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St. Lucie 2, Clearwater 5 Angel Cuan struggled behind and some poor defense a poor relief outing by Jack Leathersich aided in a 5-2 loss to the Clearwater Treshers. Cory Vaughn and Alonzo Harris had RBI on the day and the S.Mets struggled to get runners in position to score Key Players: Alonzo Harris – 2 for 5, 1 RBI, 1 SO Cory Vaughn – 0 for 4, 1 RBI 1 SO Blake Forsythe – 2 for 4 Angel Cuan – 6 IP, 2R (0 ER) 3 BB 4K Jack Leathersich - 1.1 IP, 3R, 3H, 1BB, 2K Player Of The Game: Angel Cuan had a solid outing, but some poor defense hurt his final line., Savannah 2, Greensboro 5 Jim Fuller had a poor outing on the day and the offense could not rally in the 5-2 loss today despite solid outings froim Gilbert Gomez and Cam Maron. Key Players: Cam Maron – 2 for 4, 1R Gilbert Gomez, 1 for 4 , 1 RBI Matt Reynolds – 1 for 3, 1 BB Cole Frenzel – 1 for 4, 1 RBI Jim Fuller – 4.2 IP, 5H, 4R, 2BB, 5K Player Of The Game: Cam Maron had a solid day, continuing his quality efforts at S...
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We have to work with what weve got Johnson
Reporter: MATTHEW CHAMBERS
Date online: 26 August 2014
ATHLETIC fans are entitled to vent their frustrations - but spending big money to fix problems isn't currently an option, says manager Lee Johnson.
The 1-0 defeat by Preston was the second in four league games - though two came at the feet of sides which finished in the top six last season.
Though some of the 869 visiting fans at Deepdale expressed anger at the team's inability to turn possession into goals, Johnson believes supporters can pick out positive elements from the season's disappointing opening.
"They are an educated bunch," Johnson said of the fans. "I think when they go home and think about it, they will see at least we are showing what we are about against good teams.
"Of course, they will be disappointed; many will say we should have got a striker and a 6ft 6in
centre-half. It isn't as easy as that. That is where the real money is and at the moment, we have to work with what we've got."
Athletic are instead investigating their options when it comes to squad strengthening, be it loan signings or players available on free transfers.
TICKETS are available for Athletic's game at Doncaster on Saturday, £23 for adults, £17 for over-65s, £13 for 17-20 year-olds, £8 for juniors (12-16) and £5 for under-11s. Buy tickets in advance' turnstiles sales won't be available at the game.
At this moment of time we are suffering badly. We need bit of cash spend but sadly the players we sold the money has gone elsewhere their are large bills to pay and etc.
can the Dreamer please explane to the fans how we are sourposed to score when the middfield passes the ball across & back more times than it goes forward ,the duffers in middfield create nothing ,the nobodys up front have no chance ,its awful to watch and u are slowly loseing the fans already crowds at home are down watching the same ruddish at home we had last season ,
we have no formation other than sideways and back , u bought these duffers in play forward or u will be on your bike
JCH needs getting rid off, the laziest most disinterested player I've seen in a Latics shirt for a good while.
It's said we can compete with the best in L1, yet the excuse argues a poor start because we played two teams in the top six last year.
It's not easy to buy a striker & a 6ft CB.
Elokobi has come in, EPL experience & we've got CB's well over 6ft.
Peterborough get a lad from Bishops Stortford & he's scored 4 in 4, while we wait for JCH to hit form.
IMO-Scouting & training needs improving, 5 from 7 goals conceded down to set plays.
"we have to work with what we've got?" Good confidence builder!
Struggle to average a goal a game in attack and an inability to keep a clean sheet. A team that is too small in stature to cope with a very physical league. Nothing new in any of this and fans are seeing little or no attention to these problems. All that is happening is that more and more fans are losing interest and home support is clearly going down year on year. If we can't attract 3000 home fans against Port Vale goodness knows what gate we'll get on a wet and cold Tuesday in February.
I am one of the disgruntled fans that spent my hard earned money going to Preston and yes Lee I am entitled to my opinion. I don't want to sit there being bored to death by "crab" football watching us pass it along a back four and second back four (that would be our midfield)during long bouts of keep football. We were a goal down from early on and showed little in the way of attacking ideas or football. I would rather lose 3-2 going for it than watch us tamely submit 1-0 keeping possession
I am not asking you to go out and break the bank or sign some over the hill forward for the sake of it. We still don't look like we have a leader on the pitch and our midfield do not get forward enough or provide enough telling balls for the forwards to get involved. Not good enough. Unless you improve the way we play we will face a long season battling at the foot of the table. I will be at Doncaster to cheer the team on, please give me and the rest of the fans something to at least get behind
I offer the following, not as criticism but as a viewpoint.
No one expects a 6 foot 6 inch CH or a 25 goals a season striker Lee, most fans would just like to see some sensible team selection with obvious strikers (JF)playing there, others who are not ready yet or failing now, should either be left out and others given their chance (as the case of CW) the scapegoat! and clearly some of your mates outed now.
Lee Johnson you seem too busy worrying about slogans on our football shirts than you do the team. (Instead of one team one dream) why not change it again and put on the shirts ( the easy beats) at least we will sound like a group.
Well as long as we don't want a team that scores goals then the 'we've got to work with what we've got' statement by LJ is fine! Hope that Latics weren't counting on increasing their home gates because only a few of us fools who have already bought season tickets will be there! Must say, I can't wait for my next 460 mile round trip!
We've at least 23 players and in all around 40 other staff at BP..FT & PT
If the players are on average of £1k p.w. we're already losing masses of money and on gates of under 4k we're in trouble.
Whatever LJ's budget is, quite clearly so far it has not been very wisely allocated to a team so far devoid of strikers as such, similar sadly to last year when we lost 2 and dismissed another.
This year we've got JCH,JF,JB,TP.and injured players, none of the strikers have any goals to their credit..!
Booing our own players during the game was unacceptable, use the Chron or online after. The season has set off the same as last. More worryingly, the same non-threat up front and a general physical weakness all over the pitch (which he sorted after the Rotherham game for 10 unbeaten) is back to haunt us. We're too soft in all departments and we don't put enough crosses in danger areas. Having a better possession percentage doesn't win games. We are not Barcelona.
With the Mike Ashley connection through Sports Direct, I had expected to see season long loan players coming from Newcastle United. Otherwise, it seems we renamed our ground for not very much.
OL9 - Fans used to say the same about Craig Davis and I would have him back any day. JCH has potential to be great he just needs that kick up the backside from the manager and start running around, coming in deep and getting the ball so the midfield can break along side of him
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the darkness and dirt of Limehouse Hole, that it almost blew him in again. Doors
were slamming violently, lamps were flickering or blown out, signs were rocking
in their frames, the water of the kennels, wind-dispersed, flew about in drops like
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clearance of the streets, the man looked about him with a scrutinizing glance.
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turned, but I can recall no more. Did we go by this alley? Or down that little lane?'
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bristling hair and whisker, in a moment, as the favouring wind went with him
down a solitary place that it had swept clear of passengers. Yet in that same
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Selling the Caltrans-owned houses in the Long Beach (710) Freeway path would be the worst financial option, according to an independent cost/benefit analysis commissioned by the transportation agency.
Financially, there's no good option for the state, the report concluded. But of the possibilities, a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) with Los Angeles, Pasadena and South Pasadena would be the best option.
The study was in response to a scathing audit released in August that slammed Caltrans for "poor management" and overspending on the more than 500 properties - many of them historic homes - it owns in the northern part of the freeway corridor.
In the six-month status report it submitted to the State Auditor's office, Caltrans said it is "reviewing the final report and will work with legislators to determine the best option for Caltrans, the state and the tenants. "
But Suzanne Reed, chief of staff for State Sen. Carol Liu, D-Glendale, said the results of the analysis don't align with Caltrans' efforts in recent months toward selling the 710 properties.
"We've made it clear to them that a JPA is not going to fly, that our cities aren't interested," Reed said. "And they continue to tell us that their utmost objective is to get them sold. "
Reed said she expects to see the beginning of home sales in January 2014.
But before Caltrans can sell the homes, Reed said, it must set forth a series of requirements for the sale process, which will be subject to public review. Liu also has a bill submitted for consideration in the State Legislature that would allow Caltrans to sell the homes at face value without making any repairs, as was previously required by a law known as the Roberti Bill.
"We are moving forward, but it's never fast enough for us because we've been working on this for 12 years," Reed said.
The homes have long been a point of contention between local cities, tenants and Caltrans, and have been at the center of the decades-long debate over the extension of the 710 freeway to the Foothill (210) Freeway. Many have suggested that since Metro has eliminated a surface freeway route as a viable option most, if not all, the homes should be free to be sold.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is in the second phase of a three-year environmental impact report for the project and is studying five final options: "No build," traffic management solutions, bus, light rail and a dual-bore underground freeway tunnel. The draft report will be released in 2014.
In the audit report, Caltrans also stated that it has determined the Department of General Services is the most cost-effective company for property repairs, and that a contract between the two agencies was finalized at the end of March. The agency also said it has put in place a system to ensure that repairs made are actually necessary, and that they are done in a cost-effective manner in the future.
Former assemblyman Anthony Portantino, who pushed for the audit, said what is missing from the analysis is what Caltrans is doing to prosecute possible fraud or other violations in DGS's previous performance. A $70,000 roof is frequently cited as an example of waste in home repairs.
"Having a formal agreement with DGS is a step in the right direction, but I'd also like to know if any laws were broken in the past and if there were improprieties," Portantino said. "There should be some forensic accounting and some criminal investigation. "
And Reed said that although Caltrans seems to be on the same page as legislators about selling the properties, there are still questions and some controversy about the recent rent increases Caltrans imposed on its tenants. Caltrans increased rents starting this year in response to the audit's complaint that it was not charging "fair market" rates, but tenants and elected officials have questioned whether living in a Caltrans home qualifies as "fair market" and also said they want to know how Caltrans set the rates.
"We are still working and saying the way they are going about doing this is wrong, and we are still fighting the rent increases," said Lynn Bryan, a Caltrans tenant in Pasadena since 1989. Bryan said that members of the Caltrans Tenants Association have sent numerous public records requests to Caltrans about the rent rate determination process.
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text: Porsche Plans 20-Percent Stake in Volkswagen AG Share Comments In a move billed as a defensive maneuver on the part of the Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer, Porsche AG announced that it plans to acquire roughly 20-percent of Volkswagen AG. The purchase is intended to protect the manufacturer of brands including Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, Skoda, Lamborghini, Bentley and Bugatti from a potential hostile takeover, given the company's shared chassis and technology projects like the SUV platform Porsche's Cayenne shares with the Volkswagen Touareg and Audi Q7 as well as the company's new hybrid technology shown in concept form at the Frankfurt IAA two weeks ago. "Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, seeks to acquire a share of approximately 20 per cent in the stock capital of Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, entitled to vote.," Porsche said in a statement. Porsche's Cayenne is produced in Volkswagen's Bratislava, Slovakia plant alongside the Volkswagen Touareg and soon to be joined by the Audi Q7. Production of the Porsche SUV makes up 30-percent of the sports car company's sales volume, leaving Porsche very vulnerable were Volkswagen AG to fall victim to a hostile takeover. "Making this investment, we seek to secure our business relations with Volkswagen and make a significant contribution to our own future plans on a lasting, long-term basis," Porsche's managing director Wendelin Wiedeking was quoted in the Porsche release. The company further clarified that it had no intention to acquire Volkswagen. The amount of shares Porsche plans to acquire would not force them to submit a public bid for the takeover of the much larger Volkswagen AG. "Our planned investment is the strategic answer to this risk. We wish in this way to ensure the independence of the Volkswagen Group in our own interest. This "German solution" we are seeking is an essential prerequisite for stable development of the Volkswagen Group and, accordingly, for continuing our cooperation in the interest of both Companies," said Porsche's CEO. Volkswagen AG is currently protected from takeover via the so-called Volkswagen law. However, a ruling expected in 2007 by the European Court of Justice is expected to leave the German industrial leader exposed to such an occurrence, causing concern in Wolfsburg and Stuttgart alike. The German weekly publication Der Spiegel broke the story late last week, reporting that the deal could be worth over 4 billion Euros (approx. 4.8 billion dollars) according to Bloomburg.com. Porsche has increased its share value 44 percent this year, also according to Bloomburg, which places its market value at a healthy 11.9 billion. It's theorized that the purchase could adversely affect Porsche share pricing, though Volkswagen stock is currently low, which could mean a good purchase price for Porsche. The announcement followed speculation that US billionaire Kirk Kerkorian was considering buying into Volkswagen AG. The man, who began his fortunes in Las Vegas hotels, has proven himself a thorn in the side of Chrysler in the past, establishing himself in a similar position as major stockholder. Kerkorian's interests would most likely not be in line with either those of Porsche or Volkswagen. In a press release responding to Porsche, Volkswagen AG Chairman Dr. Bernd Pischetsrieder welcomed the interest in Porsche, suggesting a stable shareholder structure provided by Stuttgart's investment would be good for Volkswagen's long-term future. According to Bloomburg, Porsche is not planning on acquiring the 18-percent of Volkswagen AG owned by the state of Lower Saxony, though a representative for Lower Saxony confirmed to the financial publication that it currently plans to stick with its commitment to Volkswagen. Interestingly, former Volkswagen head Ferdinand Piech is also a member of the family that controls Porsche. Piech, the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, has led a successful career that has spanned positions at Porsche, Volkswagen and Audi with projects such as the Porsche 917, Audi's venerable quattro all-wheel drive system and the return of the iconic Beetle notches in his belt. Piech still maintains a position as chairman of Volkswagen's supervisory board. Porsche Press Release: Porsche Seeks to Acquire Share in Volkswagen Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, seeks to acquire a share of approximately 20 per cent in the stock capital of Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, entitled to vote. Porsche is taking this decision because Volkswagen is now not only an important development partner for Porsche, but also a significant supplier for approximately 30 per cent of Porsche's sales volume. In the words of Porsche's President and CEO: "Making this investment, we seek to secure our business relations with Volkswagen and make a significant contribution to our own future plans on a lasting, long-term basis." Porsche is in a position to finance the acquisition of the planned share in Volkswagen through its own, existing liquidity. After careful examination of this business case, Porsche is confident that the investment will prove profitable for both parties. The Supervisory Board has authorised Porsche's Board of Management to implement the plan envisaged. Porsche is in contact with the Board of Management of Volkswagen in order to scrutinise and verify the options available in accordance with appropriate resolutions already taken at Volkswagen's General Meeting. The share assumed will not under any circumstances reach the threshold at which Porsche would be required to submit a public bid for the takeover of Volkswagen. The planned acquisition is to ensure that, following the anticipated abrogation of the VW Act under an appropriate judgment handed down by the European Court of Justice, there will not be a hostile takeover of Volkswagen by investors not committed to Volkswagen's long-term interests. The European Court of Justice is expected to hand down such a judgment latest in spring 2007. In the words of Porsche's President and CEO: "Our planned investment is the strategic answer to this risk. We wish in this way to ensure the independence of the Volkswagen Group in our own interest. This "German solution" we are seeking is an essential prerequisite for stable development of the Volkswagen Group and, accordingly, for continuing our cooperation in the interest of both Companies." Volkswagen Press Release: Volkswagen welcomes Porsche's interest in a strategic participation Germany's position as an automotive and technology basis strengthened Wolfsburg, 25 September 2005 – Porsche AG, Stuttgart, today announced its interest in acquiring some 20 percent of the voting capital of Volkswagen AG. For Porsche, the move is motivated by the fact that Volkswagen has not only become an important development partner, but also a major technology and production partner for some 30 percent of sales. Speaking on behalf of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Group, its Chairman Dr. Bernd Pischetsrieder welcomed the strategic interest of Porsche AG in participating in the company. He said a stable shareholder structure was very important for the automotive business with its long term orientation. Volkswagen and Porsche have already been cooperating on projects such as the Touareg/Cayenne for quite some time. The partners recently announced technological cooperation in the field of hybrid powertrains at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt. Volkswagen welcomes the additional support brought to this cooperation by a participation which lends further weight to these collaborative efforts. The participation envisaged by Porsche also substantiates one of the Volkswagen Group's own business policies; for the automotive business with its long term orientation, a stable shareholder structure is very important. For more discussion on this story, click on the link to our discussion forums at the left.


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Maria Tellez (left) and her daughter, Gissel Soto, wade through ankle-deep water on a normally dry path on Friday as the lagoon at Bedrock Park rushed behind them into the Feater River. The area behind the pair is part of a peninsula that separates the river from the lagoon.
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Andrew Ferguson of the Weekly Standard is a great writer of profiles. He just published a delightful–and delightfully long–piece entitled "The Heretic" on Thomas Nagel, the philosopher who has dared to challenge the naturalistic orthodoxy of the American academy. Here's a section: Thomas Nagel may be the most famous philosopher in the United States—a bit like being [Read More…]
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This coming Monday, January 23, 2012 from 8am-11:30am (EST), I'll be blogging and "live-Tweeting" the ProLifeCon, put on by Family Research Council. I'm very glad that FRC is such an outspoken and courageous defender of the unborn, and I hope that this event advances the cause. Here's the link to the live webcast, which will [Read More…]
Men, Temptation, and the Gospel
Harvey Mansfield, Harvard professor of politics and 2011 Bradley Prize winner, just wrote a provocative piece on the distinctive characteristics and faults of men for The Weekly Standard. It's entitled "Manliness and Morality" and I commend it to you. Several years ago, Mansfield penned the highly controversial book Manliness (Yale, 2006), also worth reading, though [Read More…]
Weekly Standard: Global Warming Consensus Crumbling; Also, Krauthammer on Healthcare
The Weekly Standard has published a piece by Steven F. Hayward entitled "In Denial: The Meltdown of the Climate Campaign" that is a must-read for thinking Christians and others interested in supposed man-caused climate change. According to Hayward, F. K. Weyerhauser Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and scholar of environmentalism, the consensus on anthropogenic climate [Read More…]
Low Impact Man: A Funny Take on the Unsustainability of the "Sustainable" Life
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The Link 10.30.09: The Swell Season, the World's Best Dunker, and Anti-Heroes
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Charles Krauthammer on American Decline
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The Link 8.28.09: Street Basketball, Band of Horses, Lead09 Conference
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The Link 3.13.09: New Calvinism and Facebook Flaming
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Post-Standard, The (Newspaper) - August 4, 2005, Syracuse, New York r SUPER SUITED Kelly Preston on films, family, friends CNY. PAGEE-1 GOOD RIDDANCE, MR. GOVERNOR School veto proves, again, you never got us SEAN KIRST, PAGE B-1 MORE THAN 270 THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND INSIDE The Post-Stan FREE NASCAR POSTER Today: Kurt Busch SPORTS. PAGE D-6 SUDOKU Today's puzzle PAGE E-7 THURSDAY, AUGUST 4. 2005 FINAL EDITION O ;OOS Ite Pmt-Sundaid SYRACUSE, N.Y. 50 CENTS GOOD MORNING STILL STICKY It will continue to be humid in Cen- tral New York today with tem- peratures soaring above normal. A cold front coming along Friday should usher in some cooler air along with a possible thunderstorm. Complete forecast D-10 Marine Vehicle Not For Land Battle Bomb kills 14 from Ohio unit in lightly armored carrier! 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STORY, PAGE A-7 Recorders may provide clues to accident's cause Investigators hope the flight data and voice recorders recov- ered from an Airbus A340 will tell them what caused it to skid off a runway Tuesday hi Toronto and burst into flames. STORY, PAGE A-9 Oversight board approved for racing association Gov. George Pataki Wednes- day authorized the creation of a monitoring board for the New York Racing Association. STORY, PAGE A-12 Rafael Palmeiro facing federal perjury probe Congress will investigate whether baseball slugger Rafael Palmeiro perjured himself when he told a House committee, under oath: "I have never used steroids. Period." SPORTS, PAGE D-l Corrections Name of yoga Call Deputy Executive Editor Tim Bunn at 470-2240 to dis- cuss a correction on a news story. Subscription questions? 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Either I have an angel looking over me or someone is trying to kill me. I told my therapist this and she said, "Seems like it." That's it. Just "seems like it." Isn't it her job to find some spin that makes me feel better? That makes it all somehow worth it? Can't she find a way to make me driving into an eighteen-wheeler on the highway while changing a CD somehow a learning experience? Can't we look at my car's black scar and smashed light from the truck's huge spinning wheels as a sign? Or that flat tire I got the same day on the Tobin Bridge? Can't this be a lesson from some recess of my life experience? No, just "seems like it." A near miss. The fact that I'm still alive is a mere coincidence. And I'm still here to tell about it and still here to write a check. Seems like it!
Despite a bout of what my mother calls "poor man's manure" last week, we seem to be hurtling toward spring. Spring brings up all this weird energy and I become even more outrageously accident-prone and frantic. I'm dropping stuff. I'm tripping. I'm leaving things all over town (and then calling all over town to find my stuff). I'm destroying my car and resenting my therapist. I think this may be what it's like to thaw. For a tree, I mean. Crazy feeling. Yes, my sap runneth over. Or something like that.
It runneth so over that I can't sleep. I'm wide-awake until 4 am. And this is no just lying there inconsolable doing nothing insomnia, this is productive insomnia. This is clean my closets, organize storage, rearrange my bedroom (my neighbors HATE me by now) insomnia. This is make spring puree soups and do long face masks while reading entire novels and eating gluten-free bagels with lots of Earth Balance fake butter until I see the rosy-fingered dawn reach my windows and will myself to sleep insomnia.
I'm not the only one who's got weird erratic energy. Cowboy spent an hour trying to break my new desk chair and yelling, "This is the fucking stupidest design," before he figured out he was shoving something into the wrong hole. Men. They get so confused by all the orifice options in their lives.
I know it's spring because Cowboy is yelling at chairs, I feel like a tree, and my mother hangs up on me every day. This is the time of year to stay away from all Aries. My mother is one, so this is difficult, because not only does her birthday arrive, but also Easter in one long mother-heavy clump. It's like clockwork. Aries rises, the ground thaws, and my mother suffers from some form of phone Tourette's.
So, I'm cleaning. Rearranging. My friend Bling tells me that this is "cleansing" for my liver. I've gone through my papers, my sweaters, my shirts and shoes, my books. Everything must go. This feels like a closing sale on my life. I'd like to start all over with white walls, clean floors, and ... nothing. Maybe that's what the truck accident was all about: I'm trying to get to a pearly white nothing of a space where I can finally relax and my mother won't call me at 7 am to hang up on me.
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I know that there have been honest disagreements over policy, but we also know that there's something more that has crept into our relationship.
In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America's shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.
But in Europe, there is an anti-Americanism that is at once casual but can also be insidious. Instead of recognizing the good that America so often does in the world, there have been times where Europeans choose to blame America for much of what's bad.
Ali Frick, who, like Obama, has a foreign sounding name and obviously hates America, notes with a sneer that Sean Hannity chose to highlight only the second paragraph of this before declaring that "the liberal tradition of 'blame America first,' well, that's still alive." Nice try, Ali. But Hannity is right: Obama may have blamed Europe second, but he blamed America first, didn't he? What's the problem?
Also worth noting: Mike Huckabee fulsomely agreed with Hannity, and everyone knows that he's the friendly, cuddly version of right-wing nutcasery. Since Huckabee didn't object, that must mean Hannity was being fair and balanced, as usual.
(But seriously: Sean Hannity is still obsessing over Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright? Jeebus. Can't he come up with some slightly fresher canard to hurl into the insane-o-sphere five nights a week? Like maybe Obama is a golem or something? He's not going to keep this up for eight years, is he?)


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The dynasty of the league's early years has turned into a reclamation project, appropriate for a team playing in decaying RFK Stadium, but a couple of sound acquisitions and a thriving Academy pipeline should keep the stands bouncing.
Trophies: 1996 MLS Cup/U.S. Open Cup, 1997 MLS Cup/Supporters' Shield, 1998 CONCACAF Champions Cup/InterAmerican Cup, 1999 MLS Cup/Supporters' Shield, 2004 MLS Cup, 2006 Supporters' Shield, 2007 Supporters' Shield, 2008 U.S. Open Cup
Fan personality: Down but not out. The Screaming Eagles, Barra Brava and La Norte set the standard for supporters groups in the early days. Some wayward seasons dimmed the enthusiasm a bit, as have years of stadium frustration. But it's still a soccer-savvy region that sets a terrific atmosphere all the way from Lot 8 into the stadium.
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Stadium situation: RFK Stadium is a massive concrete albatross. Fans and players can put up with the antiquated facilities and the occasional wandering animal, but management can't put up with the red ink. But the political landscape might be shifting, at least enough to take the word "Baltimore" off the table for now.
Hard to believe United started slowly in Year 1, but it took some time and some personnel changes for Bruce Arena to put things together. Jaime Moreno joined in midseason along with a core of fellow Bolivian Marco Etcheverry, longtime U.S. captain John Harkes, rock-solid young defender Eddie Pope, El Salvadoran forward Raul Diaz Arce, pitbull defensive midfielder Richie Williams, versatile Tony Sanneh and international veteran Jeff Agoos. That team won trophies both domestic and international until salary cap restrictions forced the team to start dismantling. The survivors of the purge: Moreno, Etcheverry and a young midfielder named Ben Olsen.
United's fall was quick and difficult to overcome. From 2000 to 2002, United finished last in the East. A trio of terrific signings — Hristo Stoitchkov, Earnie Stewart and New Zealand defender Ryan Nelsen — helped the team back to the playoffs in 2003. In 2004, while teen phenom Freddy Adu drew the attention, Moreno returned from a year with the MetroStars to team with Alecko Eskandarian and playmaker Christian Gomez on a run to the club's fourth MLS Cup title, giving coach Peter Nowak a smashing debut.
For a couple of years, United settled into a pattern of strong regular seasons with a couple of Supporters' Shields, followed by postseason disappointment. Despite an Open Cup win in 2008, the team was falling apart behind some awful personnel decisions — a group of South American imports flopped horribly. Rebuilding efforts didn't pay off, and United fell to a 6-24-4 record in 2010. Olsen has taken over from there and hopes to build on a respectable 2011 performance.
Add injury to insult is the team's protracted stadium saga. The team is on its third ownership group — a consortium including George Soros in the early years, a trip across the political spectrum to Philip Anschutz in the early 2000s, then finally to a group including Will Chang, real estate developer Victor MacFarlane and Duke basketball players-turned-real estate developers Christian Laettner and Brian Davis. After false starts that included a near-deal at Poplar Point in Washington proper and a comedy of errors in suburban Prince George's County, the group was down to just Chang. The good news: Volkswagen built a plant in the distant D.C. suburbs (though not far from United's old training grounds) and signed on as a team and league sponsor.
The last couple of years have hinted at a resurrection. Olsen made the transition from field to bench, first as interim coach and then permanent head coach. Dwayne De Rosario's tour of MLS employers brought him to Washington, where he won 2011 MLS MVP honors. Chris Pontius emerged as one of the league's best attackers when healthy. The Academy started to crank out players like goalkeeper Bill Hamid and winger/defender Andy Najar, who has since been sold to Anderlecht.
New co-owners Erick Thohir and Jason Levien have helped Chang carry the financial burden and make more progress toward that elusive stadium. They also cleaned house internally all the way to the top — executive Kevin Payne, a high-profile connection to United's early days, departed for Toronto. Most curiously, they signed Carlos Ruiz.
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The remark by President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit that the anti-rape protesters in Delhi were only "dented and painted women" not only evoked criticism from the public, it also angered his own family.
Although the Congress MP tendered an "unconditional" apology on Thursday for his comment on a television show on Christmas Day, he had been "spoken to" by his father.
Abhijit had said, "It is fashionable for a section to hold protest marches...They come all dented and painted."
The President reportedly told his son to be careful in future while commenting on such issues.
Even the President's daughter, Sharmistha, apologised for her brother's comment. "This statement does not reflect the values of our family. The way rapes and molestations are increasing across the country we need to protest and all these are spontaneous protests."
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I must say that it has been a few weeks since I got to write a Denise Richards post and I feel that I am worse off for it. Instead of actually getting to write anything about her, I have been forced to find ridiculous looking mascots and people dressed in hideous Halloween costumes and pretend they are Denise. But, alas, due to the fact that she apparently has an awful real estate agent, I get to spend some time talking about her.
As you may have read here on the site, Denise has been trying to unload her house. This is the house where they are filming the reality show. This isn't the house on the same street three doors down. Hey, isn't that a group? I wonder if maybe she had a thing for a guy in that group and so bought a house three doors down from the first one just so she could have a conversation starter.
Anyway, so Denise has been trying to sell this reality house for a long time but no one wants to buy anything from her, and because of her inflated self-worth she had the house priced way too high even before the market dried up. So, she has since reduced the house price by a million bucks but still no offers.
Well apparently some real estate agent in Calabassas which is where the house is located decided that there must be someone out there who wants to buy the house. As you can see from the ad above, he went back to Denise's old stomping grounds, Craigslist. Hell, who knows she might put an ad up there for old times sake now and again. I'm sure it is Charlie Sheen's homepage.
It is not often that any celebrity would allow either a buyer or seller agent to use the home of massages and hookers to also advertise their home for sale. But, at this point, I'm sure Denise is just happy to have someone who is trying to sell it, and I'm sure she has a lot of faith in the power of advertising on Craigslist.
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"Florida is raising education standards because we know from past experience that students and teachers consistently rise to the occasion when challenged. In just two years, Florida will move to a new testing standard that significantly reduces our reliance on the FCAT and moves to Common Core State Standards. This new system will allow us to compare our students with those in other states so that we can benchmark results, measure progress, and adjust curriculum to better prepare students for college and the workforce, so that they are better able to compete in the global marketplace."
"As part of our ongoing accountability efforts, we're constantly reviewing the level of and kinds of testing occurring in our classrooms. Our goal is to make sure we're not testing for testing's sake, but working to ensure our students are prepared for college and the workforce. Common Core assessments are an example of that kind of tool.
"It is never easy to raise the standards for excellence in education. This year is no exception. But every time we raise the expectations of our students and teachers, they ultimately get better in later years. Simply put, raising the bar works."
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Creative Director to Eat Shorts if Agency Doesn't Win Solar Energy Account
We've seen all manner of antics from agencies vying for accounts but we really like this one from Boston's Captains of Industry. In a video, Founder and Creative Director Ted Page sits down to tell inform us if his agency doesn't win a solar energy account in 2009, he will literally eat his shorts on camera and post the video to YouTube.
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I have to be honest I had never heard of Taste Buds when my boss jokingly called it his corporate kitchen during his recommendation for lunch last week. I typically don't need my arm twisted when considering a new restaurant so going there really had nothing to do with the fact that he was the boss. Really.
Doug and Linda Slycord have owned Taste Buds since 1996, they offer the finest in café dining, specialty foods, and quality catering. I have to admit I was expecting a small sandwich shop yet I was shocked when we walked in because the restaurant is huge. They have a space that is fit for an appliance store, not a restaurant, yet they make it work very well. There are few tables up front, but my eyes were immediately drawn to the racks that ran all along the left side of the restaurant where, I later found out, they house their Specialty products. Their Specialty products are available for purchase and include items like gourmet coffees, soup mixes, dipping oils, quality teas, chocolates, and pastas. While their Specialty items line the left wall the right side of the restaurant is the open-faced kitchen with cooler counter and register where orders are taken. Then, in the back they still have more tables for diners to sit comfortably.
I decided to go with the Northwest Turkey sandwich and a cup of their home-made Chicken Noodle soup, which was one of the three soups they make daily. The Northwest included smoked turkey, Provolone cheese, apple butter, Granny Smith apple slices and lettuce. I really enjoyed the apple butter but unfortunately they were not very giving with that product as their swipe on the top piece of bread did not cover it entirly, which if it had this sandwich would have been one of the very best. That said, even the parts of the sandwich without the apple butter were very good and filling. Their home-made chicken noodle soup was an amazing rendition of the classic. I am not sure if it because I knew it was home-made and not frozen and reheated, but it was a perfect component to go with the sandwich.
Taste Buds is the epitome of a local restaurant, one that you could see on the corner of a small Iowa town. They are located on 100th Street in Urbandale, between Douglas and Hickman, on the West side of the road. The fact that they are in a strip-mall means you can easily miss them if you are driving by on 100th Street and not looking for them, so be sure to look over and check them out on your next trip.
After all, why would you want to eat at a chain restaurant when you can eat at Taste Buds?


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Lee Marvin
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Bio: Much like Humphrey Bogart before him, Lee Marvin rose through the ranks of movie stardom as a character actor, delivering expertly nasty and villainous turns in a series of B-movies before finally graduating to more heroic performances. Regardless of which side of the law he traveled, however, he projected a tough-as-nails intensity and a two-fisted integrity which… More Bio: Much like Humphrey Bogart before him, Lee Marvin rose through the ranks of movie stardom as a character actor, delivering expertly nasty and villainous turns in a series of B-movies before finally graduating to more heroic performances. Regardless of which side of the law he traveled, however, he projected a tough-as-nails intensity and a two-fisted integrity which elevated even the slightest material. Born February 19, 1924, in New York City, Marvin quit high school to enter the Marine Corps and while serving in the South Pacific was wounded in battle. He spent a year in recovery before returning to the U.S. to begin working as a plumber's apprentice. After filling in for an ailing summer-stock actor, his growing interest in performing inspired him to study at the New York-based American Theater Wing. Upon making his debut in summer stock, Marvin began working steadily in television and off-Broadway. He made his Broadway bow in a 1951 production of Billy Budd and also made his first film appearance in Henry Hathaway's You're in the Navy Now. The following year, Hathaway again hired him for The Diplomatic Courier, and was so impressed that he convinced a top agent to recruit him. Soon Marvin began appearing regularly onscreen, with credits including a lead role in Stanley Kramer's 1952 war drama Eight Iron Men. A riveting turn as a vicious criminal in Fritz Lang's 1953 film noir classic The Big Heat brought Marvin considerable notice and subsequent performances opposite Marlon Brando in the 1954 perennial The Wild One and in John Sturges' Bad Day at Black Rock cemented his reputation as a leading screen villain. He remained a heavy in B-movies like 1955's I Died a Thousand Times and Violent Saturday, but despite starring roles in the 1956 Western Seven Men From Now and the smash Raintree County, he grew unhappy with studio typecasting and moved to television in 1957 to star as a heroic police lieutenant in the series M Squad. As a result, Marvin was rarely seen in films during the late '50s, with only a performance in 1958's The Missouri Traveler squeezed into his busy TV schedule. He returned to cinema in 1961 opposite John Wayne in The Comancheros, and starred again with the Duke in the John Ford classic The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance a year later. Marvin, Wayne, and Ford reunited in 1963 for Donovan's Reef. A role in Don Siegel's 1964 crime drama The Killers followed and proved to be Marvin's final performance on the wrong side of the law.Under Stanley Kramer, Marvin delivered a warm, comic turn in 1965's Ship of Fools then appeared in a dual role as fraternal gunfighters in the charming Western spoof Cat Ballou, a performance which won him an Academy Award. His next performance, as the leader of The Dirty Dozen, made him a superstar as the film went on to become one of the year's biggest hits. Marvin's box-office stature had grown so significantly that his next picture, 1968's Sergeant Ryker, was originally a TV-movie re-released for theaters. His next regular feature, the John Boorman thriller Point Blank, was another major hit. In 1969, Marvin starred with Clint Eastwood in the musical comedy Paint Your Wagon, one of the most expensive films made to date. It too was a success, as was 1970's Monte Walsh. Considering retirement, he did not reappear onscreen for two years, but finally returned in 1972 with Paul Newman in the caper film Pocket Money. After turning down the lead in Deliverance, Marvin then starred in Prime Cut, followed in 1973 by Emperor of the North Pole and The Iceman Cometh.Poor reviews killed the majority of Marvin's films during the mid-'70s. When The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday -- the last of three pictures he released during 1976 -- failed to connect with critics or audiences, he went into semi-retirement, and did not resurface prior to 1979's Avalanche Express. However, his return to films was overshadowed by a high-profile court case filed against him by Michelle Triola, his girlfriend for t
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(Thank you, Mary Lou!) Here's a seedling I didn't post last spring. Of
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one that set a pod. It had a long period of bloom, but tended to be a bit
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CBTL has created a coffee brewing unit that permits consumers a chance to create a personalized experience. offering a variety of individual flavor capsules that produce just one perfect cup of Java or tea at a time. The units come in a variety of styles, colors and features. The most amazing contribution this company is making with their products is their capacity to develop a system that minimizes waste and maximizes the flavors their patrons enjoy. It's easy to use and is the perfect assistant to produce a care free experience each time one is in the mood to treat themselves to their favorite warm cup of coffee or tea.
CBTL is associated with The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Company. An establishment that has since 1963, immersed themselves in the worlds best coffee and tea products. They have a variety of store fronts and personally carry many of the items featured on the CBLT site. They can make you a wonderful cup of warm joy or equip you with all the essentials required to create your own. Either way, their mission is to ensure they have the capacity to arm their warm beverage lovers with premium products and services.
CBTL units have the following features and more:
CBLT Premium Club -For a ow monthly fee one can have access to timely delivery schedules that keep them well stocked of their favorite flavors. It is also a VIP entrance into exploring new flavors as they are being created. A great resource to keep the love of coffee an adventure that is full of surprises.
Individual Capsules - Wide selection of flavors that permit customers to choose the the experience they want without the hassle of convincing other coffee drinkers. Because each cup is measured to meet the needs of just one there is no waste to make you feel guilty. Espresso Flavors include: Italian, Premium, Premium Decaf and many more.
Teas - Tea lovers are just as important as coffee drinkers and this company has created irresistible flavors to create a wondrous experience for those who simply enjoy a freshly brewed spot of tea. Flavors include: Chai,Tropical Passion, English Breakfast and Moroccan Mint.
Powder Sachets & Sauces - No need to leave the kids in the cold with their Special Dutch Chocolate made with a blend of high quality cocoa and milk, sweetened just right. And then there's the French Deluxe Vanilla which is made with the best ingredients, balanced with just the right amount of sweetening, for the most delicious and richest vanilla.
Gift Ideas - This establishment has great gift ideas that also serve as educational instruments to teach everyday people how to make their own cup of professionally brewed tasting coffee's and teas,
Keurig Platinum Single Cup Brewer has relationships with the best in the business and around the world when it comes to their coffee resources and partners. From the types of soil used to grow their products to the conditions of the environment as a whole are all the aspects these professionals take into account to bring their absolute best to market. Sustainability, Green awareness and more are always at the forefront of their professional practices. Ever seen a coffee item that states its from Tanzania? Well they actually go there and to other places like Mexico to keep the integrity of their manufacturing efforts on the straight and narrow. Check out their resources on their site and experience video footage that takes you to the places where your coffee has been.
Cuisinart Introduced the first food processor in 1973, and has had celebrity endorsements from chefs like Julia Child's and James Beard. They specialize in everything one could need to have a successful culinary career and or personal experience. They have a large following that has been built by their dedication to excellence. They are carried in a number of mainstream outlets like Macy's and more. While their merchandise might appear to be a bit pricier than its competitors it is because they use the best materials around. They are an investment that many consumers are making with confidence.
CBTL develops its own coffee, tea and cocoa resources. Their line of units are attractive and do not require a great deal of counter space. This is an added incentive to their already great approach to minimizing waste.
CBTL there line of flavors are not as extensive as its competitors.
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CBTL is helping coffee lovers capitalize on what their early morning ritual can offer with their top of the line units and flavors. See for yourself what their customers think of their invention:
" I like to use an espresso capsule with the brew setting and top it off with warmed milk. When the coffee cycle is complete, remove your cup and raise the lever to eject the used capsule into the pull out receptacle behind the drip pan and discard it. After you have used your unit and are ready to turn it off for the day, run a short water cycle through the machine without a capsule to clear the small tubes. Clean up is easy, just remove the receptacle and rinse it off in the sink. I empty the water reservoir as well. After a week with the machine and with the various products offered by Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf company, I'm a fan! The only drawback is that the capsules are not available in any local store and must be ordered online through the company -- and each beverage serving will cost you about 60¢. When you go online to find out how to get the capsules you find the following information about the CBTL(tm) premium club " Read more...
" We got it just before Christmas, along with the CBTL milk frother. Less than a month later, we've made a LOT of lattes, mochas and coffees and are really happy with the machine and the frother. My favorite is a latte made with the Italian espresso short shot. The coffees are really nice, too, with their own rich crema, thicker and richer than anything you can get out of a Keurig. Granted, there's not a huge choice of coffees for this machine (about 8 or so), but they are nice and distinctive; there's good variety in the taste of what they do provide. For me though, when combined with the milk frother, the highlight of this machine is the superb espresso drinks you can make quickly and easily.
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What If They Held a World Cup in Africa and No Africans Came?Rick Horrow and Karla Swatek
We know that soccer is traditionally a low-scoring sport—long imagined to be one reason why we excess-loving Americans have eschewed it. But the World Cup has always been about big numbers.
The latest estimates indicate that about 375,000 visitors are expected in South Africa throughout the month-long tournament beginning this week, with billions more, of course, watching from pubs and perches around the globe. This biggest of all audiences—eclipsing the Super Bowl and even the summer Olympic Games—is giving South Africa a once-in-a-nationhood chance to show its post-apartheid unification under Nelson Mandela and its current president, Jacob Zuma, with blacks and whites standing shoulder-to-shoulder to cheer on the world's greatest soccer sides.
Yet as of last week, about 160,000 tickets across all 64 World Cup matches were still for sale, including the last 800 tickets for the final, despite a sales drive aimed at local fans in South Africa. This leaves more than 5 percent of the total 2.2 million tickets unsold before the tournament gets under way. (The last World Cup, held in Germany in 2006, sold out, with more than 3.2 million tickets, or 52,401 per match, according to FIFA, the sport's governing body.) And despite efforts to make the tournament a continental celebration, few tickets have been sold to African citizens outside of South Africa. FIFA reported at the end of May that 40,000 tickets were sold to only 11,300 Africans outside of South Africa, or about 25 percent of the sales anticipated.
So what if they threw a soccer tourney and nobody from around those parts came? How would that reflect on Mandela's vision, simply defined, of making everything that life has to offer available to all?
Why the Empty Seats?
Cost is only a part of this regional sales equation. Critics have pointed more to FIFA's online sales system, deployed on a continent in which few people have access to the Internet or have credit cards, as more of a widespread barrier than $900 price tags on tickets to the finals. Many patrons who have utilized the FIFA system have complained that their orders were wrong, and daylong lines for tickets in some towns have prompted fights and disorderly conduct.
Transportation costs to and from the event have also been a widespread concern for all visitors. According to a June 3 article in The Wall Street Journal, most airfares to South Africa are three to four times higher than their normal January peak prices (the height of summer there), and hotels have doubled their rates. Last-minute flights from the U.S. to South Africa are averaging $2,500 to $3,500, and thus far, FIFA has sold about 130,000 tickets directly to U.S. residents, out of a total global pool of 2.88 million seats.
If you do have the money to afford tickets and costly airline seats, some opportunities still exist. On Saturday, FIFA announced that it will put more than 50,000 extra World Cup seats on sale, mostly from unsold hospitality packages. Roughly 38,000 top-end tickets went on sale on Monday, with prices ranging from $200 to $300, along with 15,000 partially restricted view seats. You'd better be packed and ready to go—the final wave of tickets are on sale only in South African outlets, not on the Internet. But it looks like most Africans, like most soccer fans around the world, will end up watching the Cup not in the stadium but on television.
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DDOT Makes Its Director Official
(Kate Hinds, Transportation Nation) DC mayor Vincent Gray today officially appointed Terry Bellamy the director of the District Department of Transportation. Bellamy, who has been with the agency since 2008, had been acting as DDOT's interim director since Gabe Klein departed the office a few months ago. WAMU's David Shultz reports that Bellamy says his priorities will be roughly the same as his predecessor's. "Many of the programs and activities that we've been doing have been planned for over 20 years and we'll continue to carry that forward," Bellamy says.
From the mayor's official press release (which also covers another mayoral appointment):
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Mayor Vincent C. Gray announced today that he has selected Terry Bellamy as the permanent director of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) and David Miramontes as the Medical Director for D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services (FEMS).
Mr. Bellamy has served as the department's Interim Director since the start of the Gray administration. Dr. Miramontes is an emergency medicine attending physician, faculty, and EMS director at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, a Level I trauma/burn center and emergency department in Toledo, Ohio.
"Both of these men are experienced and distinguished in their respective fields," said Mayor Gray. "Terry Bellamy is a proven professional who has demonstrated innovative leadership at every level and has done an effective job moving DDOT forward as Interim Director. David Miramontes is a newcomer to the District, but has extensive medical expertise and experience with government agencies and emergency medical services."
Terry Bellamy has worked at DDOT since 2008. He played a key role in the receipt and successful execution of $123 million in federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for recent District transportation capital projects. Before joining DDOT, he served for eight years as the Bureau Chief of Transportation, Engineering and Operations with the Arlington County, Va., Transportation Department. He has also held leadership positions in both Fayetteville and Greensboro, N.C. During his tenure in Greensboro, Bellamy worked on the creation of the Greensboro Transit Authority and the city's Long Range Transportation Plan. Earlier in his career he was recruited by Johnson C. Smith University as interim director of the school's Department of Urban Studies & Community Affairs.
Mr. Bellamy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from North Carolina A&T University, a Master of Urban Studies and Community and Regional Planning from Iowa State University, and an Executive Certificate from Pennsylvania State University's Executive Management Program for Transportation and Highway Engineers. He lives in Ward 6.


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Harriet's Tubman's Day Program focuses on life skills training for women and is open Monday through Friday, 9 am to 3:30 pm.
Harriet Tubman Women's Shelter is a low-barrier emergency shelter for women over the age of 18 who are in urgent need of housing, food or case management. Shelter staff serve breakfast, lunch and dinner to clients. Case management services at the shelter include assistance with life skills, employment, hygiene issues, drug rehab and financial management. Two rehab specialists and a program manager during the day are available to work directly with clients.
Intake: Harriet Tubman Women's Shelter is a 100-bed, low-barrier emergency facility. All clients are self-referred, and beds are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Goddammit, it's not enough that the world is ending today. Now we have to stop touching ourselves too. Because wanking makes you fabulous.Don't misunderstand me — it's okay to be fabulous. Nothing wrong with it. Some of my best friends are fabulous. There are fabulous clubs right here in my hometown, and I see fabulous people walking around in my own neighborhood. There are fabulous parades and celebrations in major cities all over the world. After generations of being considered second-class c … [Read more...]
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The ice cream social just got even more charming—and less messy—with colorful containers lined with alloy to keep the cool treat from melting. These cheery tubs from Lunares hold a standard pint of ice cream and were featured in our December issue's Holiday Gift Guide.
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