionate intensity.Rabbi Shmuel Hain
About the Author: Rabbi Shmuel Hain is spiritual leader of Young Israel Ohab Zedek in Riverdale, N.Y. and serves as the rosh beit midrash of Yeshiva University's graduate program in biblical and Talmudic interpretation for women. He is conference chair of Orthodox Forum 2010: The Next Generation of Modern Orthodoxy, to be held next month at Yeshiva University.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A 41-year-old woman accused of setting a fire that killed two men at a Buffalo rooming house has been convicted of two counts of murder and one count of arson.
An Erie County Court jury deliberated just over an hour before returning the verdict against Al-Shariyfa Robinson on Thursday.
Prosecutors say she set the fire that tore through a building on the city's east side in October 2015, killing 58-year-old Edward Hughes and 64-year-old James Hodges.
The Erie County District Attorney's Office says Robinson faces a maximum of 50 years to life when she's sentenced on Jan. 4.


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Looks like the onboard memory on the Xbox 360 Arcade has been upped to 512MB from 256MB due to the inclusion of the Jasper board. Microsoft confirmed this fact to Eurogamer, saying:
"The Xbox 360 system software uses some of the included 512MB memory; less storage will be available to users. Additional storage (sold separately) may be needed for game saves, Xbox LIVE Arcade games, content downloads, personal file storage, and additional enhanced functionality. A hard drive is recommended for LIVE, and is required for some features," the company said in a statement. "We want to offer consumers a bit more memory at the same low price so they can enjoy more experiences on Xbox LIVE."
Now, I will write the story that I wish was the truth...
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For today's post I used them for a nail art look inspired by Katie Satow's tutorial (see here!)
Oh well.. you live and you learn! I used the following shades for this manicure!
KBShimmer A Touch of Glass, Eclipse, Life Rose On, and Pansy-Monium.
I can't recall the white I used, but it was probably Milani White on the Spot!
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filled with fun and dance
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The venue is ready,stage is decorated
People are enjoying
Come cut the cake and dance
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Brings cheers to your friend
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Keep in your mind for ever
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I hope you got a lot of money, and thanks in advance,
I know you will give some to me.
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I wish you a thin body and a fat bank account.
I hope it's not like last year, which is the other way 'round.
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I hope that the simplicity of being around with your loved ones today will give you one of the most memorable birthdays ever. There's nothing more fulfilling than a gift of having a complete set of family and friends.
Happy Birthday! I hope it will literally be!
Material possessions have no value up there.
So I'm wishing you a simple, clean conscience all throughout.
Happy Birthday!
I hope you will do the practice of giving.
The best gift for yourself is knowing that you've made someone happy.
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Before your hair gets totally gray,
I want you to know that I love you so much Dad.
Happy Happy Birthday!
Roses are red, violets are blue.
Before the day ends,
I want to greet you.
Happy Birthday friend!
We play together, We laugh together,
We grow together. Thank you sis,
Happy Birthday!
The morning is as lovely as you are.
Hope your birthday will be the same too!
Happy Birthday bro!
I'm sending away lots of kisses for my dearest friend abroad.
Happy Birthday!
If there's extra rice, there's also an "extra-nice".
And it's you! I love you. Happy Birthday!
You're baking for us, We'll bake for you once..
today! Happy birthday Mom!
Even I play hard on you sometimes,
It's just way of making you feel that you're special.
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Thank you so much for creating such wonderful parents,
uncles and aunties.
You are worth the celebration.
Happy Birthday Grandpa!
To the only girl I will ever love..
Happy Birthday Honey!
If I die, don't be sad. When the right time comes,
we'll still celebrate our birthdays together in Heaven.
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By Blake Long/Special to the Journal
PONTOTOC – Pontotoc has never hosted a state semifinal game in the history of its girls' soccer program.
On Thursday, the Lady Warriors took one step closer to achieving history as they downed visiting Center Hill 4-0 in the opening round of the MHSAA Class 4A playoffs.
"Our main goal here at Pontotoc is to play defense to get the ball to the offense," said Pontotoc coach Marty Pettit. "We did that well tonight, I thought we dominated 90 percent of the game."
After a scoreless first half, it was all Dropes in the second half.
Sisters Hannah and Shelby Drope handled all of Pontotoc's scoring, adding two goals apiece to send the Lady Warriors (16-5-1) to the state quarterfinals, where they will face Amory on Saturday.
"This being our senior year, it's special," said older sister Hannah, who scored Pontotoc's first goal less than five minutes into the second half. "Hopefully we will come out and do well Saturday."
Younger sister Shelby got in the act just over a minute later, scoring on an almost identical play.
From the front of the box, Shelby snuck the ball past goalie Alyson Hudson for a 2-0 lead with 34 minutes to play.
The Lady Warriors secured the game with Hannah's second goal off a penalty kick and Shelby's second score that went off Hudson's hands and off the side post into the net.
Even in a scoreless first half, Pontotoc kept Hudson busy with 19 shot attempts. Center Hill (6-12) was held to two shot attempts the entire game.
Late goal lifts Warriors
Center Hill goalie Boone Fredrick was perfect on his first 17 save attempts. However, Fredrick's perfect night ended on the 18th attempt.
Off a deflection, Fredy Guiterrez continued his attack and placed the ball perfectly in the net in the 74th minute for the only goal of the contest, and a 1-0 Pontotoc victory.
"That's what we've preached all year is effort, effort, effort," Warrior coach J.T. Thompson said. "You get a deflection off something, they're still attacking and wanting to score."
The Warriors (15-5-2), who will travel to Amory as well Saturday, controlled the tempo of the game, outshooting Center Hill (12-7) 24-8.
Center Hill's best opportunity to score came in the 54th minute, when Dalton Shepard's wide open shot hit the side of the net.


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COLUMBIA, Mo.• Through Mizzou's first two Southeastern Conference football games, the question of whether a Tigers offense that's unorthodox in the SEC scheme would befuddle its bruising new brethren or be smothered by them remains debatable. But the early returns have been decidedly inauspicious, particularly in the immediate aftermath of the 31-10 loss Saturday at No. 7 South Carolina. "Offensively, that was as bad a game as we've played since I've been here," senior receiver T.J. Moe said, later adding, "People have to find a way to get better, because that was embarrassing."
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Have a wonderful day!
And never grow a wishbone, daughter, where your backbone ought to be.
― Sarah McMane
"Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway." - Aubrie
Think of the haters in your life as sandpaper; theyll scratch you up time and time again but in the end youre polished, smooth, and spotless..while they end up useless
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
You rock!!!
3 boys: 9, 10 and 6 months
Hurry up and get ready...I'm craving your birthday lunch at your mom's!
My tolerance for stupid shit is getting less and less.
May all your birthday wishes and dreams come true!
P.S. Does your mother make you the same birthday lunch every year and may I ask what it is? I live vicariously though what others get to eat.
"Oh, why do my actions have consequences?" ~ Homer Simpson
"She knew my one weakness: That I'm weak." ~ Homer Simpson
The people you do your life with shape the life you live
"I could have missed the pain, but I would have had to miss the dance." Garth Brooks
P.S. Does your mother make you the same birthday lunch every year and may I ask what it is? I live vicariously though what others get to eat.
MH is playing a game right now so I'll answer on his behalf
Every year she makes him the same birthday lunch. Hot dogs, sauerkraut, pork loin, rye bread and mashed potatoes. It sounds awful but it so flippin' good!! Its one our favorite meals
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SHEPHERDSVILLE - The city's namesake was given official credit for his importance to the area.
Kentucky Historical Highway Marker 2494, honoring Adam Shepherd, was officially dedicated in the front lawn of the Bullitt County Courthouse.
Local residents, officials, and a few of Shepherd's descendants gathered for the formal unveiling ceremony, including former elected official Billy Roy Shepherd.
PIONEER VILLAGE - On the opening day of 2016, there were a few Bullitt County Public Schools students who didn't attend classes.
Maryville Elementary principal Ruth Esterle announced to school families Tuesday evening that the school was declared not ready for students on Wednesday's opening day.
According to Esterle, the school did not receive its Certificate of Occupancy after failing a plumbing pressure test.
SHEPHERDSVILLE -- With the filing deadline complete, voters in Shepherdsville will have plenty of candidates to choose from in local races.
Six candidates have filed for the mayor's office with another 14 hoping to land one of the six council seats.
SHEPHERDSVILLE -- He spent nine years in the mayor's seat and Sherman Tinnell is looking to return to his old office.
Tinnell became the third candidate to put his name into contention for the mayor's office in Shepherdsville.
An election on Nov. 8 will determine who will fulfill the final two years of Scott Ellis' term. Ellis resigned in February and Brian James was selected as the interim.
"Right now everyone is confused," Tinnell said of the mayor's situation.
SHEPHERDSVILLE -- The time has arrived for all candidates wishing to run on the Nov. 8 ballot to sign on the dotted line.
The filing deadline for the general election will be at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 9, at the Bullitt County Clerk's office.
The most heated races were predicted for Shepherdsville contests for mayor and city council.
Both are non-partisan elections for the first time.
SHEPHERDSVLLE -- There was no service at the Shepherdsville Post Office for several hours on Thursday afternoon.
The Shepherdsville Police, as well as the Louisville Metro Police Bomb Squad, were called to the postal facility on North Buckman Street around 3:40 p.m. on Thursday.
According to the Shepherdsville police department, there was the report of a suspicious black duffle bag located near the flag pole.
SHEPHERDSVILLE -- The anticipated avalanche of candidates in upcoming races in Shepherdsville has not panned out.
But, there are still a few more days until the Tuesday, Aug. 9, deadline.
Candidates for the upcoming fall general election are slowly coming forward.
In Shepherdsville, retired police officer Curtis Hockenbury, former councilmember Faith Portman and former mayor Sherman Tinnell have filed for the office of mayor.
The following is a statemnt released by the Shepherdsville Police Department on Tuesday morning:
Shepherdsville Police responded to an attempt to locate a vehicle on Interstate 65 South traveling at a high rate of speed.
Officers then observed the vehicle exit the roadway striking an embankment. One suspect fled from the vehicle into the woods along Interstate 65.
MOUNT WASHINGTON— Although the Mount Washington Farmer's Market isn't new as a whole, it does have a few new parts working in its favor this season.
The most noticeable change for the year is the location of the market: under to new pavilion at the end of the First Baptist Church of Mount Washington's parking lot.
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